The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 12
Stuart Goldsmith talks to fellow stand-up comedians about how they create funny stuff and manage their career. These in-depth interviews are interesting and frequently revealing.
Previous episodes
Episode 257 - Myq Kaplan
13th August 2018 62 minutes
Myq Kaplan just bubbles over with jokes; every punchline has a topper and every topper has a tag in his absurdly punchline-dense cascade of comedy. We talk about structure, rhythm...
Episode 256 - Jen Brister
30th July 2018 62 minutes
Jen Brister is one of those comics who has been excellent for a long time and is finally getting some proper recognition. Her passionate, witty material about love, motherhood and...
Episode 255 - Scummy Mummies
23rd July 2018 62 minutes
Scummy Mummies Helen Thorn and Ellie Gibson are a pair of stand-ups with a hit parenting podcast unlike any other. Unafraid to get shit in their eyebrows and tell you...
Episode 254 - Paul Foot
9th July 2018 91 minutes
Paul Foot has one of the most refreshingly original comic voices in the world. We delve deep into the 13 years he spent being brilliant but unreliable, and the psychological...
Episode 253 - The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue
3rd July 2018 68 minutes
Vaudeville musical prop-based comedy dickheads, the Raymond and Mr Timpkins Review have been winning standing ovations all over Britain for decades. We talk about their origins filling in during the...
Episode 252 - John-Luke Roberts
25th June 2018 90 minutes
Splicing together physical absurdity with beautifully cerebral joke-writing, John-Luke Roberts is responsible for some genuinely ground-breaking comedy. We discuss how he was vice-president of Cambridge Footlights while not feeling part...
Episode 251 - Robin Ince
19th June 2018 85 minutes
Comedian, broadcaster, science-afficionado and author of forthcoming psychological memoir I'm A Joke And So Are You, Robin Ince's ideas flow through him like neutrinos. We discuss his constant state of...
Episode 250 - Simon Evans
11th June 2018 87 minutes
A fitting guest for the Sestercentennial of the show, Simon 'The Patrician' Evans was once Guest Zero - without him the podcast might not exist at all. A touring and...
Episode 249 - Anuvab Pal
4th June 2018 88 minutes
Anuvab Pal is one of a new generation, exploding out of India's relatively recent "comedy Big Bang". This disarming, witty act reveals how hard he finds it to embrace the...
Episode 248 - Sophie Willan
28th May 2018 86 minutes
Sophie is a hurricane of comedy in action. Possessed of a singular voice, she focuses her wit on genuinely important subject matter, including the cuts to social and mental health...
Episode 247 - Ben Target
21st May 2018 83 minutes
Considering oneself 'an artist who works in the field of comedy' is the starting point for a fascinating re-framing of the whole goddamn thing, in this conversation with the wonderfully...
Episode 246 - Anne Edmonds
14th May 2018 64 minutes
Recorded in 2017, this episode refers to Anne's previous Barry nomination and not her most recent one, which might hint at the kind of quality of comic we've got here......
Episode 245 - Ron White (Live)
30th April 2018 60 minutes
One of the most recognisable faces of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Ron 'Tater Salad' White is adored by fans of his caustic wit and everyday calls-it-like-he-sees-it Texan charm. We...
Episode 244 - Tez Ilyas
23rd April 2018 80 minutes
Very funny, amazingly watchable, and offering genuine insight into his personal and social politics, Tez Ilyas is a Northern, working-class, muslim comic capable of going all the way. Exceptionally frank...
Episode 243 - Beth Stelling
16th April 2018 66 minutes
Her laid-back style masking a sly wit that rewards your full attention, Beth Stelling is an indomitable comic force. Live at SXSW, we discuss risk and reward with regard to...
Episode 242 - Maria Bamford
9th April 2018 84 minutes
It's hard to imagine a more expressive, searingly honest and comprehensively funny comic than Maria Bamford. After a year which saw her series and new special on Netflix propel her...
Episode 241 - Jeremy Dyson
3rd April 2018 48 minutes
Celebrating the release of hilarious and terrifying new movie Ghost Stories, Jeremy Dyson talk to Stu about the myriad connections between comedy and horror... Best known as the invisible fourth...
Episode 240 - Andy Nyman
2nd April 2018 57 minutes
Celebrating the release of hilarious and terrifying new movie Ghost Stories, co-creator Andy Nyman talks to Stu about the myriad connections between comedy and horror... Now known primarily for his...
Episode 239 - James Davis
26th March 2018 81 minutes
James Davis' star is in the ascendant. In this live special episode from South By South West in Austin Texas, we discuss how the 'Hood Adjacent' comic keeps his material...
Episode 238 - Maeve Higgins
19th March 2018 77 minutes
Marvellous Maeve Higgins has an apparently meandering style that conceals some seismic punchlines. Now resident in the US, she reveals how running a comedy workshop in Iraq and podcasting with...