Jonas Antonsson – emotional video games
Can games be art? We're back from a long hiatus with our first Hack Circus podcast interview about videogames! Introducing Jonas Antonsson,...
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What does it mean to be motivated?
What does it mean for creative people to be motivated? Is there a secret to getting more motivation, or is the drive too mysterious to neatl...
What is Creativity?
What is creativity? How does it relate to things like problem-solving, risk-taking, impulsiveness and excitement? I talk to some highly crea...
What's the point of empathy?
Is empathy important in business? Is it possible to have too much empathy to be successful? What's the connection between empathy and power?...
Alex McLean – creating communities and interference patterns
Alex McLean is a well-known artist, musician, researcher, and coder based in Sheffield. He is the creator of Tidal Cycles, free software for...
Creativity Clinic 21: Four ways to keep motivated in an age of freelancing, procrastination and the gig economy
The world has changed since I last talked about motivation. More than ever, we're addicted to devices, addicted to YouTube, addicted to inte...
Creativity Clinic 20: One creative branding tip, and how I'm rebranding this podcast!
I used to think that branding was about coming up with the story we'd like to tell, but now I think it's more about uncovering the story tha...
Nathan Geering – accessibility innovation through beatboxing and b-boy dancing
Nathan Geering is a dancer, teacher and innovator known for his work with visually impaired people. He has created dance that's accessible f...
Creativity Clinic 19: The value of paying attention in an attention scarce world!
The world is a rough place at the moment. One easy way we can improve it for ourselves and those around us is by upping the quality of our i...
Creativity Clinic 18: The waiting game – gambling on the big gigs
It's the summer... no one's replying to email, everyone's busier – or more on-holiday – than I am. In this episode, I talk about my current...
Maggie Nolan – 'Applied Improv' for consultancy and corporate workshops
Maggie Nolan is a consultant and trainer, bringing techniques from improvisation practice into businesses. She launched her agency Start Wit...
Creativity Clinic 17: Prioritising Ideas
This week I take on a listener's question about prioritising ideas: how do we decide what's most important? Is it better to do dig into one...
Sara Green – choreographing science
Sara Green is a dancer, choreographer, movement director and film-maker. She's collaborated with artists and other performers across theatre...
Creativity Clinic 16: Time and Art
This week's question was about how artists deal with time: do we let the available time decide how 'big' a project is; is that a valid const...
Ben Moor – clever and funny storytelling in one-man shows
Ben Moor is a seasoned and innovative storyteller with multiple Edinburgh shows under his belt – mostly one-man shows. Ben's work is sensiti...
Creativity Clinic 15: Wellbeing and Making
Making and wellbeing are linked. While it's known that making things improves your mood, I argue here (entirely unscientifically) that you c...
Sophie Rochester – digital storytelling and the welldoing movement
Sophie Rochester is a creative entrepreneur of significant standing, appearing on numerous lists of top business people in her industry. She...
Katie Day – Making innovative theatre
Katie Day is the Director of Birmingham-based theatre company, The Other Way Works . She creates exciting and innovative experiences for sma...
Creativity Clinic 14 – Inspiring books
What kinds of books give us ideas? Do we even get much emotional inspiration from books at all? This first Creativity Clinic of the new seri...
Adam Tandy – making TV: the Detectorists; Inside Number 9; the League of Gentlemen
Adam Tandy is a TV producer, director, writer and much more, working on some of the best shows and with some of the top stars of our era. We...