Some sights stay with you forever. The shock may even cause you to rewrite history. In this case the bollocks of a time lord in an intimate setting. You don’t plan for it but once those fellas are out there, there’s no unseeing them.

THIS IS A TRUE STORY BASED ON FAILING MEMORY

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: Doctor Who, backstage madness, accidental exposure, celebrity bollocks, comic trauma, iconic encounters, Legends of TV, timeless testicles

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Ben Keaton’s feed is having a breakdown. The algorithm is too confident. It thinks it knows us, when we don't know ourselves. He’s starting to question what honesty actually looks like. Not the polite social kind— the real McCoy.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: mental health, the algorithm, overthinking, modern guilt, social masks, reluctant honesty, compassion fatigue, child poverty UK, SEND education

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Ben Keaton lives in a harem of detached, super-intelligent women. Every day is optimised. Every need attended to. Every fantasy indulged.

This is the life we all hoped for. The future, squashed into a one-bedroom flat. No wonder his bread always rises—these women wouldn’t have it any other way.

The perfect life. On subscription.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: funny podcast about smart speakers, Alexa Siri humour, Irish comedy podcast, comic essay series, podcast about tech and loneliness, solo living comedy, dark observational humour.

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I Lost My Virginity to a Drug-Dealing Nurse

An unflinching tale of sexual awaking, Irish style. Ben Keaton looks back on the miracle of how he lost his virginity — not in a romantic blur of youth, but with a drug-dealing nurse in Holloway in 1970s London. It's a story of hope rewarded, jacket potatoes, and the kind of sex education they never taught in school.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly suited for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: losing virginity, first-time sex, coming-of-age memoir, NHS nurses, 1970s London, drug culture, sexual awakening, comic true story.

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A Beer by the Bins

Ben Keaton shares a pint with The Boy and lays out his plans. What begins as a conversation about funerals turns into something else entirely: a meditation on family, finances, and the strange tenderness of talking plainly about the inevitable. Set in a pub yard with a view of the church, this is full of life — unexpected laughter, small confessions, a passing dog, and a boy in love.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: last wishes, pub chats, inheritance myths, crematorium perks, the facts of death.

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What makes a nation tick?
For some it’s power, for others poetry. There's definitely a drum beating in the Irish — a kind of rhythm that can lift a room. In this episode, Ben Keaton wrestles with a label he never asked for and slowly came to wear with pride. It’s about identity, intensity, and the strange business of discovering who you are — before you’ve realised it.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: Irish identity, emotional chaos, eccentric charm, unsolicited diagnosis, wildness as a gift, heartbeats and heritage, rage and rhythm.

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Who the hell are they?
They call themselves cousins, uncles, aunts — they sit on your bed, take second helpings at lunch, and speak with authority. But how did we get to this? Ben Keaton struggles with the notion of family.

This episode explores the strange obligations of blood, the grim machinery of weddings and christenings, and how real connection can sneak in where it’s least expected. It’s about what family is, what it isn’t, and why organised crime might have the answer.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: fake relatives, family guilt, awkward reunions, mafia wisdom, second cousins, inherited shame, chosen families

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Nature, Our Greatest Enemy

We are told that Nature is our mother. That she nurtures us, heals us, calms us. But that's nonsense. In reality she shits in fields, floods towns, stings children, and nurtures mice that breed and eat their own. In this episode, Ben Keaton dismantles the myth of Nature. Based on his lifelong distrust of the outdoors, his conviction is total.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: dirty farms, Disney lies, cow nipples, animal filth, cannibal mice, country trauma, shame and nature.

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