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Mike Lukas: How I Went Bald While Jason Sudeikis Got Famous
Season 2 Episode 19
Mike Lukas was once Jason Sudeikis's roommate at Second City, happened to be performing in Las Vegas on 9/11, and has since written books about the m…
1 year, 11 months ago
Paul A. Williams: Directing the Truth — Turning Real Events into Powerful Drama
Season 2 Episode 18
Paul A. Williams makes dramas, many about things that actually happened, and has become one of the most distinctive voices in British television in t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Rosie Holt: Inside The Mind of a Tory MP
Season 2 Episode 17
Rosie Holt's viral portrayal of a Tory MP became so convincing it found its way into actual political discourse — and she's still processing that.
Ros…
2 years ago
Nick Helm: Blowing the Roof Off Edinburgh and Taking Comedy by Storm
Season 2 Episode 16
Nick Helm has made getting things spectacularly wrong into one of his most consistent creative strategies — and it's won him an Edinburgh Comedy Awar…
2 years ago
Alex Lowe: Clinton Baptiste - Comedy with a Supernatural Twist
Season 2 Episode 15
Clinton Baptiste started as a character and became a genuine cultural touchstone — and Alex Lowe is still slightly surprised by that, which somehow m…
2 years, 1 month ago
Stefania Licari: Laughter, Medicine, and Conquering the Sahara
Season 2 Episode 14
Stefania Licari trained as a doctor, became a comedian, and has been finding the overlap between those two worlds ever since — which turns out to be …
2 years, 1 month ago
Dom Joly: Trigger Happy TV, Conspiracy Theories, and Surviving Bear Grylls
Season 2 Episode 13
Dom Joly invented a format, watched it become a global phenomenon, spent years explaining why the American version wasn't quite the same thing, and h…
2 years, 2 months ago
Giles Paley-Phillips: Creating Calm in a Chaotic World
Season 2 Episode 12
Giles Paley-Phillips runs a film company, writes children's books, produces multiple podcasts, and has found a way to keep ideas flowing that involve…
2 years, 2 months ago
Richard Wiseman: The Curious Psychology Behind What We Believe
Season 2 Episode 11
Richard Wiseman has spent his career studying luck, fear, the paranormal, and the strange edges of human behaviour — and is genuinely the most intere…
2 years, 2 months ago
Steve Otis Gunn is Uncomfortable
Season 2 Episode 10
Steve Otis Gunn interviews himself about his own Edinburgh Fringe show — and gets considerably more honest than expected.
In this solo episode, Steve …
2 years, 2 months ago