Will Robbins and Ben Cohen are the Lovely Boys, an online comedy sketch duo.Both of them are stand up comedians and together their sketches have amassed 45,000 followers on TikTok.Happy listening :)SteveSupport this show http://supporter.acast.

Matty Hutson on buddhism and musical comedy

May 19th, 2022 1h 39m

Matty Hutson is a musical comedian and improviser at the Free Association. He has reached the final of Musical Comedy Awards twice. During the pandemic he used his time wisely and began making online content, going viral numerous times on Twitt

Zehavah Handler on how to cure insomnia

Mar 7th, 2022 33m 51s

Zehavah Handler is a registered BACP psychotherapist and trained in CBT-i practitioner sleep councillor, a programme helping people suffering from chronic insomnia. Her training incorporates existential, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural

Darryl Edwards on the importance of movement and play

Feb 23rd, 2022 1h 15m

Darryl Edwards is a movement coach and best selling author. He is the founder of the Primal Play Method and a physical activity, health and play researcher.He regularly presents as a keynote and motivational speaker and his April 2019 TED talk

Henry Normal on his creative journey as a poet and co-founder of Babycow Productions

Feb 11th, 2022 1h 10m

Henry Normal is a writer, poet, TV and film producer and founder of the Manchester poetry festival (now literary festival).Co-founding Babycow Productions Ltd in 1999 with Steve Coogan, Henry exec produced and scripted edited many of the shows

What does the idea of balance mean to you or not? Pt.2

Feb 4th, 2022 16m 21s

We're back with part 2 of the compilation of answers to the final question I ask all guests on Balancing Acts.Featuring in order of appearance are:1) Bel and Clare (Ep.70) 2) Ethan Lawrence (Ep.65)3) Naomi Shragai (Ep.66)4) Simon London (Ep.6

What does the idea of balance mean to you or not? Pt.1

Jan 28th, 2022 15m 8s

In this weeks episode I've compiled some of my favourites answers to the question I ask every guest on Balancing Acts: What does the idea of balance mean to you or not? Featured in running order are the following:1) Athena Kugblenu (ep.55)2) Zu

Liz Earle MBE on her entrepreneurial and wellness journey

Jan 4th, 2022 57m 42s

Liz Earle MBE is a champion of women’s health, media influencer, author of 36 books, TV presenter, podcast host and charity-founder. For more than thirty years, Liz has remained a respected and award-winning authority in the world of beauty, na

Remi Nicole on balancing Motherhood with her music and filmmaking career

Dec 17th, 2021 1h 1m

Remi Nicole is a writer, director and performer.A native of Holloway, North London, Remi grew up fired by a passion for story-telling, which she explored by endlessly writing music, fiction, plays and poetry. After training as an actress at the

Ashley Gorman on going from being homeless to following his comedy dreams

Nov 26th, 2021 49m 50s

Ashley is a comedian and writer from North West London. He went from being homeless to winning the London Comedy Stores brutal King Gong competition, gigging at all the top comedy clubs up and down the country, hosting The Gormania Podcast and

Bel Knight & Clare Hoey on becoming a successful writing partnership

Nov 17th, 2021 1h 3m

Bel Knight and Clare Hoey are a writing partnership working across TV, film and podcast projects.They wrote and starred in their debut play It's Not Cute Anymore, which ran at Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. The play was optioned as

Ryan Dalton on growing his podcast and going back to nature

Nov 2nd, 2021 56m 20s

Ryan Dalton is the host of the nature and wildlife podcast 'Into The Wild'.Ryan spent seven years as a comedian, performing all across London, Surrey and Berkshire, alongside the likes of Paul Foot, Sara Pascoe and Joel Dommet.He also ran his o

Simon London on the good, bad and ugly side of the BBC and TV industry

Oct 24th, 2021 1h 9m

Simon has a well-deserved reputation as a broadcast ‘all-rounder’. His television career started at the Daily Mirror as the paper’s youngest ever television critic. He then joined LIVE TV as a presenter fronting the daily show Live With London

Stephen Tomlinson on using the breath to increase physical and mental performance

Oct 10th, 2021 53m 51s

Stephen is one of the few people in the UK who is fully trained in the Neuromuscular Activation technique known as Be Activated.Over the last thirteen years, he has trained in a wide range of advanced physical therapy, injury assessment, exerci

Naomi Shragai on how our past informs our working relationships

Oct 1st, 2021 42m 19s

Naomi is an author, freelance journalist, business consultant and psychotherapist.She has written for The Times and The Guardian and since 2008 has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times, where she writes predominantly about the psyc

Ethan Lawrence on going from delivering pizzas to starring in After Life

Sep 22nd, 2021 1h 13m

Ethan is an actor and comedian.He has starred in Bad Education both the TV series and feature film, starring Jack Whitehall. Ethan has also starred in Modern Horror Stories on Comedy Central and more recently as James in Ricky Gervais' After Li

Dugan O'Neal on balancing Fatherhood and filmmaking

Sep 15th, 2021 1h 12m

Dugan is a writer, director and actor.He has directed music videos for the likes of Duck Sauce, Haim and Temper Trap and lots of very funny commercials. He was a staff writer on the animated TV series Dream Corp LLC. Dugan also sits on the boar

Oenone on balancing life as an influencer, podcaster and comedian

Sep 7th, 2021 1h 5m

Oenone is an influencer, presenter, podcaster and comedian.Her podcast Adulting has been downloaded over 3 million times. Oenone creates content about fitness, feminism, books, jewellery, politics and everything in between.If you like this epis

Christine Rose on her accidental path into becoming one of the most sought after TV comedy writers

May 1st, 2021 1h 14m

Christine Rose is a TV comedy writer.Christine has written on shows including Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross Show, Chatty Man, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You, Roast Battle, Horrible Histories and awards shows such a

James Farmer on how he became one of the UK's most in demand gag writers

Apr 6th, 2021 53m 23s

James Farmer is a comedian and writer.James has worked as a writer on some of the most successful UK TV shows. From pretty much all of Jimmy Carr shows, to the Last Leg, Romesh on the Ranganation and Frankie Boyle on his shows. As a stand up he

James Farmer on how he became one of the UK's most in demand gag writers

Apr 6th, 2021 53m 23s

Tony Kent on balancing being an author and criminal barrister

Mar 25th, 2021 53m 55s

Tony Kent is an author and criminal barrister.Tony grew up on a council estate in west London, he came from an Irish family of builders some of whom, including his older brother, found themselves on the wrong side of the law. It was during one

Shaun Pye on finding the balance between writing on panel and narrative shows

Mar 18th, 2021 1h 21m

Shaun Pye is a writer and producer.Shaun has written for numerous TV shows including The 11 O'Clock Show, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, They Think It's All Over, Armstrong and Miller, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Would

Anirban Dasgupta on becoming India's rising comedy star and the fear of being arrested

Mar 10th, 2021 1h

Anirban is a comedian and writer from India.Anirban Dasgupta gave up his sales job to pursue comedy. He was of the founders of Comedified, one of the first legit comedy groups of Kolkata, and was instrumental in establishing a comedy scene in t

KG Tha Comedian on his 10 year journey to success

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 22m

KG The Comedian is an actor, comedian and writer.KG is best known for a YouTube viral hit called Shadrack & The Mandem which culminated in millions of views, with fellow comedian Marston. As an actor he he starred in Famalam, King Gary, Ted Las