Angry Boater: Joel Sanders
by Joel Sanders, boating, narrowboat, London, comedy, comedian, angry boater, boat, UK, waterways, river, barge,
Comedian, Joel Sanders used to perform in Vegas. Now he's back in London, living on a narrowboat. In his boating podcast 'Does it Get Cold in the Winter?' Joel explores the realities of living afloat. You can see him in 'Angry Boater' - his solo comedy show - on Tues, Nov 8, 15 & 22 at The Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green. Showtime is 7.15 pm to 8.30pm.http://www.angryboater.com
Episodes
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Angry Boater returns with C&RT Mooring Ranger Gareth George re: all things London
Angry Boater has been land based for over a year. He returns with an 'all things London' conversation with Gareth George - towpath ranger with the Canal & River Trust. A live Angry Boater show with proceeds going to Michael Sobell House will take place on Sunday, September 19th at Cincinnati...
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036: NBTA, Canal Watch & London. Recorded on a Widebeam
Next 'Angry Boater' is at Limehouse Cruising Association on Wed, May 29th from 7 pm to 9 pm. Tickets: http://www.angryboater.com Here's a gripping little conversation about London, widebeams, boats going too fast, boating organisations, corruption, incompetence, jealousy and other stuff. Info on...
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035 Is London boating at an all time low?
'Angry Boater' 3 x live shows at Limehouse Cruising Association: Wed April 24th, Wed, May 29th & Wed, June 19th. 7 pm to 9 pm. Tickets: http://www.angryboater.com Recently, a boater in Little Venice refused to hold a rope for a single-handed, double-moored fellow boater on the grounds that, "I...
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034: Benjamin Mercer. What happens when your boat catches fire and sinks?
Angry Boater is back for 3 London shows at The Cruising Association, Limehouse on Wed, April 24th, Wed, May 29th & Wed, June 19th (7 pm to 9 pm). Tickets at http://www.angryboater.com Many of you will recall Highlander catching fire and sinking in April 2018. Luckily, Benjamin Mercer was not on...
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033: The dark side of Jasmin from 'This Narrowboat Adventure.'
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm. http://www.angryboater.com Jasmin joins me in...
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032: Sam Thomas: Customer Operations Manager (London) for the Canal & River Trust. This fascinating conversation covers a wide range of topics from dealing with a tightrope walker over Hampstead Road Lock to hand-grenades, machetes, corpses and more found
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm. http://www.angryboater.com...
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031 with guest, Gareth - London Mooring Ranger with the Canal & River Trust
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm. http://www.angryboater.com...
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030 London Mooring Strategy Draft Proposals Presentation at The London Canal Museum.
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm. http://www.angryboater.com...
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029: The Edward Snowden of the Waterways aka Lindsey Hood
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe. In this contentious and probably libellous episode, Lindsey Hood and I discuss recent…
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028 Pancho from Peru (on a Springer - not canoe)
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm. http://www.angryboater.com...
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027: New London boater meets old jaded one.
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe. _____________________________________________________ Barry Ferns has been on his narrowboat...
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026: The 13 yr old continuous cruiser & the crystal ship.
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm. http://www.angryboater.com...
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025 Russell Brand's narrowboat & a conflict of interests
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe. _____________________________________________________ This episode centres around two recent...
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024 Raymond against the Machine
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 2nd to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe. _____________________________________________________ This podcast with my oldest boating...
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023: Poseidon aka Waterlord Jon Guest - CART London Waterways Top Dog
'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe. _____________________________________________________ This episode covers a full range of...
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022: Lindsey Hood Pt 2
The morning after our slightly drunken "Panic on the fleets of London" podcast, we follow up with a more sober talk. Any regrets? 'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake...
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021: Panic on the fleets of London,
Few boaters are better equipped to discuss the rapidly changing face of London boating than Lindsey Hood. She has been boating for 20 years & continuously cruising into London long before hipsters were invented. This episode - frank & unguarded at times - goes deep down the rabbit hole of how...
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020 David Wright - Owner & Technician with East Coast Marine Heating & Electronics
Last week, having spent 2 days searching hardware stores & plumbers merchants across East London for a few inches of 19 mm hose, I threw out an appeal on Facebook. The next day I met today's guest and now I have a working shower pump again. David has worked with boats for a long while , is an...
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019 John Hill On Boat Engineers, Their Customers & His Restricted License
John Hill - Springer Mobile Boat Mechanic - works along The River Lee. We discuss his worst customers, his 2 most amazing customers (I'm one of them), confidence & competence, good & bad mechanics plus how & why he ended up with a restricted license. 'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018...
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018 The Perils of Buying or Selling a Used Boat & much more with Janul aka Lady Shitanic
Back in my Apsley marina days, Janul aka Jan Knox was my neighbour. She had one boat then . Now she has 4. She trains new boaters, drives trip boats, spent time as the main broker for Boatshed in London and is an author too (find her work on Amazon). As if that wasn't enough, she's married to...
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017 Johnny Diesel Pt 2 + Joel's Broken Pump Out Dramas Pt 3
This is great conversation. Amongst the psychobabble & human issues, we get into the current spate of muggings around Hackney, Johnny's time in prison, (not related to the muggings in Hackney) more about his father and a dramatic update on Joel's latest efforts to get his pump out tank…
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016 Podcast from Deeper Hell. Day 2 of Blocked Pumpout
A full day of failed pump out attempts, boat rocking, prodding, more failed pump outs, acid, inspection hatches, sticks, organic matter & non organic matter. Limehouse to Hackney Wick to Springfield Marina.
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015 Podcast from Hell. Pump out ain't Pumpin'
My worst nightmare. It's happening now. Here's 25 minutes of me thinking out loud.
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014: Johnny 'Diesel' Paterson. Part 1
How do you get your electricity? How do you keep warm in the winter? How do you heat your water? The need to give long winded explanations to Muggles is finally over. 2 words: "Johnny Diesel." Topics covered include death, near death experiences & why this podcast almost didn't happen due to…
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013: Kit Redstone - Trans man on a widebeam
Is boating easier if you're a man or a woman? Kit (previously Kat) Redstone has done both. A lively, informative & entertaining episode to round off 2016. Further details about Kit Redstone and his work at http://www.vacuumtheatre.com New 2018 shows: 'The Angry Boater' will be live in London for…
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012 Secrets of London's coal boats
Tom Bier spent a year working on a coal boat in London. In this revealing episode, perhaps too candidly, he shares his experiences. Steff Coath has worked on a hotel boat for several seasons and, like Tom, has plenty of stories to share about servicing humans on the water. They now live together…
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011 Dick Vincent - National Towpath Ranger from the Canal & River Trust
A Towpath Ranger is not the same as a Power Ranger so instead of super powers, we talk about Dick's bygone days as a incompetent boater, marinas vs the cut, the work currently being carried out on the Paddington Arm, whether it's possible for cyclists to co-exist on the towpath with boaters &...
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010 Toilet talk with Compost Queen, Kate Saffin
Welcome to the Compodcast. Compost Queen, Kate Saffin, has been living on a narrowboat for 17 years & no longer concerns herself with the Pumpout vs Cassette debate. Instead, for the past 3 years she's been using a pair of buckets. An eye-popping discussion which will even show you the connection...
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009: Anarchy on the Waterways
John Privett, co-owner of Book Barge 'Word on the Water' is an Anarchist. In this lively & in depth episode, we discuss what that means, how he became one and whether living on the waterways supports or conflicts with the principles of Anarchy. We explore the serious issues like .... Do we need...
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008: Martyn Whitwell - Extreme Narrowboating
A fascinating talk with a unique & passionate boater. As Martyn Whitwell sits in his London flat, elsewhere, his beloved narrowboat sits on the cut. He keeps a close eye on it though - several times a day - via an online monitoring system that he's designed & customised himself. Like most…
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007: One Way to Sink a Boat - a cautionary tale of professional negligence.
Paul Curtis retired and bought his first boat last year - the fulfilment of a lifelong dream. It was bound to be perfect if it was new so he had a narrowboat built from scratch. What could go wrong? Here's a cautionary tale for anyone considering 'living the dream.' It's a fascinating…
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006: Mikaela Parrack from The Canal & River Trust
Last year, whilst triple-moored in Kings Cross, I received a note on my boat, from Mikaela, asking me to move my vessel. It's one of the many things Mikaela and I discuss in this lively episode. We also focus on the challenges of boating in the capital including congestion & boats moored…
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005: Warren - King of Pumpouts
Warren from Picot (he refuses to rename her The Shitanic) is my guest today for some top quality poop talk. 'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25…
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004: Paddy Screech from 'Word on the Water' floating book barge
I first met Paddy when we were both students. We didn't know each other well. 30 years on, for the first time, we talk properly. It's a good time, deep sometimes, on boating, books and what it is to be human.
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003: Richard Alford - Waterways Chaplain
The number of chaplains on the UK's waterways is increasing. Midlands based chaplain, Richard Alford, has been working with boaters in difficulty for a few years and met up in Hemel Hempstead to talk about his work. During the interview he invited me to accept Christ into my life and, even though…
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002: Two Fish
Young newlywed boaters, Ed & Carli Fish have been boating for 3 years. We were double moored together in East London and bumped into each other again on the Grand Union this week. In this fun discussion, we talk about the etiquette of double mooring and what it's like to be newbies living afloat…
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About this show
Comedian, Joel Sanders used to perform in Vegas. Now he's back in London, living on a narrowboat. In his boating podcast 'Does it Get Cold in the Winter?' Joel explores the realities of living afloat. You can see him in 'Angry Boater' - his solo comedy show - on Tues, Nov 8, 15 & 22 at The Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green. Showtime is 7.15 pm to 8.30pm.http://www.angryboater.com
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Joel Sanders, boating, narrowboat, London, comedy, comedian, angry boater, boat, UK, waterways, river, barge,