John Robins full interview on Insane In The Men Brain podcast

Find John on Twitter @nomadicrevery I Instagram @nomadic_revery I and Ed Fringe + "Howl" tour tickets at www.johnrobins.com.
John Robins is one of his generation’s most critically acclaimed stand-ups. John followed winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly The Perrier Award) in 2017 with two sold out national tours: The Darkness of Robins and Hot Shame. John is also a recipient of the Gold Aria Award (formerly The Sony Awards) for the BBC Radio 5 Live radio show, unsurprisingly he’s one of the leading voices calling to make it illegal for awards to change their sponsor.
Alongside friend, comrade and “under-DJ” Elis James, he rewrote the rule book for commercial digital indie radio broadcasting on Radio X. Before moving to prime time publicly-funded speech-based radio channel BBC 5Live. Every Friday the pair tackle the big issues, like what foods give you gas and what’s the weirdest place you’ve done your tax return. As well as this, Elis and John host a podcast called How Do You Cope? where they talk to guests about the challenges and hurdles they’ve faced in their own lives. What shines through all their projects is the kind of male friendship, full of warmth and openness, that we don't see enough of in entertainment. Leading The Guardian to comment
They are tweaking British masculinity at the edges, and in doing so letting in a lot of much-needed light.
John has appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One) (John is one of the world’s leading authorities on the rock band Queen) Live from the BBC (BBC Two), Mock the Week (BBC Two), 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central)
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[@Kimberton149]

What an insightful and helpful conversation. It was so interesting to hear John say that it was giving in to the helplessness that helped. It sounds so similar to how I finally managed to move away from self-harming. Constantly fighting it, trying to achieve a state where I was not a self-harmer was too much pressure and ultimately too exhausting, because it made every thought about it. But when I accepted that I would always want to self-harm I felt a huge sense of calm and relief, because as John said, it's not longer about having to make that decision. Now, I hardly think about it at all, and even when that urge does come back I can be more rational and not angry with myself for experiencing that feeling. Obviously different strategies work for different people, but it's interesting to see the overlap between behaviours and ways of managing them when they hurt yourself or others. A huge well done to John for taking on the work and talking about it in such a thoughtful and gentle way. x

[@frankshailes3205]

Saw the last night of the Howl tour. Absolute magic. A master of his craft.

[@HalTheBlade]

I love John and this was a fantastic interview 👏

[@kerryrockall7466]

Loved listening to this

[@VonBlade]

I don't (can't) drink, and I love John, but boy have I come away from this really hankering for a nice bottle of red. I'm super proud of him for getting sober. (also, John Robins, one b)

[@Liverpool67890]

Like an aged Ant Middleton

[@danielwyatt5671]

Is it not robins, rather than robbins?

[@DementedDaveH]

Diabetes December.

[@hoot7588]

Potato

[@Kimberton149]

Potato

[@hoot7588]

@@Kimberton149 Potato

[@danielwyatt5671]

Birdseye

[@StuHolland]

​@@danielwyatt5671 No, way too early.