I was on Moneybox Live on Radio 4 this week, with excellent comedy writer & director Charlie Dinkin. We talked to host Adam Shaw all about the finances of surviving as a comedian. It’s not particularly funny, but have a listen if you need some tips on how to tell gags and pay the bills: […]
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I got to guest again on the very fun Totally Unprepared Politics Show podcast hosted by Jack and Ada. This time I was unprepared on Brexit, Syria, diplomatic immunity and birds who can sing 2Pac tunes. Have a listen.
As well as my usual ParPolBro podcast, I’m pleased to be the new host of Nesta UK’s Future Curious podcast, first episode out next week. It’s a lot less comedy than PPB, but does have a lot of fascinating chats about social innovations and some genuinely positive future outlooks, which makes a nice change. Have […]
If you’d like to hear me wang on about how much I hate Boris Johnson on someone’s else podcast rather than my own for once, I guested on the excellent Desert Island Dicks podcast. It was a lot of fun to record. Have a listen here.
The kids politics show I do with Tatton Spiller from Simple Politics now has it’s own mini-website, thanks to our excellent director and producer Daniel Bye. Do take a look: https://www.politicsforkids.co.uk/
I said some stuff in this lovely article about making kids laugh, where I’m alongside (my hero) Hey Duggee creator Grant Orchard, and the wonderful Professor Sophie Scott, which is very exciting: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-to-make-any-child-laugh_uk_5d8a2957e4b0d2694655022e Embrace silliness. Subvert expectations “It’s very hard to do stand-up for young kids without them just running off and playing games,” says […]
I answered a few random questions for the British Comedy Guide. Have a read here: https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/random8/tiernan_douieb/
So I doing a live Partly Political Broadcast podcast on October 29th because apparently there might be something going on that week. It’s at the lovely 2Northdown in Kings Cross and who knows what I’ll be talking about but there’ll be comedy and serious guests and there will be a bar so hopefully we’ll at […]
I wrote a very tiny short story based on a random pic they sent me for https://thestoryseed.co.uk It’ll be up on their site later but for now, its on their instagram right here if you fancy a read: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1aruExBw01/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
I did a vid with the excellent Double Down News all about our new PM. Have a watch and please share.