145 - Corey White

Corey White is a comedian and writer with a pretty remarkable personal story. His memoir The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory is a funny, dark and brutally honest account of being raised in a violent working class home, being put through the harsh foster care system, struggling with issues of sexual identity and drug addiction and eventually becoming the comedian and man he is today. Here, Corey and I compare notes on our very different childhoods and discuss issues of class, being a member of the lumpenproletariat, the welfare state, outrage, the case for a UBI and "fusionism". We laugh a lot throughout.  Woahhh how cool you can support this show by becoming a Patron please radical, man!  Then ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August (next week) and the Soho Theatre in September @MrCoreyWhite The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory through Penguin  An extract from the book  Corey's event at the Moonee Ponds Library on Monday July 29th ARTICLE: Corey White on childhood trauma, foster care and comedy: 'It's a factory for the insane'  Corey on Q&A; discussing incentivised contraception Cause of the Week: The Pyjama Foundation (thepyjamafoundation.com)