Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

Caitlin Durante - The Bechdel Cast Cast

Caitlin Durante is an American comedian and co-host of The Bechdel Cast, a podcast about the portrayal of women in popular film. We were gigging the same week in Dublin and sat down in a cafe to talk about her podcast and feminism in general. Find Caitlin on Instagram and Twitter: @caitlindurante And the podcast: @bechdelcast Music: Alex G - Mis

Finding Fernando Pt. 2

On Sunday I flew to Vienna and met my biological father, Fernando, for the first time. I think I managed to talk about it fairly openly here, recounted most of the events, and reflected on what was a very intense experience as much as possible with the limited perspective I have at this early stage. Also some good laughs. I feel a lot better having recorded this, actually.

Finding Fernando Pt. 1

On Sunday I'm meeting Fernando, my biological father, in Vienna, so I talked about that for a bit. Pretty intense to be honest, not sure if I really made much of a coherent point here. Maybe I'll have more to say about it once it's actually happened. Music: Chopin Nocturne in C Minor (Played by Vladimir Feltsman)

Riley Quinn - Intimidating Political Trivia

Riley Quinn is the host of the Trashfuture Podcast and author of 14 published books on political theory. Riley is one of the smartest dudes I know, although at times it is hard to tell whether he's actually smart, or just incredibly confident whenever arguing a conversational point. Either way, we sat down to talk about his podcast, politics, and the world and society generally. He answered all of my questions, and even when they were absolute garbage, he gave me intelligent, reasoned, and interesting answers. I was way out of my depth. Follow Trashfuture on Twitter: @trashfuturepod and Riley Quinn: @raaleh Song: Punk's Not Dead - Darren Hanlon

Great Expectations

I was really looking forward to this weekend, in fact I've realised I was looking forward to it so much that I maybe invested too much emotional energy in it. It didn't pan out the way I was expecting at all, and I've been sad about that for the last few days, so I spoke about it here, and went through the story in as much detail as possible. I feel like in doing so I've exhausted some of the emotion I was feeling, which is good. I feel very good about what I just recorded here, I'm proud of it, and I hope it's interesting to someone. And if not, well there's a nice song at the end as well. Song: Streets of London - Ralph McTell

Robyn Perkins - My Friend Went to Harvard

Robyn Perkins is an American comic based in London who does one-woman stand up shows about relationships and dating which use neuroscience to explain the things we do in the world of romance. Robyn also went to Harvard University (like the actual Harvard, in America and everything), studying landscape architecture, and worked in the field for years before becoming a comedian. She rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names in that world, none of whom I am even slightly aware of, and worked on some huge projects including the Olympic Village for the Rio di Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. I've always wondered what it'd be like to go to the most prestigious university in the world, so we had a chat about it. Also at the end of this episode I put in a bonus recording of a roast battle with my friend Milo Edwards from a few days ago. Settle in, this is a long one. Song: Pink Floyd - We Don't Need No Education

Shitloads of Gigs at the Edinburgh Fringe

I've been doing heaps of shows in Edinburgh and it's very tiring, lots of things have been happening, all the days blend together. I keep forgetting when certain things have happened and whether I've told them to people. It's fun though.

Richard Wright - My Friend The Virgin

This week I sat down with comedian Richard Wright to talk about being a virgin. I've known Richard since my days in the London comedy scene as a lovely guy who ran rooms and did lots of shows, and for the last three years have shared a lounge room with him in our flat during the Edinburgh Fringe. His solo show last year, 'Richard Wright - Virgin' was an incredibly honest look at what most people would be very ashamed of, and Rich was just as open in our interview. I enjoyed the shit out of this.

Edinburgh Blues and Money Woes

The first week of Edinburgh has been tough, I can't tell if it's actually worse than last year, or if I've been putting more pressure on myself. Either way, I'm worried I'll have to get a job when I get back to Australia, which is an absolute nightmare to contemplate, so I'm trying to not contemplate that and focus on positives. This podcast made me feel a lot better, to be honest. Time to go out and do another five shows today. The dream, really.

Anna Beros - The Berlin Comedy Scene

Anna Beros is a comedian originally from Melbourne who moved to Berlin three years ago and is one of many exciting new acts coming out of the best comedy scene in Europe. She's also studied comedy in Italian film, and a bunch of other languages, so while I started off thinking we were going to talk about working in coffee, we quickly ended up talking about Berlin's comedy scene, and comedy in Europe generally. If you're in Berlin, go and check out Anna's weekly show Döner Comedy, and head to https://comedyinenglish.de/ for all the shows in the city every week. There are so so many!