Early Work with Rhys James

For many performers, their biggest fears is that people will find the creative writing they produced when they were younger. Early poetry, short stories, song lyrics, scripts and more shouldn't stay hidden in shoe boxes in our parents' house or in password protected folders on our laptops. It’s time we monetised that shame and gave those pieces the public outing our 15 year old selves would’ve wanted. Each week a guest brings something they wrote in their adolescence to be discussed and co-analysed with Rhys - who will be bringing something embarrassing of his own to level the playing field.

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EP35: Steen Raskopolous
Mar 3, 2023 – 1:02:02
EP34: Sophie Duker
Feb 24, 2023 – 58:11
EP33: Tom Odell
Feb 18, 2023 – 59:44
EP32: Lucy Beaumont
Feb 10, 2023 – 1:02:51
EP31: Hugh Dennis
Feb 3, 2023 – 1:08:02
Early Work 'Lost Episodes' Coming Soon!
Jan 31, 2023 – 2:55
EP30: Nick Mohammed
Dec 21, 2020 – 57:03
EP29: Catherine Bohart
Dec 14, 2020 – 54:48
EP28: Katy Wix
Dec 7, 2020 – 50:50
EP27: Sara Pascoe
Nov 30, 2020 – 1:01:50
EP26: Jordan Brookes
Nov 23, 2020 – 57:34
EP25: David Baddiel
Nov 16, 2020 – 59:39
EP24:Amelia Dimoldenberg
Nov 9, 2020 – 49:32
EP23: Ivo Graham
Nov 2, 2020 – 1:04:05
EP22: O. T. Fagbenle
Oct 26, 2020 – 52:42
EP21: Catherine Cohen
Oct 18, 2020 – 53:14
Early Work with Rhys James - Series 2 is coming
Oct 11, 2020 – 1:09
EP20: Emily Dean
Jun 14, 2020 – 1:00:57
EP19: Amy Hoggart
May 24, 2020 – 1:05:18
EP18: Danny Wallace
May 10, 2020 – 57:09
EP17: Charly Cox
May 3, 2020 – 49:46
EP16: Isy Suttie
Apr 26, 2020 – 53:52
EP15: Glenn Moore
Apr 19, 2020 – 1:03:29
EP14: Doc Brown
Apr 12, 2020 – 1:02:55
EP13: Dan Schreiber
Apr 5, 2020 – 1:04:59
EP12: Mark Watson
Mar 29, 2020 – 1:05:59
EP11: Kerry Godliman
Mar 23, 2020 – 57:59
EP10: Mathew Horne
Mar 16, 2020 – 43:54
EP9: Jayde Adams
Mar 9, 2020 – 38:51
EP8: Joel Dommett
Mar 2, 2020 – 50:15
EP7: Tom Rosenthal
Feb 24, 2020 – 49:01
EP6: Nick Helm
Feb 17, 2020 – 50:44
EP5: Tom Lucy
Feb 10, 2020 – 51:54
EP4: John Kearns
Feb 3, 2020 – 54:07
EP3: Maisie Adam
Jan 27, 2020 – 39:22
EP2: Lolly Adefope
Jan 20, 2020 – 49:36
EP1: Rose Matafeo
Jan 13, 2020 – 43:35
Early Work with Rhys James - Trailer
Dec 11, 2019 – 1:29

Recent Reviews

Neil963

👌🏼

There are no words to describe the awesomeness of this podcast, except these: “F¥€k... me...”
An Enthusiastic New Yorker

A Humanizing and Hilarious Podcast

An excellent podcast, especially for creatives who need reassuring that “no, it wasn’t just you who thought you wrote the next Romeo and Juliet as a child, but going back and reading it, it is far closer to The Room.” Pleasant, but not saccharine. Like a tart fruit pie. Rhys is a bit of a hard judge when it comes to scoring the guests, but it is his podcast and he is expertly self-effacing, so it balances out in the end. Also, this podcast a cool way to learn a little bit more about beloved comics and meet some new ones. 10/10, highly recommend.
brinkalator

Losers Unite

I love this podcast. Speaking as a nerdy loser from school, it is great to hear that others did some embarrassing things too.
D_nellie3

Everyone’s a Loser!

Each episode is so unique to the guest and somehow, Rhys perfectly interviews, commentates, and encourages each of them with ease then hilariously responds with a classically embarrassing early work of his own. And at the end, everyone is always loser which is a great message to remember xx Definitely recommend, whether you’re in quarantine or not.
VTCharles

Brilliant!

Rhys James' intelligence and quick wit never fail to please. He is one performer for whom I go out in search of content. Thank you Rhys!
Katy_Hills

Pure brilliance

Love Rhys. Best guests in the biz