What's The Mate?

We are joined this week by the brilliant Nicole Ratjien, Noah Telson and Josh Telson of
GLB!

Our three comedians used our Berlin tales to inspire a world where old people are fighting on the frontline in MEC suits, people walk around with patent lawyers for everyday conversation and friends "get tickets" to go to prison together, for the experience.

As always, this episode is brought to you by Bear Radio, with support from the kind
people of The Venue Berlin and a big thank you must go to Hindenburg too.

If you think GLB are as hilarious as we do then support them by liking their Facebook Page:
GLB Comedy, following them on Twitter: @glbcomedy, @joshwithpowers, @telsonia +
@rattynikki and watching them to their thing at the Comedy Café Berlin:
https://comedycafeberlin.com/

What's The Mate favourites, CUNT HAMMER, join us for another episode and it's a live one! Sara Nere, Caroline Clifford and Janina Rook took us on a very entertaining bro date inspired by Julia's solo mission to the movies, and a listener's voice note about mansplaining had our three improvisors do a very weird bit with a man hitting on women in ways that no-one ever should. There was also the very true story about an Anti-Trump Peaceful Vegan Brunch that inspired a world where every citizen was a Deliveroo driver.

This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Big thanks to Comedy Café Berlin for letting us use their space, to Hindenburg for their support and Tom Evans of Particle Studio for the tunes.

Catch CUNT HAMMER performing at CCB where Sara, Caroline and Janina also do shows in various groups. Don't miss out on Janina's podcast, Unverschämt, recorded every Monday at CCB and available on iTunes. Witness Sara's singing talents with Rollercoasters every 4th Friday at CCB and catch Caroline every Tuesday at We Are Not Gemüsed at Same Heads Bar.

The wonderfully funny Friends With Benefits join us for this week’s episode of What's The Mate! Antonia Bär, Caroline Clifford and Matilde Keizer took us on a wild ride where stories of "manspreading" lead to owl eggs hatching in Caroline's pants, the Singing Shrinks of Berlin inspired the character of a one Dr Kant (lol) and the completely uncool way he guilt trips his patients into watching his Red Hot Chili Peppers covers and then there was the scene with a famous person who can't be named and a whole lotta salad - check it out!

This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Thanks against to The Venue for letting us use their space, to Tom Evans of Particle Studio for the theme song and to Hindenburg for their support.

Catch Friends With Benefits as part of It's That Time of the Month, an improvised talk show that takes place every second Sunday of the month at Comedy Cafe Berlin or follow all three across social media to see where they're doing what: @iamabear @cliffy_butt @matikeizer.

This week's episode features the brilliant This Never Happened! Jakob Wagner, Kevin Napier and Emma Aldridge joined us in studio for another episode of What’s The Mate where our true Berlin tales inspired the story of an audacious son who gets his dad to quit Thanksgiving, we discover that Kevin once picked a fight at the cinema and Julia's Kindergarten crush inspired a scene with the James Dean of five year olds.

This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio, with support from the kind people of The Venue Berlin and Hindenburg.

You can catch Jakob performing in various shows at Comedy Café Berlin including Harold Night and in an entirely improvised musical on the last Friday of every month. You’ll also find Emma hosting the Nameless Comedy Open Mic gig at Radler’s Berlin every Thursday (facebook.com/namelessopenmic/)

This week we are joined by the uber talented and brilliantly funny Steindór Jónsson, Andrea Andrésdottir and Carl Clancy aka A North Atlantic Extravaganza! They turned the true story of Germany’s scheme to pay Refugees to return home into a tale of Viking treks and weird Icelandic accents. “The Berlin Effect” inspired the creation of a Startup with rabid dogs & a no-pants policy and, a cat so large he needed two X-Rays introduced us to the fact that apparently Irish folk don’t understand the concept of a euphemism.

As always, this episode is brought to you by Bear Radio, with support from the kind
people of The Venue Berlin and a big thank you to Hindenburg too.

If you’d like to catch our guests again, make sure to check Andrea out at It's That Time of the Month every second Sunday at Comedy Cafe Berlin, Carl & Andrea together at Comedy Shorts and Steindór on The BOSS Podcast that he co-hosts with Trevor Silverstein and which can be found at bearradio.org.

Another week, another episode! This week we are joined by Marisa Llamas, Amy Jane and Trevor Silverstein, three improvisers who treated us to some dark and hilarious comedy.

In this episode, a story about the housing crisis inspires characters who will do anything for an apartment, ANYTHING (like move in before the dead guy is out). A scene involving the last line of The Great Gatsby and pencils gets weirdly sexual and Germany's very real Fossil of The Day Award took us to a rather strange world where Trevor actively becomes friends with people he hates.

This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio with support from The Venue Berlin and Hindenburg.

If you'd like to see our guests in action you can catch them at various shows at Comedy Café Berlin as part of their house teams and don't miss The BOSS podcast with Steindór and Trevor Silverstein recorded live every Thursday at 11pm at Comedy Café Berlin and shared on bearradio.org

The brilliant GRILL TALK joined us for this week’s episode of Berlin inspired funnies. Together, Matilde Kaizer, Nacho Sanguinetti and Trevor Silverstein improvised off of one of the more ridiculous AirBnB Experiences we’ve come across - Techno Painting. They also took us over to Britain where the Brexit vs Breakfast debate materialised, deboning a human foot was akin to deboning a chicken and Nacho casually used the word “parsimonious”- to be honest, we’re still not 100% sure what it means.

This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Big thanks to The Venue for letting us use their space and to Hindenburg for their support.

Follow GRILL TALK on Facebook to find out where they are performing next. They do a number of shows in various groups so be sure to head www.comedycafeberlin.com for more. Catch Trevor Silverstein’s The BOSS (Berlin Open Stage Show) Live Podcast every Thursday at 11pm at CCB or on www.bearradio.org, Matilde Kaizer at It’s That Time of the Month all social media & Nacho at Double XL.

We’re back baby and kicking things off with another visit from Skeleton Brains and the main men who helped kick things off in Season 1!

Blake Farha, Daan Henselmans and Gaston Stabiszewski took us on a wild ride where true Berlin stories inspired the meeting of Scooby & The Gang and Angela Merkel, a perturbing look into the world of Hacker Start-Ups and an artist who wears five scarves and a cloak, and would like to rebuild the Berlin Wall. Weird. As always, this episode is brought to you by the brilliant Bear Radio team, with support from the kind people of Hindenburg.

Follow Skeleton Brains on Facebook and Instagram to find out where they are performing next. Check out Lebenspocast on all social media if you’d like to hear some German Improv Comedy from Gaston. If you’re interested in learning a little Improv, Blake also co-hosts the weekly Improv Playground at Heile Haus in Kreuzberg and you’re welcome to join! Visit https://www.meetup.com/improvise-till-you-make-it/ for more.

We thought we’d close Season 1 with a bang and brought you our second live recording with a What’s The Mate favourite, GLB! Nicole Ratjien, Noah Telson and Josh Telson joined Julia again, this time in front of a packed house at Comedy Café Berlin. A story about how someone’s ‘dead’ body ended up on cigarette packets all over Europe had our improvisors dive into agency/client contracts and the tale of the very real Ketchup Bandits inspired bizarre scenes of a sauce testing lair and gravy in the bedroom. Big thanks to Comedy Cafe Berlin for letting us use their space and to Hindenburg for their continued support.


If you’d like to catch more of GLB then support them by liking their Facebook Page: GLB Comedy, following them on Twitter: @glbcomedy, @joshwithpowers, @telsonia + @rattynikki and watching them to their thing at the Comedy Café Berlin: https://comedycafeberlin.com/

Another week, another episode! This week we are joined by Amanda King, Marisa Llamas and Steindór Jónsson who treated us to some brilliantly funny and at times utterly terrifying Improv.

In this episode we discover that Steindór's bicycle repairman has a rather outlandish connection to the Swedish Pop group, Ace of Base, Julia's frustration with her regular DHL man inspired the creation of the world's first Charades Fight Club and there may be more than one reference to the grafting of human skin and body parts - it gets weird.

This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio and the Berlin Tea Company, with support from the kind
people of Noize Fabrik and Hindenburg.

If you'd like to see our guests in action you can catch them at various shows at Comedy Café Berlin as part of their house teams:
https://comedycafeberlin.com/. Don't miss The BOSS podcast with Steindór and Trevor Silverstein recorded live every Thursday at 11pm at Comedy Café Berlin or find it at bearradio.org