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Out Of Character with Alex Lynch: Conversations with Sketch and Character Comedians

Michelle Fahrenheim

Season 3, Ep. 39

MICHELLE FAHRENHEIM

Alex chats to writer and actor Michelle Fahrenheim (BBC ‘Quickies’, The Free Association) – in person and in her podcast debut - about short films, Ships and starring in the first Instagram sitcom.


Michelle also creates a character on the spot based solely on the made-up name given to her by Alex in our regular section ‘Chain(ge) of Character’. This episode was recorded 23rd August 2022. 


You can find more of Michelle’s work here… https://www.youtube.com/@MichelleFahrenheim

Tw: @MFahrenheim / Insta: @michellefahrenheim


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Presented, recorded, edited and produced by Alex Lynch (@AlexJRLynch)

Music by Naive

Artwork by Tom Crowley

A Future Ghost Podcast


Follow the podcast at @oocharacterpod on Twitter. Email oocharacterpod@gmail.com

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