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For anyone who writes comedy, makes comedy, loves comedy, or just has an interest in comedians and what makes them so annoying.
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As well as both being professional comedians, Stuart Goldsmith and Sindhu Vee have two other big things in common: they a) are both parents and b) have no idea how to be parents. But hey, does anyone? In this show, the acclaimed host of The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast and the writer/creator of BBC Radio 4's Sindhustan try to find out, seeking the advice of notable parents and experts on how to cope with parenthood, exploring the sacrifices, choices and mistakes made along the way. Light-hear ...
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Distraction Pieces, with Scroobius Pip, is one the UK's biggest and longest running independent podcasts. Previous guests include Michael Fassbender, Mary J Blige, Stephen Graham, Florence Pugh, Spike Lee, Lena Headey, Stewart Lee, Kathy Burke, Dizzee Rascal, Aisling Bea, Kano, Adam Buxton, Vicky McClure, Karl Pilkington, Michaela Coel, Louis Theroux, Tim Key and many more. Available on acast, iTunes and all good podcast outlets. Download, subscribe, rate & review now! Hosted on Acast. See a ...
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Australian and international authors talk about their books and how they got published or how they self-published. Listeners, writers and readers will also hear about what's going on in our local writing community.
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XS Malarkey is one of the UK's longest running comedy nights. For over 14 years it has provided mirth and jollity to the people of Manchester, and help to build up some of the most well know comedians in the UK. Every month the XS Malarkey Podcast will bring you little nuggets of comedy joy to your ears and mix that in with some backstage interviews with some of the acts, many famous, some just starting out.
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Join me as we remember the incredible Dr Janey Godley. If you've enjoyed this episode, you can donate to The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. We talk about how she thrived despite abuse, poverty and alcoholism in her upbringing; detail her absolute conviction in the power of honesty; and learn how an early experience at the Edinburgh Fringe led …
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'Little Puggle's Christmas' is a beautiful Christmas book by Vikki Conley with an Australian setting.The 70's were a time of social revolution and one of the epicentres of the ferment was London where Grace has travelled. Her meeting with Marigold is pivotal to her journey of self discovery which is all revealed in Mira Robertson's novel, 'Grace an…
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Poppy Hillstead • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #593
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the wonderful writer, podcaster, artist and filmmaker POPPY HILLSTEAD! Poppy's been in the game for a minute and you will very likely know and appreciate her fine work in the podcasting realm (including Gossipmongers, Has Entered The Chat and …
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Rosalie Ham completes her trilogy of The Dressmaker with ‘Molly’, the mother who challenged society’s norms in wanting changes, fairness for women in the work place and sensible underwear. A humorous and well-crafted story which explains how her daughter, Tilly Dunnage, grew up in Dungatar.Yannick Thoraval’s book ‘The Marriage Gap’ challenges the c…
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Joey Page • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #592
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the hilarious comic and podcaster JOEY PAGE! It's a genuine pleasure to listen to Joey recount not only his past journey but present path and explorations, and it sounds like it has been a very eventful road. A huge and wide ranging chat with …
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Vittorio Angelone’s debut hour, Translations (which you can now watch for FREE on YouTube), took the Fringe by storm in 2022, being nominated for Best Newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. You may also know Vittorio from his numerous viral clips or work on Fin Taylor vs The Internet. He's now touring across the UK with Vittorio Angelone: Who Do …
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As ‘The 113th Assistant Librarian’ Oliver’s life now has seven cats, hundreds of deadly books and he has to learn how to stop people dying in the library. Stuart Wilson has written a magical tome for parents to enjoy reading to their primary aged kids and remember books can be dangerous! After reading Gabriel Bermoser's novel, The Hitchhiker, you w…
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Jane Powell (STAMMA) • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #591
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by JANE POWELL, chief executive of STAMMA! You could file this episode under "people you might not know but will be glad you now do" - it's one of those awesome episodes where Pip chats to someone who tends to steer clear of the spotlight, like m…
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Managing a boutique hotel overlooking a surf beach in Sri Lanka sounds like paradise. Dasha Ross writes about the joy and disasters of trying to do this with her husband John Pinder in ‘Big Trouble Coming’. Tigest Girma creates a world where mortals and vampires coexist in 'Immortal Dark' where betrayal, violence and romance are intertwined and lif…
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Alice Lowe & Nick Frost • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #590
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by two extra special guests - the awesome actor/director ALICE LOWE and fabulous actor NICK FROST! A bit of a formal way of introducing these two wonderful people but they really are two absolute treasures of cinematic and televisual goodness. Al…
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Ania Magliano is an incredible comedian, described as a "glittering new talent" by The iPaper for her sharp, wry writing and warm performance style. Her 2023 stand-up show, I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This, was a huge hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, earning an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for Best Show. Ania has written for TV shows like Frankie …
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Lynette Clarke has written about strangers in London sharing rooms with no personal space. Some will find work, fall in love and forge friendships but one will be driven to violence in ‘The Rat Cage’. Finding time to be yourself given the travails of life besetting you is at the core of Sophie Green's novel, 'Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel'.…
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Harry Lawtey (Part 2 of 2) • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #589
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the excellent actor, style icon and show friend HARRY LAWTEY! We can safely say that the 'show friend' addition is a two way street too, as Harry was listening back in his drama school days! So it's a real treat that Pip gets to chat to Harry,…
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Harry Lawtey (Part 1 of 2) • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #589
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the excellent actor, style icon and show friend HARRY LAWTEY! We can safely say that the 'show friend' addition is a two way street too, as Harry was listening back in his drama school days! So it's a real treat that Pip gets to chat to Harry,…
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Guilt, hope and recrimination are at play in Matthew Hooper's debut novel, A Cold Season.The Little Clothes by Deborah Callaghan is about grabbing onto life and claiming your place in it.areبقلم Matthew Hooper with David McLean and Deborah Callaghan with Lisa Moule
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Hollie McNish • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #588
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by long term Pip and show friend, the amazing poet and author HOLLIE McNISH! It's not Hollie's first go-round here on Distraction Pieces, but the sightings are definitely many years apart so this is a welcome return. Hollie's an incredible writer…
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Casey Nott has written a novel about motherhood, identity and loss in ‘Forgotten’.Fay works as a translator but it is her choice of lover and employer that lead to betrayal, ambition and questioning what love means in Jessie Tu’s ‘The Honeyeater’.بقلم Casey Nott with Lisa Moule and Jessie Tu with Jan Goldsmith
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Stuart Goldsmith • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #587
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the comedian's comedian and Comedian's Comedian maker STUART GOLDSMITH! One of the hardest working comedian podcasters in the country joins Pip to lock forces and really go in on all things across the spectrum of comedy and way beyond... You'l…
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Welcome back to part two of this Viggo Venn special where we delve into the full Britain's Got Talent journey and touring a show in the wake of winning. You can get INSTANT ACCESS to the video version by becoming an Insider at Patreon.com/ComComPod where you'll also get exclusive extras inc how it felt to win £250,000, what Viggo spent it on and ha…
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Amanda Willimott has written an historical thriller, based on an actual trial of a werewolf. ‘Winter of the Wolf' is also about the power of law and religion for educated men while many women had no voice at all for fear of being charged with witchcraft.Keshe Chow takes us back to imperial China and the notion that behind every mirror lies an alter…
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Jamali Maddix • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #586
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined, once more, by the brilliant and very funny comic, podcaster and host JAMALI MADDIX! * AUDIO ODDITY IN PIP'S CHANNEL FROM AROUND 4m - 6m30s! It comes and goes but won't trouble you too much... A glorious return mission for the homie Jamali, as he…
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From the small mining town of Kongsberg, Norway, to winning Britain's Got Talent in 2023, Viggo Venn's journey has been anything but ordinary. We delve into Viggo’s history with ComComPod, the creation of the high-vis bit and the original plan to get buzzed off in the first round on BGT. Part two will be released next week, or you can get INSTANT A…
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Displacement can be the shift in location from a country, a city or a family. All of these aspects come to life when Aliya and her daughter choose to move to rural New South Wales in Jumaana Abdu’s debut novel ‘Translations’.The pieces of our lives, the influences and experiences, are like a mosaic joining together to make a whole that may be stran…
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Frankie Boyle • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #585
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined, once more, by the always fabulous and funny comic, podcaster, author, host and producer, FRANKIE BOYLE! Frankie's name has carried through the decades of comedy, and even a moment of listening to him in conversation reveals a really cool, calm a…
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Household debt takes on a new meaning when you are a former assassin seeking retribution for the death of a child while, at the same time, trying to manage your domestic life. Mark Mupotsa-Russell explores these dilemmas in his novel, ‘The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt’.Melbourne is the city. It and the characters who just want to be …
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'Together We Fall Apart' is Sophie Matthiesson's novel about running away and coming home against a backdrop of addiction.'The End and Everything Before It' is Finegan Kruckemeyer's first novel where the tale twists upon itself highlighting the development of a town over the course of time where legend and life are intertwined.…
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Rosco McClelland • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #584
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the very funny comic ROSCO McCLELLAND! A delicious ep featuring the Fringe star, who joins Pip for a really great chat on all things comedy, but by no means limited to... Tangents are the order of the day, and good god do we have 'em for ya. C…
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Geoffrey Asmus started performing stand-up in 2013 where soon after he was selected as a ‘New Face’ performer at Just For Laughs Montreal. In 2021, he released his “Prodigal Little Bitch” audio special which went all the way to #1 on iTunes. He can also be seen at the world famous Comedy Cellar and has opened for the likes of Daniel Sloss and Ari S…
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