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The Andrew Gold Show (Heretics)

605. I Asked Simon Brodkin Why He's No Longer On TV

The Andrew Gold Show (Heretics)

Andrew Gold

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Documentary

4.3 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Simon Brodkin (Lee Nelson, Jason Bent) joins Andrew Gold for a brutally honest conversation about comedy, free speech, and why saying the wrong thing now comes at a cost. From crashing X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Kanye West’s Glastonbury set, and confronting prime ministers, to why comedians are increasingly afraid to speak, this episode goes far beyond stunts.Simon reflects on his career, the culture around modern comedy, media gatekeeping, and what it really means to be a heretic today. Funny, uncomfortable, and unfiltered. Follow Simon here: https://www.youtube.com/@SimonBrodkin Chapters: 0:00 Simon Brodkin: Career, Characters & Comedy 7:25 The Stunts: X Factor, Kanye & Political Pranks 18:25 Why Comedy Became Risky 25:25 Cancel Culture, Free Speech & the Left 37:25 Media, the BBC & DEI 47:25 Social Media, Anonymity & Honesty 1:06:25 Being a Heretic Today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9

Welcome to the show.

0:31.0

Thank you, Andrew.

0:32.6

This is lovely. This is, of all the podcast studios I've been in, this is the loveliest. Is it actually? Yeah, I feel like I'm in your living room slash, a little bit of an underwater vibe as well, sort of things growing out the side of a submerged boat. It would be a bit much for my living room, wouldn't it? But it's lovely. Oh, thank you. Well, you're lovely as well. I've been watching you for years and years and years.

0:54.3

It's a pleasure to have you here. Tell me, I guess, for those who don't know you, what's your

0:58.5

background? What do you do? So, I am a professional funny man, a comedian, and I guess the potted

1:07.2

history is characters, stunts, stand up as myself. Okay, yes. And I think one of the things that brought you most to attention were the pranks, weren't the Theresa May set blatter? Yes. So we'll get into those a bit later. I guess just this is heretics. We talk about the stuff we talk about on the show. I want to let you have that sip it's a bit funny time isn't it have the sip and I'm worried it's too hot so it's going to be I'm trying to delay the question and make the question longest to just ensure this is going to be gold yeah gold to this people love this you got to watch the guy he interviews he goes to take a sip he pulls back he goes he's all's back the interviewer doesn't what to do. I love it. He goes. He goes. He's all's back. The interviewer doesn't know what to do.

1:45.2

I love it.

1:45.6

I've taken a sip.

1:46.5

Yeah.

1:46.8

That's brilliant.

1:47.9

You got more done than Liz Truss and all that time.

1:50.0

She's been on.

1:55.2

So you're already. Okay. Great. That's a low bar, to be fair. She was good.

1:55.6

She was good.

1:56.3

You should watch that episode.

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