Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsOpening Radio and Podcast...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast shows and categories...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast episodes...
Behind the scenes of creativity, with Ringmaster Leila Johnston. Hackcircuspodcast.com
Listen to Hack Circus, a Society & Culture podcast by Leila Johnston. Stream 69 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
Browse this show under Society & Culture podcasts.
50 episodes are loaded now from a catalog of 69. More episodes can be opened from this page.
Explore Society & Culture podcasts, United States podcasts and English podcasts.
Can games be art? We're back from a long hiatus with our first Hack Circus podcast interview about videogames! Introducing Jonas Antonsson,...
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? How does it relate to things like problem-solving, risk-taking, impulsiveness and excitement? I talk to some highly crea...
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 is a well-known artist, musician, researcher, and coder based in Sheffield. He is the creator of Tidal Cycles, free software for...
The world has changed since I last talked about motivation. More than ever, we're addicted to devices, addicted to YouTube, addicted to inte...
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 is a dancer, teacher and innovator known for his work with visually impaired people. He has created dance that's accessible f...
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...
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 is a consultant and trainer, bringing techniques from improvisation practice into businesses. She launched her agency Start Wit...
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 is a dancer, choreographer, movement director and film-maker. She's collaborated with artists and other performers across theatre...
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 is a seasoned and innovative storyteller with multiple Edinburgh shows under his belt – mostly one-man shows. Ben's work is sensiti...
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 is a creative entrepreneur of significant standing, appearing on numerous lists of top business people in her industry. She...
Katie Day is the Director of Birmingham-based theatre company, The Other Way Works . She creates exciting and innovative experiences for sma...
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 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...
Luke Jennings is the creator of the hit TV series Killing Eve, about the mutual obsession between an MI6 agent and a female assassin. He was...
Hazel Findlay is a top professional climber, constantly touring the world in search of new adventures and breaking records. In recent years...
The Hack Circus podcast is back with a bang after an enormous break of two years! The star guest this episode is Tom Tobia – a creative entr...
If you want to get stuff made regularly, get your duty on and work out who you're doing it for. In this episode, Leila addresses the common...
How do you get inspired in the least inspiring circumstances? I answer a listener's question about staying creative even when exhausted and...
Emma Bearman founded Playful Leeds – now Playful Anywhere, and is the proud proprietor of the Playbox, a shipping container full of surprise...
A short but packed episode where I explain why you should create, rather than simply drink up experiences; why you may not be using your com...
This week I meet showmen and fairground archivists at the National Fairground & Circus Archive in Sheffield, and learn about the fascinating...
We need to look closely at what we're trying to protect, about ourselves, whenever we feel fearful of making big steps in our creative lives...
Neil Mullarkey is known as one of the Comedy Store Players – the famous long-running improv troupe with their own theatre in central London....
To share your work and reach a wider audience, you have to be prepared to relinquish some of it. Leila explains the problem and suggests som...
Mike is a mindfulness teacher based on the Isle of Man. Mindfulness and meditation are portrayed as serene but it can also be a serious conf...
We all have our dreams – run a gallery, open a cafe, do a Masters degree, learn a language... Most of us are lazy and distracted and never q...
Sometimes it seems like we have the wrong number of ideas: too many or not enough, and the flow is totally beyond our control. This week Lei...
Rhodri Marsden has his finger in many creative and media pies. A journalist for publications including The Independent, writer of talks and...
This week we tackle some issues around turning your hobby into a more serious enterprise. How to think about 'turning professional' in a way...
This week we meet Alex Heminsley, or "Hemmo" – author, reviewer, wit and champion of women in sports. We discuss a life of challenges, sport...
Self doubt is one of the most common things I get asked about, and it comes in all kinds of disguises. I think anxiety about presenting your...
This week we meet Simon Munnery , who you've probably come across on TV, radio or the live circuit doing his characters The League Against T...
Leila addresses a couple of positivity paradoxes this week. When it comes to getting on with a creative project, we might have been trained...
This is the second half of a long chat I had with the incredibly inspiring Mary Turner Thomson ; check out part 1 first , if you haven't alr...
This week's Creativity Clinic looks at the importance of telling your own story and occupying your own space, and explains why failing big i...
This is the first half of a long chat I had with the incredibly inspiring Mary Turner Thomson ; tune in next week for the second episode. Ma...
Most of us are experts at blaming things, people or situations for our misfortunes. Sometimes this is justifiable, but just because it somet...
Does making stuff all the time feed your energy or sap it? In this week's Creativity Clinic, Leila takes a question about the Hack Circus pr...
Sarah Smizz is an artist, medic and PhD student, based in Sheffield. Sarah was recently awarded Radiography Student of the Year, and has jus...
A slightly different kind of episode this week. I've decided to try a 'creativity clinic', answering listeners' questions submitted online....
Flamenco dancer Rosamaria Cisneros Kostic discusses her craft, how to stay grounded, calm and physically aware in a hectic world, and the fa...
This week I chat to Sheffield-based leadership coach and award-winning close-up magician, Steve Faulkner . Steve advises businesses and indi...
iTunes link Direct download This week Leila is in Finland, investigating Helsinki's creative technology community. You'll meet Rambo of the...
You can listen to Hack Circus episodes online on Radio and Podcast. Open an episode and the site player will stream the available audio.
Hack Circus is listed as a Society & Culture show. The show language is listed as English.
This page lists 69 episodes for Hack Circus. More episodes are available from the View more button when the list continues.