About this episode

Richard Herring discusses various topics with guest Sophie Duker, including comedy, Taskmaster, and personal experiences.

#444 Sploshing - Richard has some stand up material topical to the week of 20th March 2023 and is cross about the Edinburgh Fringe again. His guest is Taskmaster and Mastermind Champion, Sophie Duker. They talk about the weird and wonderful chemistry between Alex Horne and Sophie, whether kids Taskmaster will crush the souls of the participants, Richard’s jealousy at pansexuality and a revelation about what else the young people are getting up to these days, French pickles, terrible tour accommodation, being on a cruise with 700 older lesbians, what the point of anything might be and why neither Sophie or Richard have been on QI. Come and see RHLSTP live - all dates and confirmed guests here  http://richardherring.com/rhlstp SUPPORT THE SHOW! See details of the RHLSTP LIVE DATES Watch our TWITCH CHANNEL Become a badger and see extra content at our WEBSITE Buy DVDs and books from GO FASTER STRIPE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Richard Herring

Guest: Sophie Duker

Topics covered

• comedy
• stand up
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Taskmaster
• pansexuality
• cruise experiences
• youth culture

Keywords

• Sophie Duker
• Richard Herring
• Taskmaster
• Edinburgh Fringe
• comedy
• pansexuality
• cruise
• youth culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Taskmaster, Mastermind, QI

Places: Edinburgh, cruise

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