This week I’m joined by two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Ian Smith! You may also know him best as the co-host of the Northern News podcast with Amy Gledhill, as well as appearances on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You and on his own Radio 4 series, Ian Smith is Stressed!

He’s now back with Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty - a sharp, surreal and painfully relatable look at stress, love, and the kind of life choices that include buying a magic spell off Amazon. In this episode we discuss:

• the brutal on-the-job experience that actually makes a stand-up
• the uncertainty of what actually leads to TV work
• learning the value of other comedians as “outside eyes” on your material
• why comedy as therapy is limited (but why it still helps anyway)
• the stuff that gets cut from The Northern News
• and we find out of Ian Smith is happy...

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Catch Up with Ian: Foot Spa Half Empty is on its final leg of the UK tour. You can find all the dates and more at iansmithcomedian.co.uk. You can also keep-up-date with Ian on Instagram, @iansmithcomedy.

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