Hard Knock Knocks Podcast
1) 102: Lisa Gatenby - Never Growing Up
Lisa Gatenby is the Peter Pan of stand-up comedy. Having worked in the business of children's toys for many years, Lisa admits she's never grown up, and loves to add a level of silliness to her perfor...Show More
2) 101: Tom Siegert - Fighting for Comedy
Comedian Tom Siegert got his comedy spark at the Gershwin Room in St Kilda. His muse was the legendary comedian Greg Fleet. Today, Tom’s an established comedian in his own right, having per...Show More
3) 100: Katie Burch – Avoiding the waffle and being cruel
Comedian Katie Burch didn't want to work at NASA or work towards world peace. She wanted to be a comedian, and a dark comedian at that. In this 100th episode of the School of Hard Knock Knock...Show More
4) 099: Ashley Fils-Aime – Reinventing yourself in comedy
Haitian-American comedian Ashley Fils-Aime had it all. International tours, sold out shows, and supporting a mega comedian for 11 years. But he stepped away, for love. In this School of Hard Knock Kn...Show More
5) 098: Wayne Deakin – Overcoming the wilful ignorance in comedy
When you start out in comedy, you're looking for stuff that is funny. When you get good, you find stuff you want to talk about, and make that funny. So says comedian Wayne Deakin, a 20 plus year veter...Show More
6) 097: Lewis Spears – The consummate professional behind the 'Spears' brand
By dying, Prince Phillip helped sell out comedian Lewis Spears' last week of his Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) show. Morbid, yes. But also, totally on brand. And totally orchestrated....Show More
7) 066: Simon Hughes - The new king of comedy
Simon Hughes runs [Kings of Comedy](https://www.facebook.com/kings0fcomedy/), a comedy room in the heart of Melbourne. He's also an up and coming stand-up comedian. A class clown at school, Simon w...Show More
8) 065: Rik Roberts - Comedy under Christian constraints
Rik Roberts runs the [School of Laughs](https://schooloflaughs.com/). But not in Australia. Rik is Kentucky born and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, which will explain our two contrasting accents. ...Show More
9) 064: Kieran Butler - The life of a satirist, antagonist and contrarian comedian
[Kieran Butler](http://kieranbutler.com/) is a political satirist, comedic antagonist, and a general contrarian. Heavily influenced by the Aussie alternative rock band, TISM, Kieran Butler is not afra...Show More
064: Kieran Butler - The life of a satirist, antagonist and contrarian comedian
52:11 | Jul 18th, 2018
10) 063: Chris Wainhouse - Dark humour and the importance of taboos
New Zealand born, Brisbane raised, and globally travelled, Chris Wainhouse, has been in the comedy game for over 20 years. The son of a fundamental Christian mother, it should come as no surprise for ...Show More