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If a joke's worth telling, it's worth repeating. Comedy Factory host Jane Testar collects our favourite skits, commentaries and funny bits that appeared on CBC Radio over the past week. It's an assembly line of humour, safety-tested and priced to move!

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    • May 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Summer 'Fashun Trendz' 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 25:43


    Let's get you NOTICED this summer with some of the hottest trends in fashion right now.From runners you can't run in, to recycled garments from 2001! Get ready to turn heads!

    Sunshine Guilt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 25:43


    The sun is out, but are you in...side?Host Jane Testar explores the psychological phenomenon of beating yourself up for not making the most of those sunny days. 

    What's Going On?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 27:36


    Feeling plugged in, yet out of touch?We'll bring you out of your fog until you're up to date and swimming in fascinating anecdotes.Get ready to be crowned King or Queen of the water cooler!

    Mother Day: It's Payback Time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 24:36


    It's one day a year, and you've got YEARS of making up to do.A gift guide to repay your mother figure for her emotional and physical labour, you ungrateful mongrel!

    Parking Lot Garden Centre

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 27:16


    They're popping up faster than your daffodils. Digging up the dirt on these tiny, temporary, urban forests of lies!

    VENTING!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 25:24


    Is the state of the world turning you into an emotional tea kettle?Maybe think twice before...doing that annoying whistle thing in front of your fellow citizens.

    The Great Garbage Gathering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 25:40


    Reclaim thy refuse! Salvage thy slop!Redeem thy civic reputation!...by picking up springtime trash with host Jane Testar.

    Coffee Alternatives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 28:04


    As everything gets even MORE expensive, your favourite morning drink might have to be sacrificed in the name of fiscal prudence. But what to drink instead? Host Jane Testar looks at some equally stimulating options.

    Nobody Wants This

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 23:21


    You know when you never asked for something, but you have to deal with it anyway?We're SWIMMING in that right now.Grab a snorkel with host Jane Testar.

    Election Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 27:32


    Time to get back into election shape. Start scrolling through platforms, practicing your 'X', and standing in a series of short lines. It's CHOOSIN' time.

    Nesting Like a Great Blue Heron

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 28:17


    Forget Spring Cleaning, host Jane Testar is NESTING....HARD.Come gather essentials with her like decorative mirrors, and doomed exotic plants.

    Get A Hobby

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 27:33


    The answer to staying sane in this current climate? Getting a soothing and distracting hobby.Host Jane Testar ushers you through the wonderful world of leisure activities. And does a charcoal sketch of you just for fun.

    Vague Recollections of...Not Winter??

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 26:40


    There's something different and familiar happening.Something the extended cold and dark has made us forget.Host Jane Testar feels like it involves...flowers and...the colour green?

    Oscar Bingo!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 28:30


    From the expected: Presenter flubs a lineTo the unexpected: Wardrobe malfunctionTo what would be more fun: Winner's botox fails mid speechWhat will be on your Academy Award bingo card this weekend?

    TENSE

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 28:04


    Fight or flight? It's so hard to choose.International tensions are high and we're all feeling the stress, while clenching absolutely everything.Brace for impact with host Jane Testar.

    What About Love?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 27:07


    Oh, unknowable love! It is what the world needs now. Let us learn more about it, then maybe we can have it!

    Buy Canadian

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 25:03


    In a trade war...our weapons...are debit cards...and potatoes.

    WHAT'S FOR DINNER, DANGIT?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 27:12


    Why is it so hard to figure out what to eat? From nutrition, to trends, the refrigerator becomes a minefield.

    Phoney Phone Scams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 29:08


    By phone, by text, or by e-mail, they're all out to get us.Host Jane Testar shows you how to build a wall around your information...and your heart.

    Desperate Optimism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 23:49


    It's not easy to stay calm, stay positive, or sane these days.But what if...we FORCED IT at hard as we can?

    Unmotivated for Motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 27:39


    We're supposed to accomplish things and improve ourselves after weeks of imbibing, gorging and overspending?Host Jane Testar explores how January, and the expectations of self-renewal...are the WORST.

    Wait...That Happened in 2024?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 32:20


    When did Ben and Jen get a divorce? How long has that space crew been stuck on the space station? WHAT IS TIME? Host Jane Testar looks back at the stories you won't believe happened this calendar year.

    Spotify Wrapped: The Embarrassment Exposed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 29:46


    Did you shy away from posting your most listened-to songs for this year's Spotify Wrapped?Is that because your music is...EMBARRASSING? We sift through the dusty shelves of your music collection. There's no hiding your musical shame now!

    Thriftmas Wishes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 29:00


    Trying to save some cash? The answer might be inside your local second-hand sanctuary. Although there might be some really questionable items in there as well.Host Jane Testar gives her loving ode...to the thrift store.

    Be...A...GUEST

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 26:07


    It's holiday get-together season. Brush off your suit, your little black dress, and your DANG MANNERS!

    Malls and Other Crowded Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 27:43


    Shopping season is upon us. This is your survival guide. You will not last without it.This is a comfortable shoes zone. You have been warned.

    Reality is for Later

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 34:04


    Deny, dismiss, disavow. We'll deal with the ramifications of recent world events LATER. For now...we distract and dissociate!

    Hey There, Good Neighbour!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 29:10


    Got a weird neighbour who does sketchy stuff?So does the nation of Canada!Learn the tricks to being a good neighbour and the tell-tale signs that you're already the bad one!

    Lazy Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 28:41


    This year, we're doing the SCARE minimum.

    Get MOONED

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 29:31


    Pizza pie optional, but that moon is going to hit your eye, and it WILL be AMORÉ.We're mooning over Earth's biggest satellite and maybe another one too?

    Having and Acquiring Adult Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 29:04


    Did you exchange your friends for having kids?Feeling your friendships starting to drift?Starting out in a new city and need some chums?Making friends as a grown up is the WORST. Luckily. we're here to help

    The Great Sweater Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 33:29


    It's finally sweater weather, people! But which sweater should you choose? From turtlenecks to hoodies, toasty warm host Jane Testar rates all the sweaters from wooliest to useless.

    Fall Décor Fails

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 30:27


    Pink velvet skulls, nonsensical word art, and anatomically incorrect skeletons OH MY!

    Famous Animals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 27:12


    From the internet, to moments in history, we can't get enough of our animal friends...to the point where it gets weird.

    Pro-Aging

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 31:00


    Youth is wasted on the young AND everyone else.Find out why getting old is far superior to taut skin and empty heads.

    Noise Pollution

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 28:10


    When did the whole world start living their lives...out loud?Host Jane Testar discusses the odd trend of full-volume devices.

    It's BAAAAAAAACK

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 28:41


    Three dirty words in this country: SUMMER IS OVER.There are signs everywhere. Host Jane Testar has proof.

    No Phone Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 25:34


    In parts of Canada cell phone bans in schools will be taking effect in the upcoming school year. What are the pros and cons of kids having constant tech access?And how sticky do their screens get?

    There's No Place Like Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 28:57


    Feeling deflated as your unicorn floaties after returning home from summer holidays? Why? When home might just be the ULTIMATE getaway?

    Grooming to a Summer Beat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 29:23


    Your personal grooming changes when it's hot out! Don't worry, we won't make you wax anything.

    Car Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 30:08


    If you're road tripping this summer, you need something to kill the ENDLESS hours of driving. Host Jane Testar has some brain tickling, skill testing car games to bring you to your destination, and the brink of insanity.

    endless car games
    Hot to "no"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 29:30


    Stick her with a fork, because she is DONE. Host Jane Testar is definitely out of the kitchen because she cannot stand the HEAT of summer.

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