The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton

JerkOffs! Hope you're washing your hands and staying safe out there wherever you are in the world. It's a solocast today, thought I'd give you a little lockdown update from Sydney, Australia and let you know why I'm glad to be home for the pandemic. I've also got a new weekly show with Steve Hofstetter over on Zoom called 'Ask Us Anything' if you want to check that out!  Grab tickets to Ask Us Anything at www.nowherecomedyclub.com - it's at 7pm PCT, 12pm AEST & 3am GMT. Aren't timezones fun? If you haven't already please check out my free comedy special '3 Stripes' which is streaming on YouTube.  https://tinyurl.com/Watch3Stripes Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton. 

Episode 58 - The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guest is American Comedian & New Yorker Katharyn Henson (@ewgirlyounasty)! Katharyn grew up in Reno, Nevada, her parents' marriage was both their 3rd marriages, her day job is managing a sex dungeon and she fell in love with an Irishman at the Edinburgh Fringe so now they're travelling the world together doing comedy. It's a great story and you want to hear it - she also hosts two podcasts - Somewhat Scientific & The American Irish Life - which can be found on her website: www.ewgirlyounasty.com/ LIVE DATES: I'm at Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Sydney Comedy Festival in 2020, buy tickets at my website www.danielmuggleton.com  FREE SPECIAL: 3 Stripes is streaming now on YouTube, recorded at The Bill Murray, Angel on my last night in London.  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  Recorded at Flight Path Studios, Sydney

Episode 57 - The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guest is Glaswegian comedian Christopher Macarthur-Boyd (@macarthurboyd)! A regular on BBC Scotland on Whiplashed, Up For It & The Comedy Underground, CMB is one of the fastest rising stars of Scottish comedy. He's also dating an Australian so we chat about that while generally trying to hide the fact we're both exhausted as this was recorded during the final week of Edinburgh Fringe 2019. Listen up! LIVE DATES: I'm at Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Sydney Comedy Festival in 2020, buy tickets at my website www.danielmuggleton.com  FREE SPECIAL: 3 Stripes is streaming now on YouTube, recorded at The Bill Murray, Angel on my last night in London.  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.    Recorded at Flight Path Studios, Sydney. 

#56 | Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  No guests this week as I just wanted to check in - I'M SO SORRY #JERKOFFS - I've been busy settling back into Sydney. I'm not on fire, thank you for asking, and I wanted to let you know about my last week in the UK, supporting Jim Jefferies at Manchester Arena and so much sweating in Sydney.  We're now coming to you live from FlightPath Studios Sydney so get excited for that!    NEWS: Daniel Muggleton just released a FREE COMEDY SPECIAL! 3 Stripes is streaming now on YouTube, with Part II being released February 21st, 2020. Filmed at The Bill Murray, London.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofI4NFVjHI LIVE DATES: Australians, I'm at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival March 26th - April 19th & Sydney Comedy Festival April 23rd-26th.  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton. 

Episode 55 - The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guest is American comedian Steve Hofstetter (@SteveHofstetter)! I've just finished supporting Steve on a European tour and we talk about his upbringing in the most diverse borough in Queens, New York, some American chat and then dive into stereotyping European people - sorry, Belgium. Clothing sizes are different, bathroom light switches and Thanksgiving lunches of gumbo & turkey in Poland. Great chat with a top bloke.  Check out Steve's incredibly popular YouTube here: www.youtube.com/stevehofstetter This week's Feature Track is Alex Gibson - Spirit Girl. Alex is an Aussie in London, check out his website for other tracks and live dates www.alexgibsonmusic.com LIVE DATES: My final London gig is a solo show at The Bill Murray on December 8th 9:30pm. I'm recording it, come say hello - tickets at my website www.danielmuggleton.com  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs

#54 | Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guests are Yorkshire's Scott Bennett (@scottbcomedyuk) & Adelaide's Thomas Green (@thomasgreencomedy). Both are currently proud residents of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.  Scott Bennett talks about growing up in a one-street town - no shop, one pub - Old Snydale, being terrified of living in a big city and getting fat in Stoke-on-Trent because it was so depressing. Thomas Green talks about moving to Nottingham for love after escaping a Christian cult in Adelaide. He only started going to that church to prove to his parents he was a rebel.  This week's Feature Track is Drito - Kate Nash, listen to more on dritokonj.bandcamp.com/music NEWS: Daniel Muggleton - Let's Never Hang Out is currently streaming on ABC iView in Australia or on Amazon Prime Video worldwide.  LIVE DATES: I'm on tour supporting Steve Hofstetter in Europe. 25% off tickets with promo code Muggle, buy them at www.danielmuggleton.com/gigs - my final London gig is a solo show at The Bill Murray on December 8th 9:30pm.  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs

#53 | Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guest is journalist Nooruddean Choudry (@BeardedGenius)! We talk about growing up in Manchester, going all the way to Salford for university then back to Manchester to write for The Guardian and then JOE.co.uk. It's a non-lad website but Nooruddean defends lad culture, growing up Pakistani in one of the most diverse areas of the UK, why he hates being called 'Bearded Genius' and how football can be used to engage young people with politics.  This week's Feature Track is Finnegan Tui x Benedict Quinn - THE MASK, get around him on YouTube and live dates are on his website www.finnegantui.com NEWS: Daniel Muggleton - Let's Never Hang Out is currently streaming on ABC iView in Australia, or  LIVE DATES: I'm on tour support Steve Hofstetter until December 2nd all over the UK & Europe. 25% off tickets with promo code Muggle, buy them at www.danielmuggleton.com/gigs - my final London gig is a solo show at The Bill Murray on December 8th 9:30pm.  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff is usually available in video but this week it was filmed on the road at the JOE.co.uk Manchester offices.  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs

#52 | Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guests are Norway's Pernille Haaland (@pdogcomedy) & Sweden's Evelyn Mok (@evelynmok)!  We talk about the Scandinavian hierarchy (spoiler: Sweden's winning but Norway's the richest), Tall Poppy Syndrome, lots of tax, Sweden's first Japanese restaurant having Chinese cooks, indigenous people in Lapland and having a Catholic confirmation for the money. And having to catch a boat to get to school in rural Norway.  This week's feature track is Bailen - Stray Dog. They're an amazing band out of New York City, go catch them live... dates at www.bailentheband.com NEWS: Daniel Muggleton - Let's Never Hang Out airs on ABC Comedy Saturday November 16th, and it's streaming on ABC iView whenever you want!  LIVE DATES: I'm on tour support Steve Hofstetter November 13 til December 2nd all over the UK & Europe. 25% off tickets with promo code Muggle, buy them at www.danielmuggleton.com/gigs  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs

#51 | Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week we've got double Sarahs... Sarah Callaghan (@sarahecallaghan) & Sarah Bennetto (@sarabennetto)!  We talk about Sarah's first day in London trying to meet someone at the entrance to Hyde Park, crazy people on the open mic circuit, why English people love failure, and teaching English in Madrid even though you don't speak Spanish.   This week's feature track is Montrell - Aeroplane, it gets released November 29th on Spotify & YouTube but we get an EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEAK this week on the podcast. Get around them @montrell.band on Instagram for dates.  NEWS: Daniel Muggleton - Let's Never Hang Out makes its TV debut airing on ABC Comedy Sunday November 10th at 9:15pm. Tune in mates!  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs.

#50 Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's our 50th episode and to celebrate we did a proper interview with Essex boy & Russian minor-celebrity Milo Edwards (@Milo_Edwards)!  We talk about growing up in Harlow, going to Cambridge - a bit of nerdy language banter - and how he decided on Moscow for his gap year. His experience in Russia changed completely after being thrown on TV by producers who saw him perform in English and - not understanding a word - cast him on the Russian version of Last Comic Standing.  This week's feature track is Bailen - I Was Wrong, get around their album 'Thrilled to be Here' on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3sYoUB7tAeXO7sOAB8eaII  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs.

#49 Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guests are First-Generation Nigerian comedians whose names I said correctly... Michael Odewale (@michaelodewale) & Funmbi Omotayo (@funmbi)!  We talk the urban circuit, BAME, the growing cultural significance Black British people in music, moving back to Nigeria, responsibility as a black person and is Edinburgh Fringe being the whitest place on Earth?   This week's feature track is Nature TV - She Wants To See You Cry, get around them on Twitter @NatureTVBand and Soundcloud.  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs.

#48 Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guests are Americans so strap in for some confidence from Russell Hicks (@RussellHickss) & Maria Shehata (@MariaShehata)! We chat PC, cancel culture and how San Francisco has been like that forever - but not the rest of America. Bit of VISA chat, Russell continuing his beef with Daniel about the Extinction Rebellion and Maria starting comedy by working at the Columbus Funny Bone... oh and getting booed.  This week's feature track is Saachi Sen (@SaachiSen) just released October 11th. She's Mumbai born and now lives in London - get around it:https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ynMnovz0XxnjGcQUH2h6w   Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs.

#47 Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guests are both awesome comedians from Ireland now based in London, Eleanor Tiernan (@eleanortiernan) & Peter Flanagan (@peterflanagan)!  We chat confessing at age 6, Michael Jackson, catholicism, Australian, the Irish diaspora, country towns vs. cities and how enjoyable it is to watch the British go through Brexit.  This week's feature track is Drito - Sona, written about Conan O'Brien's Assistant, check out the full track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmZQNs8tOV8 Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  #TheUnionJackOff with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Produced by Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs.

#46 Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British. This week's guests are New Zealand's James Nokise (@JamesNokise) & Australia's Laura Davis (@LauraDavisComic)! We chat about why Samoans are on every country's rugby team, sharks related newspaper headlines in Perth, silent discos, finding your Welsh family, and long distance relationships. Our feature track is Verticoli - So Far, if you're a fan there's more on triple j Unearthed: https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/verticoli  Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Recorded at Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs. 

#45 Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton interviews stand-ups from around the world about where they grew up, moving to the United Kingdom and what they don't like about the British.  This week's guests are Knaresborough's Rob Mulholland (@RobMulholland) & Harrow's Andrea Hubert (@ShutUpAndrea)! We chat about grammar school vs. private school vs. state school, North vs. South, barista training with Caffe Nero, pretending to be working class, accents and heroin.  Our feature track is James Numbere's 'Don't Stop'. Follow him on Twitter @JamesNumbere, or get around him on Spotify. Also don't forget to watch Rob Mulholland's brand new special at www.robcomedy.co.uk/ Please subscribe, review and get in touch with us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff. You can hit up Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton is now in video, subscribe at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  Recorded at Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs. 

We've got our biggest episode ever this week #JerkOffs with THREE GUESTS! All living in Essex, just east of London and an accent that can almost sound Australian if you get enough beers in.  We've got Kent's Rich Wilson (@iamrichwilson), Brentwood's Josh James (@joshjamesy) and Rayleigh's Pope Lonergan (@thedailybumbler). We talk about The Only Way Is Essex, famous Essex people, odd jobs, Brexit (we finally have a leave voter!) and a definitive ranking of the home counties.  If you're a fan of the pod, please do review us on ApplePodcasts and subscribe! We're on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff and you can follow Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton). WE ARE NOW IN VIDEO! Thanks to the lovely people at Vauxhall Comedy Club Labs, every episode is now recorded in video and will be available at www.youtube.com/danielmuggleton  This week's song is 'James Numbere - I'm a C' Get around him on Twitter at @JamesNumbere for more tunes.  We're going to be featuring a new song every week so if you're in a band and want your music on the podcast, get in touch at theunionjackoff@gmail.com 

Daniel Muggleton chats to comedians from around the world about moving to the UK, this week's guests are Australia's Tom Ballard (@TomCBallard) & Brighton's Sean McLoughlin (@SeanMcLoughlin)! The podcast is now filmed every week and available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/danielmuggleton - thanks to Vauxhall Comedy Club for producing the podcast.  This week we talk about Australian VISAs, farm work, horrible English houses, growing up in country Australia vs. growing up in the most progressive place in England and Catholicism. Sounds fun right? Get stuck in. Please shoot us 5 Stars on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff or get around Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) on Twitter & Instagram. Everything you'd possibly want to know about him on his website www.danielmuggleton.com

JERK OFFS! I've missed you, have you missed me? Sorry it's been so long but I've been at Edinburgh Fringe and on holiday but we're back with a brand new episode featuring Orlando Baxter (@orlandobaxter) ! Finally an American on the podcast, he's from Boston which I reckon is the most British bit of the USA. He's done Edinburgh Fringe a few times, toured in the UK, he even studied on exchange at Leicester University - this dude knows his UK.  We talk about who's the better sports fans, some cultural differences, how much better Americans are at basketball, horrible Edinburgh weather and the American High School experience.  If you love us PLEASE DROP US A REVIEW ON iTUNES, and subscribe so you know when those new episodes are coming out. We're on Twitter at @TheUnionJackOff and you can get at Daniel Muggleton @danmuggleton on Twitter & Instagram.  His special is still streaming on Amazon Prime around the world, maybe give it a look in. 

How you doing #JerkOffs? This week Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is going solo answering a couple of tweets, talking Royal Shrovetide Football, his first experience in Northern Ireland and a little more Edinburgh Fringe Chat. Make sure you review and subscribe and get in touch on @TheUnionJackOff.  Daniel Muggleton: Pimpin' Ain't Easy (But I Reckon it's Easier for Straight, White Men?) on August 1-25th 4:00pm at The Counting House, Edinburgh.  https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/daniel-muggleton-pimpin-ain-t-easy-but-i-reckon-it-s-easier-for-straight-white-men Daniel Muggleton: Let's Never Hang Out streaming now on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/Daniel-Muggleton-Let-s-Never-Hang-Out/B07LH5LSX2 Royal Shrovetide Football clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhKcw27Hf7I Apologies to Paddy the Dagger, it's Paddy McDonnell not McDonnell like I kept saying. 

We are back in the game #JerkOffs, this week chatting to London boy and Comedian/Rapper Joe Jacobs (@jesterjacobs)! We talk about Australia's most famous nonce, Rolf Harris, the UK garage scene, Sofar Sounds and how his start in rap has become a part of his comedy and vice versa... and being Jewish. There's a lot of chat of anti-semitism in the UK Labour Party about Israel and Joe explains the change he's felt - and how he's become a reluctant mouthpiece.  Catch his show at Edinburgh Fringe or buy his rap album, it's all on his website http://joejacobs.website/ Get in touch with us @TheUnionJackOff on Twitter, we love hearing from you and definitely give us 5 Stars on iTunes so we can be mates with Steve Jobs. Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is performing all over, get around him on Twitter/Instagram or watch his debut special 'Let's Never Hang Out' for free on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/Daniel-Muggleton-Let-s-Never-Hang-Out/B07LH5LSX2

The Union Jack Off is a weekly podcast hosted by Australian comedian Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton), where he chats to comedians from around the world about moving to the UK. This week's guest are the stars of Bobby & Harriet Get Married: Canada's Bobby Mair (@BobbyMair) & Kent's Harriet Kemsley (@HarrietKemsley)! We talk about being poor in London, tummy buttons, adopted parents, being allergic to everything and Harriet proves she knows absolutely nothing about Canada despite being married to a Canadian. If you want to get in touch you can follow us on Twitter @theunionjackoff or email theunionjackoff@gmail.com. Daniel Muggleton's special 'Let's Never Hang Out' is streaming on Amazon Prime, all information on his website www.danielmuggleton.com

We're back to Brexit just in time for the Tory leadership battle with French comedian Eric Lampaert (@EricLampaert)! Incredibly accomplished as both an actor and comedian, Eric has lived in the UK since he was 12 and has the accent to match. We chat feeling like a fraud, mental health, online hypnotherapy and moving around as a kid. Plus we talk USA vs. The UK, for any American #JerkOffs out there.  Catch Eric doing TWO SHOWS at Edinburgh Fringe 2019, or in a couple of movies dropping this year - all information on his website www.ericlampaert.com Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is doing previews around the UK, all the information is on his socials Follow The Union Jack Off on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff and email in at theunionjackoff@gmail.com - we love hearing from you and will give you a shout out on the podcast - and review us on iTunes!  

We got ourselves a ginger/red head/ranga in Scottish comedian Gareth Waugh (@garethwaugh)! He spent a year working at The Comedy Store in Sydney, where he did his first gig before going back home to be one of the rising stars of Scottish comedy. We talk about the benefits of being foreign, debunking haggis (twice, a double debunk!), children's games around the world and having different accents for different situations. Catch Gareth at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 2:45pm everyday at Underbelly, Bristo Square. Get around The Union Jack Off (@TheUnionJackOff) on Twitter and PLEASE REVIEW US on iTunes. Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is at Edinburgh Fringe daily at 4pm at The Counting House, and his special is streaming for free on Amazon Prime Video. 

Dropping by is former Neighbours star and beautiful pineapple Grant Busé (@grant_buse)! He's currently storming the UK festival circuit, being one of the Scotsman's Shows to See at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and Nominated for Best Musical at Leicester Comedy Festival 2019.  After a year in the UK, we talk about Australia vs. UK Comedy, coming up in the club circuit and the festival circuit - it's a pretty industry heavy chat so if you're a comic from either country, wondering if the grass is greener give it a listen. Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) has his comedy special 'Let's Never Hang Out' streaming now on Amazon Prime, have a look and a review? Also, subscribe and review #TheUnionJackOff on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Acast & More! You can get us on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff or email us at theunionjackoff@gmail.com.  

This week I chat to one of the most-said names in comedy... it's Phil Wang (@PhilNWang)! Born in Stoke-on-Trent, raised in Malaysia, 2 years at boarding school in Brunei and then doing his A-Levels in Bath before attending Cambridge. Phil's been a child of The Empire pretty much the whole time but he doesn't feel like he particularly belongs anywhere. We chat about quitting smoking, Australianisms, the growing Asian comedy audience and his first ever gig doing Russell Peters' jokes at a high school drama night. Terrifying.  If you're a fan of people chatting about Britain, get around his new show Wangsplaining which is streaming now on BBCRadio4. He's also got a great podcast with our first ever guest and good friend Pierre Novellie called BudPod (@TheBudPod)! Please subscribe to The Union Jack Off with Daniel Muggleton, follow us on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff or get in touch at theunionjackoff@gmail.com If you like Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton), you can watch his new special 'Let's Never Hang Out' right now on Amazon Prime. 

Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) chats to comedians from around the world about moving to the UK to try and figure British culture out.  This week I chat with my very, very good friend and triple-threat Rohan Ganju (rohan_ganju)! Why a triple threat? He's a citizen of Australia, The UK & USA. Currently living in Melbourne, I get his first impressions of British life. We talk about living on a canal boat in London, preconceptions about English people, being from Hove-actually rather than Brighton and where he could see himself living as a working comedian.  If you like the pod, please review us on iTunes and subscribe because we don't publish episodes at the same time every week (sorry). Also get around us on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff.  Daniel's special 'Let's Never Hang Out' is available now on Amazon Prime around the world, if you enjoy him on the podcast maybe give it a listen?   

Apparently if I was Kurdish I'd be called Danny Tash, which is such a strong nickname I'm thinking of moving. This week I sat down with comedian and podcaster Kae Kurd (@kaekurd)! We talk a bit of Kurdish history, including how they'd really, really like to be an independent state, drill music making it to Australia, how Joe Rogan is The Tonight Show in 2019, start his career in the urban circuit and growing up in Brixton. We also chat a bit about how difficult it is to explain Western Depression to Kurdish parents.  You can catch Kae at comedy clubs all over the UK and never at Edinburgh Fringe, and hear him weekly on the Quotas Full podcast. Daniel Muggleton's (@danmuggleton) debut special 'Let's Never Hang Out' is out now on Amazon Prime. Check it out here.  Follow the @TheUnionJackOff on Twitter, subscribe and rate on iTunes. 

Jerk Offs, Daniel is finally well enough to have some people over for a chat and we've got a cracking episode to kick things off with Russia's Olga Koch (@rocknrolga)! I think Russia's been a mystery to a lot of people since the Iron Curtain, unless you got World Cup tickets, and who better to explain a bit that someone who grew up there before moving directly to Team USA! Well, it was the UK but an American school before going to college in the America. We talk about Russia's land mass being too huge to protest, how oligarch's got rich off vouchers, Daniel getting full marks for a really racist drawing of Russia when he was 11, Rasputin's big dong, loving the Chicago Bulls and bribes… lots of and lots of bribes. Oh, and getting the random bomb swab on every flight as a Russian! Olga's got previews coming up and a new show at Edinburgh, get it all at her website https://www.rocknrolga.com/ Follow Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) and get around The Union Jack Off (@TheUnionJackOff) on Twitter for updates and show news from guests - and if you'd follow us / review us on iTunes/Spotify/Podbean that really helps! Daniel Muggleton - Let's Never Hang Out is available on Amazon Prime, give it a look in (and 5 stars please, I'm on a good streak so far): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/Daniel-Muggleton-Let-s-Never-Hang-Out/B07LH5LSX2 Eddie Griffin set on Def Jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZI5MJ-Pd_g

We've got a real treat this week with Michael Legge (@michaellegge) popping in, excellent comedian, team captain on the 'Do The Right Thing' podcast, television host & retired thief. We talk Northern Ireland because it's about time isn't it? Michael grew up in a small town that sounds like Newtown-Ornes but could be anything really (I couldn't catch it over the hour) full of racists, and skipped university to move to London 30 years ago and begin working for Northern Ireland Media during the end of The Troubles (fun fact: they started when Michael was born and ended when he left). Growing up Catholic in a Protestant town, not understanding Loyalists, and joking about loving the IRA on stage. There's also a great chat about people saying they're Irish, especially Americans with shamrock hats who've never been and don't know a single sentence of Beckett. Stop it. All Michael's live dates and previous shows can be found on his website, michaellegge.bandcamp.com Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is the regular host of #TheUnionJackOff, you can email him at theunionjackoff@gmail.com or find live dates on his website www.danielmuggleton.com  

This week's guest let's me cover a couple of bases at once, with character comedian Simon Brodkin (@SimonBrodkin) aka Lee Nelson joining me! We kick things off talking about being Jewish on stage and off in the UK, a dash of Seinfeld history and then his past career as a Doctor in Manchester. He made a clean break and decided to become a character comedian - no overlap, never done a gig, not even a play at high school - and moved to London to get it done. And he did it almost immediately, it's an insane story. We also talk about how a North Londoner from a comfortable background can transform believably into Lee Nelson (@RealLeeNelson), a cheeky lad from South London wearing polo shirts and hats (hint: it's all about watching people on the tube).  Simon is still touring as Lee Nelson with dates on his website http://leenelson.com/ and you can catch him performing as himself around London's comedy clubs.  If you enjoyed the podcast pleas shoot us 5 stars and subscribe, you can follow us on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff and email us on theunionjackoff@gmail.com.  Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is a doing a preview April 5th at 2Northdown, London and Australia Comedians / Dope Comedy is on April 7th at Backyard Comedy Club.  Apologies to Seinfeld fans, ‘The Contest' is Season 4 Episode 10.

With less certainty around #Brexit than ever, we're taking a quick break and heading back to South London - with Dane Baptiste (@DaneBaptweets)!  Dane's parents are first generation immigrants from Grenada, and we get into it with Anime, fighting trolls online, safe spaces in comedy - a bizarre interlude into knot tying knowledge - Caribbean country hierarchy and going to Grammar school surrounded by gang activity. He also tells me what he thinks about Australia as a regular on the Australian comedy festival circuit.  Dane Baptiste has his own podcast called ‘Dane Baptiste Questions Everything' and he's also a regular on Quotas Full.  Get around The Union Jack Off on Twitter, and don't get forget to rate us, subscribe and tell a friend!  Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) is doing a work in progress on April 5th and Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy is back April 7th with Steen Raskopoulos.     

The only country in the Brexit series that I haven't visited… Romania! Best kept secret? Country still finding it's feet? I got no idea, but Romanian comedian Radu Isac saves me the trip. Radu Isac (@raduisac) started performing in Romanian before transitioning into English while living in LA, a place he planned to live forever before one of the most brutal VISA issues I've ever heard. He grew up in Romania's version of Hull just after the fall of the Soviet Union when it was pretty much lawless, having good wifi and no plumbing, and why Eastern European cuisine is all about pork. He also explains to Daniel the difference between Romani People and Romanian people (HINT: very different, totally different). Radu's at Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 with his show ‘Good Excuses for Sociopaths' and you can keep up with other dates on his website. Daniel Muggleton has his special out 'Let's Never Hang Out' and where to find him is all available on his website www.danielmuggleton.com  You can also grab Daniel Muggleton @danmuggleton on Twitter & Instagram, or email him at muggletondaniel@gmail.com. 

We've got a HUGE guest this week continuing our #Brexit theme, seriously he's the tallest working comedian in the UK, it's Germany's Christian Schulte-Loh (@GermanComedian)! He's spent a decade between the German & UK comedy scenes, and we chat about the Dutch-German football rivalry is the real one, they just let the English feel included, his past life as an erotic game-show producer, getting paid for his 2nd ever gig, winning King Gong at The Comedy Store and the peace-keeping role of the European Union - and Britain's importance to that. Christian's website with all his social media, video and tour dates is here: https://www.germancomedian.com/ Get around The Union Jack Off on Twitter @TheUnionJackOff, we'd love to hear from you - you can also find us on Facebook. If you get you in touch we promise to reply, and please do give us a rating as it all helps us grow and lets us know what you think of the pod. #Brexit month continues next week Jerk Offs with Romania, get excited!   Daniel Muggleton is on Twitter & Instagram @danmuggleton 

We continue our #Brexit themed chat with European comedians and I sit down with the incredibly Dutch Micky Overman (@. She says she's very Dutch, I have no idea what that means but the cool thing is we get to find out together. She studied in Amsterdam she says that all tourists have the same story, finally tells me what the Dutch national cuisine is - think sandwiches, but incredibly plain - and that Flemish and Dutch are the SAME LANGUAGE! Who knew? Them, apparently. We also get into the Dutch colonial history and what Brexit means for her - although, she's got an English boyfriend so there's always Plan B: marriage.  Catch Micky live at festivals around the UK, all information is on her website www.mickyoverman.com  Also another Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy Sunday March 3rd in London, grab those tickets here! Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) always loves to hear from you, or follow @TheUnionJackOff on Twitter for updates about guests and episode and live events! If you feel like giving us some stars on iTunes that would be great too - cheers! 

March 29 is approaching which means Brexit time, so I've decided to get a bunch of my EU comedy mates around and chat to them about what it means. Kicking things off as they tend to historically, it's Greek comedian George Zacheropoulos (@GreekComedian)! He flew to the UK 3 days after 9/11, lived here for half his life as a Greek Geordie (read: in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and now should be able to stay regardless of what happens.  After wading through through a (potentially) offensive discussion about offence, we get into the meat of it with George's avoiding compulsory military service, and becoming a comedian instead of a biochemist. A chance meeting made him consider studying in the UK, a chance friendship kept him from transferring back to Greece and how Greece invented Brexit with Grexit in 2015. There's also a great tale from his appearance on BBC1 talking to Andrew O'Neil about the financial crisis and literally smashing plates. The comedian we were talking about at the start is Daliso Chaponda who's great and definitely from Malawi, which is nowhere near Guinea and I'm an idiot.  Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy at Angel Comedy February 23rd 4pm, featuring past guest Alice Fraser - you can grab tickets here. Follow @TheUnionJackOff on Twitter for any updates, or you can get in touch with Daniel Muggleton on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  

On the podcast this week is Canadian & pale man John Hastings (@thejohnhastings). Growing up in Ottawa, the Canberra of Canada in a political family, he's called the London home for the last 6 years but now he's giving it a red hot go in LA. Come listen to why he left the UK (hint: it destroyed him). We talk about drink driving, Brexit, a bit of world history, kangaroos, and Dan doesn't know where celebrities are from again. He is the most fired up about Brexit out of any guest so far so if you're at all political - strap in! John's got an album coming out real soon - he's also got a wrestling podcast with previous guest Dylan Gott AND he'll be in Australia doing shows very soon. All that info is on his website www.thejohnhastings.com  We FINALLY have a Twitter account @TheUnionJackOff so give that a follow, and get in touch with us. Otherwise you can still get at Daniel Muggleton @danmuggleton on Instagram & Twitter.  For information about Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy, check out Facebook. 

The second part is here! Phil Nichol's chat is turning to Corky and the Juice Pigs and being the next big thing in LA. That's right, he was the toast of Las Angeles and on MadTV. Phil Nichol (@philnichol) kicked things off with a punk rock approach to comedy. Turning up to Just For Laughs and Melbourne International Comedy Festival without a show, smashing it on the street and then ending up on TV with sell-out shows. Not a bad effort. The chat is a little heavy on the comedy, but Phil's had such an interesting career I'm sure you'll still enjoy it. He won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, met the Queen, was on MadTV - and he's still saying he's not sure he's had a good career. Such a humble dude. Corky and the Juice Pigs on MadTV performing 'REMember' He's got a weekly room on Tuesday at The Tap Room Islington with great acts trying new material, you can follow it @room_delivery Also, The Union Jack Off finally got a Twitter which you can follow @TheUnionJackOff - or get at Daniel Muggleton on Twitter & Instagram @danmuggleton. 

Oh my goodness it's an episode on time, and our very first two part episode because the guest is Canada's Phil Nichol!  Phil Nichol (@PhilNichol) was born in Scotland, he grew up in Canada, overcame a stutter to become a member of one of the most successful comedy bands in the world - Corky and the Juice Pigs. But the band's in Part 2, for the minute we talk about his theatre trained voice, trying to impress incredibly religious parents and Canadian & Australian place names.  Mores vs. Morals here: wikidiff.com/mores/morality The history of Lake Superior here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior Phil is currently on the international leg of his sold-out tour Your Wrong, you can get all the details on his website www.philnichol.com Catch the second half of our chat later this week, get in touch with Daniel Muggleton on Twitter & Instagram @danmuggleton or at The Union Jack Off on Facebook. Leicester Comedy Festival details and Special available at www.danielmuggleton.com 

Sorry for the delay, I've been a bit sick but this episode is worth the wait... ADAM BLOOM! Adam (@adambloomie2) is a veteran of the UK comedy circuit & television for the last 25 years who's never stopped evolving his act, his joke writing is legendary and he's basically an encyclopaedia of comedy wisdom. I got him on because he grew up in the suburbs of London, moved to Soho, then to Green Park and finally to Zone 7 - before getting back in the mix in Crouch End. He's the first comedian I've met who won't leave London even though he's got 2 kids. He rocked up wearing a flat cap, smart watch and vaping - we get to that - and I ask him why Zone 7 didn't work for him.  Chatting gentrification he mentions A Tribe Called Quest - We The People. Also the Wikipedia page for Jewish populations around the world is here. Catch Adam live, or watch his videos online - everything at his website http://www.adam-bloom.com Follow Daniel Muggleton on Twitter & Instagram @danmuggleton and get around The Union Jack Off on Facebook.   

Jerk Offs, sorry about the delay on this I've been on the road in Europe. As a special treat, here's a chat I had with my good friend Pierre Noveille (@pierrenovellie)! Pierre was supposed to be a regular host on this podcast before he got too busy crushing it, so this is a little excerpt from our second episode where he talks all about class. That's right, CLASS! Poly vs. Posh, living in the Tower of London, we touch on it all the time but this is still the most extensive chat I've had about it. It's not like anywhere else, and Pierre explains it better than most so definitely listen!  Pierre is doing a bunch of work in progress spots around London, and a run at the Soho in April it's all on his website www.pierrenovellie.com   Want to get in touch with me? Live performances, my special and email are all at my website www.danielmuggleton.com or you can grab me on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton.  Please review, share, subscribe - I appreciate it, or get around The Union Jack Off on Facebook here.

Australia's Ro Campbell (@rocampbellcomic) comes on the podcast - with his notes - to bully me about not watching enough Aussie cinema.  The 90's as the highpoint of English culture, Australia's history of race riots, teaching English in Nepal, being a famous sign-spinner in Edinburgh, eating with Dave Grohl as a roadie and his Mum, becoming Scottish Comedian of the Year when you're not Scottish, playing pranks on tour with Little Britain and doing comedy in 38 different countries. You can read Ro's articles on his time as a roadie among other things on his website www.rocampbell.com and catch him live in February in Malaysia, Singapore & Queensland, Australia.  Also here's Norman Gunston at Gough Whitlam's Dismissal. Do you agree with Ro that he's the original Ali G? As always if you're enjoying The Union Jack Off, please subscribe and give us a glowing review, and get in touch with Daniel Muggleton @danmuggleton or check out his special 'Let's Never Hang Out' available now at his website www.danielmuggleton.com  

On the podcast this week is Welsh husband, DILF and funny boy Robin Morgan (@robinjaymorgan)! For those of you who don't know, I like hating Wales - so do many English people - so I got the most likeable person I could find to sell it to me. I talk to Robin about how he should be Christian, his parents meeting in Brighton, getting into comedy through tending bar at a comedy club, and plenty of good Welsh stuff (naming celebrities, national history, how they fit into the UK, Family Guy's Welsh racism - all of it!).  In addition to comedy, Robin's also a very in-demand writer for television with a couple of pilots on the go, you can check out on BBC iPlayer in February - keep up with everything he's doing at www.robinjmorgan.co.uk Get in touch with me @danmuggleton on Instagram and Twitter, you can get my special on my website www.danielmuggleton.com and the details for the Launch Party January 8th at 2Northdown are here. Please review us on iTunes, subscribe and tell a friend!  #TheUnionJackOff

Happy 2019 to everybody, we'll call this a soft open as it's just a quick chat this week before we get back to it on Monday with a guest and more UK talk. I thought after year it's probably worth sitting down and having a chat about what's changed and what hasn't after living in London for a full year. It's a bit of ramble, but I manage to get through some thoughts on: accents, the food, the weather, drinking culture, London itself and a couple of things guests have said that I've taken to heart. Thanks for listening in 2018, I promise even bigger/more interesting guests in 2019! If you've got any suggestions or questions, please get in touch at @danmuggleton on Twitter & Instagram.  As mention, Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy runs in London the first Sunday of every month with the next show January 6th, you can buy tickets right here. My special 'Let's Never Hang Out' comes out January 8th (album January 11th), you can pre-order it at www.danielmuggleton.com and tickets to the launch at 2Northdown in Kings Cross are available here.

Merry Christmas JerkOffs, or however you celebrated the holiday. Sorry for the delay but we're back with a banger.  Jarred Christmas (@jarredchristmas) joins me, a good name for a good man. One of the first comedians from New Zealand to move to the UK, seen all over the TV and live circuit, he's one of the good guys and a pleasure to chat to about how it used to be moving over here. He kicks off with a quick review of Aquaman (hint: he didn't buy it), then talks his Dad never taking a sick day, having a rusty haka, seeing Adam Hills, Adam Bloom, Boothby Graffoe, Johnny Vegas & Mighty Boosh in one day at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, being a charity mugger before people hated them, why Australia is too big to be loyal, the rise of Flight of the Conchords, how being a Kiwi helped him in the UK and getting a parking ticket to listen to the All Blacks. Also, I was completely wrong about Sam Neill, he's from New Zealand and still lives in New Zealand. My bad. Please do leave a review or get in touch, I'm on Twitter & Instagram @danmuggleton or you can email me at muggletondaniel@gmail.com.  Next Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy is January 6th, and you can buy tickets here - and my special launch party is January 8th and you can get tickets here.  If you're after my special, you can pre-order it on my website www.danielmuggleton.com or if you're in Australia you need this link here: http://bit.ly/2PVOjNL

Queen of the Geordie Shore, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne's favourite daughter, Lauren Pattison (@laurenpattison). A current London resident planning her escape, despite having fallen for a London fella - she's one of the fastest rising comedians in the UK, have a listen. Lauren and I cover all the hot button topics issues such as: Australians loving Geordie Shore, bouncers at Gregg's, calling people darling to be polite, budgeting, university class warfare, a nursery in her high school, budgeting, and how Katherine Ryan helped get her started in London.  Check out a full list of performances for Lauren's very, very acclaimed show 'Peachy' on her website www.lauren-pattison.com and her debut show 'Lady Muck' is streaming on NextUp Comedy.     Daniel's special 'Let's Never Hang Out' is available for pre-order on iTunes among other streaming services right here: https://apple.co/2Q39VIc  Also grab him on Instagram and Twitter @danmuggleton, or his Facebook here. Get in touch with him about the podcast, all questions answered and subscribe/follow etc! 

On #TheUnionJackOff this week we've got half Bangladeshi, half Pakistani, formerly Muslim and all-London Eshaan Akbar (@eshaanakbar). Who's more exotic to rural British comedy audiences? Eshaan, definitely.  First off Dan gets schooled on how Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan was almost entirely ignored by the media because the USA was too busy fighting Communism in Vietnam. [The wars do overlap, even though we decide they don't on the podcast - sorry!] Then we get stuck in: auditioning for the Call To Prayer in a mosque, losing your virginity in a house that you own, the national speed limit and dual carriageways, not being the right type of Asian for the usual narrative, and being a good enough leg spinner to get Australian citizenship.   Eshaan's show 'Prophet like it's Hot' is on at the Soho Theatre, London in February. Tickets can be bought right here. Get in touch with Daniel on Twitter/Instagram @danmuggleton, or his website www.danielmuggleton.com - if you want to pre-order his special as he mentioned up top... PLEASE DO IT! Video Special Pre-Order HERE! Audio Album Pre-Order HERE! We'd love to hear from you, we'd love you to rate us on iTunes, follow/subscribe, like our Facebook page... it all really helps! Catch you next week, Jerk Offs! 

This week's episode in recorded live in THE TOWER OF LONDON because our guest Tom Houghton lives there. Seriously, just ask him.  He's a stand-up comedian, officially known as The Honourable Tom Houghton (@HonourableTom) whose Dad has been knighted... twice. We talk about The Tower of London, living in The Queen's House, trying to order take-out when you live across a moat and two battle gates, Queen's Guard vs Beefeaters, the noble Turducken, going through kidnapping training and having no chance of impressing your Dad.  Catch him live in London at 2Northdown December 6th - he's a very popular lad so buy tickets now! He's @HonourableTom on Instagram & Twitter, he's also on Facebook. If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a like on Facebook, review on iTunes, a follow on Spotify/iTunes/Podbean or get around the not Honourable Daniel Muggleton (@danmuggleton) on Twitter/Instagram.  Also here's the Wikipedia for Muggletonianism if you fancy giving it a read, created by my ancestors in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggletonianism 

Oh boy it's a hot one this week. Jerk Offs you're gonna bloody love it, I'm chatting with Scotland's Mark Nelson about all things Braveheart (he brings it up a few times).  Mark Nelson (@marknelsoncomic) is one of the great dudes of comedy, he's also gone a bit viral with The News at 3. He's a comedian, father and currently lives in Glasgow and we chat about Rangers vs Celtic, coming from a Tory voting part of Scotland, Gaelic schools and why his mates get up at 4am to start drinking.  There's a couple of weird moments in terms of sound, sorry about that but it was recorded IN EDINBURGH so it's very authentic.  London listeners, last Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy of the year Sunday December 2nd at Backyard Comedy Club. Get around that if you're nearby.  Any tales of Scotland or questions get in touch with me on Twitter or Instagram @danmuggleton and if you enjoy the podcast please do leave a review, subscribe and all the good stuff - or like The Union Jack Off Facebook page.   

Episode 10 is here featuring a guest all the way from Barbados... Nico Yearwood! It's 5 degrees in London today, so I really need to know why he moved here. Nico (@neeksman) is regular on the UK circuit, and resident host at Top Secret Comedy Club in London, it was nice to catch up with him and talk about being bored enough to move countries, why he supports teams in the World Cup, standing up to youths and why he finds dancing utterly ridiculous.  Grab Nico on Instagram & Instagram @neeksman or his Facebook page.  If you're in London, last Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy of the year is on December 2nd, I'm hosting with Nick Capper, Sarah Bennetto & Thomas Green on the show // TICKETS HERE! Get in touch with us at muggletondaniel@gmail.com or The Union Jack Off on Facebook. Please do share, subscribe and review - it all helps, plus I love hearing from you. As always I'm @danmuggleton on Twitter/Instagram if you want to tell me I'm right/wrong about something.   

Sorry for the delay! I've been on many forms on transport getting back to the UK, but it'll be every Monday from next week. We're rounding out Australia month with Kyle Legacy (@thelegacylife)! He's originally from Liverpool, is a permanent resident of Australia and also manages to spend about 3 months a year in the USA. He's a professional couch surfer who plays pick up basketball and comperes comedy clubs & festivals around the world.  We talk about why he lives his best life in Perth, Summer Camp USA, being mistaken for being black, picking up slang rather than accents, The Queen, NHS vs. Medicare and why he's not a professional ball player.  Here's a link to basketball commentary to help you make sense of Kyle's personality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eTmJzAsVqo   Follow Kyle Legacy on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.  If you like the podcast, give us a rating on iTunes, it really helps - and obviously like The Union Jack Off Facebook page, share it around to any mates on Twitter and if you want to get in touch I'm at @danmuggleton on Twitter & Instagram, or you can email me at muggletondaniel@gmail.com.