In Episode 557 of The Martin Talk Show, host Martin Colton sits down with American stand-up comedian and acclaimed comedy writer Laurie Kilmartin at London’s Soho Theatre, following The Non-Refundable Plane Tickets Tour.
Laurie is an Emmy-nominated and WGA Award-winning writer whose extraordinary career includes working on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, writing throughout all 11 years of CONAN and helping to create material for Conan O’Brien at the 2025 and 2026 Academy Awards.
In this honest and thought-provoking after-show conversation, Martin and Laurie compare life in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although our countries share a language, entertainment, history and many cultural connections, the realities of living on opposite sides of the Atlantic can be vastly different.
Together, they explore how British and American people view one another, the assumptions we make and the differences hidden beneath our similarities. They also consider how each country could look across the Atlantic for examples of a different—and perhaps better—way of living.
This is a conversation about comedy, culture, national identity and the importance of remaining curious about people whose everyday experiences may be very different from our own.
What do you think the United Kingdom gets right? What could Britain learn from America—and what could America learn from Britain? Join the conversation in the comments.
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