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Ruddle Me This! with Taylor Ruddle

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it"s like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

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114. Turning Tragedy Into Comedy with Dr. Jo Prendergast

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2025/03/16

Comedian and Author Dr Jo Prendergast joined me on the podcast today to talk about the process of turning something tragic, in Jo's case a breast cancer diagnosis into something funny, which ended up being her show Cancer & Cartwheels which she's currently touring. Jo talks about what it was like going through Chemo, she explains what Cold Capping is, and talks about at what point did she start to try and turn it into a comedy show.Content Warning: Some heavy topics such as Cancer & Death

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66:58

113. Am I The Asshole? Part 2 With Comedian Dave Adams

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2025/03/09

Comedian Dave Adams returns this week and we tackled some more "Am I The Asshole?" Threads from Reddit! We recorded this one so long ago that I actually cannot find the links to the ones we covered, but I'm sure if you just search the titles into Reddit they'll come up!Follow Dave Adams Online:https://www.facebook.com/DaveAdamsNZComedyhttps://www.instagram.com/daveydizzl/He and Jenny can also build you a website, visit https://www.winning.nz/--Increasingly uneasy about the American oligarchy's

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63:16

112. Interview With Kiwi Pro Wrestlers Elliot Samuels...

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2025/03/02

Today's episode features two gents from pro wrestling which you will know I am a huge fan of. Both of these guys wrestle under Unified Championship Wrestling here in Christchurch. Elliot Samuels and I go all the way back to high school and Marc Morales is the current UCW Heavyweight Champion. Both of these guys knocked me around a bit in training when I did a UCW tryout a few years back and it was delightful to have them on the podcast. I asked them about their history in wrestling, the hardest

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48:59

The Hosses Are Dripping In Gold! | Hoss Town Podcast...

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2025/02/23

The Fellas are back for our first Hoss Town of 2025, they've had nearly 3 months off so had a lot to cover! Both of the boys won awards in the 2024 New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards so Hoss Town is dripping in gold, Taylor bought a replica Sting from Lord Of The Rings while down in Dunedin, Matt was finally mistaken for Taylor, It'll be Taylor's first ever Superbowl this year and Matt runs him through the two teams playing and what we can expect, and finally both the boys have been on the wagon diet

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38:44

Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 7

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2025/02/17

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni. This week and in the final edition of Line By Line (for now) we tackle the aftermath of Romeo and Juliet's meeting and see how they both seek out the guidance of their mentor figures in Friar Lawrence and The Nurse, respectively.Follow Jeff online:https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformerhttps://www.facebook.com/garystarlightsingshttps://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/--In Line

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111. Ray O'Leary Lets Me Pick His Brain About Comedy

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2025/02/16

Hell of an episode for you today as Ray O'Leary is back and he's let me pick his brain for about an hour about stand up comedy. The bulk of what we cover is how to develop yourself from just telling a bunch of jokes to getting to the place where you are offering something different and giving the audience your version of the world. How to get some perspective, I think he called it. Great listen for up and coming comics, hope you like it!Get yourself to Ray's latest show "Laughter? I Hardly Know

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41:22

110. Pizza, Pool Shots & Paranormal - Cyn Shrader...

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2025/02/12

This time I'm joined by Cyn Shrader Hill, an Author/Editor, Founder of Elk Valley Paranormal (EVP) and Storyteller. Cyn was put in touch with me via Jen of Paranormal NL Podcast so we were chatting for the first time but it ended up being a lovely wee cosy chat about pizza and rain on the roof as well as some paranormal stuff in there too!The 3 tiny joys we covered1st bite of pizzaRain on a tin roofSinking a combo pool shotThe two we didn't have time forHead boops from my catsPutting on brand new

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36:26

Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 6

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2025/02/10

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni and we tackle THE scene. Like THE Romeo and Juliet scene, you know the one. Wherefor art thou on the balcony. Yeah you know the one!Follow Jeff online:https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformerhttps://www.facebook.com/garystarlightsingshttps://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/--In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or expert walk me through every line of the play Romeo

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67:22

109. Engineering, Feminism & Long Drops with Nicole...

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2025/02/09

In this episode I am finally joined by the boss lady of Nerd Nite Christchurch, Nicole! She's a very clever and interesting person and brought some very unique Tiny Joys to discuss.Nicole's Tiny Joys:Structural engineeringNew Zealand back country hutsKate SheppardFlushing toiletsClean waterCheck out Nerd Nite Christchurch:https://christchurch.nerdnite.com/https://www.facebook.com/nerdnitechchhttps://www.instagram.com/nerdnitechch/Check out the talks "Dear Sir: Please remove your pig" here, and

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66:09

Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 5

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2025/02/03

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jonathan Samson, a comedian, actor and club booker in Thailand with a heap of experience playing Shakespeare, as luck would have it the very monologue that we covered in this episode by Mercutio was one he's studied extensively and there's so much depth to it!Follow Jonathan online:https://www.facebook.com/JonathanSamsonComedianhttps://www.instagram.com/jonathan_samson_comedian/--In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or expert walk me through every

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108. The Cost Of Greatness: Whiplash (2014) with...

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2025/02/02

Another episode of The Cost Of Greatness where Geoff Wilson and I break down the 2014 cult classic film Whiplash and talk about the themes explored in the film and whether the cost of being a great jazz musician is really worth the sacrifice.Content Warning: Whiplash deals with the topic of suicide at one point and some listeners may find it upsetting.Find Geoff online:https://geoffwilsonhcd.comhttps://www.instagram.com/gwilsonsworkhttps://www.tiktok.com/@gwilsonswork--Increasingly uneasy about the

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36:28

Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 4

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2025/01/27

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Aimée Borlase, a comedian, singer, actor, director and content creator. We tackled the Capulet family's ball in this episode.Follow Aimée online:https://www.facebook.com/aimeeborlasenzhttps://www.instagram.com/aimeeborlase/https://www.tiktok.com/@aimeeborlase--In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or expert walk me through every line of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in an attempt to understand what's going on. The expert adds

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107. Glee with Ray O'Leary

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2025/01/26

This is mad, today I have the pleasure of hosting Ray O'Leary, probably the biggest comic I've got on the show so far! Ray and I yapped about the 2009 TV show Glee. I've always been fascinated by the dark and sordid drama surrounding such a positive and uplifting TV show from multiple deaths to the reveal that one of the cast members was a tyrant to work with. Ray talked about why this show was meaningful to him and of course there's a bit of comedy chat along the way. We are planning a proper deep

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106. Searching for The One Piece with Vasu Premkumar

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2025/01/22

Today I'm joined by Vasu Premkumar, one of my day 1's here in the Christhchurch comedy scene. We recorded this podcast real avant garde in a weekend Vasu was visiting Christchurch and we talked about why we enjoy the anime One Piece, who his favourite character is and why it's special to him before being very abruptly ended because I had to move my car and then go and pick up a bookshelf off facebook marketplace. Hope you enjoy it!Find Vasu Online:https://www.instagram.com/cowboykidcomic/--Watch my

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38:43

Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 3

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2025/01/20

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Dan Bain, a comedian, podcaster, playwright, graphic designer, photographer, director... Dan does a lot! Today we tackled mainly Mercutio's dream sequence.Follow Dan online:https://www.instagram.com/iamdanbain_/https://www.facebook.com/iamdanbain--In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or expert walk me through every line of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in an attempt to understand what's going on. The expert adds context and other

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You Might Like: My Substack

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2025/01/20

As I've gotten older I've found myself disliking the constant bombardment of social media feeds and enjoying signing up to the newsletters of people who's work I enjoy. I genuinely look forward to them each month.Also, with the recent potential ban of TikTok it's reminded me that while social media platforms rise and fall like empires, having a good mailing list is rock-solid (like investing in the housing market).Each month I'll be including stuff like upcoming gigs, episodes of the podcast that

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42:55

105. UFOs, MMA & Ice Baths - Kevin from Where The...

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2025/01/19

Today I'm joined by Kevin from Where The Weird Ones Are, a paranormal podcast based out of Maine. We went into this not really knowing what to expect as we had never spoken before but Kevin is a really cool guy with some very simple, wholesome tiny joys. We ended up getting a bit deep and talking about stuff like existentialism and the meaning of life, that sort of thing. I hope you like it!Check the podcast, hot sauce and coffee at www.wheretheweirdonesarepodcast.com--Watch my NEW hour-long stand

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38:09

Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 2

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2025/01/13

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni and we tackle the Montagues & Mercutio plotting before the ball.Follow Jeff online:https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformerhttps://www.facebook.com/garystarlightsingshttps://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/--In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or expert walk me through every line of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in an attempt to understand

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69:13

104. Why Did 3 Waters Fail? with Comedian Ben "Tito"...

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2025/01/12

Today I'm joined by Ben "Tito" Caldwell, one of my best mates in the NZ Comedy scene and we got talking about local politics, something that I don't understand a lot about but Ben is super into. We were driving home the night before and I asked Ben why the controversial 3 Waters initiative failed here in New Zealand and he gave me a really detailed but easy to understand answer. I asked him if he'd be keen to share that on the podcast and he was! We ended up having a real good chat about local

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103. Kingdom Hearts with Bridie Thomson

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2025/01/08

This week, comedian from Auckland and my good friend Bridie Thomson is back and we take a trip down memory lane talking about the series Kingdom Hearts, of which we are both fond. We talked about our first encounter with the series, how it influenced us growing up and what's to expect from the future of the franchise. This one is probably horribly confusing for anybody not familiar with the series so I won't hold it against you if you skip it!If you want to see more of Bridie, check out her

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