# ELIS JAMES • Thinking big, like Royal Albert Hall-big (Elis & John / Socially Distant Sports Club / standup) #680

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Podcast: [Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip](https://stenobird.com/podcast/distraction-pieces-podcast-with-scroobius-pip-740971)
Published: 2026-07-15T03:20:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.patreon.com/scroobiuspip
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Duration seconds: 4997

## Resource

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by frankly long overdue comic and podcaster ELIS JAMES ! Elis is something of a missing piece in the Distraction Pieces puzzle, one of those guests whose appearance was only a matter of time (a long time, sure, but inevitable). It's a pleasure to have him, and as you'd expect/demand, so much ground gets covered. Silence and not stressing it, a Humble Pie album of all things, podcasting with John Robins, the nuance of performance environments and the beauty of old venues, the weird and not awesome world of early morning comedy gigs, performing standup in Welsh, opportunity and being bold, the long and surprising road to the Albert Hall, football, technology adjusted ambition, the Cymru Connection (and the New York Times discovering it), and other favourite podcasts. Oh but so much besides. Lovely stuff, enjoy! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature ONLINE MANY ELIS & JOHN LINKS EP 428 Elis & John podcast HUMBLE PIE ELIS IN NEW YORK TIMES SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITCH •  (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM PIP TWITTER PIP PATREON PIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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