Atletico Spudland
228 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAtletico Spudland is a podcast hosted by writer, woodworker and reluctant mage, Spud Murphy
Join him as he tries to make sense of the world, be it though his works of fiction, his wood sigils or whatever hare-brained idea he's cooking up.
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Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with Irish Comedian Damien Kiely
May 18, 2017 18:31 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian, Damien Kiely. We kick off the interview with Damien telling me about his bittersweet weekend, a communion for one of his kids and a cat funeral. We speak about where Damien is from, what he calls the Harlem of Dublin. We talk about what's been happening in Ireland that's been making headlines recently but we end up speaking about burying animals in the backyard and Sc...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with American Comedian Liam Breunle
May 15, 2017 18:30 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from American stand-up comedian, Liam Breunle. I came across Liam a few weeks ago on Instagram and when I read his bio I knew I had to get him on the show. Here it is: "Former accounts receivable for the Italian Mafia, Felon, ex-WWF wrestler, Biker...Comedian, What the hell...right?" Now if that doesn't grab you as interesting then we're very, very different. We speak about Liam's past, how he was ...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with English Stand-up Comedian Travis Jay
May 11, 2017 20:40 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from English stand-up comedian, Travis Jay. We kick off the interview and we speak about Travis' heritage and some of the stories his immigrant grandparents told him about coming to Britain from The Caribbean. We speak too about the silent Tory supporters and how social media is a terrible indicator for what's happening in the real world. We speak about growing up in a house of comedy. Travis' moth...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with American Comedian Chris Barnes
May 08, 2017 18:01 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from American Stand-up Comedian, Chris Barnes. We kick off the interview and speak about where Chris is from, Long Island. He's our second Long Islander is less than a month, which is pretty mad. We speak about what Chris did in college and how it helps him with his role at Stand Up NY, one of New York's longest running comedy clubs. We talk about how and why Chris got into comedy and how he start...
Steve Bennett
May 04, 2017 18:01 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Irish Comedian, Steve Bennett. Steve is Irish comedian of the year so we kick off the podcast by speaking about a tour he'd just completed in Australia on the back of that achievement. Steve hails from Laois in Ireland, so we speak about growing up there for a bit. Take the train through it though, don't bother stopping he says. Before getting into comedy Steve was a teacher, so we speak abou...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with Australian Comedian Wayne Carter
May 01, 2017 18:01 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Australian stand-up comedian, Wayne Carter. We kick off the interview speaking about the glamour of stand-up comedy, baked beans for dinner and spring cleaning. Wayne comes form a small rural area ins Australia, so we speak growing up there and about how it was the kind of place that had 'one of everybody'. Wayne's family ancestry is Scottish-Jewish. Yes, we joke about it. Wayne regales me w...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with British Comedian Ola
April 27, 2017 18:01 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from British stand-up comedian Ola. We get straight into things and speak about his YouTube series of videos called Humanise Ola. We speak about his Nigerian heritage and where his name comes from and how holding onto that heritage is important to him. We speak about how and why Ola got into comedy and how he used to love downloading comedy when he first got the internet, even though it wasn't his...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with American Comedian Tim Dillon
April 24, 2017 19:06 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from American stand-up comedian Tim Dillon. We begin the interview with Tim educating me about Long Island because I barely know anything about it. We speak about a few of Tim's old jobs and we discuss how it's kind of weird that stand-ups are all really crap at sales jobs, where you'd expect lying to be part of the course. We get talking about about how crack houses can be a lot of fun when you'r...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with Irish Comedian Jonathan Sheehan
April 20, 2017 18:01 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Jonathan Sheehan. We kick off the conversation talking about my recent run in with a South African record producer company, sorry, it was just something I had to get off my chest. Jonathan hails from Tullamore in Co. Offaly so we chat about the 3 things I know about Tullamore, Irish hiphop, whiskey and a former Irish Taoiseach, or Prime Minister, and he fills me in with ...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with Scottish Comedian Rosco McClelland
April 17, 2017 19:01 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBHello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Scottish stand-up comedian Rosco McClelland. Rosco's from Scotland but he'd just been touring with some Irish comedians in Australia so we got talking about some of the new Irish slang he'd learned from them. We both then profess our undying and unwavering love for American pop/punk masters Weezer, really I love that band and I won't have a bad word said against them. It seems to me that Scottish comedy is going throug...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast with Scottish Comedian Wis Jantarasorn
April 13, 2017 19:01 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBHello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Scottish/Thai stand-up comedian Wiz Jantarasorn. We kick off the interview speaking about Gok Wan & Alan Carr, Wis reveals why. Wis is from Leith, just north of Edinburgh so we get talking about that and how the small port town has changed over the years. We get topical then and speak about Theresa May triggering Article 50 for Brexit, being against a second Scottish Independence Referendum, Scotland having zero Conserv...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast Interview with American Comedian Kristin Key
April 10, 2017 19:01 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from American stand-up comedian Kristin Key. We start off in unusual fashion, Kristin was doing her US Tax Returns, so I wanted to know more about American taxes and how comedians are taxed there. All I know about the American tax system comes from a certain Simpsons episode. Kristin describes herself as the lovechild of Ellen and Jane Lynch, so we addressed that and get it out of the way. It's a c...
Comedy Podcast | The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Comedian Alex Byrne
April 06, 2017 18:01 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Alex Byrne. We kick off the interview in unusual fashion and speak about peanut butter and jam, or jelly, sandwiches, I'd just discovered them and wanted to share their amazement with the world. Alex comes from Lucan in Dublin, so we get the lowdown on the village withing a city's borders. We speak about Alex being half stand-up comedian, half magician, and not half-Mic...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Aidan Shields
April 03, 2017 19:01 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Aidan Shields. We kick off the interview by speaking about Dundalk, a town close to the Northern Irish border and how lucky Aidan is to have not taken the accent, nor that one of close rivals Drogheda. In Ireland the areas around the border are known lovingly as "Bandit country" so we spoke about that and the death of Martin McGuinness, former IRA leader and Sinn Fein ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with English Stand-up Comedian Angus Dunican
March 30, 2017 19:01 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MBHello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from English stand-up comedian Angus Dunican. We begin the interview with an old opening line Angus used to use to open his sets which I personally love. We speak a bit about Angus being brought up in Eastbourne, which in his words are both the retirement and suicide capitals of England. Angus speaks at a millions miles a minute, it's something to behold especially when he's thinking on his feet but you'll be impressed, so w...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Brian Gallagher
March 27, 2017 18:01 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Today you'll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Brian Gallagher. We start off the interview with Brian telling me that he'd been gigging the night before, then working and running on only 4 hours sleep. Brian's from Limerick, so we have a chat about the city, how it's finally cast off it's hard gang image and what it's like now. We speak about Brian having a streak of devilment in him and how he likes to skirt the line between something that's perceived as h...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Anna Clifford
March 23, 2017 19:01 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Today you'll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Anna Clifford. We kick off the interview speaking about Anna's day job and how being a vegetarian doesn't exactly help We recorded this before St Patrick's Day so we had a chat about the day, what it means for Irish people and what we get up to. We get onto comedy then and we speak about how and why Anna got into comedy and we talk about Anna studying at The Gaiety School of Acting and how she knew from an earl...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Mel Kelly
March 20, 2017 19:01 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBHello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Mel Kelly. We kick off the interview speaking about where in Dublin Mel’s from and the purely coincidental parallels of his career starting in the beerhalles of Munich just like a certain famous Austrian. We speak about Mel’s new … Continue reading The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Mel Kelly
The Comedy Cast Interview with Scottish Stand-up Comedian Ross Leslie
March 16, 2017 18:01 - 50 minutes - 23 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ iTunes: https://goo.gl/41izWU Android feed: https://goo.gl/UYKvap https://www.facebook.com/thecomedycast/ https://twitter.com/The_ComedyCast http://mixlr.com/thecomedycast Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you'll be hearing from Scottish stand-up comedian Ross Leslie. We kick off the interview talking about our shared love for watching sky sports news alone and in our shorts before getting onto Ross' upcoming Glasgow Comedy Festival show and some of ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Scottish Stand-up Comedian David Callan
March 13, 2017 19:36 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you'll be hearing from Scottish stand-up comedian David Callan. We kicked off the interview talking about David's day job and how the service industry isn't as crushingly horrible as office work, we spoke then about where David was raised, Essex in London and how even though he was born there he always had a Scottish accent. We talk about David living in Edinburgh now, having moved up there for university and how it...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Laura Byrne
March 09, 2017 19:30 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com Laura will be instantly recognisable to anyone that has seen any of the Facts videos. If you've not heard of Facts, it's a massive YouTube channel that makes videos of Irish comedians commenting on things like watching American TV shows, trying Polish desserts and watching Star Wars for the first time. We start off the interview by speaking about how much Laura's been gigging all over Ireland lately. We speak too about coming from a place in Dublin with a mad name; ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Scottish Stand-up Comedian Kevin McPadden
March 06, 2017 20:23 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Today you'll be hearing from Scottish stand-up comedian Kevin McPadden. We kicked off the interview by speaking about Kevin's upcoming Glasgow Comedy Festival shows and how his preparations are going for this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. That good us talking about Kevin's writing process , how he prepares his sets and how he likes to explore ideas for jokes. We spoke then about Kevin's first gig, in The Stand in Edinburgh, not a bad place to start at all. We ...
The Comedy Cast with Irish Singer, Comedian and Theatre Director Lauren Hope
March 02, 2017 21:01 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ We kicked off the interview speak about where Lauren is from and how her family fled Russia for county Cork Lauren is also a medium and big into spirituality so we spoke about that, I can't put my finger on it but for some reason I really enjoy speaking to people about things like this. We speak about a philosophy that Lauren follows, a Course in Miracles We speak indepthly about the topic and we get onto the heavy issue of death and how we deal with it as indivi...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Welsh Stand-up Comedian Sam Lloyd
February 27, 2017 20:34 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com We started off the interview speaking about where Sam is from, Newport in Wales, a place famous for having a documentary about bouncers and a new KFC. We spoke about living in and growing in a place with a Bad Reputation. We had a chat then about Sam's comedic influences and how they've affected his style of comedy, we spoke about Sam mixing styles on stage and how his favourite comedians are Canadians. We delve into that a bit and try and pick at what it is about C...
The Comedy Cast Interview with English Stand-up Comedian Stuart Edwards
February 23, 2017 19:50 - 50 minutes - 23 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Today you'll be hearing from English stand-up comedian Stuart Edwards. I won't lie to you all, you're smart listeners but I had a bit of a man crush on Stuarts sumptuous ginger beard, but Stuart had some bad news for me. We followed that up with a quick chat about a recent role Stuart had played that involved trying to tempt kids with sweet from the back of a van. Stuart is based in the mighty Northern England stronghold of Newcastle and I'd a few questions about ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with American Stand-up, Author & Stand-up Teacher, Greg Dean
February 20, 2017 20:29 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com Greg Dean is someone very well-known in the comedy world and if you've ever look for a book on stand-up comedy then chances are you've come across his book on stand-up; Step by Step to Stand-up Comedy. We started off by talking a bit about Greg heritage, coming from British stock, one side being Scottish, who still have a castle, and the other English. We spoke about Greg growing up in rural California and joining the theatre as a young man before literally running ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with English Stand-up Comedian Bilal Zafar
February 16, 2017 19:58 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com Today you'll be hearing from Bilal Zafar. We started off the interview talking about Bilal already preparing new material for this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, we spoke as well a bit about Bilal family history, his mother and father moving from Pakistan to Britain. Bilal's family had just celebrated a wedding in the family so I was curious to ask him some questions about that as I know next to nothing about Muslim religious ceremonies. We spoke about how and ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with English Stand-up Comedian Lucy Roper
February 13, 2017 20:44 - 50 minutes - 22.9 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Lucy Roper came on my radar thanks to the Leicester Comedy that's running at the moment, we started off the podcast talking about Lucy's day job, she works in T.V. (wooooo) but she won't get your script commissioned. We spoke too about where Lucy's from, a wee town called Wirksworth, which isn't pronounced like it's spelled and that led to us talking about why the English has such a blatant disregard for how to pronounce their letters. We had a chat about the Nort...
The Comedy Cast Interview with English Comedian, Actor & Theatre Artistic Director Joseph Cullen
February 09, 2017 21:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Joseph Cullen is more than multi-talented, he's a actor, a stand-up comedian and has a pretty cool day job; working with Over The Limit Theatre as Artistic Director. He's a self-depreciating kind of lad, as you'll hear, but he's certainly got his head screwed on properly and greatness beckons I hope. We started off talking about how with a name like Joe Cullen he could be my next door neighbour back in Wexford and how he was almost Augustus Bojangles. I ran into J...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Writer, Actor and Comedian Tara Flynn
February 06, 2017 20:37 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Tara Flynn will be well-known to anyone that has even the slightest interest in the Irish comedy scene and before hanging up her stand-up microphone to concentrate on writing was a regular face on the stand-up scene all over the world. We started off then talking about where Tara's from in Ireland and why she has a definite Irish accent but one that's hard to exactly place. Tara is well-known in Ireland too for appearing on approximately 20 million radio ads and w...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Lorcan McGrane
February 02, 2017 20:36 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Lorcan McGrane's a comedian that I really admire, a man doing his own thing and on his own terms. Unlike many comedians that attach themselves to a scene in a certain city he's doing his own thing living in rural County Monaghan, a border county in the north of the Republic of Ireland, but it's not Northern Ireland, even though it is in Ulster and has a border with Northern Ireland, and all the counties of Northern Ireland are in Ulster. It's all a bit mad, Monaghan...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Martin Angolo
January 30, 2017 19:48 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com Martin's a Dublin man and recently he's been hitting a lot of peoples' radars in Ireland thanks to his particular style of comedy. While still certainly new to the scene you can definitely see his progression as a comedian from his material on YouTube. We kicked off the interview like any two Irishmen, we bitched about the weather, we spoke too about being raised in Cabra in Dublin, a place with a bad reputation, but really that's all it is. We spoke about Martin's...
The Comedy Cast Interview with American-Hungarian Stand-up Comedian Zoltan Kaszas
January 26, 2017 19:31 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Zoltan came across my radar thanks to video Zoltan had posted up on the mighty Stand-Up Comedy thread over on Reddit entitled "Trump & Toilets". Having a name like Zoltan I instantly thought he was an American with Hungarian ancestry so it was a pleasant surprise to find out that he was actually born in Budapest and had lived there until shortly after the fall of Communism. So, we started out interviewing talking about Hungary, how great the place is and how Zoltan...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Scottish Stand-up Comedian Rachel Jackson
January 23, 2017 19:48 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ Rachel Jackson is a Scottish stand-up comedian from the outskirts of Edinburgh, Babeton to be exact about it and when you're from a place with 'babe' in the name you're already winning. At the time of recording Rachel's mini-TV series had just started to air on BBC 3; Bunny Boiler's Dating Vlog and will continue to do so until Valentine's Day, so I'm sure many of you will be seeing it on your screens. We got good and nerdy on it, how it was transformed from an Edinb...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Northern Irish Stand-up Comedian Marcus Keeley
January 19, 2017 19:24 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBThanks again for joining us here at The Comedy Cast. http://thecomedycast.com Regular listeners will know that I'm a massive fan of what's going on in Northern Ireland's comedy scene, indeed the whole culture scene up there. Finally there's a generation of people taking to the stage in their chosen medium who aren't burdened with the yoke of 'The Troubles' and they're emerging from and showing the rest of us the new Northern Ireland. Marcus Keeley is a man that will be more than well-known ...
The Comedy Cast Interview with W.T. Fallon
January 16, 2017 18:01 - 42 minutes - 17.2 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com/ W.T. Fallon is the author behind one of 2016's best works of political satire, Fail to the Chief, a book about a USA Presidential race based on the concept of reality TV. Under another pseudonym, V.R. Craft, she has also written a science fiction book called Stupid Humans. We stated off the interview by talking about pseudonyms and why the are an important literary device for authors; the importance of being able to create a new identity while writing in a differen...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Hollywood Film Producer & Executive Summer Helene
January 12, 2017 20:39 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBhttp://thecomedycast.com Hello and welcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you'll be hearing from Summer Helene, one of Hollywood's rising stars. I won't lie, this is a bit of a scoop for The Comedy Cast, as you obviously know we concentrate on stand-up comedians and authors so when I was presented with the chance to talk to someone who works, not even works, who organises everything behind the camera I grabbed it. Summer has had an incredible career and she's only going to get bigger and bi...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Welsh Stand-up Comedian Drew Taylor
January 09, 2017 16:09 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBToday you'll be hearing from Drew Taylor. Drew hails from the valleys in south Wales, and while he's still quite new on the comedy scene there he's been getting rave reviews and really lighting up comedy gigs since he started plying his trade on the Welsh comedy scene. We started off by talking about Drew's duties on his partner's grandparents farm and how living in the country means doing your duty sometimes, and being from a rural background myself I know that only too well. Then we spok...
The Comedy Cast Interview with American Stand-up Comedian Neil Snyder
January 05, 2017 20:17 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBWelcome back to The Comedy Cast; today you’ll be hearing from Neil Snyder, an American stand-up comedian from Indiana. Welcome once again, let’s make 2017 even better here at The Comedy Cast, I’ve got loads planned and loads of guest already lined up so I’ll stop rambling and let’s get back to the podcasts. First … Continue reading The Comedy Cast Interview with American Stand-up Comedian Neil Snyder
[Rebroadcast] The Comedy Cast’s Top 3 Podcasts of 2016, Number 1: Ryan Cullen
December 29, 2016 16:31 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBRyan Cullen This is a rebroadcast of the Ryan Cullen interview from September 23rd. Welcome back to The Comedy Cast. Today you’ll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian, Ryan Cullen. Ryan Cullen will be well-known to anyone that has ever seen any of the Facts videos; where Irish people give their reactions to eating … Continue reading [Rebroadcast] The Comedy Cast’s Top 3 Podcasts of 2016, Number 1: Ryan Cullen
[Rebroadcast] The Comedy Cast’s Top 3 Podcasts of 2016, Number 2: Robbie Bonham
December 26, 2016 10:41 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBThis is a rebroadcast of the Robbie Bonham interview from October 6th. Today you'll be hearing from Irish comedian Robbie Bonham. Robbie will be well-known to anyone that follows the Irish comedy scene, he's been gigging for many years now and is renowned for his honesty and his dealing with personal issues while on stage. This was a real education for me; to speak to a comedian in a time of real transition, as someone who has to deal yet again with alcoholism, relationship difficulties and...
[Rebroadcast] The Comedy Cast’s Top 3 Podcasts of 2016, Number 3: Ruth E. Cockburn
December 23, 2016 10:16 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBThis is a rebroadcast of the Ruth E. Cockburn interview that aired on September 8th. Today you'll be hearing from an English comedian from Blackpool, Ruth E. Cockburn (it's not pronounced as it's spelt, so behave). We had a right old natter about her former career as a substitute teacher, teaching things like sex education to teenagers, why she got into comedy, her influences, her Donald Trump song and her current project Love Letters from Blackpool which she plans to tour next year.
The Comedy Cast Interview with Irish Stand-up Comedian Sean Marshall
December 19, 2016 20:22 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBToday you'll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Sean Marshall. It being so close to Christmas we had to, at least, appear seasonal and have a natter about it, so we had a chat about Christmas in Dublin and the 12 Pubs of Christmas phenomenon that has swept the country like a wave of beer-vomit over the last few years. Then we got onto the main act and the reason you're listening; comedy. We spoke about how and why Sean got into it, seeing comedy as a challenging calling, even though hap...
The Comedy Cast Interview with American Stand-up Comedian and Actor Missy Grynkiewicz
December 15, 2016 19:49 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBToday you'll be hearing from an American stand-up comedian and actor Missy Grynkiewicz. We started off the interview talking about how she got the name Missy and how her previous career as an acting teacher and director helped her when she stated comedy. We spoke too about Missy's style of comedy and why she prefers to keep her comedy personal and relatable. We chatted about being from Maryland, how to pronounce it properly and how the whole state isn't anything like the Baltimore depicted i...
The Comedy Cast Interview with American Comedian, Ventriloquist and Writer April Brucker
December 12, 2016 20:01 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBToday we've got something pretty cool for you listeners, an interview with an American ventriloquist, comedian and writer April Brucker, we got off to a great start by getting straight into how talented the Irish are at swearing and how to discipline kids Irish-style. We spoke about what April did before she got into comedy, mostly trying to get laid while in college and how she got into ventriloquism. This lead to April having a public access TV show while still in high school that aired in...
The Comedy Cast Interview with American Stand-up Comedian Liysa Callsen
December 08, 2016 19:02 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBToday you'll be hearing from an American stand-up comedian Liysa Callsen. Liysa and I had a great chat about all things comedy. First we spoke about why she got into comedy and why, in some of her YouTube videos, you'll hear her saying "Improv saved her life." So we had a chat about changing direction in life at a time when most people are settled and finding true happiness through comedy. We talked too about Liysa's comedy coming from a very personal place, rather than ganging up on easy ta...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Canadian Author Ira Nayman
December 05, 2016 16:41 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBWe have something very special for you today, an interview with the Canadian sci-fi and comedy author Ira Nayman. When Ira got in touch about an interview I was delighted to finally have a comedy author coming on, little did I realise the body of work Ira's published over the year and so my delight was increased tenfold when I realised I'd get to grill him about his lengthy career and the many, many books he's published. We started off then with how and why he got into writing and his past w...
The Comedy Cast Interview with English Stand-up Comedian Rosie Wilby
December 01, 2016 18:46 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBToday you're going to be hearing from English stand-up comedian Rosie Wilby. By the time Rosie had even gotten into stand-up comedy she'd already had a pretty great career, journalism, music journalism, then fronting a band during the hayday of Britpop, all of that before deciding to become a stand-up. So, of course, we spoke about all of that and we spoke about her natural inquisitiveness, finding inspiration in everyday life, being personal onstage. We also spoke about her comedy influenc...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Icelandic Stand-up Comedian Bylgja Babylons
November 28, 2016 17:37 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBToday we've got something very special for you lovelies, an interview with Bylgja Babýlons, an absolutely hilarious Icelandic stand-up comedian. We started off with Bylgja teaching me a few Icelandic swear words. You can never have enough swear words in my experience. We spoke too about how to deal with the Icelandic winters, how the Icelanders are more Irish than Scandinavian thanks to Vikings stealing Irish women. We spoke about Bylgja's acting career and how it lead her into stand-up com...
The Comedy Cast Interview with Northern Irish Stand-up Comedian Micky Bartlett
November 24, 2016 18:59 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBToday you're going to be hearing from one of Northern Ireland's most hotly-tipped stand-up comedians, Micky Bartlett. Listeners will certainly have heard his name before on the Graeme Watson episode and you all know by know that I have a major thing for the current Northern Irish comedy scene so I had to get Micky on as a guest. We had a great laugh together, really did. Micky has to be one of the most relaxed comedians we're ever had on and it felt far more like a conversation over a pint t...