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Milo Edwards is a comedian, podcaster and writer. He is cohost of the podcasts TrashFuture, Masters of Our Domain and TooMuch. He has performed comedy in both English and Russian and performed on the Russian TV shows Open Microphone and StandUp. He has been a comedy writer for Mock The Week, Hello America, Breaking The News and The News Quiz and has written for Private Eye and The New Statesman.

Comedy

Edwards was a member of the Footlights at the University of Cambridge.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-03|title=An Interview with Professional Stand-up Comedian Milo Edwards|url=https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/an-interview-with-professional-stand-up-comedian-milo-edwards/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=The Cambridge Student|language=en-GB}} In 2015 he moved to Russia where he performed on Russian TV programmes Open Microphone and StandUp.{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/about|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Milo Edwards|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=10 questions: Milo Edwards|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/6255|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Varsity Online|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Tom|date=2020-01-10|title=Comedy: From Russia with laughs - Milo Edwards brings his acclaimed show to Liverpool|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/comedy-russia-laughs-milo-edwards-17540041|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Liverpool Echo|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Pindos: 4 star review by Claire Louise|url=https://broadwaybaby.com/shows/pindos/745449|access-date=2022-02-06|website=broadwaybaby.com|language=en}} In 2018 he moved back to the UK and in 2019 performed his show Pindos at Edinburgh Fringe about his time working as a comedian in Russia.{{Cite web|last=Guide|first=British Comedy|title=Pindos|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2019/milo_edwards/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=I think he’d be pleased: Comedian performs Edinburgh show after father’s death|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2019/08/11/i-think-hed-be-pleased-comedian-performs-edinburgh-show-after-fathers-death/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.shropshirestar.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-12-07|title=Q&A Milo Edwards|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2018-12/qa-milo-edwards|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-08-20|title=Opinion: Milo Edwards On His Decision To Continue To Perform In Edinburgh After His Father's Death|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/7595/milo-edwards-edinburgh|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Beyond The Joke|language=en}}

Podcasting

Edwards is a cohost on the podcast TrashFuture "a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism". He cohosts it with Hussein Kesvani, Alice Caldwell-Kelly, Nate Bethea and Riley Quinn.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-07|title=Tragic but true: how podcasters replaced our real friends|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/07/tragic-but-true-have-podcasters-replaced-our-real-friends|access-date=2022-01-27|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-03-14|title=Sound and fury: are political podcasts the future or just an echo chamber?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/14/sound-and-fury-are-political-podcasts-the-future-or-just-an-echo-chamber|access-date=2022-01-27|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=TEAM {{!}} Trashfuture podcast|url=https://www.trashfuture.co.uk/team|access-date=2022-01-27|website=TrashFuture|language=en}} He also cohosts with Pheobe Roy a podcast about Seinfeld called Masters of our Domain and a Russian language comedy podcast TooMuch.{{Cite web|last=Development|first=PodBean|title=Masters of Our Domain|url=https://domainmasterspod.podbean.com/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=domainmasterspod.podbean.com|language=en}}

Writing

He has been a comedy writer for Late Night Mash, Mock The Week, Hello America, Breaking The News and The News Quiz.{{Cite web|title=Milo Edwards|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm13019526/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=IMDb}} Edwards has written for Private Eye and The New Statesman.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-07|title=For god’s sake stop putting comedians in charge of governments|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/03/god-s-sake-stop-putting-comedians-charge-governments|access-date=2022-01-27|website=New Statesman|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-06-07|title=Comedy needs a trade union – before it’s just independently wealthy men called Hugo|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/06/comedy-needs-trade-union-it-s-just-independently-wealthy-men-called-hugo|access-date=2022-02-06|website=New Statesman|language=en-US}}

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