This week, the unique, the lovely, the hilarious ukulele songstress Ria Lina, who is American - no - British - no - Filipino - no! Asperger - former IT forensic Investigator for the Serious Fraud Office - mother of three - standup! She plays! She sings! She’s awesome!

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ACP #17 Ria Lina And Her Magic Ukulele

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan shoot the shit backstage at the Utrecht International Comedy Podcast with British comedian Rahul Kohli, the Newcastle Brown Male, and German funnyman Stefan Danziger and get crashed by Soula Notos, the Greek Dutch lesbian comedian the world has been waiting for. And we learn Greg can put his foot behind his head. His whole.damn.foot. Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 Guest Links: Utrecht International Comedy Festival http://utrechtinternationalcomedyfestival.nl/?lang=en Rahul Kohli: https://www.facebook.com/rahulkohlicomedian123/ Stefan Danziger: https://www.facebook.com/StefanDanzigerComedy/ Soula Notos: http://www.soula.nl/ Our Theme song: Bugablue by the US Army Blues Band From Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/US_Army_Blues/Live_At_Blues_Alley/0_-_10_-_The_US_Army_Blues_-_BugaBlue https://www.facebook.com/rahulkohlicomedian123/

ACP #16 Utrecht International Comedy Festival

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan crack wise with clever Canadian comedian and Lynyrd Skynyrd lookalike contest winner Glenn Wool. Why did we wait two years to broadcast this? He’s hilarious! We’re morons. Greg toured with him throughout NL. Glenn Wool and Greg Shapiro on Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlsYTkVmr_c&t=537s Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 Guest Links: http://www.glennwool.com/ Our Theme song: Bugablue by the US Army Blues Band From Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/US_Army_Blues/Live_At_Blues_Alley/0_-_10_-_The_US_Army_Blues_-_BugaBlue

ACP #15 Glenn Wool

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan interview French comedian Marcel Lucont. Only he’s English standup Alexis Dubus. Only Marcel is more famous and drinks more wine and has a “BeaujolaisCut I didn't mean that daddy said” suit and can totally outshrug you. Also Extreme Clown Academy! Thanks to Ken Parsons and the Melkweg for making this possible! Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 Alexis’s Website: http://alexisdubus.com/ Marcel Lucont’s Website: http://www.marcellucont.com/ Melkweg!:https://www.melkweg.nl/nl/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAvNrBBRDe3IOwzLn6_O4BEiQAmbK-DoledsJNqhEZ8pRzciDWUQ7LeNksfj_bRKTisuAcGUsaAirh8P8HAQ Ken Parsons: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-parsons-7926894

ACP #14 Alexis Dubus

This week on the ACP, Jonathan interviews his own co-host Greg, whose groundbreaking Trump imitation was the original voice on the “Netherlands Second” video. That video, and his Trump, have been imitated dozens of time and has hit a 100 million views. He talks about how the video came to be, how cool it is to be interviewed by The New York Times and why he turned down the “Shall we say...North Korea second?”. The Amsterdam Comedy Podcast! Serious questions to very funny people. Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 Guest’s Website:Greg’s Personal Site http://www.gregshapiro.nl/ The United States of Europe: http://gsuse.eu/ And, of course, the original “Netherland’s Second” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELD2AwFN9Nc The Iran Second Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpYNCtmDQmI

ACP #13 Netherlands Second - Greg Shapiro

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan accost sonic comic Reggie Watts backstage at the Melkweg right before his show and get him to talk about being half French and, not quite as weird, that time he tried to do a show after eating a space cake. Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 LINKS: Reggie Watt’s website: http://reggiewatts.com His TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHK_r9RXTc Thanks to the Melkweg: https://www.melkweg.nl/nl And Wilco at Badaboom Comedy: https://nl.badaboom.tv/

ACP #12 Reggie Watts

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan meet Greek American Park Slopian comic Yannis Pappas and talk about what makes Greeks unique, what it’s like to get shot AND being a “watchdog for fascism”. And we introduce a new feature. “What’re You Listening To This Week”. This week Greg listens to, and gets upset by, Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast Revisionist History.

ACP #11 Yannis Pappas

Downhome Texan profanity master of uncomfortable truths, Ron White, and his lovely wife, singer/songwriter Margo Rey, give us one of our funniest and most fun interviews ever! Go to Boom Chicago this Weds the 24th to Ron in Action. Tix for Ron's Show at Boom Chicago: http://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/ron-white-tickets/165233?language=en-us Ron White's Site: https://tatersalad.com/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2

ACP #10 Ron White and Margo Rey

This is a 3D audio story (headpones!) I wrote and told and recorded at a Big Orange Studios for the NLRoute app.

The Green Huntsman 3D

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan trap and capture the wilding John Robertson, he of the nimble brain in a dark, dark room. It’s a mammoth conversation with a man whose every utterance is entertaining and self-important. So, y’know, we like him. Many thanks to BOOM CHICAGO! Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id10 21236423?mt=2 Guest’s Website: http://www.thejohnrobertson.com/

ACP #9 John Robertson

This week on the ACP with Greg and Jonathan, Greg asks Dana Alexander - a black female comedian - about which is more difficult: being black or female? Dana has a lot to say about both. Calling out a right-wing comedian on HuffPostUK even earned her her own blog there. And we meet Max Amini, Iranian/American comedy superstar. The Amsterdam Persian community stood in line to take a selfie with him. Go figure!

ACP #8 Dana Alexander & Max Amini

This week on the ACP with Greg and Jonathan, our long-unaired, utterly fascinating interview with the quite brilliant Canadian comedian Pete Johansson. We did this at the end of 2013 and it’s shocking to hear not only how quickly the world has changed, but also how prescient Pete was. He predicted Trudeau becoming PM. However the android takeover of the world has yet to happen. This extraordinary conversation is THE reason we make this show. Enjoy! Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 LINKS: Guest’s Website: http://www.petejohansson.com/ Greg’s Interview with Pete on Dutch TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBoqm9U6CY

ACP #7 Pete Johansson

This week on the ACP Greg and Jonathan “swapcast” with the one and only king of all iconoclasts Doug Stanhope. Jonathan interviews Doug. Doug interviews Greg. We all interview Doug’s friend AJ about his fascinating and deeply disturbing adventures working at a US Army prison in Iraq. This is a special Amsterdam Comedy Podcast/Doug Stanhope SWAPCAST that is not to be missed. Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks Our SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/msterdamomedyodcast Our iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/amsterdam-comedy-podcast/id1021236423?mt=2 Guest’s Podcast: http://www.dougstanhope.com/podcast/ AJ’s Show: http://www.podiummozaiek.nl/

ACP #6 Doug Stanhope

This week on the Amsterdam Comedy Podcast Greg and Jonathan converse with great erudition with Greg Proops about the Negro Leagues, philosophers, Lou Reed, his dad and the compendium of thoughts fleeting through his mind that has Table of Contents, neither does his book “The Smartest Man in the World.” And we tried to get him drunk. We failed.

ACP #5 Greg Proops

This week on the Amsterdam Comedy Podcast, Greg and Jonathan meet Desiree Burch. What is she? Standup comedienne? Performance artist? TEDtalker? Dominatrix? For sure she’s the writer and star of hilarious, confrontational pieces like 52 Man Pick Up and Tarbaby. Put the headphones on for a fascinating, smart show that is seriously NSFW. Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amsterdamcomedypodcast?ref=bookmarks Desiree Burch’s Website: http://www.desireeburch.com/ Desiree Burch’s TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZaGrj2NIsA http://www.tarbabytheplay.com/

ACP #4 Desiree Burch

Serious interviews with very funny people. Comedian Greg Shapiro and radio journalist Jonathan Groubert cajole, irritate and have excruciatingly frank talks with international comedians. Jon and Greg are not satisfied until their guests say ‘I don't know how you got me talking about that.’ Jonathan Groubert is an award-winning documentarian, podcaster and former host of public radio’s ‘The State We’re In.’ He likes heavy metal and show tunes. Greg Shapiro has graced Comedy Central, Boom Chicago, and is the author of ‘How to Be Orange.’ He has performed in a cargo container, in 1000-seat theaters and on a 747.

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