
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 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...
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...