The JUSTNOW Comedy Podcast

Can 'Life Hacks' Really Change Your Life?

We all need some help right now in this mad world. So 'The JustNow Comedy Podcast' crew found actress, producer, coaster collector and life hack expert, Natasha Van Der Merwe. They ask her if extension cords have more than one use? Eric deals with his Tom Cruise issues on 'I…

18 Aug 2017 52 min

Dave Steals Gareth's Guest... Again

We have our favourite sub in Robyn, while Brandon gets divorced. The team chats to comedy "giant" Jason Goliath about his life-changing trip to Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Canada, a fly on the wall account of Trevor Noah's tour to South Africa, and the growing comedy industry in…

11 Aug 2017 52 min

Comic's Choice Nominees in the House

Having two Comic's Choice nominees in the studio gets quite heated. With the awards evening looming, we get to know Virgil Prins a little better. Robyn Dunlop joins us again because JUSTNOW has always supported female comics and August is Women's Month so expect many more!

4 Aug 2017 52 min

Priming the Circle

It's probably not the best idea to have a podcast before the sex show 'squirting extravaganza'. But we ploughed through it and managed to get Ross Learmonth on the line. What's Prime Circle's lead singer doing on a comedy podcast? Well he secretly wants to be a comedian and what's…

28 Jul 2017 50 min

Billboards & Bootys with Celeste Ntuli

The show starts off with a bang with Celeste Ntuli. She has a new show coming up called 'Black Tax' and her radio tour climaxes with the JUSTNOW Comedy Podcast. She gives Robyn Dunlop advice on how to find a man using her white African booty and a billboard.

21 Jul 2017 51 min

All things Political, Showbiz & Sport

Everyone rocks up at their own time but we talk about all things political, showbiz and sport. Comic's Choice Award nominations are spoken about and the state of comedy and being booked. (In order of appearance) Brandon McKay, Robin-Lee Jones, Eric Jansen and Thabiso Mhlongo. We also phoned Dave who…

14 Jul 2017 51 min

Return of the Jedi

This week Eric actually delivers comedy news, Brandon lies about the health benefits of beer, and Gilly Apter returns to the podcast because she loves it so much. Or we ran out of guests? It was such an improvement to have an intelligent, beautiful voice on our show. So take…

7 Jul 2017 53 min

How Healthy is The SA Comedy Industry?

Waking Gino Fernandez up at 9am is maybe not the best idea. But he was very kind to help us with a premier list of comedians heading off to The Grahamstown Fest. Then a rare treat as health specialist Dr Alwyn Fouché (Hannes Brummer) joins us, and puts two fingers…

30 Jun 2017 50 min

Ntosh Madlingozi

This hour went by way too quickly and we will definitely have Ntosh back! His CV is filling up nicely with movie roles - both serious and comedic, and he has a commanding presence on comedy club stages. Finding a reason to go to work is something everybody has dealt…

23 Jun 2017 54 min

Pod Idols

Loyiso Madinga joins us halfway into the show to chat about Grahamstown Fest. But the real star is Caroline Barole - an amazing singer who has a collaborative album out. We also decided to hold her live 'audition' to become the new #justnow presenter... with an awkward interview with herself.

9 Jun 2017 53 min

You Can't Have Your Cake

The entire JUSTNOW team are at a beer festival in Benoni to break a world record for Beer Pong. So we get to mingle with our 'podfans' in person. Brandon is now legally single as he signs a contract after Breakfast Beer Club. Eric had no idea what #Covfefe was,…

2 Jun 2017 51 min

Fred Strydom - Author! bitches

Seventeen years ago at a comedy club in Obs, Fred Strydom was trying his hand at stand up comedy... now he uses his hands to write books, and he's making major waves as an author. He even owns a typewriter. To have an actual author on the podcast is a…

26 May 2017 47 min

Show Me The Funny

Some of our most popular comedians have appeared in TV commercials. Jason Goliath, Rob van Vuuren, Laz Gola, and Chris Forrest to name a few. Do clients and directors make use of the comedians' natural timing? Does utilising comedians help make ads funnier? It’s been a while since an ad…

19 May 2017 53 min

Two Okes Walk into a Bar

This week on #JUSTNOW we have a segment called 'I see what you did there'. So... Eric tells us about a plane that was stolen from Uncle Charlie's roof. Someone contacted Breakfast Beer Club to let us know they want to break a beer pong record, they have our undivided…

12 May 2017 52 min

That one time Eric's Dad had Sex with a Mermaid...

Sean Stevens and Lihle Msimang join the show. After Sean's brush with death his bucket list would make anyone proud. Item 1: Start a comedy club and production studio. He also owns a tattoo shop, among other things. He’s sailed halfway around the globe in a pirate ship, has his…

5 May 2017 57 min

The Rules of Engagement

Welcome to the first JUSTNOW Comedy Podcast, where Jason Goliath is woken up with a massive hangover. But it's well deserved as they employed more than 60 comedians this weekend on the Goliath Comedy experience. And then we get down to business with Martin Evans to talk about his 'Manifesto'…

28 Apr 2017 54 min

Alfred Adriaan renames the podcast!

Nicholas Goliath was in the studio with Gareth so we hijacked him for the our show. It's always special to have an actual Goliath with us. Alfred Adriaan is one of the hardest working comics in the land, and having him explain his day was insightful and a blueprint for…

21 Apr 2017 47 min

A Protest in a Podcup

Junk status! Now more than ever, we need comedy in our lives. Political comedy, satire, knock knock jokes... anything, to cheer this sad country up. While people were out there protesting we made sure you got your regular fix of comedy. We are the All-Bran of the internet - keeping…

7 Apr 2017 52 min

Alan Committie: 'The Podcast that Goes Wrong'

Alan's first words 9 seconds into the show: "This looks like absolute chaos!" But it's always a pleasure when one of the hardest working comedians in the country agrees to come and play with us. He's a teacher, actor, director, international stand-up... and he's in a show running at the…

31 Mar 2017 51 min

Longer Harder: Glen Biederman-Pam, Martin Evans, Richelieu Beaunoir

Comedians have a tight connection with sex and we explore the ins and outs of it. Wetting your appetite with Glen who hosted 4 days of live sex last year dressed as Frank N. Furter! This morning we went hard at a marathon 2-hour session, and with these quality guests…

24 Mar 2017 1 hr 46 min