Humour Me Comedy Podcasts
by UCL
Sara Shulman is the Founder and Editor of Comedy Blogedy, TEDxUCL speaker on 'The Power of Funny', former Head of Comedy at UCLU Rare FM and produces the Humour Me Comedy Podcast. Sara is also a Classics Undergraduate at UCL. Sara also occasionally gigs on the circuit.www.comedyblogedy.comwww.twitter.com/comedybloghttp://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxUCL-SARA-SHULMAN-The-power;search%3Asara%20shulman
Episodes
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Interview with Adam Larter (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Adam Larter is a comedian, writer and founder of Weirdos Comedy Club. Adam started performing comedy whilst a student of Creative Writing at Kingston University and has since performed four shows at the Edinburgh Festival whilst also growing a critically acclaimed and award nominated Comedy Club...
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Dan Schreiber interview (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Dan Schreiber is a writer, producer, presenter and most notably a funny man. Dan was brought up in Hong Kong and Australia before moving to England, where at just 19 he became a question writer for the BBC TV series QI. Dan is the co-creator and producer of BBC Radio 4’s highly successful ‘The...
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Interview with Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf (who was on Skype) are the co-writers and co-creators of Big Bad World on Comedy Central. Big Bad World is about what happens when you wait for life to begin. Ben (Blake Harrison) has just graduated and the world should be his oyster, but he quickly finds himself back…
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Interview with Barry Ferns (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Barry Ferns is a stand up comedian, writer, director and actor. He is developing his comedy shorts series 'Why Are You Doing This To Me?' - films which have been shown at a number of international festivals including the LA Comedy Film Festival and New York's Southside Film Festival. Barry...
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Interview with Al Lubel (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Al Lubel is a "terrifically funny comedian" according to David Letterman, and Jerry Seinfeld has stated that Al has one of the best jokes he has ever heard. Al started off as a lawyer (to please his mum) and became a comedian to please himself (which did not please his mum). After graduating from...
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Interview with Michael Che (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Critics and audiences agree, NY-based writer and stand-up comedian Michael Che is a star on the rise and a shooting star at that. This year he has already been named as one of Rolling Stone’s 50 Funniest People in 2013. Michael Che makes his Edinburgh Festival debut this year with his hour long...
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Interview with Caroline Rhea (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Though she may be best known by many as Aunt Hilda on Sabrina, Caroline Rhea is one of the most accomplished comedians and comedy actresses of her generation. Her last run at the Fringe in 2010 won her great reviews, as well as a growing British fan-base, and she returns this year with another...
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Interview with Felicity Ward (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Felicity Ward is a multi-award winning comedian. In 2012, Felicity stole the hearts and the stars of the critics with her deeply personal but hilarious show The Hedgehog Dilemma. The critical acclaim arrived en mass and the outstanding reviews rolled in from start to finish. But amongst the...
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Interview with Mark Dolan (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Mark Dolan is a comedian, writer and TV presenter. Most recently he fronted a brand new series lampooning the world of ads, in Channel 4’s 'Mad Bad Ad Show'. This followed three series of the hugely popular Channel 4 documentary series, 'The World’s…and Me', which featured the world’s smallest,...
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Rob Broderick interview with freestyle rap (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Rob Broderick is a multi-award winning comedian and phenomenally talented freestyle comedy rapper. Rob performs with James Hancox as 'Abandoman' and in February 2013, their debut performance in Australia won them a Best Comedy nomination and a Best Newcomer award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival....
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Interview with David Trent (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
David Trent is “one of the most talked-about people in comedy right now.” (GUARDIAN ****) and was nominated forthe Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival in 2012 as well as the 2013 Chortle Comedy Awards Breakthrough Act. After a total sell-out run of...
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Interview with Ben Target (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Ben Target is an award-winning comedian and one of the most creative and innovative comedians in the U.K. Ben was nominated for Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer for his 53-minute show debut "hour" at the Edinburgh Festival in 2012 and has consistently been a Fringe favourite. Ben has...
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Interview with Rachel Hirons (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Rachel Hirons is a playwright and screenwriter who studied drama and film at Kingston University. Her play 'When Women Wee' enjoyed a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 and at Soho Theatre in May 2012, receiving rave reviews. Rachel's second play 'A Guide To Second Date Sex' sold out…
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Interview with John Kearns (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
John Kearns is one of the most exciting, creative and remarkable comedians on the circuit. Sight Gags For Perverts is John Kearns’ debut hour at the Edinburgh Festival and having performed for several years at The Fringe as part of ‘Dinner Party’ with Pat Cahill in 2011,The Lunchtime Club in…
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Interview with James Acaster (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
James Acaster is "one of the sharpest comic minds to have emerged in recent years" (Guardian). In addition to his success in live stand-up James has also appeared on many Television and Radio Shows across the country. In August 2010 James performed as part of BBC's 'Stand Up in the Street' during...
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Bobby Mair Interview (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Bobby Mair is an award-winning Canadian comedian and one of the most exciting new talents on the comedy scene. Driven by a natural flare for comedy, Bobby enrolled at Toronto’s Humber College on their Comedy Writing and Performance Program in 2005 - he dropped out before the year end. Feeling…
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Interview with Aisling Bea (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Aisling Bea is one of the country’s fastest rising comic talents. As a stand up she recently won the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? in Edinburgh 2012 (the second woman ever to win and the first in 20 years). As an actress and comedian she has starred in the likes of Dead Boss (BBC3),...
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Interview with Alfie Brown (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Alfie Brown is a critically acclaimed comedian and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival for several years including as part of The Lunchtime Club and two solo shows 'The Love You Take' and 'Soul For Sale'. Alfie will be performing at The Fringe this year with his new show 'The Revolting…
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Interview with Eric Lampaert (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Eric Lampaert is a comedian and actor that has appeared on BBC2, BBC3, Ch4, Ch5, E4, ITV2, HBO including shows such as Life's Too Short, Cardinal Burns and The Midnight Beast. Eric is also in Dizzee Rascal's music video 'Bassline Junkie' and Scouting For Girls' 'Love How It Hurts' respective…
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Interview with Ian Smith (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
*Contains some strong language* Ian Smith is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, having performed for several years at the Edinburgh Fringe (the Lunchtime Club, BBC Three at The Fringe as well as two sell out and critically acclaimed Fringe double headers ‘Beckett and Smith’ (**** The...
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Interview with Phil Wang (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Phil Wang is an award winning comedian, including Chortle Student Comedian of the Year 2010 and Comedy Central Live Funniest Student Award 2011 as well as previously being President of the Cambridge Footlights. Phil is rapidly making a name for himself as one of Britain’s funniest Engineering...
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Interview with Doctor Brown (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Doctor Brown (Philip Burgers) is an internationally award-winning comedy sensation. Having trained at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris and the Nouveau Clown Institue with Jango Edwards in Barcelona, Doctor Brown has gone on to perform all over the world. Doctor Brown’s awards include the...
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Interview with Kerry Godliman (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Kerry Godliman is an actress and stand-up comedian, co-starring opposite Ricky Gervais in his new comedy drama ‘Derek’, on Channel 4. She will also make a lead appearance in ‘Our Girl’ alongside Lacey Turner for the BBC and has a guest lead in the new series ‘Frankie’ also for the BBC later next...
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Interview with Dane Baptiste (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Dane Baptiste is a stand up comedian, who won acclaim on the urban circuit performing alongside some of its biggest stars. Since moving over to the mainstream circuit he has risen up the ranks quickly achieving notable success in numerous comedy competitions and is now a regular at some of the...
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Interview with Daniel Barker (Damien Slash) - Humour Me Comedy Podcast
Daniel Barker is a character comedian and voice artist also known as Damien Slash. A Royal Court Young Writers Festival Winner and a Comedy Winner at the National Student Film Festival 2008, Daniel has been rapidly accruing a devoted fanbase online on his Youtube channel for Damien Slash, which…
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Interview with Nish Kumar (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Nish Kumar is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and one half of sketch duo The Gentlemen of Leisure, who have delighted audiences all over the UK since 2010, including two hugely successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe. In April 2012 they masterminded a site-specific comedy tour of the...
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Interview with Ivo Graham (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Ivo Graham is an award winning comedian, described by Time Out as “one of the best young comedians around”. After only 8 months of gigging, Ivo won the prestigious 'So You Think You’re Funny' competition in 2009. Whilst at university, Ivo performed at the Edinburgh Festival, the Just For Laughs...
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Interview with Robert Ross - Humour Me Comedy Podcast
Robert Ross is “the top chronicler of British comedy” (Howard Maxford, Film Review). Robert has written best-selling books such as the Monty Python Encyclopedia, Last of the Summer Wine the Finest Vintage and The Complete Goodies. As a consultant, researcher, writer and audio commentary…
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Interview with Sam Simmons - Humour Me Comedy Podcast
Sam Simmons is an award-winning comedian. In October this year, filming began for Sam’s four-part series Problems, to be broadcast on primetime ABC 1 television in Australia. Last year, Sam's show Meanwhile, a mind-bendingly odd, heart-warming hour that put the mental into experimental comedy…
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Interview with Sara Pascoe (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Sara Pascoe is an award-winning comedian and actress and has co-starred in the Channel 4 series Campus (as Nicole Huggins); Free Agents (Emma), and as series regular, ‘Pam’ in both seasons of the cult series The Increasingly Poor Decision of Todd Margaret. Sara has also carried out guest lead…
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Paul Foot interview, improvised story and outtakes (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Paul Foot is an award-winning comedian and has been described by critics all over the world as a “genius”. Paul started performing comedy at university and has since performed live, on television and radio as well as festivals across the globe. Paul has won several awards and was nominated for…
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Interview with Nick Helm (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Nick Helm is a comedian, writer, poet, actor and musician. Nick was nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show (Dare To Dream) in 2011 and also won Dave's Best Joke of the Fringe in 2011 with "I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven...
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Max and Ivan - sketch & interview (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Max & Ivan are an award-winning and one of the best double-acts around. They've had 3 sell-out Edinburgh Festivals and a host of 5 * reviews. Their spectacular event 'The Wrestling' won the duo the prestigious Panel Prize at the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2011 for capturing the spirit of…
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Interview with Sam Fletcher (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Sam Fletcher is a comedian, actor and drawer’er. Having previously been a show technician for Tim Key, Sam performed his first hour at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year on the Free Fringe and was nominated for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer! Sam will be performing his...
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Interview with Rob Carter (Humour Me Comedy podcast)
Rob Carter is an award winning musical comedian and actor. Whilst Rob regularly gigs on the comedy circuit, he has also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as at The Royal Court as well as on screen in Peep Show and Fresh Meat. Rob won the Musical Comedy Awards 2012 and was a...
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Interview with Rob Rouse (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
*contains strong language* Rob Rouse is an award winning comedian on tour around the U.K. with his new show Life Sentences. Rob has also previously appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Dave’s One Night Stand (Dave), Spoons (Channel 4), The Friday Night Project (Channel 4), Celebrity Juice...
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Interview with Miranda Hennessy (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Miranda Hennessy is a comedian, actor and writer. Having just returned from the Edinburgh Fringe with her sketch group Hennessy & Friends, Miranda, David Seymour and Stephen Shapland are set to perform their debut sketch and character comedy show at the Leicester Square Theatre on 4th October.…
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Interview with Pappy's (Humour Me Comedy Podcasts)
*Contains some strong language* Pappy’s are one of the best sketch groups in the U.K. They have just returned from performing Last Show Ever at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the month and are now touring the show around the U.K. Pappy’s were nominated for a Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award for...
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Interview with David Elms (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
David Elms is a rising star of stand-up - an original and exciting comedian, writer and actor! David is a student of linguistics at Edinburgh University and has just come back from performing for the month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he performed in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards...
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Interview with Max Dickins (Humour Me Comedy Podcast)
Max Dickins is a stand-up comedian, writer, radio presenter, member of the sketch duo Dregs and blogger. In his interview with Sara Shulman of Comedy Blogedy, Max discusses student radio and uni life, advice to performers taking a show up to the Edinburgh Festival, the art form of stand-up comedy...
About this show
Sara Shulman is the Founder and Editor of Comedy Blogedy, TEDxUCL speaker on 'The Power of Funny', former Head of Comedy at UCLU Rare FM and produces the Humour Me Comedy Podcast. Sara is also a Classics Undergraduate at UCL. Sara also occasionally gigs on the circuit.www.comedyblogedy.comwww.twitter.com/comedybloghttp://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxUCL-SARA-SHULMAN-The-power;search%3Asara%20shulman
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