Cheerful Earful podcast festival to return

Plus news of other new podcasts

Comedy podcast festival Cheerful Earful is to return to London from October 12 to 20.

Now in its third year, the festival will feature more than 30 live shows in venues including the Clapham Grand and The Bedford pub in Balham.

Headliners include Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown; Trusty Hogs with Helen Bauer and Catherine Bohart (pictured); and Paper Cuts with Miranda Sawyer and Alex Von Tunzelmann .

Other events include Lexx Education with Laura Lexx and her brother Ron Lexx; Family Jewels with Charlie Dinkin and Olga Koch and Ghastly Women iwht Esther Manito and Lily Phillips.

For the first time, the festival is opening applications to smaller and independent podcasts to perform on its Listen Up stage. All shows featured here will receive additional financial support for performing at the festival.

The event is sponsored by podcast platform Adeliciou,s whose chief executive Andrew Goldsmith said: 'Cheerful Earful is one of our favourite festivals, combining comedy and podcasting, what is there not to love? Last year’s festival was a highlight for Adelicious and we are pleased to be able to support them in 2024.'

Full listings so far are at cheerfulearful.co.uk.

Meanwhile, American comic Leah Lamarr has teamed up with British stand-up Bella Hull to make a new podcast about toxicity called Rats of The Roundtable.

Starting this Thursday each episode will discuss t gossip, their own failures and what rat-like behaviour has caught their attention that week.

Hull said: 'This podcast was built on a mutual love for gossip, confessions, and the kind of rabid honesty that makes you think "Wow. I cant believe she just said that"'.

Lamarr added" "It all started with an admiration for cultural differences between England and America, as well as a love for all things absolutely idiotic, psychotic and hilarious. Come have a deranged little laugh with us."

The show is produced by Stuart Laws for Turtle Canyon Comedy and released through Acast.

And in other podcast news, comedians Jon Pearson and Patrick Draper have started Lower The Tone, a show to share their middle-aged weight loss journey. Listen here.

Plus weekly quiz podcast Guestimators, hosted by Absolute Radio’s Andy Bush, returns for season two tomorrow with TikTok star Jack Skipper. Upcoming guests include stand-ups Chloe Petts and Russell Kane, Eastenders star Natalie Cassidy, and Radio One’s Matt Edmondson and presenter.

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Published: 18 Jun 2024