Best Taylor Ruddle Podcasts (2025)

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134. Starting A Theatre Company & Pub Tales with Chris Sainton Clark 44:16

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3d ago44:16

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I'd been wanting to sit down with Chris Sainton Clark for years and talk about how he got started with his small theatre company Raising Cain Productions as well as some of the behind the scenes details of his show Pub Tales. Check out Chris' upcoming tour dates at www.christophersaintonclark.com and www.raisingcainproductions.com…

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Taylor Ruddle Newsletters 2025 Compilation 1:46:20

16d ago1:46:20

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I've been releasing a newsletter every month in 2025, trying to fill it with interesting content instead of just plugging my gigs, had about 100ish readers but it never really grew at all so I think it's back to the drawing board. I recorded a voiceover for each one and these voiceovers were all done in one take so there's a few mistakes as well as…

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133. JokeTober Aftermath with Grant Cattermole 1:11:25

25d ago1:11:25

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Another cheeky little bonus episode for the faithful Ruddlemaniacs still listening along to these secret episodes. This time I brought Grant Cattermole, a local comic who has become a very close friend of mine in the comedy scene and we did a post mortem about the JokeTober project we did in 2025 - a new joke posted to our socials every day from a …

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132. The Cost Of Greatness: A Star Is Born (2018) With Geoff Wilson 1:07:19

2M ago1:07:19

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A cheeky little bonus episode for you. The podcast is still on hiatus in the sense that I'm not doing weekly episodes, but when the inspiration strikes or the right person comes along I'll be dropping episodes if I believe they've got something worth saying in them. In this episode Geoff and I talk about the tragic 2018 film A Star Is Born in our u…

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Hiatus Announcement 9:23

5M ago9:23

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Hey Ruddlemaniacs, I'm going to be putting the podcast on ice for a currently undetermined length of time. The long and short of it is that I've been burning it at both ends for the past couple of months and the weekly nature of the podcast was beginning to grind me down. I've been sick as a dog for going on four weeks now and frankly I'm just knac…

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131. Musician Jeremy Redmore (formerly of Midnight Youth) 1:03:08

5M ago1:03:08

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This is a HUGE get for the podcast, quite possibly the biggest guest I've had so far! Jeremy's a musician currently living in Holland but from NZ originally. Jeremy was in a band in 2009 called Midnight Youth who released some absolute bangers that I remember hearing all the time in high school. I heard one of them on the playlist at Little Androme…

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130. Mushroom Poisoning & Memphis Belle with Melissa Katherine 40:01

6M ago40:01

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Today's guest is Melissa Katherine, a stand up comic from Auckland who's been gaining a bit of traction online lately after discussing an Australian true crime event where someone poisoned some people with a beef wellington, she even got a cease and desist letter from the Australian supreme court as it's actually illegal to talk about crimes while …

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129. Life's Curveballs with Richard Dryden 37:52

6M ago37:52

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Today's guests is one of my favourite people, Richard Dryden. I know him primarily as a stand up comedian but he's lived a whole life before we even met. The long and short of Richard's story is that he had a kidney transplant at 17, and tongue cancer resulting in a very hefty muscle transplant. He's worked in radio, he does stand up and music, and…

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128. Tony Hawk & The 90s with Craig Westenberg 40:56

6M ago40:56

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To coincide with the release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, I brought Craig Westenberg back onto the podcast and we reminisced about the 90s, skate culture, extreme sports, music, jackass and the like and Craig walked me through the history of the Tony Hawk video games and why they are so meaningful to him. Follow Craig Online: https://www.facebo…

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The Inevitable AI, War & James Bond Episode | Hoss Town Podcast Ep. 9 50:45

6M ago50:45

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Well folks it was inevitable, the geopolitical state of the world today was always going to come up on Hoss Town and so we've reached our inevitable episode about AI, War, Nukes, Geopolitics, and of course James Bond. Taylor got very briefly mistaken for Matt out in public again, so now the score is 2-1 to Taylor. We'll be honest this is probably g…

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127. Independently Producing Theatre with Austin Harrison 41:34

6M ago41:34

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Today my guest is Austin Harrison of Wellington and we had a yarn about some of the projects he's been working on, mainly I'm Proud Of You: Improvised Yarns With Your Dad and Coro, a homage to Coronation street. We also got a little bit into the nuts and bolts of making showbiz your living when you're just a battler and not somebody big off the tel…

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126. Meal Prep & Mental Helth with Comedian Richard Dowling 41:17

6M ago41:17

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Today my guest is comedian Richard Dowling, an up and comer from Ireland by way of Wellington. I'm a big fan of Richard's work and work ethic so it was a delight to have him on the show. We initially sat down to talk about the Dark Souls series but the conversation naturally flowed and we ended up talking about health and mental health in comedy in…

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125. From Russia with Laughs with Comedian Anya Rzhevitskaya 39:04

7M ago39:04

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This week my guest is Anya Rzhevitskaya, a Wellington based comedian who produces gigs with Drug of Choice productions. Anya offered to come on the pod and talk about growing up in Russia, a country that I think we all find fascinating due to how similar it is to the United States but also completely different. This was my chance to ask any questio…

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124. Local Politics (Again) with Ben Tito Caldwell 54:38

7M ago54:38

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Ben "Tito" Caldwell is back for another guerrilla podcast while he dropped into Christchurch for a couple of gigs. Ben thought it would be a good idea to chat some more about local politics as in New Zealand the local elections are coming up soon and so we might help keep them in people's mind. We chatted about what it's been like working as a publ…

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123. The Invisible Hook & Kitchen Confidential - RMT Book Club! 40:38

7M ago40:38

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This week I decided to sit down and yap about a couple of books that I have read this year, I'm trying to be more proactive at reading books instead of doom scrolling on the phone or playing video games, other stuff like that we use to space out. This time I talked about The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson, a book about the economics of Pirates, and…

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122. Talking Wrestling & More with Mudit Mahajan 36:50

7M ago36:50

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This week I'm joined by Mudit Mahajan, a young lad from the Auckland comedy scene. We worked together a bit a year or so ago on a project and I've caught him at The Classic a couple of times. We had been meaning to have a proper chat about wrestling for ages so decided to do so on the podcast! Sorry if you're not a wrestling enjoyer, but next week …

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121. What I'm Grateful For & Lessons Learnt After 2 Years As A Freelance Entertainer 47:55

8M ago47:55

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It's here! My reflections on what it's been like working as a freelance entertainer for the last 2 years. I broke this one down into things I'm grateful for and lessons learnt. And there were a lot more lessons learnt. Hope you enjoy it! What I'm Grateful For: I've paid all my bills for 2 years off the back of telling jokes and reading quiz questio…

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120. Da Movies, Comedy & Manic Impressive with Tristan Miller 1:24:51

8M ago1:24:51

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It's my 2nd anniversary since going full time as a comedian! I was planning on doing an episode full of reflection and evaluation, but the week got away on me and so I've bumped up this episode instead. This week I'm delighted to be joined by comedian Tristan Miller, based up in Auckland originally from the US. Tristan brought a list of tiny joys f…

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119. Pro Wrestler Kawa Kupa & His Manager Archie Bower 34:32

8M ago34:32

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Well there's a first time for everything and today's the first time I've had guests walk out on me during a podcast! Today I interviewed Unified Championship Wrestling's Light Heavyweight Champion Kawa Kupa and his manager Archie Bower. We got into how Kawa started wrestling, how they started working together, Kawa's attitude shift as of recently, …

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118. April & Leland From Crime To Burn's Tiny Joys 1:02:19

8M ago1:02:19

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Today I'm joined by April and Leland from the Crime To Burn podcast, a true crime podcast that focuses on crimes involving fire including arson and criminal negligence. April and Leland have been super supportive of my podcast and they often share my posts so I figured it was well overdue for me to try and help promote them a bit! April genuinely w…

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117. The Best Chicken Chips in Christchurch (ASMR) 54:30

9M ago54:30

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My friend Jarrod Cook and I decided to sample as many of the different flavours of Chicken potato chips that we could find in Christchurch and figure out which one was the best. We also made an unexpected stop in at the Christchurch City Libraries book fair at Pioneer stadium where we collected some books. This episode is definitely one of the weir…

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116. Cobra Kai & The Karate Kid Recap (+ Life Update) 1:02:44

9M ago1:02:44

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I recently finished the series Cobra Kai and was hit by the sudden realization of how much time has passed since I started watching in around 2019 which was when I had just got back to New Zealand after living in Japan. I suppose you would call that my "Spool of wire" moment, look it up on tiktok if you have no idea what that is. This is a solo epi…

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Going Viral, Becoming A Funcle & Sauna Chat | Hoss Town Podcast Ep. 8 47:48

9M ago47:48

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The Big Man and The Medium Sized Man are back for another rambunctious visit to Hoss Town! This time the fellas ruminate on Matt's first time doing 60(ish) minutes of stand up comedy, Taylor's recent moderately viral Chris Luxon impression TikToks, tips on how you can make your own content pop off online. Matt's about to become an uncle or Funcle a…

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115. Mental Health? In Stand Up Comedy?? In This Economy?? with Paula Jane Newman 41:19

9M ago41:19

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This week I'm joined by Paula Jane Newman, a clean comic living in the USA by way of England who runs her own comedy movement emphacizing mental health in Stand Up Comedy. She's also done a heap of meditation work and is just in general a really sweet and interesting character. I hope you enjoy it. Easiest way to check out everything Paula is up to…

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114. Turning Tragedy Into Comedy with Dr. Jo Prendergast 1:19:18

9M ago1:19:18

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Comedian and Author Dr Jo Prendergast joined me on the podcast today to talk about the process of turning something tragic, in Jo's case a breast cancer diagnosis into something funny, which ended up being her show Cancer & Cartwheels which she's currently touring. Jo talks about what it was like going through Chemo, she explains what Cold Capping …

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113. Am I The Asshole? Part 2 With Comedian Dave Adams 1:06:58

10M ago1:06:58

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Comedian Dave Adams returns this week and we tackled some more "Am I The Asshole?" Threads from Reddit! We recorded this one so long ago that I actually cannot find the links to the ones we covered, but I'm sure if you just search the titles into Reddit they'll come up! Follow Dave Adams Online: https://www.facebook.com/DaveAdamsNZComedy https://ww…

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112. Interview With Kiwi Pro Wrestlers Elliot Samuels & UCW Champion Marc Morales 1:03:16

10M ago1:03:16

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Today's episode features two gents from pro wrestling which you will know I am a huge fan of. Both of these guys wrestle under Unified Championship Wrestling here in Christchurch. Elliot Samuels and I go all the way back to high school and Marc Morales is the current UCW Heavyweight Champion. Both of these guys knocked me around a bit in training w…

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The Hosses Are Dripping In Gold! | Hoss Town Podcast Ep. 7 48:59

10M ago48:59

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The Fellas are back for our first Hoss Town of 2025, they've had nearly 3 months off so had a lot to cover! Both of the boys won awards in the 2024 New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards so Hoss Town is dripping in gold, Taylor bought a replica Sting from Lord Of The Rings while down in Dunedin, Matt was finally mistaken for Taylor, It'll be Taylor's firs…

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 7 38:44

10M ago38:44

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni. This week and in the final edition of Line By Line (for now) we tackle the aftermath of Romeo and Juliet's meeting and see how they both seek out the guidance of their mentor figures in Friar Lawrence and The Nurse, respectively…

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111. Ray O'Leary Lets Me Pick His Brain About Comedy 1:27:30

10M ago1:27:30

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Hell of an episode for you today as Ray O'Leary is back and he's let me pick his brain for about an hour about stand up comedy. The bulk of what we cover is how to develop yourself from just telling a bunch of jokes to getting to the place where you are offering something different and giving the audience your version of the world. How to get some …

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110. Pizza, Pool Shots & Paranormal - Cyn Shrader Hill's Tiny Joys 41:22

11M ago41:22

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This time I'm joined by Cyn Shrader Hill, an Author/Editor, Founder of Elk Valley Paranormal (EVP) and Storyteller. Cyn was put in touch with me via Jen of Paranormal NL Podcast so we were chatting for the first time but it ended up being a lovely wee cosy chat about pizza and rain on the roof as well as some paranormal stuff in there too! The 3 ti…

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 6 36:26

11M ago36:26

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni and we tackle THE scene. Like THE Romeo and Juliet scene, you know the one. Wherefor art thou on the balcony. Yeah you know the one! Follow Jeff online: https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformer https://www.facebook.com/garysta…

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109. Engineering, Feminism & Long Drops with Nicole from Nerd Nite Christchurch 1:07:22

11M ago1:07:22

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In this episode I am finally joined by the boss lady of Nerd Nite Christchurch, Nicole! She's a very clever and interesting person and brought some very unique Tiny Joys to discuss. Nicole's Tiny Joys: Structural engineering New Zealand back country huts Kate Sheppard Flushing toilets Clean water Check out Nerd Nite Christchurch: https://christchur…

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 5 1:06:09

11M ago1:06:09

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jonathan Samson, a comedian, actor and club booker in Thailand with a heap of experience playing Shakespeare, as luck would have it the very monologue that we covered in this episode by Mercutio was one he's studied extensively and there's so much depth to it! Follow Jonathan online: https://www.facebook.com/J…

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108. The Cost Of Greatness: Whiplash (2014) with Geoff Wilson 1:33:41

11M ago1:33:41

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Another episode of The Cost Of Greatness where Geoff Wilson and I break down the 2014 cult classic film Whiplash and talk about the themes explored in the film and whether the cost of being a great jazz musician is really worth the sacrifice. Content Warning: Whiplash deals with the topic of suicide at one point and some listeners may find it upset…

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 4 36:28

11M ago36:28

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Aimée Borlase, a comedian, singer, actor, director and content creator. We tackled the Capulet family's ball in this episode. Follow Aimée online: https://www.facebook.com/aimeeborlasenz https://www.instagram.com/aimeeborlase/ https://www.tiktok.com/@aimeeborlase -- In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian …

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107. Glee with Ray O'Leary 41:32

11M ago41:32

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This is mad, today I have the pleasure of hosting Ray O'Leary, probably the biggest comic I've got on the show so far! Ray and I yapped about the 2009 TV show Glee. I've always been fascinated by the dark and sordid drama surrounding such a positive and uplifting TV show from multiple deaths to the reveal that one of the cast members was a tyrant t…

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106. Searching for The One Piece with Vasu Premkumar 50:26

11M ago50:26

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Today I'm joined by Vasu Premkumar, one of my day 1's here in the Christhchurch comedy scene. We recorded this podcast real avant garde in a weekend Vasu was visiting Christchurch and we talked about why we enjoy the anime One Piece, who his favourite character is and why it's special to him before being very abruptly ended because I had to move my…

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 3 38:43

11M ago38:43

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Dan Bain, a comedian, podcaster, playwright, graphic designer, photographer, director... Dan does a lot! Today we tackled mainly Mercutio's dream sequence. Follow Dan online: https://www.instagram.com/iamdanbain_/ https://www.facebook.com/iamdanbain -- In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or exper…

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You Might Like: My Substack 12:59

11M ago12:59

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As I've gotten older I've found myself disliking the constant bombardment of social media feeds and enjoying signing up to the newsletters of people who's work I enjoy. I genuinely look forward to them each month. Also, with the recent potential ban of TikTok it's reminded me that while social media platforms rise and fall like empires, having a go…

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105. UFOs, MMA & Ice Baths - Kevin from Where The Weird Ones Are's Tiny Joys 42:55

11M ago42:55

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Today I'm joined by Kevin from Where The Weird Ones Are, a paranormal podcast based out of Maine. We went into this not really knowing what to expect as we had never spoken before but Kevin is a really cool guy with some very simple, wholesome tiny joys. We ended up getting a bit deep and talking about stuff like existentialism and the meaning of l…

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 2 38:09

12M ago38:09

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni and we tackle the Montagues & Mercutio plotting before the ball. Follow Jeff online: https://www.facebook.com/JeffClarkPerformer https://www.facebook.com/garystarlightsings https://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/ -- In Line By Li…

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104. Why Did 3 Waters Fail? with Comedian Ben "Tito" Caldwell 1:09:13

12M ago1:09:13

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Today I'm joined by Ben "Tito" Caldwell, one of my best mates in the NZ Comedy scene and we got talking about local politics, something that I don't understand a lot about but Ben is super into. We were driving home the night before and I asked Ben why the controversial 3 Waters initiative failed here in New Zealand and he gave me a really detailed…

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103. Kingdom Hearts with Bridie Thomson 1:09:38

12M ago1:09:38

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This week, comedian from Auckland and my good friend Bridie Thomson is back and we take a trip down memory lane talking about the series Kingdom Hearts, of which we are both fond. We talked about our first encounter with the series, how it influenced us growing up and what's to expect from the future of the franchise. This one is probably horribly …

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Line By Line: Romeo And Juliet Ep. 1 1:02:08

12M ago1:02:08

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This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jess Loudon, a comedian and actor with 20 years of experience doing Shakespeare. Together we tackle the opening scene, the fight between the capulet and montague boys. Please note, the audio is a bit funky in this episode due to zoom being weird, but it's well worth the listen!! Follow Jess online: https://www…

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102. What Gets Under My Skin? MY Tiny Joys & Banes (2025) 39:18

12M ago39:18

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I like to try and start each year with a Q&Tay, but I'm not at the level yet where people have many questions for me so I thought I'd do what we call in showbiz "a pivot" and start each year by bringing my old reliable buddy Henry HIckman onto the pod and discussing as many tiny Joys and Banes as we can get through in 40 minutes, Joys: Hitting the …

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2024 State of the Ramble 46:32

12M ago46:32

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Back again for my yearly review of how the year went, what went well, what didn't and what I'm hoping to accomplish next year! If you'd prefer to read this article, you can do so here! -- Watch my NEW hour-long stand up special Panic! At The Buffet for FREE on YouTube here! Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE I'd love it if you could leave thi…

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The Best of Ruddle Me This! 2024 1:42:00

1y ago1:42:00

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Hey hey it's a Best Of episode! These clips are some of the funnier or more thought provoking bits I could think of from the 2024 season of Ruddle Me This! Here are the episodes I took clips from: 47. The Odyssey w Dan Bain 50. Dan Bublitz Jr's 10 Tiny Joys 57. Tom Lucas's 10 Tiny Joys 64. Donating A Kidney w Charn Williams 65. Ocean Denham 5 Tiny …

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101. What Comedy Specials Did We Watch Growing Up? with Tim Kelly 1:10:29

1y ago1:10:29

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I bought back Tim Kelly, a hilarious comic in Christchurch to the show where we talked about the stand up comedians and comedy specials that we watched growing up and why they resonated with us. Follow Tim on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tim.kelly.obviously/ -- Join the Ruddle Me This! subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis! I'd…

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Merry Hossmas! | Hoss Town Podcast Ep. 6 1:31:35

1y ago1:31:35

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The final episode of Hoss Town for 2024! The boys started this project up when they were a bit less busy but as things have picked up with comedy, it's been harder to nail the Dons down at the same time to record. In this episode of Hoss Town, the Fellas contemplate losing a subscriber, Taylor being mistaken for Matt, and then Matt being mistaken f…