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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Darryl J – Tennish

Season 22

Episode 8

00:24:14

Silent clown Darryl J is bringing two shows to the Fringe; the first is ‘Out of the Box’ in the afternoon, and the second is Tennish, late at night. Both are clowning shows; the latter is about learning the violin, the former has a box full of adventures, ready to be opened by anyone in the audience. What’s in the chat box between us? How about making a performance like a Pixar movie, clowning around the world, and what street performers can bring to the stage?

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Thom Tuck – The Wolf Of Poyais

August 12, 2026

Episode 7

00:25:21

“The Wolf Of Pryais” sits at the heart of Thom Tuck’s Edinburgh Fringe this year. Tuck inhabits the role of Gregor MacGregor, the 19th-century Scottish adventurer who convinced hundreds of people to invest in, and in some cases emigrate to, a country that did not exist… the fictional Central American territory of ‘Poyais.’

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Couplet – Folk, Marry, Kill

August 11, 2026

Season 22

Episode 6

00:26:16

Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year are Marnina Schon and Micah O’Konis. ‘Folk Marry Kill’ is a folktale about sex, death, and the hard question of “how often should a married couple, you know… folk?” We talk about the delights of writing a follow-up show, why “kill your darlings” is something they still have to contend with, and coming back to the Fringe with a little more experience.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Em Stroud – Navigating Life

August 10, 2026

Season 22

Episode 5

00:24:38

Em Stroud has popped into the Fringe Show studio today to talk about her show Navigating Life, a look at “what happens when we stop trying to control everything and simply ‘be’.” Em and I talk about her KPI metrics of Fringe 2026, finding the money to perform in Edinburgh, and the all-encompassing challenge of deciding on the colour of crisps.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Show 2026 – Guy Masterson Returns To The Fringe

July 20, 2026

Season 22

Episode 2

00:36:05

Our previews for Fringe 2026 start with We start with Guy Masterson, an Edinburgh Fringe veteran of 32 years. In a wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the five shows he is working with in 2026, the importance of live theatre, why artists have to shoulder much of the risk, and why we all keep coming back to the Fringe.

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The Interview – Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

December 11, 2025

Season 1

Episode 6

00:10:41

Directed by Vicky Wood, and written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe and remains the gold standard of Fringe legends… from a theatrical dare to a short stand-up like ten minutes, to a ‘that’s so Fringe’ run in Edinburgh, and then onwards into the zeitgeist.

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The Interview – Conchita Wurst, ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’

November 27, 2025

Season 1

Episode 5

00:21:20

One of the most recognisable names in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest is Austria’s Conchita Wurst. In the weeks before her victory for Austria with ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’, I caught up with the singer to find out more about their public and personal sides. We discussed attitudes, dreams, songs, Shirley Bassey, and Austria’s entry into Eurovision 2014.

A few hours after this interview, Conchita would take to the stage for the first public performance of the song and start their journey to global recognition. Time was tight between rehearsals and taking to the Dutch stage, so the interview took place in the back of a taxi. Sometimes it’s the name, not the venue, that counts!

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The Interview – Gene Cernan, The Last Man To Walk On The Moon

November 13, 2025

Season 1

Episode 4

00:20:09

Director Mark Craig and retired astronaut Gene Cernan to talk about the documentary film ‘The Last Man On The Moon.’

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The Interview – Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet

October 30, 2025

Season 1

Episode 3

00:30:02

Vint Cerf, along with Bob Kahn, developed TCP/IP, the communications protocol that lies at the heart of the Internet. Without that, nothing works, hence many calling Cerf and Kahn the fathers of the Internet.

When he joined Google, after he was talked out of working as an Archduke, was given the title of Chief Internet Evangelist. We talked about the design of the Internet and how its open nature was achieved, reaching the last billion users and using the Internet for education

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The Interview – Michael Biehn, ‘The Divide’

October 16, 2025

Season 1

Episode 2

00:12:28

Not every actor in a film takes part in the promotional side of things, although with the rise of big budgets and social media, it’s common for everyone on the cast, and many of the higher echelons of the crew, to hit the road and sell the show.

That wasn’t always the case. With the premier of The Divide taking place at SXSW some thirteen years ago, Michael Biehn decided that he would attend not only his first SXSW but also his first film festival to support and promote a film that he believed in.

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