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N.E. Thing Funny

N. E. Thing Funny

A weekly Comedy podcast
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We’re back with Sammy this week for the second part of our mammoth interview - about living with OCD, about the car accident that changed her life in 2010, and how therapy has helped her manage Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.This candid and i
The warm Geordie comic Sammy Dobson is talking to us on this episode, in the first part of an in-depth conversation about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and how and why it came into her life. In one of our most candid interviews to date, as p
Ep 20 - A Clowning Odyssey with Kerrin Tatman by Peff Soulsby & Kate Murphy
2 Peters and an Iain are on this episode, and not just any Peters and any Iain - first Pete Shilton, host of Byker’s prime comedy night Splitting Sides, talks to us about who’s on the bill doing just that at their 20th July show, followed by a
Continuing last week's frank discussions, comedians Hal Branson and Seymour Mace debut on N.E. Thing Funny to give further insight into what it's like to work in comedy whilst managing mental health conditions.Featuring clips of the gentlemen
“It’s the stereotype, isn’t it? ‘All comedians are depressed!’ … They’re not, by the way…”This week the impressionist and stand-up Cal Halbert sits down to talk to us about mental health. In a very honest interview, he tells us about his
What kind of weird stuff are you into? No, it’s not one of ‘those’ podcasts, but it could well involve some Sellotape and whipped cream, because this one’s all about alternative comedy. Yes, the comedians are coming right out of left field th
Your summer of laughs starts here: Jesterval, the North East of England’s biggest comedy festival, is returning for its fifth year. Della Haq, Festival Programmer, spills the beans about the fantastic lineup. From homegrown favourites like Ha
Exam failure, driving test failure, oxygen failure - there are lots of ways the big F can come into our lives, and few of them are as painful as failing to make people laugh. One person who knows this well is comedian Julie Grady-Thomas, who
Sketches, sitcoms and scripted scenarios on this week's NE Thing Funny!We hear comedy writer Nicola Kinnaird's favourite radio comedies, Julie Grady Thomas reminisces about her American comedy heroes, and Bill Harrington joins us live to shar
What’s a snappy, scripted scenario with a punchline? Let us sketch it out for you . . .This week Peff Soulsby and Kate Murphy have a special feature on new comedy sketch show Faces for Radio, including a chat with its writer Nicola Kinnaird a
On me head, son! This week we're looking at laugh-making through a sporting lens and asking you: Is comedy competitive by nature? Football's the focus when stand-ups Lee Kyle and Gavin Webster show us the funny side of the beautiful game, tel
Someone once said that all rock stars wish they were comedians and all comedians want to be rock stars... So today we’re talking about music and comedy, with local performers Hannah Walker (Mixtape, Savvy B) and Jack Johnson (Hivemind), and new
Boo! Hiss! Rubbish! Do hecklers add to the atmosphere of a gig, or should they just shut up and be quiet? If you're sitting in the front row of a stand up gig should you expect to be picked on, or do some performers take the insults too far?P
Hands up if you want to try stand up! This week Peff Soulsby and Kate Murphy are talking to new comics and club promoters from the North East to get handy advice from people with hands-on experience.With Liam Elcoat, Cal Halbert, Simon Burdus
Send in the clowns! Today we're talking about clowning, physical comedy, and cartoon violence. Kate Murphy and Peff Soulsby ask: Is slapstick a lost art?We speak to performer and clown aficionado Bill Harrington about red noses, custard pies
Scalpels at the ready as Kate Murphy and Peff Soulsby dissect the Science of Laughter on this week's show!We speak to Ian McLaughlin of The Suggestibles about the psychology behind laughter... and find out which animals are ticklish. As usual
This week we're talking politics in comedy. Do you enjoy satire? Is Donald Trump too much of an easy target? Is political comedy snobbish and elitist?This week Kate Murphy went to ask the people of Sunderland their views, while Peff Soulsby ha
News, reviews and interviews from the North East of England's comedy scene! This week Kate Murphy and Peff Soulsby are joined in the studio by Spontaneous Wrecks founder member Casey Railton. We've got our #MondayPunday along with updates on l
Kate Murphy and Peff Soulsby bring you news, reviews and interviews from the North East of England's comedy scene. Today our #MondayPunday goes national, with the #UKPunChampionships taking place at today's Leicester Comedy Festival! Flying the
In our second episode Kate and Peff bring you news, reviews and interviews from the North East of England's comedy scene. We speak to Geordie stand up Rahul Kohli, Sunderland comedian Matt Reed, and share some truly painful puns in our #MondayP
It's our first episode and Kate and Peff are talking stand up, puns, and dark humour. Local comic Si Beckwith (who's a real stand up guy in more ways than one) chats to us about the upcoming Stand Spotlight gig in aid of the People's Kitchen, a
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