This Week in Comedy

Episode 17 of This Week in Comedy brings together Morry Morgan and Lily Geddes with special guest Canadian comedian Lars Callieou for a full-episode deep dive into comedy culture, festival life, and the chaos that comes with it. From the opening moments, Lars settles in as more than just a guest, sharing stories from his career across Canada and Australia while immediately matching the show’s fast...

Episode 16 of This Week in Comedy lands right as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival celebrates its 40th year, and hosts Morry Morgan and Lily Geddes are right in the thick of it. From the buzz of opening week to the chaos of late-night afterparties, Morry and Lily dive headfirst into festival season. They break down what’s hot this year, including the iconic Exford Hotel afterparty scene,...

Episode 15 of This Week in Comedy sees Morry Morgan and Lily Geddes in lively, free-flowing form as they juggle industry insights, festival hype and plenty of offbeat humour. With the Melbourne International Comedy Festival just days away, the hosts lean into the growing excitement around its 40th anniversary. They spotlight a mix of shows and talent set to take over the city, while also previewin...

Episode 14 of This Week in Comedy features hosts Morry Morgan and Lily Geddes diving into the latest stories, gossip, and oddities from the comedy world with their usual mix of banter and industry insight. The episode opens with playful tension between the pair, joking about astrology, personality traits, and who should really be welcoming whom back to the studio. The conversation quickly shifts t...

Episode 13 of This Week in Comedy finds hosts Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan powering through a lingering lurgy. From there, they dive into the week’s comedy-adjacent headlines with their trademark mix of pop culture, Australian references, and gentle conspiracy dabbling. First up is Jim Carrey’s rare public appearance at the César Awards in Paris, which sparked online chaos: plastic surgery, alien...

Episode 12 of This Week in Comedy delivers a lively mix of industry gossip, comedy nostalgia, craft insights, and the usual offbeat banter. The episode opens with weekend reflections, including a rainy but memorable boat cruise along Melbourne’s Yarra River with a lineup of Australian comedy personalities. Among those on board were Elliot Goblet (Jack Levi), Trevor Marmalade, Wilbur Wilde, Luke Mc...

Episode 11 of This Week in Comedy kicks off with a quick housekeeping correction. Lily and Morry apologise for mistakenly saying comedian Eloise Eftos was from Adelaide when she was actually born in Perth. In comedy news, the hosts discuss Celeste Barber and her partner Apy Robin (often dubbed “Hot Husband”) separating after 20 years. The tone stays light and speculative as they reflect on Celeste...

Episode 10 kicks off back in Melbourne, celebrating a milestone: double digits. The “seven-episode glass ceiling” has been shattered and the duo are officially big kids now, complete with a tangent about pull-ups, bladder control, and the tragically named “Poise” range. Lily even has a joke charting “light, intermediate, heavy” leakage levels, because nothing says showbiz like sneezing statistics....

Episode 9 of This Week in Comedy finds the hosts Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan broadcasting from a makeshift studio in an Airbnb in Newtown, Sydney, swapping their usual setup for a lively, on-the-road energy. Newtown itself becomes an early talking point, described as Sydney’s alternative, youthful, and proudly LGBTQIA+ hub, a Brunswick-meets-St Kilda hybrid with graffiti, share houses, and strong...

Episode 8 of This Week in Comedy is a loose, lively mix of industry news, cultural commentary, beer tasting and big picture questions about censorship, art and who gets to decide whether is just that - art! The episode opens with Lily and Morry celebrating making it past seven episodes, swapping stories about a heavy midweek beer session and then cracking into a new brew - the Fig Leaf Saison by S...

Episode seven of This Week in Comedy hits the “magic number” (apparently the average podcast only makes it to 7 episodes) and Morry and Lily celebrate by diving into big comedy news, bigger opinions, and an even bigger beer - an 8 per cent Garage Project “Pernicious Weed” that tastes like intense bitter melon and threatens to end the podcast early. The episode opens with a field trip to Raw Comedy...

The first episode of  This Week in Comedy  for the year kicks off with relaxed, self-aware chaos as Lily and Morry ease into 2026. The conversation opens with Christmas reflections, including a clarification that while Christmas at Lily’s house isn’t fully “cancelled”, it has been significantly scaled back. So don’t worry, the kids ain’t getting coal. This leads into a surprisingly long...

Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan are back with a slightly end-of-year, pre-Christmas edition of This Week in Comedy. the weekly hang for comedy lovers who like their industry chat served with dumb jokes, local context, and a mild sense of impending doom. This episode kicks off with festive season realities (fewer gigs, everyone half-checked-out) before looking ahead to 2026 and the Melbourne Internati...

Welcome back to This Week in Comedy , the podcast that bravely asks the big questions: Can robots be funny? Should governments fund comedians? And what exactly is happening in Geelong? Episode 4 is a wide-ranging, mildly unhinged tour through comedy news, history, technology, beer, festivals, and the creeping sense that the machines are absolutely coming for us. We kick things off in a “quiet week...

It's episode 3 of This Week in Comedy and hosts Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan aren't in the Rubber Chicken studios. But that doesn't stop them riffing on crime, public transport lines, shopping centres, and the increasingly common appearance of machetes in local news. The conversation moves into Australian comedy news with the announcement of the Brisbane Comedy Festival for 2026. With strong atten...

This Week in Comedy takes a sharp, funny, and occasionally unhinged look at what’s happening in comedy around Australia. Hosts Morry Morgan and Lily Geddes blend comedy history, industry insight, festival intelligence, and off-the-rails conversation, delivered with the loose energy of a green room chat and confidence of a drunk uncle. In Episode 2 the duo spotlight the Hobart Comedy Festival , cel...

This Week in Comedy is your weekly whip around of what’s funny, frantic, and fermenting in the Australian comedy scene. This podcast is served with a cold beer and absolutely no guarantee of bladder control. You'll have a laugh and might just learn something. In Episode 1, co-hosts Morry and Lily officially crack the seal on the podcast. You'll be introduced to a show that blends comedy history, i...