All My Clothes Need Burning (formerly Television Times)

Megan Lockhurst is back on the podcast with plenty to catch up on. Fresh from her parents' 50th wedding anniversary in Mexico, she's been busy with auditions, filming, and a growing list of projects.Megan Lockhurst is a Canadian actress based in the UK, who recently starred in Murder at the Highland Manor, appeared in Havoc, and continues to build an impressive career on both sides of the Atlantic.The commercial audition she went to at 16 — a long trip to Toronto, hours of waiting around, and a memorable introduction to the realities of castingMurder at the Highland Manor — what it's like to lead a TV movie, and read reviews of your own performanceWhy social media feels completely unnatural to her, regardless of the necessity to engageWhy elevators can be the scariest places of allConnect with Megan here:InstagramTikTokWebsiteIMDbFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following the news of Keir Starmer's resignation, I wanted to jump on the mic and share a few thoughts on why these moments feel like television events in their own right, especially after seeing that bloody lectern again!I also look back at my brief involvement in Labour politics during the 2010 leadership contest and recount my own encounter with Andy Burnham. Having met various political figures over the years, I explain why I think Burnham could make a compelling future Prime Minister.This isn't a political podcast, and it certainly isn't a conventional bonus episode, but when the nation's eyes are glued to the screen and history is unfolding live on television, it feels very much in the spirit of Television Times.Find us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meka Mo grew up in Queens, worked on Wall Street, watched the Miracle on the Hudson happen from her office window, lost a South London church basement crowd the moment she swore in front of some Jamaican grandmas, and has never once been pickpocketed anywhere in the world. She's been navigating cultural minefields ever since — and making it look easy.Meka Mo is a New York City-based comedian, host of the emotional wellness comedy podcast We're Done Here, and a regular on the international comedy circuit. Her new show, New York City Dreams, will be playing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Why performing internationally means constantly working out which jokes travel and which ones don't Why she's never been pickpocketed anywhere in the world — and the flatmates who kept getting robbed in LondonThe Columbus Day joke that went badly in Las Vegas Watching the Miracle on the Hudson happen in real time from her office window on Wall Street.Connect with Meka here:InstagramYouTubeWebsiteGet tickets for Meka's Edinburgh Fringe show here: NewYorkCityDreamsFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australia and New Zealand have been quietly producing some of the funniest people on the circuit for decades — and this episode rounds up the best of them in one place.A compilation episode featuring Steve's favourite moments from his conversations with Sam Simmons, Daniel Muggleton, Robert Morgan, Mark Trevorrow (a.k.a. Bob Downe), Harry Jun, Stephen Curry, Dane Simpson, Jenny Tian, Ange Lavoipierre, Nick Schuller, Phil Hammond, Tom Ballard, John Robertson, Jarred Christmas and Nic Sampson.Why Antipodean comics consistently punch above their weight on the international circuitThe shared sensibility — and the crucial differences — between Australian and New Zealand humourWhat it takes to build a comedy career when you start 10,000 miles from the main marketsWhy absurdism, deadpan and chaos seem to be the default settings down underFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Morgan has ridden horses through the Australian desert with Ray Winstone, filmed in the wilderness of New Zealand alongside Florence Pugh, navigated the culture shock of working in Beijing, and is about to play Burgess Meredith in a Sylvester Stallone biopic. He calls this a career.Robert Morgan is a Welsh-Australian actor, writer, and former boxer known for The Proposition, The Accountant 2, Landman, High Country, and Hacksaw Ridge. He has worked alongside Brad Pitt, Jason Isaacs, and Guy Pearce, and continues to champion emerging talent.The physical endurance required to film The Proposition in the Australian Outback, where the environment was as brutal as anything in the scriptFilming in the New Zealand wilderness alongside Florence Pugh — and the reality of being an Australian actor constantly in transitWhy playing Burgess Meredith in the upcoming Sylvester Stallone biopic, I Play Rocky, required a completely different kind of preparationThe art of being a "good bastard" — and why that philosophy has kept him working across four decades and multiple continentsHis passion for independent film and the emerging talent he keeps going out of his way to supportRob does not engage in social media, but you can see what he's up to here:IMDb ProfileFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve interviews Steve — and gets more out of it than either of them expected.In this solo episode, Steve Otis Gunn turns the microphone on himself, exploring the creative mind behind the podcast, the personal tenacity required to keep making things, and the gap between idea and execution that most people never cross.The "nutty" reality of maintaining a long-term creative project entirely on your ownWhy commitment to any project eventually starts to feel like a personality disorderWhat the gap between idea and execution really looks like — and why most people stop thereWhy talking to yourself is, it turns out, genuinely useful if you do it properlyFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.