In today's episode, we've got a great interview with Izzy Franke, whose hobby is stand-up comedy! 

As well as the ins and outs of what it means to do stand-up comedy and how to get into it, we talk about the pressure to turn hobby into a side hustle, how to embrace your innate creativity, and the importance of being completely rubbish at something.

Pete also talks about his hobby of playing the Northumbrian smallpipes!

Links:

Check out Izzy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/izzshefunny/

Take a course in stand-up comedy:

• London: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/courses/ and https://sohotheatre.com/project/comedy-lab-stand-up/
• Manchester, Brighton, Edinburgh - https://laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk
• North East - https://www.shoecakecomedy.co.uk

Link to Pete's PhD - sounds and music from an abandoned seaside town in the North East of England: www.seatonsnook.com - and his recently released album of smallpipes tunes at https://peterfalconer.bandcamp.com/album/the-seaton-snook-smallpipes-tunes

The Northumbrian Pipers Society - a great place to start if you want to hire a set and start learning the Northumbrian smallpipes: https://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk

Link to a wonderful compilation of Northumbrian Smallpipes music: https://open.spotify.com/album/3wY6ubdNXWv7PoqWe5pAHg

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Toodles!

K&P

Written and produced by Kayla Lean and Pete Falconer

Music, audio editing and video editing by Pete Falconer

Artwork by Laura Walsh - https://laurajanewalsh.co.uk

Animation by Kayla Lean

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