Episodes

March 24, 2024

Award Winning Journalist Rachael Healy

“It feels like people do have to almost have a second career to support themselves. And it's not clear where the kind of goals or the safe spot is anymore where you can just fully concentrate on that thing” Rachael …

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March 18, 2024

Comedy and Medicine - Matt Hutchinson

“...people who go into medicine, often it's not so much just pure science people, it's people who've got maybe a bit more of a broader interest range than your standard person who just wants to be a scientist or a …

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March 11, 2024

Jay Lafferty and Kathleen Hughes - Comedy in Scotland

Ahead of the Glasgow comedy festival which runs from the 13th to the 31st March I spoke to comedians Jay Lafferty and Kathleen Hughes two Scottish comedians who are performing at the festival. We talk about Kathleen’s experie...

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March 3, 2024

LMAOnaise - Crowdfunding, Journalism and Newsletters

“Finding out information about comedy, if you don't already know what you're looking for can be ridiculously overwhelming” This episode I spoke to Zoë Paskett founder of LMAOnaise a website, newsletter and soon to be newspape...

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Feb. 26, 2024

The Lancashire Hotpots - 21st Century Folk

"With the advent of social media and Myspace as was, we sort of got a bit of a following and we've been growing our audience ever since" This episode is with Sheldon Southworth AKA Dickie Ticker from the band The …

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Feb. 19, 2024

Beyond the Fringe to London and Bristol - Cowboys and Lesbians

“It’s a romantic comedy with added sexy cowboys” Eleanor Birdsall-Smith is producer of the sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Cowboys and Lesbians’ which is about to embark on a 3 week run at the Park Theatre in London and The W...

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Feb. 12, 2024

Pop Star Alexis Strum

"Even though they took my songs, I still felt like a failure, and I did for the largest part of the last 10, 15 years. I felt like I failed at music" Alexis talks about her experiences as a singer/songwriter, …

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Feb. 5, 2024

Content is Queen - Kat Molesworth

Kat Molesworth who as well well as having a huge amount of experience in digital marketing is event producer Content is Queen who are running the International Women’s Podcast Festival which is taking place in London in Octob...

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Jan. 29, 2024

ChatGPT and Creativity - Andy Stanton

"I think life is bigger than AI. I don't think AI is bigger than life. That may be the most naïve thing anyone has ever said on the subject. We'll see." Andy Stanton is an author best known for his …

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Jan. 10, 2024

Comedy for Beginners through to the Fringe - Dec Munro

“If you're really Into making it, into doing it, the worst thing in life is getting to 85 and not having tried to do the things that you want to do or not having been your best self” Dec Munro …

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Dec. 18, 2023

Liam Withnail - Chronic Boom & Enjoy an Album

"I was in hospital listening to this country album, going, ah, life's too short for me to be listening to country music every other week" On this episode is comedian and podcaster Liam Withnail. Off the back of a sell-out …

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Oct. 25, 2023

Elf Lyons - Comedy and Performance

“It used to be you'd focus on one thing and you'd focus to do it to the best of your degree, but I think now everyone has to be really multidisciplinary” - This episode's guest Elf Lyons who has a …

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Oct. 1, 2023

Reviewing Fringe 2023 with Fergus Morgan

This episode is the second of a two-parter with Theatre Correspondent Fergus Morgan, the previous episode discusses Fergus' experience as a freelance Theatre Correspondent for titles such as The Scotsman and The Stage, as wel...

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Sept. 22, 2023

Journalism with Fergus Morgan

This episode is the first of a two-parter with Theatre Correspondent Fergus Morgan. In this episode we discuss Fergus' experience as a freelance Theatre Correspondent for titles such as The Scotsman and The Stage, as well as ...

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Aug. 19, 2023

A Preoccupation with Romantic Love

"Flyering is like a one-on-one direct intense experience of rejection, constant little micro bits of rejection and that can really suck" This episode is with Laura Thurlow whose show " A Preoccupation with Romantic Love" is o...

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Aug. 15, 2023

Hollywoodn't at the Fringe - Lisa Verlo

"Always have your flyers on you...you gotta be flyering all the time here" - Latest Fringe episode is with Lisa Verlo talking about her show Hollywoodn't which details her experiences of Hollywood in the 80s. We talk about fl...

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Aug. 15, 2023

Digital PR and Social Media Marketing

Any Digital Marketing or promotion can be incredibly cost-effective or a time sink depending on how well you do it. In this episode I talk to Charlotte and Ellie of Award-Winning Digital Marketing Agency Wagada Digital about...

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Aug. 10, 2023

Poetry and Matrimony at the Fringe

"I've even been promoting on LinkedIn" - This episode I spoke to Lisa O'Hare about her Poetry/Spoken Word Show " Do you Remember The First Rhyme " and JJ Pyle about her show " How to Find a Husband in …

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Aug. 5, 2023

Wrestling with The Champ - Damien St John

Finally the Fringe can start - The Champ is in Town! This episode was with Damien St John half of the Sports Podcast Awards 2023 Nominated Podcast - Wrestling with The Champ We talk about moving from an audio podcast …

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Aug. 4, 2023

Cowboys and Lesbians - Producer Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Eleanor Birdsall-Smith is our latest guest on the podcast. She is the Producer of ‘Cowboys and Lesbians’ which is on at the Pleasance 10 Dome from 2-27th August. We talk about venue selection, coming to the Fringe for the fir...

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Aug. 4, 2023

Best Man and Attendants at the Fringe

“At no point in the last six months have I been relaxed. At no point has there been a lull where I haven't thought, oh, I should be doing something” . This episode we hear from Mikey Fleming co-writer of …

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Aug. 3, 2023

Lisa Pizek - Too Big for Her Britches

Lisa's show 'Too Big for Her Britches' is on now at the Edinburgh Fringe: "A hilarious and heart-breaking dark comedy driven by 20 characters and 11 original songs, in which the heroine, Luna, endeavours to disentangle hersel...

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July 30, 2023

Storytelling PR at Edinburgh Fringe

“It’s easy to drop your guard in the ethical soup that is the Fringe” - In this episode we talk to Miriam Attwood of Storytelling PR. Storytelling PR team provide publicity, consultancy and advocacy for culture and activism r...

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July 27, 2023

Meat Cute - 3 Years to get to the Fringe

3 Years in the making: Bibi Lucille and Anastasia Bunce about the show Meat Cute that’s playing at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. We talk about the development to get to this stage, some dubious methods of marketing the sh...

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