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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

34:56

RHLSTP Book Club 44 - The Iceman

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/24

RHLSTP Book Club 44 - Melt It! - Rich meets the legendary performance artist and comedian - theIceMan- to talk about the book “Melt It” which documents his career and the blocks oficehe melted in the name of art and comedy. Is the task pointless or has it something deeper to say about the human condition and metamorphosis and the various states of water? How does it compare to moving stones off a field? What did Chris Tarrant make of it all? Are theicepuns he included necessary or desirable? And how

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1:19:04

RHLSTP 429 - Josh Widdicombe

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/22

#429Chlorine Allergy - Rich has some cold hard truths for any murderers out there and is also glad to see that his eventless zombie story idea has been so quickly embraced, with a twist. Today is a momentous meeting of Champions of Champions because his guest isJoshWiddicombe. They talk about the worst thing you can take to the hospital when your wife is giving birth, being related to Henry VIII and a man who wiped a king’s bum, whatJosh’s disability is, the true motivations of role players, bumping

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50:01

RHLSTP Book Club 43 - Cariad Lloyd

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/16

RHLSTP Book Club 43 - You Are Not Alone - Richard talks to improviser, actor and host of Griefcast Cariad Lloyd about her fantastic new book You Are Not Alone. They chat about why people are reluctant to talk about death, how it’s not possible to “get over” a death and why we shouldn’t be afraid to talk to people who’ve lost someone or to think about your own death and passing on instructions about how to load the dishwasher.Get the book here

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57:59

RHLSTP 428 - Fern Brady

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/14

#428Half a Melted KitKat - Richard reveals that he is (according to the press) boycotting the Edinburgh Fringe, but that doesn’t mean the end of podcasts from the Festival necessarily. His guest is Taskmaster songstress and sausage painter, FernBrady. They mainly talk about her remarkable new book Strong Female Character, detailing her life, career and discovery that she is autistic, how the media is weighted against the working class, how TV fails to depict the truth about strip clubs, how comedy

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53:38

RHLSTP Book Club 42 - Tom Crewe

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/10

RHLSTP Book Club 42 - The New Life - Rich meets hot new author (and his brother-in-law’s partner, so he’s met him before) Tom Crewe to talk about the New Life, an amazing debut novel about homosexuality and homophobia (but also feminism and class) in the late 19th Century. They talk about semen, the responsibility of basing a novel on real people, the tragedy of people not being allowed to love the people they love, writing about thrilling and disappointing sex, why it’s better to be an invert

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1:04:39

RHLSTP 427 - Stephen Merchant

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/08

#427Retribution - Richard is hoping to get a bridge named after him in Great Yarmouth and hopefully his fans will do better than they did in getting him nominated for a British Comedy Award. It’s an incredible guest to start the new series, making his first appearance in almost 10 years, Stephen Merchant. Stephen has some questions for Richard about his first stint on the podcast and Richard doesn’t really have any answers. But after a bit of squirming the pair get talking about meeting your heroes,

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50:36

RHLSTP Book Club 41 - John Higgs

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/03

RHLSTP Book Club 41 - Love and Let Die - Richard talks to authorJohnHiggsabout his fascinating book linking the stories of the Beatles and James Bond, who coincidentally appears in the world on the same day in October 1962. There are a lot of talking points including the way the 60s began to define class and masculinity, how the Beatles symbolise love and Bond symbolises death, the sadness/trauma in the childhoods of most of the people involved, the bizarre way George Lazenby was tested to see if he

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1:00:24

RHLSTP 426 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/02/01

#426Sarah Alabaster -It’s the last show of the series, but never fear, the RHLSTP juggernaut will continue until you have to wrestle the microphone from Herring’s cold, dead hands. His guest is singer, podcaster, 24 hour dancer and lock down internet sensation Sophie Ellis-Bextor. They discuss Richard’s feelings for Sophie's mum, being carried to bed by Joey from Bread, why Sophie was embarrassed when Jarvis Cocker used her toilet, the weird and sometimes horrifying culture of the 1990s, how Sophie

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53:41

RHLSTP Book Club 40 - Dan Schreiber

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/27

RHLSTP Book Club 40 - The Theory of Everything Else - Richard chats withDanSchreiberabout this fascinating book about batshit theories held often by the cleverest of people. They discuss how ghosts aren’t anchored to the place that they died, the freaky message at the end of the Beatles’ Free as a Bird, whether ideas are projected into our brains from the future, why Richard went to Fiji in July 1999 and his disappointing super power, Boris Becker’s giveaway tongue and the freaky incidents that

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1:15:50

RHLSTP 425 - Paul Chowdhry

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/25

#425Bearded Lady -Rich’s very slow take-over of TV continues and he has found a cheap and effective new drug, his guest is the man who stood in for Al Murray and who is now standing in for Nick Mohammed, (but he’s not taking it personally) Paul Chowdhry. They discuss facial hair, what constitutes a family friendly TV comic and whether edgy comedians are actually less controversial than the people on air, whether it’s possible to cancel someone who is not on TV, the problems facing comics if Matt

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1:23:48

Retro RHLSTP 54 - Adam Buxton

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/23

RETRO RHLSTP #54 Pennsylvania Polka -It’s episode200of the podcast and the end of series 14, two insane milestones for this ramshackle lump of podcast. And to celebrate this occasion there’s a record breaking fourth appearance from the grandson of a Batman, AdamBuxton.Adam sets the agenda from the start, bearing gifts, mocking stone-clearing like a philistine, revealing what 1995 RichardHerringhad somehow discovered annoyed Stewart Lee and attempting a slightly underwhelming tribute to Groundhog

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55:36

RHLSTP Book Club 39 - Rebecca Wragg Sykes

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/20

RHLSTP Book Club 39 - Kindred. Richard talks to archaeologist and writer RebeccaWraggSykes about her all encompassing, lyrical and fascinating book, Kindred. They chat about how and when Neanderthal were discovered, the triumph of archaeology that allows us to know about their life, loves and deaths, whether a line was crossed when Homo sapiens and Neanderthals had sex, why Neanderthals died out and what Rebecca would ask if one of them showed up today.Buy this brilliant book

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59:55

RHLSTP 424 - Sikisa

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/18

#424Dick Pikachus -Richard attempts a poor stand up routine about fruit, but then comes up with a joke that will make you laugh,. One out of two isn’t bad. His guest is immigration lawyer and fantastic comedianSikisa. They chat about dubious chocolate based nick-names, how the UK public might not fully understand lawyers or immigration, why recent Tory Home Secretaries have been so anti-immigration despite their own heritage, meeting your heroes and having a sexy dad. Plus why do ghosts love pubs,

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44:29

RHLSTP Book Club 38 - Greg Jenner

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/12

RHLSTP Book Club 38 - You Are History - HistorianGregJennerreturns to tell us about his latest book for kids, the colourful and beautifully produced You Are History. He discusses how telling the story of mankind through 50 everyday items is surprisingly efficient, why comedy is a good way to teach kids about history and why it was important that the book also included darker subjects. Plus the comedy death of a medieval toilet cleaner, the almost deadly antics of John Joseph Merlin, how we nearly

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1:14:59

RHLSTP 423 - Rich Hall

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/11

#423Do Sniglets! -Richis delighted about the new comedic discovery that his daughter has discovered and her enthusiasm for expressing it. His guest is comedy legend and unique brainedRichHall. They talk about whyRich’s appearance (or non-appearance) in a movie is an indicator of its failure, how he started his comedy career on the streets baptising dogs, trying to take that level of performance into clubs, working alongside Seinfeld and Larry David and making up 90 minutes of comedy every morning

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1:22:00

Retro RHLSTP 53 - Greg Davies

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/09

RETRO RHLSTP #53 Bowl of Cheese - It’s a showdown battle of who is best, Richard or Hugh Jassburn - in book form at least, but Richard is keen to bring back one of his all time favourite guests: the magnificent beast and Master of Tasks that is Greg Davies. They discuss schoolday soilings, dick-lifters, being related to a ghost, little Alex Horne, the exquisite pain of laughing when you’re not meant to, sex with teddies, the saddest of bachelor meals, the death of two fathers, the devastating

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42:55

RHLSTP Book Club 37 - Rob Manuel

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/06

RHLSTP Book Club 37 - The Very Best ofFesshole- Richard chats with internerdRobManuel about the Twitter feed that became an hilarious book, Fesshole.They chat about the liberating effects anonymity, how confessions aren’t always dirty or embarrassing, whether anyone has confessed to murder, which confessions don’t make it to the internet and why stuff likeFessholeand Roger’s Profanisaurus show the creativity of the populace and something significant about the human condition.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch

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1:05:31

RHLSTP 422 - Sarah Keyworth

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2023/01/04

#422P*ssing On Richard -Richard has had his annual cancer check up and it’s mainly good news, but something weird is going on in his scrotum (though he hates to talk about it). His guest is comedian SarahKeyworth. They talk about the terrible behaviour of the Sheriff of Nottingham, how to explain modern day notions of gender to the old and confused, the previously unexplored positive sides of being in a human centipede, how comedy can help us cope with tragedy and our darkest thoughts, how marriages

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57:17

RHLSTP Book Club Xmas Bonus

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/12/28

RHLSTP Book Club Xmas BonusRichard Herring interviewed byNatalieHaynes - Can I Have My Ball Back? A fabulous bonus chat about Richard’s books, male fragility, international men’s day and how amazing RichardSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELSee extra contentat our WEBSITE’s wife is, recorded at the Hay Winter Festival. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:11:35

RHLSTP 421 - Mathew Baynton and Jim Howick

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/12/25

#421 Gascoigne V Herring - Richard’s daughter has firm evidence for the existence ofghosts, which is apt because Richard’s guests areghoststoo!!! It’s Mat and Jim from off ofGhostsand much more. There are some harsh words about the reboot of Bob the Builder and a story of actorly distress from the set of Hellboy, but then we’re into a nice long chat about the genesis of Horrible Histories andGhostsand what the team at the core of these projects saw in each other. Rich is prepared to go to great

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