
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 17
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 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...
Episode 159 - Spencer Jones (Live)
1st March 2016 72 minutes
Winner of two UK Barry Awards - voted on by comedians - for his 2015 show Proper Job, Spencer Jones is a natural born, funny-boned twinkler. Never mind his clowning,...
Episode 158 - Hari Kondabolu
19th February 2016 94 minutes
With appearances on Conan, Letterman and Totally Biased, comic firebrand Hari Kondabolu has a lot to say, and the research to back it up. We discuss the New Yorker's politicisation...
Episode 157 - Nathan Caton
13th February 2016 92 minutes
With his own Radio 4 series and a raft of Mock The Week appearances under his belt, Nathan Caton remains astonishingly down to earth and level-headed. We explore panel-show tactics,...
Episode 156 - Matt Kirshen
4th February 2016 94 minutes
Wise beyond his years, the innocent-seeming Matt Kirshen has an extraordinary breadth of experience in UK comedy, even before Last Comic Standing introduced him to an American audience. As well...
Episode 155 - Jena Friedman (Live)
22nd January 2016 70 minutes
Wickedly spiky and dry as sand, controversy-courting stand-up Jena Friedman has writing credits for Letterman and The Daily Show under her belt. We discover her unusual origin, as her thesis...
Episode 154 - Mark Steel (Live)
16th January 2016 77 minutes
In at the beginning of alternative comedy, and now a 'venerated lefty' and Columnist Of The Year 2015, punchy pundit Mark Steel has lost none of his passion. We discuss...
Episode 153 - Isy Suttie (Live)
8th January 2016 68 minutes
Stand-up; songwriter; Peep Show's Dobby; and under it all still 'The girl who jumped off Matlock Bridge for a quid', Isy Suttie applies a psychedelic imagination to her forensic grasp...
Episode 152 - Daniel Sloss (Live)
19th December 2015 65 minutes
Alarmingly successful for one so young, tender wee boy Daniel Sloss likes to get his teeth into an argument on stage. We discuss the pleasures and pitfalls of really committing...
Episode 151 - Ronny Chieng (Live)
10th December 2015 57 minutes
Ronny Chieng is the fastest-rising new comic in Australia, with huge audiences flocking to his shows from the word go. With a boxer's eye for society's weak spots, he's at...
Episode 150 - Stewart Francis (Live)
27th November 2015 60 minutes
"How dare I not be entertaining!?" One of the world's greatest one-liner comics, Stewart Francis brings his quickfire mind to bear on the podcast, and gets grappling. For a man...
Episode 149 - Will Durst (Live)
21st November 2015 65 minutes
An extraordinary education in stand-up from someone who's been doing it since the seventies! San Francisco-based Will Durst mixes observations about life in one's sixties, as well as political fire-brandery...
Episode 148 - Aisling Bea (Live)
15th November 2015 59 minutes
An irrepressibly charming personality, Aisling Bea's stand-up bubbles over with unusual perspectives and ludicrous family stories; few acts have climbed as high as fast. She talks here about finding a...