Midnight Mass

I performed at The Frog and Bucket comedy club this past Monday in their weekly amateur competition 'Beat the Frog'. Kaveh joins me to discuss the event and how I did.

I met Nash in 2013 when I was working for accommodation in a hostel in Melbourne, at the time I was a 29 year old child with no money, no real work experience, no plan for the future, and plenty of fear of the unknown. Over the next 6 months I turned my life around and I wouldn't have been able to do it without this guy, one of my biggest mentors and best friends.

We talk about the old days in the hostel, from running city tours in the day to huge nights in the bar every night of the week, it was a crazy period of growth in my life and gave me such a great foundation for the past 5 years of my life.

We also talk about many other topics that come up, including A.i. and Elon Musk, as well as modern dating to name a few.

Evaldas is a stand up comic from Lithuania who I met on the open mic circuit in Manchester England, we have shared the stage a few times and it has been awesome to see him develop his act. He recently won Beat the Frog at the Frog and Bucket comedy club with an awesome set. We met up and discussed the open mic scene, good sets and bad sets, and how we both approach comedy writing. We also talk about our favourite comedians and comedy styles, we weight in on the latest in the Louis CK drama, and discuss controversial material and how it can easily backfire. Evaldas started comedy in Lithuania, now he does it in England! Comedy in two languages, I can barely do it in one! Enjoy!

Yeboah and I met in Bangkok when we were both nearly 30 and running away from our responsibilities, we travelled Thailand and then lived in the same hostel in Australia for months. Yeboah now lives in Melbourne permanently and is on his path to citizenship despite being kicked out of the country a few years ago. Hilarious dude and one of my best friends, enjoy!

In this episode I break down the week of open mics that I've been performing at, and look ahead to competing in Beat The Frog in July. I'm then joined by Gaz and Doyle and we meander through a range of topics as usual :)

It's crazy that Steve and I met in a hostel in Australia considering we grew up in the same small town in England, are the same age, and even went to the same college! How had we never spoken before? Turns out we had... once... crazy story!

This podcast was recorded in December 2018 during a trip to visit my friends in Australia, Steve now lives in Sydney and we met in his apartment to catch up. We spoke about growing up in a rough town and how it prepared us for traveling through dangerous parts of the world, Steve has a particularly scary story from his trip to Brazil for the World Cup. We reminisce about hostel life and backpacking at the age of 30, and we talk about businesses and how they can either evolve with the times or disappear. Far too may conversation points to list here, enjoy!

I haven't seen Dave in 10 years, crazy how you lose touch with old friends. In that time he's developed from a solo musician gigging in Liverpool to a musician who tours Europe and America in his band Seafoam Green.

We talk about his journey from when we briefly played in a metal band together in 2008, to signing his first record deal and recording in LA years later. Hear about how magic mushrooms, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and growing up in a rough town can help a man find his own path in life.

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Coop joins me to discuss a 10 minute stand up comedy set I performed last night at a small bar in Preston, England. The show didn't go well but there is always something to be learned, and it's all part of the process of getting better. This podcast is ideal if you're looking to do stand up comedy for the first time or if you're just interested in how it all works.... or, as was the case last night, how it all doesn't work.

The host of The Spoken Metal Show joins me to discuss our individual journeys through comedy and podcasting in an ever-changing social and political environment where words can make or break everything.

Look, it's nearly the end of Game of Thrones and I've watched the show through 6 times and read the books. This is my podcast, I'm here to moan. Shaun and Craig join me to review the show so far and make our predictions ahead of the grand finale airing tonight.