Iszi Lawrence is an international stand up comedian from

Reading, England, a longtime podcaster and happily for us - today’sPodcast Diva.

Podcasting since 2008 with Sundays Supplement – a

comedy podcast where Iszi and co-host Simon Dunn review the SundayNewspaper Supplements, Iszi launched The Z List

Dead List a podcast about obscure people from history inSeptember 2014.

In that time Iszi has produced hundreds of episodes and shares

her 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 than
  Slough
• Two great reasons Iszi is well qualified for Podcast
  Divadom
• The pointless purpose of the Sunday Supplements Podcast and 3
  useful things about it
• What was happening in 2008 that made Iszi think podcasting was
  a good idea
• Why you should be in the room with your cohost
• How Iszi came to have 20 minutes of material on the scrotum
  frog
• Why after 6 years of podcasting Iszi started a new podcast
  about dead people from history
• What the Z list dead list is
• What a six foot tall bisexual sword fighting nun got up to and
  other 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 to
  something 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 lake
  wearing 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 of

doing it only.  Then if other stuff comes out of it,

brilliant, but if you’re doing it for something else and not for

it’s own thing, the love wont be there.  You’ll give up on it

very quickly’. 

Microphone

• Zoom H4N

Tips for podcasters and Divas-in-waiting

‘Bore yourself rigid and look at how to do sound and

editing, and this thing called multiband compression,

really understand that! Because the only thing that stops me giving

your podcast a listen is the sound quality’.

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

anybody 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 it

is because I want to make a nice show. If I did it for any other

reason it wouldn’t be a nice show….it is in itself a worthwhile

thing to do.’

Sundays Supplement

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

Where to find Iszi