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For anyone who writes comedy, makes comedy, loves comedy, as we delve into the minds of over 500 comedians across the world, asking them in depth about how they do it, and how they cope with the challenges of a creative life.
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Larry Dean (2020): ComCompendium (opens the original)
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We’re delving back into the archives once again and opening up episode 345 with Larry Dean ! Recorded before his rise to global fame with SNL UK, we discuss: being manipulated into working hard by people who understand you deliberately mining opportunities for embodying the jokes and the thrill of writing for revenge Join the Insiders Club at patreon.com/comcompod where you can instantly get access to the full back catalogue of extras including with Larry! 👉 Sign up to the ComComPod Mailing List
Doc Brown (2019): ComCompendium (opens the original)
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Once again we’re back in the archives of ComComPod towers with Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown , a prodigious talent, with clean-cut standup and roof-raising comedy rap, as well as a parallel career as an influential and respected rapper. We discuss: the state of mind that led him to turn down a 220-date national tour how his stage name became a millstone and why he struggles to make a meal he wouldn't eat himself... Join the Insiders Club at patreon.com/comcompod where you can instantly get acce
Greg Proops Returns (opens the original)
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The Smartest Man In The World, Greg Proops , returns to the show 13 years and 468 episodes later to discuss his new album, Kidding. But STILL . A stand-up comic and improvisor from San Francisco, Greg is best known for his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? but also as one of the two-headed pod racer commentators from The Phantom Menace! We discuss: the process of riffing a whole album live like a jazz musician Bill Hicks’ advice of "less jokes and more me" we delve into all things Whose Li
Stevie Martin (2021): ComCompendium (opens the original)
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Welcome back for another ComCompendoum, this time with Stevie Martin where we discuss: the huge amount of time and prep that goes into her work the internal battle to feel like a “proper comedian” in an industry that prioritises certain styles, backgrounds and looks. her brilliant former sketch outfit Massive Dad and whether their aesthetic made them “unapproachable” as performers the relative loneliness of stand-up and trying to love Edinburgh in the way that it deserves to be loved Join the In
I'm In Edinburgh! (opens the original)
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Some people have been in Edinburgh all month long... well, the cool kids are now finally in town! Starting today, I'll be at Monkey Barrel Comedy's Cabaret Voltaire everyday at 2.25pm until 30th August. Although it's about the climate, this show isn't bleak! I tackle our hypocrisy, the barefaced lies of big oil companies, and the things we tell ourselves to cope with it all. It's consistently hilarious (as evidenced below*, don't just take my word for it), and will leave you motivated and full o
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