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Richard Herring

Richard Herring: “The audience were often in pain from laughing”

British comedian Richard Herring is podcast royalty, with RHLSTP racking up 1m downloads a month. He talks us through the main moments that have shaped his career

Rajiv Karia

Rajiv Karia: “I went through my youth with a head full of comedy thoughts.”

Holly Spillar

Holly Spillar: “There’s something violently whimsical about me”

Rachel Galvo

Rachel Galvo: “I rarely feel embarrassed if it makes people laugh”

Stuart McPherson

Stuart McPherson: “I’m glad I took the plunge”

Carl Donnelly

Carl Donnelly: “I had an epiphany: this is was what I’d been missing”

Liz Guterbock

Liz Guterbock: “I’m determined to have a nice time from now on.”

Amelia Hamilton

Amelia Hamilton: “You can be a rapper and still listen to Radio 4”

Alexandra Haddow: “I needed to do something to re-energise my creativity”

Sarah Roberts

Sarah Roberts: “I remember being so scared the whole time”

Rosalie Minnitt

Rosalie Minnitt: “I was driven by delusion and heartbreak”

Chloe Petts

Chloe Petts: “I was a mixture of brilliant and horrendously shit”