No Such Thing As Doing A Solzhenitsyn
3/26/202657 min
Daliso Chaponda joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss space, scrabble, smuggling and cichlids.
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Andrew Hunter Murray· Host0:29
[upbeat music] Hi, everybody. Andy and Dan here. Welcome to this episode of No Such Thing As A Fish. We've got a very exciting guest today.
Dan Schreiber· Host0:37
We do. We have the brilliant Daliso Chaponda. Daliso, some of you will know from being a finalist on Britain's Got Talent a few years ago. He's an amazingly funny standup comedian, and, uh, we were very excited that he was gonna join us on the show 'cause he's a big old nerd. He's written a sci-fi set of short stories that you can buy on Amazon and other, uh, online stores, but he's going on tour as well.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host0:58
He certainly is. His show is called Topical Storm. You see, 'cause it's, it's about, it involves news, and it's about the news.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:04
S- so s- so that's a good title is what you're saying.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:06
It's a really good title, and it's a really good tour, and he's going all over the place with it. Uh, where's he going? Let's see. He's Stockton-on-Tees, Chipping Norton, London, and various [laughs] other places w- of roughly the same size.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:17
[laughs] Yeah, and it's happening now. He's on tour right now.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:20
He certainly is.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:20
So do get your tickets 'cause you don't wanna miss out on it. He's absolutely brilliant.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:23
His website is dalisochaponda.com.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:26
Now, you're probably also thinking, "God, it'd be great to see Daliso, but damn it, we'd love to see