#24 - Grexit vs Brexit feat. George Zacharopoulos

March 29 is approaching which means Brexit time, so I've decided to get a bunch of my EU comedy mates around and chat to them about what it means. Kicking things off as they tend to historically, it's Greek comedian George Zacheropoulos (@GreekComedian)!

He flew to the UK 3 days after 9/11, lived here for half his life as a Greek Geordie (read: in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and now should be able to stay regardless of what happens. 

After wading through through a (potentially) offensive discussion about offence, we get into the meat of it with George’s avoiding compulsory military service, and becoming a comedian instead of a biochemist.

A chance meeting made him consider studying in the UK, a chance friendship kept him from transferring back to Greece and how Greece invented Brexit with Grexit in 2015. There’s also a great tale from his appearance on BBC1 talking to Andrew O’Neil about the financial crisis and literally smashing plates.

The comedian we were talking about at the start is Daliso Chaponda who's great and definitely from Malawi, which is nowhere near Guinea and I'm an idiot. 

Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy at Angel Comedy February 23rd 4pm, featuring past guest Alice Fraser - you can grab tickets here.

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