Roger O'Sullivan is an Irish comedian based in London. His mixture of oneliners and surreal stories have drawn comparisons to Dylan Moran and Mitch Hedberg. The Irish examiner has described him as "A comedic mind ripe with potential" He was nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2021, Roger's work has been featured on BBC, RTÉ and Radio 4 Instagram: @rogerocomedy Co-host of conspiracy and supernatural podcast unexplained legends Solo show at the Bill Murray in Angel London on the 14th of Nove...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Joey Page discusses his journey in stand-up comedy, the challenges of personal change, and the complexities of relationships, particularly in the context of his marriage ending as his ex-partner transitioned. Sound Bites "I look like a golfer that lost his ball in 1984." "I want people to make up stories about me." "The gaslighting is unreal in terms of getting gigs." "I thought it was just like a piece of cake." "It's really odd how in music, change is encouraged." "I just find it so weird how ...
Oct 17, 2024•58 min
Trevor Lock was born in the past in England but now lives in the present all over the world. After being quite naughty at school he studied philosophy at University College London and then disappointed his parents by appearing on cult TV and radio shows in the UK including TMWRNJ, the BAFTA nominated British Comedy Award winning Star Stories and the Russell Brand podcast. He saw the light, abandoned mainstream mass media for the magic and connection of his live comedy events that are a cross bet...
Sep 26, 2024•52 min
As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo , Spring Day is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor in London. Spring’s uniquely acerbic and sassy style of comedy is always a crowd pleaser, or shocker... A fluent Japanese speaker and a mild cerebral palsy haver, Spring began her career headlining at the Tokyo Comedy Store whilst based in Japan. She has written, produced, directed and performed seven solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has also written for and appeared in BBC Three s...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 12 min
So you want a revolution do you? Well, before you run off and storm the gates of Parliament, have a listen to someone who has actually been involved in one and I'm telling you now, it's nothing like the Hollywood version you have rolling around in your head. Mustafa Algiyadi hails from Tripoli and it really was a wonderful opportunity to find out more about the place. Mustafa is currently up at the Edinburgh Festival with his show Almost Legal Alien, tickets for which can be found here - https:/...
Aug 21, 2024•50 min
Garrett Millerick makes a heroic return to this award winning podcast to once again pick at the seams of his good friend Rich Wilson's award winning, critically acclaimed show with hilarious results. Garrett has been very busy since his previous visit with a BBC Radio 4 show entitled "Do Gooders" starring none other than mr Three Lions himself Frank Skinner under his belt and now his new show "Garrett Millerick Needs More Space" which is taking the Edinburgh Festival by storm, tickets for which ...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Dr Jo Prendergast's new five star sell out show "The Cool Mum" has taken Australia and New Zealand by storm and is now making waves up at this year's Edinburgh Festival, tickets for which can be found here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/dr-jo-prendergast-the-cool-mum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 15, 2024•52 min
Everybody has a dream but not everyone achieves that dream. Steve Bugeja did achieve his dream of one day writing a sitcom, and that sit com was called "Buffering" starring his good mate, the voice of Love Island Iain Stirling but then what? Steve joined Rich Wilson to talk about his new show "Shiny" that he is currently performing up at the Edinburgh Festival at 13:35 every day at Monkey Barrel The Tron, tickets for which can be found here- https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/steve-bugeja-shi...
Aug 15, 2024•39 min
Loss, death and grief have been recurring themes on Insane in The Men Brain but we've never actually talked about the fear of death itself which is also the theme to Alex's new show The Fear which he is currently performing every day at this year's Edinburgh, a link for which you can find below. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alex-kealy-the-fear You can also find Alex on all social media platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 12, 2024•59 min
Comedian and The Guardian journalist Alfie Packham joins Rich Wilson on his award winning podcast Insane In The Men Brain as part of the podcasts Edinburgh season. we covered many topics in our brief time together including the sadness of losing a loved one, coping with grief and death itself. Alfie is currently up at the Edinburgh Festival with his new show My Gift To You which is on at Underbelly for the entire month of August, tickets for which are available here https://underbellyedinburgh.c...
Aug 09, 2024•53 min
What a rollercoaster ride of a chat with @thestephenmullan ! Catch Stephen Mullan: Rascal at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Childhood heartbreak and budget therapy. Sensitive Stevo is mischievously trying to find love, while always finding trouble. In his brand new standup hour, Stephen Mullan debates the adversity of dating life as a single dad, all the while wondering if he is just too much of a rascal? Ireland's favourite scoundrel is guaranteed to make you howl with his silly yet cut-throat comed...
Aug 08, 2024•50 min
Winner of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK 2022 Danny Beard joins all round top bloke and super duper podcast host Rich Wilson for another incredible episode of the award winning podcast Insane In The Men Brain. Danny is also going out on tour, tickets for which can be found here https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/danny-beard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 01, 2024•48 min
Rich Wilson and Sara Barron kick off with a moan about the weather! It's too hot! Wait until you get to Edinburgh, Sara. They also touch on the challenges of parenting, sleep training, self-esteem, body image, and relationships. Find Sara at @sarabarron1000000 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and host of the cult-hit podcast, They Like to Watch , Sara Barron has a new show that's fierce, savage and other adjectives from RuPaul's Drag Race. The clock is ticking, and the questions aren't cute anymor...
Jul 29, 2024•56 min
EDINBURGH FRINGE LISTINGS INFORMATION: Katie Norris: Farm Fatale Venue: Pleasance Courtyard, Below Date & Time: 31st July – 25th August (excluding 14th), 20:30 Duration: 60 mins Instagram: @katienorris26 Katie's agent says... This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see award winning comedian Katie Norris make her solo debut following success with her first foray into solo stand-up comedy. As part of the critically acclaimed double act, Norris & Parker, Katie gathered a cult-like follo...
Jul 18, 2024•55 min
This week on Insane In The Men Brain, rich wilson is joined by excellent comedian and lovely human being Chelsea Birkby and another wonderful chat was had. Chelsea will be performing her new sow at this year's Edinburgh Festival brilliantly entitled "This Is Life, Cheeky Cheeky" tickets for which can be found here https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chelsea-birkby-this-is-life-cheeky-cheeky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 15, 2024•52 min
This week on the award winning Insane In The Men Brain, Rich Wilson talks to star of Britain's Got Talent Daliso Chaponda about his early life growing up as the son of a diplomat amongst many other things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 08, 2024•19 min
Canadian born comedian Katsura Sunshine has spent the last 20 years living in Japan. In that time, as an apprentice of storyteller Katsura Bunshi, he has learned the ancient art of Rakugo where performers tell stories that have been passed down from master to pupil for 400 years. Joining him now is fantastic comedian and returning Men Brain hero Luca Cupani who alongside Sunshine brings his own version of these incredible stories to a residency at the Leicester Square Theatre in London. Hosted o...
Jun 20, 2024•51 min
"Michelle has the remarkable ability to turn what others would consider a disaster into pure comedy gold. She has the talent plus capability to be raw, honest, vulnerable and INCREDIBLY funny all at once. Her interactions with an audience never fail to be explosively entertaining. I am very excited for her new show" ADAM HILLS "I can’t for the life of me understand why she’s not a household name!” ED BYRNE "Hilarious! The ideal night out" KATHERINE RYAN Find Michelle @michellesfunny on all platf...
Jun 06, 2024•50 min•Season 9Ep. 37
Christian Jegard is definitely one to watch as he climbs his way up the comedy ladder but to even find the ladder in the first place, he's had to overcome some major obstacles in his life such as OCD which led to him burning his own hair, early life diagnosis ADHD and a severe bout of agoraphobia but despite all of this, he's now carving himself out an incredibly fruitful and interesting career in comedy and it was a real pleasure to have him on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 9Ep. 35
Hear Richard Gadd's open and honest chat with Rich Wilson at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, discussing some of the events that inspired the hit Netflix show Baby Reindeer. #Netflix #RichardGadd #BabyReindeer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14, 2024•48 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Luke's socials are: @Llukebayliss and his online Sober Community: Instagram- Sober Life Guides Luke Bayless shares his personal journey of addiction and recovery, highlighting the destructive nature of alcohol and the need for help. He discusses the feeling of being trapped in a cycle of drinking to numb the pain and anxiety, and the desperation to escape the reality of life. Luke emphasizes the importance of reaching out for help and the relief that comes with making that decision. He also expl...
May 09, 2024•55 min•Season 9Ep. 34
Comedian Rich Wilson talks to fellow comedian Jeff Innocent. Expect a nostalgia-fest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Jason Delaney @jasedelaney is an emotional Poet, whose poems and wisdoms you will often find flying around the internet, widely shared daily, by his many followers. Over one hundred thousand followers on Instagram. Jason has been called a Poet influencer by his followers. Jason takes great pride that some of his followers have now started their own writing journeys and are writing and sharing poetry. Jason has published 3 books of his emotional poetry to date. A passionate advocate for supportin...
Apr 29, 2024•50 min•Season 9Ep. 33
“An hour of television can change everything,” Billie Piper says in the trailer for the new Netflix film based on the true events leading up to Prince Andrew’s explosive 2019 BBC Newsnight interview. The eyes of Britain were on journalist Emily Maitlis (played by Gillian Anderson) as she grilled the royal (Rufus Sewell) about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The fallout was immediate, as Prince Andrew announced that he was stepping back from his public duties in the days following the broa...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 31
Our wonderful guest this week is artist and comedian Nick Wilty and I’m telling you now that nobody has lived a life as full as Nick. The stories this man could tell would be enough time fill twenty podcasts so I was overjoyed when agreed to join me on Men Brain. I will tell you now that we do cover some fairly dark topics but Nick’s storytelling ability makes them easy to navigate. Go to https://www.patreon.com/menbrainpodcast for ALL for YouTube videos LONG BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE! Hosted on Acas...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 30
Louie Green is a proud working class comedian. On 9th Feb 2021 Louie did not die and in fact he was given a second chance and this second chance came in the form of a colostomy bag. Louie brings stomas to the forefront of conversations both in his stand up and to the public after recently hitting the national press for revealing his colostomy bag on stage. He has now been featured on prime time TV raising awareness and proving that a stoma is something to be proud of. Facebook https://www.facebo...
Mar 14, 2024•51 min•Season 9Ep. 29
Laura Smyth is a comedian, writer and actor from East London. In 2019 Laura won the Funny Women Awards having only been doing comedy for 5 months. Since then, she has continued to take the comedy scene by storm; a favourite on the live circuit Laura has supported Jack Whitehall and Michelle de Swarte on tour and played the Comedy Arena at Latitude, Reading and Leeds Festivals. TV appearances include ‘Live At The Apollo’ (BBC Two), ‘Frankie Boyle’s New World Order’ (BBC Two), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Come...
Mar 07, 2024•53 min•Season 9Ep. 28
Ben Pope is a London-based stand-up comedian and has been doing stand-up for the best part of a decade (as an act and MC), gigging across the UK. He has performed a host of critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows, his YouTube special Mr Big Stuff has 30k views and in 2023 he completed his nationwide Holy Cow tour (‘excellent’ - Joe Lycett), which this year travels to New Zealand. Ben has supported both sketch duo Max & Ivan and character comedian Kieran Hodgson on tour, and has appeared ...
Feb 29, 2024•58 min•Season 9Ep. 27
Summary In this episode, Rich Wilson and Tony Law discuss various topics, including making the most of limited space, coping with challenges in lockdown, the decline of niceness, the impact of podcasting, the fear of putting out content, struggles with alcohol, reading and talking in sleep, habits and shopping math, watching motorists pulling eco-protesters, the conspiracy of Extinction Rebellion, the habit of using bags for life, and an encounter with a climate change protester. In this part of...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 26
Ben Cohen has had over 10 Million views on TikTok with his sketch duo, The Lovely Boys. He performs his quirky style of observational comedy in clubs up and down the UK and Europe also taking his act to Israel and LA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 25
