Have You Got Your Sh*t Together?

BRB: Caitlin O'Ryan on having a short break to record new episodes!

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that in life/love/work/hobbies. Throughout the conversation, the questions unveil whether they actually do, or whether the whole concept is a lie! With a mix of guests from various backgrounds, the podcast is sure to be relatable, honest and an antidote to Instagram culture. 

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Episode 67: Paul Gorman

Paul is an actor from Glasgow, Scotland. Since 2019 he has been in the STARZ show “Outlander” and the hit BBC One TV adaptation of “Mayflies”.

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that in life/love/work/hobbies. Throughout the conversation, the questions unveil whether they actually do, or whether the whole concept is a lie! With a mix of guests from va...

Episode 66: Sam Glen (Re-release)

Sam Glen is an actor and a singer from The North of England. His career began with TV work including ‘Shameless’ and Jimmy McGovern’s ‘The Street’. He can more recently be seen starring as ‘Budgie’ in the film ‘Three Day Millionaire’ available on Netflix and has recently wrapped on ‘Brassic’. His theatre credits include ‘King Lear’ at the Royal Exchange and the Olivier nominated ‘Midsummer Mechanicals’ at The Globe.

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode...

Episode 65: Kiran Saggu

Slacks, the eagerly anticipated debut Edinburgh hour from stand up comedian Kiran Saggu, is coming to Underbelly Bristo Square this August.

All her life Kiran Saggu has battled immigrant and capitalist pressure to succeed from her Desi-British-American background. Now she wonders, must she get her ass up and work? Or can she achieve being loved, adored, rich and fulfilled from the safety of a log position in her London flatshare bed?

In Slacks, Kiran asks big questions such as; ‘How can I live with the fact I didn...

Episode 64: Chloe Carterr

Chloe Carterr with 2 R’s is one of this generation’s most sought out Spoken word artists. Being the lead in numerous headline shows, Campaigns and Commercials Chloe uses her iconic voice and writing skills to bring a new sound to this poetic generation.

Chloe and her fiancé- Unified King are the founders of Underground Barz- an event that gave the scene a new taste into the world of poetry! Chloe’s multi-talented: along with being a poet, she’s also a YouTuber, a content creator, a gifted performer, a visual...

Episode 63: Dan Wye

**Dan Wye brings their debut stand-up comedy hour ‘Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing at 9:55pm at Pleasance Courtyard Bunker One from 31st July to 25th Aug. Tickets here**

Following hugely successful sell-out runs across the world as comedy-cabaret sensation ‘Séayoncé’, award-winning performer and one of the most exciting queer voices in the comedy scene Dan Wye is set to bring their hotly-anticipated debut stand-up hour ‘Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?’ to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Have you experienced the...

Episode 62: Jack Garratt

Jack Garratt is a Brit award winning songwriter/producer/artist from London. With two top-10 albums under his belt (2016’s Phase and 2020’s Love, Death and Dancing) he’s currently recording his third. He weaves heartfelt and poignant lyric with memorable and infectious melody, that when added to his witty, genre bending production creates “songs about love and death that people can dance to”. He’s toured the world with his iconic multi instrumental one person show, selling out tours and supporting the likes of Mumford & Sons and Muse. He has a new live LP out...

Episode 62: Jack Garratt

Jack Garratt is a Brit award winning songwriter/producer/artist from London. With two top-10 albums under his belt (2016’s Phase and 2020’s Love, Death and Dancing) he’s currently recording his third. He weaves heartfelt and poignant lyric with memorable and infectious melody, that when added to his witty, genre bending production creates “songs about love and death that people can dance to”. He’s toured the world with his iconic multi instrumental one person show, selling out tours and supporting the likes of Mumford & Sons and Muse. He has a new live LP out...

Episode 61: Dee Allum

Dee Allum brings her debut show ‘Deadname’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing at 4:30pm at Pleasance Courtyard Below from 31st July to 25th Aug (excluding Tuesday 13th). Tickets here. https://www.instagram.com/dee_allum/

BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Dee Allum (Comedy Central Live) is set to bring her highly-anticipated debut stand-up comedy hour ‘Deadname’ to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, performing at Pleasance Courtyard at 4.30pm throughout the festival.

She’s here! She’s queer! Her parents are sort of used to it! In her debut stand-up show, De...

Episode 60: Jason Patel

Jason Patel is a rising artist who stars alongside Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) in ‘UNICORNS’ a Feature Film which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2023, BFI London Film Festival 2023 & Palm Springs Film Festival 2024 directed by Sally El Hosaini & James Krishna Floyd produced by Philip Herd’s Chromatic Aberration, Maven Screen Media and River Road Entertainment. The project is executively produced by Stephen Daldry. 

The film received universally positive reviews including best of fest at Palm Springs and placed Patel on several best performers lists. 

Patel performs his own music in...

Episode 59: Denai Moore

Denai Moore is an artist, songwriter, & food lover, who has carved her own lane in the UK music industry for several years. She first commanded attention with her feature on SBTRKT's 2014 album Wonder Where We Land at the age of 21 and since then, the Jamaican-British artist has made waves with her three solo album releases. Drawing critical acclaim from The Guardian, The FADER, The Independent and many more. Denai started her supper club Dee’s Table in 2017 as a way of reconnecting with her childhood tongue. Whilst her recipes honour her early upbringing in...

Episode 58: Georgie Jones

Georgie Jones is a writer and performer known for her humour and heart. She was a Roundhouse Poetry Slam finalist, before joining the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and subsequently spent a year as Roundhouse Resident Artist.

It’s all a bit Roundhouse centric this, isn’t it? But WAIT, there’s MORE! Georgie’s one-woman shows combine spoken word, stand up and storytelling and have been commissioned by China Plate, MAC, Warwick Arts Centre, In Good Company and generously supported by the Arts Council.

She has performed in theatres...

Episode 57: Stella Creasy on “being the change”, staying professional amidst personal turmoil and her love of Walthamstow

Stella Creasy is the Labour and Co-Operative MP for Walthamstow, first elected in 2010.

She has held a variety of positions within the Labour party, first as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham, and then in 2011 as a shadow Home Office Minister for crime prevention, in Ed Miliband’s first reshuffle. She ran for the deputy leadership of the party in 2015, coming second. She is currently Chair of Labour Movement for Europe and has camp...

Episode 56: Ella Bruccoleri

Ella Bruccoleri is an actor and musician from North Yorkshire who can currently be seen as Ali Day in Sister Pictures' new ITVX series Passenger, as Miss Barragan in Netflix's Bridgerton Season 3 and in the Lionsgate Horror Trilogy The Strangers. She has appeared as Sister Frances in Call the Midwife, as well as in Disney +'sExtraordinary and Nida Manzoor's feature film Polite Society. She recently wrapped on Bank of Dave 2, Paddington in Peru, and new BBC detective drama Ludwig. She is about to begin production on British Comedy Feature Go Away! alongside Michael Socha and Hu...

Episode 16: John Bell

John Bell is a Scottish actor and icon. He is best known for his roles as ‘Young Ian’ in ‘Outlander’, and ‘Bain’ in The Hobbit franchise. From a young age, he has worked with the biggest names in TV and film. He also made his stage debut in the one-man show ‘The Night Larry Cramer Kissed Me’.

NB: The episode was recorded before the writers and actors strike.

#hygystpod #JohnBell #JohnHunterBell #Outlander #TheHobbit #Bain #YoungIan

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast...

Episode 54: Leyla Josephine

Leyla is an artist from Glasgow. She is a performance poet, theatre maker, screenwriter, facilitator and project leader. In 2014 she won her first UK National Slam at the Royal Albert Hall and has gone on to perform on the same bill as poets such as Kae Tempest, Hollie McNish and Low-key as well as having supported the legend that is John Cooper Clarke on his Scottish tour. 

She has also created two award-winning shows ‘Hopeless’ and ‘Daddy Drag’ which she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival which is where we recorded...

Episode 53: Oliver Wellington (Re-release)

Oliver Wellington is an actor and writer from Rochdale. He is known for his roles in ‘Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything’, ‘Brassic’ and ‘Timewasters’. He also has the voice of an angel! We talk about life, love and everything in between.

BUT…. DOES HE HAVE HIS SHIT TOGETHER?! #hygystpod #OliverWellington

NB: the episode was recorded before the writer and actor strikes.

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Ca...

Episode 52: Harry Baker (re-release)

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is a poet and a maths graduate. He writes about important stuff like hope, dinosaurs and German falafel-spoons. His latest collection ‘Unashamed’ was published with Burning Eye in 2022 and he has been sharing poems from it at every available opportunity ever since.

“Harry Baker’s intricate, quick-fire rhymes have always been on the impressive side of mind-blowing” - The Scotsman

“Spectacularly Witty” ***** (Whatsonstage) 

“Blistering wordplay” ***** (Threeweeks) 

“Not one syllable out of place” ***** (The Wee Review) 

“The Spell Over The Audience...

Episode 51: Eliot Salt (Re-release)

Eliot Salt is an Actor and Writer, who trained at LAMDA and has appeared as 'Joanna' in Normal People, 'Evelyn' in Intelligence and 'Terra in Netflix's 'FATE: The Winx Saga'.

BUT…. DOES SHE HAVE HER SH*T TOGETHER?!

NB: the episode was recorded before the writers and actors strike.

#hygystpod #EliotSalt #NormalPeople #podcast #TheWinxSaga #DavidSchwimmer

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Cait...

Episode 50: Tim Downie (Re-release)

Tim is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is known for his roles in TV shows such as ‘Toast of London’, ‘Outlander’, ‘Upstart Crow’ and season 2 of ‘Good Omens’ etc. His film work includes, ‘Paddington’, ‘The King’s Speech’, 'Hapless' and Amazon’s ’How to Date Billy Walsh’. 

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that in life/love/work/hobbies. Throughout the conve...

Episode 49: Woodzy

Award winning Flo poet, 2x TEDx Speaker and winner of UK unsigned 2019. As seen on BAFTA winning TV show "Life And Rhymes". Sky Sports "Fight Night" Live at Wembley Arena. SBTV and more! 

Woodzy was always destined to become a poet, being born on World Poetry Day. From studying at the Brit School, to opening for Stormzy and being on BBC1Xtra. Having a poem on the tour of the Tower of London, to reaching over 1 million views on his poem "90s baby". Woodzy captivates his audience with witty wordplay, use of...

Episode 48: Ella McRobb

Delivering timeless vocals to narrate contemporary stories of love, loss, and growing up, Ella McRobb searches for significance within moments of vulnerability. The 23-year-old made an instant impact online with the release of her debut single ‘and we’ll leave it there…’, a collaboration with legendary Icelandic neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds sparked from a beautiful moment on social media. Her first single since her poignant debut in 2023, ‘Slow Motion Heartbreak’ is out now, and reminds us no to take the things in life for granted, never knowing when it’ll be the last time we see som...

Episode 47: Avril Devaney MBE

Avril Devaney MBE was born in Lancashire and always knew as a child that she wanted to work with people, especially those who tended to be marginalised. She initially embarked on a pre social work course but applied for mental health nurse training after doing a placement on a mental health ward and realising that, in mental health care, your biggest clinical intervention is your relationship with the person you are caring for. 

She qualified in 1986 and worked her way up to a community sisters post where she was i...

Episode 46: Mia Jacobs

Mia is a self-taught chef, recipe developer and content creator from London who has always had a love of food. She experimented with cooking from a young age but quickly developed an obsession with street food after leaving university. In 2020, Mia turned her passion into a full time job when she founded Always Cook on the Bright Side, an online vegan cooking school, in the midst of the pandemic. She went on to cook with hundreds of people from around the world as well as the likes of Disney UK and some of...

Episode 45: Dipo Ola

Dipo moved with his family to the UK, as a child. After studying, he made his on screen debut in the critically acclaimed and multi-award nominated Channel 4 series, ‘Baghdad Central’.

Dip has gone on to work with the BBC on the cult classic anthology show, ‘Inside No.9’, as well as ‘We Hunt Together’ and most recently, the upcoming genre bending series Ludwig. He also appeared in the much anticipated sister produced, HBO true crime mini series ‘Landscapers’, directed by Will Sharpe.

Other roles include Sky’s ‘Cobra’, ITV’s ‘McDonald and Dod...

Episode 44: Simeon Farrar

Simeon Farrar is an artist, fashion designer and spoken word artist known as 'Black Score'. Both his fashion and poetry deal with the human condition, and centre on the turbulent world we live in and the donkeys that are responsible for all the turbulence. 

#HYGYSTPOD #haveyougotyoursh*ttogether #HYGYST #caitlinoryan #SimoenFarrar #BlackScore

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that...

Episode 43: Daisy Doris May

Daisy Doris May is an award wining Drag King, Actor, Voice Over Artist, Creator of HÄUS OF DONS and writer. She has appeared on screen in The Last Kingdom, Sex Education, Lewis, Whitechapel, Professor T, Genius. 

Drag King Steve Porters is a Guildfordian iPod DJ still living with his mum. Steve went to Ed Fringe last year and got 5* reviews from his TED XXX Talk on HOW TO FLIRT which transferred to Soho Theatre. He's going back this year with his second series of TED talks. 

D...

Episode 42: Peter Bennett

Peter Bennett was born in a West Yorkshire and grew up in the 60s and 70s, where at the time when it was very difficult to be accepted as a gay man. By burying his true self, he qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor. After retiring early from his work, he moved to London to fulfil a truer life being himself.

He has volunteered at Switchboard ever since (the LGBT+ helpline charity), to support his chosen family, who still struggle for full societal acceptance. He was invited to take part...

Episode 41: Jason Patel

Jason Patel is a rising artist who stars alongside Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) in ‘UNICORNS’ a Feature Film which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2023, BFI London Film Festival 2023 & Palm Springs Film Festival 2024 directed by Sally El Hosaini & James Krishna Floyd produced by Philip Herd’s Chromatic Aberration, Maven Screen Media and River Road Entertainment. The project is executively produced by Stephen Daldry. 

The film received universally positive reviews including best of fest at Palm Springs and placed Patel on several best performers lists. 

Patel performs his own music in...

Episode 40: Harry Baker

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is a poet and a maths graduate. He writes about important stuff like hope, dinosaurs and German falafel-spoons. His latest collection ‘Unashamed’ was published with Burning Eye in 2022 and he has been sharing poems from it at every available opportunity ever since.

“Harry Baker’s intricate, quick-fire rhymes have always been on the impressive side of mind-blowing” - The Scotsman

“Spectacularly Witty” ***** (Whatsonstage) 

“Blistering wordplay” ***** (Threeweeks) 

“Not one syllable out of place” ***** (The Wee Review) 

“The Spell Over The Audience Is...

Episode 39: Joey Phillips

Joey Phillips embarked on his career at the young age of 13 with a breakthrough role in the sensational musical, ’Billy Elliot’. This production, based on the beloved feature film of the same name, directed by Stephen Daldry and featuring music by Elton John, saw Phillips co-originating the role of Michael, best friend of Billy Elliot.

Following this success, Phillips ventured into numerous television roles, including Half- moon Investigations, Doctors, The Royal, Holby City, Casualty and also played opposite Juliet Stevenson, Peter Capaldi and Alfie Allen in Jimmy McGovern’s critically acclaime...

Episode 38: June Miles-Kingston

June Miles-Kingston is a singer and drummer, best known for her work with various successful bands and singers in the 1980s. 

She was a founding member of the post-punk group the Mo-dettes and later became a session drummer and backing vocalist for a variety of British post-punk, new wave, and pop artists. 

She went on to play drums with Everything but the Girl, the Fun Boy Three and the Communards. As she mentions, there was a period where she appeared on Top Of The Pops every week.

Episode 37 'The wisdom of youth...': Max (8 Years Old)

#hygystpod #Max #Pokemon #Prime

Have You Got Your Sh*t Together? with Caitlin O’Ryan, is a podcast that celebrates not having your sh*t together! In each episode, Caitlin interviews guests who seemingly “have their sh*t together” - be that in life/love/work/hobbies. Throughout the conversation, the questions unveil whether they actually do, or whether the whole concept is a lie! With a mix of guests from various backgrounds, the podcast is sure to be relatable, honest, and an antidote to Ins...

Episode 36: Y.A

Yasmin Ali, also known as Y.A is South Asian Lyricist, International Slam Champion, Performance Poet, Spoken Word Artist and Writer from South East London. Renowned for delivering the kind of poetic lyricism that immediately captivates an audience, Y.A’s words transcend beyond expectation deeming her to be one of the most highly sought after spoken word artists on the UK scene.

Y.A featured in the US hit “I Got the Mic” produced by Tina Knowles and has headlined on Sky Art's BAFTA award winning TV series “Life and...

Episode 35: Zephaniah Tokossi

Zeph is a 22 year old actor out of East London, who studied performing arts at the The Brit School, went on to play a leading role as ‘Oberon’ in ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ on stage at the RSC, and is currently working on new projects. As a poet he has headlined nights such as Poets Palace, Groove verse and Underground bars. Through his headline he has gained the attention and mentorship of seasoned artists such as Suli Breaks and Nego True.

#hygystpod #ZephaniahTokossi

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Episode 34: Leo Darkwa Ohemeng

Leo Darkwa Ohemeng, (also known as Dr. Leo Soul) is a British born piano player, originally from Ghana. He started playing the piano at 15 and has been performing since 2019. Currently playing for Tee Peters And The Working Class Band and many more artists around London. He has recently played with the artists 'Ouraa' and 'Tee Peters' on BBC Radio 1, 'Solaris' on BBC Introducing and performed at many festivals such as The Great Escape, Love Supreme, The Secret Garden Party and The Royal Albert Hall exhibition festival.

Leo is also...

Episode 33: Jenny Foulds

Jenny Foulds (she/her) is a queer performance poet, writer and actress from Scotland. She is the owner of ADHD and Dyslexia. Jenny was the 2021 Scottish Poetry Slam Champion and was runner up in the World Slam Championships in 2021, as well as being host and curator of the Brighton based Spoken Word night Rebel Soapbox. She has had feature and headline gigs at nights across the UK including Hammer & Tongue, Loud Poets, Tongue Fu, Stanza Poetry festival, and Edinburgh Fringe. As an actress she was a series regular in Two Thousand Acres of...

Episode 32: Ruairi McInerney

Ruairi is an actor, improviser, sketch writer and comedian. He reached the semifinals of the Amused Moose and So You Think You’re Funny? Competitions in 2020 and 2019 respectively. He also co-presents the popular comedy podcast TWO GAYS AND A TEAPOT.

Ruairi’s live work includes I’M NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS and A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND THAT at the Vault Festival, and CLASS SHOW directed by Max Dickins.

Most recently Ruairi featured in the Sky Comedy Short LEMONS, where he played the role of Kyle a...

Episode 31: Joanne Mallon

Joanne Mallon is an author, podcaster and the UK’s most experienced media career coach. She trained as a coach in 2001, after a 10 year career as a TV producer for shows including GMTV and This Morning.

Joanne regularly features in the media and is known for her friendly, practical and down to earth approach. She’s been in The Guardian, The Independent, Daily Telegraph, London Evening Standard, LBC Radio, BBC national and local radio and many others. She has also been a featured expert on The Guardian’s live web chat ev...

Episode 30: NeOne The Wonderer

NeONE is a dream wanderer, dedicated to self-exploration through an electric fusion of musical genres. Hailing from Wolverhampton, UK - Nathan (aka Neone The Wonderer) is a jazz, soul and hip hop inspired musician and creative soul. He challenges your perception of normality, traversing through dreams, nightmares, myth, and reality. Neone's captivating rhythmic storyline brags an addictive flow and experimental beats.

He released ‘RagJazz’ EP in April 2023, serving as the prequel to 'Nose Dive' which saw the fusion of genres to create a unique sound. 'Nose Dive' Spoke on scien...