The Hit Network’s The Jimmy & Nath Show has launched a new podcast series, Born Funny, on LiSTNR.
Hosted by the Hit Network’s Jimmy Smith and Nath Roye, the podcast is a deep dive into when Australia’s funniest humans first knew they were funny.
Best mates Smith and Roye, who love to laugh on their radio show, spend the series talking to a variety of comedy content creators and personalities to ask the question, “are you born funny?”
The conversations are loose and funny, like a chat with a mate at the pub, but also raw and vulnerable as listeners discover that being funny isn’t always an easy journey full of punch lines.
Guests will reflect, re-tell and revisit times in their lives that helped shape their successful comedic careers. The new series will feature deep conversations with Australia’s leading comedy names, including 2DayFM’s Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes, 101.9 The Fox’s Nick Cody, Geraldine Hickey, Luke McGregor, Cal Wilson, Gen Fricker and LiSTNR’s Aunty Donna and Matt Okine.
“We surround ourselves with funny people all the time, it’s an addiction really, but it’s time to sit down and find out where their funny actually came from,” Smith and Roye said.
“By wading through the odd stories, self-deprecation and ‘boom-tish’s’ floating around their minds, we hope to uncover the true relationship these unique people have with humour but that’s if we can stop laughing. Apologies in advance!”
Together Smith and Roye have spent more than ten years honing their radio craft. Mediaweek spoke to the duo back in 2022 when they first stepped onto a national stage.
At the time, they said, “We essentially want to try and do the same sort of show for Australia. We’re going to be able to get out when we can, travel when we can, and just join in that conversation.
“So imagine that there are a bunch of people sitting at a table at a pub, Nathan and I pull up a chair next to them and say ‘hey, what are you guys talking about?’ we want to be a part of something rather than just on a stage being the entertainers.”
Listen to The Jimmy & Nath Show’s Born Funny now on LiSTNR or wherever you get your podcasts.