Episodes

  • Sam See's Origin Story
    Oct 1 2024

    Sam has sold out comedy shows in Melbourne, Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, Berlin, the USA and Italy, and featured on Comedy Central Asia's Stand-Up Asia. He has garnered millions of views online, and has crowd-surfed three times.

    This is his origin story.

    Sam's Profile HERE

    www.onthemic.co.uk

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    13 mins
  • Becky Fury's Origin Story
    Sep 24 2024

    Becky Fury is an award winning comedian, writer and comic artist. We loved her stand up show, 'Great British C*nts' so much, we invited her on to our podcast. We're so glad we did - this is her very funny and original, origin story.

    Becky Fury's profile HERE

    www.onthemic.co.uk

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    10 mins
  • Narin Oz's Origin Story
    Sep 17 2024

    Narin Oz (née Narin Özenci) is an actor, comedian, writer and prankster based in London, England.

    She co-starred on the television hidden camera show, Girls Go Trolling (Ch4) with Stephanie O’Keeffe, Annie McGrath and Verona Rose. She acted in the TV comedy drama Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three) and in feature movies Hooligan Legacy (dir. Nicholas Winter, 2016), Finding Fatimah (dir. Oz Arshad, 2017) and several other roles.

    This is her origin story.

    Narin's Profile: HERE

    www.onthemic.co.uk

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    14 mins
  • Kate Smurthwaite's Origin story
    Sep 10 2024

    Kate Smurthwaite is a left wing, feminist, atheist, polyamorous stand up comedian, writer and activist. She is also the host and star of the News at Kate video series. She's currently performing as a drag king with the satirical character Milo Standards.

    This is Kate's origin story.

    Image by Guy Smallman. Presented by Martin Walker

    Kate’s Profile HERE

    www.onthemic.co.uk

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    20 mins
  • John Dowie's Origin Story
    Sep 3 2024

    John Dowie is a stand up comedian, writer, composer and author. His act is considered by many to be the precursor to the alternative comedy movement. Indeed, when John first started performing solo stand up, there was no live comedy circuit at all.

    He has written four books, and his latest Before I Go has just been published.

    John talks to Martin Walker about the book, about his influence on comedy, and about his origin story.

    Image by Steve Ullathorne.

    John Dowie's Profile HERE (to buy the book, click on the Merchandise link).

    www.onthemic.co.uk

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    12 mins
  • Grubby Little Mitts: Road Closed, Lost Props, Bad Back, Power Loss, Bladder Open
    Aug 4 2024

    Recorded live from the Assembly Club Bar in Edinburgh, Martin Walker talks to Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown - the sketch comics Grubby Little Mitts. Sometimes when it feels like everything is going wrong, its because it is. Recorded on an iPhone, because rather fittingly, the mic wasn't working.

    The Grubbs Linktree HERE

    onthemic.co.uk

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    28 mins
  • Bonus Episode: Darrell Martin from Just the Tonic
    Jul 29 2024

    Darrell Martin runs Just the Tonic - celebrating 30 years... Darrell gives us an open an honest account of its origins, and what he really thinks of the first act he booked under the JTT banner in Edinburgh, comedian Jim Jefferies.

    Presented by Martin Walker.

    https://edinburgh.justthetonic.com/

    https://www.onthemic.co.uk/

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    29 mins
  • Bonus Episode: Alex Petty from the Laughing Horse Free Festival
    Jul 29 2024

    Alex Petty runs the Edinburgh Free Festival - celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024. He is promoting well over three hundred Edinburgh shows this year, but how did it all get started? When the pandemic hit, how did the Laughing Horse survive?

    Presented by Martin Walker.

    https://freefestival.co.uk/

    https://www.onthemic.co.uk/

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    26 mins