Takes on Life

A pleasure to catch up with Jimmy Carr. A man who loves doing stand up as much as fans across the world enjoy his craft. As funny as he is wise, he's generous too and for a comic of worldwide acclaim, this is a rare qaulity. 

Sanjjev Kohli is Scottish comedic actor. A man with a fierce intelligence and Take on Life. One of the stars of the peerless sitcom, Still Game, getting Sanjeev's Take on Life is a fitting way to close out Season 2. Thank you for listening and supporting. Listen out for the compilation episode and until then, enjoy the wisdom of Mr Kohli - who is emminently followable btw on @govindajeggy

Alan Jackson is a weight management expert with over 25 years experience of advising patients on how to combat obesity. Frustrated by the opaque language often involved and some dubious methods and false dawns offered by an array of 'experts', Alan has written a book called Weight Wisdom and he shares his insights here.

Bob Mills is a stand up comic with a large hand in helping me get onto the comedy circuit. A larger than life character, he has done stand up forever, written and produced movies, a TV sit-com, as well as his own ground breaking TV Show - "In Bed With Me Dinner" and I was delighted that he sat down with me to share his wisdom with the world.

This week I am delighted to be joined by Graeme Le Saux, ex-professional football (soccer) player who played for his country (England) and won the premier league with Blackburn, amongst other top line clubs. Graeme is unlike many sports stars I have encounered. Modest and unassuming, yet quietly assured when discussing his illustrious career. He has the same fierce spirit that all professional spo...

It was a pleasure to be joined by an ordinary mum called Margaret Mizen whose life changed forever when her beloved son Jimmy was murdered, a day after his 16th birthday. Margaret and her husband Barry, were not the first or the last couple to lose a child to violent crime but how they reacted to their loss was unique and makes a compelling story of humanity and love. The book on Jimmy and his fam...

I would never claim to be a podcast officionado - but I cut my pod teeth chatting with my son, Sam - and it was lovely to catch up with him on something far more official and dare-I-say-it but more proessional sounding.

It is easy to be envious of Mel Giedroyc's career. A comedian, actress and a TV presenter who is never off the telly and with good reason, because audiences love her and rightly so. With her long term partner in comedy, Sue Perkins, they presented the original Great British Bake Off to crown their everlasting careers but perhaps the most irrefutable proof of Mel's success is that she is not on Twi...

I am delighted to kick off Season 2 of Takes on Life with my old mate and mucker, Omid Djalili - stand up comedian and hugely successful actor. Only Omid can throw into a podcast, "...i was doing a scene with Heath Ledger..." without it sounding name droppy. He's a guy who has just had a phenomenol career and I pleased to say that fame and success has not changed him at all. You can find him @omid...

In this round up, as well as a new reading of a Take (one of my favourites from Vol. 2), I look back on the guests from season 1, I flag up what to expect from Season 2 and also there is a FREE gift to my listeners for bearing with me on what has been a very steep learning curve. More cliff than curve tbh but I am pleased I stuck with it. More to come. See you for Season 2 I hope.

A brilliant way to close out season 1 of the Takes on Life podcast when I chat to the football icon, Graeme Souness just before he sets out to swim from Dover to France to raise funds and awareness about the God-awful disease, known as EB. A little known condition which Graeme is determined to draw attention to and why this episode is particularly important, so we are grateful to anyone who can he...

David Baddiel, celebrated comedian, writer and academic thinker joins Dominic to chat about his new book, The God Desire - his hope and wish for a God against his conclusions that there is no such thing. David Baddiel broke ground in the 90's being the first comedy show to play an arena and he remains as relevant now. One of the country's best cultural academics, his work and observations on race...

Seann Walsh is one of the new comedy superstars with West End shows sold out a year in advance. No surprise to me, having worked with Seann and seen first hand how hard he works at something he loves. But his success is even more heartening given the confected tabloid scandal that blew up in his face and almost ruined his career. Seann battled on against the puritan blob and with customary honesty...

Kevin Day was headining the comedy circuit in the early 1990's - when comedy was becoming the new Rock n' Roll. Still a much admired comedian, Kevin makes millions of people laugh nowadays by writing jokes for the nations favourite TV panel shows. Kevin and I get in to the minutiae of being a stand up and making people laugh for a living - and much else besides, including family and the importance...

Sadia Azmats is a fearless comedian and the author of her memoir, Sex Bomb. Sadia is a British Muslim from East London and in Sex Bomb she recounts the tribulations she has overcome, from her father's polygamy and her mother's multiple suicide attempts. Experiences and hurt which she now channels in to her comedy, making appearances regularly on TV and radio.

This week I am joined by the one and only Lee Mac - one of the UK's finest comedians who I have known and worked with for nearly three decades, so we have much to catch up on.

This week I am joined by Alex Mans, a Dutch national living in America. Alex left school at 14, didn't go to university and now as the CEO of Flyr he employs 500 people and has offices all over the world. Alex and I chat about his unusual start in life, artificial intelligence (AI) and the impact it will have on us all and how we met through his very welcome philanthropric bent. Alex is a fascinat...

Zoe and I catch up on comedy, life and everything inbetween. Lockdown was not great for self-employed comedians. Zoe's alopecia returned and prompted a long overdue breakdown. How she recovered and is now enjoying a career high makes compelling listening and is testament to her strength of character and why we all can learn something from listening to her. The Take is called Fading Stars and is fr...

My inaugural episode of the podcast, Takes on Life, which is just a fancy way of saying my first episode and might have been a better description because this is not a fancy podcast. Dare-I-say-it but its an easy listen which I hope is not its death knell. I am joined by @Thesimonevans - although he is known to me without the 'the'. Simon is a stand up comedian, journalist, writer, broadcaster and...

Takes on Life is a new podcast hosted by comedian Dominic Holland and this is a taster of what can be expected from this weekly show.