Best Clive Anderson Podcasts (2024)

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Tara Fitzgerald, Paul Sinha, Bess Atwell, Jazz Emu, Clive Anderson 36:21

35m ago36:21

36:21

The comedian Paul Sinha is a man of many careers - from working GP to sucessful stand up to his role as "The Sinnerman" in ITV's quiz show The Chase. He joins Clive to talk about his new autobiogaphy - Once Sinha Lifetime - charting his extraordinary Bengali family background through the peaks and troughs of his own working life to his recent medic…

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80. Jamie D’Souza - LIVE! 54:57

1d ago54:57

54:57

Today we welcome to the stage comedian Jamie D’Souza, who tells Clive all about the wonders Staines has to offer, from its’ primary school turned curry house to the local pub which has witnessed a rather heroic rescue mission. Elsewhere the pair discuss whether a proposal should come as a complete surprise, and Jamie reveals some of the pranks he g…

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JUST JOSH: PROTESTERS AT SEINFELD 50:49

40m ago50:49

50:49

Josh was at Jerry Seinfeld's Sydney show last night, which was disrupted by Palestinian protesters in the audience. Josh shares his initial reaction and reflects on Gaza activism and anti-Zionism. To get more content like this and to join in the fun of the Uncomfy Convos multiverse, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substa…

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Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson 59:07

37m ago59:07

59:07

On September 11th, 2001, the Australian prime minister, John Howard, was scheduled to meet with President George W Bush at the White House. While he was hunkered down in Washington during the terrorist attacks, Australia was being run by his deputy, the Acting Prime Minister, John Anderson. John was the equivalent of Australia’s Vice President duri…

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Are Indigenous People Victims? with Anthony Dillon 1:06:46

1h ago1:06:46

1:06:46

Is it useful or debilitating to frame Indigenous people merely as victims of history? Anthony Dillon is an Indigenous Australian, an academic and commentator who rejects today’s popular ideologies about White Australia, invasion and racism. He and Josh wrestle with how to make progress on First Nations issues in an innovative way. This episode is p…

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Peter Helliar: The Craft of Comedy 56:59

4d ago56:59

56:59

Peter Helliar is one of Australia's biggest stand-up comedians. He was on TV every night for eight years as a panellist on The Project. He had his own network sitcom, How to Stay Married. He's a rockstar of the Melbourne Comedy Festival. He was nominated for Australia's biggest TV award, a Gold Logie. Last year, he was a contestant on I'm a Celebri…

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Episode 6. Comet the Hour 49:14

3h ago49:14

49:14

We’re knee deep in an asteroid field with three redbacks on our tail. With those fuel reserves they won’t make it. But the Moose… She’ll be right. ***** Thanks for your patience during this absolutely wild period! Heck, everyone. It's finally here. Thanks so much to Soul Muppet Publishing for creating this game. If you like what you hear there's a …

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Laura Smyth, Caitlin Moran, John Hopkins and Alex Lowe join Stuart Maconie. With music from Dexys 35:37

1h ago35:37

35:37

After a series of best-selling books focussing on girls and women Caitlin Moran turns her attention to the lads in ‘What About Men?’. Find out if comedian Laura Smyth is indeed living her best life on the ‘Living My Best Life’ tour and Alex Lowe tells us what makes his Clinton Baptise character so popular. John Hopkins on playing Henry Higgins in M…

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Osher Günsberg: Being a Man 1:02:41

14h ago1:02:41

1:02:41

Andrew Tate. Jordan Peterson. Joe Rogan. From where are young males getting their models of masculinity? What does it even mean to Be A Man in the 21st century? Osher Günsberg is the biggest TV host Down Under. For the past 21 years, he has been a mainstay of the country’s biggest shows as the host of Australian Idol, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette…

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Helen Lewis: The State of Britain 1:05:33

4d ago1:05:33

1:05:33

As the U.K. prepares for a sudden national election in four weeks, Helen Lewis and Josh wrestle with the issues that dominate all around the English-speaking world. Anger about rising prices – check. Anxiety about immigration – check. Dislocation due to globalisation – check. A culture war about wokeness – check. Helen is arguably Britain's most in…

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Stephen Merchant, Plum Sykes, Adeel Akhtar, and Kate Bradbury join Clive Anderson with music by LYRA and Madeleine Peyroux 35:51

18d ago35:51

35:51

Stephen Merchant - the BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor, comedian and writer behind hits like The Office and Extras - joins Clive Anderson and Athena Kugblenu to talk about a new series of The Outlaws, a hugely popular crime caper set on a Bristol community service project; the Vogue journalist and author Plum Sykes will discuss her new n…

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JUST JOSH: On Resilience 22:28

20d ago22:28

22:28

Josh had a rough week. He shares his advice about how to live a resilient, productive life -- to himself as much as to you. This is a preview of a longer monologue for paid subscribers. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. To get more content like this and to join in the fun of the Uncomfy Convos multiverse, hit the Substack page at https://…

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79. Chris Stark - LIVE! 54:06

9d ago54:06

54:06

Have you ever wondered what the toilets of Kensington Palace are like? Well today’s guest Chris Stark has the inside scoop, and he believes they’re more wondrous than the Malia Strip! The radio presenter, DJ and podcaster also tells Clive about the time his German pen pal kicked a pigeon in Trafalgar Square, and reveals how his dead goldfish went o…

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“What's Become of the Left?” with Prof. Clive Hamilton 1:08:34

11d ago1:08:34

1:08:34

Does being "left-wing" mean giving everyone equal opportunities? Or does it mean elevating historically excluded groups like gays, trans folks and people of colour? Professor Clive Hamilton is a professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University. He was active in the civil rights movements of the 1970s and he founded the country's most importan…

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Jan Ravens, Viv Groskop and Tiff Murray with music from The Will Barnes Quartet and Aleighcia Scott 32:01

20d ago32:01

32:01

Clive is joined by impressionist Jan Ravens (who brings along Liz Truss and Theresa May) chatting about the challenge of developing an impersonation and what happens when the politician who forms part of your act gets the boot...Award-winning novelist Tiffany Murray describes her unusually starry childhood at the residential recording studio Rockfi…

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TALKBACK: How Josh Keeps His Poise… and Are Christians Under Attack? 35:52

21d ago35:52

35:52

We opened up the webcams for a live Zoom talkback episode. We discuss fascinating news stories, Josh shares a private essay he wrote to his friends who are having a dispute over Joe Rogan, and you’ll learn how he keeps his cool during testy conversations. Keep an eye out for more live talkback sessions in the future, and make sure you’re signed up …

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78. Cally Beaton - LIVE! 1:00:44

16d ago1:00:44

1:00:44

Would you ever consider bonobo apes to be a wonder of the world? Well, comedian and writer Cally Beaton certainly does, and on today’s show she tells Clive all about them! And no, she didn't choose them solely because of their slightly fruity behaviour... Cally also makes a strong case for bicycles, ice cream vans and Jeff, her wire-haired dachshun…

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Wendy Harmer ‘On Being Australia’s Ricky Gervais' 40:51

16d ago40:51

40:51

Wendy Harmer is the most groundbreaking female comedian in Australia. She shattered the glass ceiling in the 1980s as a stand-up comic and TV host, before ruling the radio airwaves for decades. Her book is “Lies My Mirror Told Me: A frank, funny, fearless memoir”. Josh picks her brain about when she bombed hosting television’s night of nights. This…

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Jaron Lanier: "There's No Such Thing as Artificial 'Intelligence'" 1:09:55

18d ago1:09:55

1:09:55

In Silicon Valley, it's hard to overstate the significance of Jaron Lanier. He coined the term "virtual reality" and founded the first virtual reality company in the '80s. You may recognise him as the dreadlocked polymath in the The Social Dilemma, Netflix's documentary about the harms of social media. Today, he is a leader of a dissident group of …

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Frank Skinner, Maxine Peake, Kathryn Hughes, Rachel Fairburn join Stuart Maconie with music by Willy Vlautin and Phoebe Green 37:02

20d ago37:02

37:02

Joining Stuart Maconie in our Salford studio are the comedians Frank Skinner and Rachael Fairburn. In Frank's latest stand up show '30 years of Dirt' he has his comedic eye firmly on the dirty joke, while Rachel Fairburn's showgirl finds her moving away from boozing and towards crystals - will it last? Maxine Peake stars in Robin/Red/Breast at Manc…

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THE PANEL: Taxpayer-Funded Prostitutes, Elon vs Australia, and Snakes in a Car with Claire Lehmann and Peter van Onselen 25:42

1M ago25:42

25:42

Why is the Australian government in a court battle with Elon Musk? Should taxpayers be paying for disabled Australians to hire hookers? Should campus protestors be as upset about the plight of the Uighurs as of Palestinians? And why has a lady been driving around with a deadly snake stowed in her car for months? Josh breaks down the most intriguing…

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Simon Holmes à Court: Beyond Political Parties 1:20:05

1M ago1:20:05

1:20:05

Could independent politicians kill off the two-party system and make politics more accountable? At the last Australian election, a decade of conservative government rule was brought to an end thanks largely to a wave of so-called "teal independents" supported by Simon Holmes à Court’s organisation. The son of Australia’s first billionaire and the h…

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Episode 5. A Game of Cat and Moose 54:13

1M ago54:13

54:13

Got a job from old mate Ezra Graves. The usual: no questions asked. But Humberstone got buried, and the people chasing us don't care for questions... Leg it. ***** Thanks for your patience whilst I adjust. Next ep is slated for release three weeks from now – Monday 3rd June. See you in space! Heck, everyone. It's finally here. Thanks so much to Sou…

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Julie Hesmondhalgh, Sacha Lord, Eddi Reader, Benji Waterhouse, Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand, Fairground Attraction 34:07

27d ago34:07

34:07

Stuart Maconie is joined by Sacha Lord who offers some Tales from the Dancefloor, Julie Hesmondhalgh talks about the impact of a single punch which is considered in a new play by James Graham at the Nottingham Playhouse. Dr Benji Waterhouse, a frontline NHS psychiatrist, discusses his new book You Don't Have to be Mad to Work Here and there's music…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Clive Anderson Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson

Stak

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Loose Ends

BBC Radio 4

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The History of English in Ten Minutes - for iPod/iPhone

The Open University

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The Football's On

BT Sport

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Quest Fantastic

Sara Keep, Paul Goodman

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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Tara Fitzgerald, Paul Sinha, Bess Atwell, Jazz Emu, Clive Anderson 36:21

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80. Jamie D’Souza - LIVE! 54:57

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JUST JOSH: PROTESTERS AT SEINFELD 50:49

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Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson 59:07

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Are Indigenous People Victims? with Anthony Dillon 1:06:46

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Peter Helliar: The Craft of Comedy 56:59

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Episode 6. Comet the Hour 49:14

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Laura Smyth, Caitlin Moran, John Hopkins and Alex Lowe join Stuart Maconie. With music from Dexys 35:37

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Osher Günsberg: Being a Man 1:02:41

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Helen Lewis: The State of Britain 1:05:33

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Stephen Merchant, Plum Sykes, Adeel Akhtar, and Kate Bradbury join Clive Anderson with music by LYRA and Madeleine Peyroux 35:51

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JUST JOSH: On Resilience 22:28

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79. Chris Stark - LIVE! 54:06

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“What's Become of the Left?” with Prof. Clive Hamilton 1:08:34

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Jan Ravens, Viv Groskop and Tiff Murray with music from The Will Barnes Quartet and Aleighcia Scott 32:01

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TALKBACK: How Josh Keeps His Poise… and Are Christians Under Attack? 35:52

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78. Cally Beaton - LIVE! 1:00:44

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Wendy Harmer ‘On Being Australia’s Ricky Gervais' 40:51

1
Jaron Lanier: "There's No Such Thing as Artificial 'Intelligence'" 1:09:55

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Frank Skinner, Maxine Peake, Kathryn Hughes, Rachel Fairburn join Stuart Maconie with music by Willy Vlautin and Phoebe Green 37:02

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THE PANEL: Taxpayer-Funded Prostitutes, Elon vs Australia, and Snakes in a Car with Claire Lehmann and Peter van Onselen 25:42

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Simon Holmes à Court: Beyond Political Parties 1:20:05

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Episode 5. A Game of Cat and Moose 54:13

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Julie Hesmondhalgh, Sacha Lord, Eddi Reader, Benji Waterhouse, Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand, Fairground Attraction 34:07

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