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Kieran Butler is a political satirist, comedic antagonist, and a general contrarian. Heavily influenced by the Aussie alternative rock band, TISM, Kieran Butler is not afraid of speaking his mind and challenging the status quo. But many of you already know this. For those that aren't familiar with Kieran and his work, you'll enjoy this emotionally charged interview, where we delve into the...

New Zealand born, Brisbane raised, and globally travelled, Chris Wainhouse, has been in the comedy game for over 20 years. The son of a fundamental Christian mother, it should come as no surprise for those that know Chris's material, that his views are somewhat different - after all, he called his most recent Melbourne International Comedy Festival show (MICF) 'The AntiChris'. Yeah, he...

Special Guest: Stephen Sheehan The Attitude Consultant interviewed Adelaide based actor and comedian Stephen Sheehan. Sheehan shared stories about coping with triplets, his role on Babadook, and we talked comedy, failure, masturbation and Strata, Corporate Body Meetings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nadine Sparks loves learning comedy. At aged 12 she began learning improvisation comedy, including a course at 18 at the highly respected NIDA, then performing with Improv Conspiracy, before travelling to the US to learn the Chicago method. And then seven years ago Nadine did a stand-up comedy course, and this resulted in her first five-minute performance at the Exford Hotel. Since then she's...

The Attitude Consultant performs a spoken word cover for 'Survival In The City' attitudeconsultant.com Credit Original: Client Liaison https://www.facebook.com/attitudeconsultant/ https://www.instagram.com/attitudeconsultant/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The AC asks Siri what success means to her See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Ton first tried his hand at stand-up comedy in 2008. Ten years later, and with a couple of comedy courses under his belt, Lee has found himself performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), headlining with Richard Stubbs, and being specially cast for a reality stand-up comedy TV show, " Is This Thing On? ". Lee's recent success has been sudden, but as you'...

Khaled Khalafalla has had a meteoric rise in comedy. But it could have turned out very different. Born into a medical family of surgeons and dentists, and growing up in Saudi Arabia and New Zealand, comedy's call must have been strong. Now calling Melbourne home, Khaled has well and truly put his mark on the comedy map, having come runner up in the National Grand Final of Raw Comedy, winner of...

David Tulk has been performing stand-up comedy for the past 15 years, and today he's a regular feature at comedy rooms around Australia. A straight talker, Tulk's rough edges are emphasised by the titles of his productions, namely his upcoming stand-up show ' David Tulk has No Filter' and his YouTube video series, ' Some People Are Just Arseholes. ' In this interview you&#3...

Spam presents Brekkyana live from The Miley Lounge See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marty Wilson is an award winning comedian. He's also an author, and in this School of Hard Knocks podcast we talk about his new book ON comedy - More Funny, More Money . Originally an online course, also called More Funny, More Money , the book was the obvious evolution, and in the interview Marty highlights that humour is not only useful on a stand-up comedy stage, but is also scientifically...

The AC and DJ Press Play report back from small town Penola and chat about success, audience participation and Darude - Sandstorm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Sharplin has only been in the comedy game for 15 months. But that hasn't stopped him from competing at Raw Comedy twice, and running a comedy room - Guerilla, in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. But as you'll learn from this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast interview, Paul just likes to jump in head first. Newcomers to comedy will enjoy this podcast, because we cover the early yea...

Ross Voss is an Adelaide based comedian and room runner. With over 10 years in comedy, and experience producing shows at the Adelaide Fringe, as well as Cranker Comedy, Ross knows comedy - and Adelaide. In this interview Ross sheds light on the Adelaide comedy scene, provides advice for newbie comedians, and inspires a new School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast tradition - the 'Pay-it Forward Jok...

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In her very first Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) show, Nikki Osborne not only sold out, but also managed to attract over 100,000 dollars of free, or 'earned', publicity for her show "On the Spectrum". That was the good news. The bad news was she also endured an emotional onslaught for her show's topic - autism. In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast, you&...

This week the AC chats to Michael Allen from Michael Allen Productions who is currently studying a PhD in Anthropology and founder of 'Theatre of the 4th Dimension’ The boys discuss creative boredom, isolation, Miley Cyrus and existential crisis Theatre of the 4th Dimension streams every Friday from 12pm (ACST) You can stream it here: https://www.twitch.tv/map_t4d For more info you can visit:...

Sometimes anonymity can give you the courage to try something scary. That was the case for Cameron James, the Newcastle born comedian whose first open mic was at Comedy on Edge in Sydney, where he knew no one – intentionally. Today, Cameron is well known, having made the national final of Raw Comedy, performed all over Australia, and has representation. This year he’s performing at his show, Chill...

Gavin Sempel is one of the hardest working new comedians in Australia. At the age of 18, in March 2016, Gavin began his stand-up comedy career by enrolling in the very first School of Hard Knock Knocks course. Two years later, almost to this day, he’s done close to 300 open mic, curated, and paid gigs all around Australia. Last year, he performed his first Melbourne International Comedy Show, and...

Joe White is the nice guy of stand-up comedy. Ethiopian born, Perth raised, Joe has quickly developed a loyal following, both in Australia and around the world, due to his great habits of giving before receiving, and customising his comedy sets to his specific audience. In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast episode, you’ll hear how Joe got started in comedy, how he’s built up his Instagram f...

Adam Jacobs has popped the cherry of quite a few first time stand-up comedians. You see he runs an open mic night at Highlander Bar, in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, and has helped hundreds of newbie comedians kick-start their comedy career. He’s also an accomplished comedian, and in this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast episode, we talk about his upcoming Melbourne International Comedy Festiva...

This week The AC chats to Sound Engineer/Music Producer/Indi game Developer and all round genius Matthew Vecchio and talk about his exciting new game 'Beautiful Bricks' - coming soon to Steam You can check out his game here: http://www.readywolf.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is not your usual School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast. This episode was recorded live at the Adelaide Podcast Festival, within the greater Adelaide Festival, and in front of a live audience. And keeping in theme, I kept things local by bringing in my old friend and Adelaide artist, Luke Lombe, and comedian and national treasure, Glynn Nicholas. Few know that it was the Rundle Mall, at the bal...

Chris Asher wears multiple hats in the comedy business. He’s host of the comedic podcast, ‘The Podcast Formerly Known As‘, founder of the digital media company, Oink Digital, and an up and coming stand-up comedian. In this podcast, Chris and Morry talk about political correctness in comedy, Safe Rooms, mixing comedy business with comedy pleasure, social media and developing comedians’ personal bra...

Damian Callinan is one of Australia’s most versatile performers. Actor, writer and comedian all rolled into one. As you’ll hear in this School of Hard Knock Knocks’ podcast Damian’s journey to comedy began as dabbling in theatre, then dying at the Espy, competing at Raw Comedy, before jumping into the movies – including his most recent comedy movie, The Movie. Damian Callinan is a Melbourne Intern...