Funny In Failure

Michael Kahan
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A podcast that interviews funny and interesting people to discuss their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the entertainment industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success. Nothing is better than humour to normalise a situation, so having deep and meaningful conversations, interspersed with comedy and laughter, helps us celebrate and appreciate life's frustrating moments.

  1. 3D AGO

    Candice Guardino -Journey Together

    Candice Guardino is a comedian, writer, host and producer.  Brooklyn-born Candice Guardino grew up in a loud, loving Italian family on Staten Island—an upbringing she transformed into her hit theatrical comedy Italian Bred. Inspired by true events, the special follows Candice as she seamlessly slips into multiple characters, including her brassy grandmother, taking audiences on a hilarious and heartfelt journey through her childhood. Italian Bred was written and performed by Candice and filmed through her production company, Anthony Street Productions (launched in 2022). The special was produced by Chris DiPetta (Billy Gardell's Halftime, Showtime's Road Dogs), directed by Samuel Brownfield (longtime Jim Gaffigan collaborator), edited by Brent Katz (Now You See Him), with musical arrangements by Emmy-nominated David Dabbon (Oh Mary!, Beetlejuice the Musical). The original song, "Change in Me," was written by Candice and Dabbon. Candice is currently writing her debut comedic essay collection, Confessions of an Italian Bred Girl (Because Therapy Is Expensive and Laughing at Myself Is Free), which is being shopped to publishers. Through Anthony Street Productions, she also produces her hit weekly podcast Don't Start!, co-hosted with WWE's Sarah Schreiber, featuring inspiring celebrity guests. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Candice is also developing a new television project based on the IP of her grandmother's secret family journals. Candice will head out on a 2026 national tour, with stops including New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, and additional dates to be announced. Italian Bread is now out! Check it out on Amazon Prime or Apple. We chat about dancing competitively and judging, Italian Bred, journey of self-discovery and growth, wild fertility journey, writing and attachment, musical theatre and regional runs, nerves and performing, + more! Photo credit is: Dirty Sugar Photography  Check Candice out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candiceguardino Website/ tour: https://www.candiceguardino.com/new-page Italian Bred: https://italianbredshow.com/ Podcast (DON'T START): https://www.candiceguardino.com/new-page-1 ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 14m

  2. FEB 2

    Conrad Sewell - Gut Instinct

    Conrad Sewell is an ARIA Award-winning, multi-platinum-selling singer and songwriter. Starting his musical journey at the age of 8, Conrad became a household name with his first official solo endeavour, teaming up with dynamic Norwegian DJ and producer Kygo for the smash hit Firestone; a track that has since gone on to generate over 1 billion streams on Spotify alone. Since then, Conrad has never looked back, going large with 'Healing Hands' and secured a #1 charting and Platinum certified single via 2015's Start Again, which also took home the ARIA Music Award for Song of the Year, before going on to release two studio albums, tour the globe extensively, all while continuing to enamour with his soulful approach to pop music that is authentic as it is memorable. Conrad Sewell is set to return to Australian stages this year, today announcing his Bloodline tour, a powerful new chapter celebrating family, legacy and the raw soul of his voice, joined by his Grammy-nominated sister Grace Sewell (PKA SAYGRACE), whose billion-stream career has made her one of Australia's most formidable R&B exports. The tour announcement comes paired with the news of a compelling new Conrad Sewell single Deserve. Tickets are available below. He's toured with Ed Sheeran and Maroon 5, performances at Madison Square Garden and Coachella, appearances on Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning America and praise from Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Teen Vogue, VICE and NBC. We chat about hitting over 1 billion streams for 'Firestone' and what Spotify gave him, authenticity and trusting your gut, social media and being in front of the camera, self-discovery, flow, good vs bad collaboration, musical magic, ego, his health journey more! Check Conrad out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conradofficial Tour: https://www.teamwrktouring.com/tours/conrad-sewell-bloodline-tour Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConradOfficialMusic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1rw8ZTLnDHd74TWDDukjVi Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@conradofficial Deserve Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_kYmffYYI4 Walk on post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOATnHREyRQ/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    54 min

  3. JAN 26

    Rachel Lee Goldenberg - Follow Your Excitment

    Rachel Lee Goldenberg is a Los Angeles-based writer/director. Her most recent film, Swiped (2025), stars Lily James as tech founder Whitney Wolfe, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Swiped is Goldenberg's 10th feature, her other most recent film is Unpregnant (2020), a buddy comedy about abortion access. She began her career directing B-movies, culminating with A Deadly Adoption (2015) a meta Lifetime movie starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. She also directed the pilots and additional episodes of Minx (2022) and Tiny Beautiful Things (2023), along with episodes of a dozen other show. She won an Emmy for producing Between Two Ferns: President Obama (2014). We chat about winning an Emmy, Funny Or Die and how Will Ferrell helped get her first agent, directing and crazy stories on set, working at the Asylum, following excitement, Swiped, working with low budgets plus so much more! Check Rachel out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rlgoldenberg ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 22m

  4. JAN 19

    Jaydi Samuels Kuba - You Can Do Both

    Jaydi Samuels Kuba got her start in television writing, with credits on shows from Family Guy to Salem. After watching her colleagues in film and TV struggle to find grounded and meaningful relationships, she started LJMatchmaking, her couple curation service for people in the industry. Today she and her business partner are known as the "Love Agents of Hollywood." A certified date and relationship coach, she's set up many couples since, inadvertently finding her own match in the process. She cohosts the podcast Match Made in Hollywood with her husband. Her book, 'Your Last First Date, Secrets from a Hollywood Matchmaker' will be out on January 27. Links below! We chat about officiating weddings, screenwriting, becoming the 'love agents of Hollywood', being Seth MacFarlane's assistant, writing episode 250 for Family Guy, her love and passion of matchmaking and being a dating coach and her new book 'Your Last First Date'. Check Jaydi out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matchmadeinhollywood/ Website: www.ljmatchmaking.com Book (Your Last First Date): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Your-Last-First-Date/Jaydi-Samuels-Kuba/9781668079645 ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 40m

  5. JAN 12

    What So Not - Artistic Success

    Today's guest may be one of the most interesting humans on the planet. Whether it's doing 250 shows in a year, training with monks, not staying in one city for more than four days over a year and a half, exploring the world, or being a true pioneer in his music space — Chris Emerson, aka WHAT SO NOT, has done it all! What So Not is an Australian DJ and producer. He has just released a brand new collaborative EP The Quiet That Hurts with visionary Dutch artist Buunshin. Previously releasing their single Threads and a luminous new single Dancing In The Leaves featuring Lucy Lucy.   Emerging in the 2010s, What So Not has evolved into an in-demand artist across the globe, renowned for his innovation and signature style that blends bass, trap and melodic hues into a unique and unforgettable package. Releasing his debut album Not All the Beautiful Things in 2018, What So Not resoundingly showcased his versatility and revolutionary prowess, with tracks like Be OK Again featuring Daniel Johns and Goh featuring Skrillex building formidable momentum that would ultimately lead to a 2022 sophomore album Anomaly. A genre-less and relentlessly experimental artist, What So Not has spent his career collaborating with the likes of Skrillex, RL Grime, Killer Mike and Toto, with his releases and potent live performance effortlessly translating over to the stage including at Coachella and Lollapalooza, headline shows in Europe, North America as well as on home soil, and also cultivating over 1.3 billion streams and counting worldwide in the process.  Opening with Threads featuring renowned American singer-songwriter and composer Maiah Manser, The Quiet That Hurts EP is undeniably a short yet sharply sweet full-bodied journey in avant-garde sounds and blissful delivery, with the EP growing from its opening track into quiet rumination and lush, ambient urgency via Tragic, featuring Ukrainian singer vocalist Alina Pash, pulsing with emotion alongside a high-octane foundation. From here, the EP dives into a hypnotic yet propulsive flow state (Dancing In The Leaves feat. Lucy Lucy), before oozing into bewitching melodics balanced between moments of instrumental sparsity and animated drum and bass (The One feat. Aiko), and, ultimately, closing out with sprawling soundscapes fused with narcotic beats and unbridled serenity juxtaposed against emphatic and raw lyricism delivered by Mara Necia.  Dancing In The Leaves is out now! The Quiet That Hurts EP is out now! What So Not is also touring America and Canada soon, check it out! We chat about surfing and what it does for his soul, his new EP, consciousness and deep chats with AI, the void, Aussie revival dance tour and helping upcoming artists, the state of the music industry, ego, jumping off the rocket ship, art and completion, quitting accounting, creating new sounds plus plenty more! Check What So Not out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatsonot/ Tour dates/ tickets: https://laylo.com/whatsonot/rpWPU Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4AA8eXtzqh5ykxtafLaPOi?si=5rnOiDoJQNOns8iIST477Q&nd=1&dlsi=9c6369485b2c42c4 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_BCgUU6ufG0tKo34YwEYjw The Quiet That Hurts ep: https://4mysanity.ffm.to/what-so-not-buunshin-the-quiet-that-hurts-ep ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 38m

  6. JAN 5

    Steph Strings - Feeling Alive

    Melbourne multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Steph Strings already has many strings, literally and figuratively, to her creative bow. But in early 2026, a brand new chapter will arrive in the form of Steph's long-awaited debut album 'Feel Alive', set for release on Friday 9 January, 2026. Steph has also unveiled a new single and music video, with the smouldering country-pop track 'Devil Woman' which is now out! A truly gifted storyteller at her core, Steph Strings is a renowned singer-songwriter and guitarist, merging coastal fingerstyle indie rock with blues, folk and Celtic influences, along with percussive wizardry. A lover of laughter, big kick drums, sunset drinks, golden retrievers, and philosophical conversations, Steph found a passion for music at the age of 7, learning to play the piano before ultimately finding herself drawn to guitar. Starting guitar lessons at the age of 9, Steph has never looked back. Releasing her debut EP Allegoric Oceans in 2017, Steph's ability to channel her influences and creative history into a sound entirely her own has only deepened with each new release, now in command of millions of streams and a global audience firmly mirroring her talent and determination. In a live setting, Steph's transformative sonic creations take on new life, capable of transporting you into another dimension purely with a guitar and her voice. And whether performing at home or abroad, touring with the likes of Vance Joy, Ziggy Alberts, The Cat Empire, Kim Churchill, Pierce Brothers and Jack Botts, or commanding onstage at her own headline shows. Stephs is about to do doing a massive tour in Canada, America and Europe, check it out before tickets sell out! Ticket links below. We chat about seeing colours, imposter syndrome, her happy place, touring and performing, flow state, lessons from legends, fear of singing, manifestation the Steph way, adrenaline dumps, posting videos while at school and the profound impacts it had, pursuing guitar, having a great team plus plenty more! Check Steph out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephstringsmusic/ Tour dates/ tickets: https://stephstrings.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/39qxIdIb1R6se4J3X6nRPB Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCboPR_BfJ00EBYO7BRwR1gQ   ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 18m

  7. 12/29/2025

    Dave Symes (Boy & Bear)- Looking Out For Each Other

    Dave Symes is a performer, writer, producer, arranger and the bass player of Boy & Bear. As a member of Boy & Bear Dave has enjoyed 2 Aria #1 Albums in Australia with "Harlequin Dream" and "Limit Of Love", as well as a # 4 with "Boy and Bear" and a #7 with "Suck On Light". The band performs regularly, touring across Australia, North America and Europe. Renowned for their magnetic blend of vintage pop, alternative elements and folk edges, Boy & Bear channel nostalgia, personal experiences and universal themes into charming and captivating sonic journeys. Taking the world by storm in 2011 via their debut album Moonfire, Boy & Bear instantly won hearts and minds, while also taking home five ARIA Award wins and achieving double-Platinum status for their maiden record. Cementing their ever-burgeoning legacy with 2013's Harlequin Dream, 2015's Limit of Love, 2019's Suck on Light and, most recently, 2023's self-titled album, over the years Boy & Bear have garnered multiple #1 charting albums, top 10 debuts, seven ARIA Award nominations and five wins, over half a billion streams and ongoing performances in their wake as headliners, supporting the likes of Mumford & Sons, Chris Isaak and Laura Marling, or charming audiences across the globe with their unforgettable performances Indie alternative icons Boy & Bear have recently unveiled their sixth studio album Tripping Over Time, with the independent full-length offering a boundless exploration of melodic hooks, storytelling and luminous pop across its unforgettable 11 tracks, including serene focus track Ancestors. As of this weekend, Boy & Bear will commence a mammoth tour that will see the five-piece tick off some of the biggest shows of their career to date, including a once-in-a-lifetime performance at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt this Sunday 14 December. Dave has also collaborated with man y great Australian artists. Some of those artists include Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko, The Sleepy Jackson, Marcia Hines, Keith Urban and the The Whitlams. Boy & Bear have released their 6th album tripping over time, check it out now + ticket sales across Canada, Europe and Australia are out as well so check them out. We chat about Boy & Bear and joining the band, the great Jackie Orszaczky, the magical jazz share house, collaboration and ego, 'never arriving', gigging at a young age, performing, when things don't go 'right', ambition plus plenty more! Check Dave out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mistersymes/ Personal website: https://davesymes.com/ Boy & Bear: Tour dates/ tickets: https://www.boyandbear.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boyandbear/ New Album: https://groupspeed.lnk.to/TrippingOverTimeAlbum Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@boyandbear Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boyandbear/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@boyandbearmusic ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 8m

  8. 12/22/2025

    Pez - Music is a Blessing

    Pez (Perry Chapman) is one of Australia's most respected hip-hop artists and an icon. He has achieved ARIA-charting albums, national tours, and collaborations with some of Australia's most influential hip-hop acts. Pez has a reputation as one of the countries sharpest lyricists. His longevity and evolution have cemented him as a trusted, authentic voice in Australian music, admired for both his craft and his contribution to the culture. Pez is touring with 360 on their Back N Forth Tour, check it out (links below)! We chat about leaving music and coming back (hopefully), authenticity and being yourself, flow state, graves disease, nerves and performing, negative self-talk, life changing experience in Sunshine Coast, how Aussie rap is perceived, his new tour with 360, being a father plus plenty more! Check Pez out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pezofficial Tour dates/ tickets: https://pezmusic.com.au/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pezofficial Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0XhPfbWkymiMgLm-GwraIw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emceepez Facebook fan group (The Peztival heads): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1151940535827071/ Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0nqejKHUiWWMRltB0Cx5xq Dad Joke's on you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDPkkfWLiTs ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/

    1h 22m
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About

A podcast that interviews funny and interesting people to discuss their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the entertainment industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success. Nothing is better than humour to normalise a situation, so having deep and meaningful conversations, interspersed with comedy and laughter, helps us celebrate and appreciate life's frustrating moments.

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  • Creator
    Michael Kahan
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    329
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Funny In Failure

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