
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 13
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 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...
Episode 237 - Ola The Comedian
14th March 2018 111 minutes
Provocative, disarmingly frank and very funny, Ola is an emphatic voice in British comedy. As well as getting into the nitty-gritty of his creativity, we discuss Ola's faith as the...
Episode 236 - Julio Torres
8th March 2018 88 minutes
An astonishingly original and creative approach to comedy finds El Salvadoran American 'space prince' and SNL writer Julio Torres describing his favourite shapes to an audience, at some length. One...
Episode 235 - Colin Hoult
26th February 2018 119 minutes
Colin's sublime creation Anna Mann is a faded actress (little ripple of recognition?) on a mission to fight the fascists! But she is only the tip of phenomenally creative and...
Episode 234 - Arabella Weir
13th February 2018 98 minutes
Her writing and performance in The Fast Show made her one of the most influential women in British sketch comedy; now Arabella Weir reflects on her work and the balance...
Episode 233 - Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker and Andrew Doyle)
7th February 2018 84 minutes
Motormouth reporter Jonathan Pie is the creation of motormouth actor Tom Walker. His online videos of a furious news reporter apparently caught on camera are massively viral and often hilarious....
Episode 232A - James Acaster: Returns (part two)
18th January 2018 63 minutes
In the second part of our conversation, comedy craftsman James Acaster examines his relationship to his audience, and how that changes under a variety of different pressures, and also reveals...
Episode 232 - James Acaster: Returns (part one)
17th January 2018 82 minutes
About to drop four interlinked stand-up specials on Netflix, James Acaster is also the only comedian ever to have been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five years in a...
Episode 231 - Jess Robinson
19th December 2017 98 minutes
Jess 'Mighty Voice' Robinson is a phenomenal vocalist and impressionist, who has her audiences in tears of bliss as well as laughter. We talk about her experience on [i]Britain's Got...
Episode 230 - Dane Baptiste
12th December 2017 114 minutes
Dane Baptiste is raising the bar for articulate, socially-conscious stand-up, and pulls no intellectual punches in this conversation, which takes in chakras, Arthur Maslow's hierarchy of needs and transcendental perception......