Two stand‑up comics who “love” comedy… except for when they absolutely hate it.

In Episode #9, John Hastings and Larry Dean spiral through:

• Why every good comic secretly resents comedy at least some of the time
• The pain of bombing with your favourite bits while the “easy” jokes kill
• Audiences happily giving notes to comics they’ve never seen… but not to doctors
• AIDS as a joke topic, “as funny as AIDS” comments, and why PrEP 100% belongs on the NHS
• Wild takes like “AIDS is God’s punishment” – and why that logic completely falls apart
• “Bum flu”, “nose beers”, HEV, and the best/worst slang you’ll hear this week
• Domino‑thinking anxiety: how a broken satnav becomes a £600 lifetime guilt investment
• The “economy of guilt” with siblings and why sometimes the argument is worth more than the money
• How to accidentally stay friends with people you wish you could quietly dump
• Scotland vs England vs Canada vs Germany vs Russia: national myths, Braveheart, empire denial and who “killed all the funny people”
• Larry’s blackout drinking stories, meeting famous people he doesn’t remember, and why he had sympathy for Dahmer for about 3 seconds
• Why John looks like the worst stag‑do punter in every comedy club he walks into

This episode is basically two stand‑up geeks doing what they do best: over‑thinking everything, turning trauma into bits, and never sticking to a single topic for more than 30 seconds.

Hosted by:

John Hastings – @JohnHastings

Larry Dean – @LarryDean

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