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Five of the best comedy podcasts
From the world's rudest agony aunts to pirate radio DJs and mock-celeb chat, if it's comedy you're after, there's a podcast for that.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 29th September 2021Best Comedy Podcast nominees announced
Beef And Dairy Network, Dear Joan And Jericha, Hidden Ireland, Kurupt FM, Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat and SeanceCast have been nominated for Best Comedy Podcast in the British Podcast Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 28th May 202150 funny podcasts to make you feel much better
Has your daily walk become an endless trudge to nowhere? These podcasts, chosen by comedians, podcasters, Guardian writers and readers, are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
The Guardian, 5th April 2021Ashley Storrie starring in BBC autism comedy Dinosaur
Comedian Ashley Storrie has filmed the pilot episode for a new BBC Three comedy drama about a young, undiagnosed autistic woman.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2021Best of 2020: Comedy
Outdoor venues and podcasts to the rescue.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2020Comedy podcasts round-up 1: from home and abroad
Podcasts have got many of us through 2020, starved as we have been for most of it of live comedy to leave the house to see. Here's a selection of some of the best; they are available on all podcast platforms unless stated.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 7th December 2020Dear Joan & Jericha interview
"Funerals are great places to meet men. Wear a tight dress, they won't turn you away".
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 5th November 2020Dear Joan & Jericha review
Glorious wrong advice from spoof agony aunts.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 3rd November 2020A Night In with Joan & Jericha, review
For the uninitiated, these two women of uncertain age give appalling relationship advice in jaw-droppingly graphic and un-PC terms.
Veronica Lee, i Newspaper, 28th October 2020Dear Joan And Jericha: Taking on the agony aunts
Newsnight's Emily Maitlis speaks to comedians Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine about their new book, Why He Turns Away, following the success of their award-winning podcast in which they play fictional agony aunts. The creators of popular podcast Dear Joan And Jericha, which features famously rude and unfiltered agony aunts, told BBC Newsnight about the "joy and pleasure of bringing down" traditionally sexist columns in their new book.
Emily Maitlis, BBC, 27th October 2020