Comedy Factory

CBC•www.cbc.ca

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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Episodes

Summer 'Fashun Trendz' 2025

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!

May 26, 2025•26 min

Sunshine Guilt

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.

May 19, 2025•26 min

What's Going On?

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!

May 12, 2025•28 min

Mother Day: It's Payback Time

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!

May 05, 2025•25 min

Parking Lot Garden Centre

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

Apr 28, 2025•27 min

VENTING!!!

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.

Apr 21, 2025•25 min

The Great Garbage Gathering

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

Apr 14, 2025•26 min

Coffee Alternatives

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.

Apr 07, 2025•28 min

Nobody Wants This

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.

Mar 31, 2025•23 min

Election Training

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.

Mar 24, 2025•28 min

Nesting Like a Great Blue Heron

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

Mar 17, 2025•28 min

Get A Hobby

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.

Mar 10, 2025•28 min

Vague Recollections of...Not Winter??

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?

Mar 03, 2025•27 min

Oscar Bingo!

From the expected: Presenter flubs a line To the unexpected: Wardrobe malfunction To what would be more fun: Winner's botox fails mid speech What will be on your Academy Award bingo card this weekend?

Feb 24, 2025•29 min

TENSE

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.

Feb 17, 2025•28 min

What About Love?!

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

Feb 10, 2025•27 min

Buy Canadian

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

Feb 03, 2025•25 min

WHAT'S FOR DINNER, DANGIT?

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

Jan 27, 2025•27 min

Phoney Phone Scams

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.

Jan 20, 2025•29 min

Desperate Optimism

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

Jan 13, 2025•24 min

Unmotivated for Motivation

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.

Jan 06, 2025•28 min

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