Making the Money Work: How to make being a comedian, writer and podcaster pay with Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin

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This is Money

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4.1 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

From hosting their podcast Nobody Panic, to being in comedy trio Massive Dad, writing scripts and articles, and putting on Edinburgh shows, Stevie and Tessa have a lot of things to juggle.

The pair tell Andi Peters and Simon Lambert their tales of living on a shoestring to get ahead in the London publishing world, including sharing a one-bedroom flat and sleeping under the kitchen table.

The duo also explain how to set up an Edinburgh Fringe show and why it is similar to launching a small business, from fronting the cost to book a venue, to selling tickets and hoping you can break even or maybe even make a little money.

And Tessa tells of the difficulties of trying to get a mortgage, even with a contract to write a pilot season of a new show for US television.

In the Making the Money Work series, in partnership with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, we talk earnings, budgeting and savings with those whose lives and finances roam far from the norm.

The five podcasts are hosted by Andi Peters, alongside This is Money’s Simon Lambert, and every fortnight you can listen to a new interview with different special guests talking about their financial lives.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Simon Lambert, the editor of This Is Money, and this podcast is the fourth in the Making the Money work series, sponsored by FSCS.
0:07.9	On these shows, I join host Andy Peters and a fascinating range of guests with unconventional lives and finances to find out how they make their money work.
0:16.6	The episodes will be arriving in your usual This Is Money podcast feed over the coming weeks.
0:21.4	We hope you enjoy listening to them and learning about some lives less ordinary.
0:25.2	This week, we speak to podcasters and comedians.
0:28.4	Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin.
0:30.6	This podcast is brought to you in association with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
0:35.8	Check your financial products are FSCS protected.
0:38.7	Visit fscs.org.uk forward slash this is money to find out more.
0:43.7	Hello and welcome back to making the money work. Now, this podcast is going to be interesting
0:47.8	because it's a podcast talking to podcasters. So today we're kind of shining a mirror on
0:52.8	ourselves. Whilst most of us find solace in having a
0:55.9	daily routine and a consistent payday, there are professions like vlogging, comedy and even
1:01.0	podcasting that are built on far less financial certainty. Would you agree with that? Oh,
1:06.1	absolutely. In today's gig economy, many of us seek to behave more and more like brands and
1:10.5	businesses than just to deliver on a job description.
1:13.8	I'm CEO of Andy Peters Limited.
1:16.2	I'm CEO of Tessa Coates Enterprises.
1:18.9	You say nothing. Say nothing, Stevie.
1:21.0	Hello.
1:21.3	How do we plan for a financial healthy future whilst living our career out day to day?
1:26.3	Well, here to give us invaluable answers to these
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