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Allie O’Rourke is our guest today, we speak about being one of Ireland’s only trans stand-up comedians, her Post Performance Pints Podcast in Jesters Comedy Club and why she knowns Marc Maron would go down on her. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Comedy-Cast-with-Allie-ORourke.mp3 (more…)

Hello everyone Spud Murphy and Ireland’s darkest, most cynical of comedians Seamus Kelly are back with a new Bonus Comedy Cast, comedy podcast episode. Today we’ll be talking about Spud’s not quite near death experience, comedy awards, why Irish leader Leo Varadkar seems to get away with a lot and why Azealia Banks is a gowl. (more…)

Hello and welcome to a brand new comedy podcast from The Comedy Cast. This week we have an interview with one of Ireland’s rising talents, the hilarious Chris Kent. (more…)

Hello and welcome to The Comedy Cast, on this week’s episode we speak to Australian stand-up comedian Grant Buse. We speak why Australian humour does so well in our part of the world, sex, and being a sex ed teacher for kids with autism and some of the hilarity that goes with that and, what you can learn from getting a bad review. (more…)

Today I speak to Brossie (Siobhan Brosnan) we talk about her love for dark comedy and how it’s often a coping mechanism for finding humour in tragedy, we share some strange animal dissection stories, gigging in your hometown for the first time and the best Stephen Hawking joke you’ll ever here.   (more…)

Hello and welcome to the first 2019 episode of the Comedy Cast comedy podcast. Today we’re all about New Years Resolutions, vegan rolls, the Rubberbandits come in for some slagging and Spud gets puked on. (more…)

Hello once again, we’re back with our final Best of 2018 episode. Welcome to the comedy podcast, The Comedy Cast, Best of 2018, Part III. On today’s episode you’ll hear some of the best bits of the Comedy Cast and the fun between cohosts Spud Murphy and Seamus Kelly and some of the best bits from interviews with some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedians from all over the world. We hope you all have a mighty Christmas and a Happy New Year too. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Comedy-Cast-Best-of-2018-Part-III.mp3 (more…)

We swap bodily fluids, speak Irish Christmas traditions and funeral first dates Hello and welcome once again to The Comedy Cast, another bonus boner episode all about this special time of year. No, not that type of special, we mean Christmas. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Comedy-Cast-Christmas-Boner-Episode.mp3 (more…)

December is more than here now and welcome to The Best of the Comedy Cast 2018, Part II. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Comedy-Cast-Best-of-2018-Part-II.mp3 (more…)

Hello and welcome to a bonus Boner Episode of The Comedy Cast. Today on the Comedy Cast, Spud Murphy and Seamus Kelly speak about footjobs, are tampons cotton and goat worshiping, are you offended love, darling, honey, pet, Ken? Ted? https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Comedy-Cast-Boner-Episode...Footjobs-Tampon-Goat-Worshiping-Are-You-Offended-Love.mp3 (more…)

It’s December and the goose and the turkey and the carp (wtf?) are all getting fat for Crimbo, so we’re going to put out 3 Best of episodes for the month. Here’s No. 1, which features, Stevo Timothy & Sinead Nora, Dan Zerin and Andrew Dorman and a whole load from Spud Murphy and Seamus Kelly too. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Comedy-Cast-Best-of-2018-Part-I.mp3   (more…)

Greg Corcoran is today’s guest on The Comedy Cast. We speak about his new film The Flight to Memmingem; A darkly comic relationship drama, The Flight to Memmingen tells of the rise and tragic demise of standup comedian Dave Murphy. He just wants some peace to write his famine sitcom, but at what price? (more…)

Today on the Comedy Cast we welcome Katie Mears, a comedy essayist onto the show to geek out about stand-up comedy. We speak about Prophet Comedians, the history of Dirty Jokes and the future of stand-up comedy. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Comedy-Cast-with-Katie-Mears.mp3 (more…)

Today, in The Comedy Cast, we speak to Irish stand-up comedian Andrew Dorman. We speak about history in comedy, why being a hypochondriac means you’re a nice person, and why you shouldn’t always tell the truth in stand-up comedy. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Comedy-Cast-with-Andrew-Dorman.mp3   Who’s Andrew? We kick off the fancy internet speaking about how Andrew is still quite new to stand-up, and just how and why he ended up in the wonderful world of stand-up comedy. Now, we’ve had plenty of people on the podcast who have attending comedy courses, but Andrew is surprisingly our first Irish guest who has attended an Irish stand-up comedy course. Having attended Ciaran McMahon’s stand-up comedy course in Dublin, we speak about some of the things that he learned and what still sticks out that he applies while on stage. We explore the concept of telling the truth in comedy, and about how sometimes-if not most of the times, it can lead to a bit of trouble in relationships. Andrew is in the middle of studying for his Ph.D in history, and being a huge fan of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast, we discuss whether it’s considered “real history”. As well, I ask the sweeping question of why people just don’t learn from history, and different societies continue to make the same mistakes as previous ones. What Exactly Did We Talk About? Warning, we geek out a bit here because I’m a history nerd, and Andrew spoke of his studies. We also discuss why there’s no famous Irish professors on Irish television and how we don’t really do educational television in Ireland in the same way that BBC have people like Brian Cox, Michael Mosley, John Wass, Iain Stewart, etc. On Andrew’s YouTube videos he speaks about his epilepsy, to which we discuss  how he was diagnosed, how the particular type of epilepsy he has is treated, and how it’s pretty much under control now. We also cover hypochondria, and it turns out we’re both kind of ones! This leads to Andrew’s theory about why nice people are hypochondriacs rather than egoists. We speak then for a little bit about his influences, and how his passion for history ties into his comedy. We cover the comedy scene in Ireland, speaking about the other avenues that comedians can use to gain a good reputation on the scene, and as well as the opportunities that comedy can lead to. The topic of the disconnect between online media and the older school also comes up. Irish television doesn’t seem to care that Irish comedians are getting huge views and success online, and prefer to stick with the tried and trusted. But the argument can also be made that YouTube “stars” are getting fans from all over the world and may not work well on traditional television. Still though, in my opinion, they should be given a chance rather than ignored. But that’s just me, always fighting for the little man. So that’s it folks, thanks to Andrew Dorman for joining me on The Comedy Cast, keep an eye out for his name at Irish comedy venues. We’ll be back next week with another interview from the world of stand-up comedy. Follow Andrew Dorman on Twitter here Get in Touch with T

Today on The Comedy Cast we have Icelandic stand-up comedian Dan Zerin. We speak about Dan being a pizza terrorist in Iceland, his show My Voices Have Tourettes and why American tourists are just the best ever. https://thecomedycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Comedy-Cast-with-Dan-Zerin.mp3 Comedy Podcast Follow Spud on Twitter: here We kick off the interview speaking about Iceland, yes it’s a bit predictable but we all have this wonderful impression of how beautiful Iceland is and the little people and Sigor Ros etc. so I had to ask Dan about whether Iceland has anything bad going on at all. Dan’s answer? The President of Iceland wants to ban pineapple on pizza. We speak then for a bit about the stand-up comedy scene in Iceland and how of late it has become so strong. Dan puts the success down to the influx of tourists into Iceland meaning there’s so many more people around who want to be entertained and stand-up comedy is one of the best ways to get punters into bars. Dan runs a comedy club at The Secret Cellar in Reykjavík. We speak for a bit about the pros and cons of performings in front of a crowd of mostly tourists all the time and how you need to be on top of your game to be able to adapt your act to the different crowds. And, of course, we speak about some experiences we’ve both had with American tourists in particular. Funny Podcast Dan also runs a night called My Voices Have Tourettes, a stand-up show that features comedians with disorders and syndromes to help raise awareness in a fun way, so we speak about that for a bit and I also ask Dan about his torrents, how he deals with it, how he discovered he had it and I just want to thank Dan for speaking openly and honestly about having the disorder. We get back to comedy then and we speak about another show Dan is involved with called Seat Filler, a live panel-show type of comedy show that also takes place at The Secret Cellar that has also been packing in the tourists since its inception not too long ago. Dan Zerin Dan Zerin on Facebook: here My Voices Have Tourettes: here Dan Zerin on Twitter: here Dan Zerin on Instagram: here