Funny In Failure

Michael Shafar is a stand-up comedian and writer for the Channel 10's The Project. He was a Raw finalist and he has performed at massive events such as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, performed around Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the US and even on International Waters. He also hosted Channel 31's satirical news show, The Leak, and developed the viral sensation, Round Squares. He has...

Sonia Di Iorio is a writer, actor, TV presenter and stand up comedian. She's also a writer for Channel Ten's, 'The Project', was the winner of Spleen comic of the year and has appeared live on the Bowen. She's performed at top comedy events and festivals in Australia such as 'Melbourne Fringe', 'Splendour in the Grass' and 'The Melbourne International Comedy Festival'. In this podcast we talk abou...

Melissa McGlensey is an American originally from Orange County, California, who currently resides in Melbourne Australia. She is a writer, comedian, improviser, filmmaker and a improv and sketch teacher. Melissa is also the director of Completely Improvised Potter as well as a company member of Soothplayers: Completely Improvised Shakespeare which was nominated for best comedy at Melbourne Fringe...

Atul Khatri is an Indian, writer, actor and stand up comedian, who's comedy special "The Happiest Ending" was released on NETFLIX, as part of the prestigious 'COMEDIANS OF THE WORLD' series. He's also an Ex CEO and the winner of CEO's Got Talent. He has won many awards, performed all around the world and will shortly be doing taping for" Just for Laughs", in Australia. This podcast is a very inspi...

Joe White is an Ethiopian born comic who currently resides in Perth, Australia. He is an award-winning comedian, who has been named the Australian Trevor Noah. He has performed in both Australia and Canada nationwide, including at the Melbourne International Comedy festival. He's supported international comedy legends such as Maz Jobrani and Max Amini. He's now also a radio show host and he's been...

Darren Levy is a Melbourne based Youtuber, speaker, influencer and entertainer who hilariously films his passengers in his Uber… with their consent, of course. He currently has over 800k YouTube subscribers, and a massive viral video that has hit over 18 Million views. More recently Jerry Seinfeld did a shout out to Darren and his channel in his "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee" series. Some of t...

Darren Levy is a Melbourne based Youtuber, speaker, influencer and entertainer who hilariously films his passengers in his Uber… with their consent, of course. He currently has over 500k YouTube subscribers, and a massive viral video that has hit just under 17 Million views, which is pretty crazy. More recently Jerry Seinfeld did a shout out to Darren and his channel in his "Comedians In Cars Gett...

James Greenshields is an ex army major, now turned motivational speaker and emotional literacy facilitator who specializes in helping men, both young and old on how to find their direction in life. He is the co-founder of the Resilient Leaders Foundation and creator of the Superhero Pilgrimage. The ground-breaking work he does with employees of large award-winning corporations, now sees him regula...

Karunesh Talwar is a writer, actor and stand up comedian, from India. He made his way into the local comedy scene by winning several open mic competitions, including the Comedy Store's RAW. He was invited to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia where he did more than 20 consecutive shows and also featured on Australian television, on ABC TV's show Comedy Up Late. Later that yea...

Broden Kelly is an actor, writer, podcaster and comedian. He performs as part of the Australian sketch comedy group, Aunty Donna, where they have won numerous awards and preformed all over the world such as at Edinburgh Fringe and the Melbourne comedy festival. Aunty Donna's have since gone on to create an award winning YouTube channel, garnering over 255 thousand+ subscribers and 44 million+ view...

Tom Houghton, he is a musician, presenter, improviser and stand up comedian. He's shared line-ups with the likes of Michael McIntyre, John Bishop, Jason Manford Jack Whitehall, and has also supported Daniel Sloss and Justin Moorhouse on tour. He's performed at some incredible venues all around the world, including the Glee Clubs, Komedia and Manford's Comedy Club and the Comics Lounge and has been...

Beth Lepley is a comedian, actor and improviser, new to Melbourne from LA. She was a house team performer at Upright Citizens Brigade in LA and is now currently performing and teaching at the Improv Conspiracy in Melbourne. In this podcast we talk about growth, personal journeys, immigration, therapy, creative mindset, protective shields, identities, creative a new path, leaving Uprights Citizens...

Al Del Bene is an American born comedian, writer, actor, the co-host of the Daditude podcast, turned Australian. He broke into comedy in Boston at the ripe age of 18. Upon moving to New York City he quickly became a staple of the underground comedy scene. After bleeding New York dry of every last joke about how miserable living there made him feel, Al moved to sunny Los Angeles where he became a r...

Lewis Hobba is an Australian radio presenter, television presenter, writer and comedian who first appeared on ABC's Hungry Beast. Most of the time, Lewis is co-hosting Triple J's Drive show, Veronica and Lewis. Lewis has also written and directed TV for The Comedy Channel, Network Ten and the ABC, and has appeared on shows such as Spicks and Specks, The Feed, Gruen Transfer and The Chaser's Media...

Isaac Lomman is a Comedy Stage Hypnotist, a unique entertainer who fuses the power of hypnosis with hilarious routines to create stars out of members of the audience. Providing a clean show for everyone to enjoy, Isaac creates this hilarity from volunteers only that join him on stage to experience this powerful mental state of focus and imagination. In this podcast we talk about, the art of hypnot...

Elliot Loney is a Comedian / Impersonator / Writer / Entertainer / Actor / Director / Producer. He catapulted to viral YouTube success as a result of his impersonation of Bear Grylls in the video Man VS Metro 1. Since then he has had several viral YouTube videos to his credit. Accumulating over 20 Million views across multiple channels. Elliot stars in the TV show KINNE, a six-part sketch comedy s...

DeAnne Smith is Canadian/ American award winning stand up comedian, writer, actor, podcaster whose preformed at Just for Laughs, JFL42, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Iceland Comedy Festival. Her stand up bit called "straight men, step your game up" has been viewed over ten...

Steve Kaplan is an author, producer, director, consultant and teacher. He has been the industry's most sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He has consulted and taught workshops at companies such...

Carl Donnelly is an award winning British stand up comedian, writer and podcaster. He has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award twice, won a bunch of other awards, appeared on a selection of TV shows (Mock The Week, Russell Howard's Good News etc) and travelled the world having performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The New Zeala...

Amy Cunningham is a Toronto-based, plant-based comedian, writer and storyteller who has performed stand-up internationally. Her dark and deadpan comedy style has been featured at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Oddblock Comedy Festival, SheDot Festival, and FRINGE WORLD. She writes satirical pieces for several national, Canadian comedy websites and was a 2017 winner of the Independent...

Alan is a man of many distinctions. He was the first american to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Burma in modern times. He is an author, public speaker, retreat leader, investigative journalist, a satirist, and performing artist. His numerous books, writings, and films, include: Burma the next killing fields and Revolution of the spirit (both books with forewords by the Dalai lama). He has also writt...

Alexandra Keddie is an actor, writer and a cabaret performer. She has appeared on ABC's "The Doctor Blake Mysteries", "True Story with Hamish and Andy" and Channel 10's "Offspring". She's also the co-creator of "The Housemate", which is on ABC/ iview and has created her own shows, "Hayfever and "I see me and Meryl Streep" amongst much more. In this podcast we talk about, external gratification, vu...

Luke Kidgell is one of the biggest comedy entertainers in Australia. He is a stand-up comedian, youtuber, actor, podcaster and a radio presenter who is Co-Host of Luke & Lewis on Fox101.9 . Luke's "you don't own me" videos have gotten over half a billion views, where he humorously disobeys societal norms. He is also the host of the autobiographical podcast Memoirs of a White Guy. In this podcast w...

Cool and Smart are a comedy duo featuring Barney Pollock and Matt Young. Barney, is an actor, writer and comedian from Perth. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2015 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts. He has toured with the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, has worked as a voice-over artist and director, and has experience in theatre and at improv. Matt is an...

Liz Miele started doing stand-up at the young age of 16 in New York City. At 18, she was profiled in The New Yorker Magazine, at 22 she appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham." She recently appeared on Comedy Central's "This Week at the Comedy Cellar," NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," Hulu's "Coming To The Stage," AXS TV's "Gotham Comedy Live," and was profiled in the March 2015 issue of Run...