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Ange Lavoipierre: Dark Humour and The Comedy of Death
Season 1 Episode 30
Ange Lavoipierre interviewed the Australian Prime Minister at 19, has spent fifteen years navigating the tension between humour and serious journalis…
2 years, 7 months ago
Cilla Jackert: Policing the Screen and Swedish Storytelling
Season 1 Episode 29
Cilla Jackert writes about police on screen with a level of complexity and social realism that most crime drama doesn't attempt — and has plenty to s…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ben Faulks: Green-Fingered Adventures in a Magical World
Season 1 Episode 28
Ben Faulks started with a street theatre act, turned it into a beloved CBeebies series, and has spent his career since finding new ways to nurture cu…
2 years, 7 months ago
Sanna Lenken: From London Lattes to Berlin Crystal Bears
Season 1 Episode 27
Sanna Lenken and Steve Otis Gunn worked together in a London coffee shop in the late 90s — and have both ended up doing something rather different si…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ben Crompton - Part Two: Meeting Your Heroes and Rethinking Snobbery
Season 1 Episode 26
Ben Crompton returns to continue the conversation — and this time there's shredded paper, wintry costume conditions, and a steady flow of free mercha…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ben Crompton - Part One: Game of Thrones and the Horror of Noseybonk
Season 1 Episode 25
Ben Crompton played Dolorous Edd in Game of Thrones, filmed in extreme conditions, and has surprising behind-the-scenes stories from the set — and th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jack Docherty: Britpop, Bowie and The Channel 5 Chat Show
Season 1 Episode 24
Jack Docherty hosted one of the best late-night chat shows of the 90s, championed Ben Folds Five and The Divine Comedy to a wider audience, and did a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jenny Tian: From TikTok to Taskmaster
Season 1 Episode 23
Jenny Tian went from a marketing career to viral TikTok to Taskmaster Australia — and has been learning something useful at every stage, including fr…
2 years, 8 months ago
A Tale of Two Steves
Season 1 Episode 22
Steve interviews Steve — and it goes exactly as well as you'd imagine, which is to say chaotically, brilliantly, and ending with a musical journey th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Dane Simpson: From Wagga Wagga to Edinburgh - With Multiple Didgeridoos
Season 1 Episode 21
Dane Simpson arrived fresh from a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, reflected on inclusive casting in Australian reality TV, and somehow made the logist…
2 years, 9 months ago