What's The Mate?

Jun 14 2023 51 ep. 45 mins 28
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What’s The Mate is a completely improvised show where a rotating cast of improvisers turn the wacky Berlin tales into long-form hilarity! Join Julia Joubert and her incredibly funny guests for an improv experience unlike any other - it’s so Berlin.

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#50: The Episode With How Money Works and East Side Sap

Jun 14 2023 53 mins  
In this episode we are joined by the talented Tina Marie Serra, Salim Fadhley, Zhenya Armazov and Johanna Gustin, at Podfest Berlin with a live studio audience!The nightmare story of someone's morning routine, the phanton rain from trees in Berlin and the time Zhenya swindled a child for a game of Jenga are turned into hilarious improv skits with the sisters Hildie and Hilda, two s

#49: The Episode With 9-1-1-1-1 and The Reindeer Killer

Dec 15 2022 39 mins  
This episode brings a fun but not unfamiliar change of pace: two-prov! This time we’re joined by Kevin Napier and Andrew Blumhagen of Bloodthirsty for a slow burn that gets weirder and weirder the longer you listen. Stories of smart appliances locking people in, abandoned e-scooters and Christmas Market bouncers inspire a newsworthy but unmemorable robbery, an emotional rollerco

#48: The Episode With Todd the Tick and Walking Advertisements

Dec 01 2022 50 mins  
This episode of What’s The Mate brings together three familiar favourites; Angie Cornwell, Tina Joaquim and Carl Clancy.Stories of camping gone wrong, horrendous choice of advertising space, and viral videos of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz get turned into some of our favourite improv skits with little ticks and their “Blood Mothers”, political activists turned entertainers a

#47: The Episode With Rotten Meat Parties and The Maidment Tuck

Nov 17 2022 44 mins  
*Not Safe For Over Thirties* This episode contains content that will make you feel old, but don’t worry, everyone behind the mic is with you. Matilde Kaizer, Trevor Silverstein and Lauren Sedger from the Comedy Cafe Berlin house teams join us for another raucous episode of What’s the Mate?. Julia shares news from the Langenscheidt Publishing House and what the public have deter

#46: The Episode With Unqualified Archaeologists and a Spooky Live Audience

Nov 03 2022 42 mins  
This episode of What’s The Mate comes to you LIVE from Comedy Cafe Berlin for our Halloween Special! We bring you spooky adjacent stories about spiders scary enough to call emergency services, a skeleton who’s story doesn’t add up, and shared dreams that just don’t sit right. Our improvisers, Noah Telson, Amy Jane and Amanda King run with the tales and spin hilarious scenes

#45: The Episode with the Yassamagician and Unlucky Duckie

Oct 06 2022 53 mins  
This episode of What’s The Mate brings together three familiar favourites; Angie Cornwell, Jenna Stone and Blake Farha of Kaleidoscope, this time under the umbrella of Macaroni Raincoat Shoe. Their choice, not ours. Stories of Yassification, pet dryers, 3D printed steaks and an unlawful house party get turned into the wackiest improv skits with bizarre magicians, a family who tak

#44: The Episode with Nuts, Butts and King Nebuchadnezzar in a Barn

Sep 08 2022 53 mins  
In this episode of WTM we are joined by the incredibly talented Billy Mason-Wood, Alice Schmid and Noah Telson.We explore stories from the “notorious” Berlin swimming pools, bungled Amazon orders and Millennium school busses. Our improvisers take us on magical adventures featuring Elton John, soft cops, contactable rainforest dwellers, talented class presidents and *multiple* a

#43: The Episode With a Killer Hat and Cats with Opinions

Aug 25 2022 42 mins  
In this bananas episode of What’s The Mate, we bring you wonderful tales from our very own Berlin, and improvisers Kevin Napier, Tina Joaquim and Blake Farha spin hilarious sketches throughout. This episode has everything: horse wars, uranium-laced fireman suits from Chernobyl, and an uppity hospital patient named Oscar. This week’s stories include Julia’s experience with the

#42: The Episode with Berlin's Yetskis and the Self-Centipede

Aug 11 2022 46 mins  
This episode comes to you from the Lakeside Film Festival where we were joined by Fünfdollar - featuring Caroline Clifford, Amanda King, Richard Killiam and Kieran Humphries - as well as a live audience!We hear all about the Berlin Police and their latest investment for patrolling the Spree, Julia's nightmare dog-sitting experience, Caroline's 70 000 euro transfer faux pas, and Ri

#41: The Episode with a Piano Playing Parrot and Mafia Dreams

Jul 28 2022 51 mins  
We’re back baby! And live from Podfest Berlin 2022!To kick off Season 4, we bring you Berlin’s newest musical-improv troupe - Jam Sandwich! Tina, Jenna, Angie, Blake, Richard and Joseph (on piano) join us LIVE to explore some of the weirder Berlin stories, including Julia’s metal-smelting ex housemate, an audience story about airport security and the team’s uneasy relations