My First Gig with Duane Doogan

Next up on 'The Stars of the Irish Comedy Scene', Ger Staunton joins me before a sold out Cherry Comedy at Whelan's to discuss his unusual and almost never first ever gig. Hear the hilarious story of…

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It's the series finale! I recorded this as the finale to the second series which was then postponed with Covid and that series became the online episodes, so better late than never, we have finally r…

This week on the pod, right before we were forced to shut down, I sat down with Kai Humphries just off the back of 2 years non stop on the road from Hawaii to South Africa... to an apartment in Dubli…

Hailing from a small town in Western Australia, Brodi made her name in the UK comedy scene and has performed all over the world from Just for Laughs, Edinburgh Fringe all the way to the Paddy Power C…

Ted Lasso's Roy Kent, aka Brett Goldstein joins the podcast this week to discuss his first ever gig. Recorded during his 2018 run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, recorded in a busy Pleasance Theatr…

Recorded in the outdoor surroundings of Dublin's Iveagh Gardens ahead of her huge tour with Marc Maron and appearance at Just for Laughs, Lara Beitz joins the pod to talk her very early love of stand…

Recorded sometime in the late 1970's... or so it seems. Lauren Pattison joins the pod at long last as part of the thought-to-be gone but since recovered files. Recorded at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs lat…

Recorded backstage at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin ahead of Paul's tour show changes mere weeks if not days before the world shut down for two years, we discussed his role in the decade long Hot Wat…

Live from the VIP area (oh yeah, that's me) of the Paddy Power Comedy Festival in Dublin earlier this year, I sat down with New York's Mary Beth Barone the afternoon after we gigged together on a cla…

Recovered from the corrupt file crypt of 2020, my chat with the hilarious Rhys James has thankfully been salvaged and unleashed onto the world better late than never. We recorded this in May of 2020,…

Sisters Rosie & Nicola, better known as Flo & Joan are one of the most exciting acts emerging in UK comedy over the past few years. Deadpan, surrealist, musical comedy that can't be beat. I sat down …

The wonderful Alison Spittle joins the podcast this week, I've known Alison for many years and she's always been so good to myself and Cherry Comedy, some of her early advice to me got me through a l…

From his online hijinks, his panel show hilarity and his stand-up roots, Joe Lycett will go down as one of the best British comedians of our time. So successful at still a young age, he is nowhere ne…

My guest this week is Django Gold, writer for the Stephen Colbert Show and formerly Senior Writer for The Onion and of course, stand-up comedian. We chat about his first gig and I get a little nostal…

This week I’m joined by Carmen Lynch, you may have seen her on the television on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with David Letterman, Inside Amy Schumer, Conan, The Late Show with …

My guest this week is Tom Rhodes, a veteran of the comedy game but still standing the test of time, hear the story of how he's been preparing for his first gig since birth. Also, I chat about my cat …

My guest this week is Kate Willett, star of Netflix’s The Comedy Line-Up and Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Fantastic comedian from San Francisco based out of New York City. We get into her first g…