RHLSTP Book Club 93 - Sara Pascoe

RHLSTP with Richard Herring

British Comedy Guide

Comedy, Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Book Club #93 - Weirdo - Richard talks to comedian, presenter and now novelist, Sara Pascoe about her fabulous debut novel Weirdo. They talk about the difficulties of writing a novel, the joy of when the character starts writing it for you, the unreliable narrator and a possibly unlikeable protagonist, plus all the paranoid and weird delusions that swim around in (presumably) all of our heads and how often they have an arrogance that presumes others are prepared to pay billions to keep up the pretence, how we stick in relationships that are no good for us, why trolls need to turn the light on themselves, whether you’re being spied on by robot cats, if you have free will and much more.

Buy Sara’s book here - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/weirdo-unlike-many-debut-novels-this-one-will-stick-with-you-for-a-long-time-guardian-sara-pascoe/7619992

Or the audiobook here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Weirdo/dp/B0C78GZQK9

See Rich's stand-up tour Can I Have My Ball Back - https://richardherring.com/ballback/

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0:00.0	Hello rat fans it's Richard Herring here thank you for listening to my
0:03.5	podcasts powered by a-cast plus do tell your friends if you think they might enjoy
0:07.9	them too and do come and see me on tour in my show can I have my ball back go to Richard Herring.com slash
0:14.6	ballback slash tour for all tour dates going to lots of places in the UK some
0:19.3	extra gigs added in London at the Lesser Square Theatre and the Bloomsby Theatre.
0:24.0	The Lesser Square Theatre first gig is very nearly sold out so do rush along to those shows London
0:29.1	if you want to come along. Some of the show's selling fantastically well, some of them selling pretty badly.
0:33.7	Hello Swindon, do you know I'm coming to your town?
0:36.4	Please find some tickets.
0:38.7	And I do have to give a trigger warning.
0:40.1	I've done the show a few, only a few times and six men have passed out after the bit
0:45.2	where I explain what happens to you during an operation for testicular cancer.
0:50.4	So are you man enough to handle my balls?
0:54.0	Only come if you have lots of balls and are not scared of balls.
1:00.0	There is some mild testicle trauma involved in this story of testicular cancer.
1:06.0	It's mainly funny though and if you don't come that means you're scared to come and I'm going to judge you so it's like going on a fairground ride so do come along
1:16.3	it's going to be very exciting to see if you make it through I'll give you a badge if you
1:20.0	if you make it through unscathed. Anyway come and see the tour,
1:24.8	Richardown.com for all that news.
1:26.9	Some great Raula Stupas coming up. I have to tell you in the next few weeks.
1:32.1	The tour was a lot of fun. Thanks very much to everyone who came.
1:35.0	Sit back relax and enjoy my stupid fucking podcast.
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