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Podcast: Standard Issue Podcast
Episode: SIM Ep 936 Pod 289: Comedy, cancer, college campuses and Christ almighty, our eyes
Description: Stand up Laura Smyth came to comedy later in life and with a whole load of experiences, including cancer, under her belt. People are lapping it up, and tickets to her debut tour show, Living My Best Life, are selling like hot cakes. Mmm, hot cakes. Laura chats to our Hannah about wide-ranging appeal, the big C and maintaining a sense of self. Mick’s been on the Zoom to America, chatting to author Kiley Reid, whose debut novel, Such a Fun Age, which had race relations as its focal point, was a much-hyped international bestseller longlisted for...