
Starting Out
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.
Episodes
125 episodes
No new Starting Out this week
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.
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SO #123 Isi Commisso - F#$@ing Ceili House
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 Commisso. Isi is a sensitive, emo...
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Episode 123
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56:28

SO #122 Ryan Maglunob - Anything Lower Than Perfect is a Fail
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 Toronto, it’s Ryan Maglunob! Ry...
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Episode 122
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1:10:42

SO #121 Johnny Rogers - Gotta Do This For My City
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 ran into Johnny in...
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Episode 121
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51:41

SO #120 Ricardo Mejias - Friendly to Minorities
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 Yuk Yuks Toronto, and anoth...
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Episode 120
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52:11

SO #119 Nicholas Rizzi - Archery Was the Scariest Thing To Do
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 because I remember seein...
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Episode 119
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1:12:00

SO #118 Emilie Lefrancois - She’s Gonna Harvest My Organs
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 and in her head, and I tr...
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Episode 118
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59:59

SO #117 Larry XL - It Hasn't Broken Me, Yet
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 a week with Larry and Pa...
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Episode 117
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53:59

SO #116 Hunter Collins - Where's The Full Frontal?
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 festivals such as JF...
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Episode 116
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54:13

SO #115 Alex Fortin - A Random Double Tree
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”. It’s Alberta native-now-...
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Episode 115
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59:48

SO #114 Bonez Poley - Time Passes Differently
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 early age, and it was great t...
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Episode 114
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53:42

SO #113 Pat MacDonald - 6 Grandfathers Died
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 Out this week. Pat and I ...
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Episode 113
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1:06:05

SO #112 Logan Brown - Guitar Hero
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 Brown! Logan actually...
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Episode 112
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51:58

SO #111 Rory Gardiner - A Fast-Metabolism Garth Brooks
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 Country Music Award. He’s been...
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Episode 111
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50:57

SO #110 Dr. Michael Friedman - I Didn't Prepare For the Laughs
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 recently, and knew he’d be ...
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Episode 110
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57:33

SO #109 Craig Fay - Sequels to Courses I Didn’t Enjoy the First Time
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 found Craig to be so kind...
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Episode 109
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1:03:36

SO #108 (That) Matt Carter - Disappoint People Merrily
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 about comedy that I needed ...
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Episode 108
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1:11:53

SO #107 Andrew Packer - Constantly Burning
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 to go make more content,...
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Episode 107
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29:24

SO #106 Damonde Tschritter - Sit Here For a Day
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 podcast in Canada (my two ...
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Episode 106
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56:30

SO #105 Desiree Walsh - No Wonder People Are So Smug
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 album “Everybody Panic” on Ho...
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Episode 105
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1:01:12

SO #104 Dave Shoalts - Crusading Young Lawyers
It’s another doozy of a guest on Starting Out this week. If you’re a Canadian sports fans you know the name of today’s guest. He’s been the hockey columnist for the Globe and Mail, the author of the books Tales From the Toronto Maple Leafs ...
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Episode 104
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1:20:03

SO #103 Jesse Singh - Leave That Kid Alone, He's Funny
What an awesome guest I have for episode 103 of Starting Out. He’s another one of my comedy brothers, we’ve been doing it about the same amount of time (even though I learned in this episode he’s 18-years younger than me) it’s none other than J...
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Episode 103
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1:04:54

SO #102 Bret Measor - Not a Province For Fat People
My guest this week on Starting Out - which is sponsored by the pandemic "COVID" - is Hamitlon-based comedian, and video game creator, Bret Measor. Bret started standup a little after I did, and we used to have many deep conversations like the o...
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Episode 102
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1:06:23

SO #101 Rebecca Reeds - I Just Wanna Talk About Garbage Day
We’re keeping things going with just another incredible comic, one of the sharpest writers in the game, and one of the genuinely kind people on a sometimes unkind business, it’s Rebecca Reeds on Starting Out this week! Rebecca is perhaps the fi...
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Episode 101
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56:28

SO #100 Dave Marcotte (& Me) - The DTM Blonde
Happy New Year! There was no other guest I wanted to have on to celebrate the 100th episode of Starting Out, than my best friend of almost 40 years, one of the most talented musicians I know, and for sure the most humble, it’s Dave Marcotte on ...
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Episode 100
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