Iszi Lawrence is an international stand up comedian fromReading, England, a longtime podcaster and happily for us - today’sPodcast Diva.

Podcasting since 2008 with Sundays Supplement – acomedy podcast where Iszi and co-host Simon Dunn review the SundayNewspaper Supplements, Iszi launched The Z ListDead List a podcast about obscure people from history inSeptember 2014.

In that time Iszi has produced hundreds of episodes and sharesher experience on why first and foremost you need to love yourpodcast, what makes a good podcast, tips and advice for doing thisand much more in episode 16 of Podcast Divas, including: 

• Where exactly is Reading and is it really better thanSlough
• Two great reasons Iszi is well qualified for PodcastDivadom
• The pointless purpose of the Sunday Supplements Podcast and 3useful things about it
• What was happening in 2008 that made Iszi think podcasting wasa good idea
• Why you should be in the room with your cohost
• How Iszi came to have 20 minutes of material on the scrotumfrog
• Why after 6 years of podcasting Iszi started a new podcastabout dead people from history
• What the Z list dead list is
• What a six foot tall bisexual sword fighting nun got up to andother amazing characters from history
• Research and the rules of the show
• How to record a live show for a podcast episode
• Why a podcast should be an end in itself and not the means tosomething else
• The beauty of podcasts over TV and Radio
• Getting donations to cover your podcast costs
• Podcast merchandising
• Why Iszi dressed up as a Roman centurion in December by a lakewearing headphones
• British versus American views on working hard for success
• Whether to record in batches and release in series

‘You have to do stuff as well as you can for the purpose ofdoing it only.  Then if other stuff comes out of it,brilliant, but if you’re doing it for something else and not forit’s own thing, the love wont be there.  You’ll give up on itvery quickly’. 

Microphone

• Zoom H4N

Tips for podcasters and Divas-in-waiting

‘Bore yourself rigid and look at how to do sound andediting, and this thing called multiband compression,really understand that! Because the only thing that stops me givingyour podcast a listen is the sound quality’.

Do an idea that interests you – don’t worry if it interestsanybody else.

Give it your all.

‘Get a co-host who does all the editing!’ 

Iszi’s favorite episodes

Z List Dead List:

• An English Country Garden Series 4 Episode 4 It’s very rude –you’ve been warned.
• Cornish Pastors – Series 1 Episode 1
• En Garde: Attack of The Killer Nun - Series 5 Episode 1

‘There are opportunities, but the main reason I’m doing itis because I want to make a nice show. If I did it for any otherreason it wouldn’t be a nice show….it is in itself a worthwhilething to do.’

Sundays Supplement

• There are no good episodes according to Iszi – so definitelycheck it out!

Where to find Iszi

• http://www.iszi.com
• http://www.zlistdeadlist.com
• and check out when and where Iszi’s live recordings arehappening http://www.sundayssupplement.com

‘If I can’t put headphones on and listen to you because I’mconstantly fiddling with the volume I’m not going tolisten.’

Thank you

Thank you to Iszi Lawrence for being a wonderful guest andPodcast Diva and to you for listening.

If you liked the show please let Iszi know, tell your friendsand leave a review on iTunes.  Cheers – Kathryn x