Taylor Tomlinson

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Comedy megastar Taylor Tomlinson has dropped into the studio in the middle of her world tour! And as you might imagine it’s an absolute belter of an episode. Her favourite things include siblings (where she talks about starting comedy as a 16 year old on the US Church circuit 😮) Taylor tells a chilling tale about leaving her comedy notebook lying around, and the significance to her of the ‘umble walnut. An hour in the company of Taylor and Russell talking about all the things that make them tick. It’s a big yes please. Taylor’s got plenty of dates left on her current ‘Save Me’ world tour so if you’re in the US or Canada then get involved - find out where and when by going to https://taylortomlinsoncomedy.com The rest of you can use that website to find Taylor’s incredible specials online or watch episodes of her TV show. ✨ And hey, why not consider joining our Patreon Crew? You’re already the kind of freak who reads the show notes - why not take the next step? You will get hours and hours of exclusive extra shows with all our guests, including Taylor! Find out how great it is by clicking here. ✨ Kaboom! That explosion is a sign that it’s very nearly the end of the blurb. Very nearly indeed. Ver.. Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, my friends, welcome to Five Brilliant Things, where I sit down with amazing people to talk about the things they adore.
0:14.2	My guest today is Taylor Tomnison, one of the best comedians to come out of the US.
0:18.8	She tours the world, has her own TV show, and she's great.
0:22.0	Her brilliant things included leather jackets, matcha, walnuts.
0:27.4	It was great, wasn't it?
0:28.1	Amazing. So good.
0:29.2	Just very intelligent, very funny.
0:32.7	Great.
0:33.3	Anyways, this is Taylor Thomason and her five brilliant things.
0:41.3	Thank you. Anyways, this is Taylor Thomason and her five brilliant things. Taylor Tomlinson.
0:43.3	Hello.
0:44.3	Thank you so much for coming on the show.
0:45.3	Thank you so much for having me.
0:46.3	I was trying to think, because I did like a talking head show of yours.
0:51.3	Did we ever meet?
0:52.3	No.
0:53.3	We didn't. I couldn't remember if I had spoken to you on the
0:55.2	phone or if that was just a producer or anything. We had, um, uh, uh, an Instagram direct conversation.
1:02.4	That's what it was. About, um, Vick's Vaporub. Oh my God. Yes. I was like, I knew I talked to you in
1:08.8	some way. Yeah. It was because you had a bad throat on tour.
1:12.5	Mm-hmm. I don't know. Did I give you that advice? I think you did. Yeah. I think you did. They're very good. Yes. For the people that like, you basically, you put your nose over it and you kind of like inhaled these steam. I should listen to fess up because I can see you looking at my glasses. I'm aware that I've broken my glasses.
1:26.8	I didn't even notice, to be honest.
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