The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 14
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 218 - Liza Treyger
4th September 2017 72 minutes
Possessed of an inordinate self-belief, Liza Treyger is one of the sharpest, funniest comics ever to not give a shit what you think of her. Named one of Variety's Ten...
Episode 217 - W Kamau Bell (Live)
27th August 2017 67 minutes
Comedy powerhouse Kamau finds time in-between podcasting, writing, and hosting the Emmy Award nominated United Shades of America on CNN, to produce deliriously funny sociopolitical stand-up. We talk about swerving...
Episode 216 - Andy Daly
7th August 2017 79 minutes
A phenomenally accomplished comic improviser and character comedian, Andy Daly revels in revealing the blackly comic internal lives of his creations. We talk about his show Review With Forrest McNeil,...
Episode 215 - Ivan Aristeguieta
31st July 2017 68 minutes
Venezuelan Ivan is a comic powerhouse, with an intensely scientific approach underpinning his sensual performance. Self-taught by translating classic routines into Spanish, he's achieved a genuine mastery of the ingredients...
Episode 214 - Nick Cody
26th July 2017 89 minutes
A globe-trotting man-bear with a fiery beard and a heart of gold, Nick Cody becomes the audience's best friend on sight, but doesn't skimp on big-hitting routines. We talk about...
Episode 213 - Simon Munnery
17th July 2017 80 minutes
Responsible for some of the funniest and most intelligent one-liners in the world, Simon Munnery has a brain like none other. Rarely will you find another comic so enthralled by...
Episode 212 - Orlando Baxter
10th July 2017 87 minutes
A bright young thing of the Boston comedy scene, Orlando Baxter conceals a sharp wit beneath a laidback persona. We talk about college gigs, Set-List, and why Americans ostentatiously carry...
Episode 211 - Barry Cryer
4th July 2017 120 minutes
For more than 50 years Barry Cryer OBE has been a lynchpin of British comedy. Having written for Morecambe & Wise, Tommy Cooper, The Frost Report and Kenny Everett, he...
Episode 210 - Pippa Evans
27th June 2017 114 minutes
Inbetween appearing in Olivier Award-winning improvised musical Showstopper! and co-founding the 'radically inclusive global movement' Sunday Assembly, Pippa Evans is a poly-performative stand-up, singer and actress. We talk about what...
Episode 209 - Ed Gamble (Live)
20th June 2017 74 minutes
Clean-cut to within an inch of his life, spunky Ed Gamble is a deft young comic who attributes his burgeoning success to being in the right place at the right...
Episode 208 - Jo Brand (Live)
12th June 2017 77 minutes
Since the 1980s Jo Brand has been synonymous with the best of British comedy, rising to the top of the industry at a time when female comics were outnumbered sixteen...
Episode 207 - Tom Ballard
5th June 2017 90 minutes
Multiple award-botherer Tom is well-read, politically-conscious and adept at turning argument into meaningful comedy. He's also really aggravatingly young and funny and successful. We discuss his politicisation, his approach to...
Episode 206 - Lost Voice Guy (AKA Lee Ridley)
29th May 2017 71 minutes
A punchline powerhouse with a genuinely unique act, Lee Ridley is adept at skewering his audience's unspoken prejudices. Unable to speak due to his cerebral palsy, Lee communicates entirely through...
Episode 205 - Rhys Nicholson
22nd May 2017 85 minutes
Immaculate in appearance, delivery and hit-rate, Rhys Nicholson is a perfectly-balanced cocktail of a comedian. We discuss the relationship between his face, his 'face' and the world of drag, and...
Episode 204 - Jeremy Hardy (Live)
15th May 2017 77 minutes
In his fourth decade as a comic, Jeremy Hardy is a staple of British comedy radio. His passion for vivid, punchline-filled writing is further enlivened by his political fervour. We...
Episode 203 - Aunty Donna
8th May 2017 75 minutes
Aunty Donna are a six-man sketch team with specialists in video, sound design and stage direction reinforcing the classic clown family of octopus Statham, wild-eyed loon and wanking sex-monkey. We...
Episode 202 - Hannah Gadsby (Live)
11th April 2017 73 minutes
Having grown up in Tasmania at a time when her very sexuality was illegal, Hannah Gadsby has forged her anger into an annihilating comic weapon. Her new show Nanette is...
Episode 201 - Russell Brand
14th March 2017 102 minutes
Global comedy superstar Russell Brand is studying for a degree, raising a new baby, and assembling a new two-year tour. An Essex boy with cosmic ambition, his art is obsessed...
Episode 200 - Stewart Lee
6th March 2017 136 minutes
One of the most iconoclastic, pioneering and influential comedians in Britain, Stewart Lee has forged his post-punk ideals into a thrillingly funny live act, with the very form at his...
Episode 199 - Paul Chowdhry (Live)
27th February 2017 82 minutes
An electrifying live performer, with a casual brutality that has audiences laughing despite themselves, Paul Chowdhry sells far more tickets than his mid-level TV profile might suggest. We talk about...