It can be hard seeing the lighter side of things when the world seems to be going crazy. These ten funny folks are here to help.
Angella Dravid - no holds barred
New Zealand comedian Angella Dravid turned a spell in a UK prison into an award-winning comedy show - but audiences thought she was making it all up.
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Sarah Cooper: how to be successful without hurting men's feelings
Google designer turned full-time stand-up comedian and writer Sarah Cooper uses tongue-in-cheek advice to hold a mirror up to the double standards women face in at work
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Instagram sensation Celeste Barber's celebrity parodies
Australian actor and comedian Celeste Barber is an Instagram star, thanks to her wildly popular celebrity photographic parodies. "I like to take inappropriate, half-naked unflattering photos of myself and post them to millions of people," she tells Kathryn Ryan.
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Wellington comedian and writer Felix Desmarais: 'My quality of life has improved drastically'
Felix Desmarais came out as transgender in 2017 and since then has had hormone therapy and a bilateral mastectomy as part of a female-to-male (FTM) transition.
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Australian comedian, writer and ex-addict Greg Fleet
Greg Fleet is a highly respected Australian comedian with a long list of acting credits and an acclaimed author who's just published his debut novel The Good Son. He was also, for most of his adult life, a drug addict.
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Hari Kondabolu on racism, comedy and The Simpsons
The problem with Apu in The Simpsons - which comedian Hari Kondabolu made a documentary about - is not that a caricature of an Indian immigrant voiced by a white actor is offensive, he says.
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Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower: Bad Alcoholics
TV presenter Hayley Holt joins comedian James Nokise in the shower to talk drinking, dancing, getting sober and staying happy.
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John Moe: tackling depression one conversation at a time
Mental health is a little less intimidating to talk about if you can have a few laughs along the way, says the host of the interview podcast The Hilarious World of Depression. John Moe is an American comedian and radio personality who uses humour to shine a light on an issue too often left in the shadows.
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Bill Bailey: the polymath stand-up who loves Stand Up Paddling
Paddleboarder, honorary crematorium organist and the comedian voted the seventh best of all time by Britain's Channel 4; Bill Bailey brings his new show Earl of Whimsy to New Zealand.
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Catherine Tate: 'I'm only asking people to laugh'
English comedian and actor Catherine Tate attracted 6.4 million viewers for the 2007 Christmas special episode of her BBC sketch comedy The Catherine Tate Show. She tells Jesse Mulligan she doesn't care whether people like her or her characters – she just wants to be funny.
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