Nigel Ng Podcasts

A quite brilliant stand-up, with gloriously unique and surprising one-liners, Aaron Chen started comedy incredibly young, and was already working to shed every ounce of hackery while still in his teens. As well as his deeply alt roots and proclivity to experiment with comedy forms, he is also a master of the internally collapsing vox pop, pushing t…

Today's episode is the last one for a while as the podcast is going on a hiatus. We want to thank all of our listeners for these two years, it's been an incredible journey and we hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have! Stay funneee & be strong enough to be kind. --- 📹 You can find our individual youtube channels to follow us after the podcast! N…

CW: Discussion of transphobia by people who aren’t affected by it. Adam Rowe is a killer. Huge punchlines, banging material that draws screams and whoops from his crowd, and a laser-like focus on achieving his ambitions. But what does his urge to defend controversial opinions for fun cost him, or indeed his audience? We talk at length about whether…

This week we talk about Nigel's new alarm clock, what Evelyn has in common with a certain North Korean dictator and Nigel's desire to be a Crazy High Income No Kids. --- Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for not…

A consummate compere, wielding her natural warmth and blunt honesty to devastating effect, Thanyia Moore has pulled off something extraordinary - a slot on Mock the Week before she debuts her first hour. We discuss her lack of love for writing, and the inverse pressure of a post-TV debut, as well as her secret game-plan for comedy and beyond. We al…

Go to https://manscaped.com and get 20% off + free shipping with the code RICE. Your balls will thank you™️! Evelyn tells us about her stressful move (spoiler unlike Nigel she enlisted her parents instead of movers), Nigel's seen Hamilton and our hosts talk about game shows of the good old days. --- Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon…

Superbly funny and effortlessly real on stage, Harriet Kemsley grew up scared of saying the wrong thing and making mistakes, but after trying stand-up at the suggestion of her parents, found in it the ability to embrace both her failures and her self. We talk about coping with having your debut show critically mauled; the self-control beneath the d…

This week Nigel tells us about his champagne problems, Evelyn shares her new attitude on life and we discuss why immigrants do the best job! --- Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for notifications for new eps, r…

You might know brilliantly witty and wise singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton as the writer of the Portal theme “Still Alive”, or from his many viral hits, albums, huge tours, or even his fan-cruise… We talk about "JoCo’s" Thing-A-Week project and how it (combined with a timely fascination for crowd-funding) propelled him from a software career, to …

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.com! We want you to start living a happier life today. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at https://www.betterhelp.com/rice. Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health. Both our hosts are away this week, Nigel calling in from beautiful sunn…

Go to https://manscaped.com and get 20% off + free shipping with the code RICE. Your balls will thank you™️! This week Evelyn tells us about her experience with a certain cheap airline, Nigel argues for why you shouldn't pack your own stuff and why asians love free stuff. --- Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --…

This week Evelyn tells us what she thinks about white people listening to the podcast, Nigel talks about what would make customer service better and the hosts talk about DIY. --- Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bel…

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.com! We want you to start living a happier life today. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at https://www.betterhelp.com/rice. Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health. This week Nigel tells us about how well his mental health is, Evelyn te…

This week's episode is sponsored by our friends at Manscaped! Go to https://manscaped.com and get 20% off + free shipping with the code RICE. Your balls will thank you™️! This week Nigel tells us about his visit to Soho Farmhouse, Evelyn talks about her first on-screen make out and our hosts get into how much they actually need rice. --- Support us…

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This week's episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.com! We want you to start living a happier life today. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at betterhelp.com/rice. Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health. Evelyn tells us about her awkward doctor's appointment, Nigel reads out a lo…

A ramshackle prospective who's who (also: when's when and where's where) for this year's ramshackle Edinburgh Fringe. Feels nice. Might see you there. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is sponsored by Manscaped! Go to https://manscaped.com and get 20% off + free shipping with the code RICE. Your balls will thank you™️! It’s Tuesday and that means another episode of your favourite Asian podcast! Evelyn tells Nigel about the new exclusive club she’s joined, Nigel talks about his new hobby which includes paint names and…

This week, your hosts talk about Nigel's new house, Evelyn's reusable coffee cup and after two years, Nigel is finally in therapy and Evelyn's in the gym! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for notifications for …

Crime fiction powerhouse and former circuit comedian, CK McDonnell is on the cusp of levelling further up, with a TV adaptation of his half a million selling “Dublin Trilogy” in the works. We talk about how to write fast, being calibrated for tough criticism, solving problems in the shower, and how to let characters evolve - especially Bunny McGarr…

This week, your hosts talk about Nigel's new house, Evelyn's reusable coffee cup and after two years, Nigel is finally in therapy and Evelyn's in the gym! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for notifications for …

In an industry awash with “edgelord” comedians, Fin Taylor is the real deal. Erudite, thunderously funny, and provocative having done the reading first, he manages to annoy absolutely everybody. We talk about how his unusual schooling instilled in him an apparent license to infuriate; how his need to row back from the furthest possible point makes …

This week Nigel's going on tour, Evelyn's shooting a commercial and we talk about if Asian uncles and aunties got the authority to arrest you. Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for notifications for new eps, rea…

Stevie Martin has been generating excellent material for years, and is now starting to break through due to her jaw-droppingly funny online videos, packed with punchlines and with a genuinely unique flavour. We talk about the huge amount of time and prep that goes into her work, as she battles to feel like a “proper comedian” in an industry that pr…

This week we talk about Evelyn's PT-session, Nigel's frustrations when shops don't take cards and how everyone wants a love island body! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for notifications for new eps, reaction …

Irrepressibly optimistic, utterly in love with his craft and very mentally robust, Paul Zerdin is the British ventriloquist who won America's Got Talent. We talk about his lengthy career working across different circuits -- from variety, cruises and holiday camps to mainstream comedy -- and discuss how he navigates the suspicions of the alternative…

This week’s episode is sponsoted by the podcast series AXN Fey Hollow, AXN Asia’s first crime thriller podcast! The eight-episode crime thriller audio drama is produced by KC Global Media (KCGM) Asia and follows the story of two detectives tracking down a sadistic serial killer who uses brutal fairy tale inspired rituals to murder his victims. It’s…

Josh Johnson doesn't put a foot wrong. This masterful young US comic never stops working and is reaping the benefits with a place in the Daily Show writers' room, and two brand new releases: his own music/comedy collaboration "Mixtape", and his debut special "# (Hashtag)". We encounter a really thoughtful approach to his art, and talk about his pos…

In this episode we Evelyn debriefs about her Mock the Week appearance, Nigel helps Evelyn with her mandarin, midwits and what your hosts would have to go through to understand the other's perspective. Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our ch…

“A drill-sergeant not a perfectionist”, Jessie Cave enjoys simultaneous careers as an actress, comic, artist, and performance artist, all of which marry an extraordinary pragmatism with an attitude of artistic abundance. We talk about her relentless documentation of her life as a means of seeking permanence, the tragic death of her brother in 2019 …

This week Evelyn tells us about her new friends she's made and their inappropriate touching, Nigel wants to get in a fight, and we talk about the importance of holding space and when it's appropriate to cry in public! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Su…

How did a grumpy table magician find a way to turn “being pathetic” into 400 shows a year in his own theatre at Las Vegas? Only Piff The Magic Dragon knows! We’ll discover how a shop-bought dragon costume flicked the switch from sackable corporate table guy, to deadpan bulletproof performer and self-styled “loser of America’s Got Talent”. Along the…

This week we're back talking about our recent outing to Mei Mei where Evelyn and Nigel discovered that when drunk they become each other, what it means to have too many mirrors in your apartment and we talk about recent happenings in the UK comedy community. Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on y…

We are back in the same room! Evelyn tells us about her journey back to London, her endless covid-tests in dodgy facilities and Nigel tells us about why he wants gold diggers to hit him up! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and r…

If you thought wrestlers shared some of the tropes of comedians’ lives, wait til you hear about historians! Comedy-adjacent public historian, writer of “Dead Famous” and other superb books, and creator and host of “You’re Dead To Me” (BBC Sounds) Greg Jenner had factual oversight on every word of Horrible Histories ever recorded, and wrote some of …

Evelyn tells us everything about her date, Nigel drones on about guanciale 😴 and we get into 'emotional gold digging' and Nigel makes Evelyn's therapy terms bro-friendly! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for no…

“Not a cute ragdoll, but a disgusting sex robot”, Rosie Jones is a triple-threat in ways of which you couldn’t dream if you hadn’t seen her act. Leveraging hugely punchy comedy from people’s constant underestimation at her sheer agency, we discover the precision comic timing borne of her cerebral palsy; her new political dynamism; and why she won’t…

We are back and we talk about Evelyn's comedy character, Nigel's far right-estate agent, we answer a listener question and Evelyn's going on a date so we get into the difference between alpha and beta dating! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe t…

Laser-guided comic, writer and corporate host, the "modnifique" Ian Moore is every inch the Comedy Store headliner, but in the early part of his career his battle with stage fright left him a more deadpan act than he intended. We talk about the phenomenon of white blokes in suits raging against the world; the reality of his apparent dream life comm…

This week we're back discussing underground Chinese Wechat-groups, code-switching when talking to Chinese vs. White people and Nigel breaks out his newest character, Italian Uncle Roger, Zio Ruggero! Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our cha…

Is Stuart Laws an absurdist rambler who froths up a load of increasingly hilarious nonsense whilst honking in a gilet? Or is he an astute and quite private man who started a production company when he was 18, and went on to produce his own sitcom Grave new World (Amazon Prime) as well as directing James Acaster’s “Repertoire” (Netflix) and countles…

This week Evelyn gives us an update on her "strong enough to be kind" journey, how we have 6,5 years left to middle age, Nigel talks about the Blue Hole and why your husband cheating on you with an octopus is a big sign your marriage is in trouble. "My Octopus Teacher". Support us via our patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/ricetomeetyoupod --- 🎬 We…

Evelyn has a new haircut! And Nigel makes of it! And we also get into sending food back at restaurants, Evelyn frustrating her therapist and ask what qualifies as a social enterprise? Listeners! Subscribe to the Rice To Meet You Clips channel. Every week we'll be posting bite-sized chunks of the podcast that you can listen and share. We are back fo…

This week we go into how to why we can't support small businesses, why Nigel doesn't mess with Quartz, Evelyn finally getting on Korean tinder and Nigel checks in on Evelyn's journey on being strong enough to be kind. Listeners! Subscribe to the Rice To Meet You Clips channel. Every week we'll be posting bite-sized chunks of the podcast that you ca…

Listeners! Subscribe to the Rice To Meet You Clips channel. Every week we'll be posting bite-sized chunks of the podcast that you can listen and share. We are back for another week of nonsense, Nigel has made the sound effect that should never been made, Evelyn talks about the press she's done to spread awareness about ESEA hate crimes in Sweden an…

Scintillating comic, podcaster, and co-host of “Gigless”, one of the online success stories of the last year, Catherine Bohart knows herself inside out and has a powerful mental toolkit for comedy. We dig into her past life as a former university debate superstar, and find out how it helped her stand-up as well her understanding of herself as a que…

This episode is sponsored by Lee Issac Chung's brilliant Oscar-nominated film 'Minari', about a Korean-American family in pursuit of the American dream. 'Minari' is available to watch at home now and will be available across all major digital platforms, as well as on virtual cinema to support cinemas while they are closed. Visit minari.film to find…

Gloriously disgusting double-act The Delightful Sausage is comprised of jointly and severally brilliant Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill, for whom every line is a rug-pull, every image a rat being sick. We talk about world-building, and the bible that holds the secret geography and population of “Icklewick”; how they aim for mainstream success in ot…

First episode after the 100th and Nigel and Evelyn talk about how podcasts are the new magazines, Nigel tandem biking w. his dad and why there could never be an all asian Ghostbusters! ESEA COMMUNITY RESOURCES https://esearesource.carrd.co/ 🎬 We're now on youtube! See the full podcast episodes! Subscribe to our channel and ring the bell for notific…

“Come for the musical theatre, stay for the trauma!” That was the manifesto of the “Asda Kate Bush” Sooz Kempner, on her debut hour, an extraordinary verbatim performance of the real email her father sent to her mother, that led to divorce. We talk about upbringing as the only girl that didn’t do ballet, and how that inspired her self-belief; learn…