Host Alexis Strum chats to Jen Ives and Debra-Jane Appelby about: heavy metal, The Marx Brothers, listening to comedy albums on vinyl and using humour to raise awareness about trans rights.

Jen Ives is one of the funniest people on Twitter. Fact. She hosts a fab comedy night, 'Club Casual' and has written for Radio 4's 'Newsjack'.

Debra-Jane Appleby is a Funny Women award-winning comedian who co-hosts the Strong Female Leads podcast and has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live, and as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.

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Mummy vlogger Sophie McCartney of Ed Sheeran 'Shape Of You' parody fame joins host Alexis Strum to chat getting sued by Universal records, manifesting and what it feels like to go viral!

This episode was streamed LIVE on Twitch on Wednesday 23rd September 2020.

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Host Alexis Strum chats to Twitch streamers Claire Lim and Ashley Storrie about how to stream comedy, how to build your community and harness your creativity. This episode was live streamed in August 2020.

About our guests:

Claire Lim is a presenter, podcaster and host whose Twitch crew are known as the Wee Squad. She recently ran a two day event called 'WeeCon' where she interviewed panellists such as Armando Iannucci, raising money for the Cybersmile charity.

Ashley Storrie is a comedian, BBC Radio Scotland presenter and pickle eater, best known for her Harry Potter parody #tanyapotter, which was picked up by the national press and LadBible and is currently at over 24 million views.

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Host Alexis Strum talks to Andi Osho and Athena Kugblenu about racial diversity in comedy- onstage and on TV, as well as the weirdness of online gigs and how the Edinburgh festival isn't the 'be all and end all' for tomorrow's comedy stars. Becky Singh from Funny Women also joins us in the chat as we talk about changes that need to be made in the industry- from writers rooms to commissioners themselves, in order for scripted comedy to provide a more diverse, inclusive perspective.

A few notes on our guests:

Andi Osho:

Andi is an actress, Funny Women Award-winning comedian and author. Andi has an inspiring series on YouTube called, 'Creativity Live Chat' and has conquered Hollywood with movies such as Shazam! and Lights Out and her debut novel, 'Asking For A Friend' is out next year.

Athena Kugblenu:

Athena is a comedian and writer. he is a member of the BBC Comedy Room 2019/20 and was awarded the BBC Felix Dexter Bursary for BAME up-and-coming comedy writers in 2020. She has written for Horrible Histories, Radio 4’s Dead Ringers, News Quiz, Newsjack, The Now Show and is a lead writer for multi cultural sketch show Sketchtopia. She also has a PRINCE 2 qualification!

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Host Alexis Strum talks to Vicki Pepperdine about: COVID Tarts, buying random gymnastic beams and how to discover your essence.

Lynne Parker from Funny Women also joins us for the chat.

A few notes on our guest:

Vicki Pepperdine

Vicki is a British writer and actress who is perhaps best known at the moment for the darkly funny podcast 'Dear Joan and Jericha' with Julia Davis. She has appeared in over 50 TV shows, including Rev, Nighty Night, Miranda and Alan Partridge.

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Host Alexis Strum chats to Helen Lewis and Rosie Wilby about the very timely subject of cancel culture, whether feminism is still possible whilst in lockdown and along with Funny Women's Kate Stone, we pick our favourite heroines of the pandemic.

A few notes on our guests:

Helen Lewis

Helen is a staff writer for 'The Atlantic' and author of 'Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights'. She has also written for many other publications including The Guardian and The Sunday Times.

Rosie Wilby

Rosie is a comedian, podcaster and author best known for her book, 'Is Monogamy Dead?' and her podcast, 'The Breakup Monologues'.

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Guests Stevie Martin and Gina Martin join host Alexis Strum to chat: sibling tortoises, everyday sexism in comedy and social media activism. And of course we got them to play 'How Alert Are You?' our Corona Quiz! !

A few notes on our guests:

Stevie Martin

Stevie is a writer, comedian and voiceover artist, and co-hosts the podcast 'Nobody Panic' with Tessa Coates as well as 'Might Delete Later' with her sister Gina.

Gina Martin

Gina is an activist, influencer and campaigner who successfully campaigned to make upskirting a criminal offence. She is also the author of, 'Be The Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You'.

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