Ben Keaton is a drinker in constant search of that sweet spot.

That mix if soft warm, witty repartee embodied by his childhood heroes. This episode is a hymn to booze and online shopping. Those next day deliveries are just full of surprises after a few glasses of red.

'Did I really order nipple tassels? Well, better try them on then.'

THIS IS A TRUE STORY BASED ON EXCELLENT DECISIONS MADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

And maybe, just maybe, you should take his cards.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

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Ben Keaton keeps a list of people he hates.

It’s not a list you’d write down.
It’s a private tally of rage.
Petty. Profound. Occasionally piss-soaked.

This episode is about the fantasies we quietly enjoy and the hatreds we politely deny— It might include a theatre director who pours a pint over your head. I wonder who HE is?

There’s no grand solution to the things that make us seethe. You can dream about a car, a scream, and the funeral you attend, smiling.

But it’s just a fantasy.

THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF IMPOTENT VIOLENCE.

And yes—he keeps a list. He really does.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

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Superstition, ghosts, there’s no need to believe in any of that unless it shares your DNA and slips you cash when you’re broke.

This episode is an account of the madness that creeps in
when ladders, pianos and dead fathers collide.

A TRUE STORY BASED ON UNRESOLVED FEELINGS AND DEAD PEOPLE

And maybe, just maybe, your dead relative can pop back and sort things.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

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ghost stories, Irish childhood, superstition, father and son, haunted houses, spiritual connection, Ben Keaton, comic essays, spoken word, fatherhood, dead relatives, Dirty Stupid Wisdom

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Some sights stay with you forever. The shock may even cause you to rewrite history. In this case the bollocks of a time lord in an intimate setting. You don’t plan for it but once those fellas are out there, there’s no unseeing them.

THIS IS A TRUE STORY BASED ON FAILING MEMORY

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: Doctor Who, backstage madness, accidental exposure, celebrity bollocks, comic trauma, iconic encounters, Legends of TV, timeless testicles

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All Inclusive

Ben Keaton’s feed is having a breakdown. The algorithm is too confident. It thinks it knows us, when we don't know ourselves. He’s starting to question what honesty actually looks like. Not the polite social kind— the real McCoy.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast written and read by Ben Keaton – actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and domestic philosopher. Short, sharp, funny episodes for restless minds craving sleep.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: mental health, the algorithm, overthinking, modern guilt, social masks, reluctant honesty, compassion fatigue, child poverty UK, SEND education

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Ben Keaton lives in a harem of detached, super-intelligent women. Every day is optimised. Every need attended to. Every fantasy indulged.

This is the life we all hoped for. The future, squashed into a one-bedroom flat. No wonder his bread always rises—these women wouldn’t have it any other way.

The perfect life. On subscription.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: funny podcast about smart speakers, Alexa Siri humour, Irish comedy podcast, comic essay series, podcast about tech and loneliness, solo living comedy, dark observational humour.

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I Lost My Virginity to a Drug-Dealing Nurse

An unflinching tale of sexual awaking, Irish style. Ben Keaton looks back on the miracle of how he lost his virginity — not in a romantic blur of youth, but with a drug-dealing nurse in Holloway in 1970s London. It's a story of hope rewarded, jacket potatoes, and the kind of sex education they never taught in school.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly suited for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: losing virginity, first-time sex, coming-of-age memoir, NHS nurses, 1970s London, drug culture, sexual awakening, comic true story.

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A Beer by the Bins

Ben Keaton shares a pint with The Boy and lays out his plans. What begins as a conversation about funerals turns into something else entirely: a meditation on family, finances, and the strange tenderness of talking plainly about the inevitable. Set in a pub yard with a view of the church, this is full of life — unexpected laughter, small confessions, a passing dog, and a boy in love.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom is a podcast of comic essays written and read by Ben Keaton — actor, writer, Olivier Award-winner, and tireless adventurer. Each episode is under 20 minutes and perfectly formed for late-night listening.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter: last wishes, pub chats, inheritance myths, crematorium perks, the facts of death.

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