Nish Kumar is one of the most powerful and provocative voices in British stand-up comedy, and his debut special Your Power, Your Control is streaming now on Sky On Demand & Now TV, for those in the UK & Ireland. He returns to the podcast to talk in depth about the creative process behind the writing of that show, the inciting incident in which a bread roll was thrown at him at a charity gig, and how that led to a media frenzy, terrifying death threats, and ultimately a total re-evaluation of his mental health. We talk about making serious things funny, and the phenomenal rise of The Mash Report, as well as "Birbiglifying", "Frankensteining", and phantom pooping...

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