Podcasts / Audio

Richard Herring’s RHLSTP 353

#353 It Was The 90s! – Richard has been tossing logs and that’s literally it for this week, so he talks to his audience for the first time in ages. His guest is author and comedian Shaparak “Shappi” Khorsandi. They discuss why she has chosen to use her birth name, the responsibilities of being a dog owner, the … Read more …

Off Menu Ep 114

Superb stand-up comedian Shaparak Khorsandi joins the comedy rock stars of their generation Ed Gamble and James Acaster this week.See Shaparak Khorsandi on tour with ‘It Was the 90s!’. Buy tickets at shappi.co.uk Shaparak’s book ‘Kissing Emma’ is out on 2 Sep. Pre-order it here. Follow Shaparak on Twitter and Instagram @shappikhorsandi Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive. Artwork by Paul … Read more …

Fortunately… with Fi & Jane

Fortunately… with Fi and Jane In a special edition of Fortunately, comedian Shappi Khorsandi joins Fi and Jane for their 200th episode, with a live and socially distanced audience at London’s Royal Festival Hall. With the help of a high tech interactive Q&A, Garvey and Glover quiz the audience and face a few probing questions … Read more …

What The Fuck Is Going On… With Mark Steel

IT’S FREEDOM DAY!! To celebrate this momentous occasion that we will honour as a nation for years to come, Mark is joined by Shappi Khorsandi and Elliot Steel (but not Boris Johnson, he’s having to self-isolate.) HAPPY FREEDOM DAY!!

Spit Or Swallow

Once again, the SOS bar is OPEN and today’s guest is the perfect drinking companion, it’s comedian Shappi Khorsandi, who started off with all good intentions, but soon let Lou and Sally-Anne degenerate things. Shappi shares some epic stories of drunken endeavors and also recounts a tale that highlights the disparity between how men and … Read more …

My Best Teacher

In this episode of the My Best Teacher podcast, we chat with comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi about her time at school, which started in the UK after she and her family had to flee Iran after the revolution in 1979. She talks about: Her amazing primary school – and the teachers that made it so … Read more …

The Paul Chowdhry PudCast

Hold onto your hats, it episode 6 of the PudCast coming at you strong. This episodes guest is the one and only Shappi Khorsandi, a true trail blazer. Since coming to the UK as a child Shappi has carved her own path, faced and knocked down barriers, and contended with being a friend to Paul … Read more …

My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson

Welcome back to My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson! Each episode, Clive welcomes a famous guest and dives into the depths of their character with one simple question: if you could choose your own seven wonders of the world, what would they be? This week, comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi sits down with Clive to … Read more …

Answer Me This!

Content warning: animal cruelty. In Answer Me This episode 391, we hear about eviscerated rabbits, I’m A Celebrity food-kills, and a zoo in a deadly stunt. But there’s some mysterious dog magic to compensate. We also consider: the history of video phones the baby in Labyrinth fiction you didn’t realise was science fiction ‘free’ apples pastry wedding banns dog … Read more …

Out To Lunch with Jay Rayner

On being bisexual, her vow not to argue in the jungle, and how to cook the perfect Iranian rice; Jay’s ordering in for this week’s In for Lunch with comedian Shappi Khorsandi. Being painfully shy as a child and living through death threats against her father – nothing is off the menu! Shappi and Jay … Read more …