Caught in the Dick Myst: Harriet Dyer and the View From The Afterlife

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Harriet Dyer is a Cornish comedian, writer and mental health advocate known for her quirky, original and offbeat brand of comedy. She has gigged all over the world and is resident MC at ROFL Comedy Club, Sheffield and at the multi award-winning mental health comedy night she founded, ‘Barking Tales’ in Manchester.

She recently won the the Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award for 2024, designed to showcase talented new writers and performers who embody the alternative comedic spirit of Sean and Channel 4.

2025 is a major year as she embarks on a huge UK live tour named 'Easily Distra...', which kicks off in September taking in 18 towns and cities, including Brighton, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Birmingham. The start of the year saw her make her Live at the Apollo debut on BBC Two.

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0:00.0	this summer don't miss the electrifying new musical that's in tune and in tunics inspired by the beloved
0:10.9	disney animation and based on the seriously ancient myth disney's hercules is the epic musical adventure
0:18.1	classical civilization would have wanted.
0:24.2	Disney's Hercules at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
0:27.2	Book your tickets for the epic experience now.
0:35.0	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:36.2	Warning!
0:40.2	The following podcast contains strong language, bizarre theories,
0:45.5	unexplainable experiences, and a buffet of hospital spliffs and mushroom tea.
0:48.9	It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:52.0	I have one of them and he goes, what's this? He came to visit me, said,
0:53.5	what's this, And squeezed it.
0:55.0	Did it go back in you?
0:55.4	Yes.
0:57.0	And then... Ha ha ha ha. Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of We Can Be Weirdos.
1:24.7	This is the show that believes that everyone, that's you included as the listener,
1:29.5	everyone has a little bit of bat shit in them and that that is no bad thing. My name is
1:36.5	Dan Schreiber and my job in this show is to lure out that bat shit so that we can all get
1:41.4	an idea of the inner workings of our guests. And today's guest is the brilliant comedian, Harriet Dyer.
1:49.1	I'd never actually met Harriet before, but I knew her work really well.
1:52.2	I'd seen her on TV, like on Live at the Apollo.
1:54.4	I remember in 2024, her winning a recently established award named after the late great Sean Locke.
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