Uncomfortable Truths

Welcome to Uncomfortable Truths Episode 4, with my friend and fellow comedian, Trent Mahon. This is the second half of a 4 hour conversation we had. If you want to hear the first half of the conversation, please listen to Episode 3. In this Episode Trent tells us about his trip to Peru and his experiences with Ayahuasca in Peru. Super interesting! After the first hour we start talking about the world in general, until we hit the 2 hour mark. 

To play us out for the 2nd half of my conversation with Trent, I have chosen the The Dope Song. I’m seeing a theme here, as I played out the last podcast with The Hippy Song. And when you see photos of Trent on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll see his long hair and his classic ‘hippy’ look. Since we are both marijuana enthusiasts, I thought that The Dope Song was the best way to finish. My husband Clint and I performed together as Cosmic Egg on the comedy circuit back in 1999 -  2001. We also played music gigs and had a band. We didn’t do straight stand up, we did musical comedy, and The Hippy Song and the Dope Song were big favourites! If you’ve made it to the end of this podcast, chances are you are also a marijuana enthusiast, in which case I think you will really enjoy this next song. Also, if you would like to email me, please do, at [email protected]

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I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Welcome to Uncomfortable Truths Episode 3 with Trent Mahon, my friend and fellow comedian. Trent and I became friends while gigging together at the Highlander, Melbourne around 2019, until lockdown in March 2020. We both dabble in “conspiracy theories”, we’re both psuedo hippies, we’re both marijuana enthusiasts and we both believe that there needs to be more empathy and compassion in this world. We talked for 4 hours, so I have split it into 2 parts. This first part we talk about Trent’s background, moving to Melbourne, starting stand up comedy, travelling overseas …. he’s been around! I certainly enjoyed this conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and thanks so much for listening.

If you would like to hear the rest of our 4 hour conversation, please go to Episode 4, where we hear about Trent’s Ayahuasca experiences in Peru. To finish up this episode I play you a recording of The Hippy Song, by Cosmic Egg back in 1999! Trent and I are both hippies at heart, and we’re both comedians, so I think that this song is perfect. Please remember to go to my Instagram and Facebook pages, Pradeepa Timmermans, and check out my website: pradeepa.com.au

In this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my favourite fellow female comedians, Nicky Barry! I’ve known Nicky since I started stand up comedy in 2014, and she’s been a big influence on me. We talk about being a mother and a comedian, starting comedy at a later age, having an autistic child, the Melbourne comedy scene, how to be a good MC and how to navigate the different comedy rooms and their room bookers here in Melbourne. If you are an up and coming comedian, Nicky gives comedy advice gold when it comes to MCing and understanding how it all works regarding different rooms here in Melbourne. 

She’s hilarious, she’s outrageous, she’s a party animal and she’s the Mum to the Melbourne comedy scene – please welcome, Nicky Barry!

I play you out with a song called Irina, which was recorded with the Bulgarian Women’s Choir back in the early 2000s. I put on this event called Electronichoir, where I combined several local Melbourne choirs with an local Melbourne electronic music producers and performed a gig at Revolver in South Yarra. Clint Healy, my husband and musical partner, wrote electronic music to go under this song. I hope you enjoy the podcast and the song, and I now present to you Uncomfortable Truths Episode 2!

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For the first episode of Uncomfortable Truths I interviewed Melbourne Comedian, Sofie Prints. The Queen of Dark Comedy here in Melbourne, Sofie takes her audience to some very dark places, and then breaks the tension with a killer punchline and a huge laugh! With Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows like Jesus Was A Rape Baby, and Mary's Abortion, I think you get the picture. I interviewed her inside her shed in the backyard of the house that she was moving out of in Northcote, Melbourne. She put a huge effort into decorating the inside of her shed and it was like being inside a genie's bottle. Stunning!! 

We discuss her history in comedy, her style of comedy, where she grew up,  and attending a Catholic school growing up in the country, only to find that the principal of her school was a paedophile! Uncomfortable Truths indeed! We talk about our friend Eurydice Dixon, and Sofie lands the darkest, funniest joke about Eurydice I've ever heard. Worth listening to the podcast just to hear her gag! We discuss how I need to check in with Sofie in 4 months from now, just in case she dies, and the curse that may hang over this podcast.

I play you out with a song called Dick Control. Recorded in 1999, it's an old classic from my band back then - Cosmic Egg! Founded by my husband, Clint, and myself, we sang about many uncomfortable truths. One of the those is the fact men don't always listen to women, and often they are thinking about sex! Who would have thought? It has explicit language and sexual references, so please don't listen if you are easily offended. Otherwise, enjoy the podcast, and thank you for listening to Uncomfortable Truths.