{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6930d60c042629ee0ec57419/693210ba38a11f5f3ec373f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"John Hastings Larry Dean Podcast Episode #9","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6930d60c042629ee0ec57419/1764888597156-cb9894d9-4481-40fd-99c2-eecbe0dbb928.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Two stand‑up comics who “love” comedy… except for when they absolutely hate it.</p><p>In Episode #9,&nbsp;<strong>John Hastings</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Larry Dean</strong>&nbsp;spiral through:</p><ul><li>Why every good comic secretly resents comedy at least some of the time</li><li>The pain of bombing with your&nbsp;<em>favourite</em>&nbsp;bits while the “easy” jokes kill</li><li>Audiences happily giving notes to comics they’ve never seen… but not to doctors</li><li>AIDS as a joke topic, “as funny as AIDS” comments, and why PrEP 100% belongs on the NHS</li><li>Wild takes like “AIDS is God’s punishment” – and why that logic completely falls apart</li><li>“Bum flu”, “nose beers”, HEV, and the best/worst slang you’ll hear this week</li><li>Domino‑thinking anxiety: how a broken satnav becomes a £600 lifetime guilt investment</li><li>The “economy of guilt” with siblings and why sometimes the argument is worth more than the money</li><li>How to accidentally stay friends with people you wish you could quietly dump</li><li>Scotland vs England vs Canada vs Germany vs Russia: national myths, Braveheart, empire denial and who “killed all the funny people”</li><li>Larry’s blackout drinking stories, meeting famous people he doesn’t remember, and why he had sympathy for&nbsp;<em>Dahmer</em>&nbsp;for about 3 seconds</li><li>Why John looks like the worst stag‑do punter in every comedy club he walks into</li></ul><p>This episode is basically two stand‑up geeks doing what they do best: over‑thinking everything, turning trauma into bits, and never sticking to a single topic for more than 30 seconds.</p><p><strong>Hosted by:</strong></p><p>John Hastings – @JohnHastings</p><p>Larry Dean – @LarryDean</p>","author_name":"John Hastings"}