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Spieling The Beans
A podcast in which storytellers tell stories about telling stories.
Comedians, writers, journalists, politicians, and activists discuss what makes a good story, how they get audiences hooked and how powerful stories can be.
(Theme music: 'Up Kilkenny' by Josh Woodward)
Episodes
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S8 Ep12: LFF: Victoria Luengo & Rodrigo Sorogoyen (The Beloved)
My guests this episode are the Gaudí Award winning star (Victoria Luengo) & Oscar nominated director (Rodrigo Sorogoyen) of the Palme d'Or nominated THE…
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S8 Ep11: LFF: Anna Foglietta & Paolo Sopranzetti (A Common Story)
A COMMON STORY's director, Anna Foglietta, and its producer, Paolo Sopranzetti, join me to discuss the transition from celebrated actor to first-time director…
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S8 Ep10: LFF: Gabe Klinger (Isabel)
My guest this episode is Gabe Klinger - the director of ISABEL, co-written with its star Marina Person. We discuss filming on 16mm, turning their active film…
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S8 Ep9: LFF: Harvey Zielinski (Sweet Milk Lake)
My guest this episode is Harvey Zielinski - the writer, director, producer, and star of SWEET MILK LAKE. We discuss multi-roling in your own directorial debut…
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S8 Ep8: LFF: Sean Mathias (Frank and Percy)
My guest this episode is Sean Mathias, director of FRANK AND PERCY. We discuss transforming the original 2023 play (which he also directed) into a film, his…
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S8 Ep7: LFF: Virginie Efira (All Of A Sudden)
Fresh from winning Best Actress at Cannes for her work on ALL OF A SUDDEN, my guest this episode is Virginie Efira. We discuss working with Ryusuke Hamaguchi…
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S8 Ep6: LFF: Adam Pearson, Edward Lovelace & Ellie Jim
STB's first red carpet episode: the cast and director of ZERO INTENTION OF LIVING QUIETLY discuss the film, filmmaking and storytelling at its Leicester Square…
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S8 Ep5: Simon Evans
My guest today is Simon Evans, director and co-adaptor of Cyrano de Bergerac for the Royal Shakespeare Company, starring Adrian Lester and Susannah Fielding…
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S8 Ep4: Dame Judi Dench
My guest for this episode of Spieling The Beans is Dame Judi Dench. You know who she is. Recorded 9th April 2026.
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S8 Ep3: Inua Ellams MBE FRSL
My guest this episode is the globally-renowned, multi-award-winning playwright, poet, and performer, Inua Ellams MBE FRSL, whose work has been produced by the…
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S8 Ep2: SAIPAN Special: Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D’Sa
Tomorrow, the Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke starring SAIPAN opens in UK cinemas. In October, at the London Film Festival, I got to talk to its directors…
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S8 Ep1: Daniel Bailey
My guest this episode is Daniel Bailey: award-winning director, writer, dramaturg, former Associate Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, Chair of Judges for…
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S7 Ep4: Sir Salman Rushdie
For the finale of season seven, my guest is the Booker Prize winning author Sir Salman Rushdie. Recorded at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024.
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S7 Ep3: Sir Rufus Norris
In the longest interview we've ever done on Spieling The Beans, my guest is the sixth Artistic Director of the National Theatre (2015-2025), Sir Rufus Norris.
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S7 Ep2: Gary Gulman
Dom speaks to the globally revered comedian Gary Gulman (The Great Depresh, Born on Third Base), on constructing masterful stand-up, working with directors…
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S7 Ep1: Simon McBurney OBE
Dom talks to Simon McBurney OBE, the co-founder and artistic director of the monumentally consequential theatre company Complicité, and an actor you’ll…
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S6 Ep5: Rupert Goold CBE
My guest today is Rupert Goold - the double-Olivier-winning, Tony-nominated director behind such shows as Dear England, Enron, Ink, King Charles III, Tammy…
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S6 Ep4: Max Webster
My guest this episode is Max Webster, the Tony & Olivier Award nominated director of astonishing theatrical feats including The Life of Pi, David Tennant &…
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S6 Ep3: Francesca Moody MBE
MY guest this episode is the Olivier-Winning, Tony-Nominated Super-Producer of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer, and Kathy And Stella Solve A Murder, Francesca Moody…
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S6 Ep2: Brian Cox
My guest is Emmy, Golden Globe and double Olivier Award winning actor, director, producer and writer, Brian Cox. In a wonderfully unguarded conversation, we…
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S6 Ep1: Tig Notaro
Season 6 Premiere Episode: My guest is the multi Grammy and Emmy nominated comedian, filmmaker, actor, writer, and podcaster Tig Notaro. A true artist of…
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S5 Ep9: George Clooney
My guest for the Season Five Finale is George Clooney. You know who he is. Recorded at a special BAFTA screening of his latest film 'The Boys In The Boat', in…
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S5 Ep8: Justin Edwards
My guest this episode is the Edinburgh Perrier and Royal Television Society Award-winning actor and writer, Justin Edwards. Star of The Thick Of It, as Ben…
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S5 Ep7: Adam James
My guest this episode is Adam James, star of Vigil, The Buccaneers, Charles III, Doctor Foster, Extras, Wicked, Johnny English Strikes Again, and countless…
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S5 Ep6: Patrick Cotnoir
My guest today is Patrick Cotnoir, best known as the producer and co-host of The George Lucas Talk Show, he’s also been the producer and talent booker of over…
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S5 Ep5: Kiran Deol
My guest this episode is Kiran Deol, the Emmy-nominated, Oscar-longlisted comedian, actor, writer, director, filmmaker and documentarian. As an actor, she’s…
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S5 Ep4: James Naughtie
My guest is James Naughtie, one of the UK's most revered and recognisable journalists and broadcasters, perhaps best known for co-hosting the Today programme…
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S5 Ep3: Eden Sher
My guest this episode is Eden Sher, the Critics' Choice Award Winning Star of 'The Middle', on creating her sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show 'I Was On A Sitcom'…
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S5 Ep2: Craig Ferguson
My guest is the Peabody and Emmy winning comedy titan and icon of iconoclasm Craig Ferguson. Recorded in his dressing room at the Criterion Theatre in London’s…
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S5 Ep1: BriTANick
We're back. With STB history. My guests, plural, for the Season 5 premiere episode are the Emmy-nominated Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney - AKA BriTANick - on…
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S4 Ep4: John Lloyd
My guest for this S4 finale episode is the father of QI himself, John Lloyd, on stories, holism, educational reform, Navajo proverbs, Douglas Adams, mysticism…
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S4 Ep2: Arthur Smith
In the first of our 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Tapes, this week's guest is the magnificent multi-hyphenate Arthur Smith - the comedian-poet-Night-Mayor-of-Balham…
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S4 Ep1: Helen Serafinowicz
My guest for this Season 4 premiere episode is Helen Serafinowicz - co-creator of the International Emmy Award Nominated ‘Motherland’, one of my favourite…
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S3 Ep6: Prof. Noam Chomsky
My guest for this episode, the Season 3 Finale, is Professor Noam Chomsky. You know who he is.
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S3 Ep5: Sarah Mills
My guest this episode is Sarah Mills - the award-winning writer-comedian-producer - on turning the boredom of chemotherapy into the joy of ‘The Chemo Chat…
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S3 Ep4: Joz Norris
My guest this episode is Joz Norris - Edinburgh Fringe Comedian’s Choice Award Winner and, quite simply, one of the finest comedic minds around - on how…
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S3 Ep4: British Podcast Awards Announcement
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S3 Ep3: Sadia Azmat
My guest this episode is Sadia Azmat, the brilliant and critically-acclaimed comedian, writer, producer, and podcaster. From reaching the final of Funny Women…
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S3 Ep2: Charlie Dinkin
My guest this episode is Charlie Dinkin - BBC Studios Comedy Staff Writer, Co-Creator of the BBC Audio Drama Award Nominated sketch show podcast SeanceCast…
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S3 Ep1: Chris Yiu
Welcome to Season 3 of what is now - officially - the World's 43rd Hottest Podcast, thanks to Podcast Magazine's voters! My guest this episode is Chris Yiu -…
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S2 Ep9: Season 2 Thank You
A mini episode thanking you for listening and on the stories we tell ourselves. See you in 2021!
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S2 Ep8: Founding UK Supreme Court President, The Rt. Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG PC
Recorded in 2015, my guest this week is the founding President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the former Lord Chief Justice of England and…
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S2 Ep7: Mary Houlihan
My guest this week is Mary Houlihan, a New York based comedian, writer, animator and artist who's appeared on Broad City, Billy On The Street, Difficult…
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S2 Ep6: Professor A. C. Grayling CBE FRSA FRSL
My guest, Professor A. C. Grayling, is a titan of British philosophy. The Bertrand-Russell-Award-winning author of over forty books - on everything from War to…
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S2 Ep5: Don Roy King
My guest this week is Don Roy King - quite simply, a titan of television. The director of Saturday Night Live since 2006, he has directed more live TV than…
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S2 Ep4: Matt Koff
My guest this week is Matt Koff, an Emmy-award winning comedian who has been a writer at The Daily Show, with both Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah, since 2013…
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S2 Ep3: Chloe Radcliffe
My guess this week is Chloe Radcliffe - a writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, a twice national speech champion, a former corporate speechwriter…
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S2 Ep2: Jen Calleja
My guest this week is Jen Calleja, the 2019 International Booker Prize nominee and the inaugural Translator-in-Residence at The British Library, on why…
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S2 Ep1: Daniel Matarazzo
My guest this week is Daniel Matarazzo, a classically trained musical director who, just last week, created a Coronavirus parody of…
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S1 Ep10: Gov. Michael Dukakis
My guest this week is the 1988 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States of America, the first ever Greek-American US Presidential Nominee, the…
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S1 Ep9: Joanna Nadin
My guest this week is Dr Joanna Nadin. Starting out as a journalist, she soon entered the world of politics, working in Downing Street helping craft Blair’s…
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S1 Ep8: Devin Delliquanti
My guest this week is Devin Delliquanti. After getting his start at The Onion, Devin’s written for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah ever since Trevor took over…
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S1 Ep7: Maggie Lalley
My guest this week is Maggie Lalley, comedian and creator of Cold Blooded Witch: The Sex Musical. Maggie’s one woman show about her stint as a teen witch…
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S1 Ep6: Byron Lane
My guest this week is Byron Lane, an actor, writer, Emmy-award-winning journalist and creator of Tilda Swinton Answers An Ad On Craigslist - one of the…
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S1 Ep4: Gabe Mollica
My guest this week is Gabe Mollica, whose Edinburgh Fringe debut hour - entitled The Whole Thing: A True Story of Love, Comedy and Rice Cakes - has seen him be…
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S1 Ep3: Catherine Bohart
My guest this week is Catherine Bohart, star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier…
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S1 Ep2: Anna Drezen
My guest this week is Anna Drezen. As a writer for Saturday Night Live, Anna created the legendary Debette Goldry sketches (played by Kate McKinnon), along…
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S1 Ep1: AJ Holmes
My first guest is AJ Holmes - star of The Book of Mormon (playing the iconic role of Elder Cunningham in the West End, Broadway and Australian productions), a…
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S1 Ep1: Spieling The Beans Trailer
Welcome to a brand new podcast series called Spieling The Beans in which storytellers tell their stories about telling stories.