{"id":5570,"date":"2018-02-10T14:35:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T14:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2018-02-10T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T14:35:32","slug":"ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep#112 &#8211; Ricky Gervais Returns &#8211; Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Humanity.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The #GSPodcast<\/a> Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes the return of comedian Ricky Gervais (@RickyGervais). Ricky&#8217;s new stand-up &#8216;Humanity&#8217; comes to Netflix on March 13th. He talks about how he approaches his craft, causing offence, social media, animal rights, American politics and much, much more!<\/p>\n<p>Support the podcast at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gspellchecker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/godless-spellchecker-podcast\/id780794967\">iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=41293&amp;refid=stpr\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0&amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/gspellchecker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>#GSPodcast Theme by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mcityhoods\/atheistgspodcasttheme\">Dorian Silk &amp; The M<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mcityhoods\/atheistgspodcasttheme\">CH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/><iframe style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6245551\/height\/100\/width\/480\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/199505\/custom-color\/#87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" theme=\"standard\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gspellchecker\/Ep_112__-_Ricky_Gervais.mp3?dest-id=199505\">Direct Mp3 Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share This<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/\" data-text=\"Ep#112 - Ricky Gervais Returns - Humanity\" data-via=\"Gspellchecker\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Ep#112 - Ricky Gervais Returns - Humanity\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?newwindow=true&width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2F2018%2F02%2Fep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity%2F&amp;title=Ep%23112%20-%20Ricky%20Gervais%20Returns%20-%20Humanity\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2F2018%2F02%2Fep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gspellchecker.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F02%2FHumanity.jpg&#038;description=Ep%23112%20-%20Ricky%20Gervais%20Returns%20-%20Humanity\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pocket\"><div class=\"pocket_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/save\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-lang=\"en\" data-save-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/\" data-pocket-count=\"horizontal\" >Pocket<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/02\/ep112-ricky-gervais-returns-humanity\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on\u00a0The #GSPodcast Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes the return of comedian Ricky Gervais (@RickyGervais). Ricky&#8217;s new stand-up &#8216;Humanity&#8217; comes to Netflix on March 13th. He talks about how he approaches his craft, causing offence, social media, animal rights, American politics and much, much more! 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