
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 229 - Zoe Coombs Marr
4th December 2017 84 minutes
I've never seen such an immediate standing ovation as the one we gave Zoe Coombs Marr at the end of her show Trigger Warning this year. Her multiple award-winning creation...
Episode 228 - Howard Read
28th November 2017 101 minutes
Uniquely funny and inventive stand-up Howard Read has recently been performing a double-act with an animated cartoon child version of himself. We discuss the madness behind his method, explore the...
Episode 227 - Sarah Kendall
13th November 2017 85 minutes
A superb comedian story-teller, Sarah Kendall's work is suffused with genuine meaning. She talks vividly here about controlling her anxiety and the aftermath of a nervous breakdown. We also delve...
Episode 226 - Sean Patton
30th October 2017 84 minutes
Infused with the lyrical virtuosity of his native New Orleans, comic and story-teller Sean Patton is adept at finding the meaningful in the profane. We talk about his OCD; his...
Episode 225 - Reginald D Hunter
23rd October 2017 90 minutes
Recorded at the close of the Edinburgh Festival, this toweringly-charismatic lay-preacher of comedy is astonishingly candid in his reflection on the past few years. We get deep into some very...
Episode 224 - Tim McGarry (Live)
16th October 2017 70 minutes
One of the writers and stars of Northern Ireland's most successful sitcom Give My Head Peace, wonderful Tim McGarry is adept at walking the tightrope of offence. We talk about...
Episode 223 - Jo Caulfield
10th October 2017 86 minutes
Is there such a thing as warm malice? One of the UK's classiest comics, Jo Caulfield wields spite like a glittering scalpel, to hilarious effect. We talk about her evolving...
Episode 222 - Joe DeRosa
3rd October 2017 95 minutes
In this 'lost' episode recorded in Edinburgh in 2016, Joe DeRosa peels back the layers of his hilariously disgruntled stand-up about anxiety, therapy and suicide. He rails against comedy being...
Episode 221 - Michael Legge (Live)
26th September 2017 62 minutes
Fuelled by a seemingly-bottomless well of anger, and capable of articulating it hilariously, Michael Legge rages that life isn't as beautiful as it should be. We learn how his own...
Episode 220 - Sasheer Zamata
18th September 2017 75 minutes
Former SNL cast-member Sasheer is a phenomenally accomplished stand-up and comic actor, as well as a celebrity ambassador for the ACLU. At Just For Laughs Montreal, we discuss the confidence...
Episode 219 - Sugar Sammy
11th September 2017 64 minutes
Montreal's biggest comedy export, Sugar Sammy is a textbook example of a comic who made it happen all by himself. We discuss the cultural currents involved with his ability to...
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...