How podcasts help comedians find their niche

These days, it can feel like every comedian alive has a podcast and the boom shows no signs of slowing down...

Having a successful podcast can transform a comic’s career, while even niche titles can be immensely valuable in broadening a comedian’s audience, developing new skills and allowing creators to follow their passions and interests.

After thinking better of that idea (“The ending would always be the same,” she laments), Hoo has thoroughly enjoyed working on the podcast and getting to hear dramatic stories, often ones that her comedian guests have never told in their shows.

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Daniel Herborn is a journalist and novelist based in Sydney. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and others. He has also practised law at an Intellectual Property firm specialising in creative industries clients.