This week I talk to Comedy Estonia comedian Ann Vaida who will be doing her first solo show in December. We chat about creativity in her day job, how she writes Stand Up and her feeling as she approaches her first Stand Up hour. Follow Ann: https://www.instagram.com/annvaida Episode video: https://youtu.be/4TSmA7YIiD0 You might like some of the other things I do too Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro Twitter:...

This week Tim and I make it into the studio after Tim's very rough week after getting a second dose. Tim's vax induced delirium Louis' Estonian lessons Why are there so many Australia entertainers in Estonia? Hipster Japanese brothels Video: https://youtu.be/IkaU6LIbncM Follow Tim: https://www.instagram.com/sexyhunk1988/ You might like some of the other things I do too Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro Twitter:...

Martin and I are back and discussing what it is like when someone doesn't like your show. If it's a normal public show, if someone doesn't like it then mostly they are reasonable and accept its not for them and they just don't come back. However sometimes people REALLY don't like the show and demand their ticket money back. What do you do? Then we have the case when we are hired for a private party and the customer is not happy with the performance. We have a long list of questions we ask...

In part 2 we hear from Tambet and Roger's side of our recent trip to the UK. What were their war stories about hitting the mics in London? How was that Glasgow crowd after all? What's up with Tambet's Scottish accent? Follow  Roger: https://www.instagram.com/rogerandre_ Tambet: https://www.instagram.com/tambetsild You might like some of the other things I do too Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro Twitter:...

Tim and I are back from the UK and we tell stories of the times we had. Roger, Tambet, Ari and Oleg were all there, hutling for spots and prepping for Ari's Estonian show on the Saturday. After this Tim took Tambet and Oleg up to Scotland where they did gigs in Glasgow and tasted the fish and chips from the highlands. Follow Tim: https://www.instagram.com/sexyhunk1988 You might like some of the other things I do too Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy Zez Retro Podcast:...

I was back in Vilnius last week and I caught up with my friend Dominykas Klajumas. Dom is a podcaster, content creator, radio host and Stand Up comedian with "Humoro Klubas" which is roughly like the Comedy Estonia of the south. After years as a well known comedian and radio host, Dom moved into podcasting and online content creation at the start of the pandemic and things have gone very well for him, with episodes now regularly getting hundreds of thousands of views. Wow that's a lot, I...

I talk to Martin Rauam who is a former Estonian rally driver and now is a partner in JOLOS event and live communication agency. I know Martin from working with him on many events and I have always wanted to hear about his previous career as a rally drive back in the early 2000s which took him around Estonia and also for several seasons in the International leagues.  We have a good talk about how artists and sports people need to prepare for the transitions in their life when you need to move...

This week Kaspar and I talk about comedy. The current state of Comedy Estonia, how to be a better host and what to make of all this showbiz stuff. Follow Kasper: https://www.instagram.com/kasparkikerpill You might like some of the other things I do too Zez Retro Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro Comedy Guy Podcast: https://anchor.fm/comedyguy Twitter: https://twitter.com/louiszezeran Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louiszezeran Zez Retro on YouTube:...

My guest this week is Rainer Peterson, one of the hosts of the Estonian video games podcast Puhata ja mängida. We talk about running the podcast over the last 10 years, finding frustration with YouTube's treatment of Estonian and stories of how video games came to Estonia in the 90's. Follow Puhata ja mängida and Rainer https://puhatajamängida.ee https://www.youtube.com/user/puhatajamangida https://www.instagram.com/puhatajamangida https://www.instagram.com/pixelpez You might like some of...

It has been a few months since Martin and I got together to talk comedy. In the meantime both Comedy Estonia and Ruutu10 have been doing lots of shows as we both try and get back into a rhythm of putting on events. * Ruutu10 "Barprov" shows * Ari Matti's tour going to London, Brussels and Helsinki * The difficulties in bringing an International improver to Estonia * Martin has a shiny new webshop Follow Ruutu10: https://www.instagram.com/ruutu10eesti Follow Martin:...

The big issues of the day. Social issues. Things that matter. Opinions on important stuff. You won't find any of that in this episode. It's me and Tim and Tambet drinking Alexander and talking absolute nonsense. We do get into my Estonian lessons (why won't Tim go???) and at one stage Tim is selling the virtues of Viru Burger so hard we make a Bolt order to test it out. Is it really better than VLND? Truly the big issues of the day. It's the three of us having fun. Good craic as they say in...

Today my guests are Riina Ries and Tiina-Mall Vannastu from "Naked Love", which is an Estonian based lifestyle brand focusing on female sexual and body positivity. Or if you want be more direct, they sell vibrators. As the ladies explained to me, there are still many aspects of female sexuality which are taboo or just not spoken often about, particularly in Estonia. If a woman wants to find something to help her explore her sexuality while alone, the choices are going into some weird,...

I was in Riga AGAIN last week helping the team come to the final decision on who our new general manager would be. I took the time to sit down with Dana Jurkjāne, who is one of the other co-founders of Comedy Latvia with me. We talk about the history of Comedy Latvia, how we met and how we got the ball rolling. As both Dana and I don't live in Riga, we have not done a good a job of growing the scene and the crew as much as we would like. Now finally bringing in a new senior partner is our...

I spent 3 days in Riga last week and I decided to record an episode solo on the way back to Tartu. I was down there to interview people for our new Comedy Latvia general manager position. I give the background on how that is going and also some life update stuff from me. I don't have a motorbike to do some cool "on the road" videos so this Volvo will have to do instead. I hope you like it, I enjoy doing these ones where I can take my time and explain whats on my mind more The video was shot...

It has been too long! This week we are in Tim's apartment catching up on the past month * Tim didn't listen to the Istanbul episode so I answer his questions * The Brazilian lady who got deported from Estonia for illegally working for Bolt (or Wolt, we are not sure) * Why that might be Louis soon * Tim's feelings about the passing of Joey Jordison from Slipknot * Why some Irish boys are going to have to take it from Irish priests to save humanity * Louis' reaction to the online comments...

This week I am in Vilnius and I caught up with my old friend and Stand Up comedian, Paulius Ambrazevičius. Paulius runs a comedy group in Lithuania called Humoro Klubas which you can think of roughly something like Comedy Estonia. We have known each other for many years, we presented International acts together in Vilnius back in the day and done a bunch of shows together. Paulius is a top guy and a great comedian. It has been ages since we caught up so we go over where the comedy scene is...

Its summer holiday time! Turkish Airlines have some sweet deals to Istanbul so my girlfriend and I are here for a week. After a few days here, I setup the camera and recorder on the balcony here and I tell you what I think about Istanbul and Turkish culture. The audio isn't quite studio quality but you can hear the sounds of the city around me, including the Turkish music concert which seems to play every evening from 7pm to 11pm. Istanbul is great fun. The food, the people, the history and...

We finally did it! We finally got our act together and recorded a podcast in the Estonian countryside! Several weeks ago we found an article which announced that Viskla had won "Village of the Year" and Tim & I knew we had to go visit. We drove the 40 mins south to find the Viskla Külakeskus which also happens to be an amazing center of Estonian kiiking. Kiiking is a genuine Estonian sport where someone stands (or rather, gets tied onto) on this huge swing and tries to go 360 degrees...

Tim just arrived back from 2 weeks back in his sweet homeland of Ireland. This is the first time he has been home in over a year so our boy has some catching up to do. He took James and Tauri with him and they traipsed across the countryside and hiked up some big ass mountain which almost killed them. There is an easy side and a hard side and apparently the hard side is labelled the "easy" side (and vice versa) because of some dry Irish wit. We get the full report from Tim. On the episode we...

This is a series of episodes recorded with Martin Junna of Improv Comedy troupe, Ruutu10 and we talk about the similarities and differences between Ruutu10 and Comedy Estonia. In each episode we are trying to pick a topic and break down how we each do it. Martin and I take a recap of how our businesses are going post-lockdown. Warning, we geek the f*ck out in the episode on very nerdy business topics such as Registering for VAT. I realize this is odd advice from an Australian but I think...

Pynchon Woo is Chinese and has been living in Estonia for 6+ years and in that time he has created a YouTube channel about life here, written a book, got his Masters Degree and is now a newly minted personal trainer. We had a fun talk about our lives in Estonia as two foreigners: Why I hate Europark Pynchon speaks B1 Estonian and I do not Louis's tips for dealing with the Estonian Immigration department Why China is the "World's villain" 40 bucks is too much to pay for...

Today's guest is Kristjan Jekimov, head chef at renowned Estonian restaurant Põhjaka. Kristjan is an old friend of Tim & I, he was an OG bar tender at Möku and used to perform Stand Up with us back in the day. We talk about how Kristjan came to learn more about the chef game in some exclusive restaurants in Norway. His menu choices are influenced by some Nordic simplicity, South American flavors and his Korean upbringing. At Põhjaka they use as many fresh Estonian ingredients as...

Tim and I had a great time talking to Paul Gunn, a Scotsman who done his bit to help make Tallinn a great place. Back in 1994 he arrived in Estonia on the urging of his friend and ended up staying and becoming the first manager of Nimeta Baar in Old Town. Since then Paul has had a hand in almost every classic pub: Hell Hunt and Molly Malone's (OG Mad Murphy's) just to name a few. Paul has some fantastic stories from 1994: getting to Estonia back then, mobsters wanting their cut, breaking...

Episode 100! Thank you for listening, I really appreciate your interest in the stuff I make. My century episode is a easy going talk with my friend Dagmar Lamp. Dagmar is an Estonian journalist, podcaster and is always good for a laugh. We start with talking about how to deal with assholes in your life and your workplace and go from there.