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I've gotten really into standup, since it fills a weird niche. I love listening to people who care about their craft talk about it (like Jiro or Chef's Table, f

I've gotten really into standup, since it fills a weird niche. I love listening to people who care about their craft talk about it (like Jiro or Chef's Table, for example), however that's often hard to come by... except for comedians! Since their job is to talk, and they all tend to be pretty free during the day, there's thousands of hours of comedians talking about their craft online. If you're looking to get started with a podcast, I recommend WTF, You Made It Weird, Good One and The Old Ones. Guests worth listening to (on any podcast) are John Mulaney, Bo Burnham, Mike Birbiglia, Conan O'Brien [1], Bill Burr, Louis CK on WTF (I know I know), and Kumail Nanjiani/Emily Gordon. And all three Harris Wittels episodes of You Made It Weird are heartbreakingly worth listening to. [1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2eoAIsZClo4bnlNM3JCb0hoSlU/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2eoAIsZClo4bnlNM3JCb0hoSlU...

retsibsi 8y ago
The Comedian's Comedian podcast (http://www.comedianscomedian.com/ http://www.comedianscomedian.com/) is another take on exactly that: comedians talking about their craft. The guests come from all over the world, but the host (Stuart Goldsmith) is English and so it skews a bit more in that direction. Recommended guests depend on your taste, but I think most people would find the Stewart Lee episode interesting. The Jimmy Carr episode was also very enjoyable -- surprisingly so to me, as I always considered his standup rather cynical, crude, mean-spirited. Getting a peek behind the curtain changed my perspective a bit. Of recent episodes, my favourite was probably the one with (Finnish stand-up comedian) Ismo. A couple of others that half-qualify: * Adam Buxton's podcast is much sillier and more of a banter/chat show, but a lot of his guests are comedians so they sometimes cover similar ground. * Richard Herring (Leicester Square Theatre Podcast) is at least as silly as Buxton and much cruder, but again, many of his guests are comedians and occasionally the conversation is surprisingly insightful.

retsibsi 8y ago

The Comedian's Comedian podcast (http://www.comedianscomedian.com/ http://www.comedianscomedian.com/) is another take on exactly that: comedians talking about their craft. The guests come from all over the world, but the host (Stuart Goldsmith) is English and so it skews a bit more in that direction. Recommended guests depend on your taste, but I think most people would find the Stewart Lee episode interesting. The Jimmy Carr episode was also very enjoyable -- surprisingly so to me, as I always considered his standup rather cynical, crude, mean-spirited. Getting a peek behind the curtain changed my perspective a bit. Of recent episodes, my favourite was probably the one with (Finnish stand-up comedian) Ismo. A couple of others that half-qualify: * Adam Buxton's podcast is much sillier and more of a banter/chat show, but a lot of his guests are comedians so they sometimes cover similar ground. * Richard Herring (Leicester Square Theatre Podcast) is at least as silly as Buxton and much cruder, but again, many of his guests are comedians and occasionally the conversation is surprisingly insightful.