A Paul Kerensa Podcast: Recent Episodes
Paul Kerensa
A podcast channel including The Heptagon Club, Comedians With Books, and now Catching Up (+ other future podcasts, ideas pending). Ooh, word count’s about to run ou
This time on this irregular podcast... (thanks for staying subscribed by the way - new episodes will pop up when you least expect them... honestly, you'll forget about us, then suddenly, hello! It's that writer of that thing or that author or that comedian or that person off the telly)
...it's James Cary!
Yes our most prolific guest. He's been on this podcast's earlier incarnation Comedians With Books. He's been on this podcast's even earlier incarnation The Heptagon Club.
Now he's here, mid-/post-/wherever-we-are-in-the-pandemic, to talk Christianity and comedy. Do they mix? Should they? And why not?
There's conversation about luck vs fate, humour in the Bible, his career plan as a writer who goes where the wind blows, and ample more.
James' writing CV includes My Family, Miranda, Hut 33, Bluestone 42, and many more.
James' books include The Sacred Art of Joking and The Gospel According to a Sitcom Writer. My books include So a Comedian Walks into a Church and Planet Protectors. Buy them all! I recommend bookshop.org
James' podcast is Sitcom Geeks. My other podcast is The British Broadcasting Century. Listen to them all!
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James is at jamescary.co.uk or find him and me on social mediae. See James on tour - see his website for details.
See me on tour: See my website paulkerensa.com/tour for details.
Fancy tipping? ko-fi.com/paulkerensa chips in the price of a cuppa coffee, or patreon.com/paulkerensa has extra audio, video & writings, in exchange for your monthly support - right now that's mostly geeky things about the BBC origin story, but hey, they're things I doubt you'll find anywhere else. Join my geeky corner of t'internet! Thanks if you help! It REALLY helps keep this game afloat.
May your God go with you, or if you haven't got one, feel free to borrow mine.
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The irregular podcast returns! Well we just crop up when we've a nice chat to bring you, and this time we have just that in spades.
Rabbi Alex Goldberg is a university chaplain, Dean of Religious Life and Belief at the University of Surrey, Pause for Thought broadcaster, and all-round good egg. We talk about lockdown lessons, the bizarre quirks of chaplain life, unpredictable ethical quandaries, the grab-and-go iftar, and, somehow, poignantly, helpfully, bizarrely, the nobility of a frozen giraffe.
All will be revealed - do listen, share, subscribe, rate, review, tell your friends, tell your old schoolfriends, tell the world...
...and like our podcast page on Facebook: Facebook.com/PaulKerensaPodcast
Or find me on Twitter/Instagram @paulkerensa. Rabbi Alex Goldberg is on Twitter @alexgoldberg_eu
In the podcast I also talk about my tour: The First Broadcast (paulkerensa.com/tour) - come see! Or book me for your place.
& my other podcast: The British Broadcasting Century (podfollow.com/bbcentury)
& my new novel: Auntie and Uncles (pre-orderable soon, among the books on my author page on Amazon: shorturl.at/uwHK7)
Fancy tipping? ko-fi.com/paulkerensa chips in the price of a cuppa coffee, or patreon.com/paulkerensa has extra audio, video & writings, in exchange for your monthly support - right now that's mostly geeky things about the BBC origin story, but hey, they're things I doubt you'll find anywhere else. Join my geeky corner of t'internet! Thanks if you help! It REALLY helps keep this game afloat.
May your God go with you, or if you haven't got one, feel free to borrow one for a bit.
paulkerensa.com
Where have we been all this time?! After a 2mth gap, A Paul Kerensa Podcast returns with a fab new guest - Britain's only female orthodox Jewish comedian: Rachel Creeger.
We talk interfaith, outerfaith, synagogue gigs, church gigs, humour in a crisis, Odessa's comedy heritage, and everything else that goes with it.
She's a fab guest, and you can find her elsewhere on the internet at rachelcreeger.com, and her podcast is called Jew Talking To Me. Listen!
Find this podcast on Facebook: Facebook.com/PaulKerensaPodcast
And do try my other podcast on the origin story of the BBC: podfollow.com/bbcentury
The Religion Media Centre Podcast, that we also mention, which includes ANOTHER chat between me and Rachel is at https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/podcast/
Do subscribe, rate, review, share - it all helps others find this.
If you'd like to send us a tip, ko-fi.com/paulkerensa chips in the price of a cuppa coffee, or patreon.com/paulkerensa has extra audio, video & writings, in exchange for your monthly support. Thanks if you do so! It REALLY helps keep this game afloat.
Take care, you. It ain't easy, I know. May your God go with you. We've got ours.
This festive fan/Xmas Xpert/Santologist couldn't POSSIBLY let Christmas go unpodcasted (just invented that word - I apologise).
So in this guestless episode, Paul runs down the Top 5 Christmas carols AND the Top 5 festive pop songs.
He's amalgamated several polls, surveys and charts (inc. Songs of Praise Favourite Carol, Classical Magazine's poll of experts, Classic FM's carol survey, global charts etc), weighted them accordingly, and presto! Some Christmas podding for you.
From The Pogues to Postman Pat, Mendelssohn to Michael Buerk, Bing Crosby to two versions of In the Bleak Midwinter, we'll unpick the back-story of our best-loved Christmas crooners, carols and chart-toppers. All in under ten minutes.
It's all based on Paul's festive history book: Hark! The Biography of Christmas, available now in paperback, ebook and audiobook (get it free on an Audible free trial, then instantly cancel!).
Or read Paul's Yule blog.
We mention Paul's festive parody song, A Fairytale of Bethlehem - it's viewable on Youtube.
You'll find a different Christmas podcast special on The British Broadcasting Century, looking at the stories behind a classic British Christmas TV schedule: podfollow.com/bbcentury
Like this podcast on Facebook: Facebook.com/PaulKerensaPodcast
And please do subscribe, rate, review, share - it all helps others find this.
If you'd like to send us a tip, ko-fi.com/paulkerensa chips in the price of a cuppa coffee, or patreon.com/paulkerensa has extra audio, video & writings, in exchange for your monthly support. Thanks if you do so! It REALLY helps keep the wheels turning and the pods casting.
The podcast returns in 2022 with more guests and who knows what else...
Merry Listening!
This time Paul is catching up with American Dave, his old buddy from student days. From Guildford to San Diego to your ears, we catch up about Trump, Covid, Brexit... and try and find some wisdom and optimism in amongst the craziness.
We last met American Dave back in the days of The Heptagon Club (which you can find if you scroll waaaaay back on this A Paul Kerensa Podcast channel).
Find this on Facebook: Facebook.com/PaulKerensaPodcast
And do try Paul's other podcast on the origin story of the BBC: podfollow.com/bbcentury
Do subscribe, rate, review, share - all that jazz, it all helps others find this.
If you'd like to send us a tip, ko-fi.com/paulkerensa chips in the price of a cuppa coffee, or patreon.com/paulkerensa has extra audio, video & writings, in exchange for your monthly support. Thanks if you do so! It REALLY helps keep this game afloat.
Till next time!
My guest this time is my old buddy from uni days, Rev "Random" Jon March. He's vicar of St Luke's, Kentish Town. You'll swiftly hear what earned him the nickname "Random".
Hear how he accidentaly did a Theology degree due to at least two admin errors... his analysis of words like 'several'... how he grew a church from literally zero... and his thoughts on how to build back a church after something like, say, a pandemic.
Jon's podcast The New Now, on leadership in changing times, is available here - and this episode has Paul as a guest: https://lnns.co/z2vOtYXZIha
Paul's on twitter @paulkerensa
Jon's on twitter @jonmarch
Paul's other podcast The British Broadcasting Century is listentoable here: podfollow.com/bbcentury
If you like the podcast, please give us a nice review where you found it, and stay subscribed for more like this. Next time: comedy writer James Cary.
Thanks for listening!
This time, Paul chats to TV presenter, podcaster, technology enthusiast and man of at least two names, GARETH JONES!
You may have known him as 'Gaz Top' on Saturday morning children's TV show Get Fresh, or you may have seen his 16-year stint fronting How 2 for CITV. He's presented Tomorrow's World, he's hosted the Gareth Jones on Speed podcast for 15 years (garethjones.tv/onspeed.html) - and we get into all of these things and more.
If you've listened to my other podcast, The British Broadcasting Century, you may have heard bits of this chat. But he was such a great guest, I wanted to put the entire brilliantly gobby, hugely insightful, occupationally illuminating interview up here.
So have at it! The complete works of the Gareth Jones chat.
Find out more about Gareth and watch videos of his past oeuvres on his website, garethjones.tv
Did you know this podcast has a Facebook page? 'Like' us at Facebook.com/PaulKerensaPodcast.
You can find Paul on Twitter @paulkerensa
You can find Gareth on Twitter @garethjonestv
This podcast is more a channel than a series - so right now it's occupied by CATCHING UP - longform chats with interesting folks. But go back and you can find Comedians With Books or The Heptagon Club - more interviews with interesting folks, just in different marvellous formats. Listen to that lot, complete the set.
Stay subscribed for more! Next time: Rev Jon March on how church can return post-pandemic. But with more fun in our chat than that sounds.
Meantime, see my website for more info on my writings and giggings (I am available for both, if you need someone for some writing or some gigging):
paulkerensa.com
This time, Paul's CATCHING UP with author, speaker, campaigner and all-round Planet Protector, RUTH VALERIO. Paul talks to her about her new fabulous children's book, Planet Protectors... which is very familiar to Paul... because he wrote it too!
Ruth and Paul wrote it together and it's out now! It's published by SPCK, and the fab illustrations are by Fay Austin.
Get your copy of Planet Protectors here - including information on bulk discounts, if you're part of a youth group, church group, school... or you just want 10 copies!
Discover how children can change the world, change churches, and how you can judge a book by how its cover FEELS. If you're a church person, hello, there's lots in here about how churches can change. If you're not a church person, hello, there are loads of tips in the book about things you can in your everyday life, from loving your coat to stargazing to how to welcome to how to junk-model right.
Ruth's website is at ruthvalerio.net - you can read her writings and find out more about her back-story and campaigns.
Here's one campaign - Tearfund's Reboot campaign - centred on the UN climate talks in Glasgow, COP26, and how we can come back from this pandemicky times looking after our big round home a lot better.
Watch the video of this interview on Youtube.
You can find Ruth on Twitter @ruthvalerio
You can find Paul on Twitter @paulkerensa
This podcast is currently occupied by CATCHING UP - longform chats, unedited, with various people, individuals and humans. Stay subscribed for more. It's all a bit experimental, so take it in that guerrilla spirit.
For a more edited, honed and finely produced podcast, my other podcast The British Broadcasting Century is telling the origin story of the BBC, radio and life as we know it. Try it! Season 2 now underway.
As for this one, stay subscribed for more fab chats - next time, TV presenter Gareth Jones...
MORE ON PLANET PROTECTORS - THE BLURB:
Jam-packed with interesting facts, Christian theology and practical tips, Planet Protectors is an informative and empowering guide for children on helping the environment by living sustainably!
In a lively, entertaining style Ruth Valerio and Paul Kerensa offer 52 fantastic ideas for looking after the world – from cycling more and choosing fair-trade, to taking shorter showers and recycling. Children will love taking up a different challenge each week and be inspired to join the fight for the planet’s future as they learn about why it is so important to care for the environment and God’s creation.
With quirky illustrations perfect for colouring in throughout, Planet Protectors is an ideal book for 7- to 9-year-old children beginning to read independently. It is also a brilliant resource for parents and guardians to open up conversations with children about environmental sustainability, and for primary schools, Sunday schools and youth workers teaching about the environment.
Encourage and empower your children to see how they can make a difference and look after the world by becoming Planet Protectors.
Another fab guest to do some CATCHING UP with... this time, author, speaker and general encourager Cathy Madavan.
We talk about the bits of lockdown we'd like to cling to (like not having to cling to people), how to write a Pause For Thought, and I confess my jealousy so she tells me how to put a cork in that.
Cathy's website is here.
Her books include Digging for Diamonds and her new one, Irrepressible: 12 Principles for a Courageous, Resilient and Fulfilling Life. It's fab! Grab yours here.
You can find her on Twitter @cathymadavan
You can find me on Twitter @paulkerensa
This podcast is currently occupied by CATCHING UP - longform chats, unedited, with various people, individuals and humans. Stay subscribed for more. It's all a bit experimental, so take it in that guerrilla spirit.
For a more edited, honed and finely produced podcast, my other podcast The British Broadcasting Century is telling the origin story of the BBC, radio and life as we know it. Try it! Season 2 now underway.
As for this one, stay subscribed, stay well, stay safe, staycation, steak sandwich.
This time, Paul is CATCHING UP with Dai Woolridge: poet, spoken word artist(e), man of faith, and all-round decent chap.
We talk saucisson sec, the joys and sadness of lockdown music, creativity, green guilt, poetry, lament, community, Help Yourself boxes, the beautiful Welsh accent, and so much more.
Dai's book God's Brilliantly Big Creation Story is available here.
His website Spoken Truth is here.
You can find him on Twitter @daiwoolridge
You can find me on Twitter @paulkerensa
This podcast is currently occupied by CATCHING UP - longform chats, unedited, with various people, individuals and humans. Stay subscribed for more. It's all a bit experimental, so take it in that guerrilla spirit.
For a more edited, honed and finely produced podcast, my other podcast The British Broadcasting Century is telling the origin story of the BBC, radio and life as we know it. Try it!
As for this one, stay subscribed, stay well, stay safe, staycation, steak sandwich.
A 2nd instalment of CATCHING UP - an occasional longform interview podcast. This time it's with comedian, comic book creator and boat owner Paul Savage. He talks about creativity in lockdown, pandemic childcare, comic book creation, the changing world of stand-up, plus a gig tale about aiding and abetting an escaped inmate.
Paul's new comic book - 'But Doctor, I AM a Collection of Comic Strips by Paul Savage' - is available at https://www.savagecomic.com
You can find him on Twitter @comedysavage
You can find me on Twitter @paulkerensa
This podcast is currently occupied by CATCHING UP - longform chats, unedited, with various people, individuals and humans. Stay subscribed for more. It's all a bit experimental, so take it in that guerrilla spirit.
For a more edited, honed and finely produced podcast, my other podcast The British Broadcasting Century is telling the origin story of the BBC, radio and life as we know it. Try it!
As for this one, stay subscribed, stay well, stay safe, staycation, steak sandwich.
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Hello stranger! It's been a while. It was at least one pandemic ago since we lost spoke. Or spoke here, at least.
So welcome to a new thing. A new irregular thing.
Appearing now and then, but specifically now: a random series of long-form unedited chats. Just catching up really.
This is recorded mid-lockdown, and with comedians unable to perform, one or two have got in touch and said: Let's catch up! I said: Sure! But I'm going to record it.
So Dan and I haven't chatted for about a decade. No reason. We just didn't gig together. You only chat to comedians if you gig together, or they have a podcast.
Dan moved to Australia, which at time of recording is largely freed up out of lockdown (though at time of editing, is back in lockdown again). So when we spoke, Dan was in quarantine having landed in Perth for their Fringe Festival. A few days into self-isolation, he was desperate to speak to someone. Hence this podcast.
We chat about the old days of the London stand-up circuit in the noughties, the time we both spent a week living in the Big Brother House, and I unearth my gig list tallying up every time Dan and I gigged together.
More soon. Or not soon. More some time, with someone else, inc Tony Vino and Paul Savage.
So stay subscribed, if you like.
And hey, this is an experimental longform podcast. If you don't like it, that's ok. It's free-wheeling, free-flowing, (contains some adult language) and TBH, by not editing it, I can focus on other projects, including:
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My other podcast The British Broadcasting Century
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My weekly Facebook Live show
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Things I put on Patreon. Sign up here for exclusive advance writings, videos etc.
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Writing, online live shows (hire me!) and other things I put on my mailing list - sign up here.
Stay subscribed, stay well, stay safe, staycation.
Been a while, podpals!
This is a blatant plea to come and join my new podcast, The British Broadcasting Century. I'll be geeking out about the origins of the BBC, radio and life as we know it, for a dozen or so episodes (in series 1; then who knows how many thereafter).
This is an extended trailer, with a few bonus clips just for being loyal podcastees here on A Paul Kerensa Podcast/The Heptagon Club.
But to catch the new one, you'll need to subscribe to it, over at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-british-broadcasting-century-with-paul-kerensa/id1516471271
and find us on Facebook.com/BBCentury
Stay safe & keep listening...
One final Comedians With Books podcast... plus news of Paul's new Christmas podcast with Grace Dent, on Audible, which is out now!
At the 3rd Comedians With Books live show, we welcomed ex-QI elf Stevyn Colgan and wine connoisseur/comedian James Dowdeswell. Hear their chat on publishing, pubs, whodunnits, Rick Wakeman, doggy day care, and much more.
Their books:...
STEVYN COLGAN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Stevyn-Colgan/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AStevyn%20Colgan
JAMES DOWDESWELL: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pub-Manifesto-Comedian-stands-pubs/dp/1852493550/
...Plus ample info on Paul's new Audible Original Podcast, which is out now at https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Christmas-What-The-Fa-La-La-La-La-Audiobook/B082472KM8.
More details and an Audible free trial at https://www.paulkerensa.com/audible.php
Details on Paul's gigs - including Comedians & Carols - at https://paulkerensa.com
Join Paul's mailing list: http://eepurl.com/M6Wbr
Book group/small group notes for Hark! The Biography of Christmas: https://www.paulkerensa.com/harknotes.pdf
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Comedians With Books returns! With live show #3 around the corner, here's live show #2 for your ears - or at least the book panel second half, recorded live at The Guildhall at Guildford Fringe Festival.
CWB is an occasional hybrid comedy-night-meets-book-festival, on this episode welcoming funny authors James Cary, Pierre Hollins and Dan Evans, hosted by Paul Kerensa (this is A Paul Kerensa Podcast after all). We get stuck into self-publishing v trad v Unbound, writing for radio, the future of the book industry, and much much more.
Also PK's requests for beta readers for new short stories... details of Hark! The Biography of Christmas book group notes... new children's book Joe's Bros and the Bus that Goes... your feedback for future podcasts/audio versions of PK's Writing Blog... and much much less.
Join Paul's "A Team" of beta readers for his new book/short stories (and/or feedback about the future of the podcast): https://paulkerensa.com/contact.php
Join Paul's mailing list: http://eepurl.com/M6Wbr
Book group/small group notes for Hark! The Biography of Christmas: https://www.paulkerensa.com/harknotes.pdf
PK's Writing Blog: https://kneeldownstandup.wordpress.com
Comedians With Books #3 is live at Guildford's Star Inn on Tue 8th October 2019, with Dominic Holland, Stevyn Colgan & James Dowdeswell. Tickets: https://www.guildfordfringe.com/events-archive/comedians-with-books-2/
- this podcast's books:
Joe's Bros and the Bus That Goes by Paul Kerensa: https://spckpublishing.co.uk/joe-s-bros-and-the-bus-that-goes-pb
The Sacred Art of Joking by James Cary: http://www.jamescary.co.uk/sacred-art-of-joking/
The Karma Farmers by Pierre Hollins: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Karma-Farmers-Pierre-Hollins/dp/191158605X
The Casebook of D.I. Snaith by Dan Evans: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Casebook-D-I-Snaith-Dan-Evans-ebook/dp/B009562YVI
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A one-off (or at least very occasional) pop-up podcast with an excerpt from a recent Comedians With Books show, recorded live at The Star Inn with Guildford Fringe. It's a new thrice-yearly hybrid comedy night meets book festival. This panel discussion features anecdotalist Aidan Goatley, relationship ponderer Rosie Wilby & stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, hosted by El Capitan Paul Kerensa.
Come see the next Comedians With Books live! Mon 8th July 2019 at Guildford's Guildhall, with James Cary, Pierre Hollins & Dan Evans, hosted again by PK. https://guildfordfringefestival.com/sessions/comedians-with-books/
The next night, Tue 9th July 2019, new theatre compilation show Three Times Tables hits Guildford's Star Inn: https://guildfordfringefestival.com/sessions/three-times-tables-an-evening-of-new-theatre/
Our 3rd Comedians With Books will be on Tue 8th October 2019, at Guildford's Star Inn, acts TBC: https://www.guildfordfringe.com/events-archive/comedians-with-books-2/
More of Paul's gigs: https://www.paulkerensa.com/gigguide.php
And this podcast's books:
Never Eat the Buffet at a Sex Club by Aidan Goatley: http://www.lulu.com/shop/aidan-goatley/never-eat-the-buffett-at-a-sex-club/paperback/product-23532137.html
Is Monogamy Dead? by Rosie Wilby: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monogamy-Dead-Rethinking-Relationships-Century/dp/1786154536
Humble Pi by Matt Parker: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234
Hark! The Biography of Christmas by Paul Kerensa: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171
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Can it be? Our final episode? Yes. Yes it is. Stay subscribed for the future podcast that's currently percolating, due to replace this within the year. But for now enjoy 7 final conversational titbits from everyone's favourite 7-sided chat bunker...
- Charity mastermind STEVE CHALKE on his world-record-breaking feud with Sir Steve Redgrave
- BGT semi-finalist NOEL JAMES on televising 'the frog joke'
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Beatboxing champ GAV TYTE on teaches Paul to beatbox using a bag of cabbage
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Nomadic funnyman TONY VINO on Fijian language problems
- Vicar, author & prop-maker CRIS ROGERS on Butlins' secret swimming pool
- Presenting guru LEE JACKSON on why short is tough
- Comedic collator SIMON JENKINS on apocalyptic jumble sales
Thanks for listening! Look forward to bringing you something new soon...
Our Amazon Guests' List of books remains here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/ Donate to the podcast if you've liked it here: www.heptagonclub.co.uk We're still very 'like'-able on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub More of Paul's latest at www.twitter.com/paulkerensa Paul's mailing list is at http://eepurl.com/M6Wbr
Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Rate us on iTunes + share and share alike. Mind the closing doors...
Ho ho whoa! 9 guests?! In a tribute to the 9 Lessons & Carols, Paul our Host of Christmas Past flies his sleigh back through festive history. There are no live guests a-guesting - instead for our penultimate show, Paul has a voice-changer. It's not a great voice-changer, but it means we drop in on influential Christmassy words from:
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Astronaut TOM STAFFORD on pranking NASA
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Private HENRY WILLIAMSON on sharing tobacco
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Writer CHARLES DICKENS on humbuggery
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Writer WASHINGTON IRVING on Christmas the English way
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Devonian clergyman RICHARD SMART on Christmas the man
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Puritan minister HEZEKIAH WOODWARD on Christmas the heresy
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King HENRY III on Christmas the dinner
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Saint HILARY of POITIERS on the first carol
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Charles M Schulz creation LINUS on the true meaning of Christmas
Phew! One more episode to go, for now. Join us in January. Merry Christmas!
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Paul's new book: https://www.eden.co.uk/shop/what-are-they-doing-down-there-4557544.html Donate or Patreon here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Rate & review us on iTunes - even if we are ending soon, it's still nice, cos the episodes will still be here and need your recommending words!
A stopgap podcast, to report on our temporary absence (due to a busy month), then our permanent absence (to follow early next year after a two-episode send-off). A couple more episodes will follow, then, well, the future's bright - but it may, alas, not be heptagon-shaped.
An update is contained herein, plus snippets of guests from our fnar-fnale to come in January.
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Paul's new book: https://www.eden.co.uk/shop/what-are-they-doing-down-there-4557544.html Donate or Patreon here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Rate & review us on iTunes - even if we are ending soon, it's still nice, cos the episodes will stick around...
Britain's Got Talent, Storm Troopers, beatboxing, comedy, Rhodes... Welcome to October's pod-party. Mingle with the likes of this lot...
- Comedian NOEL JAMES
- Other comedian TONY VINO
- Other other comedian NATHAN RAMSDEN-LOCK
- Storm Trooper/Vicar CRIS ROGERS
- Ship of Fools founder SIMON JENKINS
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Beatboxing tutor GAV TYTE
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Songster & biscuit fiend PAUL BELL
...Your 'Bring A Bottle' contribution is to visit their websites, so seek 'em out online, and while you're there...
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Paul's new book: https://www.eden.co.uk/shop/what-are-they-doing-down-there-4557544.html Donate or Patreon here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Rate & review us on iTunes + it helps us find people (or you could just tell strangers in the street, but rating and reviewing is less weird...)
It's Creative New Year! Time for new projects and new products, including books, CDs, beatboxing tutorials and just good advice from these 7 wonders of the world...
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Care For The Family head honcho and author ROB PARSONS, OBE
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As oh-so-recently seen on This Morning, beatboxing vicar GAV TYTE
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Author and parenting guru KATHARINE HILL
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Songster & biscuit fiend PAUL BELL
- Comedian NATHAN RAMSDEN-LOCK
- Presenting expert LEE JACKSON
- Car Share writer, creator and creative genius TIM REID
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Paul's new book: https://www.eden.co.uk/shop/what-are-they-doing-down-there-4557544.html Donate or Patreon here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Rate us on iTunes + it's good to share...
Edinburgh Festival Special time... 6 of our 7 guests are heading Fringewards with these googlable shows::
- BENNETT ARRON's I've Never Told Anyone This & Heard the One About Identity Theft?
- JAMES COOK's Boardgame Smackdown
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ANNA NICHOLSON: Woman of the Year
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MARK RITCHIE: Bob's Not My Uncle & Other Devastating Truths
- PIPPA EVANS in Brexit 2 & Showstoppers
- DOMINIC FRISBY's Financial Game Show +
- non-Edinburghing but he's given us our theme song so he can do what he likes, ROB HALLIGAN
Hear tales of upper-class rapping duels, irritating drinks machines, and what's behind the shows being performed by this month's magnificent 7.
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/ Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Donate to the podcast here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Rate us on iTunes + share us around - happy summer all!
4 comedians + 3 authors = a heatwave of guests. This magnificent 7 are:
- Radio 4 songstress and improvxpert PIPPA EVANS
- Jewelsh comedian BENNETT ARRON
- Nomadic funnyman TONY VINO
- Comedy magician and mag editor STEVE LEGG
- Mega-author ROB PARSONS
- Parenting guru KATHARINE HILL
- Pro speaker trainer chap LEE JACKSON
My very-soon Christmas-in-July play: https://guildfordfringefestival.com/sessions/three-wise-men-a-christmas-play-by-paul-kerensa/ Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/ Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Rate us on iTunes + share us around - cheers you!
A sort of advertourial one-off minisode opens season 3 - because I'm plugging my own tour: The Greatest Story Ever Toured. This time all 7 guests are from the show that we're taking around the land, skilfully unlocking, awkwardly rapping and generally tinkering with bits of Bible. Our 7 guests are: - Theologian and daddy of The Bible Course, Dr ANDREW - CATH, the Welshest person ever & glorious leader of a cappella troupe Sound of Wales - Sound of Wales man, MATT - Sound of Wales intern AMY - Sound of Wales non-intern non-man MEG - Tour producer and all-round good egg ROB
- + Bible Society Head of Comms and person-in-charge of the tour, RACHEL
Tour comes (so far) to Reigate, Guildford, Chester, Hull, Tunbridge Wells, Bristol, Exeter + Wimborne. Details: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/the-bible-course/the-bible-course-on-tour/ Next time, more varied guests! My Guildford Fringe Christmas-in-July play: https://guildfordfringefestival.com/sessions/three-wise-men-a-christmas-play-by-paul-kerensa/ Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Rate us on iTunes + share us around - cheers you!
One more ep before the end of season 2 - this time on acting in Paddington 2, and The Ferryman, and playing a tree. Plus the state of the comedy industry, what links baseball and Lost, the return of our Heptagon Club Question of Questions, and more on how YOU yes YOU can be involved for next season...
- Actor JUSTIN EDWARDS from The Death of Stalin, Paddington 2, The Man Who Invented Christmas and now The Ferryman
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Comic extraordinaire JOE LYCETT learns Italian
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Comedian MATT GREEN on Extras, adverts and the changing UK comedy circuit
- Baseball expert BRANDON ISLEIB with his equation for media popularity
- & Actors CAMERON POTTS, ANNA NICHOLSON and ANNA NEWCOME try and remember wonders of the world and dwarf names
Our Amazon Guests' List of books is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/ Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Rate us on iTunes + share us around - see you for season 3!
Merry Cristes Maesse! Our 2nd Christmas special features 2 more live guests + 5 festive historical wonders who changed Christmas for the... well for that whatever you think of it now. This episode:
- Xmas Xpert JAMES COOPER from WhyChristmas.com
- My 3yr old DAUGHTER playing Father Christmas plus tales of these festives ledges:
- ST NICK and his 5:2 plan
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WASHINGTON IRVING, the man behind Gotham City, knickers and the modern Christmas
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CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE, poet and champion of what to do when you've left it too late for a present
- BISHOP BENSON, inventor of Nine Lessons & Carols and a classic Christmas ghost story
- ROLAND HUSSEY MACY: Mr Macy's. Well Mr Macy.
Paul's Christmas book is Hark! The Biography of Christmas: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171
Paul's Yule blog is www.kneeldownstandup.wordpress.com James' Christmas site is www.whychristmas.com
Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Rate us on iTunes + share us around - thanks, and Merrrrrrry Christmas!
Merry Advent! The 1st of 2 Christmas specials features not 7 guests-a-guesting, but, well 2. Plus 5 honorary historical Christmas stars who helped sculpt the Christmas we now know. So that means we get properly Dickensian with:
- Star of The Man Who Invented Christmas, Paddington 2 & The Death of Stalin, JUSTIN EDWARDS (we think he's the star)
- Mr WhyChristmas.com, JAMES COOPER plus places set at the table for:
- CHARLES DICKENS
- PRINCE ALBERT
- OLIVER CROMWELL
- ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI and of course
- The baby JESUS
James' Christmas site is www.whychristmas.com
Paul's Yule blog is www.kneeldownstandup.wordpress.com
Paul's Christmas book is Hark! The Biography of Christmas: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171
Justin (as Jeremy Lion)'s 12 days of Christmas can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy791huV-Dk (other versions available) (prob not suitable for children)
Another festive episode will follow...
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Magic's in the air as we meet the first person to fool Penn & Teller on their 'Fool Us' TV show, plus others tell of Paul Daniels making an elephant disappear and debating Derren Brown. Plus tales of stand-up philosophy, sit-down theology, refugees and referees. And your Bring A Bottle moment is to get hold of/post a review of this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171 - Thanks!
On this episode:
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The Magic Circle's top comedy magician, BAFTA-winning JOHN ARCHER
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Comedian & writer ANDY KIND on his first gig and his latest job
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Home for Good's KRISH KANDIAH on the refugee crisis
- Writer and theological referee JUSTIN BRIERLEY on Derren and Dawkins
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Sorted magazine editor STEVE LEGG on escapology
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Chortle Comedian of the Year CARL DONNELLY on what to write
- QI elf STEVYN COLGAN talks for about 8 minutes about 8 minutes
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Hospitals! House-buying! Football training! Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedians, storytellers and a radio producer bring us our customary cocktail of chat, this time with a frequent medical skew. Bits of our live show mingle with returning guests and fresh blood (and it does include blood). Plus your host does a fairly consistent amount of plugging for live events from Liverpool Comedy Festival to London book launches. On this episode: - Canadian tale-weaver TONY LAW on the Silk Road and rhythmic gymnastics - Chortle Comedian of the Year CARL DONNELLY on stage attire - Financial guru DOMINIC FRISBY on why young people can’t buy houses - Storyteller BECCA BARON with a true surgical horror story - Radio producer CHRIS BYLAND on making great radio and making great future footballers - Jet-setting comic DAVID WHITNEY on pre-gig feng shui and etiquette - Comedian ERICH MCELROY on being a TV pundit Come to these... Paul’s London show Sept 23rd: https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/shows/873571229 Paul’s Liverpool show Sept 26th: https://www.ents24.com/liverpool-events/hot-water-comedy-club/paul-kerensa/5102039 Paul’s Guildford book launch Oct 1st: http://www.guildford.gov.uk/visitguildford/16133?product=1482361 Paul’s London book launch Oct 11th: https://www.list.co.uk/event/849125-paul-kerensa-hark-the-biography-of-christmas/ Paul’s Nottingham show Nov 9th: https://www.seetickets.com/event/paul-kerensa-navelless-gazing/the-lacehouse/1135179 Donate: www.heptagonclub.co.uk Like: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub Rate on iTunes… and share us around - thanks!
A fringetastic Edinburgh speciale! Recorded (alright, edited) live in Edinburgh, with Fringe-bound comedians, actors, a writer and, well, this lot: - Free Fringe founder PETER BUCKLEY HILL on the early days of alternative comedy... - Last year’s Mr Best Joke of the Fringe MASAI GRAHAM on his two types of joke… - Actors ANNA NICHOLSON, ANNA NEWCOME and CAMERON POTTS on bringing the Reformation to the Fringe, and spare pairs of pants… - Writer JAMES CARY on wrong audiences and best sitcoms… - And a sneak peek of next episode’s star guest TONY LAW - and he’s wearing pyjamas. I’m not Edinburghing, but I am Camdening, Cornwalling and Ketteringing - so come see me in one of those. And pre-order my book! https://www.waterstones.com/book/hark/paul-kerensa/9780745980171 + Donate/Patreon/Subscribe/Like www.heptagonclub.co.uk www.facebook.com/heptagonclub
Business! Beauty! Bacteria! Bath-based creativity!
This month's magnificent 7 talk all things business, from starting a wholesome men's magazine to starting a healthy living magazine, from how to run one of the UK's biggest charities to where stand-up comedy meets archaeology. Our most eclectic bunch yet are:
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Beauty empiress LIZ EARLE on goodness, guts and GMTV
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Founder of the Oasis charity STEVE CHALKE on running a hairdressers', a library, a cafe... and basically it's like Sim City.
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Peter Kay's Car Share co-creator TIM REID on what businesses can learn from comedy writers
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Stand-up archaeologist PAUL DUNCAN MCGARRITY on the morbid goings-on beneath station escalators
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Free Fringe founder PETER BUCKLEY-HILL on fixing the comedy circuit
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Sorted magazine founder & magician STEVE LEGG on polygons and weird gigs
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Comic and actor DAVID WHITNEY on why the London Olympics was humanity's peak
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Comedic behind-the-scenes-ness, from Car Share to Comic Relief, plus fostering + adoption, supporting yourself on tour, and plenty more besides. Each week we chat to 7 fascinating folks from comedy, media, or my street. This time it's:
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Mr Everywhere JOE LYCETT on brilliant show titles, quantum physics & Nigella Farage
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Mr Science ROBIN INCE on meeting Peter Capaldi
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Mr Car Share (co-creator thereof) TIM REID on attaching Peter Kay to your show
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Mr Sitcom JAMES CARY on, well, sitcom
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Miss Israel (honorary title) DAPHNA BARAM on why men do jokes & women do stories
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Dr KRISH KANDIAH on the intricacies of midnight fostering
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Dr Jekyll (ALEXIS DUBUS) and his Mr Hyde (Marcel Lucont) on performing with each other... when you're the same person
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Excerpts from our live show mix with regular guests to bring you 7 excellent individuals from comedy, media, my street, and anyone else who dares to cross my path thinking they can get away without being stopped for a chitchat. Fresh from our live show, we get a bit more performative than usual, with two visits to Poetry Corner, as well as, well, this lot:
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Poetic gloating from Radio 4's ROBIN INCE, on those he's overtaken age-wise
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Genuinely useful financial tips from moneyman DOMINIC FRISBY
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'Being A Comic' by someone who is very good at being a comic, ALEXIS DUBUS
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Singer LORETTA ANDREWS on life on the BV circuit
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Topical jokes from ROB THOMAS: a Russian doll-esque podcast within a podcast
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Radio 1 Roadshow memories with producer CHRIS BYLAND
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Jokewonder MASAI GRAHAM's big screen info-nuggets in the Trivialcove
Next ep in 3 weeks, and in the mean time, I'm doing shows you can come see. Find 'Heptagon Club' and/or 'Paul Kerensa' on Facebook, @paulkerensa on Twitter, and indeed www.paulkerensa.com
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One more knee-length episode on money, politics, and weird roles, as we delve into the interests 'n' passions of comedians, actors and people I bump into. Oh, and don't forget our live show - Sun 23rd April at The Bill Murray in London - http://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/events/live-podcast-night/ for tickets. Tweet that web link along with #HeptClubLive, and one name at random will win a bundle of books & DVDs. Come on down!
And this time...
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The original comedy podcaster DOMINIC FRISBY on finance and funniness
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Comedian MATT GREEN on filming Finding Neverland while doing a fringe show
- Actors ANNA NEWCOME, ANNA NICHOLSON & CAMERON POTTS & bizarre panto
- Comedian ERICH MCELROY & theologian, writer and speaker Dr KRISH KANDIAH on Mike Pence's dining practices...
See you at the live show! Spread word. Like/rate/subscribe if you would, and join our Facebook group to get in touch: https://www.facebook.com/heptagonclub/
A brief one-off return, to lure you to our live show in London on Sun 23rd April 2017 - £5 tickets & details at http://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/events/live-podcast-night/. Tweet the link with #HeptClubLive to win books & DVDs. Meanwhile, here are 7 guests we've mustered for your listening pleasure...
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Chortle Club Comic of the Year 2017 CARL DONNELLY on how not to iron backstage
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Writer JAMES CARY on creating The Hurt Locker: The Sitcom
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Comic & pundit ERICH MCELROY on what to expect from Trump
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Radio presenter & backing singer to the stars LORETTA ANDREWS
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Journalist, translator & comedian DAPHNA BARAM on commuting in Israel & Oxford
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JON SANDYS on Leo Sayer
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OWEN SIMS on, well, ditto
More episodes when we can - in the mean time, see you at our live show perchance? Guest details in this episode!
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Our last of this series welcomes 3 comedians, 2 TV vicars, an acclaimed Muslim broadcaster and a robo-butler. As ever the guests are from comedy, entertainment, and my general (moveable) surroundings. Before we break for a wee while, let's enjoy tales of the comedy circuit and behind-the-scenes access to Radio 2's 'Pause For Thought' slot from 4 whole Pause-For-Thoughters, including...
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Ex-Communard REV RICHARD COLES on his life ban with Hertz Car Rental
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Journalist ABDUL-REHMAN MALIK on encountering Genesis (the band)
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Musicomic ROSIE WILBY on Britpop and Brexit - the comedy circuit version
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Goggleboxer REV KATE BOTTLEY on having a parish called Scrooby
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Edinburgh star JULIETTE BURTON on oysters and Bali philosophy
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Cabaret comedian ABI ROBERTS on being the first British stand-up to take on Russia
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Famed website butler JEEVES on being abandoned for too long
...Then we're off! Stay subscribed, join our Facebook group, RATE US PLEASE! Consider donating at heptagonclub.co.uk, and in our absence, try Paul's other podcast Movie Banter...
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Happy New Podcast! 7 more great guests from comedy, entertainment, and my locale. This time...
- TIM VINE on world records and sending a giant poster - but not a show - to the Edinburgh Festival
- SALLY PHILLIPS on Miranda Hart
- MIRANDA HART tries to remember some trivia
- MILTON JONES on good road food
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FATHER CHRIS BEDDING on being a priest AND a comedian
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My WIFE on how to always win Would I Lie To You?
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Pal HENRY KENDALL on the overprevalence of jeans
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It's Christmas! Tis the season to... lose the podcast you've just edited. So this is take 2 - and therefore forgive if it's a little bumpy & less polished. But it's still a festive cracker - taking in retro comedy from Blackadder to The Two Ronnies, via inside scoops from QI and The Apprentice... and a comedy legend in person:
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JIMMY CRICKET on his wellie-boot-filled career
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Comedian DAVE THOMPSON on being at the recording of Blackadder II
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A festive song from GAV MILNTHORPE
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QI elf STEVYN COLGAN's favourite fact connections
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Apprentice bronze place RICHARD WOODS on that cafe
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BELINDA CAMPBELL on her dad the writer for The Two Ronnies
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Poet RUSS BRAVO on LPs and weird rock interviews
...and a poetic sneak peek preview from Paul Kerensa's new book
Happy Christmas!
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Movie Night! Our 7 guests...
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DOMINIC HOLLAND on being a comedian AND Spider-man's Dad
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NEV PIERCE on jumping from film journalist to film-maker
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AMERICAN DAVE on where he'd build a wall
- JEZ GIBSON on how his 'Filmopolis' does cinema differently - JENNIFER MASTERS on the run-time of the Movie of Her Life
- JON SANDYS on an unlikely romcom
- MY 3 YR OLD DAUGHTER on Donald Trump
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7(ish) great guests, chat everything...
- MIRANDA HART on the perfect party & who gets her star-struck
- TIM VINE on dado rails
- DOMINIC HOLLAND on his son's red carpet moment
- RUSS ANDERSON on the seven wonders
- JENNIFER MASTERS on the seven dwarves
- BELINDA CAMPBELL on her dad the director of 'that show'
- NICK BATTLE on Englebert, Michael & The Spice Girls ...and is that MICHAEL BUBLE over there? Maybe... (Maybe not) www.heptagonclub.co.uk
7 more guests from comedy/entertainment/my neighbourhood, chatting a bit of everything...
- Bridget Jones/Miranda star SALLY PHILLIPS on religion, swearing & her Down's Syndrome documentary
- QI elf STEVYN COLGAN on the brand new series
- stand-up DAVE THOMPSON on being Tinky-Winky
- Wide Awake Club creator NICK WILSON on a lifetime in children's TV
- Rev RICHARD COLES on weddings & funerals
- WAAF veteran MADLEINE EVANS on seeing Glen Miller's final performance
- comedian MILTON JONES on whether comedians are prophets
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7 famous/unfamous/infamous guests chew over the following...
- top comic MILTON JONES on ad companies having 'similar' jokes to him
- Gogglebox's Rev KATE BOTTLEY on TV and vicardom
- 2015's The Apprentice bronze runner-up RICHARD WOODS on Lord Sugar of Amstrad
- moviemistakes.com's JON SANDYS on redundant keyboard keys
- chum RUSS ANDERSON on the anti-helium
- guerilla gardener RICHARD REYNOLDS on, well, guerrilla gardening
- my 5yr old SON hears my most embarrassing moment ever Enjoy/Listen/Rate/Thanks! www.heptagonclub.co.uk paul@paulkerensa.com