If you're in desperate need of LOLs, this episode is for you! Louise and DMR go in search of the podcast recommendations that will make you laugh. We also have a chat with author, radio host and comedian Danny Wallace and finish up the episode with shout outs for comedy shows that we found in our search plus some listener recommendations. Enjoy!

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Here’s a list of all the podcasts that we recommend and talk about in this episode (in order of when we mention them):

Part 1 (Podworld’s top 4 Comedy podcasts):

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-dad-wrote-a-porno/id1044196249 (My Dad Wrote a Porno) (My Dad Wrote a Porno); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/drunk-women-solving-crime/id1425174819 (Drunk Women Solving Crime) (Drunk Women Solving Crime); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/scam-goddess/id1479455008 (Scam Goddess) (Earwolf and Laci Mosley); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sue-perkins-an-hour-or-so-with/id1481218159 (Sue Perkins: An Hour or so With) (Audioboom); bonus recommendation mentioned by Louise: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-joan-and-jericha-julia-davis-and-vicki-pepperdine/id1376577916 (Dear Joan and Jericha) (Hush Ho and Pepperdine Productions).

Part 2 (guest interview):

Our guest for this episode is non other than author and comedian Danny Wallace whose new book, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Screens-Went-Blank/dp/1471196887/ref=asc_df_1471196887/?tag=googshopuk-21andlinkCode=df0andhvadid=463286839437andhvpos=andhvnetw=gandhvrand=4867138557899017229andhvpone=andhvptwo=andhvqmt=andhvdev=candhvdvcmdl=andhvlocint=andhvlocphy=1006554andhvtargid=pla-981806469030andpsc=1andth=1andpsc=1 (The Day the Screens Went Blank) (Simon and Schuster) has just been released (March 18, 2021). Danny’s podcasts include https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/danny-wallaces-important-broadcast/id1334762412?mt=2 (Danny Wallace’s Important Broadcast) (Global Media and Entertainment), https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/What-You-Talkin-About-Wallace-Audiobook/B078ST4W43 (What You Talkin’ About, Wallace?) (Audible Original) and https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f-you-very-much/id1383639105 (F*** You Very Much).

In the interview, Danny recommends https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/early-work-with-rhys-james/id1491354878 (Early Work with Rhys James) (Radio X), https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-socially-distant-sports-bar/id1503926981 (The Socially Distant Sports Bar) (Nata Media); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-mate-bought-a-toaster/id1462168683 (My Mate Bought a Toaster) (Great Big Owl).

Part 3 (extras):

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-favorite-murder-karen-kilgariff-georgia-hardstark/id1074507850 (My Favorite Murder) (Exactly Right); https://open.spotify.com/show/3yZg2MCkf31pPXiG4nznrg?si=2NvuCnTzRF2x_s6XZEVz1A (Last Podcast on the Left) (Spotify Exclusive, The Last Podcast Network); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doughboys/id996151267 (Doughboys) (Headgum / Doughboys Media); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bananas/id1504942580 (Bananas) (Exactly Right); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smartless/id1521578868 (Smartless) (Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/who-shat-on-the-floor-at-my-wedding/id1538165808 (Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/comedy-gold-minds-with-kevin-hart/id1549388085 (Comedy Gold Minds with Kevin Hart) (SiriusXM).

Listener recommendations: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast/id1040481893 (The Adam Buxton Podcast )(Adam Buxton); https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-offensive/id1428145927 (The Offensive) (Stakhanov).

Credits: This episode of Podworld was produced and edited by Louise Blain (https://twitter.com/Shiny_Demon (@shiny_demon)) and David Maher Roberts (https://twitter.com/dmrpod (@dmrpod)). Graphics by Dylan Channon. Research by Ella Maher Roberts. Theme music by Dan Phillipson (via...