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Episode 270: Sophie Duker
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand-up and chat with rising star, Sophie Duker. Hailing from an improv background, ‘performing with posh white boys at university’, she more recently made the ‘exciting’ leap into stand-up comedy.
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Episode 269: Andrew Ryan II
As one of Ireland’s favourite observational comedians, Andrew Ryan knows a thing or two about comedy. This year, he’s putting that know-how to good use with a variety and chat show at Cabaret Voltaire, ‘Andrew Ryan’s Pick of the Fringe’. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the hard-working comedian, who is also […]
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Episode 268: Paul Flannery
Paul Flannery’s MMORPG with jokes returns to Edinburgh in 2017. Will you be victorious? Will you bring harmony to the kingdom or will you betray your new friends for personal glory? Spend 15 minutes with the creator of the improvised comedy/table top gaming epic. Also includes: great jokes about wizards and elves.
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Episode 267: Ashley Haden
Ashley Haden thinks that we’re awful human beings – and he can prove it. After making his mark with his 2016 Edinburgh show, ‘We Are All Cunts’, he returns with the follow up, ‘We Are Still All Cunts’. 15 minutes of stand-up and chat in the company of the nihilistic satirist.
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Episode 266: Adele Cliff
The much sought-after Adele Cliff returns to Edinburgh with a new show, ‘Cliff Notes’. We spend 15 minutes in the company of the popular one liner comedian and we hear the joke voted ‘eighth funniest’ at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe.
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Episode 265: Darius Davies
15 minutes of stand-up and chat with Darius Davies, as he explores those simple rules of life. As well as his own show, which depicts his ‘Road to WrestleMania’ he’s hosting ‘Hate and Live’ the late night improv show at the Counting House.
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Episode 264: John Scott
Having learned his trade at the Stand Comedy Club, comedian John Scott achieved a career highlight by performing for the Conservative Party on election night. We spend 15 minutes in the company of the superior satirist, who, it turns out, has delusions.
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Episode 263: Edy Hurst
Former theme park worker, Edy Hurst has always been a show off, a key criterion for a career in stand-up comedy. After a pretty shaky start when he died at the Comedy Store’s King Gong show (who hasn’t?), he went on to find his comedy voice. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand-up and chat with the […]
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Episode 262: Anders Lee
After cutting his teeth on New York’s world famous comedy circuit, Anders Lee gets set to leave the US for the first time and perform at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 15 minutes of comedy and chat from America’s finest.
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Episode 261: Holly Stevens
15 minutes of stand-up and chat with comedian, Holly Stevens, featuring Holly’s first ever stand-up performance. She explains that, despite her adventurous personality, she only gained the confidence to perform stand-up comedy after transitioning.
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Episode 260: Mark McConnell
Fresh from living in Australia, now back in his native Ireland, Mark McConnell, shares 15 minutes of stand up and chat. He’s gearing up for his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with the show, ‘Battered’. It has, he assures us, nothing to do with food.
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Episode 259: Andrew White
15 minutes of stand-up and chat with teenage comedian, Andrew White. From performing at a youth open-mic gig with Goth hecklers, to knocking out his first hour long show at 17 years old, to recruiting his dad as a warm up act, Andrew’s route to Edinburgh is unconventional.
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Episode 258: Narin Oz II
The bastard child of Andy Kaufman and a supermodel, Narin Oz is a beautiful comic genius. We spend 15 minutes in the company of a comic actor who couldn’t be anything else. Featuring live stand up, crazy chat and an even crazier trailer to her Edinburgh show, #DirtyWoman.
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Episode 257: Dylan Gott
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand-up and chat with Canadian comedian, Dylan Gott. From performing in a cage in a North American gay bar, to supporting his favourite wrestler Mick Foley (in more ways than one) to the Edinburgh stage at Cabaret Voltaire.
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Episode 256: Yohay Sponder
15 minutes of stand-up and chat in the company of Israeli comedian, Yohay Sponder. The atheist comic holds what many will see as controversial views about Islam and Palestine, and we hear stand-up comedy that reflects those views. Yohay is sharing a bill with Shahar Hason and David Kilimnick this August in a late-night show, […]
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Episode 255: David Kilimnick
15 minutes of live stand-up and chat with former Rabbi, David Kilimnick, the founder of Jerusalem’s first ever comedy club, ‘Off the Wall Comedy Basement’. David is making his Edinburgh debut, with fellow comics, Yohay Sponder and Shahar Hason with the late-night show, ‘Boycotted: Comedy from Israel’. So, what’s with the title? Is it possible […]
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Episode 254: Andy Hamilton
Award winning comedian and comedy writer, Andy Hamilton, is on the road with his sell-out show, Change Management. He talks to Martin Walker about working live, keeping up to date with ‘Drop the Dead Donkey’, being Satan on ‘Old Harry’s Game’, his book, ‘The Star Witness’ and a brand new project featuring Trump.
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Episode 253: Josie Long
Following the international sell-out success of her previous show, ‘Cara Josephine’, the star of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Romance and Adventure’, ‘All of the Planet’s Wonders’ and presenter of ‘Short Cuts’ tours her eighth solo stand-up show, ‘Something Better’. In an open and honest interview, Josie discusses Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn and her reasons for being optimistic.
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Episode 252: Will Franken II
The UK based American comedian discusses the cultural wars. He explains why he supported Donald Trump, what his ‘Defining the Norm’ Edinburgh Fringe awards were all about, why he left Sarah, why identity politics have left us in a mess…. and he spills the beans on the real Little Joe.
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Episode 251: Mark Thomas III
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas chats to On the Mic about his 2017 tour. Should those on the left engage with racists? After the election of Trump, should progressives despair? Contains very strong language. First broadcast on Broadway Baby Radio in 2016.
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Episode 250: Susan Calman II
Having worked on Death Row and at the United Nations in Geneva as a former corporate lawyer, Susan decided to give up her promising career to become a comedian in 2006 when she reached the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy and So You Think You’re Funny Awards. She’s never looked back. Photo by Steve […]
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Episode 249: Geoff Norcott III
Despite being a trade unionist’s son who grew up on a council estate, Geoff Norcott leans to the right. He talks to On the Mic about being a Tory voting Brexit supporter and shares what he really thinks about Donald Trump.
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Episode 248: Shazia Mirza II
Inspired by three girls who left Bethnal Green to join ISIS, and an unrelated radio piece Shazia contributed to the BBC which subsequently received a record number of complaints, her show, ‘The Kardashians Made Me Do It’ tells of the confusion it caused as she looks into the nature of offence. The interview features clips […]
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Episode 247: Tom Walker and Andrew Doyle
TV Newsman, Jonathan Pie, is the character creation of actor Tom Walker. From three minute YouTube clips, to an Edinburgh show and now a UK tour, Pie is a phenomenon. On the Mic talks to Tom and Pie co-writer and comedian Andrew Doyle. What starts as a straight plug for the Pie tour, quickly collapses […]
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Episode 246: Darren Walsh II
Punmeister Darren Walsh won a string of awards with his debut solo show at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. How does he follow that up? Don’t ask Eamonn Holmes. Warning! interview contains puns about Brexit, 70s music and flying. Luckily it also features the music of Jean-Jacques Perrey. First broadcast on Broadway Baby Radio in […]
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