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John Robins
Find John on Twitter @nomadicrevery I Instagram @nomadic_revery I and Ed Fringe + "Howl" tour tickets at www.johnrobins.com.
John Robins is one of his generation’s most critically acclaimed stand-ups. John followed winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly The Perrier Award) in 2017 with two sold out national tours: The Darkness of Robins and Hot Shame. John is also a recipient of the Gold Aria Award (formerly The Sony Awards) for the BBC Radio 5 Live radio show, unsurprisingly he’s one of the leading voices calling to make it illegal for awards to change their sponsor.
Alongside friend, comrade and “under-DJ” Elis James, he rewrote the rule book for commercial digital indie radio broadcasting on Radio X. Before moving to prime time publicly-funded speech-based radio channel BBC 5Live. Every Friday the pair tackle the big issues, like what foods give you gas and what’s the weirdest place you’ve done your tax return. As well as this, Elis and John host a podcast called How Do You Cope? where they talk to guests about the challenges and hurdles they’ve faced in their own lives. What shines through all their projects is the kind of male friendship, full of warmth and openness, that we don't see enough of in entertainment. Leading The Guardian to comment
They are tweaking British masculinity at the edges, and in doing so letting in a lot of much-needed light.
John has appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One) (John is one of the world’s leading authorities on the rock band Queen) Live from the BBC (BBC Two), Mock the Week (BBC Two), 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central)
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51:09|Making his return to Men Brain is the mighty Alexander Bennett and it was an absolute joy to have him back on before he headed up to the Edinburgh Fringe to perform his new show All It Takes which is on at The Banshee Labyrinth from the 8th until the 30th of August so if you're up there, I urge to get yaselves along.
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01:13:58|Another truly great friend of mine and an absolute joy to talk to is excellent actor and comedian Neil Granger who is currently starring in the hit tv show "Smoggie Queens" which I urge you to get involved with immediately! It was such a pleasure to catch up with Neil. A truly beautiful man.
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01:47:28|I have a kinship with this man that I don't have with many other people. He is my Tyler Durdan, he is who I wish I'd allowed myself to be more like if I had't been so worried about societies rules and so it was a joy to have him back on the show. I hope you get as much joy from listening as much as I had recording it. This is the full, unedited version including our extra chat about John's top five favourite albums that is usually reserved for our Patreons, just to give you a taste of what you're missing over on our Patreon
Candace Bryan
52:40|We're back and what better way to kick things off with none other than rising star Candace Bryan?? I know you must us but don't worry, we are back and cooking on gas!!!
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