Funny In Failure

Jessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian, actress, writer, author, motivational speaker and mental health advocate.

As a performer, Jessica's has won and been nominated for many awards. She stars in "The Holmes Show", been in "Royal Canadian Air Farce", "Welcome to Mooseport", "Citizen Duane", and "Moonpoint". She has also appeared in the pilot for, "The Communist's Daughter", which won the JFL ComedyPro competition. She has also opened for giants such as Jerry Seinfeld, Russell Peters, and Ellen DeGeneres, as well as hosted events for such visionaries as Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, and Oprah Winfrey!

She's also performed with the Second City and Just for Laughs, written "I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life" and "Depression The Comedy: A Tale of Perseverance", plus so much more!

In this podcast we chat about the relief in jokes, depression, the stories we tell ourselves, listening and communication, compassion and empathy, religion, the humour in death, connecting and acceptance of all kinds.

To keep up to date with Jessica check her out on: Facebook/Instagram/ Twitter: happyfeetholmes Website: www.jessicaholmes.com Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

John Ross Bowie is an American actor, author, writer and comedian. You might remember him from playing Barry Kripke in The Big Bang Theory and Jimmy Dimeo in Speechless. He's preformed in Laughter on the 23rd floor and been in Curb your Enthusiasm, What the bleep do we know? Reno911!, Glee, Road trips, Brigade, Veep, Love, Brookyln 99, Fresh Off the Boat, Hot in Cleveland, Chasing Life, The Wrong Mans, The Heat, House of Lies, Good Luck Charlie, Between Us, He's Just Not That Into You, CSI, Sex Drive, Children's Hospital and Road Trip plus more. In this podcast we chat about The Big Bang Theory, mental health, being mugged, living in New York, fear, stigma of therapy, parenting, depression, passion and purpose, What The Bleep Do We know? breaking down and crying and presence. "Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one" - Eckhart Tolle To keep up to date with John Ross Bowie, check him out on: Instagram/ Twitter: johnrossbowie Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Eddie Perfect is one of Australia's most diverse, respected, prolific writer, composer and performer. He has already made his mark in the field of comedy, music theatre composition and bookwriting, playwrighting, screenwriting, classical music, jazz and, acting for stage and screen. His most recent work as Composer of Beetlejuice The Musical, on Broadway, won him a nomination for Best Original Score at the 2019 Tony Awards. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mick Holland on Ten's Offspring, a judge on Australia's Got Talent, and as a host of Play School. He's also been in FOX8's Ultimate School Musical, The 2011 Logie Awards, Kath and Kim, Stingers, Blue Heelers, MDA, Spicks And Specks, and has preformed his own comedy on ABC TV's Stand Up, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala, Good News Week and ABC TV's Sideshow. Eddie has won multiple awards for his work both as a performer and a writer. His theatre credits including Beetlejuice The Musical, King Kong on Broadway, Shane Warne: The Musical, The Beast, Keating! Strictly Ballroom The Musical and will hopefully be in Dolly Parton's musical 9 to 5 pending whatever happens with covid-19. In this podcast we talk about leaving New York during Covid, creativity, collaboration and deadlines, dealing with hate, adapting to change, doubts, shame, positivity, the various forms of laughter, rising from adversity, achieving your dreams, failure and success. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill To stay up to date with Eddie, check him out on: www.eddieperfect.com.au Facebook: EddiePerfectOfficial Instagram: EdmundPerfect Twitter: TheEddiePerfect Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Guy Williams is a New Zealand award winning comedian, MC, television and radio personality. Guy has worked on several TV shows including: "The Jono Project", "World Famous with Ben & Steve" and "Jono & Ben at Ten." His TV antics often landing him on national news or newspaper headlines. He has also hosted New Zealand Today and the Xtra factor as well as narrated, Come Dine With Me New Zealand. We get into a few friendly debates, where I think we both lose? Who knows who cares. We also chat about basketball, the divide of humour, dealing with hate, pleasing others, online trolls, confidence, creative vision, bad pranks and privilege. As Tony Robbins says: Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. To keep up to date with Guy, check out: Insta/ Twitter: guywilliamsguy Facebook: GuyWilliamsforPrimeMinister Website: www.guywilliams.co.nz Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Tim Ferguson is one of Australia's most accomplished comedians. He's an award winning comedian, screenwriter teacher, actor, film director, writer, author, keynote speaker and a producer. You might know him from the comedy trio the Doug Anthony All Stars. He's also written bestselling novels, comedy manuals, and live shows. He runs his own Comedy Writing Masterclasses, he's co writen and directed, "Spin Out", appeared in "Fat Pizza", co-wrote the feature film "The BBQ" and starred in the movie "That's Not My Dog!" He has also written the bestselling comedy manual The Cheeky Monkey Writing Narrative Comedy. In this podcast we chat about sex culture, emotional growth and connection, his Star Wars collection, changing the world, PC culture, MS, common sense, his philosophy on life, asking for help, why failure is essential and a lot more. As Jake Canfield has said, "everything you want is on the other side of fear". Check him out on: Twitter: realtimferguson Instagram: therealtimferguson Facebook: TimFergusonComedian Website: www.cheekymonkeycomedy.com Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Dilruk Jayasinha is Sri Lankan born comedian, actor, radio presenter and co host of the Fitbet podcast. He won Most Popular New Talent at the 2018 Logies and has recorded a stand up special for ABC and Amazon. He's also been on some of Australia's most popular shows including; Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy We Have a Problem, Utopia, The Yearly with Charlie Pickering and I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! In this podcast we talk about finding your voice and being authentic to yourself, accounting life, sadness, the corporate ladder, meditation, health (including weight loss), sobriety, plus a lot more! To keep to date with Dilruk: Facebook: DilrukJComedian Insta/ Twitter: Dilrukj Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Wil Anderson is an award winning stand up comedian, writer, author, broadcaster, presenter, and podcaster. He is the host and executive producer of ABC's most popular show, Gruen. He's been on some of the best shows in Australia including, The Project, "The Glass House", "Have you been paying attention", "Just for laughs", "Good News Week", "Talkin' bout your generation" and "Rove". Wil is also a seasoned podcast veteran with a number of podcasts including TOFOP, FOFOP, Two Guys One Cup and Wilosophy. We chat about his challenging life lessons, admitting to people when things aren't going well, surprise birthdays, friendships, control, stress, expectations and self-discovery, experience of drugs, PTSD and depression, growing and evolving all with a lot of laughter! Check him out on: Facebook/ Instagram: OfficialWilAnderson Twitter: Wil_Anderson Website: wilanderson.com Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Wil Anderson is an award winning stand up comedian, writer, author, broadcaster, presenter, and podcaster. He is the host and executive producer of ABC's most popular show, Gruen. He's been on some of the best shows in Australia including, The Project, "The Glass House", "Have you been paying attention", "Just for laughs", "Good News Week", "Talkin' bout your generation" and "Rove". Wil is also a seasoned podcast veteran with a number of podcasts including TOFOP, FOFOP, Two Guys One Cup and Wilosophy. We chat about his challenging life lessons, admitting to people when things aren't going well, surprise birthdays, friendships, control, stress, expectations and self-discovery, experience of drugs, PTSD and depression, growing and evolving all with a lot of laughter! Check him out on: Facebook/ Instagram: OfficialWilAnderson Twitter: Wil_Anderson Website: wilanderson.com Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.

Justine Sless is a comedian, writer and former creative director of the Melbourne Jewish Comedy Festival. Justine is completing her masters by research in creative writing – specifically regarding gender and comedy. Justine has performed in Australia, Europe and the UK. She has taught comedy, written about comedy in short stories, academic journals and online forums in the UK and Australia. It's a really interesting podcast, where we talk about Justine, who is a immigrant and a mother and the journey of becoming a comedian and what comedy means to her. We also chat about her research in gender and comedy, loneliness, fear, failure and humiliation, comedy and homelessness, her Jewish identity and whether it's ok to talk about rape on stage. Check her out on: Insta/ Twitter: @justinesless Her awesome blog: justinesless.blogspot.com Follow @Funny in Failure on Insta and FB and @Michael_Kahan on Insta to keep up to date with the latest info.