GBA 235 Iszi Lawrence

In GBA 235 we get better acquainted with Iszi Lawrence. She talks about making The Z List Dead List (a podcast about obscure people from history), how glandular fever, not fitting in and Eddie Izzard contributed to her becoming a comedian, the similarities between Jujitsu and gigging and lots more. Iszi plugs: The Z List Dead List: http://www.zlistdeadlist.com/ Her Website: http://iszi.com/ I plug: Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/ We mention: Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/ Roman Mars: http://romanmars.com/ Candid Cafe: http://www.candidarts.com/sections/galleryandcafepages/candid_cafe.htm Sundays Supplement: http://sundayssupplement.blogspot.co.uk/ Jon Ronson: http://www.jonronson.com/ Jon Ronson On...: http://www.jonronson.com/this.html Jujitsu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu Dan Carlin: http://www.dancarlin.com/ Jackie Kashian: http://www.jackiekashian.com/ The Dork Forest: http://tdf.libsyn.com/ Maria Bamford: http://www.mariabamford.com/ Christopher Hitchens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens Skepticalty: http://www.skepticality.com/ Skeptics Guide to the Universe: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ Joe Rogan: http://podcasts.joerogan.net/ Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 John Hegley: http://www.johnhegley.co.uk/ Stewart Lee: http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/ Live at the Apollo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008cnxn Glandular Fever: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Glandular-fever/Pages/Introduction.aspx Eddie Izzard: http://www.eddieizzard.com/ Dress to Kill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIE7BOhIL7I Definite Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definite_Article Baddiel and Skinner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baddiel_and_Skinner_Unplanned Camden Head: http://camdenhead.com/ Canteen on the Death Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw Hannibal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal Stalin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin Red Terror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror Daniel Kitson: http://danielkitson.com/ Philip Larkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin Podcast about Zen: http://www.zlistdeadlist.com/post/2015/12/16/s05e5-watts-zen Suffragettes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette Noami Paxton: http://www.naomipaxton.co.uk/ Sherlock Holmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Bartitsu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartitsu House of Flying Daggers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385004/ Hero: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/ Kendo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendo Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Paul Kerensa: http://www.paulkerensa.com/ Wil Hodgson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Hodgson Noel James: http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/n/529/noel_james Steve Best: http://www.stevebest.com/ Spinning Jenny: http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2002/s/517/spinning_jenny Christian Slater: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Slater Owen Niblock: http://www.comedygeek.com/ Kermode and Mayo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj Wittertainment: https://twitter.com/wittertainment Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?