Fin Taylor - Cancellation, Boarding School, Fin vs History and Bonnie Blue

Описание: Fin Taylor is a comedian and podcaster. Fin joins me back in Glasgow to talk elite schools, why TV comedy’s lost its juice, and how he built a cult audience by treating the internet like a stage. We go deep on craft vs. art, parasocial weirdness, the Riyadh debate, being punched on stage, and the playbook he’d use if he were starting again today.

In this episode

Growing up between Glasgow and Oxford boarding houses

“Cancelled” at 14: the headmaster apology that shaped a career

Debate club as early stand-up

TV’s comedy diminishing returns vs. the internet’s meritocracy (and mess)

The “death of taste,” monoculture shrinkage, and why niches win

Parasocial fandom: intensity, boundaries, and the line you can’t cross

Fin vs. the Internet & Fin vs. History — how the format actually works

Getting punched on stage, corporate gigs, and “exposure” economics

Riyadh: money, morals, and whether your persona survives the flight

AI, live shows, and why communal experiences are inflation-proof

The restart plan: if Fin had to begin at 18 with today’s knowledge

Timestamps

00:00 Agent of Chaos, back in Glasgow

01:42 Life inside a girls’ boarding house (and why they left)

03:36 “Cancelled” at 14 — and the headmaster’s apology

05:48 What fee-paying schools damage (that money can’t fix)

10:24 Mentor moment: Mark Olver and the Bristol circuit

13:24 TV vs. internet: where audiences actually are now

16:23 Stand-up as craft (funny word at the end of the sentence)

22:15 Is Edinburgh still the route? The schism in comedy

25:16 Turning a podcast into a theatre show (without betraying podcast intimacy)

27:31 Parasocial intensity & setting boundaries

28:56 Finn vs. the Internet — roast mechanics, guests “in” vs “not in”

33:35 Finn vs. History — suits, cadence, and why it clicked

34:59 Patreon → production company → bigger bets

36:59 Tour sell-outs, Albert Hall ambitions

41:36 Getting pushed on stage (and why you don’t hit back)

44:20 Riyadh offers: economics, ethics, and optics

47:37 Warm-up TV gigs, corporates, and hating “exposure”

49:38 NFL interview chaos & why TV is now just “another video”

53:15 Monoculture’s collapse and niche empires

56:18 AI’s effect: making live more valuable

57:43 Bonnie Blue as monoculture moment

01:01:28 If starting again today, what Fin would actually do

01:04:08 Build the team so you can keep making the thing

Guest

Fin Taylor - comedian, writer, host of Fin vs. the Internet and Fin vs. History.

Links & references

Fin vs. the Internet -    • Fin vs The Internet  

Fin vs. History -    / @fintaylorcomedy  

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