The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Amy Annette has been described by the Guardian as a ‘delight to behold’. Her debut hour 'Thick Skin' was a total sell-out at Edinburgh and was nominated for Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Prior to stand-up, she was an experienced producer, script editor and editorial consultant - and is currently working on the comedy drama, Pretty Face. She’s now back with Say What You Like About Me at Edinburgh ...

Joe Wells is known best for his shows exploring mental health and his neurodiversity being autistic, while before that he first made his name as a political comedian with shows like Night of the Living Tories. Joe also hosts the podcast Neurodivergent Moments with Abigoliah Schamaun, of which their book is out today! We discuss:

• how performing for a neurodivergent audience can change the mechanics of live comedy
• the impact parent...

We’re back in the archives with Suzi Ruffell from 2019, where we discuss:

• making sure that LGBTQ+ people in the audience feel seen
• how punishing she found being a new act (and whether she could do it all again)
• and why she finds happiness terrifying

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Exactly 500 episodes later one of the UK’s most acclaimed comics, Sara Pascoe, returns to the show. Fresh off her latest tour, I Am A Strange Gloop, we discuss:

• how comedians become addicted to rejection
• the imbalance of what the circuit means for different comedians
• why there should be a workshop for comics to survive panel shows
• the impossible balance between truth and funny in stand-up
• whether using writers in comedy is &ld...

HUGE NEWS: I'M GOING ON TOUR!

I'm heading on my first UK tour in nearly a decade with Canary. As the miners scrambled to safety, they’d try to grab the dead canary and then immediately revive it with pure oxygen, condemning it to a constant loop of singing, panicking, dying and then singing again. 

Which is a tiny bit like medicating your chronic dread by making people laugh about the climate crisis*

*As cert...

This week we’re delving into the archives and going back to episode 259 in 2018 with that year's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Rose Matafeo! We discuss:

• how she ensured her hilarious material about female sexuality in Horndog brought the whole room along with it
• how she's actively mining for hot takes
• and why she has a quintuple-threat approach to performance

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This week I’m joined by two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Ian Smith! You may also know him best as the co-host of the Northern News podcast with Amy Gledhill, as well as appearances on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and on his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed!

He’s now back with Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty - a sharp, surreal and painfully relatable look at stress, love, and the kind of...

313 episodes later… the critically acclaimed comedian, award-winning broadcaster and Taskmaster champion, John Robins returns to the pod!

John first spoke on stage with an incredible level of honesty and introspection about his alcoholism with Howl (which you can listen to on hishere). This week he’s continuing to share that story with the release of his memoir, Thirst: the story of his life through the lens of alco...

John Tothill is one of the most exciting stand-ups to come out of the UK in recent years. Debuting in 2023, he’s now on his third show with This Must Be Heaven - the story of his near death experience and an underwhelming cruise. In this episode we discuss:

• the brutal truth about moving from open mics to pro gigs
• why early WIPs are often funnier than complete shows
• the loneliness of being trapped on a cruise ship after bombi...

Most people in the comedy world will know Jonno Johnson as a third of the sketch trio Sheeps, but most recently he’s taken up the role of Head Writer at SNL UK! In this episode recorded in January 2026, we discuss:

• the hidden world of sketch writing and script editing
• why he wanted to be the Chuckle Brothers
• how he manages on-stage anxiety in real time
• Jonno’s musical talents from writing pantomimes to freestyle raps
• the...

Welcome back for another delve into the ComComPod archives, this time with episode 308 with Ellie Taylor where we discuss:

• the absurd concept of Show Me the Funny
• how her happy life outside of comedy protects her
• the weird science of writing
• and why she "can't do clever topics"

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This week we’re delving back into the archives and going to episode 320 with the musical comedy genius of Flo & Joan where we discuss:

• going from open mics to a special on Amazon Prime in just four years
• the inside story on their Royal Variety Performance
• why going viral makes you turn your phone off
• what they learnt from the Canadian improv scene
• and how shaking an egg is harder than it looks... 

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Charlene Kaye is a musician and comedian based in New York who has toured the world, opening for bands like the Arctic Monkeys and Metallica. You may have seen her "Every Taylor Swift Song" skit which now sits at out 100 million views - or in her two cover bands, Guns N’ Hoses (all-girl GNR) and Labiahead (all girl Radiohead).

She's now back with her new show Diversity Shredder, including dates at London's Underbelly. In ...

I’m joined by Johnny Marriott from PET NEEDS for a very special NonComPod. The Colchester punk-fuelled melodic rock four-piece who’ve supported The Hives, Frank Turner and Flogging Molly are back with their fourth studio album, ELBOWS OUT! THIS IS CAPITALISM, which is out today. We discuss:

• how the band survived through playing in strangers' living rooms
• the real economics on being in a band in 2026
• how becoming a pare...

YouTube-famous glam-rock showpig Chris Fleming has amassed a legion of fans through brilliantly funny music videos, such as "I'm Afraid To Talk To Men", "Grad-Student Shuffle" and "Polyamorous". Chris Fleming: Live at The Palace, is now streaming on HBO Max so what better reason to resurface this episode originally released on Halloween in 2019, where we talk about:

• drowning in stand-up and clawing a way back to shore through de...

Joyelle Nicole Johnson is a US comedian known for bringing joy to the stage! Joyelle has performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers, is the permanent guest host on Sirius XM's Godfrey Complex and is currently the warm up comic for Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act on Netflix.

In this episode we discuss:

• why American comedians are seriously considering leaving the US
• learning to tell brutal truths while still keeping the audience onside
• ...

With James Acaster's Hecklers Welcome hitting over 400 cinema screens this weekend - we’re looking back at his 2024 appearance on the show. Originally released in two parts, we go in depth into the creation of the show including:

• the moment that led to James taking breaking from stand-up
• what it was like touring the show and if James still hates hecklers
• and I put your questions to James, where we talk all things Ghostbuster...

Ken Cheng is a stand-up comedian, writer and professional poker player, but is probably best known for being the master of going viral on LinkedIn with over 200,000 followers!

Outside of poking the corporate world, Ken has written for Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week and even created a Doctor Who audio episode. We discuss:

• how LinkedIn satire accidentally became the biggest career pivot of his life
• is poker psychology th...

Lindsey Santoro shot to prominence at 2023’s Edinburgh Fringe, winning Next Up’s Biggest Award in Comedy with her show, Pink Tinge.

Since then, Lindsey has created her hit BBC Radio 4 comedy series, The Lively Life of Lindsey Santoro, appeared on Live at the Apollo and supported Joe Lycett on tour! We discuss:

• using comedy as a tool for connection
• balancing a NHS day job with the crushing anxiety of early comedy gi...