‘Like nothing else you’ll ever hear’: the 20 best podcasts ever
It’s hard to believe, but podcasts have just turned 20. To celebrate, we asked 20 top podcasting voices for their favourite ever show – and some of the greatest episodes
March 2021
'Reinvent the macarena': Taskmaster's Alex Horne sets us four fiendish new challenges
The smash Channel 4 show returns for its 11th season this week. To mark the occasion, the show’s assistant set our writer four challenges to fulfil – is he up to the task?
August 2020
Remote controller
Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now'
The comic expounds on his love for Rick and Morty, as well as the questionable sexual politics of How I Met Your Mother
December 2019
Top 10s
Top 10 books about comedy, from Eric and Ernie to Lee and Herring
Ken Dodd’s biographer picks his zingers from the literature of laughter-giving
July 2019
Thrillingly rude! Why Richard Herring is the best celeb interviewer in Britain
From Stephen Fry on attempting suicide to Mary Beard on goat sex, how does Richard Herring get stars to be so refreshingly frank? And did he go too far with Stephen Merchant?
May 2018
Top 10s
Top 10 books to understand happiness
The science gets complex, but alongside psychologists and neurologists, larks from the likes of Spike Milligan and Terry Pratchett have useful things to impart
January 2018
'Fame proved toxic for the relationship': when comedy double acts split
David Baddiel, Andy Zaltzman, Richard Herring and other comics on fame, failure and friendship
February 2017
The funniest thing
Richard Herring: ‘Rick And Morty is the most brilliant TV show I've ever seen'
The comedian, writer and blogger on what makes him laugh the most
October 2016
The funniest thing
John Robins: 'I couldn't breathe during Monty Python, I was laughing that much'
The standup and Radio X presenter on what makes him laugh the most, from Richard Herring to ludicrous haircuts
September 2016
The Comedian's Comedian: the podcast that gets inside funny people's heads
Part podcast, part therapy session, The Comedian’s Comedian offers a peek into the inner life of funny people. Meet its creator, Stuart Goldsmith
August 2015
On my radar
On my radar: Jonny Greenwood’s cultural highlights
The Radiohead musician on his debt to Clive James, the comedy podcasts of Richard Herring, and why Netflix drives him crazy
June 2015
'The staff are like gin-pouring ninjas': standups pick the best comedy clubs
Comedians including Stephen K Amos, Rachel Parris and Phil Wang choose the venues with the mightiest MCs and perkiest punters (one heckling dog included)
October 2014
This week's new live comedy
This week’s new live comedy
Hal Cruttenden | Richard Herring | Rob Delaney
August 2014
Richard Herring's I Killed Rasputin: a farcical history lesson – Edinburgh festival 2014 review
Richard Herring: how I ra-ra-rescued Rasputin from myth and falsehood
Edinburgh fringe 2014 in pictures: Murdo MacLeod's best shots – week one
How we made
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring: how we made Fist of Fun
May 2014
Behind the joke
Richard Herring: 'I wanted to unsettle and confuse people'
What I see in the mirror
What I see in the mirror: Richard Herring
April 2014
Frank Skinner returns to Edinburgh festival for first time in seven years
Skinner will perform his show Man in a Suit at the fringe while Russell Kane and Richard Herring present dramatic works as well as comedy sets
