The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

244 - Tez Ilyas

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Very funny, amazingly watchable, and offering genuine insight into his personal and social politics, Tez Ilyas is a Northern, working-class, muslim co...

243 - Beth Stelling (Live from SXSW)

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Her laid-back style masking a sly wit that rewards your full attention, Beth Stelling is an indomitable comic force.Live at SXSW, we discuss risk and ...

242 - Maria Bamford

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's hard to imagine a more expressive, searingly honest and comprehensively funny comic than Maria Bamford. After a year which saw her series an...

241 - Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen)

03 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating the release of hilarious and terrifying new movie "Ghost Stories", co-creators and childhood friends Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson talk to S...

240 - Andy Nyman

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating the release of hilarious and terrifying new movie "Ghost Stories", co-creators Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson talk to Stu about the myriad co...

239 - James Davis (Live from SXSW)

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

James Davis' star is in the ascendent. In this live special episode from South By South West in Austin Texas, we discuss how the "Hood Adjacent" ...

238 - Maeve Higgins (SXSW)

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Marvellous Maeve Higgins has an apparently meandering style that conceals some seismic punchlines. Now resident in the US, she reveals how running a c...

237 - Ola The Comedian

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Provocative, disarmingly frank and very funny, Ola is an emphatic voice in British comedy. As well as getting into the nitty-gritty of his creati...

236 - Julio Torres

08 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An astonishingly original and creative approach to comedy finds El Salvadoran American "space prince" and SNL writer Julio Torres describing his ...

235 - Colin Hoult

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Colin's sublime creation "Anna Mann" is a faded actress (little ripple of recognition?) on a mission to fight the fascists! But she is only the tip of...

234 - Arabella Weir

18 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Her writing and performance in The Fast Show made her one of the most influential women in British sketch comedy; now Arabella Weir reflects on her wo...

Compared To What

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is my new standup album "Compared To What", which was my 2016 fringe show and my 2017 tour. If you enjoy it, you might consider liberally pa...

233 - Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker & Andrew Doyle)

09 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Motormouth reporter Jonathan Pie is the creation of motormouth actor Tom Walker. His online videos of a furious news reporter apparently caught on cam...

232A - James Acaster: Returns (part two)

18 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of our conversation, comedy craftsman James Acaster examines his relationship to his audience, and how that changes under a variety...

232 - James Acaster: Returns (part one)

17 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

About to drop four interlinked standup specials on Netflix, James Acaster is also the only comedian ever to have been nominated for the Edinburgh come...

231 - Jess Robinson

19 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jess "Mighty Voice" Robinson is a phenomenal vocalist and impressionist, who has her audiences in tears of bliss as well as laughter. We talk abo...

229 - Zoe Coombs Marr

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

I've never seen such an immediate standing ovation as the one we gave Zoe Coombs-Marr at the end of her show "Trigger Warning" this year.&nb...

228 - Howard Read

28 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Uniquely funny and inventive stand-up Howard Read has recently been performing a double-act with an animated cartoon child version of himself. We...

22X - Brian Regan (Re-release)

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating the release of Brian's Netflix special, his work now available in the UK for the first time, we're proud to bring you this blast from the ...

227 - Sarah Kendall

13 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A superb comedian story-teller, Sarah Kendall's work is suffused with genuine meaning.  She talks vividly here about controlling her anxiety and the ...

226 - Sean Patton

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Infused with the lyrical virtuosity of his native New Orleans, comic and story-teller Sean Patton is adept at finding the meaningful in the profane.&n...

225 - Reginald D Hunter

23 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded at the close of the Edinburgh festival, this toweringly-charismatic lay-preacher of comedy is astonishingly candid in his reflection on the p...

224 - Tim McGarry (Live at Belfast Comedy Festival)

16 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the writers and stars of Northern Ireland's most successful sitcom "Give My Head Peace", wonderful Tim McGarry is adept at walking the tightrop...

223 - Jo Caulfield

10 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Is there such a thing as warm malice? One of the UK's classiest comics, Jo Caulfield wields spite like a glittering scalpel, to hilarious effect. We t...

222 - Joe DeRosa

03 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this "lost" episode recorded in Edinburgh in 2016, Joe DeRosa peels back the layers of his hilariously disgruntled standup about anxiety, therapy a...

221 - Michael Legge (Live at Objectively Funny Festival)

26 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Fuelled by a seemingly-bottomless well of anger, and capable of articulating it hilariously, Michael Legge rages that life isn't as beautiful as it sh...

220 - Sasheer Zamata

18 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Former SNL cast-member Sasheer is a phenomenally accomplished standup and comic actor, as well as a celebrity ambassador for the ACLU. At Just For Lau...

219 - Sugar Sammy

11 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Montreal's biggest comedy export, Sugar Sammy is a textbook example of a comic who made it happen all by himself. We discuss the cultural currents inv...

218 - Liza Treyger

04 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Possessed of an inordinate self-belief, Liza Treyger is one of the sharpest, funniest comics ever to not give a shit what you think of her. Named...

217 - W Kamau Bell (Live at Just For Laughs Montreal)

27 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Comedy powerhouse Kamau finds time in-between podcasting, writing, and hosting the Emmy Award nominated "United Shades of America"on CNN, to produce d...

216 - Andy Daly

07 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A phenomenally accomplished comic improviser and character comedian, Andy Daly revels in revealing the blackly comic internal lives of his creations.&...

215 - Ivan Aristeguieta

31 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Venezuelan Ivan is a comic powerhouse, with an intensely scientific approach underpinning his sensual performance. Self-taught by translating cla...

214 - Nick Cody

26 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A globe-trotting man-bear with a fiery beard and a heart of gold, Nick Cody becomes the audience's best friend on sight, but doesn't skimp on big-hitt...

213 - Simon Munnery

17 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Responsible for some of the funniest and most intelligent one-liners in the world, Simon Munnery has a brain like none other. Rarely will you find ano...

212 - Orlando Baxter

10 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A bright young thing of the Boston comedy scene, Orlando Baxter conceals a sharp wit beneath a laidback persona. We talk about college gigs, Set-...

211 - Barry Cryer

03 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For more than 50 years Barry Cryer OBE has been a lynchpin of British comedy. Having written for Morecambe & Wise, Tommy Cooper, The Frost Report ...

210 - Pippa Evans

27 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In-between appearing in Olivier Award-winning improvised musical "Showstopper!" and co-founding the "radically inclusive global movement" Sunday Assem...

209 - Ed Gamble (Live at Stonefree Festival)

20 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Clean-cut to within an inch of his life, spunky Ed Gamble is a deft young comic who attributes his burgeoning success to being in the right place at t...

Micro-pod: T-shirts! "Hell Week"! Wedding Amble!

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this quicky micro-pod, Stu talks all soppy like about his recent nuptials.  (Also T-shirt pre-sale info and a quick ad for some London previews th...

208 - Jo Brand (Live at Soho Theatre)

12 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Since the 1980's Jo Brand has been synonymous with the best of British comedy, rising to the top of the industry at a time when female comics were out...

207 - Tom Ballard

05 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple award-botherer Tom is well-read, politically-conscious and adept at turning argument into meaningful comedy. He's also really aggravatin...

206 - Lost Voice Guy (AKA Lee Ridley)

29 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A punchline powerhouse with a genuinely unique act, Lee Ridley is adept at skewering his audience's unspoken prejudices. Unable to speak due to his ce...

205 - Rhys Nicholson

22 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Immaculate in appearance, delivery and hit-rate, Rhys Nicholson is a perfectly-balanced cocktail of a comedian. We discuss the relationship ...

204 - Jeremy Hardy (Live at Soho Theatre)

15 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In his fourth decade as a comic, Jeremy Hardy is a staple of British comedy radio. His passion for vivid, punchline-filled writing is further enlivene...

203 - Aunty Donna

08 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Aunty Donna are a six-man sketch team with specialists in video, sound design and stage direction reinforcing the classic clown family of octopus Stat...

202 - Hannah Gadsby (Live at Melbourne Comedy Festival)

11 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Having grown up in Tasmania at a time when her very sexuality was illegal, Hannah Gadsby has forged her anger into an annihilating comic weapon. Her n...

20X - Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 Special Post-amble

05 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

No interview this week, but loads of great ones on the way, so this week I'm giving you an update of what's been happening in Melbourne. If you'r...

200 - Stewart Lee

06 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most iconoclastic, pioneering and influential comedians in Britain, Stewart Lee has forged his post-punk ideals into a thrillingly funny li...

199 - Paul Chowdhry (Live at Soho)

27 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

An electrifying live performer, with a casual brutality that has audiences laughing despite themselves, Paul Chowdhry sells far more tickets than his ...

198 - Mark Forward

20 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Forward is one of Canada's finest comic exports, with a genuinely off-the-wall approach to his comedy, and the resolve that comes of having retir...

197 - Phil Wang

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Wang is a suave dork, a confident nerd, a feminist creep and a very funny young man. We uncover his childhood being hit with sticks in Malay...

196 - Rachel Parris

07 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian, singer, musician and key member of improvisational powerhouse "Austentatious", Rachel Parris revels in undercutting her nice girl image with...

195 - Elis James and John Robins (Live from Soho Theatre)

30 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Elis James and John Robins have both appeared on the show before as comics in their own right, but in this live special we focus on the work that goes...

194 - Brian Regan

23 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Regan is the undisputed master of the "act-out", reducing audiences to tears of joy as he inhabits one potent premise after another. We squeezed...

193 - Angela Barnes

16 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Radio and TV regular Angela is a prodigious joke-writer with a reputation for sharp material delivered in a world-weary manner. A former mental health...

192 - Elis James

09 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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...

191 - Pappy's Return

19 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pappys return to the show after four years to discuss BBC3's Badults, live shows, their future together, and whether they'll ever go back to Edinburgh...

190 - Fern Brady

12 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Fern Brady is a fiercely funny and provocative comic, with an invigorating ability to combine eloquence and bluntness. A Guardian columnist and a...

189 - Chris Gethard

05 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Softly spoken and absolutely committed to the truth, Chris Gethard took Edinburgh by storm with a searingly honest and blackly funny show about depres...

188 - Andy Askins

28 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

One of comedy's happiest and most humble men, Andy Askins reduces audiences to tears with his beautifully subtle and innocent-seeming punchlines. We d...

187 - Carmen Lynch

21 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Carmen Lynch combines deft writing, rhythm and performative poise, to deadly effect. We talk about stopping and re-starting comedy, and how it feels t...

186 - Tony Law Returns

15 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

185 - Jonny And The Baptists

07 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers are political musical comics with real jokes, real music and real politics. Regulars on R4's The Now Show, and creator...

184 - Barry Crimmins

31 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Legendary comic Barry Crimmins kickstarted Boston's comedy scene in the 1980s, testified to the Senate against AOL.com profiteering from child pornogr...

183 - Paul Currie

24 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sweaty, bearded turbo-clown Paul Currie's shows are stuffed with unforgettable images, feelings and smells. Beloved of comedy's intelligentsia, this a...

182 - Cameron Esposito

17 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 abo...

181 - John Robins

10 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Erudite stand-up, amazingly elastic improviser, and Goldsmith facial-resembler, John Robins is hitting his stride. We talk about the difficulties of c...

180 - Tim Minchin (Live at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival)

03 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winner, and Emmy-nominee Tim Minchin went from gigging keyboardist, to Royal Albert Hall smash hit, to Dreamworks dire...

179 - Loyiso Gola

26 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Why is Emmy-nominated South-African satirist and comedian Loyiso is treated like a rock-star by his nation's politicians? We explore the ability of SA...

178 - Lewis Black (Live at Just For Laughs, Montreal)

18 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Is Lewis Black the angriest man in America? We discuss Lewis' origins in theatre, his turnover of topical material, particularly in an election cycle,...

177 - Tiff Stevenson (Live at Larmer Tree Festival)

12 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A provocative and genuine comic, Tiff pulls apart her subject matter like a terrier, mining huge laughs from political, topical and personal subjects....

176 - Bill Burr

15 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 sa...

175 - Todd Barry

01 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 tru...

174 - Wendy Wason

18 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 achiev...

173 - Jinkx Monsoon

11 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

172 - Funmbi Omotayo

04 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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

171 - Shappi Khorsandi

24 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

170 - Russell Howard

13 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

169 - Liam Williams

04 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Rigorously intellectual and brilliantly poetic, Liam Williams approaches comedy like writing a novel, but does he even enjoy standup? We talk about hi...

168 - Joe Lycett (Live at Machynlleth Comedy Festival)

24 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 techniqu...

167 - Seymour Mace

17 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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...

166 - Abigoliah Schamaun

04 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Brash but vulnerable, explicit but innocent, Abigoliah Schamaun loves whisky and hot yoga. We talk about her trans-atlantic transplant and the differe...

165 - Romesh Ranganathan (Live at Soho Theatre)

21 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Accelerating through the comedy industry with dizzying speed, BAFTA-nominated Romesh nonetheless has a quiet authority reminiscent of your favourite t...

164 - Jimmy Carr (Part Two of Two)

11 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

164 - Jimmy Carr (Part One of Two)

04 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 st...

163 - Mike Wilmot

26 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

"Uncle Mike" tells it like it is. A veteran standup possessed of an extraordinarily empathic relationship with his crowd, Mike loves enrapturing and a...

162 - Tania Edwards

19 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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

161 - Dave Gorman (Live at Soho Theatre)

11 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most inventive comics in Britain, documentary pioneer Dave Gorman gives us a genuinely thorough and methodical analysis of the four (or mor...

160 - Gein's Family Giftshop

07 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Bird-flipping, bumhole-shouting Gein's Family Giftshop are horror-obsessed, wildly inventive and deeply funny. We dig into the internal dynamics of th...

159 - Spencer Jones aka The Herbert (Live at Bob Slayer's Blundabus)

26 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

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 m...

158 - Hari Kondabolu

19 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

With appearances on "Conan", "Letterman" and "Totally Biased", comic firebrand Hari Kondabolu has a lot to say, and the research to back it up. W...

157 - Nathan Caton

12 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

With his own Radio Four series and a raft of Mock The Week appearances under his belt, Nathan Caton remains astonishingly down to earth and level-head...

156 - Matt Kirshen

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Wise beyond his years, the innocent-seeming Matt Kirshen has an extraordinary breadth of experience in UK comedy, even before "Last Comic Standing" in...

155 - Jena Friedman (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

22 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Wickedly spiky and dry as sand, controversy-courting stand-up Jena Friedman has writing credits for "Letterman" and "The Daily Show" under her belt.&n...

154 - Mark Steel (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

16 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In at the beginning of alternative comedy, and now a "venerated lefty" and Columnist Of The Year 2015, punchy pundit Mark Steel has lost none of his p...

153 - Isy Suttie (Live at the Soho Theatre)

08 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Stand-up; songwriter; Peep Show's "Dobby"; and under it all still "The girl who jumped off Matlock Bridge for a quid", Isy Suttie applies a psychedeli...

152 - Daniel Sloss (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

19 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Alarmingly successful for one so young, tender wee boy Daniel Sloss likes to get his teeth into an argument on stage. We discuss the pleasures and pit...

151 - Ronny Chieng (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Ronny Chieng is the fastest-rising new comic in Australia, with huge audiences flocking to his shows from the word go. With a boxer's eye for society'...

150 - Stewart Francis (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

27 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

"How dare I not be entertaining!?" One of the world's greatest one-liner comics, Stewart Francis brings his quickfire mind to bear on the podcast...

149 - Will Durst (Live at the Edinburgh Fringe)

21 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

An extraordinary education in stand-up from someone who's been doing it since the seventies! San Francisco-based Will Durst mixes observations about l...