The Origins of The Grade Cricketer with Sam Perry
Learn how one of the biggest sports comedy podcasts in the world got started
Reuben Williams
June 12, 2023
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Meet Sam Perry, podcaster, author and presenter from The Grade Cricketer.
Sam along with past guest Ian Higgins, run one of the funniest sports podcasts in the world (if you ask us).
@thegradecricketer boasts a social media following of over 500k, and now they live the dream touring the world with their niche cricket comedy act.
What started as sending anonymous Tweets from the Telstra towers has turned into a staple of world cricket.
TGC are going to be all over The Ashes so if you want to hear how they got started, listen to Sam for one of the best creator stories going around!
In this episode we cover:
(0:00) - Introduction
(1:55) - Community update
(5:51) - Welcome Sam
(20:43) - How Sam explains his job to his financial planner
(22:59) - Career journey from uni to Communications to TGC
(29:18) - Balancing serious issues with being a comedian
(34:02) - The importance of not stereotyping yourself
(37:01) - Sam’s take on the ingredients to TGC’s success
(39:13) - How Sam’s blog post in 2012 led to the start of TGC
(43:44) - Ins and outs of writing the first TGC book
(49:49) - Challenges faced on their journey
(1:00:51) - What goes into the preparation of a live show
(1:05:59) - Sam’s advice to himself at the start of the TGC journey
(1:08:15) - #ASKSPORTSGRAD
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