ROSS NOBLE (Pt 2): Becoming Fearless, Gigging With Lee Evans & Rolf Harris
Ross Noble continues his interview with Seann Walsh, sharing hilarious tales about his early days as a juggler and accidentally setting people on fire and how failing at school and dealing with abuse from classmates helped make him the resilient comedian he is today. He also shares stories of his early gigs with Lee Evans, sharing a car with Rolf Harris in which Rolf revealed his not-so-kid-friendly side. Seann meanwhile shares a very funny story about his early days bonding with Jack Dee.
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00:00 Supportive Dad & Comedy Influences
05:25 Grandad's Practical Skills & Charity Work
08:25 Street Performers & Ugly Juggling Company
12:20 Setting Punters On Fire
16:40 Funding His Circus Ambitions
20:20 First Live Comedy Experience, Jack Dee, Jo Brand
30:55 Lee Evans, Rolf Harris
32:50 Bullies and Bad Reports
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ROSS NOBLE (Pt 1): How I Built My Comedy Audience, Inner Confidence & The Power Of "No"
The incredible Ross Noble joins Seann Walsh on Class Clown to discuss his savvy career moves, why saying " No" is more powerful than saying "Yes" and the influence of Eddie Izzard, Jasper Carrot & Billy Connolly. Ross talks about his surprisingly strong performance on Celebrity Apprentice, achieving incredible success despite being dyslexic and achieving only two GCSE's.
Watch Part 2 Now on the Class Clown Patreon
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00:00 Panel Shows and Saying "No"
04:17 Building His Comedy Audience
08:18 Career Savvy
13:25 ADHD, Evolving Language
16:58 Labelled "Bonkers"
21:40 Early Comedy Inspirations & Career Goals
28:08 Life Philosophies
30:51 Celebrity Apprentice
36:47 Confidence & Responsibility
42:20 Terrible Grades, Amazing Parents
51:20 Growing Up In Cramlington
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HORATIO GOULD (Pt 2): How Stewart Lee and Michael McIntyre influenced My Comedy & Advice For Achieving Success
In Part 2 of our Horatio Gould interview he talks first fights, first kisses, the significance of his early crush on Jennifer Lawrence and how Monty Python, Stewart Lee and Michael McIntyre influenced his comedy career. He also shares the story of how putting a play on for his school might be the highlight of his career so far and shares why he's glad he didn't go to film school. He also gives advice on what he would say for anyone who wants to pursue a creative career.
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Catch Horatio on Fin VS History and the Boys Gone Wild podcast and on tour here.
See Seann Walsh live at the Hackney Empire on 23rd October 2026 here.
00:00 Being Punched
06:20 First Time Drunk
08:30 Jennifer Lawrence & Not Driving
10:36 First Kiss
11:23 Monty Python, The Life Of Brian
13:00 Michael McIntyre & Stewart Lee
24:16 Writing A Play & Ambitions
34:20 Advice
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Therapist Analyses Josh James Interview: Flow State, Guilt, Bullying, Denial
Dr Natalie Cawley joins Seann to dissect all the themes from our live Class Clown Podcast record with Essex's best boy, Josh James - Childhood Guilt, Bullying, Flow State and Denial! It's all covered here! Plus, Seann reads a very funny story from one of our Patreons!
And don't forget to check out Dr Natalie Cawley's book Just About Coping!
00.00 Denial
06.23 Flow State & Creativity
16.59 Childhood Guilt
23.45 Listener Stories - Bad Lunch
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HORATIO GOULD (Pt1) Fin Vs History Origins, Starting a Fight Club, The Joke That Changed His Life
The phenomenal Horatio Gould, co-host of Fin Vs History & Boys Gone Wild and behind the scenes creative of Fin Vs Internet, joins Class Clown and reveals his comedy origin story which occurred in French class, how his love for History birthed one of the UK's biggest podcasts and how the combination of having an aspirational working class father and a middle class mum gives him a unique perspective on class.
He talks about the dynamics of private school, and being on the receiving end of anti-semitism despite not being Jewish and tells a very funny story about starting a teenage Fight Club.
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00:00 Intro, Horatio and Seann's Early Achievements
02:00 Panini Stickers V Pokemon
03:28 Oasis, Richard Ashcroft
08:40 Weed v Booze
14:00 Playing Out v Computer Games
17:05 Harry Potter v Super Hero Films
18:13 House Parties, Smoking, Hip Hop
23:04 Attitude to being in Trouble
26:28 Early Life, Class, Private School
39:28 The Future, Hating School
41:12 Dyspraxia
48:31 Class Clown, Bad Behaviour
55:22 Fin Vs History
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Part nostalgia trip, part confessional, part masterclass in unconventional success—this is no ordinary interview podcast.
In Class Clown, Seann Walsh chats to the boldest rule-breakers in entertainment, uncovering the wild tales of childhood chaos, brushes with disaster, and the personal battles that shaped them. But beneath the mischief lies a powerful thread—how the very traits that caused trouble early on became the unexpected fuel for their biggest achievements.
Expect laugh-out-loud memories, raw moments of vulnerability, and the kind of hard-won wisdom you won't hear anywhere else.
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