Josh Widdicombe on Why Podcasts Help Comedians & Leaving London For Devon

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Josh Widdicombe joins Romesh to explain why he might actually prefer podcasts to television. They chat about his stand-up tour Not My Cup of Tea, appearing in more than 30 series of The Last Leg, and co-hosting the hugely successful Parenting Hell. Josh also talks about his move to Devon after being pushed out of London, rediscovering photography as a hobby, and launching his new series, Josh Widdicombe’s Museum of Pop Culture – covering everything from Mr Blobby to David Hasselhoff and the Berlin Wall. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Intro 02:20 Podcasting vs TV 04:10 On Touring 07:45 Gift giving 14:54 Stand up 17:45 Moving 21:50 Noel Edmunds’ House 24:01 Getting business offers 27:11 A question from Shanthi 29:00 Photography and hobbies 33:30 Romesh on his Marathon 36:16 Drinking habits and ChatGPT 44:41 Josh on podcasting 50:06 Obsessions and interests 55:53 Parenting Hell 58:38 Rob Beckett 01:02:40 Agents and insecurities 01:06:42 Being mimicable 01:11:50 Misquoted 01:30:20 An Exclusive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I mean, is there water as well?
0:01.1	Is that water?
0:02.0	Yeah, do you want to pour you?
0:03.0	Do you sure?
0:04.0	I can pour my own water.
0:05.0	God, you're the first guess that's self-pored.
0:07.0	I hope so. Yeah, we'll do. Could, you're such a man of the people, Josh. I am actually, yeah. Oh, and he's done me as well. Don't just clip up the audio of that. Hello, I'm Josh Whittickham, and because no one has got enough of us together, I'm on The Romish Ranga Nathan Show.
0:29.3	It's the Romish Ranghaan Nathan Show.
0:35.3	Oh, shut up, Ramesh.
0:37.9	I am very, very, very excited.
0:42.2	My guest today is one of Britain's most loved comedians.
0:45.8	He starred in over 30 series of The Last Leg is one half of the popular parenting hell podcast.
0:51.1	Popular?
0:52.5	Okay, like top charting, whatever.
0:55.6	Really game changing, arena filling.
0:59.7	Yeah?
1:00.7	Parenting Hill podcast.
1:02.1	And it has written two Sunday Times bestsellers.
1:04.8	It's got a new podcast and Stand Up Tool, not my cup of tea.
1:07.6	It's Josh Whitakam, everybody.
1:11.0	Welcome, Josh. The problem with the...
1:12.9	Go on. What's the... Go on? No, not your problem.
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