Cody Dahler
5/6/202656 min
How did Cody go from working for Matt Hancock to being one of the sharpest satirists online? And what has it all got to do with a pub in Cyprus? It’s all in this delightful podcast with comedian and writer Cody Dahler who takes you on a ride through the hills of Cyprus to Spanish Music Festivals and a recommendation of the book that changed Cody’s life (love a good book recommendation!) And while we’re on the subject of book recommendations, one of the hottest upcoming books is The State of This!: A Thicky Thicky Dumb Dumb's Guide to British Politics. It’s Cody’s debut book it explores the most pertinent political head-scratchers affecting us all: Why are people voting for Reform UK?; why did we Brexit?; what is the House of Lords and is everyone in there an arsehole?; why are our rivers full of shit?; what's to stop us becoming like America?; why do our PMs change so often; and why do we use a lettuce to measure their success? You can pre-order it at your local independent bookshop or online HERE. 🎟️ And please do go to see Russell while he’s on tour with his latest show that’s busting out some rave reviews: Don’t miss this fantastic show of all brand-new material. Find out more at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk 🎟️ AND THAT’S RECESS FOR THE BLURB. ORDER! Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsRussell Howard· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, my friends. Welcome to Five Brilliant Things, where I talk to amazing people about the things they love. My guest today is a comedy writer and sketch performer who's worked on some of the BBC's best loved shows. It's Cody Darla, and here are his five brilliant things. [upbeat music] Cody.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:32
Russell.
Russell Howard· Host0:33
What a pleasure to meet you.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:34
A real pleasure. Thanks so much for having me.
Russell Howard· Host0:35
On what feels like the first lovely sunny day of the year.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:38
I know. I'm-- You know it's, it's a sunny day when I'm, I'm drenched in sweat.
Russell Howard· Host0:42
Mm.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:43
I'm sat here- You a sweater? I've g- I'm a sweater.
Russell Howard· Host0:45
Yeah.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:45
I'm a sweater. I've gone through all my layers.
Russell Howard· Host0:46
Yes.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:47
And all- And you-- And carefully for a sweater, you're wearing black. Exactly.
Russell Howard· Host0:50
Coming.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:51
Exactly.
Russell Howard· Host0:51
Yeah.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:51
[laughs] Yeah, I've brought, I've brought my big winter bomber, and the weather's taken me by surprise.
Russell Howard· Host0:56
Lovely stuff.
Cody Dahler· Guest0:57
Yeah, yeah.
Russell Howard· Host0:58
Um, what, um, what were you up to this weekend? Anything fun?
Cody Dahler· Guest1:00
This weekend I visited my grandad, uh, and my mum.
Russell Howard· Host1:05
Oh, lovely.
Cody Dahler· Guest1:06
Yeah, it was Easter weekend. E-every year, sort of increasingly, my mum gets more and more serious about Easter.
Russell Howard· Host1:13
Right.
Cody Dahler· Guest1:14
And I don't understand why.
Russell Howard· Host1:15
What did we do? She didn't have your, your grandad dressed up as Jesus.
Cody Dahler· Guest1:17
[laughs] [laughs] The ears get bigger and bigger.
Russell Howard· Host1:20
That's as serious as it gets.
Cody Dahler· Guest1:22
[laughs] [laughs] Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Russell Howard· Host1:23
If your grandad's dressed as a rabbit on a cross- [laughs] ... that's peak Easter.
Cody Dahler· Guest1:27
But no, I don't know if it's like, if it's like a sort