
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith Page 16
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 192 - Elis James
9th January 2017 83 minutes
Like a reverse superhero, Elis James is a warm and charismatic story-teller, able to summon a hilarious, tiny-fisted, ranting neurotic from a parallel universe. We discuss how his persona changes...
Episode 191 - Pappy's return
19th December 2016 91 minutes
Pappy's return to the show after four years to discuss BBC Three's Badults, live shows, their future together, and whether they'll ever go back to Edinburgh. Laughter, tears and dickheads...
Episode 190 - Fern Brady
12th December 2016 110 minutes
Fern Brady is a fiercely funny and provocative comic, with an invigorating ability to combine eloquence and bluntness. A Guardian columnist and accidental spokesperson, she talks here about managing her...
Episode 189 - Chris Gethard
5th December 2016 80 minutes
Softly spoken and absolutely committed to the truth, Chris Gethard took Edinburgh by storm with a searingly honest and blackly funny show about depression and attempted suicide. We talk about...
Episode 188 - Andy Askins
28th November 2016 87 minutes
One of comedy's happiest and most humble men, Andy Askins reduces audiences to tears with his beautifully subtle and innocent-seeming punchlines. We discover the extraordinary backstory to his career, and...
Episode 187 - Carmen Lynch
21st November 2016 74 minutes
Carmen Lynch combines deft writing, rhythm and performative poise, to deadly effect. We talk about stopping and re-starting comedy, and how it feels to escape from the day-job a second...
Episode 186 - Tony Law returns
15th November 2016 101 minutes
A lot has changed since Old Tone's last appearance on the podcast. He's clean, sober and re-launching, but no less of a uniquely hilarious act. We talk about how he's...
Episode 185 - Jonny And The Baptists
7th November 2016 95 minutes
Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers are political musical comics with real jokes, real music and real politics. Regulars on Radio 4's The Now Show, and creators of iTunes chart-topping The...
Episode 184 - Barry Crimmins
31st October 2016 71 minutes
Legendary comic Barry Crimmins kickstarted Boston's comedy scene in the 1980s, testified to the Senate against AOL.com profiteering from child pornography, and is to this day both a political firebrand...
Episode 183 - Paul Currie
24th October 2016 92 minutes
Sweaty, bearded turbo-clown Paul Currie's shows are stuffed with unforgettable images, feelings and smells. Beloved of comedy's intelligentsia, this award-winning performer doesn't let go of your heart until the last...
Episode 182 - Cameron Esposito
17th October 2016 76 minutes
A small-town girl who realised pretty late she was a giant lesbian, Cameron Esposito has evolved into a hilarious alpha-female hero comic. We talk about body-shaming, power-stances and side-mullets, and...
Episode 181 - John Robins
10th October 2016 81 minutes
Erudite stand-up, amazingly elastic improviser, and Goldsmith facial-resembler, John Robins is hitting his stride. We talk about the difficulties of changing gear mid-career, treating writing shows like writing essays, and...
Episode 180 - Tim Minchin (Live)
3rd October 2016 104 minutes
Live at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival. Multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winner, and Emmy-nominee Tim Minchin went from gigging keyboardist, to Royal Albert Hall smash hit, to Dreamworks director. We...
Episode 179 - Loyiso Gola
26th September 2016 65 minutes
Why is Emmy-nominated South-African satirist and comedian Loyiso Gola treated like a rock-star by his nation's politicians? We explore the ability of SA comics to be outsiders to both UK...
Episode 178 - Lewis Black (Live)
18th September 2016 81 minutes
Is Lewis Black the angriest man in America? We discuss Lewis' origins in theatre, his turnover of topical material, particularly in an election cycle, and the trigger points from which...
Episode 177 - Tiff Stevenson (Live)
12th September 2016 81 minutes
A provocative and genuine comic, Tiff Stevenson pulls apart her subject matter like a terrier, mining huge laughs from political, topical and personal subjects. We talk about agency, process and...
Episode 176 - Bill Burr
15th August 2016 101 minutes
At the top of his game, stand-up Bill Burr is conquering the planet with an extraordinary creative ferocity. He delights in unsettling audiences by saying the un-sayable, before justifying his...
Episode 175 - Todd Barry
1st August 2016 71 minutes
There's dry, and then there's Todd Barry. On his Crowdwork tour, Todd's skill in low-energy one-liners allows him to spin unexpected angles into truly original audience interaction. We discuss writing...
Episode 174 - Wendy Wason
19th July 2016 77 minutes
Wendy Wason gigs hard and acts in movies - but still juggles her comedy career with raising three children. We discuss her solid work ethic and achieving the "discipline of...
Episode 173 - Jinkx Monsoon
12th July 2016 109 minutes
Superbly funny and very skilled Jinkx Monsoon won RuPaul's Drag Race IV, and with long-term collaborator Major Scales is continuing to weave that very public success into an established comedy...