Robin Ince, comedian & broadcaster

We grill comedian and all-round enthusiast ROBIN INCE for the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Robin has been a stand-up comedian since the early nineties. He is the author of several books, including I'm A Joke And So Are You and Bibliomaniac, and is the co-creator and co-presenter, with Professor Brian Cox, of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage. That barely scratches the surface of what Robin does, however: The Guardian called Robin a 'becardiganed polymath' which just about covers it. Robin talked to us about writing poetry, being in a band, doing comedy in the 90s, vegetarianism, finding his niche, the Scala cinema, meeting George Michael, why he can't drive, AND he gave us seven songs instead of the usual five. He also talked about how he deals with social media pile-ons, and media storms - following this recent interview where he talked about being bullied by Ricky Gervais. Head to https://www.patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod You can pre-order Robin's next book, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, from our bookshop https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish You can also get books written by our other guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us! Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Robin's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far. https://tinyurl.com/hellishpod You can find us/beg for absolution on social media... Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/