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Funny In Failure

A podcast that interviews funny and interesting people to discuss their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the entertainment industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success. Nothing is better than humour to normalise a situation, so having deep and meaningful conversations, interspersed with comedy and laughter, helps us celebrate and

comedy comedy interviews

All Episodes

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#159: Geneva Carr - Finding your Teachers

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2022/04/18

Geneva Carr is a Tony nominated actor for her performance as Margery in the original Broadway cast of Hand to God. You may also recognize her from her many roles such as Marissa Morgan in Bull - she has also recently directed an episode as well! Plus, she’s been in, It’s Complicated, Love & Other Drugs, Wonder Wheel, Ava’s Possessions, Law & Order, Younger, Deadbeat, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Spin City, Royal Pains, Sex and the City. Some of her theatre credits

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01:46:34

#158: Lee Majdoub - The Proof is in the Pudding

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2022/04/11

Lee Majdoub is an award-winning actor who you might recognise from his many roles such as Agent Stone in both Sonic the Hedgehog movies - working directly with Jim Carrey as his assistant, Silas on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, plus the 100, You Me Her, Travelers, Zoo, Prison Break, Supernatural, Arrow, StarBeam and the Magicians to name a few! As you can imagine we cover a lot and talk about nerves, being a guest star, people pleasing, Jim Carrey, addictions & recovery, negative

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01:29:47

#157: Samm Levine - Glass Half Full

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2022/04/04

Samm Levine is an actor, comedian, producer & writer who you may recognize from his many roles in Freaks & Geeks, Inglourious Basterds, Not Another Teen Movie, Wet Hot American Summer, Modern Family, Club Dread, That 70s Show, Entourage, Drunk History, Kevin Pollak’s Chat show, Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy, NCIS, Family Guy, Veronica Mars and How I Met Your Mother. As you can imagine we dive deep and cover a lot - such as conflict, performing stand up from the age of 12, being cut from

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01:15:45

#156: Jon Barinholtz - Compete with Yourself

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2022/03/28

Jon Barinholtz is an actor, writer & producer. He is currently starring as Payne Motors heir and executive Wesley Payne on NBC’s brand-new comedy series “American Auto”. In animation, Jon is the Creator, Writer, Executive Producer and lends his voice to Netflix’s “Chicago Party Aunt,”. The adult animated comedy series follows Diane Dunbrowski, a party animal who is idolized for her troublemaking and talent for avoiding adulthood by her soul-searching nephew. You might also recognise Jon from his

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01:32:19

#155: Lochlyn Munro - Being Your Best

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2022/03/21

Lochlyn Munro is an actor and producer and has appeared in many films and TV shows such as Riverdale, Peacemaker, White Chicks, Unforgiven, Scary Movie, A Night at the Roxbury, Freddy vs Jason, Cosmic Sin, Dead Man on Campus, The Magicians, Beyond, Lucifer, 21 Jump Street, Hawkeye, NorthWood, Charmed, CSI, Monk, Smallville, Castle, Psych, Arrow Supernatural & Blacktop. As you can imagine we dive deep and chat about Peacemaker and the opening dance, glass half full mindset, playing elite sports,

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01:27:13

#154: Stacy Keach - Confidence

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2022/03/14

Stacy Keach is an Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Author, Teacher & Composer. He’s won pretty much every award to date such as Best Actor Golden Globe, 3 Obies, 3 Vernon Rice Awards, 2 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Helen Hayes Awards, the Millennium Recognition Award, the Shakespeare Will Award, nominations for Emmy and Tony Awards, and most recently, the International Satellite Mary Pickford Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and in 2019 he

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01:34:15

#153: Reggie Lee - Back to the Basics

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2022/03/07

Reggie Lee is an actor and producer who has a wealthy list of credits such as Grimm, Prison Break, All Rise, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Fast and The Furious, The Dark Night Rises, Tropic Thunder, American Dad, Brooklyn Nine- Nine, Sweet Girl, Fresh Off the Boat, NCIS: New Orleans to name a few. We chat about having a doughnut and ice cream flavour named after him, sensitivity, "doing the work” mentality, moving beyond adversity, Grimm, big boxed in, spirituality and mental health, energy,

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01:35:13

#152: Paget Brewster - Letting Go

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2022/02/28

Welcome back to the new season! Paget Brewster is an actor who starred as Special Agent Emily Prentiss in CRIMINAL MINDS. She has also starred in ANOTHER PERIOD, opposite John Stamos in, GRANDFATHERED, and played Frankie on COMMUNITY. In addition to starring in two Emmy Award-winning series –HUFF and ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. Plus she’s also been in FRIENDS, 2 ½ MEN, LAW & ORDER: SVU, KEY & PEELE, MODERN FAMILY and has also voiced the roles of various characters on FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN

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01:13:22

#151: Jaime Ray Newman - Kadimah – Moving Forward

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2022/01/03

Jaime Ray Newman can do It all. She’s an academy award winner, actor, director & producer, who’s been in too many things to name, such as Catch Me If You Can, The Punisher, Rumour Has it, Dopestick, Eureka, Midnight Texas, The Time Traveller’s Wife, Eastwick, Rubberneck, Bates Motel, Satisfaction, Grimm, The Magicians, Drop Dead Diva, Skin (won the Academy Award for best short film which she produced with her husband Guy Nattiv and he wrote and directed it), plus Imposters, Veronica Mars & Tarzan

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01:35:49

#150: Bryant Ellis - Sharing Abundance

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2021/12/27

Bryant Ellis is an entrepreneur, podcaster, adventurer and a Forbes 30 for under 30. He is a self-described, risk taker, rule-breaking high school dropout, entrepreneur, and newly-minted millionaire. He's the founder of the viral global success story, The Adventure Challenge which has captivated the world. Bryant also hosts the The Fail Journal podcast where he recounts the hard-knock lessons he learned turning a side hustle into a $100M empire. As you can imagine, this episode is super jam packed,

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01:22:49

#149: Desmond Chiam - The Path of Least Resistance

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2021/12/20

Desmond Chiam is an actor and a writer who has played in many roles such as Dovich on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, General Riga on The Shannara Chronicles, Wyatt Cole on Reef Break, Magic Camp, With Love, Now Apocalypse, Bones, NCIS: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-O, Neighbours to name a few. We cover a lot in this chat such as wanting to be a cowboy, screen writing, being a high achiever, surround yourself with great empowering people, making space, authenticity, diversity, his aggressively kind

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01:14:58

#148: Mo Collins - Say Yes

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2021/12/13

Mo Collins is comedian, actor, writer, director and artist. She has a crazy amount of credits such as Fear The Walking Dead, Parks and Recreation, MAD TV, The 40 Year Old Virgin, F is For Family, Dirty Grandpa, Family Guy, Lady Dynamite, American Dad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Arrested Development, Knocked Up, According to Jim to name just a few. We really dive in and get real deep and chat about being shy and starting improv in grade 8… all by accident, her relationship with death and

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01:28:42

#147: Martin Copping - Remove what you're not

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2021/12/06

Martin Copping, is an actor, voice actor, writer, producer and director. Martin recently captured the lead role in the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Vanguard. The Melbourne-born star plays Lucas Riggs, a Special Forces operator and demolition expert during World War II. He has also been cast in numerous television and movies roles such as Zombie Hunter, The Dunes, Forbidden Ground, Mistress Hunter, NCIS, The Refuge, Elegy for a Revolutionary, A lesson in Cruelty, Hawaii Five-0, Neighbours, Blue

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01:37:57

#146: Lindsey Broad - Resilience and Brilliance

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2021/11/29

Lindsey Broad is an actor who you might recognize from her many roles such as 21 Jump Street, The Office, Benders, Hello Ladies, American Crime Story, In the Dark, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Don Jon, Till Death, Get Him to the Greek, Baked in Brooklyn and more! We chat about The New York Diaper Derby championship, confidence, being true to yourself, happiness, age and ageism, transformation and growth, success, Silicon Valley & The Office, Déjà vu and social media. Check Lindsey out on:

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01:27:50

#145: Alex Weber - Raw Potential

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2021/11/22

Alex Weber is an International keynote speaker, award-winning entertainer and competitor on the Emmy-nominated series, American Ninja Warrior. He has positively impacted millions of people worldwide to overcome fears, conquer challenges, and embrace failing forward to achieve their highest goals. Alex proudly wears the badge of “Failing Expert.” He’s a 5x TEDx Speaker, US Lacrosse Coach of the Year, and world record setter who has won awards hosting for NBC and finished as a top scorer in the World

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01:38:06

#144: Dustin Milligan - Finding Your Mountain

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2021/11/15

Dustin Milligan is an actor, writer & producer known for his roles as Ted on Schiits Creek, RuPauls Drag Race, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Rutherford Falls, Extract, A Simple Favor, 90210, Shark 3d, Me Him Her, Silicon Valley, Final Destination 3 plus more. We chat about being authentic, weed addiction, having multiple parental figures, the dark night of the soul (which is incredible), Family Feud and making memes, social media, identity, creative passions, being the lead man, Hollywood

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01:41:19

#143: Ron James - Today Not Tomorrow

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2021/11/08

Ron James is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, actor and now recently an author. He is known as one of Canadas best ever comedians where he’s also been voted Comedian of the Year at the Canadian Comedy Awards and has been awarded with the Best One Person Show title. He has also appeared half a dozen times at Just for Laughs, the Halifax and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals, Edinburgh Festival, and starred in the first television series of his own creation, Blackfly, which ran for two seasons.

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01:28:02

#142: Chris Anstey - Why Not?

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2021/11/01

Chris Anstey is an ex professional basketball player, a 2-time Olympian, coach, speaker and now recently an author. Some of Chris’s incredible accomplishments include a World Champion and World Championship MVP. He retired as a 2-time Championship winning captain and MVP, with 3 NBL titles to his name and also coached the Melbourne Tigers. He was selected at #18 in the 1997 NBA Draft, becoming the first player in history to be drafted from Australia’s NBL. His book “Tall Tales” is now out and its

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01:04:26

#141: Aasif Mandvi - Pure Expression

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2021/10/25

Aasif Mandvi is a Peabody award winning actor, writer, creator, comedian, author and producer. He is widely known for his work as a correspondent on the multi-Emmy-winning, THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART. He currently stars in EVIL and has a recurring role on the UK series THIS WAY UP with Aisling Bea. He also lends his voice to the character of Sahil on Disney’s MIRA, ROYAL DETECTIVE. Other television credits include BLUE BLOODS, TVLAND’s YOUNGER, A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS and SHUT EYE. He

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01:22:32

#140: Mark McKinney - Playing the Long Game

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2021/10/18

Mark McKinney is an award nominated actor & comedian as well as a writer, producer, director and show runner who you might recognize as Glenn in Superstore, The Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, Slings & Arrows, Less Than Kind, Man Seeking Woman and Brain Candy, We talk about working with the Spice Girls, Saturday Night Life, Kids in The Hall, imposter syndrome, confidence, finding his voice later in his life, Superstore and that voice, intuition, being a rigid performer and working with an

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