RHLSTP with Richard Herring

Catherine Wilkins, author and comedian known for children’s and middle-grade fiction, discusses Café Chaos: The Way the Cookie Crumbles. They talk about making the sequel accessible to new readers. Short scenes cover the too-many-beans plot, adapting adult material for kids, creating an 11-year-old narrator, TV potential, and the audiobook casting.

RHLSTP #602 - Ladybird - Richard has come to Chelmsford for the Essex Podcast Festival and is very excited by the big changes coming to the shopping centre. His guest is the charming and Taskmaster hysterical Stevie Martin. They chat about doing adverts, working with Mitchell and Webb, eating cake out of a bin, the Taskmaster bounce and why she is loving touring, rating feet, how Lou Sanders made her throw up through the medium of chocolate, spitting raisins into a glass and the bizarre occurrence of Andrew Collins interviewing Stevie Martin and why Brighton thinks someone else is coming to gig for them soon. Plus Rich rolls out some new emergency questions!See RHLSTP live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSee Stevie’s Clout https://steviemartin.com/SUPPORT THE SHOW!See details of the RHLSTP LIVE DATES Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome 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.

#428 Half a Melted KitKat - Richard reveals that he is (according to the press) boycotting the Edinburgh Fringe, but that doesn’t mean the end of podcasts from the Festival necessarily. His guest is Taskmaster songstress and sausage painter, Fern Brady. They mainly talk about her remarkable new book Strong Female Character, detailing her life, career and discovery that she is autistic, how the media is weighted against the working class, how TV fails to depict the truth about strip clubs, how comedy was a world where she suddenly fitted in, why Taskmaster was a TV show where she also fitted in, why would anyone get married, unsettling Alex Horn and are your relatives coming back in bird form?Buy Fern’s book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Strong-Female-Character/dp/B0BJ2SXTQF/Come and see us live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSUPPORT THE SHOW!See details of the RHLSTP LIVE DATES Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome 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.

Wednesday March 2nd 2026 - Dental Caries - In another tightly scripted Newsround we cover the big news that has broken over the weekend whilst we’ve been away, whether Jim Carrey is the real Jim Carrey or someone pretending to be Jim Carrey and why are they pretending and what is wrong with dim internet idiots that think anything like this could be true? I think that’s all that’s been happening. You’ll all be doing it in the playground tomorrow.Tuesday March 3rd 2026 - House of Boobs - Rich and Ally are back with all the big news. Today a regime has been toppled and a vacuum remains, but who will fill it and will it be Rich and Ally. Surely after doing so many of these, so brilliantly , it can’t be long before TV comes knocking. Unless it’s all part of a bigger show already. I know you know what I mean.Thursday March 3rd 2026 - Bad Influence - Rich and Ally are back after a brief hiatus with breaking news of a war in Iran and the one good consequence of it all. Will the show be heading to Dubai soon to make the most of the tax free status of podcasters and other shills? Only if the money is right.Friday 6th March 2026 - Worse Than Hitler - Richard uses Newsround as a forum for his petty grievances and then uses today’s newsround to chat about am historical figures that younger viewers may not have heard of. Did Hitler have one ball? Did he escape his bunker to go to Argentina? Is he the oldest man in the world but unable to show off about it? All these questions will be answered by someone who clearly has the intelligence and disposition to be on prime time TV.Titles by Andy BobbinMusic by Mike CosgraveDirected by Chris Evans.Any similarity to John Craven’s Newsround is entirely coincidental Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RHLSTP Book Club #172 - Poo, What, Where? - Rich talks to author Mike Rampton about his latest kids’ book, Poo, What, Where? They chat about why kids (and Richard) are so fascinated by faeces, how Mike assembled his plop based facts, the scourge of celebrities thinking they can cash in with their own kids’ book (if they even write it themselves), the importance of a great illustrator and whether Mike and Rich have come up with the same book idea (and does Rich count as a celebrity author?)Buy the book here - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/poo-what-where-the-number-one-book-about-all-things-number-two-mike-rampton/76e1681ddfac69fdSUPPORT THE SHOW!See details of the RHLSTP LIVE DATES Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome 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.

RHLSTP #601 - A Bit on the Nose - Richard is back in Leicester and discussing the fear of a public toilet with the lid closed. His guest is poetic comedian and confused philosopher Rob Auton. Rob reveals a terrible thing that just happened to him back stage. The pair discuss not knowing when something is a joke or not, looking to birthdays in the future, whether all maths is wrong, how lucky we are to be alive, acting with Danny Dyer, how so many comedians are doing beautiful amazing work and the feckless public are unaware of the genius, how Rich should be better at this job by now, a Dragon in the audience, when audience interaction goes beautifully and the power of motivation.See Rob on tour (and all his past gigs) here https://www.robauton.co.uk/past-productionsWatch the Time Show here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAnxeFXO2gSUPPORT THE SHOW!See details of the RHLSTP LIVE DATES Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome 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.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer-songwriter famous for 'Murder on the Dancefloor' and her Kitchen Disco lockdown shows, chats about 90s pop culture and bizarre backstage stories. She recalls falling down a TV staircase, awkward celebrity encounters, chart battles, and how Kitchen Disco grew from lockdown livestream to tour. She also talks about balancing a long music career with family life and her memoir.

A week of sharp political parody and surreal sketches lampoons alleged royal arrests and a Sandringham correspondent meltdown. They fact-check an absurdly long State of the Union and mock global boasting. A cheeky science segment debates when sperm are most lively. The show closes with a satirical by-election reaction and a comical Downing Street interview.

Ian Leslie, author of books on psychology and ideas, discusses his Beatles study John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs. He explores Lennon–McCartney chemistry, musical detail that rewards re-listening, parallels with comedy partnerships, myths like the Paul replacement theory, and why focusing on their relationship offers a fresh take on familiar songs.

RHLSTP #600 - Paul Hollywood Hand Shandy - Richard returns to the Leicester Comedy Festival and news has broken of his upcoming appearance on Bake Off and his starring role in a (slightly) off-West End play. His guest is the feisty, slightly scary, but soft-hearted Fatiha El-Ghorri. They talk about whether she got close to marrying Greg on Taskmaster, her fantasic comedy pilot Donkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RJwtzKk2A, how and why Rich and Fatiha struck up a very close friendship on a recent secret TV appearance which won’t do either of their reputations any good, Fatiha’s new tour and why she sometimes does clean versions of the show, ghosts, learning lines, celebrities in the audience and going public with personal news.See Fatiha on tour https://www.fatihaelghorri.co.uk/eventsSUPPORT THE SHOW!See details of the RHLSTP LIVE DATES Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome 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.