The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 15
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 198 - Mark Forward
20th February 2017 105 minutes
Mark Forward is one of Canada's finest comic exports, with a genuinely off-the-wall approach to his comedy, and the resolve that comes of having retired and come back to the...
Episode 197 - Phil Wang
13th February 2017 99 minutes
Phil Wang is a suave dork, a confident nerd, a feminist creep and a very funny young man. We uncover his childhood being hit with sticks in Malaysia, and track...
Episode 196 - Rachel Parris
6th February 2017 88 minutes
Comedian, singer, musician and key member of improvisational powerhouse Austentatious, Rachel Parris revels in undercutting her nice girl image with some tough material. We talk about how audiences listen differently...
Episode 195 - Elis James and John Robins (Live)
30th January 2017 85 minutes
Elis James and John Robins have both appeared on the show before as comics in their own right, but in this live special we focus on the work that goes...
Episode 194 - Brian Regan
23rd January 2017 56 minutes
Brian Regan is the undisputed master of the 'act-out', reducing audiences to tears of joy as he inhabits one potent premise after another. We squeezed in half an hour backstage...
Episode 193 - Angela Barnes
16th January 2017 78 minutes
Radio and TV regular Angela Barnes is a prodigious joke-writer with a reputation for sharp material delivered in a world-weary manner. A former mental health professional, who 'lost' her twenties...
Episode 192 - Elis James
9th January 2017 83 minutes
Like a reverse superhero, Elis James is a warm and charismatic story-teller, able to summon a hilarious, tiny-fisted, ranting neurotic from a parallel universe. We discuss how his persona changes...
Episode 191 - Pappy's return
19th December 2016 91 minutes
Pappy's return to the show after four years to discuss BBC Three's Badults, live shows, their future together, and whether they'll ever go back to Edinburgh. Laughter, tears and dickheads...
Episode 190 - Fern Brady
12th December 2016 110 minutes
Fern Brady is a fiercely funny and provocative comic, with an invigorating ability to combine eloquence and bluntness. A Guardian columnist and accidental spokesperson, she talks here about managing her...
Episode 189 - Chris Gethard
5th December 2016 80 minutes
Softly spoken and absolutely committed to the truth, Chris Gethard took Edinburgh by storm with a searingly honest and blackly funny show about depression and attempted suicide. We talk about...
Episode 188 - Andy Askins
28th November 2016 87 minutes
One of comedy's happiest and most humble men, Andy Askins reduces audiences to tears with his beautifully subtle and innocent-seeming punchlines. We discover the extraordinary backstory to his career, and...
Episode 187 - Carmen Lynch
21st November 2016 74 minutes
Carmen Lynch combines deft writing, rhythm and performative poise, to deadly effect. We talk about stopping and re-starting comedy, and how it feels to escape from the day-job a second...
Episode 186 - Tony Law returns
15th November 2016 101 minutes
A lot has changed since Old Tone's last appearance on the podcast. He's clean, sober and re-launching, but no less of a uniquely hilarious act. We talk about how he's...
Episode 185 - Jonny And The Baptists
7th November 2016 95 minutes
Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers are political musical comics with real jokes, real music and real politics. Regulars on Radio 4's The Now Show, and creators of iTunes chart-topping [i]The...
Episode 184 - Barry Crimmins
31st October 2016 71 minutes
Legendary comic Barry Crimmins kickstarted Boston's comedy scene in the 1980s, testified to the Senate against AOL.com profiteering from child pornography, and is to this day both a political firebrand...
Episode 183 - Paul Currie
24th October 2016 92 minutes
Sweaty, bearded turbo-clown Paul Currie's shows are stuffed with unforgettable images, feelings and smells. Beloved of comedy's intelligentsia, this award-winning performer doesn't let go of your heart until the last...
Episode 182 - Cameron Esposito
17th October 2016 76 minutes
A small-town girl who realised pretty late she was a giant lesbian, Cameron Esposito has evolved into a hilarious alpha-female hero comic. We talk about body-shaming, power-stances and side-mullets, and...
Episode 181 - John Robins
10th October 2016 81 minutes
Erudite stand-up, amazingly elastic improviser, and Goldsmith facial-resembler, John Robins is hitting his stride. We talk about the difficulties of changing gear mid-career, treating writing shows like writing essays, and...
Episode 180 - Tim Minchin (Live)
3rd October 2016 104 minutes
Live at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival. Multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winner, and Emmy-nominee Tim Minchin went from gigging keyboardist, to Royal Albert Hall smash hit, to Dreamworks director. We...
Episode 179 - Loyiso Gola
26th September 2016 65 minutes
Why is Emmy-nominated South-African satirist and comedian Loyiso Gola treated like a rock-star by his nation's politicians? We explore the ability of SA comics to be outsiders to both UK...