S3 EP17: Alison Spittle
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 20m
3 speakers
4 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What unique concept does the podcast explore?
Podcasts, there are millions of them.
Some might say too many.
I have one already.
I don't have any, because there are enough.
Politics, business, sport, you name it, there's a podcast about it, and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day.
But nobody is covering the most important topic of all. Why is that? Are they scared? Too afraid of being censored by the man? No.
Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters.
We try and say it at the same time, Max.
What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more.
Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life?
Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Hello and welcome to today's episode of What Did You Do Yesterday? The podcast where me and Irish funny man, David O'Doherty, ask someone what they did yesterday. Hey, David. Another one of Max's great friends on the podcast today. Do you think it works because we do that joke in this bit and then right at the start of the episode, I normally do that joke afterwards? Again, or do you think people just like the familiarity of the joke?
I just, I love how easy to tell with our podcast who's booked who. As in Jonathan Wilson, football writer for The Guardian, who Max does a podcast with every second day. Hmm. And then Star of the Edinburgh Fridge is always a giveaway with my bookings. It's very rarely there's a sort of down the middle one where it could have been either of us.
So who is it? Who is it? I mean, for the tape, we recorded it yesterday. We've had 24 hours to mull over the day of Alison Spittel.
It's an absolute beaut, I think. So Alison Spittel, I've known her for 10 years. One of the breakout 10-year overnight successes of the Edinburgh Fringe this year with her show Big. which she will be touring. I think she's doing a Soho run in London from the 2nd of December and then doing a UK tour next year, doing some Irish gigs as well. She is the host of Magazine Party. She used to host, what was it called? Wheel of Misfortune with Fern Brady. magazine parties with Poppy Hillstead. She's just one of the most naturally charismatic performers with so much to say. She delights in the mundane. And I think it's fair to say we get a bit of that here, Max.
Oh, we do. We take sippy cups to a place they've never been. This is what Alison Spittel did yesterday.
Alison Spittel, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday?
Hey, very happy to be here. Very excited. One of the best concepts for a podcast ever.
Well done. Oh, thank you. And it's just so nice for me to catch up with another old friend.
A year into this, when the concept is still the main thing that someone says that's good about it, I feel there is some inherent criticism there. As in, if you guys ever suss out to do this because the idea is lovely, then get back to me.
No, no, because it wouldn't last this long if you didn't have a natural chemistry. So, you know, I can't give you a compliment on every aspect of this.
You know what I mean?
You just pick one thing. If someone gave you too many compliments, you'd be freaked out. Like, nah.
I would like, Alison, you to compliment us after every question. It may spoil the flow.
Yeah, no, we can do it.
Great for our self-esteem.
I mean, I love the way you do the extras and I hear about your days every second week.
I love that.
It's quite a... like a politician thing to do which is when you're asked an awful question you go firstly can i say that's a wonderful question you know just to buy yourself the time to not shit your pants while you attempt to answer it david let me be clear i love all podcast concepts I've always been very clear on this.
I've always. And let me state once again, I love podcasts in all their forms.
It's better than when, you know, occasionally you go to a restaurant and the waiter comes up and says, has anyone explained the concept to you?
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