{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/69079a22c89076b5e23e5ab2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Best of Aussies and N-Zedders","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776873493866-1420d859-b0c8-4a31-9cf8-a981ea85f2ab.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Australia and New Zealand have been quietly producing some of the funniest people on the circuit for decades — and this episode rounds up the best of them in one place.</p><p>A compilation episode featuring Steve's favourite moments from his conversations with Sam Simmons, Daniel Muggleton, Robert Morgan, Mark Trevorrow (a.k.a. Bob Downe), Harry Jun, Stephen Curry, Dane Simpson, Jenny Tian, Ange Lavoipierre, Nick Schuller, Phil Hammond, Tom Ballard, John Robertson, Jarred Christmas and Nic Sampson.</p><ul><li>Why Antipodean comics consistently punch above their weight on the international circuit</li><li>The shared sensibility — and the crucial differences — between Australian and New Zealand humour</li><li>What it takes to build a comedy career when you start 10,000 miles from the main markets</li><li>Why absurdism, deadpan and chaos seem to be the default settings down under</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}