The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 8
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 336 - Robert Popper
17th April 2020 81 minutes
An experiment was performed in which the co-creator of Look Around You, creator and writer of Friday Night Dinner, former commissioning editor for Channel 4 and expert timewaster Robert Popper...
Episode 335 - Scott Bennett
10th April 2020 76 minutes
The hardest-working man in UK comedy, Scott Bennett is tipped for imminent breakthrough to the mainstream, so you won't be surprised to hear that he grasped the pandemic nettle and...
Lockdown special: Alexander Bennett
10th April 2020 44 minutes
Special mini episode with very funny and thoughtful comic Alexander Bennett on: recovering from a dose of Covid-19, isolating in a new flat with a french woman he doesn't know,...
Episode 334 - Robby Collins
2nd April 2020 83 minutes
A tub-thumping powerhouse of a comedian basking in a laidback rhythm, Robby Collins is a devoted student of comedy. We talk about how he made his obsession into his art,...
Episode 333 - Steve McNeil
31st March 2020 92 minutes
The co-host and co-creator of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit, Steve McNeil started his career in sketch comedy, and has enjoyed an invigoratingly twisty journey through multiple genres, currently...
Episode 332 - Desiree Burch
20th March 2020 68 minutes
In a podcast recorded in a less frightening time (about a fortnight ago) Desiree Burch talks us through her upbringing and development to becoming the powerful and hyper-eloquent comic force...
Episode 331 - Janey Godley
13th March 2020 80 minutes
Superb comedian, thrilling storyteller and born survivor Janey Godley not only answers back to her online death-threats, but publishes her whereabouts with an open invitation to "come and have a...
Episode 330 - Alexei Sayle
6th March 2020 69 minutes
The godfather of British alternative comedy, Alexei Sayle, is always at the edge of catastrophe. The star of The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, The Comic Strip Presents, many more...
Episode 329 - Eshaan Akbar
28th February 2020 85 minutes
Eshaan Akbar has an extremely diverse comic portfolio. This former wealth manager and government policy maker is now a successful TV comedian with a significant career in the making. We...
Episode 328 - Seann Walsh
21st February 2020 76 minutes
Seann Walsh is an extraordinary observational comic, with a phenomenal talent for getting to the heart of the funny in the most everyday topics, and enlivening a routine with act-outs....
Episode 327 - Matt Winning
13th February 2020 74 minutes
A man on a mission, comedian and academic Dr Matt Winning is an expert on climate change and on making the apocalypse funny. We explore how to make a show...
Episode 326 - The Sklar Brothers
6th February 2020 70 minutes
Twins Randy and Jason Sklar blow audiences away with their extraordinarily layered stand-up, weaving their delivery alongside, through and around each other's voices; sparring, arguing and then dropping into perfect...
Episode 325 - Ninia Benjamin
31st January 2020 84 minutes
A juggernaut of charisma and filth, Ninia Benjamin has a supernatural connection to her audience and a mind like a firework display. We discuss why she won't ever explain her...
Episode 324 - Jamali Maddix
23rd January 2020 58 minutes
A master of "pulling back into the wide angle", Jamali Maddix thrives on big routines about big subjects, letting his innate comic ability run riot. We talk about the pressures...
Episode 323 - John Kearns
16th January 2020 73 minutes
The only comic ever to have consecutively won Best Newcomer and Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe, John Kearns is a master at finding pathos in the prosaic, combining clowning...
Episode 322 - Tom Basden
7th January 2020 53 minutes
Returning to stand-up this month with a run at Soho Theatre, after many years working on other projects including his sitcom Plebs, Tom Basden is inventive and prolific, also handsome....
Episode 321 - Santa Claus (and Herbie Treehead)
19th December 2019 100 minutes
In this Christmas Special, Stuart speaks to the actual Santa Claus, via his little helper and confidant, consummate clown Herbie Treehead. Herbie is a phenomenal street-performer, known around the world...
Episode 320 - Flo & Joan
13th December 2019 85 minutes
Flo & Joan are a uniquely funny musical duo, with deadpan front-cloth patter rooted in their actual siblinghood. We talk about going from open mics to a special on [c]Amazon...
Episode 319 - Tim Renkow
5th December 2019 76 minutes
Star of his own sitcom Jerk and a gleefully discomforting stand-up, Tim Renkow makes his point with devastating wit. We talk about how people's exploitation of Tim's physical vulnerability has...
Episode 318 - Neil Hamburger (Gregg Turkington)
23rd November 2019 87 minutes
"America's Funnyman" Neil Hamburger is the disturbing comic creation of Gregg Turkington; deeply funny, vile and poignant in equal measure. Ordinarily reluctant to talk about his alter-ego, Gregg gradually uncovers...