Have you ever been interested in putting yourself out there and trying something creative? Starting Out is an interview show that explores people's honest, raw accounts of starting something. Hosted by stand-up comedian Nick Durie, who himself started stand-up at the ripe age of 37, Starting Out features conversations mostly with stand-up comedians, with the occasional musician, writer, producer and others dropping by, and looking back on when they decided to try out something new, exciting, and scary.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHave you ever been interested in putting yourself out there and trying something creative? Starting Out is an interview show that explores people's honest, raw accounts of starting something.
Recent episodes include "No new Starting Out this week" (26 July 2023, 1 minute), "SO #123 Isi Commisso - F#$@ing Ceili House" (19 July 2023, 56 minutes), and "SO #122 Ryan Maglunob - Anything Lower Than Perfect is a Fail" (12 July 2023, 71 minutes).
Starting Out publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 125 episodes.
Booking probability for Starting Out is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Starting Out requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Starting Out's contact route on record: verified email.
Starting Out is a general podcast with 125 episodes published.
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Hey everyone, just letting you know I'm taking a little summer break from the pod. Thank you all so much for listening and supporting. Have a great summer and you'll be hearing new episodes soon. Follow us...
Episode #123
This week is a special episode of Starting Out for me. You may not know him for his standup, but the impact he had on me is huge. He actually started the infamous Comedy at Ceili House in Hamilton, it’s Mr. Isi...
Episode #122
My guest this week on Starting Out is a comic 20+ years in the game, and has the unique experience of being a booker at one of the prominent clubs in the country, the-oft talked about Absolute Comedy club here in...
Episode #121
My guest this week on episode #121 of Starting Out is the first guest I’ve had where I was a guest on their podcast. It’s Brockville-native, now Nepean-dwelling, host of the “Johnny Rogers Podcast”, Mr. Johnny Rogers. I...
Episode #120
My guest on Episode #120 of Starting Out is none other than one of the grinders, one of the hardest working comedians, it’s Mississauga’s own, Ricardo Mejias!! Ricardo talks about his two first times on stage, one at...
Episode #119
My guest this week on Starting Out actually reached out a couple months back saying he had just finished listening to every single episode of this podcast, like a goddamn true completist. That was such an honour to hear...
Episode #118
My guest this week on Starting Out, all the way from Whitehorse in the goddamn Yukon, it’s Emilie Lefrancois. I met Emilie at Comedy Kapow the first time I ever got to headliner a show, and she was on it and so nervous...
Episode #117
I do mostly have Canadian comedians on this show, because that’s who I know, but this week is different. My guest is a guy 21-years into standup, who started in his native Baltimore, it’s Larry XL on Starting Out! I did...
Episode #116
My guest this week on Starting Out is world-traveler, professional squatter, and simply one of the most unique, original, creative and fearless comics I’ve ever met, its Hunter Collins!! Hunter has graced the stage at...
Episode #115
My guest this week on Starting Out started standup at 19 years old, and has been at it 12-years with not one but TWO comedy albums under his belt - “Talking Reckless” and recorded during the pandemic, “I Am Their King”...
Episode #114
Such an awesome moment in time for my guest this week on Starting Out - they are set to release their debut album “Inflammable Material”, it’s Bonez Poley! Bonez had so many creative endeavors that got dashed at an...
Episode #113
What a get! I thought this week’s guest had quit comedy and I’d never get to have him on again, and that’s because he quit comedy! But thank god he is back, it’s amazing comedian and podcaster Pat MacDonald on Starting...
Episode #112
This week my guest on Starting Out is someone I am literally meeting for the first time. He is a young, up and coming comic that I describe here as seemingly being shot out of a cannon in the Ottawa scene, it’s Logan...
Episode #111
My guest this week on episode 111 of Starting Out is the very first guest I have ever had who has opened for Keith Urban - it’s comedian and country music star Rory Gardiner! Rory has been nominated for a Canadian...
Episode #110
My guest this week on episode 110 of Starting Out is my first actual doctor - it’s Ottawa-based comedian who also is a Chiropractor, Michael Friedman!! I ran into Michael at both Absolute venues we were performing at...
Episode #109
My guest this week on Starting Out is the cohost of one of the best comedy podcasts out there that he hosts with my former guest Rebecca Reeds called “The Villain Was Right”, it’s Craig Fay on Starting Out! I’ve always...
Episode #108
My long-awaited-once-anticipated guest on Starting Out this week, is none other than Matt Carter, yes, THAT Matt Carter! Matt and I recently ran into each other at Absolute Comedy in Ottawa and had an incredible talk...
Episode #107
I have a tight episode of Starting Out this week because my guest, besides being one of the best up and coming comedians in this country, is also a young, driven content creator who doesn’t have a lot of time and needed...
Episode #106
I don’t know if 5-weeks can really be considered a hiatus, but we’re back!! Well, I’m back, and what a guest to have on the return of the pod, then none other than Slim Tschritty himself, the cohost of the best comedy...
Episode #105
It’s the rare occasion that someone reaches out and asks to be on the pod, but this week’s guest did and I am so happy to have the amazing comedian Desiree Walsh on Starting Out! Desiree recently recorded her debut...
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