

My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
A podcast that asks guests, such as Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Caroline Quentin, Ross Noble, Lee Mack, Arabella Weir & Rob Brydon, for five things which they’d like to put in a Time Capsule. They can choose anything from an item, to a memory, a film or even a country. Four of them are things they want to preserve but one has to be something they’re happy to bury and never have to think about again.Hosted by Michael Fenton Stevens.Podcast of the Week in The Times, The Guardian and The Radio Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 26, 2024 • 41min
Ep. 422 - Anesti Danelis
Anesti Danelis is an award winning comedian, musician, writer, and filmmaker from Canada whose work has been featured on VICE, People Magazine, AV Club, Daily Mail UK, Extra TV and other radio and TV shows across the globe. He has an hour-long musical comedy special streaming worldwide on Next Up Comedy, has taped multiple television sets for CBC as part of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and has been heard on CBC radio's Laugh Out Loud. His comedic videos consistently go viral, raking in over 400 million views and listens, and nearly 1 million followers online. He's also created songs and ads for a few brands, like Splice, Adobe, Wealthsimple, International Delight, Trojan, and more. As a live act he tours his musical comedy specials to festivals earning both audience and critical praise. His debut show was announced as a Top 8 Best Comedy Shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Amused Moose Comedy Awards), and he has been nominated for Best Variety Act at the Canadian Comedy Awards, and has performed in Just for Laughs Montreal .Anesti Danelis is guest number 422 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .For live shows and everything else Anesti, visit https://www.anestidanelis.com .Follow Anesti Danelis Twitter & Instagram: @AnestiDanelis .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 25, 2024 • 39min
Ep. 421 - Liam Farrelly
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Liam Farrelly is a Scottish Comedian of the Year Award winner. He started performing stand-up aged 17 whilst still in High School and immediately went into comedy full-time after graduating. A meteoric rise through the ranks has seen him nominated for and winning a raft of awards including So You Think You’re Funny? Runner Up, Best Newcomer nominee Scottish Comedy Awards and Best Breakthrough Act nominee Scottish Comedy Awards. He’s had a guest acting role on BBC Scotland’s Scot Squad and performs at the UK’s best and most prestigious comedy clubs .Liam Farrelly is guest number 421 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Liam Farrelly on Twitter: @LiamFarrelly9 & Instagram: @Liamfarrellycomedy .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 22, 2024 • 43min
Ep. 420 - Jazz Emu AKA Archie Henderson
Archie Henderson is an award-winning writer, actor, musician, and creator of viral comedy character Jazz Emu, whose videos and songs have garnered over 50 million streams. He was named as the 26th out of 50 funniest comedians of the 21st Century by The Telegraph. His musical character comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 (Jazz Emu: You Shouldn’t Have), was included on The Telegraph’s “Top Shows To See At The Edinburgh Fringe”, and the British Comedy Guide’s “Best Reviewed Shows At The Edinburgh Fringe”. In late 2022, he took the show to the main stage of London’s Soho Theatre for a week’s sell-out run, receiving stellar reviews. In Chortle's 2023 Awards, Archie won in two categories - 'Best Variety or Character Act' and the 'Social Media Award'. Since 2019, he has been building a cult following with songs and sketches from his awkwardly-smooth comedy character Jazz Emu, resulting in plays on BBC RADIO 1, multiple performances on BBC RADIO 4’s THE NOW SHOW as well as on Cats Does Countdown on Channel 4 .Archie Henderson is guest number 420 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .For gigs, music and everything Jazz Emu, visit - https://www.jazzemu.com .Follow Jazz Emu on Twitter & Instagram: @thejazzemu .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 20, 2024 • 39min
Ep. 419 - Eric Rushton
Eric Rushton won the prestigious 'Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year' award in 2020 - an award that was previously won by the likes of Romesh Ranganathan, Jason Manford and Jonny Vegas on their way to stardom. Before that he was a Chortle Student finalist in 2016 and So You Think You're Funny? finalist 2017. He is a regular performer at the UK's biggest comedy clubs and festivals. Since his comedy debut in 2014, Eric Rushton has been mixing with the best newcomers on the comedy scene, and impressing audiences with his intelligent, playful material and likeable, self-deprecating stage persona .Eric Rushton is guest number 419 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .For gigs and everything Eric Rushton, visit - https://www.ericrushton.comFollow Eric Rushton Twitter & Instagram: @ericrushton96 .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 18, 2024 • 50min
Ep. 418 - Sumukhi Suresh
Sumukhi Suresh is an award-winning writer, showrunner and stand-up comedian from India. She created, wrote and starred in two seasons of Pushpavalli, an Amazon Prime original series, which won various awards, including Best Actress at the 2020 Filmfare OTT Awards and Istanbul Film Awards. Sumukhi has created and starred in productions for various streaming platforms, including Beauty and the Feast on Disney+, Lust Stories and Comedy Premium League for Netflix Hum Doh Teen Chaar for Amazon MiniTV. Other notable works include co-writing and starring in sketch show, Go Straight Take Left, hosting and judging on Amazon Prime’s Comicstaan, starring in the comedy film Humble Politician Nograj, producing her first short film Notary and releasing her first stand-up special, Don’t Tell Amma on Amazon Prime .Sumukhi Suresh is guest number 418 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Sumukhi Suresh on Twitter & Instagram: @sumukhisuresh .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 15, 2024 • 42min
Ep. 417 - Elvis McGonagall
Elvis McGonagall is a stand-up poet, comedian and broadcaster. Two series of his sitcom “Elvis McGonagall Takes A Look On The Bright Side” have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 where he appears regularly as well as popping up occasionally on the television. Elvis is the 2006 World Poetry Slam Champion, the compere of The Blue Suede Sporran Club and performs at literary and music festivals, comedy and cabaret clubs, pubs and dodgy dives up and down the country and abroad, including appearances at: Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury Festival where he was poet-in-residence in 2007. Elvis also gigs with his band The Resurrectors “an unholy marriage of radical stand-up poetry and Caledonian punkabilly rock ‘n roll”. In 2015 Elvis made the “Hot 100” - The List magazine’s annual run-down of Scotland’s “hottest cultural contributors”. A collection of his poems from 2003 to 2017 entitled “Viva Loch Lomond!” was published in 2017 and a second volume entitled “Complete & Utter Cult!” was published in December 2020. Elvis McGonagall is guest number 417 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Get tickets for Elvis McGonagall’s Edinburgh show here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/elvis-mcgonagall-gin-catatonic .Follow Elvis McGonagall Twitter: @ElvisMcGonagall .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 13, 2024 • 41min
Ep. 416 - Mustafa Algiyadi
Mustafa Algiyadi is a stand-up comedian, originally from Lybia, who now lives in Germany. He is the co-founder of the first weekly and longest running English Stand Up Comedy Club in Munich and performs all over the world, including at this years Edinburgh Festival where he’ll be performing his show Almost Legal Alien throughout August, a show about how he longs to be part of the European way of life but is confronted with some cultural differences that make it confusing, chaotic and sometimes highly inappropriate! .Mustafa Algiyadi is guest number 416 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Get tickets for Mustafa Algiyadi’s Edinburgh show here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mustafa-algiyadi-almost-legal-alien .Follow Mustafa Algiyadi Twitter: @mustafacomedy & on Instagram: @mustafa_algiyadi .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 2024 • 45min
Ep. 415 - Rahul Subramanian
Mumbai based stand up comedian, Rahul Subramanian, is one of India’s most versatile comics who has, in a very short time, garnered a huge global following with over 900k followers on Instagram. He has Amazon Prime specials including releasing India's first crowd work special - Rahul Talks To People, and performs sell out shows across the world. But he’s never been to Edinburgh before. He is performing his new show, Who Are You? at the Assembly RoomsRahul Subramanian is guest number 415 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Get tickets for Rahul Subramanian’s Edinburgh show here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/rahul-subramanian-who-are-you .Follow Rahul Subramanian on Instagram: @rahulsubramanic .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 8, 2024 • 42min
Ep. 414 - Juliet Cowan
Juliet Cowan is an actor and comedian who is returning to Edinburgh 25 years after beating Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard and Andy Zaltzman in the '99 final of So You Think You're Funny?. As an actor she recently played Amy Winehouse’s mum in the biographical film, Back to Black. She guest-starred in over 20 episodes of The Bill and starred in "The Wench Is Dead", the penultimate episode of the Inspector Morse series. She played Nicki in This Life, Carla in The Queen's Nose, air stewardess Polly Arnold in the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs , Tanya in Pulling, and Chrissie Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures. She’s also been in Shameless, Skins, Phone Shop, Fresh Meat, Brassic, The Flatshare, Everything I know About Love, The Power, Death In Paradise, EastEnders, Silent Witness and Casualty .Juliet Cowan is guest number 414 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Tickets for Juliet Cowan’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/juliet-cowan-fck-and-leave-me-alone .Follow Juliet Cowan on Instagram: @JulietCowan1 .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 6, 2024 • 1h 5min
Ep. 413 - Chelsea Birkby
Chelsea Birkby's highly-acclaimed debut comedy hour No More Mr Nice Chelsea won Best Debut at the Amused Moose Awards, was nominated for Best Show at the Comedian's Choice Awards, was listed in the funniest jokes of the fringe in The Times and The Telegraph and transferred for a sell-out run at London's Soho Theatre. She is a regular at many of the UK's top comedy clubs and theatres and has performed in New York and Paris. She has written for several series of BBC's Mock The Week and her writing has been featured in The Independent and the Metro. Chelsea is a regular at Jericho Comedy's Oxfordshire Mind Gala, alongside James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Rachel Parris, Angela Barnes, Ed Gamble and Olga Koch .Chelsea Birkby is guest number 413 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Tickets for Chelsea Birkby’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chelsea-birkby-this-is-life-cheeky-cheeky .Follow Chelsea Birkby on Twitter & Instagram: @ChelseaBirkby .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


