Michael Kahan

Funny In Failure

Comedy EN ↓ 348 episodes

A podcast that interviews funny and interesting people to discuss their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the entertainment industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success. Nothing is better than humour to normalise a situation, so having deep and meaningful conversations, interspersed with comedy and laughter, helps us celebrate and appreciate life's frustrating moments.

Author

Michael Kahan

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

funnyinfailure.libsyn.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

#070: Asad Mecci - Conscious Decision Making 22.06.2020

Asad Mecci is a master hypnotist, entertainer and motivational coach. He's travelled the world preforming, and has even helped athletes achieve great success in their fields. He has worked as an expert consultant for some of the top businesses, in the areas of motivation, advanced communication and stress management. Asad is also one half of the acclaimed touring show HYPROV with Colin Mochrie. In...

#069: Stephen Kramer Glickman (part 2) - Taking the Big Swings 15.06.2020

Stephen Kramer Glickman is an actor, comedian, producer, singer, artist, composer, pianist and screenwriter. You might remember him as Gustavo in Nickelodeon's, 'Big Time Rush'. He's been in 'Pigeon Today', 'Storks', 'Workaholics', 'White Fang', 'Last Comic Standing', 'Carpoolers', 'The 41 year old Virgin that Knocked up Sarah Marshall and felt Superbad' and also been featured in Jeff Ross' Comedy...

#068: Stephen Kramer Glickman - Betting on Yourself 08.06.2020

Stephen Kramer Glickman is an actor, comedian, producer, singer, artist, composer, pianist and screenwriter. You might remember him as Gustavo in Nickelodeon's, 'Big Time Rush'. He's been in 'Pigeon Today', 'Storks', 'Workaholics', 'White Fang', 'Last Comic Standing', 'Carpoolers', 'The 41 year old Virgin that Knocked up Sarah Marshall and felt Superbad' and also been featured in Jeff Ross' Comedy...

#067: Samuel Barnett (part 2) - Joy In Discomfort 01.06.2020

Samuel Barnett is an English actor with extensive theatre, film & television credits. You might remember him in in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Penny Dreadful, The History Boys, Twenty Twelve, Desperate Romantics, Bright Star, Jupiter Ascending, Richard III and Twelfth Night. He's also a two-time Tony nominee, plus a lot more. In part 2 of this podcast, we chat about growth, gut instin...

Bonus #002: Matthew Lloyd - Tug of War 28.05.2020

Matthew Lloyd is former Australian Rules footballer turned journalist, public speaker, coach, commentator and a presenter. He is a five-time All-Australian, a hall of famer, premiership player, the ex captain of the Essendon football club and three-time Coleman medallist. If you don't know football, that's seriously impressive and rates him as one of the best players for his position of all time....

#066: Samuel Barnett - Intuition- Your Superpower 25.05.2020

Samuel Barnett is an English actor with extensive theatre, film & television credits. You might remember him in in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Penny Dreadful, The History Boys, Twenty Twelve, Desperate Romantics, Bright Star, Jupiter Ascending, Richard III and Twelfth Night. He's also a two-time Tony nominee, plus a lot more. In part 1 of this podcast, we chat about self-esteem, lovin...

#065: Zachary Ruane - Seat At The Table 19.05.2020

Zachary Ruane is an actor, writer, comedian, podcaster, forms part of the hugely popular Australian Sketch group, Aunty Donna". He also co-hosts the Aunty Donna podcast and "Recaps with Mish and Zach". We chat about authenticity, negative and positive communication, toxic masculinity, drinking, creativity, self-worth, happiness, performative personalities, privacy, group dynamics and privilege. "I...

#064: Jessica Holmes - Someone's Child 11.05.2020

Jessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian, actress, writer, author, motivational speaker and mental health advocate. As a performer, Jessica's has won and been nominated for many awards. She stars in "The Holmes Show",  been in "Royal Canadian Air Farce", "Welcome to Mooseport", "Citizen Duane", and "Moonpoint". She has also appeared in the pilot for, "The Communist's Daughter", which won the JFL Come...

#063: John Ross Bowie - Distracting Yourself With Presence 04.05.2020

John Ross Bowie is an American actor, author, writer and comedian. You might remember him from playing Barry Kripke in The Big Bang Theory and Jimmy Dimeo in Speechless. He's preformed in Laughter on the 23rd floor and been in Curb your Enthusiasm, What the bleep do we know? Reno911!, Glee, Road trips, Brigade, Veep, Love, Brookyln 99, Fresh Off the Boat, Hot in Cleveland, Chasing Life, The Wrong...

#062: Eddie Perfect - Success Has Many Fathers 27.04.2020

Eddie Perfect is one of Australia's most diverse, respected, prolific writer, composer and performer. He has already made his mark in the field of comedy, music theatre composition and bookwriting, playwrighting, screenwriting, classical music, jazz and, acting for stage and screen. His most recent work as Composer of Beetlejuice The Musical, on Broadway, won him a nomination for Best Original Sco...

#061: Colin Mochrie - Connection 20.04.2020

Colin Mochrie has done it all! He's a Scottish born, Canadian award winning comedian and improviser, actor, writer and producer, who went on to appear in the original British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Before joining the American version with host Drew Carey. He has also been in Jane White is Sick and Twisted, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Getting Along Famously, Murdoch Mysteries, Astronaut...

#060: Guy Williams - Privilege 13.04.2020

Guy Williams is a New Zealand award winning comedian, MC, television and radio personality. Guy has worked on several TV shows including: "The Jono Project", "World Famous with Ben & Steve" and "Jono & Ben at Ten." His TV antics often landing him on national news or newspaper headlines. He has also hosted New Zealand Today and the Xtra factor as well as narrated, Come Dine With Me New Zealand. We...

#059: Tim Ferguson - Fail & Fail Again 06.04.2020

Tim Ferguson is one of Australia's most accomplished comedians. He's an award winning comedian, screenwriter teacher, actor, film director, writer, author, keynote speaker and a producer. You might know him from the comedy trio the Doug Anthony All Stars. He's also written bestselling novels, comedy manuals, and live shows. He runs his own Comedy Writing Masterclasses, he's co writen and directed,...

#058: Dilruk Jayasinha - The Lag 30.03.2020

Dilruk Jayasinha is  Sri Lankan born comedian, actor, radio presenter and co host of the Fitbet podcast. He won Most Popular New Talent at the 2018 Logies and has recorded a stand up special for ABC and Amazon. He's also been on some of Australia's most popular shows including; Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy We Have a Problem, Utopia, The Yearly with Charlie Pickering and I'm a Celebr...

#057: Wil Anderson (Part 2) - Kaizen 23.03.2020

Wil Anderson is an award winning stand up comedian, writer, author, broadcaster, presenter, and podcaster. He is the host and executive producer of ABC's most popular show, Gruen. He's been on some of the best shows in Australia including, The Project, "The Glass House", "Have you been paying attention", "Just for laughs", "Good News Week", "Talkin' bout your generation" and "Rove". Wil is also a...

#056: Wil Anderson - Bottling Up Emotions 16.03.2020

Wil Anderson is an award winning stand up comedian, writer, author, broadcaster, presenter, and podcaster. He is the host and executive producer of ABC's most popular show, Gruen. He's been on some of the best shows in Australia including, The Project, "The Glass House", "Have you been paying attention", "Just for laughs", "Good News Week", "Talkin' bout your generation" and "Rove". Wil is also a...

#055: Justine Sless - Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway 09.03.2020

Justine Sless is a comedian, writer and former creative director of the Melbourne Jewish Comedy Festival. Justine is completing her masters by research in creative writing – specifically regarding gender and comedy. Justine has performed in Australia, Europe and the UK. She has taught comedy, written about comedy in short stories, academic journals and online forums in the UK and Australia. It's a...

#054: Jess Perkins - Compassion & Relationships 02.03.2020

Jess Perkins is a comedian, radio presenter and podcaster. She's a RAW Comedy National Finalist and has appeared on ABC TV's Comedy Up Late and Tonightly. She's a regular presenter on Triple J and co hosts the hugely popular comedy podcast, Do Go On- they have performed sold out shows all around Australia, and have had a successful tour of the UK. In this podcast we chat about Health and fitness,...

#053: Matt Stewart - War Planes 24.02.2020

Matt Stewart is an award winning comedian, writer, actor and director. He is the founding member of the Stupid Old Man sketch group and a Company Director of comedy production house, "Stupid Old Studios". In his role as director, Matt works alongside some of the country's biggest names in comedy and has also been involved in "Ronny Chieng: International Student", "Comedy Up Late"," Sammy J's Democ...

#052: Sami Shah - Backup Plan? 17.02.2020

Sami Shah is Pakistani born, multi-award winning writer, comedian, podcaster, journalist and broadcaster. He's been profiled in the New York Times, ABC's The Australian Story, BBC Radio 4, NPR, and appeared on QI with Stephen Fry, and The Project. He has written a number of books including, "I, Migrant", ''Boy of Fire and Earth'' and "The Islamic Republic of Australia". He's also been involved in...

#051: Daniel Connell - Calm in the eye of the storm 10.02.2020

Daniel Connell is an award nominated comedian, writer and podcaster("Taking it easy with Daniel Connell"). He's been seen at the "Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala","Kinne", "ABC's Comedy Up Late" and was selected to go on tour around Australia and Asia with the MICF Roadshow while also performing around the world and state, notably at the Edinburgh Fringe. Daniel is also a writer for o...

#050: Pete Rowsthorn - Courage to Stand Up 03.02.2020

Pete Rowsthorn is a comedian, actor, writer, presenter, MC and singer. He's been on "Thank God You're Here", "Comedy Company", "Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation", "Hey Hey it's Saturday", "Open Slather", "Underbelly", "Let the Blood Run Free", "Rove Live", and "Kath and Kim". He's hosted "Can We Help", been featured on "Who Do You Think You Are?" And was one of the most popular celebrity contestants...

#049: Michelle Brasier - Don't Take Yourself So Seriously 27.01.2020

Michelle Brasier is an actor, writer, singer, radio presenter and comedian. She forms half the duo, 'double denim'. She's a regular on Aunty Donna, been seen on Shaun Micallef, 'mad as hell', The film, 'The Merger' and she's also in the hit show 'Utopia'. She won Directors Choice award for the MICF, and is a winner of the best newcomer at the Sydney international comedy festival. In this podcast w...

#048: Jude Perl (Part 2) - Creating Opportunities 20.01.2020

Jude Perl is a multi-award winning musician, song writer and comedian. Her songs have appeared all over commercial radio and have also been featured in the internationally acclaimed documentary 'Embrace' and has performed all over the world. In part two we talk about labels, mental health, overthinking, visibility or fear of being seen, success, regrets, enjoyment and performance. Check Jude out o...

#047: Jude Perl - Smoke & Mirrors 13.01.2020

Jude Perl is a multi-award winning musician, song writer and comedian. Her songs have appeared all over commercial radio and have also been featured in the internationally acclaimed documentary 'Embrace' and has performed all over the world. In part one of this podcast, we talk about the facades of success, confidence, the music industry, safety, comparing, upbringing, triggers, reviews and coping...

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