The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 6
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 382 - Harriet Kemsley
30th September 2021 90 minutes
Superbly funny and effortlessly real on stage, Harriet Kemsley grew up scared of saying the wrong thing and making mistakes, but after trying stand-up at the suggestion of her parents,...
Episode 381 - Jonathan Coulton
25th September 2021 83 minutes
You might know brilliantly witty and wise singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton as the writer of the Portal theme Still Alive, or from his many viral hits, albums, huge tours, or even...
Episode 380 - CK (Caimh) McDonnell
24th July 2021 82 minutes
Crime fiction powerhouse and former circuit comedian, CK McDonnell is on the cusp of levelling further up, with a TV adaptation of his half a million selling Dublin Trilogy in...
Episode 379 - Fin Taylor
16th July 2021 94 minutes
In an industry awash with 'edgelord' comedians, Fin Taylor is the real deal. Erudite, thunderously funny, and provocative having done the reading first, he manages to annoy absolutely everybody. We...
Episode 378 - Stevie Martin
9th July 2021 78 minutes
Stevie Martin has been generating excellent material for years, and is now starting to break through due to her jaw-droppingly funny online videos, packed with punchlines and with a genuinely...
Episode 377 - Paul Zerdin
1st July 2021 79 minutes
Irrepressibly optimistic, utterly in love with his craft and very mentally robust, Paul Zerdin is the British ventriloquist who won America's Got Talent. We talk about his lengthy career working...
Episode 376 - Josh Johnson
24th June 2021 73 minutes
Josh Johnson doesn't put a foot wrong. This masterful young US comic never stops working and is reaping the benefits with a place in The Daily Show writers' room, and...
Episode 375 - Jessie Cave
18th June 2021 77 minutes
"A drill-sergeant not a perfectionist", Jessie Cave enjoys simultaneous careers as an actress, comic, artist, and performance artist, all of which marry an extraordinary pragmatism with an attitude of artistic...
Episode 374 - Piff The Magic Dragon (John Van Der Put)
11th June 2021 86 minutes
How did a grumpy table magician find a way to turn "being pathetic" into 400 shows a year in his own theatre in Las Vegas? Only Piff The Magic Dragon...
Episode 373 - Greg Jenner
27th May 2021 88 minutes
If you thought wrestlers shared some of the tropes of comedians' lives, wait til you hear about historians! Comedy-adjacent public historian, writer of Dead Famous and other superb books, and...
Episode 372 - Rosie Jones
20th May 2021 64 minutes
"Not a cute ragdoll, but a disgusting sex robot", Rosie Jones is a triple-threat in ways of which you couldn't dream if you hadn't seen her act. Leveraging hugely punchy...
Episode 371 - Ian Moore
14th May 2021 76 minutes
Laser-guided comic, writer and corporate host, the "modnifique" Ian Moore is every inch the Comedy Store headliner, but in the early part of his career his battle with stage fright...
Episode 370 - Stuart Laws
7th May 2021 81 minutes
Is Stuart Laws an absurdist rambler who froths up a load of increasingly hilarious nonsense whilst honking in a gilet? Or is he an astute and quite private man who...
Episode 369 - Catherine Bohart
9th April 2021 69 minutes
Scintillating comic, podcaster, and co-host of Gigless, one of the online success stories of the last year, Catherine Bohart knows herself inside out and has a powerful mental toolkit for...
Episode 368 - The Delightful Sausage
2nd April 2021 75 minutes
Gloriously disgusting double-act The Delightful Sausage is comprised of jointly and severally brilliant Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill, for whom every line is a rug-pull, every image a rat being...
Episode 367 - Sooz Kempner
26th March 2021 89 minutes
"Come for the musical theatre, stay for the trauma!" That was the manifesto of the "Asda Kate Bush" Sooz Kempner, on her debut hour, an extraordinary verbatim performance of the...
Episode 366 - Loyiso Gola
19th March 2021 63 minutes
On the eve of his first solo Netflix special, one of South Africa's finest comedy exports returns to the show to discuss the challenges of filming a show in Covid...
Episode 365 - Ramon Rivas
11th March 2021 72 minutes
Comedian and go-getter Ramon Rivas lives in abundance as an artist, despite his lack of financial privilege. Interviewed in his hometown of Lorain, Ohio, we talk about his realisation that...
Episode 364 - Olga Koch
5th March 2021 86 minutes
Russian-born and raised in Surrey at an American school, Olga Koch is a fiercely funny act with unique perspectives that aren't simply confined to her unusual backstory. We talk about...
Episode 363 - Bethany Black
26th February 2021 101 minutes
Bethany Black makes a powerfully funny connection with her fanbase, and has been wielding it to great effect over the course of her heavily-shielded pandemic experience. We explore the effect...