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PODCAST

RHLSTP with Richard Herring

Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe and Fuzz Productions

RHLSTP is an award-winning series in which comedian Richard Herring("The Podfather" - The Guardian)chats with some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment. Stephen Fry, Eddie Izzard, Dawn French, David Mitchell, Katherine Ryan and Brian Blessed are amongst the many stars to have been interviewed across the 400+ episodes... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:04:16

RHLSTP 526 - Tommy Tiernan

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/08/28

#526 Joyfully Reckless -Richard is back in Dublin and is intrigued by the Book of Kells. His guest is the superb and philosophical comedian and interviewer TommyTiernan. It’s a lovely sprawling waffle encompassing the trouble that being mischievous can get you into, the stress of doing a show with no plan, how studying acting made Tommy a worse actor (only in his opinion), Jerry Sadowitz, hitchhiking in the eighties and swearing on the Late Late Show. A written description will not capture the magic

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55:43

RHLSTP 525 - Lindsey Santoro

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2024/08/21

#525 The Biggest Award in Comedy -Richard has been sent to Coventry and remembers a previous visit to the Warwick Arts Centre where he had to turn the other cheek. His guest is the winner of the biggest (and slowest) award in comedy,LindseySantoro. Find out whatLindseyspent her money from this RHLSTP backed award and listen as the award itself is inflated. Plus they chat about why it’s so hard for working class acts to attend the Fringe, begrudging Guardian reviews, why still doing her day job

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55:21

RHLSTP 524 - Stuart Laws

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2024/08/20

#524 Burning Vas Deferens -More fun from a performer at the Edinburgh Fringe - this time the wonderfulStuartLaws. They discuss the genesis of the gilet that has become his trademark (though not according to imdv),magic realism versus actual realism in comedy, the nitty gritty of a vasectomy and why some procedures use the testicular seam and others do not, the fun twist of the free to viewStuartLawsis All In (watch the special before listening to this podcast), making comedy out of Michael Caine

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51:48

RHLSTP 523 - Dan Tiernan

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2024/08/19

#523 Dyspraxic Dinner Lady -It’s another Edinburgh Fringe podcast, recorded hundreds of miles away from the the Festival to keep Richard sane. His guest today is the multi-award winning new comedianDanTiernan. They chat about how to get them to do a retake on the now defunct BBC show Doctors, why being a stand-up comedian is the perfect job for a someone with dyspraxia, how cancer helps a comedian to give less of a fuck (in a good way) about their job, whether Baby Reindeer’s depiction of the

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43:07

RHLSTP 522 - Stevie Martin

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2024/08/16

#522 Arse Twins -Richard talks to the brilliantStevieMartin about her show Clout, the weirdness of secretly watching your family on a Ring Doorbell, what it was like to act alongside ventriloquist dummy Ally Sloper, the joys and dangers of mooning, writing fabric-based puns for the Sewing Bee, the pain of rejection and only creating work when you feel the correct inspiration, the brilliant work with Lola-Rose Maxwell, like Screen Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQYdc-FxeYg) and whether she

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42:25

RHLSTP 521 - Nerine Skinner

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2024/08/14

#521 Pork Markets -Richard chats to Liz Truss impersonator extraordinaire (and so much more)NerineSkinner about the creation of the character, her first solo Edinburgh show, The Exorcism of Liz Truss, how she has become obsessed with the politician (thankfully not in the same way as Richard has) and the dangers of the success of one of your characters when you do many others. Plus some great behind the scenes stories fromNerine’s legendary appearance on Britain’s Got Talent (watch here

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57:04

RHLSTP 520 - Susie McCabe

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2024/08/12

#520 Double Berocca -Richard is in Glasgow at the Oran More, remembering the time he was picketed at this venue and almost wrecked someone’s wedding. His guest is Glaswegian phenomenon SusieMcCabe. They talk about her getting into comedy due to a drunken bet, working on building sites, estimating the cost of lighting in a velodrome, the ultimate argument as to why seeing gay people on TV will not turn you gay, how much it meant to her to appear on Have I Got News For You?, keeping Fringe tickets

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1:00:28

RHLSTP 519 - Olaf Falafel

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2024/08/09

#519 Everything’s a Piñata -Richard is at the Bedford Corn Exchange where he’s fascinated by the animal sanctuary that bears his name and the Bedford cult that was expecting the second coming of Jesus. His guest is the mysterious Swede OlafFalafel, if that is his real name or nationality. He talks about how he got into comedy, the double edged sword of winning joke of the Fringe, how to come up with one liners, mixing his artistic skills with his comedy, doing comedy for kids and how Twitter helped

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1:02:14

RHLSTP 518 - Simon Munnery

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2024/08/07

#518 Elbowing Banksy -Rich is back in Leicester, trying to work out the sexiest ever UK Prime Minister. His guest is comedy legend and fellow monoball, Simon Munnery. They talk about the crimes of the one-balled community, appearing at the Tunnel Club alongside the much-missed Malcolm Hardee, visiting CERN with the actor Kevin Eldon, travelling the country in a cortina with Simon’s support act, Simon Pegg, some of the problems with the Mission Impossible franchise, how Simon has to pack up his show

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1:00:29

RHLSTP 517 - Phil Ellis

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2024/08/05

#517 Phil Spins -Rich is back with the kingstealers of Leicester (but he’s not going to mention that) and is pleased to be in the home of DNA fingerprints. His guest is the unpredictable award winning comedian PhilEllis. They talk about working in an airbag factory, delivering pizzas to tight millionaire footballers, the extreme lengths Phil will go to to provide twists for his Edinburgh shows (no matter the cost), the sitcom ideas that TV found too dark, pretending to be an orphan and swapping

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51:37

RHLSTP 516 - Abi Clarke

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2024/08/02

#516 Tooth in a Bag -Richard is back in Bristol and details some of the things that have made this city so famous. His guest is TikTok sensation and stand up AbiClarke. They chat about almost going to circus school, how lockdown shifted her focus from stand up to online content and how that helped her find an audience, working with your parents, Rich’s strong feelings for Abi’s mum, death threats from One Direction fans, performing an hour after having a wisdom tooth removed and how to turn round a

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59:26

RHLSTP 515 - Phil Hammond

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2024/07/31

#515 Sex, Sleep or Scrabble? -Richard has travelled to Bristol, a place where they take a dim view of statues (after a while) but name everything after Colston anyway. His guest is broadcaster, doctor and the other half of Struck Off and Die, PhilHammond. They chat about being slapped in the face by Tony Slattery, infuriating John Redwood, being chastised by Jacob Rees Mogg’s dad, why men are so bad about going to their GP and discussing their feelings, a coping strategy for severe depression, an

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58:16

RHLSTP 514 - Marjolein Robertson

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2024/07/29

#514 Bag For Life Full of Bones -Richard returns to his kingdom of Edinburgh and it’s Chriiiiissstttmas (in a few weeks or a few months ago, whichever way you look at it). His guest is Shetland storyteller, actor and comedian and cultural iconMarjoleinRobertson. They talk about how a terrible few months in Amsterdam led to her becoming a stand up, a teleporting ghost,a terrifying tale of a haunting entity being passed on to a room mate, playing all the characters in a play about Mary Queen of Scots

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48:57

RHLSTP Book Club 107 - Michael Redmond

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/07/26

Book Club #107 - Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus - Richard chats to stand up legend and surprisingly underused Father Ted star MichaelRedmondabout his book Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus and the surprisingly controversial history of the story, from stand-up show, to radio show that was cancelled at the last minute, to self-published book. They also talk about the early-ish days of alternative comedy, playing the Tunnel Club, National Bring a Jockey To Work Day, the Pasquale family’s love of his

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59:28

RHLSTP 513 - Neil Hannon

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2024/07/24

#513 Bashful Secrets - Richard has come to Dublin and with 900 people in the 3 Olympia it’s an incredible atmosphere! He discusses his Irish heritage and why Ireland should leave Europe! His guest is the man behind and in front of the Divine Comedy, Neil Hanlon.They chat about their authority figure dads, whether “My Lovely Horse” will be his enduring legacy, the Duckworth Lewis Method, Band Aid 20 and Midge Ure’s lack of imagination, what was in the wood shed, plus a toilet mishap when performing

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39:17

RHLSTP Book Club 106 - Stefan Stern

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/07/19

Book Club #106 - Fair or Foul - The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition - Richard chats to journalist and friend Stefan Stern about his terrific book about the positives and negatives of ambition, Fair or Foul. What prompted him to tackle this subject? Why is the play Macbeth the perfect scaffolding for this discussion and what do people need for their ambitions to be considered a success. They chat about Boris Johnson, Elizabeth Holmes, the effect of lockdown and mortality on ambitions, why you need to

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51:18

RHLSTP 512 - Nick Wilty

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/07/17

#512 Veteran- Rich is back in Canterbury and has some great stuff about medieval archbishops that should play well on Live at the Apollo. His guest is veteran comedian and army veteran, Nick Wilty. He is a man with the most extraordinary life who has talked himself and others out of deadly situation. Amazing stories include convincing someone not to jump off a bridge before returning to the same spot in a different position the next year, having a gun in his face whilst hitchhiking, how he became an

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45:02

RHLSTP Book Club 105 - Rob and Neil Gibbons

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/07/12

Book Club #105 - Alan Partridge Big Beacon - The time has come for the creator of Alan Partridge to meet the current writers of Alan Partridge, theGibbonsBrothers, who sadly don’t share a bunk bed, but have done amazing work over the last decade or so with the character. They discuss how they ended up with this lucrative gig, how not being obsessive Partridge fans helped them to reinvent the character somewhat, how writing as Alan involves turning off your imagination and going with the first idea,

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1:06:15

RHLSTP 511 - Tony Gardner

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/07/10

#511 What You On?- Richard is back in Colchester with possibly the greatest example of a local news story that there has ever been. His guest is doctor turned actor TonyGardner. They chat about being bitten by an over enthusiastic zombie, the decision to go to Edinburgh that would change his life, how it became impossible to keep both his GP job and acting work going, his reluctance to do children’s TV, but how My Parents Are Aliens changed his life and led to a very impressive CV, as well as slight

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49:38

RHLSTP Book Club 104 - Marcus Chown

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/07/05

Book Club #104 - A Crack In Everything - Richard talks to physicist and journalist Marcus Chown about this fascinating book about Black Holes and the people who discovered them, A Crack in Everything. Are Black Holes black and holes? Can we time travel if we go inside one? Why is the one at the centre of the Milky Way smaller than most and what repercussions does that have for us? The pair talk about how Einstein didn’t think black holes would exist, the tragic and difficult lives of many of the

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