{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64be83386e75b600105ce645/666f3822ce005e00133744b8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lazlow: on GTA, the Mt. Chiliad mystery, universe building, UK comedy TV and more","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64be83386e75b600105ce645/1718564776149-225d046d67c4eb763ec16a4df3bd261f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>== Subscribe for new episodes, released every Monday! ==</p><p><br></p><p>This week’s conversation is with American writer, producer, director, voice actor, and radio personality Lazlow. </p><p><br></p><p>In a fitting request, I was asked that this episode was audio-only.</p><p><br></p><p>Alongside his radio work, Lazlow is perhaps best known for his in-game radio shows and ads across the Grand Theft Auto series, lending his writing and vocal talents across eight games since GTA3 (as well as appearing, motion captured, in GTA5). </p><p><br></p><p>Lazlow worked with Rockstar Games for almost 20 years, across 17 games, also writing for the Red Dead Redemption series.</p><p><br></p><p>We sat down to talk a few weeks ago, the day after Lazlow had talked at the Podcast Show 2024 in London, where he had been discussing his new audio fiction series, <a href=\"https://www.absurdventures.com/abetterparadise\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Better Paradise</a>. </p><p><br></p><p>Created and written by former Rockstar colleague Dan Houser and directed by Lazlow, the series is set in the near future and tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive game-world. </p><p><br></p><p>Starring the Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln, Paterson Joseph - you’d probably know him as boss Alan Johnson in Peep Show - Rain Spencer and Shamir Anderson, the first two episodes are available wherever you listen to your podcasts at the time of recording this.</p><p><br></p><p>Patreon: Support the show by becoming a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/startinglinepod for just £5 a month</p><p><br></p><p>Website: https://www.startinglinepod.com</p><p><br></p><p>Contact: If you have guest suggestions or would like to talk about sponsorship opportunities, please email hello@startinglinepod.com</p><p><br></p><p>*About The Starting Line Podcast*</p><p><br></p><p>The Starting Line Podcast, hosted by award-winning serial entrepreneur, PR expert, and best-selling author Rich Leigh, is all about drive, ambition and curiosity.</p><p><br></p><p>Speaking to entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, philanthropists and thinkers, guests open up about positivity, success, resilience, perseverance, mistakes and more. </p><p><br></p><p>Go back and enjoy series one guests including Levi Roots, James Cracknell OBE and Apprentice winner Marnie Swindells.</p><p><br></p><p>*About me, Rich Leigh*</p><p><br></p><p>Your starting line doesn't have to define you.</p><p><br></p><p>My upbringing was rough. I'm sure I'll fill in the blanks sometime.</p><p><br></p><p>But I remember thinking - I have to, and I CAN - break the cycle. That single thought changed my life.</p><p><br></p><p>At 17, I dropped out of school. At 18, I became a father for the first time, and left the chaos of my family council house without a penny to my name, determined to rewrite my story.</p><p><br></p><p>By 30, I was a successful PR agency owner with a #1 best-selling book. We were working with some of the UK’s leading brands, entrepreneurs and celebrities.</p><p><br></p><p>Using that influence, I helped to raise more than a million pounds for sick children.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by me, Rich Leigh, The Starting Line Podcast is your weekly dose of inspiration, featuring powerful conversations with the world's most influential entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, philanthropists and thinkers.</p><p><br></p><p>*Follow The Starting Line on social media:*</p><p><br></p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startinglineshow  </p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/startinglinesho</p><p><br></p><p>TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/startinglineshow</p><p><br></p><p>Facebook: https://facebook.com/startinglineshow</p><p><br></p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startinglineshow</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Rich Leigh"}