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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.

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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...

Episode 172 - Funmbi Omotayo

5th July 2016 95 minutes

Brilliant British-Nigerian comic Funmbi shares a fascinating take on his transition from the urban circuit to the mainstream, and his reasoning behind the move. We also explore the dynamic between...

Episode 171 - Shappi Khorsandi

24th June 2016 93 minutes

As you might expect from the impish British-Iranian comic who wears her heart on her sleeve, this conversation gets pretty deep pretty fast! We talk about shifting status, manufacturing common...

Episode 170 - Russell Howard

13th June 2016 101 minutes

Star of Good News and Stand Up Central, as well as a former Mock The Week team captain, Russell Howard is also one of the UK's most electrifying live performers....

Rigorously intellectual and brilliantly poetic, Liam Williams approaches comedy like writing a novel, but does he even enjoy stand-up? We talk about his experience of Cambridge Footlights, and examine a...

Episode 168 - Joe Lycett (Live)

23rd May 2016 77 minutes

Urbane, charming and totally in touch with what makes him funny, Joe Lycett is the figurehead for a new generation of British comics. We talk technique in detail, digging into...

Episode 167 - Seymour Mace

17th May 2016 93 minutes

Darkly silly stand-up and clown Seymour Mace channels his anger and bitterness through a lens of pure sunshine. He talks candidly about the challenges of living with depression in comedy;...

Episode 166 - Abigoliah Schamaun

4th May 2016 82 minutes

Brash but vulnerable, explicit but innocent, Abigoliah Schamaun loves whisky and hot yoga. We talk about her trans-atlantic transplant and the difference between bullies and wafflers, as well as getting...

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Episode 165 - Romesh Ranganathan

21st April 2016 77 minutes

Accelerating through the comedy industry with dizzying speed, BAFTA-nominated Romesh Ranganathan nonetheless has a quiet authority reminiscent of your favourite teacher. We explore his fearlessness, the support of his family,...

Episode 164 - Jimmy Carr (Part 2)

11th April 2016 70 minutes

In part two, Jimmy Carr explores the application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming to his personal life and work, and we learn the most common mistake he sees newer comedians make on...

Episode 164 - Jimmy Carr

4th April 2016 68 minutes

In this first part of a two hour interview with one of the UK's most respected comedians, Jimmy Carr reveals the inner mechanism of his bulletproof stage act. We focus...

Episode 163 - Mike Wilmot

26th March 2016 92 minutes

'Uncle Mike' tells it like it is. A veteran stand-up possessed of an extraordinarily empathic relationship with his crowd, Mike loves enrapturing and abusing his audience with dirty gags your...

Episode 162 - Tania Edwards

19th March 2016 85 minutes

With a cut-glass accent that reflects her precision-tooled comedy, Tania Edwards inflicts maximum damage with faint praise. We talk about her process, her practice and her peeves - and learn...

Episode 161 - Dave Gorman (Live)

11th March 2016 84 minutes

One of the most inventive comics in Britain, documentary pioneer Dave Gorman gives us a genuinely thorough and methodical analysis of the four (or more) phases of his career. We...

Episode 160 - Gein's Family Giftshop

7th March 2016 110 minutes

Bird-flipping, bumhole-shouting Gein's Family Giftshop are horror-obsessed, wildly inventive and deeply funny. We dig into the internal dynamics of the group, find out why they don't wear wigs, and examine...

Episode 159 - Spencer Jones (Live)

1st March 2016 72 minutes

Winner of two UK Barry Awards - voted on by comedians - for his 2015 show Proper Job, Spencer Jones is a natural born, funny-boned twinkler. Never mind his clowning,...

Episode 158 - Hari Kondabolu

19th February 2016 94 minutes

With appearances on Conan, Letterman and Totally Biased, comic firebrand Hari Kondabolu has a lot to say, and the research to back it up. We discuss the New Yorker's politicisation...

Episode 157 - Nathan Caton

13th February 2016 92 minutes

With his own Radio 4 series and a raft of Mock The Week appearances under his belt, Nathan Caton remains astonishingly down to earth and level-headed. We explore panel-show tactics,...

Episode 156 - Matt Kirshen

4th February 2016 94 minutes

Wise beyond his years, the innocent-seeming Matt Kirshen has an extraordinary breadth of experience in UK comedy, even before Last Comic Standing introduced him to an American audience. As well...

Episode 155 - Jena Friedman (Live)

22nd January 2016 70 minutes

Wickedly spiky and dry as sand, controversy-courting stand-up Jena Friedman has writing credits for Letterman and The Daily Show under her belt. We discover her unusual origin, as her thesis...

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