S10 EP26: David Sedaris

One of the world's greatest storytellers is on board Alan Air! David Sedaris joins Alan to celebrate his brilliant new essay collection "The Land and Its People", and shares stories from his travels to 74 countries.From his unforgettable first trip to Greece, the holiday romance that could have changed his life forever, and why Japan completely changed him, to meeting the Pope, travelling with his wonderfully mischievous sister Amy, getting bitten by a dog, and the tiny travel annoyances that drive him mad, this is David Sedaris at his hilarious best.Packed with razor-sharp observations, outrageous stories and laugh-out-loud moments, this is one journey you won't want to miss.00:00 Welcome aboard, David Sedaris01:30 Dressing like you're in a cult02:10 The Land and Its People and the art of oversharing04:10 Visiting 74 countries and why South America keeps calling05:20 The famous "You're trash!" airline story06:20 David's unforgettable first trip to Greece08:20 The holiday romance that might have changed his life09:45 Hugh, love stories and handsome husbands13:50 Does David write for the page or the stage?15:40 Getting bitten by a dog... and blamed for it19:45 Why Japan completely changed him21:20 Adventurous eating abroad22:50 His growing list of life's biggest irritations25:30 Amy Sedaris' holiday pranks28:20 David's hidden gem in West Sussex30:20 Meeting the Pope inside the Vatican32:10 Who has real star quality?33:15 Quick Fire, making our descent#LifesABeachPodcast #DavidSedaris #AlanCarr #TheLandAndItsPeople #TravelPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelStories #Japan #Greece #Books #Author #Humour #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the world's greatest storytellers is on board Alan Air! David Sedaris joins Alan to celebrate his brilliant new essay collection "The Land and Its People", and shares stories from his travels to 74 countries.From his unforgettable first trip to Greece, the holiday romance that could have changed his life forever, and why Japan completely changed him, to meeting the Pope, travelling with his wonderfully mischievous sister Amy, getting bitten by a dog, and the tiny travel annoyances that drive him mad, this is David Sedaris at his hilarious best.Packed with razor-sharp observations, outrageous stories and laugh-out-loud moments, this is one journey you won't want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nina Conti is on board Alan Air and it's as brilliantly bonkers as you'd expect. She reveals the skiing holiday where her dad's booming voice bolted her into action, the holiday romance with an American Marine that ended very badly, losing Monkey on a flight to Austria, why Tokyo didn't live up to expectations, and why she escapes to yurts, road trips and Arthur's Seat whenever she gets the chance. Plus, Alan and Nina reminisce about winning the BBC New Comedy Award, swap Edinburgh Fringe stories, chat about her directorial debut "Sunlight" and Nina's hilarious new C*nti Cabaret, coming to the Underbelly at Bristo Square at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Book your tickets here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/nina-s-c-nti-cabaret 00:00 Welcome aboard, Nina Conti! 01:40 The skiing holiday that ended in dad shouting 03:30 Why Nina loves American road trips 04:15 Making Sunlight in a monkey suit 05:50 Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe 08:05 Inside Nina's hilarious C*nti Cabaret 12:15 Arthur's Seat and Nina's Edinburgh recommendations 14:05 Losing Monkey on a flight to Austria 16:05 Why Tokyo disappointed her 17:45 The holiday romance with a Marine 22:10 Growing up with Tom Conti and Shirley Valentine 24:00 Escaping to yurts and embracing nature 26:10 Celebrity holiday encounters, from John Travolta to Andrew Scott 29:45 Costa Rica tops Nina's travel bucket list 30:10 Quick Fire, making our descent #LifesABeach #NinaConti #AlanCarr #EdinburghFringe #Edinburgh #ComedyPodcast #TravelPodcast #Monkey #HolidayRomance #RoadTrips #TravelStories #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nina Conti joins Alan for a laughter-fueled flight to talk American road trips, her directorial debut "Sunlight", disastrous holiday romances, comedy awards, losing Monkey in Austria, and her fabulous new show at Edinburgh Fringe...  https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/nina-s-c-nti-cabaret Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Life's a Beach, Alan is joined by the incomparable Caitlin Moran - writer, broadcaster and one of Britain's funniest storytellers - for an episode that goes gloriously off-piste. They somehow begin with Harry Styles' legs and Take That before diving into Caitlin's unforgettable childhood holidays, with summers migrating to a caravan in Wales with an apocalypse-prepping father. Along the way they discuss Japan, Benedict Cumberbatch undercover at Glastonbury, why gardening saved Caitlin's mental health, the joy of rewilding, Elizabeth Taylor's extraordinary life, and why we should celebrate people while they're still here. There may not be much chat about beaches... but there is plenty about beavers. Check out Caitlin's new pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CJY22Urz2BLJK792QRZ And her new book "How to be Hopeful" is out in September. Subscribe to Life's a Beach for brand new episodes every week. 00:00 Wanking podcasts, dogs & bagpipes 01:13 Harry Styles, Take That & celebrity gossip 06:40 Caitlin's unusual childhood holidays 09:58 Girls' holidays, Magaluf & feminist T-shirts 12:30 Why Japan completely blew Caitlin away 14:20 Getting older and "jolly" fashion 16:40 Caitlin's new podcast Outsiding 20:00 Gardening obsession & nosy neighbours 22:45 Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor & legendary diaries 26:00 Trees, history & why Britain's countryside matters 30:20 Why gardening is really about life, not plants 33:30 Menopause, rewilding & finding hope again 37:30 Elizabeth Taylor's extraordinary legacy 42:00 Caitlin's new book How to Be Hopeful 47:10 Benedict Cumberbatch at Glastonbury 49:00 Quick Fire Round and a wanky new format #LifesABeachpodcast #AlanCarr #CaitlinMoran #ComedyPodcast #TravelPodcast #HarryStyles #TakeThat #Gardening #Rewilding #Nature #Japan #ElizabethTaylor #MentalHealth #Menopause #BritishComedy #BenedictCumberbatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caitlin Moran joins Alan for a fascinating chat about Japan, her new gardening podcast with Adam Frost Outsiding, the incredible British history of Oak trees, Liz Taylor and Caitlin's brilliant new book How to be Hopeful which is out in September. Don't miss this flight's quite literal climax at the end!  Listen to/watch - Outsiding: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CJY22Urz2BLJK792QRZ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Molko joins Alan for a brilliantly funny flight, from an unforgettable airport encounter with Alan that reminds Brian of David Bowie, to why he finally decided to revisit Placebo's debut album 30 years later. They talk about rebuilding his relationship with those early songs ahead of Placebo's 30th anniversary tour and the band’s debut album, newly RE:CREATED, why the Britpop era made Placebo stand out, and reclaiming Nancy Boy. Along the way there's talk of memory tricks, cannibals, Magaluf, airports, sharks in the Maldives, rehab romances, why Brian believes arriving is the best part of travelling, and an unforgettable quick-fire round. Plus, Brian reveals why this anniversary tour he's been able to celebrate Placebo's earliest music with genuine joy. 00:00 Brian's fear of flying and the luxury of Alanair01:08 The Alan airport encounter that reminded Brian of David Bowie08:00 Why Brian recreated Placebo's debut album09:57 Standing apart from Britpop and embracing difference12:11 Rediscovering the debut album after 25 years12:51 The story behind Nancy Boy14:06 Memory, the Mandela Effect and false memories15:13 Alan pitches “Pla-subo" featuring Susan Boyle16:03 Placenta parties, cannibalism and "long pigs"17:18 Forgetfulness, daydreaming and useless knowledge18:13 Loving the destination but hating the journey20:26 Smoking on planes and Brian's airport theories21:53 Placebo's 30th anniversary tour and finding joy again24:14 Brian's holiday nightmare in Magaluf26:06 Rehab romances27:32 Why kindness gets better service than complaining30:02 The Maldives, rabbits and reef sharks32:04 Eating street food in Bangkok33:16 Quick Fire: beach or pool, window or aisle?35:38 Alan's stage fright wee and Brian's bladder training tips37:40 Why everyone should tip their delivery driver #LifesABeach #AlanCarr #BrianMolko #Placebo #Placebo30 #AlternativeRock #RockMusic #DavidBowie #Britpop #NancyBoy #Travel #AnniversaryTour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Captain Alan welcomes on board Placebo's Brian Molko! They talk first meetings, tour buses, the Maldives and Magaluf. Be prepared for the chat to take some surprisingly dark turns. And of course Brian's celebrating their new album Placebo RE:CREATED, a totally reworked version of their debut album, and their embark on 30th anniversary European and UK tour, which starts in September. A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Campbell joins Captain Alan for one of the most unhinged episodes yet; featuring Last One Laughing doppelgängers, castle turrets, extreme heat, accidental art auctions, Hollywood near-misses, and a volcanic egg that changes everything. The inflight chat veers from Yoko Ono to Pompeii and a suspiciously life-changing souvenir from Naples. It’s hot. It’s chaotic. It’s deeply wrong in places. And it’s absolutely Life’s a Beach. Don't miss the brilliant Make That Movie: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/make-that-movie 00:00 Castle turret invitation & instant chaos 00:35 “It’s too hot to podcast” begins immediately 01:05 John Lennon & philosophical lyrical flips 01:40 Yoko Ono, art pieces & auction confusion 02:20 Sam's £5,000 bidding war misunderstanding 03:50 Sweating, steamed glasses & survival mode 04:20 Alan’s castle mythology escalates 05:40 TV fame, comparisons & “big star energy” 06:50 How Jacob Elordi almost became Sam's Hollywood bestie (and the team that intervened) 08:30 Casting Alan’s biopic & his Susan Boyle theory 10:10 Last One Laughing's “cutting room floor” chaos & doppelgängers 14:00 Sam at the A24 party & Jonah Hill and hitting it off with Jacob Elordi 16:20 Travel disasters, scary Uber & YUMMYYY pancakes 18:40 Alan's Castle, Sam's invited 23:00 Make That Movie plug & surreal pitch 25:30 Atherton Tablelands & giant rats discussion 28:00 Pigs, divorce & questionable farm survival logic 31:00 Nudist camps, prudishness & “Yummy” 34:45 Being an Aussie in London 36:40 Sam's completely off the rails Pompeii story 40:40 The tale of charcoalian egg 45:00 Quick fire round #LifesABeach #AlanCarr #SamCampbell #ComedyPodcast #BritishComedy #ComedyGold #FunnyPodcast #SurrealComedy #ComedyInterview #TravelStories #StandUpComedy Sara Morgan-Beckett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Campbell joins Alan for a gloriously chaotic flight through travel disasters, strange habits, Last One Laughing, and the kind of stories only Sam could tell. Buckle up - this one goes off course almost immediately.YUMMY! Don't miss the brilliant Make That Movie: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/make-that-movie Please subscribe and review. Thanks, Alan. xx ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is here to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices