You're listening to Unfiltered with James O'Brien. Welcome to Unfiltered which for episode 26 features the comedian Russell

Kane. He, like all the coolest people, has got a podcast which is out now called Evil Genius under the auspices of

the BBC it's a brilliant idea but I've met Russell once and I think he's an

absolutely fascinating man let's hope that by the end of this interview my theory has been proved right rather

than wrong. It's a tough one this because you put so much of yourself out there.

I know.

Where does an interviewer begin?

If you do expose something and make me uncomfortable, I sure as I'll be turning it into a touring show

next year.

So you can't win today.

Because I mean this is no exaggeration for people who don't

aren't completely familiar with your work.

Traumatic divorces, short marriages, personal crises, sliding down the fridge.

Yeah.

The state of emotional collapse, it's all there.

I don't have any really juicy ones, which I constantly, I'm saying,

shall I purposely take heroin for a year?

I don't have any really juicy addictions.

This will go out after my interview with Erwin Wells who spent a significant part of talking

about his addiction to heroin for a year. It's almost like we plan it.

In my world, as long as you're recovered from it, it's great.

So undivorous parents, I wasn't abused, I wasn't even, I was upper working class all I've got

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