The HeadStuff Podcast

Episode 9 – Karl Spain

By Alan Bennett

Karl Spain is our guest on this episode of The HeadStuff Podcast.

I’m joined by my long-time friend Mikey Fleming as co-host. We both met Karl Spain for the first time in about 2004, or 2005, when he was the M.C. of a regular comedy club in Limerick. We went to the show every week, us and about about three or four other random audience members. It wasn’t a well run gig. But because so few people went, we got to know Karl quite well and he got me my first comedy gig in The Ha’penny Bridge Inn in Dublin, which we talk about in the episode. We also talk about The Vodafone Comedy Festival, Al Porter, Karl Spain Wants a Woman and Karl Spain Wants to Rock, comedy newcomer competitions (and who won which awards), Diabetes, Karl’s writing and his new show.

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This episode was expertly recorded by Conor from Wilkins Sound Systems.

Alan Bennett 159 posts 15 comments

Alan Bennett was a stand-up comedian for a while and during that time he toured with David O'Doherty and Maeve Higgins and did well in some competitions and co-ran Schnitzel Comedy Club. Then he started writing fiction and it has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies including 30 Under 30 which Joseph O'Connor chose as one of his books of the year for The Irish Times. He received a Masters with first class honours in creative writing from UCD and a BA in fine art painting from LSAD. Now he's working on getting his novel on, and being in charge of HeadStuff.org.

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