Ep. 518 - Suzi Ruffell

My Time Capsule

Cast Off Productions

Comedy, Lee Mack, Interview, Comedy Interviews, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Rob Brydon, Caroline Quentin, Mike Fenton Stevens, David Mitchell, Michael Fenton Stevens, Arabella Weir, Stephen Fry, Ross Noble

4.8 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Suzi Ruffell is a critically acclaimed comedian, writer, and podcaster. With standout television appearances on shows like Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, The Jonathan Ross Show, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Last Leg—she brings sharp wit and storytelling flair to every performance. A five-time Edinburgh Fringe sell-out artist, a National Comedy Awards nominee and Chortle Award winner, her live highlights include the viral Keeping It Classy special and the Amazon special Dance Like Everyone Is Watching. She’s a prolific podcaster and co-hosts Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen, hosts the heartfelt LGBTQ+ focused podcast Out with Suzi Ruffell, and co-presents the award-winning Big Kick Energy with Maisie Adam. In June 2025, Suzi’s debut book Am I Having Fun Now? became an instant Sunday Times Bestseller .

Suzi Ruffell is our guest in episode 518 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

Buy Suzi’s book, Am I Having Fun Now?, here - https://linktr.ee/amihavingfunnow

For Suzi’s tour tickets, podcasts and more, visit - https://suziruffell.com

Follow Suzi Ruffell on Instagram: @suziruffellcomedy .

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to my time capsule. I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule. They pick four things
0:21.3	that they love and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. And my special guest in this
0:26.3	episode is the fantastic comedian Susie Ruffle. Susie is undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with.
0:33.6	She's appeared on Live of the Apollo, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Last Leg and QI, as well as co-hosting the podcast, Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen, and co-hosting the smash hit podcast, Big Kick Energy with Maisie Adam, a past guest on this podcast.
0:50.1	And she's got her own podcast, Out with Susie Ruffle.
0:54.0	She also hosts on Virgin Radio.
0:56.4	Susie's just released her debut book, Am I Having Fun Now, Anxiety, Aplores and Life's Big Questions,
1:03.2	published by Bluebird, which became an instant Sunday Times bestseller,
1:07.3	with talk of masking anxiety with musical theatre,
1:10.4	developing an obsession with Titanic
1:12.1	and struggling to find her groove at school on stage and in her love life to eventually
1:18.0	coming out falling in love and becoming a parent. In the book Susie lays her life bare with
1:24.0	signature wit and style. But that's not all. The release of Susie's stand-up show,
1:29.3	Keeping It Classy, for Live from the BBC, saw one clip gaining over 44 million views online.
1:36.4	And she was nominated for Outstanding Female Comedy Entertainment Performance in the National
1:41.3	Comedy Awards for her hosting duties on Comedy Central's
1:44.8	yesterday today and the day before. Plus, Susie's brand-new special, Snappy, was recently
1:51.1	released by 800-pound gorilla, and Susie is back on the road in 2025 with her brand-new
1:57.6	show, The Juggle, playing all over the UK throughout this autumn.
2:01.7	You can get tickets at Susie Ruffle.com.
2:04.8	And finally, after last year's sellout Christmas show, Susie Ruffle and Tom Allen
2:09.6	are bringing their podcast like-minded friends back to the stage for a run of four special Christmas shows.
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