The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 21
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 89 - Phill Jupitus (Live)
28th August 2014 78 minutes
From Porky the Poet to Never Mind The Buzzcocks to his own stand-up tours, Phill Jupitus is responsible for a prodigious comic output. We discuss his origins as a performer,...
Episode 88 - Sam Simmons
14th August 2014 70 minutes
Sam Simmons is not a 'surreal' comic, despite his propensity to turn into a horse whilst windsurfing. He's responsible for some of the funniest, most imaginative comedy in the world,...
Episode 87 - John Hastings
30th July 2014 80 minutes
John Hastings has the soul of an alt comic, hiding between the power-chords of a bullet-headed club-jockey. He describes in detail how the Canadian circuit differs to the UK, and...
Episode 86 - Noel James
24th July 2014 74 minutes
A master of off-the-wall wordplay, Noel James is disarmingly honest about his struggles with comedy and real life. We analyse his use of metaphor and analogy as well as delving...
Episode 85 - Kyle Kinane
17th July 2014 59 minutes
A self-confessed 'sad, bearded white dude', Kyle Kinane has more empathy than the next road warrior, and more bite than the next peddler of whimsy. He talks here about eschewing...
Episode 84 - Nick Doody
10th July 2014 80 minutes
Nick Doody is a textbook 'unsung hero' of comedy: fiercely analytical, and with an approach to jokes that is both cerebral and instinctive. He talks here in fascinating detail about...
Episode 83 - Aamer Rahman
1st July 2014 64 minutes
Aamer Rahman was on the verge of giving up his career in overtly-political comedy when his YouTube standup clip on 'reverse racism' went life-changingly viral. We talk about anger, activism,...
Episode 82 - Andy Zaltzman
24th June 2014 86 minutes
The grand high sultan of Bullshit-istan, Andy Zaltzman is one half of the incredible Bugle Podcast, and combines densely-written satirical nonsense with improvised flights of fancy. He goes into detail...
Episode 81 - Adrienne Truscott
19th June 2014 78 minutes
New York-based former cabaret comic Adrienne Truscott is an articulate, passionate and hilarious new voice in stand-up. Her Asking For It show won the panel prize at the Edinburgh Fringe...
Episode 80 - Jarred Christmas
11th June 2014 80 minutes
An improvisational powerhouse, Jarred Christmas finds the time to pepper his irrepressible joie de vivre with damn fine jokes. He spills the beans here about his current state of flux...
Episode 79 - Luke Heggie
5th June 2014 55 minutes
Although still new, Sydney-based Luke Heggie is a breath of dry, dusty air to a circuit stuffed with comic book-readers and 'star-fuckers'. A blue-collar Aussie bloke who won RAW on...
Episode 78 - Michele A'Court
28th May 2014 60 minutes
Autobiographical and observational New Zealand comedian, blogger and feminist, Michele A'Court speaks passionately about authenticity, insecurity and the right to challenge. We discuss her refusal to apologise, the disappearance from...
Episode 77 - Tom Wrigglesworth
22nd May 2014 78 minutes
A softly-spoken, foppish figure who luxuriates in language, Tom Wrigglesworth is equally at home spinning a yarn or smashing up a weekend club. He talks here about authenticity in his...
Episode 76 - Ben Hurley
20th May 2014 82 minutes
Laidback observationalist Ben Hurley made a foray to the UK some years ago, and returned to his native New Zealand to become a TV hero. We get stuck into the...
Episode 75 - Carey Marx (Live)
30th April 2014 65 minutes
Carey Marx is a silver-tongued charmer who delights in navigating boundaries of logic, language and taste. With a unique take on verbal dexterity and misdirection, informed in part by his...
Episode 74 - Claudia O'Doherty (Live)
26th April 2014 61 minutes
Claudia O'Doherty is a genuine comedy pioneer, who uses high concepts and holograms in order to have fun behaving like a dickhead. We talk about the inspiration behind topics like...
Episode 73 - Max and Ivan (Live)
17th April 2014 62 minutes
To call Max & Ivan a comedy double-act with a narrative doesn't really do justice to this pair of rubber-faced, multi-voiced storytellers, who have a penchant for sneaking actual theatre...
Episode 72 - David O'Doherty (Live)
11th April 2014 62 minutes
Does 'whimsy' have to mean fairy lights and bunting, or is it just owning a bag? David O'Doherty is a multi-award winning comic and musical noodler, with a real emotional...
Episode 71 - Kerry Godliman
3rd April 2014 81 minutes
A recipe for a happy life as a comic? Kerry Godliman is a superb observationalist, and a tremendous comic actor. She shares her philosophy on writing, gigging and how to...
Episode 70 - Tim Vine (Live)
31st March 2014 58 minutes
Alongside his famously prodigious output of punnery, Tim Vine is a wonderfully imaginative comedy creator. As well as talking us through his writing techniques, he describes how he structures an...