News Roast

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News Roast Podcast

A comedy podcast in which award winning satirists Heydon Prowse & Jolyon Rubinstein invite a new guest on each week to roast some hot topics in three courses of conversation.

  1. S3 Ep12: Asim "Chabuddy G" Chaudhry LIVE!

    06/07/2018

    S3 Ep12: Asim "Chabuddy G" Chaudhry LIVE!

    In the final episode of Series 3, The Mayor of Hounslow himself, Asim "Chabuddy G" Chaudhry joins Jolyon live on stage to talk about his his life in comedy. Covering everything from his early days creating videos and uploading it to YouTube with his mates for a laugh to the award winning work we know him for on mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing.  The guys also tap into how failure is one of the greatest fuels of creativity.  Please note there is some mic interference in parts but don't let that stand in the way of you and some excellent stories.   The episode rounds off with a live Q&A with the audience and was recorded at Shoreditch House as part of their series of 'In Conversation' live events.   Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPod Thanks for all your support this series!

    60 min
  2. S3 Ep11: Rose McGowan

    22/06/2018

    S3 Ep11: Rose McGowan

    Director, author and former actress, Rose McGowan, joins Jolyon and Heydon for a candid chat about from her early school days, the cult of Hollywood, coping with trauma and discuss how extreme gender roles portrayed in film and tv can imprint on us from a young age.  Please take the time to rate/review and subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already.   Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPod Thanks for listening and huge thanks to @rosemcgowan for taking the time to chat to us. Rose's memoir, Brave, is available now from all major retailers.

    1h 1m
  3. S3 Ep10 - Lauri Love LIVE in Conversation

    06/06/2018

    S3 Ep10 - Lauri Love LIVE in Conversation

    Heydon is joined live on stage at Shoreditch House by activist Lauri Love for an in depth chat about his life and the events that led up to him facing possible extradition to the US to be prosecuted on charges that he had stolen data from US government agencies. The episode rounds off with a live Q&A with the audience and was recorded in May 2018 at Shoreditch House as part of their series of 'In Conversation' live events.  Please take the time to rate/review and subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already.   Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPod Thanks for listening.

    1h 10m
  4. S3 Ep9 - LIVE in Conversation with James O'Brien

    23/05/2018

    S3 Ep9 - LIVE in Conversation with James O'Brien

    Journalist, Broadcaster and old friend of the pod, James O'Brien joins Jolyon live on stage at Shoreditch House for an evening of conversation about his life and career, Russia, Brexit, that infamous showdown with Nigel Farage and interviewing his hero, Ian Brown, of course!   The episode rounds off with a live Q&A with the audience and was recorded on the 17th April at Shoreditch House as part of their series of 'In Conversation' live events.  Please take the time to rate/review and subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already.  Keep up to date with @mrjamesob on Twitter and check out his podcast Unfiltered.   Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPod And don't forget to subscribe to the Economist and get a free copy delivered straight to your door by visiting theeconomist.com/newsroast.   Thanks for listening.  Photo credit to LBC/Artefact Magazine

    1h 17m
  5. S3 Ep8 - Johann Hari

    09/05/2018

    S3 Ep8 - Johann Hari

    Writer and journalist, Johann Hari, steps into the studio to talk about some of the themes addressed in his new book, Lost Connections.  The team look at the differences between British and American approaches to happiness, what really causes depression and mental health, loneliness, and question how can a cow be an anti depressant?  Thanks to The Economist for sponsoring this week's episode. Make sure you visit economist.com/roast to claim to get your hands on a free copy.  Keep up to date with what Johann is up to @johannhari101 and johannhari.com  Talk to us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPod As always, if you've not already please take the time to rate, review and share the podcast with someone you think might like it.

    60 min
  6. S3 Ep7 - Jolyon Maugham QC

    26/04/2018

    S3 Ep7 - Jolyon Maugham QC

    Barrister and author of the widespread blog, waitingfortax.com, joins us to discuss the cases he's brought against the government over Article 50, Uber and his concerns over the abuses of landlords providing unliveable accommodation to vulnerable people in the UK.  Jolyon launched the crowd funded ‘People’s Challenge’ which raised over £300,000 to challenge the Government’s position that Article 50 could be triggered by Royal Prerogative. And he crowdfunded £70,000 to launch the Dublin Case to establish whether we can revoke our Article 50 notification. Thanks to The Economist for sponsoring this week's episode. Make sure you visit economist.com/roast to claim to get your hands on a free copy.  Keep up to date with Jolyon's work @JolyonMaugham and the goodlawproject.org  Talk to us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPod As always, if you've not already please take the time to rate, review and share the podcast with someone you think might like it.

    45 min
  7. S3 Ep6 - Peter Bale

    11/04/2018

    S3 Ep6 - Peter Bale

    Journalist and launch editor, Peter Bale of the Wikitribune joins Jolyon and Heydon to talk Trust, Davos and Russia... and the links between the three. Delicious! This episode was recorded on the 30th Jan 2018 when the three had just returned from Davos.  Huge thanks to Peter for taking the time to come and chat with us. You can find out more about Peter's fantastic work @PeterBale @WikiTribune or wikitribune.com Talk to us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPod As always, if you've not already please take the time to rate, review and share the podcast with someone you think might like it.

    39 min
  8. S3 Ep5 - Billie JD Porter

    28/03/2018

    S3 Ep5 - Billie JD Porter

    Journalist and filmmaker, Billie JD Porter, joins Heydon and Jolyon to chew over issues such as cashless societies, the marginalised black LGBTQI community in Trump's America, the disappearance of UK youth spaces and marketing activism.  Check out Billie's latest series Sound and Vision on 4OD: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sound-and-vision/on-demand/66726-004 As always, we appreciate all your support so far and if you've not already then don't forget to rate and the review the podcast. You'll find us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPod on twitter. Thanks to Radio Wolfgang for studio support for this episode.

    43 min
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A comedy podcast in which award winning satirists Heydon Prowse & Jolyon Rubinstein invite a new guest on each week to roast some hot topics in three courses of conversation.

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  • Creator
    News Roast
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    News Roast

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