{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/339736e5-b21f-4af2-ada6-2d48cb8a1581/01cb6441-b7e8-4b09-bd11-d415efb5d7ee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"338 - Helen Zaltzman","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ee35c06c05e6c01f40f42/611ee403fbda3b0013c3b4e2.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>*New episodes are now streamed live at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.twitch.tv/stugoldsmith</a>&nbsp;on 1pm BST every Wednesday, for release the following week*</p><p><br></p><p>Is this a regular episode or a NonComPod?&nbsp;&nbsp;It matters not as we meet Helen Zaltzman; podcasting matriarch, mentor of Stu’s, co-host with Olly Mann of “Answer Me This”, host of the brilliant “Allusionist” podcast on the Radiotopia network, and very funny lady indeed.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about her comedy origins as Josie Long’s embroiderer, her childhood and the positives of knowing she was an unplanned baby, and setting one’s own parameters for success.&nbsp;&nbsp;We also talk about language as a means of understanding the world, overcoming her own pedantry and forgiving it in others, how she wrote a successful tour show in less than a day, and why you’re Namaste-ing all wrong…</p><p><br></p><p>25 mins of extra content available exclusively to members of the Insiders Club include a dive into the origins of Helen and Olly Mann’s “Answer Me This” podcast; how they cultivated the community now 14 years deep into their show (and passing it on to their own children), and how they broke new ground with the sorts of creative and marketing tactics that these days would make up a TED Talk.</p><p>Join the Insiders Club now at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders</a>&nbsp;for all this and much much more.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://helenzaltzman.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">helenzaltzman.com</a> | <a href=\"http://instagram.com/helenzaltzman?fbclid=IwAR098x9PRvFcD23UvV6BeVserPwiRqavGEcSML-Nf9UHz8pVrP_7j_qqHno\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com/helenzaltzman</a> |<a href=\"http://twitter.com/helenzaltzman?fbclid=IwAR0uKG5R_j9Rj3nt3OGU68PZwWJwcn7H0ASopJBbD3cATAGpM_eTTGcuiIk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/helenzaltzman</a></p><p><br></p><p>Allusionist: <a href=\"http://theallusionist.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">theallusionist.org</a>, <a href=\"http://twitter.com/allusionistshow?fbclid=IwAR2WJT8Aw9U3iBulbfrEnIgKLs-ItIDukSMQUBntsPlKOvF8_Pn0dblv-20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/allusionistshow</a>, <a href=\"https://facebook.com/allusionistshow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com/allusionistshow</a>, <a href=\"http://instagram.com/allusionistshow?fbclid=IwAR3EvVSt7nN-IDOwUjXFa6rhq5BwbBascUvQPgxnq5nV0LEntv3mi9HS_aY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com/allusionistshow</a></p><p><br></p><p>Veronica Mars Investigations: VMIpod.com, <a href=\"http://twitter.com/VMIpod?fbclid=IwAR2hpA2qnoj8nT26IIf8Sd6SGObUt1NqeMOF97Ga2sRP4arvYeSYspb20EQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/VMIpod</a>, <a href=\"https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2FVMIpod%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0uiNJYXy0yqGQ1_MP-fjH3u59EECmCgAcWqYFLpP51ESQ5kHkc3jtxcGI&amp;h=AT29FqxfNJ8J35vuxJJSSEDIHpJ7IEvWhAVdnC6oJvtUGddUCGN1JqaEPbHafaoEMlztrQDfjSpInCS_rI_HFCFuC9NfZtD2cAiTQbwm3_FAPXaUhsu9HumEonRB2YItewlMEZv5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com/VMIpod</a>, <a href=\"https://facebook.com/VMIpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com/VMIpod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Answer Me This: <a href=\"http://answermethispodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">answermethispodcast.com</a>, <a href=\"https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHelenAndOlly%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3lJXmOQJdx3ad7ITwNwF5_oqqLCGg1NuRjdy-sSCTny9c7nkMmZEKQzDU&amp;h=AT29FqxfNJ8J35vuxJJSSEDIHpJ7IEvWhAVdnC6oJvtUGddUCGN1JqaEPbHafaoEMlztrQDfjSpInCS_rI_HFCFuC9NfZtD2cAiTQbwm3_FAPXaUhsu9HumEonRB2YItewlMEZv5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/HelenAndOlly</a>, <a href=\"https://facebook.com/answermethis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com/answermethis</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>STU GOLDSMITH’S INFINITE...","author_name":"Stuart Goldsmith"}