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An assortment of written-down-things. Bitesize news updates, long-form newsletters and essays, and an assortment of other things people have said about me, if you MUST know.

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What's Joz Been Up To?

What's Joz Been Up To?

The Fruit Salad Therapy Tapes

Ongoing Therapy Tapes!

Ongoing Therapy Tapes!

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What others have said about Joz

What others have said about Joz

The Fruit Salad Therapy Tapes

A weekly creative newsletter. The Tapes function as an interactive notebook/sketchpad exploring comedy, art, creativity, making stuff, etc.. Sign Up Below, or click for More Info.

Tape 192: Features Creatures

Tape 192: Features Creatures

Joz Norris • Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

I missed a week! I can’t believe it. I’ve opened Substack only to find my dashboard now inhabited by a little blue owl avatar, wings broken, one eye swollen shut, lying sprawled in its own piss. “You broke your Substack streak!” it croaks. “Kill me! Kill me!” “I don’t even remember Substack having a streak […]

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Tape 191: A Cool Party

Tape 191: A Cool Party

Joz Norris • Thursday, September 18th, 2025

This week I went to a Cool Party for the first time in many years. Now I don’t want to do a disservice to my street cred in my very own newsletter, so let me clarify – I haven’t stopped going to parties entirely. I still party. Sometimes I even party hard. “Wow, Joz,” some […]

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Tape 190: Six Questions I Didn’t Know I Wanted To Answer

Tape 190: Six Questions I Didn’t Know I Wanted To Answer

Joz Norris • Friday, September 12th, 2025

This week I chatted with Dan Cushnie for his Substack, in which he interviews comedians about their work, and you can read the interview here (by the by, I notice that Dan mentions having “the odd moment of ineloquence” while interviewing me, and I’d like to state for the record that I didn’t notice any ineloquence whatsoever […]

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What People Say?

A comedy legend.

To Do List.

A skilful and thoughtful writer who fastidiously avoids boring or obvious choices and excels at being unselfconsciously daft.

TV Bomb.

A beautifully fully-fleshed depiction of the human experience.

Shortcom.

Joyously silly.

The Evening Standard.

A sort of absurdist Simon Amstell…seldom can half an hour have been so densely packed with meta comedy and existential…

The Guardian.
★★★★

Totally brilliant.

Chortle.

Really does capture the spirit of creative Fringe comedy.

The Guardian.
★★★★

Beyond The Joke.
★★★★★

The Morning Star.
★★★★

A brilliant show that is not short of ambition…it packs a terrific punch.

The Evening Standard.
★★★★★

Young Perspective.

Utterly unique, very weird and a wee bit wonderful.

Fest.