[Humour] Funny / positive podcast recommendations

[The Clamp]

Feeling a bit blue these last few days. One thing that always lifts my mood is a decent podcast.

Anyone recommend any funny / positive ones?

 

[borat]

Depends on personal humour but a few US ones to try

Bad Friends
TigerBelly
Bill Burrs podcast

 

[Austrian Gull]

I generally find Quickly Kevin good fun to listen to although it depends on the guest.

 

[Rookie]

Romesh and Tom Davies one

 

[Bozza]

I like The Luke and Pete Show - https://play.acast.com/s/lukeandpete

Two blokes just talking stuff and nonsense twice a week. Big back catalogue to work through if you like it.

 

[brighton_tom]

Off Menu

 

[schmunk]

The Rest Is Football

Lineker, Shearer and Richards with a very entertaining mixture of current football, reminiscing and listener questions.


Athletico Mince

Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson dicking about and some recurring sketch comedy. When it hits it's hilarious.

 

[trueblue]

Frank Skinner’s weekly show always raises a smile. Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast is funny if you like his type of humour with some good guests. Likewise, fake medium Clinton Baptiste. Football-wise, The Famous Sloping Pitch is enjoyable in an old gits moaning about the absurdity of modern football way. Plus BBC Sounds is a treasure trove for all sorts of comedy.

 

[The Clamp]

Frank Skinner’s weekly show always raises a smile. Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast is funny if you like his type of humour with some good guests. Likewise, fake medium Clinton Baptiste. Football-wise, The Famous Sloping Pitch is enjoyable in an old gits moaning about the absurdity of modern football way. Plus BBC Sounds is a treasure trove for all sorts of comedy.

We have similar taste. I listen to all of those. Skinner never fails to lift me.

 

[The Clamp]

Off Menu

I like the guests and Gamble but cannot get on with Acaster. Good podcast though.

 

[Since1982]

Saw Rev Richard Coles at The Dome last Friday and he mentioned his podcast, Rabbit Hole Detectives, which I've listened to a couple of times since - very good. "Richard Coles, Dr Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical" - some gentle humour, very positive and a bit educational.

 

[AmexRuislip]

or


David Earl & Joe Wilkinson just talking bollox

 

[MJsGhost]

About Us - SYSK

stuffyoushouldknow.com

I was thinking about this the other day - I haven't listened to Stuff You Should Know for AGES (pre Covid) as I've become a bit bogged down listening to too many football and politics podcasts.
Not comedy as such, but SYSK is very light hearted and I really warmed to Josh and Chuck (/Chuckers) and there's the bonus of the odd genuinely interesting fact in there too.

It's very American though.

 

[pocketseagull]

Chatabix

*crunch crunch*

 

[gripper stebson]

Three Bean Salad. Start from Ep 1... so good.

 

[Happy Exile]

I dip in and out of Top Flight Time Machine a lot. The 'regular' shows barely touch football and can be very funny, but I especially like the Melchester series which is up to episode 200+ and is working it's way through every Roy of the Rovers ever. They read the strip and fill in the blanks in the characterisation and stories, and over the series so far have expanded the comic world into one where Roy is a Tory misogynist and essentially runs Melchester Rovers like his personal business enterprise with a bit of criminality, and with Blackie as his adoring sidekick. Very sweary and has had me giggling out loud often.

Their deep dives into Roy Keane's and Kevin Keegan's autobiographies are a good listen too and similarly funny in a very immature way that appeals to me.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Not really funny (although some are), but Changes, by Annie MacManus is a really good, thought-provoking listen. As the name suggests, it's all about the changes people have gone through in their lives. If you want a Brighton connection, there's one with Fatboy. Others range from Chelsea Manning to Katie Price to Idris Elba.

Easy listening.

 

[chickens]

Three Bean Salad. Start from Ep 1... so good.

Another vote for Three Bean Salad here.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Romesh and Tom Davies - wolf and owl
Talking Sopranos - this pretty much got me through lockdown, if you can listen to an episode and then watch and episode it is amazing - it hits deeper than just the show and has some really funny bits.

 

[Stat Brother]

I find Wolf and Owl virtually unlistenable.

2 family men who are very successful in their choose field, spend the first 20 minutes mithering on about how hard it is being them, while talking like 12 year olds.

Then spend the last 20 minutes dishing out advise on matters they are completely unqualified, before some bollox kindergarten fable.

In between is 20 minutes of comedy.