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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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All Episodes

1:00:30

Retro RHLSTP 73 - Lucy Beaumont

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/02/26

RETRO RHLSTP #73 - The Marx Brothers - Rich is back at Hull City Hall for his last RHLSTP recording of 2019 and he has had an accidental slip off the wagon. But does it count? His guest is Hull’s finest comedian and wonderful oddball, Lucy Beaumont.They discuss appearing on Crimewatch, being used as a crow stepping-stone, waking you to find biscuits on your head, becoming a cleaner at the place you went to University, getting drunk at the Hootenanny, collecting lost body parts in Harrods, the real

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1:04:19

RHLSTP Book Club 85 - Rosie Jones

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2024/02/22

Book Club #85- Emperor of Rome - Richard has been a dad for nine years and is trying to work out if he will have any life after the kids have left home (no he won’t). His guest is comedian, actor and children’s author Rosie Jones who talks about why she wanted to write a book with a disabled person at its centre, why she wishes Tiny Tim had died, the beautiful story line where Edie finds herself and begins to understand her sexuality, plus her new book about bullying Moving On Up. They also talk

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1:06:38

RHLSTP 491 - Lee Mack

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/02/20

#491 Detached Semi - RHLSTP comes to Aldershot, the scene of one of Richard’s most dangerous ever gigs. But we’re all safely off the mean streets to welcome the incredibleLeeMackto Aldershot! They talk about keeping the Inside Number 9 secret, why the woodworking answer to the Bake Off was axed, the manufactured controversy at the NTAs, 100 episodes of Not Going Out and whetherLeeis going for the Last of the Summer Wine record, whyLeedid not become a darts superstar, which serial killer he’d like to

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1:24:14

Retro RHLSTP 72 - Tim Minchin

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2024/02/19

RETRO RHLSTP #72 - Fish Pie Mix - Rich has exciting news that will make other puppet-sex enthusiasts very jealous, but there’s no time for even a brief wank using the hand of a 100 year old ventriloquist dummy as it’s the second coming of, if not the new Jesus, certainly the new Judas, Tim Minchin.The pair bring out the best worst in each other again, alternating between inappropriate chat about wangs and fufus and serious topics like the rise of anti-intellectualism, the imminent destruction of the

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1:00:17

RHLSTP Book Club 84 - Mary Beard

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2024/02/16

Book Club #84- Emperor of Rome - Another live RHLSTP Book Club coming fittingly from the oldest recorded Roman City in England, Colchester. Rich and Mary discuss whether they might be on the site of Camelot, Boudicca’s decision to level the place to the ground and what year it might have happened, plus the controversy over which month Pompeii met its fate. But mainly they talk about her fab book Emperor of Rome and her podcast Being Roman. Did the excesses and jokes of the Roman emperors really

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1:08:31

RHLSTP 490 - Sooz Kempner

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2024/02/14

#490 Do Horses Remember? - Richard is excited about recent developments in robotics, but he doesn’t have time for stand up (or any stand up). His guest is the remarkable comedian, singer and YouTube sensationSoozKempner(plus some interjections from her mum). They talk about personifying a times table, being snubbed by opera singers, how to satirise the almost unsatirisable Tory MPs, why Twitter has gone down the toilet, responding to trolls and reply-guys, the wonder that is the fans of Dr Who and

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1:08:46

Retro RHLSTP 71 - Limmy

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/02/12

RETRO RHLSTP #71 - Monopoly Penguin - Rich is on the cusp of a couple of massive life changes, but he won’t let ageing and moving get in the way of asking comedians strange questions in an attempt to make them reveal intimate truths. Today he talks to a man with inventive ideas for revenge and murder, Limmy.They discuss being concreted into the pavement, manspreading, swearing xylophones, fake whatsapps, undescended testicles, sea lion genitals, how to save money when touring, the joy of travelling

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46:41

RHLSTP Book Club 83 - Becky Holmes

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/02/08

Book Club #83- Keanu Reeves Is Not in Love With You - Richard talks to internet sensation Becky Holmes about her fantastic book about internet scammers and the people they scam. They chat about how this idea came about, the hilarious Twitter chats Becky has had with scammers, how the book delves into the world of fraud in much greater and more serious detail than you might have expected, why intelligent people can be susceptible to cons, the crazy things we all do for love, the instinct to chase

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57:55

RHLSTP 489 - Amar Latif

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2024/02/06

#489 Dream On - Richard has had a very difficult journey to the Leeds City Varieties and wouldn’t have made it without the genius of tour manager Bec, but thank God he did because this is a terrific podcast with broadcaster and former accountant AmarLatif. He talks about how he coped with losing 95% of his sight at 18, why he was still determined to become an accountant and why he refused to accept that unaccompanied blind people weren’t allowed to travel the world. Richard inevitably attempts to

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1:04:02

Retro RHLSTP 70 - Joe Lycett

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2024/02/05

RETRO RHLSTP #70 - Esme - Rich has found the mother of all stones and is banging on about that as usual (don’t worry he will syphon this off into a podcast you don’t have to listen to soon). His guest is RHLSTP super fan and fly in the ointment Joe Lycett. They discuss the beauty of being allowed to be silly in a serious world, whether Tom Daley should be sponsored to go to Pride, the Daily Express making mountains out of molehills, how a TV chef did not appreciate a joke about chicken jerk and how

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55:58

RHLSTP Book Club 82 - Bob Cryer

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2024/02/02

Book Club #82- Same Time Tomorrow? - Richard chats with actor Bob Cryer about the charming and beautifully balanced book he’s written about his much missed dad, Barry Cryer. They talk about the difficulties and emotions of writing about someone you were so close to, the importance of it not being a hagiography, the shocking revelations that only came out after death (luckily not the kind of shocking that others have been subject to), how Barry was an honorary Jew and an honorary gay, the effect of

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54:47

RHLSTP 488 - Corinne Bailey Rae

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2024/01/31

#488 Fifty Shades of Rae - Richard is in the City Varieties Leeds, the scene of a traumatic RHLSTP that he and the audience are still processing. And he’s booked another rock star, will they be as much trouble? It’s the sublimeCorinneBailey Rae. They talk about the whirlwind of her early success, why on earth she’s choose to still live in Leeds, how a teacher crushed her dreams of playing classical violin, her forays into Christian Rock, why she called her first band Helen, exposing emotion to write

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1:14:04

Retro RHLSTP 69 - Sarah Millican

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/29

RETRO RHLSTP #69 - Old Man’s Pants Under The Bed - Rich has just had to stand impassive in a stranger’s guff for fear of looking like the one who smelt it and thus dealt it and it’s been a bad day all round, but everything should be OK as it’s round 5 of the verbal boxing match (that threatens to become a naked wrestling match) with Sarah Millican. They chat about Daniel Craig’s bum, who invented the lifeboat, whether we only remember the times we were bullied and not the time we were the bullies,

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1:05:26

RHLSTP Book Club 81 - Ian Rankin

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/25

Book Club #81- A Heart Full of Headstones - Richard is in Edinburgh and talks to Edinburgh’s second favourite knight (after a penguin) Ian Rankin. They discuss the latest of his many books aboutRebusand Edinburgh (is it a character in itself?), how well Ian knows the character after all this time, why he chose to have him age in real time, how his books embrace topicality, whetherRebuscould really pull Duckface, why Ian let go of the TV adaptations, the changes made by American publishers and how

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1:00:38

RHLSTP 487 - Steve Pemberton

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/24

#487 Beige Towel - Richard finally has a chance to prove whether his or a rival’s podcast is the most popular, but will he like the answers? His guest returns after 11 short years, it’s BAFTA award winning StevePemberton. They talk about that bus episode of Inside Number 9, the official ranking of all of the episodes, Mel Smith punks and non-existent dog poo chocolates, the other StevePemberton, surviving a heart attack (according to the Daily Mirror) and using a holiday snap as your acting

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48:58

RHLSTP Emergency Questions 7

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/22

EQ What Would You Take From A MuseumAnother EQ compilation, but what will the question be this month? There is literally no way to find out without listening to this. Find out what celebs as diverse as David Cross, Anneka Rice, Limmy and Sophie Ellis-Bextor would take home with them from museums or art galleries if they were allowed. Damn gave it away.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Come and see us liveGIGSWatch our TWITCH CHANNELSee extra contentat our WEBSITE Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp.

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1:01:07

RHLSTP Book Club 80 - Tez Ilyas

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/19

Book Club #80- The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4 - Richard is in Chorley for another live book club with stand up and actorTezIlyas. They talk about whyTezwanted to write about his childhood, why he selected the diary format even though he needed to recreate the entries retrospectively, being chased by a farmer with a shot gun, pretending his friend had broken his neck and how the book will resonate with most people’s experience of adolescent concerns, but with added layers of

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55:21

RHLSTP 486 - Robert Bathurst

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/17

#486 Punchable Face - Rich is in Tunbridge Wells and amazed at the 20th Century news coming from a seemingly 19th Century newspaper. His guest is the superb and charming actor Robert Bathurst. They chat about whether Robert can claim to have had a number one record, the enduring appeal of Joking Apart and how Robert might have screwed u the chance of a third series, the art school appeal of Toast of London, touring Australia with Emma Thompson, playing Jeffrey Barnard in the very pub where

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52:49

RHLSTP 485 - Jeff Innocent

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/15

#485 Chinggis Khan - Richard is in Norwich at Halloween and there’s been some terrible pumpkin news. His guest is veteran stand-up and surprise social media smash, JeffInnocent. They chat about how audience preconceptions are subverted by his brilliant act, his shady family history and why his mum won’t let him talk about it, his choice to go in a different direction with some surprising jobs, how social media has given him fame in his sixties, how diversity doesn’t always include the working class

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39:47

RHLSTP Book Club 79 - Prof Farah Karim Cooper

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2024/01/12

Book Club #79- The Great White Bard - Richard chats with Farah Karim Cooper about her brilliant thoughtful and challenging book about Shakespeare, TheGreatWhiteBard. They discuss how you can still love a writer and challenge their world view, the racial stereotyping in Shakespeare’s works and why sometimes it’s used to undermine the clichés and sometimes it isn’t, how the Tempest is more about colonialism than the teenage Richard realised, how Shakespeare’s portraits have become increasingly whiter

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