Des Bishop (Live from the Vodafone Comedy Carnival, Galway): Episode 58

Des Bishop is one of Ireland's most successful comedians. This week he sits down with Jarlath in front of a packed house at The Roisín Dubh in Galway to talk about the bizarre chain of events that brought him to emigrate to Ireland at the tender age of 14. 

From his brush with the mafia, to the bullying he suffered as a child, to his substance abuse, subsequent recovery and discovery of stand up, this is a roller coaster of a tale that he has never properly told. Dealing with serious self-doubt, acting alongside Cillian Murphy, his cheat code for comedy and how he learned Mandarin in the space of a year, there is something in this one for everyone.

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