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LOL RadioAarti VincentAarti discusses Tight Mums, Loose Units which is coming to the Geelong Comedy Festival on October 27th.
After smashing Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe, with sold out shows and an encore performance, the Tight Mums bring their milkshakes to Geelong Comedy Festival. A smorgasbord of stand-up comedy and song, featuring Geelong Raw Comedy Winner, Pradeepa Timmermans and Honourable Mention, Marilyn Leder. Four hot multi-cultural mammas give a hilarious spin on marriage, motherhood, divorce and dating. Two happily married, two happily divorced gals, they feel the pressures placed on women to be perfect wives and mothers - tig...2023-10-1807 min
PRAISE DIONYSUS!Tryna Find Out if Santa Claus is Real (with Elizabeth Brennan)Jake Stewart & Elizabeth Brennan talk about muskrats, peripheral vision, and Salem.
The sixth episode of Jake & Jamesy’s Chucklefest 2023!
The shows discussed are:
‘Tight Mums, Loose Units’ by Aarti Vincent, Lisa Lee, Marilyn Leder & Pradeepa Timmermans
‘Adults Only Magic Show’ by Showmen Productions
‘One Woman Show’ by Liz Kingsman
INSTAGRAM: @praisedionysus @kissingboothproductions
EMAIL: praisedionysus@gmail.com
It is a privilege to create, view, and contemplate theatre on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. Sove...2023-04-291h 33
Uncomfortable TruthsEp34 Blaise White (Geelong comedian, travelling Europe, Edinburgh festival, weed culture)Blaise White has been doing comedy since high school, and started performing on the comedy circuit here in Melbourne when he was just 17 years old! He has recently returned from a 3 month journey around Europe, where he started the trip by proposing to his girlfriend! And thank goodness, she said yes. He’s performed shows in multiple Comedy Festivals, has performed at Edinburgh Festival, was a regular at Station 59 and became Kieran Butler’s apprentice/partner in running and MCing The Highlander comedy room up until March 2022. He now runs his own entertainment company “Anything Goes” in Geelong, which runs a w...2022-12-122h 06Uncomfortable TruthsEp33 Joel Temperly (Comedy in China, travelling, lockdowns, running a room, economics!)Joel Temperly started doing stand-up comedy when he was teaching English in China. He’s also lived in Moscow and has recently been to London to ‘hang out with some mates’. Joel loves to travel, and fortunately he ended up back in Melbourne just before the lockdowns hit back in 2020. He first hit the Melbourne Comedy scene back in 2019, and started his first comedy room in 2020. He’s also an economist, believe it or not! We talk about how he started in comedy, his travels, his role as an economist, running a comedy room, learning not to take things personal...2022-11-272h 54Uncomfortable TruthsEp32 Rain Ferndale (Visual artist, ex-Hare Krishna, child abuse within religions, cult behaviour, dangers of guru worship)Rain Ferndale was brought up as a Hare Krishna from the age of 5, in Murwillumbah, Northern NSW. I have known Rain since the time she was a baby. I recently watched “Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey” on Netflix, the documentary on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I noticed some striking similarities between what I saw in the documentary and what I had observed of Rain’s family, all Hare Krishnas.
These were similarities such as idolisation of women becoming mothers at a very young age and limiting their education. I also noticed that both r...2022-11-102h 52Uncomfortable TruthsEp31 Jameel Rehman (Melbourne comedian, Footscray Comedy Club, Aussie Comedy Network, podcaster, self-awareness, overcoming trauma)Jameel Rehman is a Melbourne comedian, room runner extraordinaire and co-creator of Jambo Comedy night in Footscray. We discuss his background as a musician, using his sales and entrepreneur skills to run a great room, facing and transforming himself during lockdown, his podcast Binge Thinker, overcoming past trauma and where to now with Aussie Comedy Network?
I’ve been listening to his podcast Binge Thinker for a while now, and I dig it! Jameel thinks deeply, honestly and is very open in his podcast. A good podcast for the self reflective, critical thinker. We had a really co...2022-10-172h 13Uncomfortable TruthsEp30 Jess Pearman (Melbourne comedian, next level, giving up drinking, comedy for self development, cognitive dissonance, self care)Jess Pearman, comedian in Melbourne since 2016, is killing it on the comedy scene. We talk about her breakthrough in comedy this year, since she stopped drinking. We discuss cognitive dissonance, dark humour, using comedy to work on your own insecurities and 'faults' and how the social aspect of the being a comedian is a huge part of why we do this. Jess and I both come from a music and band background, so we have a fair bit in common. We're also both passionate, so this is a convo where we both get right into it. I loved it...2022-09-292h 57Uncomfortable TruthsEp29 Billy Stiles (Comedy philosophy, having ADHD, medication, comedy for personal growth, finding the balance)Melbourne comedian since 2015, Billy Stiles has been gigging regularly, both in rural Victoria and in Melbourne. After being dragged to RAW Comedy by his sister, Billy started gigging on the open mic circuit. We've known each other since 2015, and I've seen him rise from strength to strength. With several Comedy Festival shows under his belt, numerous rural tours and regular gigging in Melbourne, Billy has recently been performing at Dave O'Neill's comedy room "Dave's Comedy Fun House". Billy has also been making guest appearances on Dave's radio program on Nova FM. We talk about how Billy got started, the...2022-09-191h 23Uncomfortable TruthsEp28 Nadine Sparks (Melb. Comedian, Comedy Festival veteran, teacher, targeting your audience)Nadine Sparks and I have been gigging together since Yes All Women's in 2014 at Station 59. With multiple Comedy Festival shows under her belt, years of gigging and working behind the scenes at the Comedy Festival, Nadine is a Melbourne Comedy veteran. She’s been killing it! She crushed in Geelong a few weeks ago, crushed hard!
We talk about her comedy journey, varying her material from raunchy to teacher material, how she chooses what material where, the fickle nature of the comedy industry, and how to carve yourself a piece of the pie even if you aren't no...2022-09-052h 22Uncomfortable TruthsEp27 Jarryd Goundry (Comedian applying military precision, strategies, self-discipline & 100% commitment - what it really takes!)Jarryd Goundry, successful, hard working, Melbourne comedian is super inspiring! He’s forging his own path with his machete of diligence and self-discipline (and of course, very funny gags!) We talk about his tactical approach to comedy, the path he has forged and how he has done it. Jarryd hasn’t waited for someone else to give him a ‘break’. He has been figuring out how to make it all work from the time he decided that comedy is his thing. He’s travelled throughout Australia, both cities and regional. He’s developed strong muscles around making people laugh in all of th...2022-08-082h 27Uncomfortable TruthsEp26 James G Warren (Comedian, comedy in Tasmania, winning class clowns, Melbourne scene, comedy philosophy)James G Warren (the G stands for Good At Comedy) moved to Melbourne 5 years ago from Tasmania, where he had already been a member of the comedy scene in Hobart since he won Class Clowns in 2013. We talk about how he started in Tassie as the young guy, still a teenager, growing out of that identity and finally growing out of the Hobart scene and moving to Melbourne.
We discuss being on the spectrum, self-discipline, navigating the social side of comedy, dry vs high energy comedy, the release of shame for both the comedian and the audience...2022-07-213h 48Uncomfortable TruthsEp25 Helen Child (Comedian, activist, politically subversive, visual artist, martial arts enthusiast)Helen Child, aka Helchild, recently performed her show Dolly and the Dicks of Doom in the Melbourne Comedy Festival. It was funny, politically subversive, unique, entertaining and well executed with 2 characters and some sketch comedy on video – it was brilliant! We talk about her parents, artists and socialists, and how this has continued with Helen. We also discuss how she started in visual arts, already politically edgy, and how this, together with her activism and emerging skill of taking on a character at friends’ parties, led to her performing these characters on stage.
We also talk about how...2022-07-122h 01
Uncomfortable TruthsEp24 Hung Le (Comedian since 1992, refugee in 1975 from Vietnam, classical music comedy, travelling everywhere with comedy, working on cruise ships)Hung Le - Melbourne comedian legend! He was the first Asian comedian to perform in Australian comedy clubs and on TV, back in 1987, and he was very successful. In 1975, as a child, Hung and his family had to flee Vietnam when South Vietnam finally fell to North Vietnam. He is one of the first ‘boat people' and his story is incredible! I read his autobiography The Crappiest Refugee by Hung Le – an amazing story! Well worth reading.
We talk about how he first started performing with a classical string quartet, The Como String Quartet, busking in the Bour...2022-06-063h 00Uncomfortable TruthsEp23 Chris Franklin (Comedian since 1997, Bloke - No. 1 single, travelling a pro-comedian, performing for the troops)Chris Franklin hit the Melbourne comedy scene back in 1997. He won RAW comedy in 1998, and then his song Bloke (parody of the song Bitch by Meredith Brooks) went to No. 1 on the charts in the year 2000. He then released several more songs, and has been a professional comedian ever since.
I met Chris in 1999 at comedy gigs when Clint and I were performing musical comedy on the scene. Chris also hosts a comedy night every night during the comedy festival, called The After Party at the Exford Hotel. On the last night of the After Party This...2022-05-101h 14Uncomfortable TruthsEp22 He Huang (Comedian, starting in the US, Melbourne comedy, being 100% committed, life in China, being confident, what it takes)He Huang, originally from China, started performing comedy in Washington DC, USA and moved to Melbourne specifically because it is one of the comedy capitals of the world. This woman is 100% committed to comedy, never says no to a gig or opportunity, is super humble and friendly and has been making waves in the Melbourne comedy scene since she arrived, even during all the lockdowns! She was a RAW national finalist in 2021 and hosts a number of showcase gigs throughout the year. She lives in Sydney now, but has been in Melbourne for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival performing...2022-05-021h 16Uncomfortable TruthsEp21 Chris Ryan (Canberra comedian, gigging interstate, going pro, women in comedy, comedy for troops!)Chris Ryan is an awesome comedian from Canberra. She won Best Newcomer 2019 Sydney Comedy Festival and Nominee Best Newcomer 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Chris is in her 40s – this intrigued me that a woman in her 40s was winning these newcomer awards.
I went to see her 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show “Can’t Complain”, and I was hooked from the moment she started. Her hilarious candid comments carry deep, dark truths – just my kind of comedy! We talk about how she got into comedy at the age of 38, her comedy path up to this point, how her career...2022-04-2556 minUncomfortable TruthsEp20 Brad Oakes gives us a lesson in comedyBrad Oakes, comedian, mentor and Melbourne comedy rock, has been on the Melbourne comedy scene for over 30 years. He is a treasure trove of comedic understanding, self reflection, experience, research and honing. He scrutines his work and the craft itself, to turn a comedic idea into a perfectly polished hilarious gag. He is the master, and that is why many Melbourne comedians turn to him to help polish their material. In this podcast we cover his history briefly, and then we discuss craft of writing comedy and then what it takes to make it believable and funny to the...2022-03-191h 20Uncomfortable TruthsEp19 Marilyn Leder (comedian, writing, studying in the US, teaching film and television, online dating!)Marilyn Leder is a Melbourne comedian and University lecturer who teaches film & television, particularly comedy. We first met at Yes All Women’s around 2015, and gigged there together for 2 years. After not seeing her for a number of years, she has burst back onto the scene with more passion and vibrancy than ever! She has a show in the upcoming Melbourne International Comedy Festival – The MILF Next Door. Cheeky what! I’ve seen a little snippet of her show, and it looks awesome! Here’s the link to her show:
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2022/shows/the-milf-next-door
We...2022-03-121h 54Uncomfortable TruthsEp18 Mimi Shaheen (comedian, addiction to comedy, life changes, life lessons, being Arabic in OZ)Mimi Shaheen, comedian, telling it like it is! We get right into what’s going on in our heads behind the comedy, the addiction to comedy, the anxiety before a gig & our relationships to other comedians. Mimi tells us how her life was heading straight towards marriage and children, and then took a sharp hook turn, towards comedy. Amazing story! Mimi was born in Syria. She tells us what it was like growing up here in Melbourne in an Arabic family. She also tells us a bit about Syria and why there is the saying “There will never be peac...2022-03-033h 47Uncomfortable TruthsEp17 Andy Moratis (comedian, musician, room runner, father)Andy Moratis, comedian, musician, room runner, father – he’s had his fingers in many different pies over the years. We talk about his background in performing, his transition from musician to comedian, and now expanding into running comedy rooms. We discuss what attracted him to comedy, body language, getting into comedy later in life, what bookers are looking for and how comedy itself, as a reflection of society, is constantly changing and evolving. We talk about how comedy has changed here in Australia. I also enjoyed talking about how our confidence, and how we carry ourselves, makes such a big...2022-02-212h 21Uncomfortable TruthsEp16 Kate Hanley Corley (Comedian, successful festival shows, music videos, character comedy, motherhood)Kate Hanley Corley, comedian, music video creator, writer, mother. Kate does it all!
We discuss how she came to do her first Fringe festival show in 2012, Melbourne International Comedy Festival show in 2013 and how it has all snowballed from there. She performs a lot of musical comedy in her shows, and has made numerous music video clips that have gone viral! Kate has enjoyed success from her first festival show onwards, and we get an insight into how she has made that happen. She talks about how she is starting to come out from behind the characters...2022-02-122h 12Uncomfortable TruthsEp15 Akemi Kawabata (Jap/Aust Comedian, onsen baths, living in OZ, family violence & it’s health consequences)Akemi Kawabata, Melbourne comedian, is originally from Osaka, Japan. Her style is cheeky & “naughty”. She’s lots of fun to watch and hang out with. We discuss how she first came here 26 years ago on a working holiday visa, and knew very quickly that she wanted to stay here. She hardly spoke a word of English when she first arrived and studied hard to become an interpreter and work in Tourism. We talk about the Japanese drumming group she played with in Melbourne, connecting with people here, cultural differences between Japan and Australia, family violence and finding her voice in come...2022-02-033h 41Uncomfortable TruthsEp14 Thomas Banks (comedian with cerebral palsy, medical marijuana, being independent, travel, Slut Song!)Thomas Banks is a Melbourne comedian with cerebral palsy. This means that his speech and mobility are affected. He’s not always easy to understand, but I do always “translate” for you guys, and I encourage you to hang in there. It’s not often that you hear disabled people having their voice heard, particularly if they have a speech impediment. That is particularly why I interviewed him. He is outrageous, funny, full on and uncensored. I’ve known Thomas for a few years now, and I learned a lot more about him in this podcast – in depth stuff about what i...2022-01-262h 40Uncomfortable TruthsEp13 Akwasi Osei-Tutu (David Goggins of comedy, facing your fears, personal growth, self-discipline, physical fitness, going travelling!)Akwasi Osei-Tutu, Melbourne comedian, soccer player, and all around good vibe guy is about to go travelling. We will miss you Akwasi!! Originally from Ghana, and grew up in Perth, Akwasi started comedy specifically to face his fear of talking to a group. One and a half years into comedy he performed his own comedy festival show, successfully, and continued to perform shows in following MICF, Adelaide and Perth festivals! How? He is self-disciplined and chooses to consciously face his fears and work on his weaknesses. The results are self evident. We discuss his journey as a comedian, overcoming...2022-01-172h 46Uncomfortable TruthsEp12 Krutika Harale (Syd to Melb comedian, impro comedy, working internationally, digital nomad, comedy wisdom!)Krutika Harale, comedian, recently moved from Sydney to Melbourne – Melbourne wins!!
Originally from Mumbai, Krutika has lived in NY City, Brisbane, Sydney and now Melbourne. She is also an architect and graphic design artist. An adventurer at heart, curious, wanting to know how other people in the world live, think and interact, Krutika took jobs in these cities to have new experiences and meet new people. Her path to becoming a comedian started with improvisation classes in Sydney. This helps explain where her excellent crowd work skills come from! She then moved onto a stand up comedy co...2021-12-263h 07Uncomfortable TruthsEp11 Grant Cater (Local comedy, getting gigs, his muscle condition, travelling!)Grant Cater performs regularly on the open mic. comedy scene, and I’m so glad he does. He’s unique, he’s hilarious and his distinctive laugh is second to none! (Except maybe Thomas Banks!) We talk about getting comedy stage time again after lockdown, his experiences on the comedy scene, his muscle condition and how it affects him, our friend Thomas Banks, and Grant’s trip to the USA with his brother. This includes his experiences with a medical marijuana dispensary over there. Crazy shit!! We are both marijuana enthusiasts, so I play you out with The Hemp Song. It’...2021-12-202h 02Uncomfortable TruthsEp10 Keren Storai (Dark comedy, new motherhood, writing comedy, mental health, transformation!)Keren Storai, the Princess of Dark Comedy here in Melbourne has recently had baby Jemimah!! We talk about the total lifestyle change from becoming pregnant, having a baby, the sacrifices, writing comedy, alcohol, mental health and ayahuasca. It’s a very honest, deep, rich, vulnerable conversation. How does one go from drinking at gigs almost every night of the week, to not drinking or doing gigs, and taking care of a baby? Find out. Keren’s advice on writing and performing comedy is gold! I had no idea that Keren had such depth and keen mind – I learned heaps! Have a...2021-12-131h 45Uncomfortable TruthsEp9 Aarti Vincent (Comedian, mother, kicking arse!)Aarti Vincent, local Melbourne comedian. Aarti's catch phrase - "Yo yo bitch tits!" I first met Aarti on the open mic. comedy scene at the Yes All Women’s comedy in early 2020. Aarti is originally from Delhi, India and has lived in Australia for about 15 years now. She tells us about her life back in Delhi, her transition to living here in Australia and how she got into comedy here in Melbourne. It’s very interesting to hear her talk about her observations of Australia and Australians, from the point of view of someone who did not grow up here...2021-12-061h 30Uncomfortable TruthsEp8 Andy Goodone (40 years of comedy, show in 1st MICF, recipient of first Moosehead award, Melbourne comedy legend!)Andy Goodone has been a comedian here in Melbourne, and Sydney, since 1981. 40 years!! Amazing hey? It was fascinating hearing about how comedy, as we know it, was just starting come onto the Australian entertainment scene in the early 80s. He tells us how it all started, what it was like here in Melbourne back then, how the first Melbourne Comedy Festival started, who won the first Moosehead award, what the comedians and audiences were like back then and what it’s like being back on the open mic. comedy circuit after all these years.
This episode really is...2021-11-291h 44Uncomfortable TruthsEp7 Lisa GatenbyLisa Gatenby, Melbourne comedian and the woman I want to see on Playschool! I’ve been gigging with Lisa on the Melbourne comedy scene for several years now. We got to know each other a lot better when worked on the Slut Song video clip together. She was great fun to work with! She’s got lots of life in her, lots of positive energy, easy to work with and very funny!! I loved getting to know Lisa better in this podcast. She’s traveled and done lots of cool things, as well as having intelligent insights as to how co...2021-11-212h 37Uncomfortable TruthsEp6 Kieran Butler part 2Welcome to Uncomfortable Truths Episode 6. In this episode Kieran Butler and I talk specifically about Australian Politics. Well, actually, Kieran explains to me how Australian politics works, because I have never had any interest. If you want to learn about the Australian governance system, then stay tuned. If you want to hear about how Kieran got started in comedy, go back to episode 5. Aussie politics – here we go!!
I play you out with another song by Kieran. He used to perform this song down at Station 59 and we’d all sing along to the chorus. It’s very ca...2021-11-1557 minUncomfortable TruthsEp5 Kieran Butler part 1Welcome to Uncomfortable Truths Episode 5 with Kieran Butler. Kieran and I have been friends since 2013, when I started comedy. He ran an open mic. comedy room back then, under the banner of Free Comedy at Station 59 in Richmond, and I gigged there all the time. It was a safe place to start doing stand up comedy because even if you really died on stage, you knew that he would still give you more gigs. This is because if you signed up online, he would give you a gig, easy as that.
He also put on Yes All...2021-11-142h 54Uncomfortable TruthsEp4 Trent Mahon part 2Welcome to Uncomfortable Truths Episode 4, with my friend and fellow comedian, Trent Mahon. This is the second half of a 4 hour conversation we had. If you want to hear the first half of the conversation, please listen to Episode 3. In this Episode Trent tells us about his trip to Peru and his experiences with Ayahuasca in Peru. Super interesting! After the first hour we start talking about the world in general, until we hit the 2 hour mark.
To play us out for the 2nd half of my conversation with Trent, I have chosen the The Dope Song. I...2021-11-082h 14Uncomfortable TruthsEp3 Trent Mahon Part 1Welcome to Uncomfortable Truths Episode 3 with Trent Mahon, my friend and fellow comedian. Trent and I became friends while gigging together at the Highlander, Melbourne around 2019, until lockdown in March 2020. We both dabble in “conspiracy theories”, we’re both psuedo hippies, we’re both marijuana enthusiasts and we both believe that there needs to be more empathy and compassion in this world. We talked for 4 hours, so I have split it into 2 parts. This first part we talk about Trent’s background, moving to Melbourne, starting stand up comedy, travelling overseas …. he’s been around! I certainly enjoyed this conversation...2021-11-072h 09Uncomfortable TruthsEp2 Nicky BarryIn this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my favourite fellow female comedians, Nicky Barry! I’ve known Nicky since I started stand up comedy in 2014, and she’s been a big influence on me. We talk about being a mother and a comedian, starting comedy at a later age, having an autistic child, the Melbourne comedy scene, how to be a good MC and how to navigate the different comedy rooms and their room bookers here in Melbourne. If you are an up and coming comedian, Nicky gives comedy advice gold when it comes to MCin...2021-11-012h 51Uncomfortable TruthsEp1 Sofie PrintsFor the first episode of Uncomfortable Truths I interviewed Melbourne Comedian, Sofie Prints. The Queen of Dark Comedy here in Melbourne, Sofie takes her audience to some very dark places, and then breaks the tension with a killer punchline and a huge laugh! With Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows like Jesus Was A Rape Baby, and Mary's Abortion, I think you get the picture. I interviewed her inside her shed in the backyard of the house that she was moving out of in Northcote, Melbourne. She put a huge effort into decorating the inside of her shed and it...2021-10-181h 13