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Utter Burke

Take a 10-15 minute break from the world"s madness with a quick catch up call from actor, comedian and writer, Jo Burke. Jo is a born and bred Londoner, who works from home and her creative space, Custard HQ, in Folkestone. She will be getting random stuff off her chest, on a weekly basis, using her own voice and thoughts. NB: This is not a comedy podcast. That"s not to say it might not make you laugh sometimes but it"s much more a personal journal/mental health check in. Oh and occasionally she

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All Episodes

10:48

Catch Up No.44

Utter Burke ·

2025/10/27

Jo's back in the land of the living. Catch up with what's helped lift her mood this week including, haircuts, travelling and friends. Her fun facts are all friendship based.Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or watching @joburkecomedy

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13:02

Catch Up No.43

Utter Burke ·

2025/10/20

Jo's still a tad poorly and feeling a bit blue - so what to do? How do you get yourself out of a funk? Jo shares how her depression feels when it sporadically rears it's ugly head. This weeks facts are all blues busters including her favourite quotes from Virginia Woolf and one of her favourite Spike Milligan poems too. Disclaimer: Photo no make up, getting over the lurgy. Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and

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14:57

Catch Up No.42

Utter Burke ·

2025/10/13

Last week Jo had a boozy night out with buddies, celebrated what would have been her dad's 90th birthday and learnt to play a new game. Find out what else she plans on learning by Christmas and some more fun facts. Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or watching @joburkecomedy

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13:38

Catch Up No.41

Utter Burke ·

2025/10/06

Jo is coping with the ups and downs of life and global events in her own weird and wonderful way. Find out what she's been up to and how she deals with stressful situations. This weeks facts are all about the magnificent human that was Jane Goodall RIP. Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for

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15:47

Catch Up No.40

Utter Burke ·

2025/09/29

Jo had some exciting news whilst shooting a corporate comedy sketch - she's been invited to chair another amazing author session as part of the Folkestone Book Festival. Find out what she thought of Inside Number 9 - Stage Fright. Are you an on time person or always running late? Tune in to find out which one Jo is and why. Her fun facts have morphed, for this week only, in to fun life quotes from the likes of Mae West, Walt Disney and Buddha Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can

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11:52

Catch Up No.39

Utter Burke ·

2025/09/22

This week Jo took her mum to see Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, was it a hit or a miss without our beloved matriarch Dame Maggie Smith? Her fun facts this week are all Downton/Highclere Castle related. Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or watching @joburkecomedy

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14:27

Catch Up No.38

Utter Burke ·

2025/09/15

Jo's been the wearer of many hats this week with her Casting Director hat on, writing her new show, decommissioning the gazebo, looking after her elderly mum in law and playing made up Scrabble. Her fun facts are all Scrabble related. Enjoy! Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or

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16:01

Catch Up No.37

Utter Burke ·

2025/09/08

Jo's had an eventful week dealing with rejection, fixing her website, her dog escaping, her mums kleptomania and Banksy. NB her mum did not steal a Banksy. However, her three fun facts are all Banksy related. Did you know we have an original Banksy in Folkestone?Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks

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12:23

Catch Up No.36

Utter Burke ·

2025/09/02

Grab a cuppa and join Jo for another slice of slightly surreal life nonsense. Including a Tango update, another hilarious mumism and a plethora of toe related facts. This episodes photo is her hiding under a garage forecourt after being caught in a rainstorm on her cycle home from the gallery. #keepingitrealFollow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and

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9:31

Catch Up No.35

Utter Burke ·

2025/08/26

Jo had Bank Holiday Monday off to have an impromptu and highly entertaining BBQ to celebrate her first year living by the sea in Folkestone. Her fun facts are all BBQ related. Don't miss her very specific BBQ safety tips!Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or watching

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13:35

Catch Up No.34

Utter Burke ·

2025/08/18

Join Jo for smorgasbord of life's ups and downs from coping with elderly relatives, celebrations of life, faulty headphones and midnight wind. Her three fun facts are all about sea swimming.Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or watching @joburkecomedy

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14:12

Catch Up No.33

Utter Burke ·

2025/08/11

Jo injured herself falling into something earlier today, tune in to find out what it was, you will never guess. It's been exactly ten years since Jo took one of her shows to the Edinburgh Fringe so her three fun facts are all about the Edinburgh Festival. You'll also find out who she will be chatting with next on her other podcast Real Folk with Jo Burke. Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk

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15:10

Catch Up No.32

Utter Burke ·

2025/08/04

Jo's had her mum staying which involved keeping up with her on her scooter, spillages in shopping isles, crazy golf and blackberry picking. This weeks fun facts are all about foraging. Who knew it was so good for you? Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info on Jo's work here: joburke.comThanks for listening and/or watching @joburkecomedy

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14:18

Catch Up No.31

Utter Burke ·

2025/07/28

The Lionesses won the 2025 UEFA last night, so flying out of Jo's head this week are all things Tarzan, Bucks Fizz and Ladies Football related. Of course her fun facts are all about football too. Find out who really is the highest international goal scorer. The internet will tell you it's Ronaldo but the truth is it is a Canadian women called Christine Sinclair and he's not even close to her score. Click here for the history of women's football.Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can

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17:52

Catch Up No.30

Utter Burke ·

2025/07/21

Find out why Jo felt she could not attend Folkestone's Most Wuthering Heights Day this year and hear more about what actually happened at the London March for Palestine and why she felt compelled to be there. This weeks facts include Wuthering Heights Day, Holocaust history in schools and laughter related facts.Donate if you can.Click here and scroll down to the last video of a retired Priest's story of her arrest under the new law.Socialist Worker Article about the march.Follow Jo on

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14:37

Catch Up No.29

Utter Burke ·

2025/07/14

From 95th birthdays, Tango updates and the filmed version of her spoken word piece, Seeing Red. Jo's had a busy old week. Have a listen and find out why she is a women who cannot be contained! Her facts this week are all protest related from Suffragettes, Poll Tax and Iraq War protests. The London Protest Route is here for this Saturday 19th July starting along The Embankment. Follow Jo on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers

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12:09

Catch Up No.28

Utter Burke ·

2025/07/07

Jo co-hosted the Folkestone Book Festival Launch last week, tune in to find out who will be speaking at the festival in November. Tickets available now for Joanne Harris, Irvine Welsh and many more. Her fun facts are all custard related, see links below. Jo winds up this weeks catch up by premiering her, hot of the press poem, Seeing Red, written, performed and produced by Jo with music by Julian Eftei. Link to Channel 4 documentary:

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12:21

Catch Up No.27

Utter Burke ·

2025/06/30

Jo's been preparing scripts for a Channel 4 new writers opportunity deadline, plus it was Phil's birthday so listen to find out what experience she bought instead of a physical gift. It's still hot hot hot here in the UK so why not have a dip with a flip flop? Her three fun facts are all tango based this week and below are the links she mentions in this weeks Strictly tango facts:Longest tango You can watch edited highlights of their record-breaking dancefest here.World record tango spins

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17:34

Catch Up No.26

Utter Burke ·

2025/06/23

We are half way through the second year of Utter Burke! Thank you for supporting Jo's chaotic life and general nonsense.Have a listen to find out how Jo's been balancing life, work and fun. This week you get Jo's take on mobility scooters, honest funeral speeches and notes on how not to woo a woman. Plus three or fun funeral facts, yes fun facts about funerals...no one get's outta here alive...Follow her on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors,

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13:25

Catch Up No.25

Utter Burke ·

2025/06/16

Find out why Jo's in her knickers and vest! She's been helping out on a friends film set (not the reason she's in her pants), hear her mum's story about a weirdly generous passenger on her coach trip and she has three facts about this weeks Strawberry Moon. Plus an Ab Fab recommendation on BBC SoundsFollow her on Instagram #joburkeinsta you can also listen FREE to Jo interviewing authors, comedians, film makers and more on Real Folk with Jo Burke. Buy her books from CustardHQ and more info

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