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IN ISOLATION: Matt Okine

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Shameless Media

Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Happppppy Thursday! Feelin’ like a mood boost? This episode will do the trick. Today on the show, we bring you the warm and witty Matt Okine. Matt is a stand-up comedian, author, actor, and podcast host. You’ll likely be familiar with Matt’s work as the co-host of Triple J’s breakfast show from 2014 to 2016 alongside Alex Dyson, who he’s gone on to host a new podcast ‘All Day Breakfast’ with. Matt also starred in The Other Guy on Stan, a show he also wrote. In this chat, Matt touches on the impact of losing his mother at the age of 12, as well as exactly how he stumbled into stand up comedy after finishing acting school. Thank you so much to today’s sponsor, Nutty Bruce. Check out their products here. If you’d like to see more from Matt, which you no doubt 1000% do, follow him on Instagram at @mattokine. You can find Matt’s podcast, All Day Breakfast with Alex Dyson, here, and his book, Being Black ‘n Chicken & Chips, here. As for us? Here are all the links your heart desires... Our Insta profile. Our book-club. And our weekly newsletter! Shameless Podcast is an independent vehicle, run by three women, that's charged by the support of our incredible listeners - AKA you! So, if you'd like to support the show, hit 'subscribe' on Apple Podcasts and leave a five-star review if you think we’ve earned it. You can also click 'follow' on Spotify. Then sit back and bask in our eternal, abundant love. Your hosts are Zara Beach Hero McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Wants Michael Buble’s Attention Andrews (@michelleandrews1). This episode was produced by Annabelle Lee for Shameless Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I, Hello and welcome to this in isolation episode of Shameless with the warm and witty Matt O'Kine. Matt is a

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stand-up comedian, author, actor, and podcast host. I am losing breath just

1:19.1

talking about all those hats that he wears. You'll likely be familiar with Matt's work as the co-host of

1:23.8

Triple J's breakfast show alongside Alex Dyson which ran from 2014 to 2016 and of course

1:29.3

his starring role in the other guy on Stan a show which he happened to write as well. In this

1:34.8

chat we cover it all from the impact of losing his mother at the age of 12 which he

1:39.3

wrote about in his book being black and chicken and chips to exactly how he stumbled into

1:44.1

stand-up comedy after finishing acting school. Here's Matt. Madokine, kind, welcome to Shameless in isolation. We are so friggin excited to have you.

2:01.0

Hey, thank you very much for having me, Sarah Michelle, it's great to be part of this show,

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this series.

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And we are that excited to have you on whatever the hell this thing is.

2:10.7

But what we wanted to start with is tell us where you are right now because we

2:14.4

are doing these remotely and everyone's in a different spot. So where are you set the scene for the

2:19.1

listeners? I'm currently in the radio studio that we record daily podcast from so Alex

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Dyson and I have started up a daily podcast it's called Matt and Alex all day

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