The Brown Jewels

Ralph and John talk recording a romantic comedy YouTube special (link below), loving and hating chaos on stage, trying, failing and taking risks,  recovering from bad gigs and going to couples therapy by yourself. Follow John online, go see him live and watch his YouTube special Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous message - Right here Leave me a voicemail - L...

Ralph and Jojo talk backstage chats, mad Fringe shows, sending letters to heaven, writing partners, gigging with Eddie Izzard, Jonathan Pie tour support and committing to new material and not giving up on it. Follow Jojo online and go see her live Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous message - Right here Leave me a voicemail - Let me know if you have any quest...

Ralph and Robin talk cringey looks, high school nicknames, aggressive audience members, not being able to pull off leather jackets, stupid confessions from Ralph, pandas being humiliated in the news and safari park incidents. Follow Robin online and go see him live Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous message - Right here Leave me a voicemail - Let me know if...

Ralph and Stephen talk cooking shows, making music for podcasts, films that don't hold up and films with simple endings that somehow left Ralph confused, doing live podcast shows, previews, hecklers, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club TV show, Suggest A Guest and the best film recommendation to date. Follow Stephen online and go see him live Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male...

Ralph and Kate talk late night comedy at Kelburn festival, naked saunas at festivals, when jokes stop working and ticks on stage, pre-gig incidents and chasing cars and goat f*cking. Follow Kate online and go see her live Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous message - Right here Leave me a voicemail - Let me know if you have any questions or things to be discu...

Ralph and Vlad talk fights, stolen jokes and a prosthetic leg on someone's head all from the same gig in Dumfries, writing political jokes during eventful times and boring times, famous/mad people from Scottish comedy, people sabotaging gigs then winning the audience back, working with Bill Bailey and Al Murray, doing character acts in front of Scottish football managers and gigging in the Mi...

Ralph and Dan talk employers finding out about comedy careers and trying to stop it, travelling South America, robbed at gun point in Rio De Janiero, bad reviews, being stoned in history, Dan's comedy walking tours and doing comedy on to ultra religious crowds plus recommendations. Follow Dan and go see him live Dan's book recommendation Dan's 1 star review - filter by 1 star Buy ti...

Ralph and Daisy talk most hated famous people, the finer points of dying on stage, top places for scattering ashes, doing comedy in countries with poor human rights records and some very honest "feedback" from Daisy on improving the podcast. Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous message - Right here Leave me a voicemail - Let me know if you have any q...

Ralph and Jo talk late night comedy shows, being threatened with a visit from communists, writing for Joan Rivers, working on the Graham Norton show and meeting Dolly Parton. Jo talks about writing and pitching her new book and wanting to write more plus how to avoid dying at corporate gigs. Follow Jo and go see her live Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous me...

Ralph and Billy talk dying on stage, gigging in New York, exposing TV psychics for the frauds that they are and getting fired for it, casually meeting Game of Thrones star, needing a bodyguard for a gig in Ireland, thinking he'd found the body of a famous wrestler and a call back on a podcast to end it all! Follow Billy and buy tickets for his Fringe shows Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe s...

Ralph and Stu talk Stu telling Harry Potter fans to "suck his balls" and it becoming a national news story, an unusual way to get into comedy, being honest on stage, awful films you want to walk out on, some top stand up, film and TV recommendations for all to enjoy. Follow Stu Murphy: Twitter Instagram Buy tickets to my Edinburgh Fringe show - Ralpha Male Send me an anonymous message -...

Ralph and Raul talk riots at a gig in Liverpool, the first hand account from Gazza about getting involved in the Raoul Moat situation, companies with pun names, getting addicted to things, genius business ideas and boring stag dos. Follow Raul Kohli Send me an anonymous message - Right here Leave me a voicemail - Let me know if you have any questions or things to be discussed on future episodes Ra...

Ralph and Vittorio talk Twitter pile ons, ex-Celtic manager Neil Lennon abuses Ralph, intrusive thoughts vs not thinking at all, Vittorio's tour, selling out venues, kicking drunken audience out, viral bowling video legends, Wim Hoff and Hans Zimmer and taking big swings that end up in crowd work clips. Follow Vittorio online and buy tickets for his Fringe show Listen to his podcast Crowd wor...

Ralph and Joe talk having the hair of a 9 year old girl, sneezing fetishes, Scottish accents and Scottish parrots, the worst kind of ASMR, needing a hobby, being addicted to drinking water, motivational w*nks, dispelling animal myths plus Suggest A Guest is back with someone Ralph already knows. Joe's links to follow: TikTok YouTube Instagram Facebook Twitter Send me an anonymous message - Ri...

Ralph and Bee talk leaving babies in the streets, which country is worse Scotland or Iceland, early days comedy in Iceland, squaring up to audience members in Glasgow, stupid reality TV stars and stupid podcast people, equality for piano tuners, animal kinks, dating apps to stop incest and pathetic post-gig stories. Follow Bee and buy tickets for her show Want to send me an anonymous message? Send...

Ralph and Chris talk crowds throwing chairs in Linlithgow, Chris being an ordained minister and prom king at high school in America, doing comedy around the world, playing music festivals and being Duncan Murray, the other Murray Brother plus more. Follow Chris on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter The Other Murray Brother Want to send me an anonymous message? Send one Right here Suggest som...

Ralph and Liam talk doing comedy to famous people, comedy critics acting like d*cks, being jaded at 23, winning Scottish Comedian Of The Year competition but losing the trophy, awful gigs, being on Live At The Apollo and Liam's feud with the catholic church.  Follow Liam on Instagram Want to send me an anonymous message? Send one Right here Suggest something for the podcast, tell me something...

Ralph and Gus talk about the worst types of people, deleting social media, chaotic things happening on stage, smashing up cakes and getting escorted off an RAF base, cringey TV shows, altruism debates, old people falling over, biggest fears and we find out if hypnotists are real or not. Gus has no social media but he'll be doing the Edinburgh Fringe so go see his show, tickets yet to be relea...

Ralph and Louise talk Paul Gascoigne heckling, living in a cat cafe, telling the truth on stage, alien hunting and 7 hour burping stories, going off the rails in London, mad audiences in cocktail bars and podcast guest suggestions.  Give Louise a follow on social media: Link for social media Want to send me an anonymous message? Send one Right here Suggest something for the podcast, tell me someth...

Ralph and Ryan talk riots at the Father Ted weekend, drug loving comedy audiences, worst deaths and dark jokes that didn't work, Kanye West is cured, setting fire to Steve-o, winding up celebrities and their fans online including Piers Morgan, Roast Battles and sh*tty people winning money. Give Ryan a follow on social media: Link for tickets and social media Want to send me an anonymous messa...

Ralph and Stuart talk painful early moments in comedy, bombing in front of crowds and then having to face them the next day, getting drunk and doing/not doing comedy, being in awe of really sh*tty comedians, playing to a music festival in front of 2000 people, Arctic Monkeys and the lamest overdose story known to man, cringey first music gigs, interviewing the First Minister of Scotland and wild s...

Ralph and Connor waste no time getting into it talking about when local people you know go viral for the wrong reasons, watching mental people you grow up with from a distance on Facebook, a hilarious story from doing a gig at a famous sportsmans dinner, doing comedy in Australia and the Sydney Opera House, people escaping from mental institutions to do comedy, funny stories from gigging in Newcas...

Ralph and Susan talk the worst people to perform comedy to, the critic who got dog sh*t on her face, making an effort for the stage, people collapsing on stage, supporting and opening for other comedians plus a cheating couple in a show who were too honest about their affair plus an update on Ralph's advice giving.   Give Susan a follow on social media: Instagram Twitter TikTok Glasgow Comedy...

Ralph and Liam talk the best orders at McDonalds, Ralph's ridiculous and potentially fake allergy, saucy syrup chats, impromptu trips to Thailand, frisky hostel roommates, comedy and pub crawls in Tokyo, mutual hatred of the worst foods on earth and getting too melted in Amsterdam and Vegas. Give Liam a follow on social media: Instagram Twitter TikTok Edinburgh WIP show 17th March Glasgow Com...

Ralph and Amelia talk about the risks of trying new material on stage and when it goes right and when it goes badly wrong. Amelia talks about supporting Creed Bratton from the American Office on his music tour plus they talk about a rowdy crowd with audience members accusing each other of war crimes, losing your edge as you get older, sober raves,  stage personas and Ralph's first material wh...