237 - Ola The Comedian
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2018
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Provocative, disarmingly frank and very funny, Ola is an emphatic voice in British comedy. As well as getting into the nitty-gritty of his creativity, we discuss Ola's faith as the foundation of his self-belief, and take a whirlwind tour through #WhiteTears, intersectionality and how he feels about wielding the racial discomfort of his audience...
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| 0:00.0 | Are there any words more guaranteed to strike terror into people's hearts than climate comedy? |
| 0:04.6 | Well, I thought so, and then I took my show Spoilers to the Edinburgh Festival and everyone bloody loved it, |
| 0:09.7 | including Brian Eno, if you can believe that. You can see it at the Soho Theatre from the 29th of |
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| 0:18.0 | This is a podcast's comedian podcast. This is the Comedians, Comedian Podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello and welcome to the show. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Stuart Goldsmith and this is the Comedians comedian podcast, the show that gets inside |
| 0:44.4 | the heads of your favorite comedians unpacked their creativity and bothers them about their |
| 0:49.2 | mental health. Today I'm talking to Ola, he is an absolutely fantastic comic based in London and someone I've been aware of. |
| 0:56.4 | I've gig with him a few times over the last couple of years and he I've always admired not just his act but his hustle. |
| 1:03.3 | He's someone that is, he's produced a DVD of his act, |
| 1:06.7 | he sells them at gigs, he properly is focused on working his career in the room. |
| 1:12.2 | He's focused not just on delivering excellent |
| 1:14.7 | stand-up but also in standing there, being there afterwards, turning people that |
| 1:19.2 | enjoyed him into fans, turning them into people who are going to come and see him again. |
| 1:24.1 | So I'm always really inspired and impressed |
| 1:27.0 | when I see people doing that deftly and with confidence |
| 1:29.8 | and I love his act as well. |
| 1:31.6 | I have to say probably the tipping point for inviting him on the show was seeing some of the |
| 1:38.2 | what's the word? Some of his some of the content he provides on Facebook I was struggling with the |
| 1:45.0 | word problematic isn't the word we talk about this in the in the podcast and some of it is |
| 1:49.8 | challenging some of it is difficult not all of it do I agree with, but he makes a really good case for some very provocative opinions. |
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