What's Your Agenda? With Struan Logan

An intimate chat with backbone of the Scottish comedy scene Vladimir McTavish who has done stand-up, sketch, characters, satire and many other comedic things. We chat about his pro-independence slant and whether that is part of his comedy, gigging internationally, predicting 2016 would be a politically "uneventful year" and the evolution of the fringe. Follow @VladMcTavish on Twitter for more of his details, Footnotes for the show will be added to https://www.struanlogan.com/podcast/

An intimate and honest chat with Sam See, South East Asia's only openly gay comedian. We share a mutual love of whisky, dealing with arsehole acts and a great insight into living under a benevolent ruer. Sam See is one of the large new wave of South East Asian comics who are travelling throughout the Asian continent this year and will be coming to your home town next. Check him out on https://mrsamsee.com/ or find Struan on: https://www.struanlogan.com/

An intimate and honest chat about John Hastings a supremely globe trotting comedian where we talk about the power of real items for promotion, the mentality of accused comedians and using a saxophonists to crush your enemies. If you want to check out more find out more about him on thejohnhastings.com.

Lauren Bok is an an award winning Australian comedian a columnist for SBS. We talk about how improv is her go to thing during festivals, her family going through group therapy and deal with men's rights activists on her columns. If you find out more check out her website laurenbok.com or if you want to check out the host see him on struanlogan.com.

You wake to find yourself in the dark podcast! John Robertson has done everything under the comedy sun from stand-up, presenting, a TED Talk, acting, a ton of improvisation and created his own live action videogame The Dark Room. Here we talk about what has shaped John's comedy most. Warning: For those who do not know John's work this show contains discussions about mental health, suicide and jokes about Struan's mum so if those are subjects you do not want to hear or are Mrs M. Logan this is an episode you may want to tred carefully with.

Priding himself on being a "Social Justice Warrior" Kiwi comedian Jame Nokise shares how he gets his point of view across to people who think they don't want to hear about politics. The half Welsh, half Samoan comedian discusses how his mixed background and growing up in working class New Zealand means he knows how to talk about touchy issues like race with a cheeky smile. We also talk how he delt with his best mate being a Brexiteer and how arguments through social media all relates back to colonialism. Check out James on: https://twitter.com/jamesnokise?lang=en and check out Struan at: https://www.struanlogan.com/

Alice Fraser is a comedian who wears her intelligence on her sleeve with openness and honesty. She has written several hugely successful solo shows and her dense joke-writing abilities have let to her providing bards for several topical comedies, most famously The Bugle. Here we talk about Alice at the start of the run of a new show at Adelaide Fringe we talk about her hating it at the beginning, capitalism through advertising and the weirdest follower she has on Twitter. This was rhttp://www.alicecomedyfraser.com/ and Struan's details here: https://www.struanlogan.com/

Part 2 of my chat with Eric Davies most famously known for his trickster Red Bastard, believed by many to be one of the most distinctive acts to the fringe scene. We go further in depth in this episode about audiences who have missed the point of his work, relationships, his background and future projects. This is part two part with Eric Davies recorded at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2018. Eric's details can be found here: http://redbastard.com/ and Struan's details here: https://www.struanlogan.com/

Eric Davies is an actor, director and bouffon famously known for his seductive comedy monster Red Bastard. When he first brought his beast to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the show was garnered with an unprecedented 15 five star reviews with one of the most distinctive shows of the decade. The world touring bouffon talks about the amount of work that goes into creating such a distinctive character, getting away from the beige and how he wants to project the "trickster" of Red Bastard in many other ways including his latest show Lie with Me. This is part one of a two part interview with Eric Davies recorded at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2018. Eric's details can be found here: http://redbastard.com/ and Struan's details here: https://www.struanlogan.com/