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Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Janine Harouni

4/22/20261 hr 4 min

Blisteringly talented comedian Janine Harouni is in the studio this week picking out the things that make her happy which include nerds, digital clocks… and a great story about how to get her thighs to stop squeaking in front of Robert Pattinson. It’s all in here, so please enjoy at your leisure!   Janine’s current tour is called ‘This is What you Waited For’ and we waited a bit too long to promote this one because there’s only a handful of dates left: Birmingham on May 8th and Manchester on May 22nd, but hey - if you’re in those places then get yourself a ticket from https://www.janineharouni.com 🎟️ 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 🎟️ That’s the end of this week’s feast of comedy. We dab away the jokes from the corners of our mouths with a fancy napkin and we scrape back our chairs to retire to the smoking lounge where we light up fat cigars and talk about grown-up stuff.  Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Go to https://surfshark.com/russell or use code RUSSELL at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clips

Surviving, Then Starting Over
Arena Tour Breakthrough
Husband Claps Back Perfectly
Turning Nerves Into Fuel
Batman, Leather, And Lube
I Can’t Read Clocks
‘All Men Are A Little Autistic’
Brick Breaks The Scroll
Why Pixar Still Matters
The Lulu Joke That Exploded

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Russell Howard· Host0:29

    [upbeat music] Hello, my friends. Welcome to 5 Brilliant Things, where I talk to amazing people about the things they love. My guest today is a very funny American stand-up and actor who's been nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. It's Janine Harouni, and here are her five brilliant things. [upbeat music] How are things?

  3. Janine Harouni· Guest1:03

    Good. Yeah.

  4. Russell Howard· Host1:04

    What, what, uh, what you been up to this weekend? Take me through it.

  5. Janine Harouni· Guest1:07

    Oh, boy. Long weekend with no daycare, so just running around. My husband's been sick, so I've just been basically solo parenting. Do you find this, that when your partner is not well and you're looking after the baby on your own, that you hate your partner?

  6. Russell Howard· Host1:19

    [laughs] That I hate my partner?

  7. Janine Harouni· Guest1:21

    Yeah.

  8. Russell Howard· Host1:21

    [laughs] No, I do, I do- And I feel bad.

  9. Janine Harouni· Guest1:23

    I know he's sick- Yeah ... but I'm just like...

  10. Russell Howard· Host1:25

    It's funny, it happens. So, like, my wife has a far more robust-

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