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The Weird Nucleus.
Interviews with my favourite comedians (and other distractions).
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Alex Leeds
Were you ever bored as a child? No, never really bored. I was always either making comics or inviting kids outside to play Pokemon or...
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Jan 11, 20213 min read
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Paul James
How and why did you go into politics?
Every piece of shit internet troll that wasted hours of my life inspired me to get into politics. Now
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Dec 29, 20204 min read
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Tiernan Douieb
What comedy most inspires you? Two kinds really. Properly cutting, savvy, cleverly written stuff with an edge that also is personal to...
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Dec 18, 20206 min read
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Costas Lukaris
photo credit - Lorna Pritchard What comedy most inspires you? I try and look outside the world of comedy for inspiration, like...
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Dec 15, 20204 min read
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Jenan Younis
The second comment was “be less Middle Eastern. Can’t you maybe be a bit Lebanese? Lebanese is cute; Iraq and Palestine not so cute”.
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Dec 14, 20205 min read
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Col Howarth
What comedy most inspires you? I’m inspired by loads of styles of comedy. I’ve seen observational, sketch, character, one-liner and...
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Dec 8, 20206 min read
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Atsuko Okatsuka
What comedy most inspires you? I love comedy that dares to take you to task with hard to talk about topics, unique, personal...
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Dec 7, 20202 min read
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Gemma Beynon
I want to explore our relationships – with each other, our environment and especially ourselves. I love to challenge you to look again, to
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Nov 25, 20206 min read
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Dave Thompson
What comedy most inspires you? I hardly every “consume” comedy unless I’m watching another comedian on the same bill as me. If I’m...
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Nov 21, 20205 min read
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Chris Aitken of Short Com
The Short Com festival,a non profit short comedy film festival, runs from November 30th to December 6th, and features over 30 short films...
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Nov 12, 20203 min read
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Teresa Lo
What comedy most inspires you? I like observational standup, fun TV shows, tweets, sketches, etc. I'm inspired by anything that makes me...
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Nov 9, 20204 min read
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Prince Abdi
What comedy most inspires you? Just funny and silly comedy. Not taking anything seriously. Which comedian most inspires you? Comedians...
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Nov 3, 20202 min read
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Darren Elmore
What comedy most inspires you? I love it when comedians take their personal pain and struggle and find the humour in it then use that to...
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Oct 20, 20207 min read
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Jena Friedman
What comedy most inspires you? Stand up aside, I’m really into comedy that interacts with the world and engages real people, those types...
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Oct 16, 20202 min read
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Tony Law
Why and how did you get into comedy?
I was always funny with friends and colleagues cause it’s how I got attention and love. Also zero educ
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Oct 13, 20204 min read
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Tom Little
If I couldn’t be a professional musician I wanted to be a writer, but I couldn’t get anyone to read anything I’d written. Stand-up seemed li
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Oct 6, 20205 min read
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Solange Castro
I just like to giggle. I think the desire defies all logic and reason. I just gravitate to funny people.
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Oct 1, 20202 min read
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Steffan Evans
I have never been the best at anything but with this- it’s possible to be the best version of myself. What comedy most inspires you? I...
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Sep 30, 20206 min read
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Sep 28, 20204 min read
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Patrick Keane
I wish someone would make me stop sometimes. I'll quit if I can get a writing job.
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Aug 29, 20204 min read
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