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1.Why Can鈥檛 We Stop Eating?

Pleasingly tall comedian Pierre Novellie uses his unique style of erudite bafflement to focus on the deep and the shallow in a comedic answer to In Our Time.

Unarguably tall comedian Pierre Novellie uses his unique style of erudite bafflement to focus on the deep and the shallow in a comedic answer to In Our Time. In this episode, all about why we can鈥檛 stop eating, Pierre discusses the misuse of soap, weaponised crisps, Saint Aetholwold, and George Orwell vs the pizza.

As Pierre says, 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to be given the chance to perform my own comedy on the 麻豆社, the original source of my obsession with comedy as a child. It鈥檚 a chance to bring my stand up to a hypothetically grateful nation.鈥

Written and performed by Pierre Novellie and produced & directed by David Tyler (Cabin Pressure, One Person Found This Helpful, Armando Iannucci鈥檚 Charm Offensive)

A Pozzitive production for 麻豆社 Radio 4

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28 minutes

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Wed 14 Jan 2026 22:00

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