Springleaf: James Acaster

London Podcast Festival

This exclusive event was recorded live at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday 17 September. The recording will be available to buy & watch as a video on demand until September 24, 2022 11:59 pm.


Undercover cop Pat Springleaf (more widely known by his covert name: James Acaster) talks to Mike Wozniak about his ambitions to break into true crime podcasting.

James Acaster is the covert stand-up comedian persona of undercover cop Pat Springleaf. Everyone knows that. And as it’s obligatory for all comedians to have a podcast these days, Pat wants in.

When Pat was undercover, he wore his wire 24-7-365. Or 366 if it was a leap year.

In this one-off event for the London Podcast Festival, he talks to Mike Wozniak about the true-crime podcast he’s working on, using the wire recordings he’s amassed over years of infiltrating criminal gangs.

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Springleaf: James Acaster

London Podcast Festival