Tune in to our new podcast with the stars of comedy - Karen Koren
Katy and I have now released 10 episodes of our new podcast, No Funny Business, which was relaunched in June. We have welcomed guests such as Graham Norton, Maria McErlane, Jack Docherty and Fiona Allen.
We have already interviewed Rich Hall, Kim Blythe, Guy Branum and Fred MacAulay, all waiting to be released.
It’s been our busiest few months and so fitting in the podcast on top of everything else has been no mean feat with huge support from our new producer Jayne Morgan.
I think Katy and I had only been playing at having a podcast before, now It feels real, professional and audiences might even listen to what we have to say, hopefully.
Jayne is very good at keeping us focused on what we are there to talk about. That’s hard enough, however it’s something Katy and I hold dearly as a chance to raise the profile of comedy in Scotland, pull back the curtain on what it’s like to be women in business, speak with some of the most influential names in comedy, and genuinely catching up about what it’s like working together and handing over the business that I’ve been running for over 40 years.
Our most recent episode captures the winning moments from this year’s Grand Final of So You Think You’re Funny? as we caught up with the winner Joshua Khoury and our guest judge Nina Conti.
We also spoke to last year’s winner Madeleine Brettingham about how she transitioned from years of comedy writing into stand-up and what it was like winning the competition and going on to debut this year.
Our next episode is with our good friend and stand-up comedian Maisie Adam. She won So You Think You’re Funny? in 2017 and has gone on to great success appearing on Taskmaster, A League of Their Own, Last One Laughing and lots more.
She has just started a huge theatre tour across the UK of her latest show, Whatsherface and it’s been so great watching her grow from winning the competition to selling out her fringe runs, appearing on TV shows and having very successful tours.
We are so proud of her and both Katy and I were privileged to see her tour show when it was a Work In Progress and it is definitely her funniest show to date. Hysterical, not to be missed.
In order for us to create a successful podcast, we need listeners. Please have a listen and help us keep it going and help us continue to support live comedy.
Here is a Link to the podcast: https://gildedballoon.co.uk/no-funny-business/