Ellie Gibson, comedian (Scummy Mummies).
My guest today is Ellie Gibson, an award--winning journalist, presenter, and one half of the comedy double act Scummy Mummies. Born in South London, my guest joined Sony in 2001 and there wrote the ma...
28 Apr 20231h 11min
Ronan Farrow, investigative journalist, New Yorker.
My guest today is the Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. Born in New York City he earned his degree in philosophy at just fifteen. While a teenager he served as a U...
24 Apr 20231h 10min
Dan Vecchitto, gamemaker (Trombone Champ).
My guest today is Dan Vecchitto, the American creator of one of 2022’s funniest games. In Trombone Champ, you play as a trombonist and must blast your way through a setlist of classical pieces, nation...
20 Apr 20231h 5min
Charles Cecil MBE, gamemaker (Broken Sword, Beneath a Steel Sky).
My guest today is the legendary British video game designer, Charles Cecil. While a student at Manchester University, a friend invited him to write a text adventure which led him to work for the video...
17 Apr 202357min
Grace Curtis, science fiction author (Frontier, Floating Hotel).
My guest today is Grace Curtis, a video game critic and one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction writing. Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, she graduated from the UEA with a degree in English L...
13 Apr 20231h 3min
Erik Wolpaw, writer Portal 1 & 2.
My guest today is Erik Wolpaw, the American writer for some of the funniest video games yet made. In the nineties he and a friend founded the website Old Man Murray, a satirical online publication tha...
10 Apr 20231h 12min
Sir Ian Livingstone, co-founder Games Workshop.
My guest today is the English fantasy author and champion of the video game industry, Sir Ian Livingstone. In 1975, while in his mid-twenties, he founded a boardgame company, Games Workshop, which soo...
6 Apr 202352min
Susan Calman, comic, writer, presenter.
My guest today is the Scottish comedian, television presenter and writer, Susan Calman. While studying law at the University of Glasgow, she spent three months in North Carolina working with criminals...
3 Apr 202359min
