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A podcast channel including The Heptagon Club, Comedians With Books, and now Catching Up (+ other future podcasts, ideas pending). Ooh, word count’s about to run ou
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Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Britain's Got Talent, Storm Troopers, beatboxing, comedy, Rhodes... Welcome to October's pod-party. Mingle with the likes of this lot...
- Comedian NOEL JAMES
- Other comedian TONY VINO
- Other other comedian NATHAN RAMSDEN-LOCK
- Storm Trooper/Vicar CRIS ROGERS
- Ship of Fools founder SIMON JENKINS
- Beatboxing tutor GAV TYTE- Songster & biscuit fiend PAUL BELL
...Your 'Bring A Bottle' contribution is to visit their websites, so seek 'em out online, and while you're there...
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub
Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Donate or Patreon here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Rate & review us on iTunes + it helps us find people (or you could just tell strangers in the street, but rating and reviewing is less weird...)
Friday Sep 14, 2018
Friday Sep 14, 2018
It's Creative New Year! Time for new projects and new products, including books, CDs, beatboxing tutorials and just good advice from these 7 wonders of the world...
- Care For The Family head honcho and author ROB PARSONS, OBE
- As oh-so-recently seen on This Morning, beatboxing vicar GAV TYTE
- Author and parenting guru KATHARINE HILL- Songster & biscuit fiend PAUL BELL
- Comedian NATHAN RAMSDEN-LOCK- Car Share writer, creator and creative genius TIM REID
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub
Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Donate or Patreon here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
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Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Special time... 6 of our 7 guests are heading Fringewards with these googlable shows::
- BENNETT ARRON's I've Never Told Anyone This & Heard the One About Identity Theft?
- JAMES COOK's Boardgame Smackdown- ANNA NICHOLSON: Woman of the Year
- MARK RITCHIE: Bob's Not My Uncle & Other Devastating Truths
- PIPPA EVANS in Brexit 2 & Showstoppers
- DOMINIC FRISBY's Financial Game Show+
- non-Edinburghing but he's given us our theme song so he can do what he likes, ROB HALLIGAN
Hear tales of upper-class rapping duels, irritating drinks machines, and what's behind the shows being performed by this month's magnificent 7.
Like us on FB: www.facebook.com/heptagonclub
Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk
Donate to the podcast here, reduce our debt, keep us podding: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Rate us on iTunes + share us around - happy summer all!
Monday Jul 02, 2018
Monday Jul 02, 2018
4 comedians + 3 authors = a heatwave of guests. This magnificent 7 are:
- Radio 4 songstress and improvxpert PIPPA EVANS
- Jewelsh comedian BENNETT ARRON
- Nomadic funnyman TONY VINO
- Comedy magician and mag editor STEVE LEGG
- Mega-author ROB PARSONS
- Parenting guru KATHARINE HILL
- Pro speaker trainer chap LEE JACKSON
My very-soon Christmas-in-July play: https://guildfordfringefestival.com/sessions/three-wise-men-a-christmas-play-by-paul-kerensa/
Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Amazon Guests List - our authors' books: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk
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Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
A sort of advertourial one-off minisode opens season 3 - because I'm plugging my own tour: The Greatest Story Ever Toured. This time all 7 guests are from the show that we're taking around the land, skilfully unlocking, awkwardly rapping and generally tinkering with bits of Bible. Our 7 guests are:
- Theologian and daddy of The Bible Course, Dr ANDREW
- CATH, the Welshest person ever & glorious leader of a cappella troupe Sound of Wales
- Sound of Wales man, MATT
- Sound of Wales intern AMY
- Sound of Wales non-intern non-man MEG
- Tour producer and all-round good egg ROB
- + Bible Society Head of Comms and person-in-charge of the tour, RACHEL
Tour comes (so far) to Reigate, Guildford, Chester, Hull, Tunbridge Wells, Bristol, Exeter + Wimborne. Details: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/the-bible-course/the-bible-course-on-tour/
Next time, more varied guests!
My Guildford Fringe Christmas-in-July play: https://guildfordfringefestival.com/sessions/three-wise-men-a-christmas-play-by-paul-kerensa/
Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk
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Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
One more ep before the end of season 2 - this time on acting in Paddington 2, and The Ferryman, and playing a tree. Plus the state of the comedy industry, what links baseball and Lost, the return of our Heptagon Club Question of Questions, and more on how YOU yes YOU can be involved for next season...
- Actor JUSTIN EDWARDS from The Death of Stalin, Paddington 2, The Man Who Invented Christmas and now The Ferryman
- Comic extraordinaire JOE LYCETT learns Italian
- Comedian MATT GREEN on Extras, adverts and the changing UK comedy circuit
- Baseball expert BRANDON ISLEIB with his equation for media popularity
- & Actors CAMERON POTTS, ANNA NICHOLSON and ANNA NEWCOME try and remember wonders of the world and dwarf namesOur Amazon Guests' List of books is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/LIDR28M9I9BY/
Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk
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Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Merry Cristes Maesse! Our 2nd Christmas special features 2 more live guests + 5 festive historical wonders who changed Christmas for the... well for that whatever you think of it now. This episode:
- Xmas Xpert JAMES COOPER from WhyChristmas.com
- My 3yr old DAUGHTER playing Father Christmas
plus tales of these festives ledges:
- ST NICK and his 5:2 plan
- WASHINGTON IRVING, the man behind Gotham City, knickers and the modern Christmas
- CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE, poet and champion of what to do when you've left it too late for a present
- BISHOP BENSON, inventor of Nine Lessons & Carols and a classic Christmas ghost story
- ROLAND HUSSEY MACY: Mr Macy's. Well Mr Macy.Paul's Christmas book is Hark! The Biography of Christmas: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171
James' Christmas site is www.whychristmas.com
Donate to the podcast here and fund our future: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
Music by Rob Halligan: www.robhalligan.co.uk
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Rate us on iTunes + share us around - thanks, and Merrrrrrry Christmas!
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Merry Advent! The 1st of 2 Christmas specials features not 7 guests-a-guesting, but, well 2. Plus 5 honorary historical Christmas stars who helped sculpt the Christmas we now know. So that means we get properly Dickensian with:
- Star of The Man Who Invented Christmas, Paddington 2 & The Death of Stalin, JUSTIN EDWARDS (we think he's the star)
- Mr WhyChristmas.com, JAMES COOPER
plus places set at the table for:
- CHARLES DICKENS
- PRINCE ALBERT
- OLIVER CROMWELL
- ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
and of course
- The baby JESUS
James' Christmas site is www.whychristmas.com
Paul's Yule blog is www.kneeldownstandup.wordpress.com
Another festive episode will follow...
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Magic's in the air as we meet the first person to fool Penn & Teller on their 'Fool Us' TV show, plus others tell of Paul Daniels making an elephant disappear and debating Derren Brown. Plus tales of stand-up philosophy, sit-down theology, refugees and referees. And your Bring A Bottle moment is to get hold of/post a review of this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hark-Biography-Christmas-Paul-Kerensa/dp/0745980171 - Thanks!
On this episode:
- The Magic Circle's top comedy magician, BAFTA-winning JOHN ARCHER
- Comedian & writer ANDY KIND on his first gig and his latest job
- Home for Good's KRISH KANDIAH on the refugee crisis
- Writer and theological referee JUSTIN BRIERLEY on Derren and Dawkins- Chortle Comedian of the Year CARL DONNELLY on what to write
- QI elf STEVYN COLGAN talks for about 8 minutes about 8 minutesDonate: www.heptagonclub.co.uk
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Hospitals! House-buying! Football training! Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedians, storytellers and a radio producer bring us our customary cocktail of chat, this time with a frequent medical skew. Bits of our live show mingle with returning guests and fresh blood (and it does include blood). Plus your host does a fairly consistent amount of plugging for live events from Liverpool Comedy Festival to London book launches.
On this episode:
- Canadian tale-weaver TONY LAW on the Silk Road and rhythmic gymnastics
- Chortle Comedian of the Year CARL DONNELLY on stage attire
- Financial guru DOMINIC FRISBY on why young people can’t buy houses
- Storyteller BECCA BARON with a true surgical horror story
- Radio producer CHRIS BYLAND on making great radio and making great future footballers
- Jet-setting comic DAVID WHITNEY on pre-gig feng shui and etiquette
- Comedian ERICH MCELROY on being a TV pundit
Come to these...
Paul’s London show Sept 23rd: https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/shows/873571229
Paul’s Liverpool show Sept 26th: https://www.ents24.com/liverpool-events/hot-water-comedy-club/paul-kerensa/5102039
Paul’s Guildford book launch Oct 1st: http://www.guildford.gov.uk/visitguildford/16133?product=1482361
Paul’s London book launch Oct 11th: https://www.list.co.uk/event/849125-paul-kerensa-hark-the-biography-of-christmas/
Paul’s Nottingham show Nov 9th: https://www.seetickets.com/event/paul-kerensa-navelless-gazing/the-lacehouse/1135179
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