The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 16
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 178 - Lewis Black (Live)
18th September 2016 81 minutes
Is Lewis Black the angriest man in America? We discuss Lewis' origins in theatre, his turnover of topical material, particularly in an election cycle, and the trigger points from which...
Episode 177 - Tiff Stevenson (Live)
12th September 2016 81 minutes
A provocative and genuine comic, Tiff Stevenson pulls apart her subject matter like a terrier, mining huge laughs from political, topical and personal subjects. We talk about agency, process and...
Episode 176 - Bill Burr
15th August 2016 101 minutes
At the top of his game, stand-up Bill Burr is conquering the planet with an extraordinary creative ferocity. He delights in unsettling audiences by saying the un-sayable, before justifying his...
Episode 175 - Todd Barry
1st August 2016 71 minutes
There's dry, and then there's Todd Barry. On his Crowdwork tour, Todd's skill in low-energy one-liners allows him to spin unexpected angles into truly original audience interaction. We discuss writing...
Episode 174 - Wendy Wason
19th July 2016 77 minutes
Wendy Wason gigs hard and acts in movies - but still juggles her comedy career with raising three children. We discuss her solid work ethic and achieving the "discipline of...
Episode 173 - Jinkx Monsoon
12th July 2016 109 minutes
Superbly funny and very skilled Jinkx Monsoon won RuPaul's Drag Race IV, and with long-term collaborator Major Scales is continuing to weave that very public success into an established comedy...
Episode 172 - Funmbi Omotayo
5th July 2016 95 minutes
Brilliant British-Nigerian comic Funmbi shares a fascinating take on his transition from the urban circuit to the mainstream, and his reasoning behind the move. We also explore the dynamic between...
Episode 171 - Shappi Khorsandi
24th June 2016 93 minutes
As you might expect from the impish British-Iranian comic who wears her heart on her sleeve, this conversation gets pretty deep pretty fast! We talk about shifting status, manufacturing common...
Episode 170 - Russell Howard
13th June 2016 101 minutes
Star of Good News and Stand Up Central, as well as a former Mock The Week team captain, Russell Howard is also one of the UK's most electrifying live performers....
Episode 169 - Liam Williams
4th June 2016 88 minutes
Rigorously intellectual and brilliantly poetic, Liam Williams approaches comedy like writing a novel, but does he even enjoy stand-up? We talk about his experience of Cambridge Footlights, and examine a...
Episode 168 - Joe Lycett (Live)
23rd May 2016 77 minutes
Urbane, charming and totally in touch with what makes him funny, Joe Lycett is the figurehead for a new generation of British comics. We talk technique in detail, digging into...
Episode 167 - Seymour Mace
17th May 2016 93 minutes
Darkly silly stand-up and clown Seymour Mace channels his anger and bitterness through a lens of pure sunshine. He talks candidly about the challenges of living with depression in comedy;...
Episode 166 - Abigoliah Schamaun
4th May 2016 82 minutes
Brash but vulnerable, explicit but innocent, Abigoliah Schamaun loves whisky and hot yoga. We talk about her trans-atlantic transplant and the difference between bullies and wafflers, as well as getting...
Episode 165 - Romesh Ranganathan
21st April 2016 77 minutes
Accelerating through the comedy industry with dizzying speed, BAFTA-nominated Romesh Ranganathan nonetheless has a quiet authority reminiscent of your favourite teacher. We explore his fearlessness, the support of his family,...
Episode 164 - Jimmy Carr (Part 2)
11th April 2016 70 minutes
In part two, Jimmy Carr explores the application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming to his personal life and work, and we learn the most common mistake he sees newer comedians make on...
Episode 164 - Jimmy Carr
4th April 2016 68 minutes
In this first part of a two hour interview with one of the UK's most respected comedians, Jimmy Carr reveals the inner mechanism of his bulletproof stage act. We focus...
Episode 163 - Mike Wilmot
26th March 2016 92 minutes
'Uncle Mike' tells it like it is. A veteran stand-up possessed of an extraordinarily empathic relationship with his crowd, Mike loves enrapturing and abusing his audience with dirty gags your...
Episode 162 - Tania Edwards
19th March 2016 85 minutes
With a cut-glass accent that reflects her precision-tooled comedy, Tania Edwards inflicts maximum damage with faint praise. We talk about her process, her practice and her peeves - and learn...
Episode 161 - Dave Gorman (Live)
11th March 2016 84 minutes
One of the most inventive comics in Britain, documentary pioneer Dave Gorman gives us a genuinely thorough and methodical analysis of the four (or more) phases of his career. We...
Episode 160 - Gein's Family Giftshop
7th March 2016 110 minutes
Bird-flipping, bumhole-shouting Gein's Family Giftshop are horror-obsessed, wildly inventive and deeply funny. We dig into the internal dynamics of the group, find out why they don't wear wigs, and examine...