On the Mic

To celebrate the release of (Mitch Benn is) All Over the Place: The English Album, we listen again to Mitch Benn chatting about Donald Trump, musical satire, Blade Runner, the Tarra Trilogy and much more.

Originally recorded during Trump's first reign, Benn's words are perhaps more relevant now than ever.

Featuring classic songs, 'Trump and Macron', 'Happy Birthday War', 'Blade Runner' and 'Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now'.

Mitch Benn's Bandcamp site

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Mitch's On the Mic Profile: HERE

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Boothby Graffoe is one of the UK's leading musical comedians. In a classic interview from the On the Mic archive, we discuss his music - and the origins of his long time collaboration with actor and comedian, Omid Djalili. 

Featuring tracks, 'Spelling Sheep', 'Zombies' and the signature song, 'Hartlepool'.

Boothby's profile HERE

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King Shan is a former film maker and actor, at the very start of his stand up comedy journey. This is his origin story.

King Shan's Profile HERE

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Dave is a number one best selling author, award-winning stand up comedian, presenter and mental health campaigner. He's also one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. In this episode he talks about using comedy to improve mental health and his stand up comedy origin story.

Dave's profile HERE

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Maria Tea (aka Maria Tsartsali) is a stand up comedian, clown, performance artist, and poet from Greece. She has a cult following among comedy fans at the Edinburgh Fringe.

This is her origin story.

Maria's Profile HERE

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Paul Sinha is a hugely talented comedian’s comedian, leading quizzer and a household name, best known to millions as the white suited Sinner Man on ITV's The Chase.

In a typically honest and frank interview, Paul discuses the success of The Chase, his autobiography One Sinha Lifetime, gay icons, the tabloid press, his Parkinson’s disease, his wedding, and the importance of family. Be advised we also hear a brief account from Paul’s book of an attempted sexual assault.

We start by hearing his origin story.

Paul's Profile HERE

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Sam has sold out comedy shows in Melbourne, Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, Berlin, the USA and Italy, and featured on Comedy Central Asia's Stand-Up Asia. He has garnered millions of views online, and has crowd-surfed three times.

This is his origin story. 

Sam's Profile HERE

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Becky Fury is an award winning comedian, writer and comic artist. We loved her stand up show, 'Great British C*nts' so much, we invited her on to our podcast. We're so glad we did - this is her very funny and original, origin story.

Becky Fury's profile HERE

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Narin Oz (née Narin Özenci) is an actor, comedian, writer and prankster based in London, England.

She co-starred on the television hidden camera show, Girls Go Trolling (Ch4) with Stephanie O’Keeffe, Annie McGrath and Verona Rose. She acted in the TV comedy drama Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three) and in feature movies Hooligan Legacy (dir. Nicholas Winter, 2016), Finding Fatimah (dir. Oz Arshad, 2017) and several other roles.

This is her origin story.

Narin's Profile: HERE

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Kate Smurthwaite is a left wing, feminist, atheist, polyamorous stand up comedian, writer and activist. She is also the host and star of the News at Kate video series. She's currently performing as a drag king with the satirical character Milo Standards.

This is Kate's origin story.

Image by Guy Smallman. Presented by Martin Walker

Kate’s Profile HERE

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