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Episode 395: Charlie Baker
Why is nostalgia so comfortable but melancholy? Why do we retreat to the old songs? If you leave home at 18 for the bright lights, big city, can you ever be local anywhere again? What’s it like to be in EastEnders? Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up, music and chat with Charlie, the ‘Hit Polisher’.
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Episode 394: John Robertson
Enjoy 15 minutes of stream of consciousness chat and stand-up with the brilliant Australian comedian. Every show is an experience. Every conversation an event. This is no exception. Featuring stand up recorded at Ivor Dembina’s comedy club at the Camden Head.
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Episode 393: Mike Bubbins
Enjoy 10 minutes of stand up and chat with Mike, the Welsh comic that loves everything from the 70s. Tweets? Likes? Swipes? That’s not progress. Mike’s old school. A man’s man. A woman’s man. A retrosexual.
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Episode 392: Steve Bugeja III
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Steve, who, despite having a strong dislike of children, went to work on a kids summer camp. Woefully ill-equipped and disastrously naïve, Steve tells the true story of what happened.
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Episode 391: Micky P. Kerr
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up, music and chat with Leeds born musical comedian Micky P Kerr. Micky will be bringing an hour of comedic songs, spoken word and unique anecdotes to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
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Episode 390: Jack Barry
‘High Treason’ focuses on the sticky topic of drug legalisation. As a straight, white, middle class male, Jack felt under qualified to champion the struggles of oppressed minorities with his comedy. But, as a drug user, still harassed and demonised by the government, he has an issue.
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Episode 389: Sarah Iles
Enjoy 15 minutes of chat with Sarah, who is bringing her debut solo comedy show to Edinburgh in 2017. Sarah says that she is an island on to herself, but wants to find space on the ‘Silly Iles’ for you.
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Episode 388: Rob Carter II
Christopher Bliss is the lovingly crafted creation of award-winning comic actor and musician, Rob Carter. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Rob, which includes a reading from Christopher and – from the archives – Rob raps like a gangster.
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Episode 387: Stephen Bailey II
Stephen is a comedian, TV presenter and writer, whose friendly and open brand of humour has made him a real favourite with Fringe audiences. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat before a) he gets famous and b) he gets a boyfriend.
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Episode 386: Kirsty Marsh-Hyde
After hearing from her comedy partner, Lisa, in the last episode, enjoy 10 minutes of chat with Kirsty – the other half of European double act Kirsty and Elisabeth. How does one write and rehearse with a partner who lives almost 600 miles away?
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Episode 385: Elisabeth Pieplow
Enjoy 10 minutes of chat with Elisabeth (aka Lisa) one half of European double act Kirsty and Elisabeth. The Berlin based comic discusses her origins as a comic performer and character comedian. We talk to Kirsty in the next episode…
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Episode 384: Danny O’Brien
After inheriting a broken-down, unreliable, older-than-he-is motorcycle, Danny decided to take to the road, touring Ireland before heading over to the Fringe. What could go wrong? Everything. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with popular Irish stand-up.
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Episode 383: Francesco De Carlo
Eddie Izzard said, ‘If I was an Italian comedian performing in English, I would want to be as funny as Francesco De Carlo’. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat about Brexit, Italian comedy and being out of your comfort zone.
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Episode 382: Radhika Aggarwal
On the Mic takes a brief break from stand-up comedy to talk to actor, Radhika Aggarwal, who stars in Abhishek Majumdar’s play, ‘An Arrangement of Shoes’, directed by Maya Foa. Radhika talks about the play, about being an actor and about her band, Extradition Order.
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Episode 381: Stuart Black II
The worse the world gets; the funnier Stuart Black gets. So, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that the world is totally buggered, the good news is Stuart Black is in the form of his life and returns to the fringe with his funniest show to date.
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Episode 380: John Pendal
John spent a decade as an amateur escapologist. It all began when he was tied up by missionaries on a Welsh beach and ended with him tying up Michael Fassbender in Assassin’s Creed. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the internationally renowned comic.
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Episode 379: Josh Pugh
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the current English Comedian of the Year. “Kitson wasn’t in the competition. Bottled it probably.” He started performing comedy in May 2014, at a gong show. It went so well he simply hasn’t looked back.
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Episode 378: Katharine Ferns
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with comedian, Katharine Ferns. Her show is a comedic journey about learning to laugh at the visible and invisible scars of surviving mental illness, domestic violence and drug addiction…. plus, some feminism for comic relief.
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Episode 377: David Ephgrave
David’s wife threatened to take a show to Edinburgh with the title,‘David Ephgrave: Now Who’s a Comedian?’, so he got in first. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the self-described comedian, writer, actor, musician and pauper – and back end of the comic duo Doggett & Ephgrave.
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Episode 376: Sunil Patel
The co-star of popular podcast ‘Why Is Harriet Crying?’ (with Harriet Kemsley), Sunil Patel charts his stand-up origin story. But why is Sunil’s new show called, ‘Titan’? Something to do with badminton – maybe.
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Episode 375: Dan Antopolski
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Dan, the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee who returns to stand-up, seven years after his seventh solo show. Last seen playing Jesus in Ron Howard’s movie, The Da Vinci Code. This episode also features Dan’s track, ‘Sandwich Rap’.
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Episode 374: Genevieve Joy
In the past, consciously coupling Margo and George shared everything …sex, laughs, good times and bad times. Can their love be salvaged? Enjoy 15 minutes of performance and chat with the writer, actor, comedian and Barry Manilow fan, Genevieve Joy.
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Episode 373: Danny Lobell
Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with Danny, your typical Scottish/Jewish/Orthodox-raised Los Angeles comedian. Perpetually broke, Danny invites us to laugh at his misadventures. He might even sell you some Jackie Mason merch while you’re here.
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Episode 372: Ben Pope
It’s August in Edinburgh, which can mean only one thing… its New Year’s Eve! And what better way to spend it than in the company of sketch group Princes of Main. Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with stand-up comedian, Prince Ben Pope.
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Episode 371: Josh Glanc
‘Manfül’ stars Dicky Rosenthal – the once dweeby, but now hyper-masculine American beefcake – in town to sell a new life-changing supplement. What follows is a 90s dance music themed product launch that descends into a surreal and strange gender quest.
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