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Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

Joe Wells and Abigoliah Schamaun on Neurodivergent Moments - Book Club

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

British Comedy Guide

Performing Arts, Comedy, Arts, Tv & Film

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

RHLSTP Book Club #187 - Neurodivergent Moments - Richard chats to Joe and Abigoliah about their book of humorous essays, Neurodivergent Moments. They discuss whether neurodivergence is an advantage as a comedian, why you can hate being in crowds, but love performing in front of crowds, how comedy remains the best way to educate people without them noticing, why this book is nonetheless primarily about making jokes rather than teaching lessons (but still does both jobs), what masking involves and why it is necessary, how risk taking can present itself in having loads of sex with strangers and why it’s OK to make mistakes about this kind of stuff, as long as you’re genuinely interested in learning about it.


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Hi, Richard Herring here. Thanks for downloading my podcast. Now, you may have heard on the grown-up news that I've not been very well. I'm feeling fine. I'm sort of in the middle of treatment for very minor cancer. It's not curable, but it's completely treatable. So please don't worry about me. In the meantime, if you want to become a badger, this is an excellent time to support us at gofastestripe.com slash badges. If you would like to buy a thank you Moriati t-shirt from Rich and Alley's Craven Newsround, then head to go fasterstripe.com. And you should be able to find them on there. They're only going to be available for a couple of

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weeks and we'll print them all up at once when we find out what the demand is. But if you enjoy

0:42.5

that podcast, particularly, that's a great way to pay us back for that. Look, I'm still coming to the

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Edinburgh Fringe unless something goes horrifically wrong. In August, from I think the

0:53.8

sixth to the 16th, go to richardine.com slash for

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Hellasper. You can see all the dates and the guests confirmed so far who are Mike Wozniak,

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Susie McCabe and Flo and Joan. There are some big names to come, I'm sure. I'm aiming very high with this.

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And I will be giving some recommends of people you should be going to see at the fringe through

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interviews over the next few weeks as well. Anyway, thank you very much. Let's sit back.

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And that's worth more than money. I mean, obviously it doesn't keep us going. But thank you very much for the love you've been giving us and very much appreciate. And I'll do my best to carry on doing these until I get bored.

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