Comedian

Comedian Marise Gaughan runs through the difficulty of having an unusual name. Edwin reveals that his father gets his name wrong all the time. Then it’s a quick jog through ranking sex offenders, swooning over Elon Musk and a whole lot of…

Limerick comedian Danny Ryan reviews the many, many hours he spent alone as a young man exploring the disappointing landscape of his imagination. Danny also reveals the origin story of The Air Stander – a superhero with the ability to not…

Y’know, it doesn’t matter how well you think you’re doing, or how well others think and say you’re doing, all that’s ever mattered to me was what my harshest critic thought. No, this isn’t some introspective look at how I’m my own…

Comedian Gearoid Farrelly travels to Henley on Thames to meet T’pau front-woman and 80s rock queen Carol Decker. They talk about her glory days with mega hits like "China In Your Hands and the journey to and from massive success. The…

In Episode 23 – recorded at HeadStuff HQ – Alison meets TV scriptwriter and former “Flying Squad” Detective, John Murphy. (Yes, like in The Sweeney). John tells Alison about being an Irish officer in the Metropolitan Police Force in…

At midnight tonight, Comedy Central will be showcasing comedian Matthew Broussard’s first half hour special. This will coincide with the release of his album Pedantic by Comedy Central Records on the same day. Both are pretty amazing …

“You seen these guys live before?” “Nope.” “Angry.” So goes the exchange between my NO ENCORE partner in crime Colm O’Regan and my good self as Young Fathers take to the Original Stage, shortly after proven festival openers the…

Tara Flynn is an absolute legend who appears to be a fan of HeadStuff, which is just very tremendously cool. She joined us on the podcast, but she also wrote this properly excellent article for us. An apology about the first minute…

On the second episode of The HeadStuff Podcast I talk to Josie Long who is absolutely one of my favourite comedians. I also employ the chin-wagging services of my friend and co-conspirator Mikey Fleming for the beginning of the podcast.…

I have had a busy year. Three surgeries, two of them major, one of them minor and a little procedure in-between. But that’s what has to happen when you get a cancer diagnosis. Bowel cancer to be specific. ‘Hang on a damn-blasted minute!’…