ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Hard Lines is the Roast Battle UK podcast hosted by Drew Stearne and two-time UK champion Shalaka Kurup. From battle breakdowns and live reports to joke-writing theory and backstage chaos, each episode dives into what makes Roast Battle work. Smart, filthy, and surprisingly analytical, it’s for comedy fans, future battlers, and anyone who wants to get inside the craft of insult comedy.
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
44 minutes
English
United States
15 episodes
since March 11, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Drew and Shalaka break down one of the strangest Roast Battle UK moments ever: the Max Fosh video where Shalaka was told she would be battling a mystery guest, only for an eight-year-old child to walk on stage.
They get into the setup, the fake facts, the jokes Shalaka could not possibly say, why …
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Drew and Shalaka break down a veteran Roast Battle UK clash between Lee Hudson and Jonathan Kogan.
Lee brings clean, efficient, professional joke writing. Jonathan brings darker ideas, strong concepts and a slightly chaotic stage presence. The result is a 4-0 win for Lee, but Drew and Shalaka ask …
Drew and Shalaka break down their own Roast Battle against each other, which turns out to be a perfect example of how hard this format actually is.
They get into clever jokes that died, old references, inside jokes, audience energy, self-policing, family boundaries, Rubik’s Cube trauma, Coco Pops,…
Drew and Shalaka finish breaking down Drew vs Patrick Brusnahan, a Roast Battle UK clash where Drew’s written jokes keep landing, but Patrick’s comebacks and stage presence threaten to steal the whole thing.
Part two gets into the Blanca from Street Fighter joke, self-roasting, pizza delivery, the…
Drew and Shalaka break down part one of Drew vs Patrick Brusnahan, a Roast Battle UK clash that raises one of the biggest questions in insult comedy: what matters more, the writing or the performance?
They talk about joke anxiety, co-writing, slurs, boundaries, fat jokes, gay jokes, real-time edit…
Drew and Shalaka break down a razor-close Roast Battle UK clash between Patrick Brusnahan and Joshua Bethania.
Patrick brings dark, mean, tightly written jokes, while Joshua counters with surreal one-liners, deep research and a level of specificity only he could pull off. The battle goes all the w…
Drew and Shalaka break down Drew’s Roast Battle against Aziz Vora, a battle that starts with mansplaining, dad jokes and questionable fashion insults before descending into the nerdiest possible chaos: a live Rubik’s Cube challenge on stage.
It is a full breakdown of joke structure, judging, crowd…
Drew Stearne and Shalaka Kurup break down one of the strangest Roast Battle UK clashes they’ve covered yet: Peter Baisley vs Holly Ludlow. It is weird, theatrical, unpredictable, and a great example of how character, performance and chaos can matter just as much as the jokes themselves.
Drew Stearne and Shalaka Kurup get into the psychology of roast battle: mean thoughts, joke files, friendship, consent, and why the best roast battles come from respect rather than real hostility.
In this episode of Hard Lines, Drew Stearne and Shalaka Kurup break down a surprisingly strong battle between first-time Roast Battle competitors Rich and Luke. They get into callbacks, brevity, consistency, stage presence, and why one ridiculous sound-effect joke becomes the standout moment of the…
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