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Unlocking Inclusive Leadership: Insights for HR and Leaders in 2024! Experts share their experiences and practical strategies for leveraging diversity to drive organisational success. Perfect for HR professionals and leaders, this presentation covers the critical role of information, the importance of strategic alignment, and the power of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Join us to discover how to transform awareness into actionable change and foster a truly inclusive workplace. In this episode, we discuss the following:

Colin Lane is a comedian, actor & host. He is best known as Lano from Lano and Woodley, Australia's most beloved comedy duo. In almost 20 years together Lano & Woodley won the coveted Perrier Award for best show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starred in their own television series and toured sold-out shows across the country. They said ‘Goodbye' in 2006 with a national tour that took in 34 markets and sold more than 150,000 tickets. In 2018, the duo reprised their roles as Lano & Woodley for FLY, with a sold-out national tour of 85,000 ticket sales and winning the prestigious Melbourne Comedy Festival ‘People's Choice Award'. Colin has appeared in Don's Party for the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company, made many TV appearances including guest panellist on the UK favourite QI, alongside Stephen Fry and Alan Davies – most recently on the new-look, Sandi Toksvig version of the hugely popular show. 2016 has seen Colin working with Red Stitch under director Nadia Tass in a new Hannie Rayson play Extinction, and the musical comedy whodunit, Curtains, under Roger Hodgman for The Production Company.  He has made numerous TV appearances on Good News Week, Spicks and Specks, Welcher & Welcher, Thank God You're Here, Neighbours, All Star Family Feud, Show Me the Movie!, The Circle and hosted Ready Steady Cook (2011-2013).   His new show 'In Tails' is on sale now. In Tails with David Hobson - where a comedian and an opera singers worlds collide. We chat about his many hobbies, feeling comfortable in your own skin, collaboration, splitting up with a long-term collaborator (Frank Woodley), imposter syndrome, cancelled shows, change of view of success, his new shows, plus plenty more!   The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Colin out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialcolinlane/ Website / tickets: https://www.davidhobsonandcolinlane.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialcolinlane https://www.facebook.com/davidhobsonandcolinlane X/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheColinLane ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan   The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Felicity out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felicityward/ Website: https://www.felicityward.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/felicityward X/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/felicityward Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@felicityjward ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

Welcome to the 100th episode of The Art & Science of Learning podcast in which we are celebrating this major milestone. What an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable journey it has been, I learned a lot and met many fascinating people. I not only learned how to create a podcast from scratch, but I also learned so much from the many guests I interviewed from around the world. In this special episode, I am speaking with two learning professionals and podcasters whom I admire. They both have very successful podcasts on learning that have gone far beyond 100 episodes. We discuss how they started their podcast, what inspired them, what they learned along the way, and what they are excited about in the field of learning. Prof. Chris Dede was the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for 22 years and currently, he is Senior Research Fellow. Chris is also the co-founder of the Silver Lining for Learning podcast and initiative. His fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large-scale educational improvement initiatives, developing policies that support educational transformation, and providing leadership in educational innovation. Currently, Chris is a Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education. Prof. Chris Dede https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/christopher-dede Silver Lining for Learning https://silverliningforlearning.org John Helmer is the owner and senior consultant at John Helmer Consulting as well as the founder of the two highly successful podcasts The Learning Hack and Great Minds on Learning. In his consultancy, he advises businesses in communications and marketing. As a pioneer in digital marketing, John co-created and promoted more than thirty training courses on using the Internet for marketing and business. He is also a published novelist, lyricist for the group Marillion, has been on Top of Pops, and won a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. John Helmer https://johnhelmerconsulting.com The Learning Hack and Great Minds on Learning https://johnhelmerconsulting.com/category/podcast/

Alex Horne is best known as the creator of BAFTA winning TV series Taskmaster, in which he takes the role of assistant to the Taskmaster Greg Davies. Taskmaster started in 2015 and versions of the programme have also been made in America, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Finland and New Zealand. Since 2010, Alex has been performing with his band The Horne Section. Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section ran for three series on BBC Radio 4, The Horne Section TV Show started in 2022 and The Horne Section Podcast launched in 2018. His 2003 Edinburgh show "Making Fish Laugh", was nominated for a Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. In 2004, he won a Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act .Alex Horne is guest number 343 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Alex Horne on Twitter @AlexHorne & Instagram @littlealexhorne .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Find John on Twitter @nomadicrevery I Instagram @nomadic_revery I and Ed Fringe + "Howl" tour tickets at www.johnrobins.com.John Robins is one of his generation's most critically acclaimed stand-ups. John followed winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly The Perrier Award) in 2017 with two sold out national tours: The Darkness of Robins and Hot Shame. John is also a recipient of the Gold Aria Award (formerly The Sony Awards) for the BBC Radio 5 Live radio show, unsurprisingly he's one of the leading voices calling to make it illegal for awards to change their sponsor. Alongside friend, comrade and “under-DJ” Elis James, he rewrote the rule book for commercial digital indie radio broadcasting on Radio X. Before moving to prime time publicly-funded speech-based radio channel BBC 5Live. Every Friday the pair tackle the big issues, like what foods give you gas and what's the weirdest place you've done your tax return. As well as this, Elis and John host a podcast called How Do You Cope? where they talk to guests about the challenges and hurdles they've faced in their own lives. What shines through all their projects is the kind of male friendship, full of warmth and openness, that we don't see enough of in entertainment. Leading The Guardian to comment They are tweaking British masculinity at the edges, and in doing so letting in a lot of much-needed light. John has appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One) (John is one of the world's leading authorities on the rock band Queen) Live from the BBC (BBC Two), Mock the Week (BBC Two), 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central)Become a "Men Brain Member" and get:*over 50 archive interviews via your own private RSS link*early access to our FILMED interviewsGo to https://www.patreon.com/menbrainpodcast or click the LinkTree for ALL for YouTube videos, live comedy dates, socials, contact Producer Paul and everything else https://linktr.ee/MenBrain  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Winston speaks with Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer, author and co-founder of gay rights charity Stonewall, Simon Fanshawe. They discuss the history of Stonewall, Fanshawe's recent book ‘The Power of Difference', his new company Diversity by Design and how it aims to promote diversity in the workplace. Together they debate the case for and against diversity and Stonewall's 'strategic pivot' towards trans rights. 

Winston speaks with Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer, author and co-founder of gay rights charity Stonewall, Simon Fanshawe. They discuss the history of Stonewall, Fanshawe's recent book ‘The Power of Difference', his new company Diversity by Design, and how it aims to promote diversity in the workplace. Together they debate the case for and against diversity and Stonewall's 'strategic pivot' towards trans rights. 

Zoe Lyons is standup comedian and writer best known for her regular appearances on TV and radio in shows such as Mock The Week, The News Quiz, Live At The Apollo, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Just A Minute, Celebrity Mastermind, Michael McIntyre Roadshow, Celebrity University Challenge, The Now Show and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She won the Funny Women Competition in 2004 and her debut Edinburgh show was nominated for the Perrier Award. In 2008 she won the Dave, Funniest Joke of The Fringe Award.Zoe Lyons is guest number 268 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .For tour tickets visit: zoelyons.co.ukFollow Zoe Lyons on Twitter @zoelyons & Instagram @zoelyonscomedy .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The war on gender has many fronts. In a time of unprecedented division among genders, comedian Omid Djalili shares a cautionary tale of the history of Iran's two revolutions, how women-led revolutions are our best chance of liberating us all, and how men can make a difference from the West. Around the world women's rights to freedom, justice and civil rights are being infringed upon and, in the case of Iran, violently attacked. The protests and revolution are a struggle for freedom and equality. This is not a fight against the hijab or against men. It is a fight against ignorance and as such it is supported fiercely by the men of Iran who are suffering a majority of casualties in their activism. New episodes every Monday

Jason Byrne is the Irish stand-up comedian described by the Times as “the outright king of live comedy”. He is a favourite of the stand-up circuit and is often the biggest selling comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he has been nominated for both the Perrier Newcomer Award and The Perrier Award itself. His TV credits include Live at the Apollo on the BBC, Comedy Annual on ITV, Dave's One Night Stand, The Channel 4 Comedy Gala, John Bishop's Only Joking on Sky and Anonymous on RTE2. On radio he's been on Just a Minute, And The Winner Is..., Father Figure and he has hosted three series of The Jason Byrne Show on BBC Radio 2, for which he won the Sony Radio Gold Award for Best Comedy. His latest show, about his father, Paddy Lama - Shed Talks, will be running alongside his stand up show at the 2022 Fringe. Jason Byrne is guest number 211 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .For more on Jason Byrne and gigs go to: www.jasonbyrne.ieFollow Jason Byrne on Twitter: @thejasonbyrneFollow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick Day is joined on The HR L&D Podcast sofa by Simon Fanshawe, OBE, who is a former Perrier Award-winning stand-up comedian and co-founder of Stonewall.Simon was referred to in the 1980s as the UK's ‘first openly gay comedian' and he now works with businesses and organisations to encourage honest conversations about diversity to achieve real change.Simon has been listed as one of the UK's Most Influential Thinkers by HR Magazine and he was called ‘Inclusion Royalty' by The Sunday Times.Now, after becoming increasingly frustrated by the silencing of views and the impact of cancel culture in the workplace, Simon wrote a ‘manifesto for change' which has just been published as a book titled – ‘The Power of Difference'.The book is a timely call to action in response to a growing intolerance of different political and social views in the wider world and the negative impact this is having on how we behave at work – evidenced by a recent YouGov poll which stated that 40% of the Britons at the end of 2021 said they had stopped themselves from expressing political or social views for fear of judgement or negative responses from others at work.Topics people were reluctant to talk about included race relations and discrimination, sexuality, women's and gay rights and transgender issues.So today, stay with me as we discover how a Cancel Culture is Silencing us at work and what we can do collectively, to support real progress. We'll also find out more about The Power of Difference!In this “How a Cancel Culture is Silencing Us at Work” episode with Simon Fanshawe on The HR L&D Podcast, we also explore:What do the words Human Resources mean to you?What strategies can companies follow if they want to develop an inspiring and inclusive culture?Why has HR become one of the hardest jobs in a high-growth company?What are the common issues that HR leaders encounter?What strategies from your book can help some of our listeners?What approach would you recommend an HR professional takes to ensure they are able to deliver an effective HR service?In your 25 years of experience, what have you found have been the biggest challenges or obstacles in achieving rapid growth or change?Can you tell us more about your The People Leader Accelerator programme?If you could reduce all your HR experience into one piece of advice to help an HR leader scale for success, what would it be and why?Links highlighted in this “How a Cancel Culture is Silencing Us at Work” episode are included below:Simon's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-fanshawe-0549a031/The Power of Difference on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Difference-Complexities-Diversity-Inclusion/dp/1398601543Diversity By Design:

Nick Day is joined on The HR L&D Podcast sofa by Simon Fanshawe, OBE, who is a former Perrier Award-winning stand-up comedian and co-founder of Stonewall to discuss the silencing of views and the impact of cancel culture in the workplace

Simon Fanshawe is a Perrier Award winning comedian, writer, broadcaster. He has been a hugely influential political voice in the UK and beyond for the past 4 decades.       

Emerging from his comedy origins with a Perrier Award, scene-stealing cameo in The Office and the cult-classic series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace under his belt, Matthew then disappeared off the radar. Or did he? From broccoli women, Hammer horror and going deep with Garth to working with John Hurt, his writing and directing process, Matthew reveals all about his career so far, and his transistion into directing with three incredible short films and his critically-acclaimed, psychological horror feature, Possum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Jenny Eclair (@jennyeclair1960) As well as being a house-hold name as a comedian and writer, Jenny Éclair is an avid painter. Her love of painting led to her hosting a daily art show called Draws Off, which also has Diana Ali (@diana_artist_curator) as artist’s mentor. Jenny Eclair, has been a stand-up comic for donkeys’ years, she was the first woman to win the coveted Perrier Award at the Edinburgh festival in 1995 and hasn’t stopped banging on about it ever since. Since then she has also found fame as the author of five critically acclaimed novels. Her latest Sunday Times bestselling book Older and Wider – A Survivor’s Guide to the Menopause, is Jenny’s hilarious, irreverent and refreshingly honest compendium of the menopause.   For more information on the work of Jenny Eclair go to www.jennyeclair.com   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.org Email: ministryofartsorg@gmail.com Social Media: @ministryofartsorg

Jo Neary is an actor, writer, comedian, artist, puppeteer, singer…the list goes on. Nominated for a Perrier Award in 2004, she is arguably best known as Judith in the BBC series “Ideal”, starring Johnny Vegas. Born in Coventry, but raised in Cornwall, to an Irish father and Welsh mother, she talks accents, growing up below the poverty line, going untouched by school bullies, her mercurial Irish gran, dad’s naked yoga and the life lessons she’s passing on to her son. Meanwhile – over at The Plastic Pedestal – Patrick, Angela and Niall of Liverpool Irish Centre nominate the fab four of Tommy Walsh, Joe England, Phil Fitzpatrick and John Lennon https://the-plastic-podcasts.castos.com/episodes/jo-neary-cornwall-an-irish-granny-and-other-people39s-voices Photo (c) Steve Ullathorne

Episode 8 of Season 4 of Doggett & Ephgrave's More Than Mostly Comedy Podcast, with the Perrier Award-winning JAN RAVENS (BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers). Hosted by Glyn Doggett & David Ephgrave. Recorded live via Zoom on 30th June 2020. If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: doggettandephgrave@gmail.com TWITTER: @doggettephgrave WEBSITE: www.mostlycomedy.co.uk

Surprise “Lockdown Special" episode! From: The Thick Of It, Veep, Black Mirror, The Trip and The Death Of Stalin, actor, writer and Perrier Award winning comedian, Justin Edwards is guest number 13 on My Time Capsule. He's also the husband of our last guest, Lucy Porter! He chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Justin Edwards on Twitter: @bigedwards .Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael on Twitter: @fentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 5 of Doggett & Ephgrave's Mostly Comedy podcast, with Perrier Award-winning Sean Hughes ('One of the best stand-ups of his generation' ****  Daily Telegraph) and Jay Foreman (Support on Dave Gorman's 2011 UK Tour). Hosted by Glyn Doggett & David Ephgrave.

Jason Manford began his stand up career at the age of 17 and was nominated for the Perrier Award in Edinburgh in 2005 at just 24. As he embarks on a starring role in the West End run of Curtains, Jason tells Suzy Klein and Aasmah Mir why he won't be pigeonholed. Justin Myers had been secretly detailing his romantic encounters and reviewing dates in the Blind Date column in the Guardian Weekend Magazine on his blog The Guyliner for ten years. Then he began to receive messages threatening to reveal his true identity. After deciding to unmask himself, Justin’s career has taken off; he published his first novel, The Last Romeo, in 2018 and his second novel The Magnificent Sons will published in May 2020. Esther Rutter grew up on a sheep farm in Suffolk, where she learned to knit at the age of seven. She’s been an enthusiastic knitter ever since and last year, she set out to write a history of the craft, a journey which took her across the country, from Shetland to Guernsey. Lara Band is a listener who emailed Saturday Live about her unusual hobby - creating dioramas of Pre-Raphaelite paintings using mummified rodents. Producer: Laura Northedge Editor: Eleanor Garland

Comedian Frank Skinner returns to the stand-up stage with his new tour Showbiz which he will be taking to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer where he first made his name, winning a Perrier Award in 1991. Now a radio and panel show host and co-writer of football anthem Three Lions with long time double act David Baddiel, he talks about the changing face of comedy and the thrill of improvisation. BAFTA have analysed nearly 130,000 non-news programmes between September 2017 and September 2018, and found out that climate change featured fewer times than cats, cakes and picnics. But how much is it the responsibility of the arts to enact social change through its programming? Aaron Matthews, the head of industry sustainability at BAFTA and David Butcher of The Radio Times discuss. Anna, a new immersive play by Ella Hickson, is a thriller set in 1968 East Berlin, a place where what you said in public and what you might admit in private needed to be rather different. The audience for this production have to wear headsets so as to experience things from the perspective of the secret service. Theatre critic Susannah Clapp reviews. George the Poet won big at this years British Podcast Awards in a wide range of categories - fiction, arts and culture and current affairs - for his show Have You Heard George's Podcast? He talks about what he felt he could do differently in a podcast as opposed to a new poetry collection. Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Julian May

This week I chat to the wonderfully talented Christian Reilly. A stalwart on the UK comedy circuit for many years Christian never fails to deliver outstanding comedy. I've always been a massive fan of his comedy and musical parodies, a range of bands, check out his Artic Monkey's parody! The best!!  Christian’s first comedy gig was in the Perrier Award-winning show, ‘Rich Hall is Otis Lee Crenshaw’. He is a global comedy circuit headliner and has appeared at numerous international comedy festivals, on BBC radio and TV, and in four series of the Chortle Award-winning stand-up and sketch show ‘Richard Herring: As It Occurs To Me’. In 2015, BBC Radio 4 followed Christian on the road to the Edinburgh Fringe for ‘Lives In a Landscape’. 2016 saw Christian taking his comedy to Australia as part of Perth’s Fringeworld festival. Catch him soon at a comedy club near you! Check out Christian on social media: https://christreilly.com/ https://twitter.com/christreilly https://www.youtube.com/user/christianosfandango1/videos https://www.facebook.com/christianreillycomedy christreilly@outlook.com

Winner of the prestigious Perrier Award in 1989, Simon first came to prominence as a comedian before progressing into broadcasting. He has made programmes for both BBC radio and television, and his writing has appeared in the Sunday Times and The Observer. A fervent voice in campaigning and advocacy groups, he was a founding member of the LGBT charity Stonewall. Through his consultancy Diversity by Design, Simon now works with businesses and organisations on answering strategic business questions through diversity. In this podcast, Simon talks about his approach to his constantly evolving career (01:30), why a diverse workforce is key to answering strategic business questions (07:00), and the role technology plays in addressing unconscious bias(18:30). www.changeboard.com/ www.changeboard.com/future-talent

This week’s Private Passions is pretty crowded, with Kirsty Wark, Fiona Bruce, Emily Thornberry and Theresa May all putting in appearances - in the person of Jan Ravens, from the award-winning Radio 4 show Dead Ringers. Jan’s career has been a series of firsts – she was, in 1979, the first female president of the Cambridge Footlights, and the show she directed in Edinburgh went on to win the first ever Perrier Award. She was one of the first women to appear with Jasper Carrott and on Spitting Image, and last year she made her solo Edinburgh debut with her show Difficult Woman. Jan tells Michael how her difficult childhood was transformed by writing and performing at Cambridge, about the battles she’s fought to have women equally represented on comedy shows and discusses the frequently negative perception of women in positions of power. And she demonstrates just how she got inside the voice of Theresa May. Jan’s passion isn’t just for female speaking voices but for singing voices too, and she’s chosen to hear four women singers: Maria Callas, Kathleen Ferrier, Jessye Norman and Barbara Cook. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3

May 31 - June 6, 1997 Today Ken welcomes returning guest Alex Edelman to the show. Ken and Alex discuss shows at Laugh Boston, Alex's status as an international super star, Edinburgh, The Perrier Award, Steve Coogan, Eddie Izzard, Jimmy Carr, MSG, Alan Carr, Steward Lee, the day Mary Tyler Moore passed away, The Great Indoors, Ken's visit to Alex's job, NHL, Lois and Clark, The Dana Carvey Show, how writers' rooms work, The Simpsons, stand up instincts, Young Comedians, Anthony Clarke, Jack Lemon, post-modern culture vs post-apocalyptic culture, Futurama, King of the Hill, the nature of parody, SCTV, the humor or recognition, references for the sake of references, Jimmy Fallon, Barney Miller, multi-cam shows, how hard it is to tell a story in 20 minutes, Seinfeld, The Tony Awards, musical theater, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Odd Couple on Ice, reboots, Caddyshack, us vs. them, Fawlty Towers, spec scripts, Fraiser, Newsradio, the rap industry, the soup nazi, Men Behaving Badly, Sarah Silverman, the Friday Shabbat, Steve Martin, The Boston Pops, appreciating Tears in Heaven, M*A*S*H, never being into TGIF, and an all Jeers week.

Simon Fanshawe is funny, authentic and passionate about making the world a better place. He trained as a lawyer and promptly abandoned a career in law and became a comedian. Simon was doing stand-up comedy from 1982 to 1992, when it began to transition from safe jokes about your mother-in-law performed in men's clubs to the diverse, political, anything goes stand-up that gets performed in stadiums today. He won the Perrier Award for comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1989, but comedy wasn't to be where he made his mark.   From 1992, Simon focused on writing and broadcasting, alongside a growing involvement in charity work and advocacy. He was a founding member of Stonewall and one of the architects of bringing equal rights to the forefront of the diversity debate. Today, Simon has an OBE and is in demand as a speaker on diversity, and as a consultant helping businesses use inclusion and diversity as tools to create business advantage.   There are some massive value bombs in this show, particularly around the importance of persona and the relationship with your audience, as well as tactics for making your talk relevant and engaging to increase your impact and bookings.   Enjoy!   What you'll learn What it was like to be a stand-up comic at the birth of alternative comedy in the UK. How important it is to find your persona and understand your relationship with audience. Why advocacy and public speaking need similar skills and objectives. How you can adapt your talk at short notice. Why passion can be your worst enemy in speaking. How diversity can help meet so many business challenges Why good design is more important for achieving equality than good intentions. The cardinal rule of public speaking. Why having a story is so critical to speaking success.   Resources*   All things Simon: http:/www.diversitybydesign.co.uk simon@diversitybydesign.co.uk @Simonfanshawe   Books mentioned in the Show with Amazon Link: What Works – Gender Equality by Design by Iris Bohnet Germinal by Emile Zola   Thanks for listening! To share your thoughts:                                                  leave a comment below. Share this show on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.   To help the show out: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and review really help get the word out and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes.   *(please note if you use my link I get a small commission, but this does not affect your payment)  

 Owen O'Neill is a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, having performed stand-up or theatre gigs there for over twenty years. He was nominated for the 1994 Perrier Award with his show "It's a Bit Like This", and won a Fringe First in 1999 with Sean Hughes for the theatre show "Dehydrated and Travellin' Light".[4] Theatre sets have included 12 Angry Men, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and The Odd Couple. Stand-up has included "Off My Face" and "It Was Henry Fonda's Fault". As a writer, his debut feature film Arise and Go Now was screened by BBC2 and was directed by Danny Boyle and starred Ian Bannen.[5] He has adapted a number of his works of short fictions to be plays or films. His short film The Basket Case won the best Irish short at the 2008 Boston Irish Film Festival. O'Neill's play Absolution performed on Off Broadway in 2010 to good reviews. Charles Isherwood of The New York Times praised the effective writing and O'Neill's performance as "hold[ing] the attention fast with its understated, almost offhand intensity".I met up with him in my dressing room at the Stand 2 during the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Demetri Martin rose to relative obscurity when he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City at the end of the 20th Century. Later he became a writer at Late Night with Conan O’Brien and then a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In 2003, Demetri won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival for his first one-man show, If I. He released a comedy album called These Are Jokes and then created and starred in his own television series called Important Things with Demetri Martin. His first stand-up comedy special, Demetri Martin. Person is considered by many to be his longest and only hour-long stand-up comedy special. Martin has appeared in movies as an actor, most recently in Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion and most lengthily in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock. His first book, This Is a Book by Demetri Martin is a New York Times Bestseller. Demetri has brown hair, and he is allergic to peanuts. You can find him at www.demetrimartin.com, at www.facebook.com/demetrimartin, on Twitter @demetrimartin, and in various places in the actual physical world.

Enjoy an exclusive half hour with SEAN HUGHES – voted by his peers as one of the top 40 comedians ever: the youngest winner of the Perrier Award; star of Sean’s Show (Ch4) and Ireland’s first stand up star – as he delivers an evening of first class comedy exploring his birth in London; early years in Ireland; his relationship with his family and the joys of turning 50.

Marsha chats with Perrier Award-winning-comic Laura Solon about life as a character-comic, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, working with some of the biggest names in British comedy…and dealing with the kids kicking their football against her wall

The Perrier Award-winning comedian talks to Marsha about supporting Stewart Lee when she was a nipper, swimming in freezing cold water and how to better yourself and the world around you.

Garry’s guest tonight is Terry Alderton, one of Britain’s most exciting comedians and a man Frank Skinner dubbed “a flipping genius”… only he didn’t say flipping. Famous for his roles in TV hits such as EastEnders and London’s Burning, Terry’s first love was Southend United Football Club – he played in goal for their youth team – but the stage was where he really scored. Terry’s gift for mimicry made him a rising star in what we used to call old school mainstream comedy. But his originality and risk-taking appealed to young club audiences too and in 1999 he was nominated for a Perrier Award. Prime time Saturday night entertainment shows like Red Alert and The Joy of Text beckoned…he was only weeks away from Masonry and a round of golf with Lynchy and Tarby. But that wasn’t where Alderton wanted his career to go. In 2005 he experienced an epiphany that made his act far from mainstream – he started having conversations on stage with the voices in his head. The new act proved a hit with audiences the world over. Here Terry opens up about comedy, soap opera, his highs and the horrible low that was the worst gig of his life… Info on Terry's latest gigs here >>>>>> Download the show as mp3 file Subscribe in iTunes

Garry’s guest tonight is Terry Alderton, one of Britain’s most exciting comedians and a man Frank Skinner dubbed “a flipping genius”… only he didn’t say flipping. Famous for his roles in TV hits such as EastEnders and London’s Burning, Terry’s first love was Southend United Football Club – he played in goal for their youth team – but the stage was where he really scored. Terry’s gift for mimicry made him a rising star in what we used to call old school mainstream comedy. But his originality and risk-taking appealed to young club audiences too and in 1999 he was nominated for a Perrier Award. Prime time Saturday night entertainment shows like Red Alert and The Joy of Text beckoned…he was only weeks away from Masonry and a round of golf with Lynchy and Tarby. But that wasn’t where Alderton wanted his career to go. In 2005 he experienced an epiphany that made his act far from mainstream – he started having conversations on stage with the voices in his head. The new act proved a hit with audiences the world over. Here Terry opens up about comedy, soap opera, his highs and the horrible low that was the worst gig of his life… Info on Terry's latest gigs here >>>>>> Download the show as mp3 file Subscribe in iTunes

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Kim Noble. Kim is an awarding comedic performance and video artist. His multi-disciplined approach has led him to work across theatre, TV, film, art and comedy He was one one half of Perrier Award-winning, BAFTA-nominated experimental art-comedy duo Noble and Silver. Kim’s work uses a provocative and humourous style to expose the human condition: notions of death, sexuality, gender and religion are picked at with dry comedic use of tragedy meshed with absurdity. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

Barry Ferns is a stand up comedian, writer, director and actor. He is developing his comedy shorts series 'Why Are You Doing This To Me?' - films which have been shown at a number of international festivals including the LA Comedy Film Festival and New York's Southside Film Festival. Barry continues to innovate with his shows at the Edinburgh Festival, creating the first shows on top of Arthur's Seat, the first Audio Tour of the Fringe, dial-a-skethc, and 'This Show Belongs To Lionel Richie', all of which each year have received glowing reviews. Barry also runs and regularly hosts the extremely successful, Time Out recommended and free comedy night Angel Comedy in Islington. As a stand up comedian he has won the Comedy Store New Act competition, and been a finalist in five national stand-up competitions. His writing work has been featured on E4's School of Comedy and for shows on BBC Radio 1 and 4. Angel Comedy is launching every night of the week with an extravaganza week of comedy from Monday 30th September - Sunday 6th October. Monday 30th September A special screening of Tommy Wiseau's infamous "The Room" Tuesday 1st October Shappi Khorsandi (Live At The Apollo) doing her show, plus a very special guest Wednesday 2nd october Jarred Christmas (Live At The Apollo) Simon Munnery (Attention Scum, C4) Thursday 3rd October Sara Pascoe (The Thick Of It / Live At The Apollo) Daniel Simonsen (Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2012) Friday 4th October Carey Marx (ITV's Comedy Cuts / Mock The Week) Aisling Bea (Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee 2013) Saturday 5th October Luke Toulson (Russell Howard's Good News, Perrier Award winner 2007) Arthur Smith (Radio 4, QI, Grumpy Old Men) Sunday 6th October Luisa Omielan Performs Her Smash Hit Show "What Would Beyonce Do?!" www.barryferns.com www.twitter.com/barryferns www.angelcomedy.co.uk - Sara Shulman is the Founder and Editor of Comedy Blogedy, TEDxUCL speaker on 'The Power of Funny', former Head of Comedy at UCLU Rare FM and produces the Humour Me Comedy Podcast. Sara is also a recent graduate of Classics at UCL and occasionally gigs on the comedy circuit. www.comedyblogedy.com www.twitter.com/comedyblog http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxUCL-SARA-SHULMAN-The-power UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at http://ucl.ac.uk.

Hardeep Singh Kohli meets social historian Dr Pamela Cox, Pam Ayres, John Taylor of Duran Duran and comedian Sean Hughes. Social historian Dr Pamela Cox presents a new three part series, Servants - The True Story of Life Below Stairs, which uncovers the reality of servants' lives from the Victorian era through to the Second World War. Pam herself is the great-granddaughter of servants. Servants - The True Story of Life Below Stairs will be broadcast on BBC Two. Pam Ayres is a writer and broadcaster who has been entertaining audiences for over 35 years since winning the talent show Opportunity Knocks, with her take on the comic detail of everyday life. Her autobiography, 'The Necessary Aptitude' is published by Ebury. She is also touring the UK and will be presenting the fourth series of 'Ayres on the Air' on Radio 4 Extra and later on Radio 4. John Taylor is the bass player and a founding member of the band Duran Duran. His autobiography, 'In The Pleasure Groove' recounts the bands thirty year history, his addiction to drugs and alcohol and tells stories of his times hanging out with Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and Bryan Ferry. 'In The Pleasure Groove' is published by Little Brown. Comedian Sean Hughes' was the youngest ever winner of the Perrier Award and has also won a Fringe First for his short plays, 'Dehydrated' and 'Travellin' Light'. His latest show, 'Life Becomes Noises' deals with the death of his father and their relationship using puppetry and costumes, in front of a theatrical set. 'Life Becomes Noises' is touring the UK from October. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Comedian Tim Minchin won a Perrier Award for Best Newcomer, before touring with a symphony orchestra and fronting the inaugural BBC Comedy Prom. The RSC paired him up with Dennis Kelly to write Matilda the Musical, which recently broke Olivier Award history by scooping seven titles. I went to meet Tim in his studio, and […]

With Kirsty Lang. The first series of The Killing, the 20 part Danish crime drama, was widely acclaimed as a TV highlight of the year. Now Detective Inspector Sarah Lund returns with a new investigation. With a double-bill of the first two episodes of the second series being screened this weekend, writer John Harvey reflects on the appeal of this crime marathon. Perrier Award-winner Sean Hughes reveals why he decided to discuss his father's death in his new stand-up show. The comedian, writer and former Never Mind The Buzzcocks captain considers our reactions to death, and recalls his original route into comedy. The AIDS epidemic of the early 80s in San Francisco is the subject of a new documentary by the film-maker David Weissman. Five individuals who lived through it look back at a period when thousands of their friends were dying of a disturbing and unfamiliar illness. David Weissman discusses why he felt now was the right time to make his film We Were Here. A new bargain box set of music by jazz saxophonist Joe Harriott places him back in the spotlight, almost four decades after his death. Jamaican-born Harriott made Britain his home, and argued strongly that musicians here should not feel overshadowed by American stars. Kevin LeGendre looks back at his career. Producer Claire Bartleet.