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.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter:
personal protest, repressed anger, comic monologue, inner rage, Ben Keaton, spoken word, enemies list, Catholic guilt, Dirty Stupid Wisdom

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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.

Dirty Stupid Wisdom Litter:
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

Copyright © 2025 Dirty Stupid Wisdom. All rights reserved.