Podcasts about sbs comedy

ABOUT ALICE FRASER ALICE IS AN AWARD WINNING WRITER, BROADCASTER, PERFORMER AND COMEDIAN. She's also an ex academic, ex-corporate Lawyer and (sort of) banjo player. Alice does reliably silly, unpredictably meaningful, narratively unorthodox, gut-punch comedy. The Trilogy podcast series commissioned by ABC Radio was voted Apple Editorials Team’s #1 Best Australian Podcast for 2018. Alice was awarded the 2016 AMP Tomorrow Fund grant for her podcast 'Tea With Alice' and has toured the world with her critically acclaimed solo shows The Resistance, and Savage. Both received four and five star reviews and packed out houses in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, New Zealand, London and the Edinburgh Fringe. She is touring her new show, Empire in 2017 through the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Alice writes jokes for The Project on Channel 10, as well as the satirical news radio show "A Rational Fear". She has appeared on BBC Radio 4, and Radio National as well as having co-hosted the cult radio show "Tracksuits" weekly on FBi radio in Sydney for many years. She also appeared on "Whovians" (episode 4) on ABC. She is a frequenter on "The Bugle" hosted by Andy Zaltzman and part of the 'Troll Play' ABC Radio podcast alongside Sami Shah and Cal Wilson. She writes a regular column for SBS Comedy and The Chaser Quarterly. Alice's solo show The Resistance is available on iview, on 21 Jan on ABC 2's Comedy Next Gen, and as part of Virgin flights on-board entertainment.

Omar Sakr is a poet and writer who brings the personal and political to life. In this interview, he discusses his writing craft, his foray into speculative fiction and the difference between what he publishes and what he writes for himself. Omar is the author of These Wild Houses, a collection of poetry shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award and the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, as well as The Lost Arabs, which was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, the John Bray Poetry Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. In 2020, Omar contributed to the anthology After Australia with the short story 'White Flu'. Elsewhere, Omar's articles and essays are published in The Saturday Paper, The Guardian,The Sydney Morning Herald, Archer, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Going Down Swinging, SBS Online, SBS Life, SBS Comedy, The Wheeler Centre, and Junkee. If you enjoy this interview, you may also be interested in this interview with Michael Mohammed Ahmad, the editor of After Australia. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview soon at thegarretpodcast.com. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neal Downward, ex-boss of SBS Comedy, sits in London drinking blue tea talking business, wellness, mortality, moving, Aussie Politics, diversity hiring and staying in your lane. Find neal at https://www.facebook.com/theneal

On this episode, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Australian comedian and writer Ben McLeay, known better by his Twitter handle @thomas_violence. Ben has written for Pedestrian and SBS Comedy’s The Back Burner and is a co-host on the Boonta Vista podcast. Ben shares some important Australian diggerydo’s and diggerydon’ts, imparting his wisdom on how to navigate a country like Australia where every animal has the ability to kill you. We dive into the political crisis gripping Australia just as word was coming in of the departure of now-former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Ben also offers some background on Australia's colonial attitudes, and the surging racism and incitement of violence against refugees that is dominating Australian politics. You can follow Ben on Twitter, and listen to him on Boonta Vista. A transcript for this episode will be provided upon request. Please send an email to deleteuracct @ gmail to get a copy sent to you when it is completed. There is an extended version of this episode, for patreon subscribers only! If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!

In this episode:  We talk about working an independent producer. Discuss how Lauren got started and why she has now chosen producing as career.  We chat about why looking for the right work to work on is so important and how the early work she did shaped her into the producer she is now. Lauren works predominantly as a producer of circus and theatre. She has a healthy disregard for the impossible and a love of work that sparks the imagination. She has been programmer and producer of Circus City for Sydney Festival and Circus Hub for Underbelly at Edinburgh Fringe. She also manages an independent company Lauren Eisinger Productions which develops and tours small to medium scale circus and theatre work. She was producer and Artistic Director for the Australian premiere of the symphonic spectacular, ‘The Magical Music of Disney’ in association with the Walt Disney Company and that year co-directed the highly successful ‘Verge Festival’ with James Colley (writer at The Weekly, SBS Comedy, Giant Dwarf) at Sydney University. She produced the acclaimed blacklight circus show LUMINOUS which toured Australia for four years, pioneering the collaboration of body art, blacklight and circus to incredible critical reception. Lauren is a consultant for emerging circus artists and collectives and a strong advocate for the art form. Lauren is currently the Festivals Programmer and Producer for Underbelly, UK. More info at:  www.laureneisinger.com 

Alice Fraser is an award winning writer, broadcaster, performer and comedian!  Alice's breadth of experience from the hallowed halls of Cambridge in the Footlights to the sticky floors of New York's cut-throat comedy scene has left her with tough, flexible and impressive writing and performing skills.  Alice writes jokes for The Project on Channel 10, as well as the satirical news radio show "A Rational Fear". She has appeared on BBC Radio 4, and Radio National as well as having co-hosted the cult radio show "Tracksuits" weekly on FBi radio in Sydney for many years. She also appeared on "Whovians" on ABC, and "The Bugle" hosted by Andy Zaltzman. She writes a regular column for SBS Comedy and The Chaser Quarterly. Find Alice's upcoming gigs here: http://www.alicecomedyfraser.com/upcoming-gigs/ Follow Alice on twitter here: https://twitter.com/aliterative You can check out Alice's wonderful brand of comedy on her podcast 'Tea With Alice' https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/tea-with-alice/id789603540?mt=2

There are some truths of our universe that you cannot deny. Shakespeare would have tweeted. Da Vinci would be huge on Vine. Stalin would have been a gamer. Lucy Valentine (ex - SBS Comedy, Host of Boonta Vista) explains more.   Get tickets to our live Sydney Fringe show at www.giantdwarf.com.au NOW! 

Bish Marzook shares stories about her father, his love of language, and what happens when she has to come up with her own definitions. Bish is a writer, comedian, and scientist for good measure. She writes for SBS Comedy, regularly appears on Triple J and FBi radio, and co-runs Wolf Comedy, a Sydney comedy room committed to promoting diversity in comedy. You should definitely check it out. She also recently completed a PhD in cell biology because of course she did what an over-achiever. She has performed at writers', music, science, and comedy festivals around Australia, and hopes to book her first food festival soon. Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The new Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be pre-ordered on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff, insomnia rant and photos of my dog Frank follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Comedian Rebecca Shawexpresses her pity for the straight women of the world, and devises a plan to help them live better lives. Rebecca (aka @brocklesnitch) is a writer and creator of popular parody Twitter account @notofeminism, which was developed into an illustrated book with Affirm Press. She is on the writing team at Tonightly with Tom Ballard, and has written for Junkee, The Guardian, Daily Life, Kill Your Darlings, SBS Comedy and more. She is in constant competition with Ruby Rose to become Australia's favourite lesbian. Rebecca Shaw will be featured in the new Queerstories book which can be pre-ordered on Booktopia. Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff, insomnia rant and photos of my dog Frank follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Tickets: http://bit.ly/colleyscf The Enmore Theatre Wed 11th May 2016 - 9:15 pm Fri 13th May 2016 - 9:15 pm Sun 15th May 2016 - 8:15 pm The Factory Theatre Fri 20th May 2016 - 8:15 pm After selling out 3 shows, James Colley has added an Encore Show on Fri 20 May due to popular demand! Young Walkley Nominated Satirist and okay human James Colley (The Weekly, Gruen, creator of The Backburner on SBS Comedy) returns with an hour of political comedy so good you'll barely demand your money back. "Super funny" - Birdee Mag "Utterly unfunny" - Andrew Bolt "The Intellectual's Comedian" - Sydney Fringe Blog "a dud SBS comic" - Andrew Bolt "The highlight of my evening" - Shit On Your Play "'Humour' of the kind that would make only Lenin laugh" - Andrew Bolt

Dan Ilic is one of Australia’s most prolific comedic voices. Dan has been making television in Australia for ten years. His credits include: Australia’s Funniest Home Videos (Nine), Hungry Beast (ABC), Hamster Wheel (ABC), Can of Worms (Ten) and The Feed (SBS2) as well as being a regular on comedy panel shows and news magazine programs. In 2014 Dan raised more than $50,000 through crowd-funding to make A Rational Fear into a web series. Most recently Dan was Senior producer of Satire for AJ+ English, Al Jazeera’s digital platform for millennials. James Colley is a Young Walkley nominated satirist and creator of The Backburner on SBS Comedy. He works on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering and Gruen and has previously written for A Rational Fear andJunkee. Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt describes James as "utterly unfunny" with humour "of the kind that would make only Lenin laugh”. James Colley notes that Lenin was famously difficult to amuse. Kate McCartney is a writer/director, illustrator, animator and performer. Her work as a comedy performer and writer has featured in Big Bite, Hamish and Andy and The Time Of Our Lives and she also appeared inKath and Kim and Outland. Kate was also a senior writer for Sam Simmons’ Problems, and her other credits include Adam Hills Tonight, Dirty Laundry Live, Spicks and Specks and ABC3’s Little Lunch andYou’re Skitting Me. In February 2015, McCartney and writing partner Kate McLennan’s original concept The Katering Show was released on YouTube. To date, it has attracted more than 4 million views and 60 000 subscribers. James Jericho founded satire news website The Shovel in 2012 after realising no-one else was going to publish his exclusive exposé about the real use for George Brandis’s bookshelf or Tony Abbott’s target to cut Australia’s reputation by 30% by 2020. Now read by hundreds of thousands of Australians every month, and featured weekly on The Sydney Morning Herald, The Shovel has become the must-read masthead in Parliament House. James is The Shovel’s head writer and editor, and is a regular commentator on satire’s place in contemporary Australia. In June 2015 he kick-started a national campaign to find Bill Shorten. Jordan Shanks started Friendlyjordies with a focus on political and social satire. in 2013 and since then it has grown to an audience of more than 100,000 people on Facebook and YouTube. He writes articles for SBS Comedy and a weekly Friendly Jordies podcast that occasionally makes it to the Top Ten Australian podcasts. Rebecca Shaw (aka Brocklesnitch) is a freelance writer, podcaster and creator of the parody Twitter account @notofeminism. She is a columnist for the Kill Your Darlings Journal, one of the team at The Backburner, and has written for SBS, Junkee, and The Guardian. She is in constant competition with Ruby Rose to become Australia's favourite lesbian. 

This week, we're joined again by the hilarious and conveniently located James Colley, and we discuss music taste, sports, and then Xavier is blindfolded and teleported to several exotic locales because he has to have sex before the end of the episode or else he'll be executed. Y'know, the typical fuck-or-die scenario. Also, #NipplesAreCash, Santa sucks, Inspector Wrecks... Is it the best thing we've ever done? The worst? You be the judge.MUSIC USED:He Plays Me The Best Rhythms: RolemusicSSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki NoonanMerry-Go-Round: Jeremy Neale (!)Lull City: Hockey Dad (!)We also used a lot of sound effects this week, and while I tried to make sure they were all license-free, if you hear something of yours you want taken down I'll be more than happy to fix it up!CLICK HERE to download!Email Tom or Xavier or both!Check out James on Twitter or on SBS Comedy!