# LAURA SMYTH: Losing Weight, Surviving Cancer & Going From Teaching To Comedy

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Podcast: [RED TALKS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-talks-7563207)
Published: 2026-05-03T23:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week one of the country's best comedians Laura Smyth joins Red to talk about her previous career as a teacher which she quit to get into comedy, before receiving a cancer diagnosis. Elsewhere in the show they discuss weight loss and the benefits of behaving selfishly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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