Hard Knock Knocks
By Hard Knock Knocks
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Episodes: 102
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Ready to take your stand-up comedy game to the next level?
If you’re grinding through open mics but feel like your progress is stuck in slow motion, the Hard Knock Knocks podcast is your shortcut to success. Each episode features candid interviews with Australia’s most seasoned stand-up comedians—unpacking how they got started, what they’ve learned, and what they wish they knew when they began. Get insider tips, avoid common pitfalls, and sharpen your craft with real-world advice from the pros who’ve been there and crushed that.
Learn more about the Hard Knock Knocks comedy school.
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102: Lisa Gatenby - Never Growing Up
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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101: Tom Siegert - Fighting for Comedy
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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100: Katie Burch – Avoiding the waffle and being cruel
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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099: Ashley Fils-Aime – Reinventing yourself in comedy
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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098: Wayne Deakin – Overcoming the wilful ignorance in comedy
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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097: Lewis Spears – The consummate professional behind the 'Spears' brand
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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096: Charles Firth – Exposing truths and undermining power structures with satire
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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095: Ian McFadyen – Creating an Australian sketch comedy national treasure
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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094: Simon Kennedy – Crossing the line and the Art of Happiness
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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093: Daniel Muggleton – Comedy during Covid and Three Stripes
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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092: Stig Wemyss – Is This Thing On?
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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091: Scott Dikkers - Pointing out stupidity with The Onion
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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090: Morry Morgan - Coronavirus and comedy
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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089: Jason Chong - Discipline, game shows and Tarago Tests
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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088: Marty Bright – Optimism and being easy to work with
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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087: Fady Kassab - Winning Raw Comedy from the back of his head
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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086: Lee Ton – Where are you from from?
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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085: Mickey D – Pain is just an emotion
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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084: Viet Bui – Vietnam to VB
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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083: Steven Oliver – Comedy scripts, sketch, and sluts
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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082: Cam Knight – Wistful wisdom and pissing in dishwashers
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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081: Matt O'Neill – Being delightfully dark
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May 31, 2019 |
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080: Joe Wong - No straight line to comedy success
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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079: Julia Clarke - From Adelaide Raw to Edinburgh Fringe
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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078: Seizure Kaiser - Overcoming the politics of stand-up comedy
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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077: Chris Franklin - Laughs of Launnie and Aussie comedy festivals
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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076: Gabe Hogan - Raw comedy, radio and cliques
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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075: Lehmo - The comedic journey from balls to sails
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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074: Julia Wilson - Combative comedy
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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073: Mick Meredith - From The Footy Show to Comedy Cruises
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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072: Marc Ryan - Bogans and Raw Comedy
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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071: Michael Connell - The intellectual's comedian
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Oct 06, 2018 |
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070: Kim Le - Complex cognitive comedy
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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069: Jeff Green - Building a comedy career, twice
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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068: Dave O'Neil - Producing 'Dave' for Pilot Week
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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067: Gerry Masi - Character comedy with Mad Dog Malcolm
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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066: Simon Hughes - The new king of comedy
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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065: Rik Roberts - Comedy under Christian constraints
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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064: Kieran Butler - The life of a satirist, antagonist and contrarian comedian
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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063: Chris Wainhouse - Dark humour and the importance of taboos
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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062: Nadine Sparks - From improv to stand-up comedy
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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061: Lee Ton - Persistence pays for a comedy career
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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060: Khaled Khalafalla - How comedy killed the radio star
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May 29, 2018 |
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059: David Tulk - 'No Filter' but still lovable
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May 18, 2018 |
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058: Marty Wilson - More Funny, More Money
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May 15, 2018 |
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057: Paul Sharplin - Jumping in the deep end of comedy
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May 08, 2018 |
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056: Ross Voss - Building the Adelaide comedy community
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May 02, 2018 |
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055: Nikki Osborne - Go hard or go home
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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054: Cameron James – Building a comedy brand with your own hands
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Apr 04, 2018 |
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053: Gavin Sempel – The hard road to Raw Comedy
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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052: Joe White – Developing an audience and giving back
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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051: Adam Jacobs – The best daze of his life and more
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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050: Glynn Nicholas – And it all began in Adelaide
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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049: Chris Asher – The ‘business’ of comedy show business
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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048: Damian Callinan – Espy zero to Wagga Wagga hero
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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047: The Kagools – Building a comedic brand on slapstick
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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See us recording live at The Adelaide Podcast Festival!
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Feb 24, 2018 |
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046: Adam Rozenbachs – Bringing comedy from Carlton to Kabul
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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045: Leon Huxtable – A Raw Comedy time machine
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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044: Tegan Higginbotham – Class Clowns to celebrity comedian
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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043: Peter Berner – Singapore to Sydney, comic books to comedy
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Jan 29, 2018 |
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042: Andrew Ford - Creating a Powerful Brand
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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041: Mike Goldstein – From chasing tail to comedy tales
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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040: Ben Horowitz – Looking back on 2017
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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039: Josh Earl – From Tassie to television
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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038: Kelly Fastuca – American Green Cards, Chinese Whispers, and Aussie Naivety
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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037: Zack Dyer – Winning RAW Comedy with confidence
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Dec 05, 2017 |
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036: Matt Okine – Life after RAW
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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035: Steve Hofstetter – Viral comedy from a Grand Master
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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034: James Masters – The clash of cultures in comedy
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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033: Cam Barber – Improving better presenters with comedy
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Nov 05, 2017 |
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032: Christine Basil – Be truthful to yourself in comedy
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Oct 17, 2017 |
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031: Richard Stubbs – Never be creative without passion
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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030: Jack Levi (aka Elliot Goblet) – The rapid rise of a split personality comedian
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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029: Marty Wilson – Chance favours the prepared (comedian’s) mind
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Sep 25, 2017 |
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028: Sonia Di Iorio – Jumping into the deep-end of comedy
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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027: Anthony Ackroyd – 35 years of stage, screen and stadiums
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Sep 10, 2017 |
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026: Nick Capper – Developing humility for success in stand-up
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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025: Ben McCarthy – What do you want to do when you grow up?
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Aug 29, 2017 |
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024: Glynn Nicholas – From busking, to The Big Gig, to comedy theatre
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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023: Dave Ivkovic – Overcoming the mental barriers to comedy success.
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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022: Doug Chappel – Overcoming challenges to build a comedy career.
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Aug 06, 2017 |
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021: CJ Fortuna – The Actor, joker, and midnight toker
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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020: George Kapiniaris – From Stereotypes to Stage Shows and Changing Aussie Culture
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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019: Greg Fleet – The Accidental Comedian
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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018: Steve Hughes – The Arduous Journey of Stand-up Comedy
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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017: Mayumi Nobetsu – From Monty Python to the MICF
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Jul 04, 2017 |
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016: Dave O’Neil – From Captain Cocoa to Captaining Aussie Comedy
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Jun 25, 2017 |
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015: Urzila Carlson – Getting robbed at gunpoint can lead to a comedy career
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Jun 17, 2017 |
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014: Dane Simpson – Yarns by the fire bucket to being ‘Deadly Funny’
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Jun 12, 2017 |
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013: The Nelson Twins – Double trouble from Walbundrie to China
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Jun 02, 2017 |
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012: Michael Shafar – How Jewish-ish and community TV led to comedy success
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May 26, 2017 |
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011: Simon Taylor – From tweets to television, the winding road of comedy
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May 21, 2017 |
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010: Evan Hocking – The leap of faith in going full time.
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May 18, 2017 |
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008: Johnny Kats – Luck and persistence lead to comedy success
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May 09, 2017 |
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007: Dave Callan – Winning friends and influencing people in comedy.
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May 05, 2017 |
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006: Dilruk Jayasinha – Never let a good education get in the way of a dream
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May 03, 2017 |
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005: Chris Franklin – How one bogan became a successful ‘bloke’.
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May 02, 2017 |
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004: Brad Oakes – Stand-up to TV to radio. The many careers of a comedian.
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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003: Samuel See – Be inclusive when insulting your audience.
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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002: Tim Ferguson – How abusing audiences in Canberra can lead to stardom
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Apr 23, 2017 |
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001: Ben Horowitz – From punches to punchlines. How one comedian moved from a boxer to a stand-up
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Apr 18, 2017 |