{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/68d2c00740bbaff2b9e02e9d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Milo Edwards: Moscow Misadventures - From Cold Calls to Callbacks","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776886747143-3d6571ad-1fd5-47a5-9659-265f5da507ce.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Milo Edwards moved to Moscow to work in financial services, ended up performing stand-up on Russian television, and has been explaining that sequence of events ever since.</p><p>Milo Edwards is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Essex, a former Cambridge Footlights member who moved to Moscow in 2015 and performed on Russian TV before making his mark on the UK comedy scene with his Edinburgh Fringe shows. He hosts the podcasts Trashfuture, Masters of Our Domain, and Glue Factory, and has written for Mock The Week, The News Quiz, Private Eye, and The New Statesman.</p><ul><li>How a job in financial services became a back door into Russian stand-up television</li><li>The immense resolve required to navigate Moscow's bureaucracy as an expat comedian</li><li>Why the discipline of working in a completely alien environment makes you a better performer</li><li>The unexpected skills that transfer from finance to comedy — and the ones that really don't</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Milo here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/milo_edwards/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2U911XiAcMEobDU9t57j8A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@miloedwards3?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}