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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

54:22

RHLSTP 398 - Flo and Joan

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/19

#398 Stump -Richard is still obsessing over the Cat in the Hat, though his greatest moment of theatre happened in bed. His guests are the singing spinsters,FloandJoanaka Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. They talk about whether musical comedy can ever be cool, the perils of dating apps, who will be the first person to have sex with an alien, being made of stone, whether sex with a robot is cheating, the tensions of a double act and how to tackle serious subjects with comedy songs. Plus the Royal Variety

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57:24

RHLSTP 397 - Janey Godley

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/17

#397 Stump -Richard has been to the Museum of Scotland and knows which exhibit he’d like to be gifted. He’s also bemoaning how left wing the Fringe has become. His guest is the indestructible force of nature that is Janey Godley. They discuss their somewhat different experiences of cancer and chemotherapy, how having cancer doesn’t make you brave, writing a love letter to the 1970s women of Glasgow, how to cheat your electricity meter, how Janey got cancelled before getting cancer and whether we

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56:05

RHLSTP 396 - Vir Das

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/15

#396 Dubbed -Richard has seen a piece or theatre that has made him question everything, but also a fantastic stand up show by today’s guestVirDas. They chat about how a passionate speech at the Kennedy Centre led toVirbeing in danger of arrest in his native India, how the world is split between those looking to the future and those wanting to stay in the past, the difference between patriotism and nationalism, how terrible events are great news for comedians, ghostly experiences, working with Judd

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54:37

RHLSTP 395 - Conrad Koch

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/12

#395 Koch and Ball -Richard is still trying to come to terms with the fact his first Fringe happened 35 years ago, as well as how much his landlord is making from the show. Never mind - his guest(s) today are Conrad Koch and his little friend Chester Missing. They talk about what makes a normal human being turn to ventriloquism, how a puppet can be the best medium to discuss huge political issues (or they can be a carrot that fails to do double entendres properly), how Chester because a huge hit in

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58:54

RHLSTP 394 - Kiri and Rachel

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/10

#394 What’s The F****** Point - Richard’s children are being exposed to the artistic posters of the Fringe, whilst Rich is wondering why anyone is bothering (already). His guests are Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean. They chat about how podcasts are rubbish now everyone is doing them, dodgy tummies, Gollum’s suit case, whether you can eat a rescue chicken and whether the working class have more challenges to face when it comes to stand up.Come and see a show in Edinburgh or london -

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59:50

RHLSTP 393 - Harriet Dyer

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/08

#393 Vibrator Kettle Mum - The King of Edinburgh is back for his 26th Fringe and another dirty dozen shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. His first guest is bipolar comedian and nearly Big Brother contestantHarrietDyer. They talk about her fantastic autobiography Bipolar Comedian, turning terrible events into comedy and channelling mental illness into something positive, poisoning a contestant on a TV dating show, a coat full of farts, becoming Richard Herring and how the otherHarrietDyers have impacted

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52:26

RHLSTP 392 - Daliso Chaponda

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/05

#392 Pegged- RHLSTP has travelled to Yorkshire to be part of the Deershed festivaland is taking place at the unGodly hour of 11.10pm, but at least it’s Gareth’s birthday. Richard’s guest is Malawian comic and bronze medal winner of Britain’s Got Talent,DalisoChaponda. They discuss the weirdness of performing at festivals, what it’s like to play a Royal Variety show with no audience, believing in everything, which is the best angel, dinosaur fellatio and the inexplicably different

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1:02:05

RHLSTP 391 - Meryl O’ Rourke

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/02

#391 Where Did We Get Our Porn? - Richard has surprisingly found himself being bigged up by a Ukrainian MP for his humanitarian efforts, which is very exciting. His guest is circuit veteran, ex-celeb stalker and writerMerylO’Rourke. They talk about the comedy scene of the 90s, writing for Frankie Boyle, waiting for your break, scaring Stephen Fry, why it’d be nice to have a Tinder for friends, finding humour in the family traumas of the Holocaust and confronting your abuser, how much the world of

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1:03:18

Retro RHLSTP 50 - Joe Lycett

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/08/01

RETRO RHLSTP #50 A Fan Who’s Won a Competition - It’s the last show in series 7 and there’s an end of term atmosphere and a lot of good natured heckling from a slightly inebriated crowd. Richard’s final guest is Peter Dickson impersonator and product of 1988, Joe Lycett. The podcast largely turns into the vehicle for a RHLSTP clips show as Joe quizzes Richard about his favourite and least favourite guests and what the future might hold for the valuable RHLSTP franchise.But there’s also time to talk

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44:49

RHLSTP Book Club 20 - Malcolm Gaskill

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/28

RHLSTP Book Club 20 - The Ruin of all Witches Richard talks to academic Malcolm Gaskill about his incredible and fastidiously researched history oftheSpringfield Witch Trials. A period of a clash of cultures and ideas and a doorway from a world of superstition to one of science (and let’s face it a fair amount of superstition), why losing a trowel might be a witch’s curse and how conformity was so important to community inthe1650s. Book Club will return in September.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH

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1:05:57

RHLSTP 390 - Kunt and the Gang

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/27

#390 Paperboy - Richard can finally reveal the greatest achievement of his (or anyone else’s) life and had decided to think about making a change to his attitude to the job. His guest is the mysterious, crude, offensive and hilariousKuntfrom off ofKuntand the Gang. They chat about how this incredible act gained traction, why he retired in 2016 and what brought him back, the inspiration for his comeback and how subversive and satirical his childish work has become, whether he could or should be

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1:18:14

Retro RHLSTP 49 - Bridget Christie

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/25

RETRO RHLSTP #49 No Man Is Faster Than a Cheese - Richard has just had his third sixteenth birthday and has returned from Amsterdam with a hangover that might just last two weeks. His guest is former milk-maid, fellow West Country cheese enthusiast and Russell Brand lookalike, Bridget Christie. They discuss webbed toes, being the responsible one in a gang of Hell's Angels, John Inverdale's slip of the tongue, the deferred creative revenge on the tedious admin of life and who of the two of them is a

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48:38

RHLSTP Book Club 19 - Marianne Levy

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/22

RHLSTP Book Club 19 - Don’t Forget To Scream - Richard chats to journalistMarianneLevy about her new book of essays about motherhood, Don’t Forget To Scream. They discuss intrusive thoughts and the awful things they imagined happening to their own children, the way children destroy the parents’ identity, difficult birth stories, how parenting isn’t as innate as many might think and why it’s important that we talk openly and honestly about the whole horrifying process of having kids. Plus what was

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1:29:39

RHLSTP 389 - Seann Walsh

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/19

#389 Kiss -Richard is mourning the loss of his best friend, but he has to carry on working through his grief. His guest is Strictly love rat,SeannWalsh. They discuss his incredible new stand up special and whether people overreacted to his admittedly selfish behaviour and why people are so keen to judge and don’t seem to care if they will be judged themselves. It’s a powerful conversation about the consequences of his self-defeating actions and a story that sounds like a Biblical morality tale, but

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1:12:59

Retro RHLSTP 48 - Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/18

RETRO RHLSTP #48 Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan - Richard has broken his mirror, but wondering if that gives him 7 years bad luck or frees him from the ghosts of the past. His guests are the non British writers and stars of Britain's most exciting sitcom this decade, Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan. Does their onscreen sexual chemistry spill over into real life, even when Rob's genitals are in a bag? Does a filling make you a robot? How exactly do you kill a turkey? Is there a wrong way to try and get

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30:58

RHLSTP Book Club 18 - Guy Leschziner

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/15

RHLSTP Book Club 18 - The Man Who Tasted Words - Richard Herring, the man who can’t pronounce Leschziner, chats to Guy Leschziner about his fascinating it unsettling book about our senses, The Man Who Tasted Words.They discuss why there are more than 5 senses, which sense is the best one to lose, why a superpower like feeling no pain is actually a terrible curse, whether aphantasia is curable, how speech is a telepathy, what it’s like to taste words and see colours with music and how Bill Oddie is

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1:10:44

RHLSTP 388 - Bilal Zafar

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/13

#388 Just Dust -Richard’s 7 year old has been ripping him a new one, but at least he’s back in the big time…. His guest is Twitch sensation and brilliant stand upBilalZafar. They chat about creating content online and how improv is not the preserve of the posh, what happened whenBilalpretended to be a cake shop that only served Muslims, the balance between ambition and creativity, the pressure of Edinburgh and Richard proposes a fantastic West End Musical which is sure to be a huge hit.WatchBilalon

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1:37:16

Retro RHLSTP 47 - Johnny Vegas

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/11

RETRO RHLSTP #47 Johnny Vegas - Maniac in a Suitcase. Giving away a prize to a lucky audience member, Rich reminisces about schoolday bags and realises how much work he has got to do to re-learn his 11 old stand-up shows for his insane attempt to do them all at the Leicester Square Theatre in August and September. His guest is a man who has done Chekov, Dickens and Celebrity Juice, Johnny Vegas.It's a truly fascinating discussion about the duality of the stand-up and where a Johnny ends and Michael

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41:12

RHLSTP Book Club 17 - Laura Lexx

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/08

RHLSTP Book Club 17 - Pivot - Richard talks to brilliant stand up LauraLexxabout her assured and joyous first novel, Pivot, which is partly about netball, but mainly about friendship and changing direction in life. They chat about where the idea came from, why writing doesn’t have to be planned out, why Laura doesn’t describe her character’s appearance and why most men don’t read books by women (and why they should)Buy Pivot herehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Pivot/dp/B09X241NR5/or wherever you

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1:01:39

RHLSTP 387 - Dick and Dom

RHLSTP with Richard Herring ·

2022/07/05

#387 Treading in Bovine After Birth - We’re back at the Phoenix in front of an audience who are also about to witness the first ever live Twitch of Fun (and are thus just as strange as you’d expect). Rich has played an amazing prank on his wife and tells you all about it. His guests are Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood aka Dick and Dom.They discuss how the pair met and the genesis of their Da Bungalow show, how they are haunted by Bogies, the steam roller delights of working with Brian Blessed, why

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