Podcasts by The 21st Century Creative
Poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness shares insights to help you thrive as a 21st Century Creative. He also interviews leading creators in the arts and creative industries. Every guest sets you a Creative Challenge based on the theme of the interview.
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My new podcast (and why it’s the opposite of The 21st Century Creative) from 2021-07-26T17:13:01
Today is the launch of my new podcast, and it’s something I’ve been planning and dreaming of sharing with you for years.
It’s called A Mouthful of Air. And in several ways, it’...
Episode 50! Avoiding the Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier from 2020-08-24T05:00:37
Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Michael Bungay Stanier, a returning guest whose interview way back in Season 1 proved very popular. And his book The Coaching Habit turned out to be ev...
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The 21st Century Illustrator with Krystal Lauk from 2020-08-17T05:00
Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Krystal Lauk, an illustrator who took an unconventional path by creating illustrations for tech companies, and founded a studio that counts Google, Ube...
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Writing a World-Changing Book with Cynthia Morris from 2020-08-10T05:00:32
Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Cynthia Morris, a coach for creatives who shares insights on the book-writing process, based on her latest book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a Wor...
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The Adventure of Writing with Emily Kimelman from 2020-08-03T05:00:19
Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Emily Kimelman, a thriller author who has travelled the world in a boat and criss-crossed the USA in an Airstream trailer while writing and publishing ...
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Naomi Dunford on Marketing for Creatives from 2020-07-27T05:00:45
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Naomi Dunford, a contrarian marketing guru who has been ‘helping weirdos sell things on the internet’ for many years. So if you’re the kind...
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Making Music Sustainable with Steve Lawson from 2020-07-20T05:00:34
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Steve Lawson, a musician described by Bass Guitar magazine as “Britain’s most innovative bassist, no contest”. Instead of playing in a band...
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Joanna Penn on Productivity and Audio for Creatives from 2020-07-13T05:00:34
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative Podcast is Joanna Penn, an Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers and dark fantasy, which she writes as J.F. Pe...
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Traditional Crafts in the 21st Century with Nick Hand from 2020-07-06T05:00
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative Podcast is Nick Hand, founder of The Department of Small Works and The Letterpress Collective, where he does amazing work with antique letterpress pri...
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Marcus du Sautoy on AI and the Future of Creativity from 2020-06-29T05:00:20
Mark McGuinness interviews eminent Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, who takes us on a voyage through the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (AI) and creativity, drawing on insights...
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John T. Unger: 21st Century Artist from 2020-06-22T05:00:11
Today we kick off Season 5 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century.
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Voicing Your Truth with Monique DeBose from 2019-09-02T05:00:53
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Monique DeBose, an award-winning singer-songwriter and playwright, who has toured throughout America, Europe, India and Asia. Her third album, The ...
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Bat-Signal Marketing for Creatives with Ilise Benun from 2019-08-26T05:00:37
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Ilise Benun, known as the Marketing Mentor.
Ilise has spent over 30 years helping ‘the creatively self employed’ to succeed i...
What’s Your Excuse for Not Succeeding as a Creative? with Deborah Henry-Pollard from 2019-08-19T05:00:42
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Deborah Henry-Pollard, a creative coach based in London who describes her work as 'Using my skills to support creative people who make us see the w...
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The Freelance Way with Robert Vlach from 2019-08-12T05:00:55
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Robert Vlach, a business consultant who specializes in supporting independent professionals and business owners, and the author of a new bo...
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The Essential Elements of a Successful Story with Erik Bork from 2019-08-05T05:00:57
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Erik Bork - a screenwriter, producer, script consultant and coach who has won two Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for his work on the HBO series B...
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Mindful Drumming with Maria Bovin de Labbé from 2019-07-29T05:00:35
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Maria Bovin de Labbé, a Swedish drummer, artist and teacher, living on a peninsula in the Fjord of Oslo, Norway.
She i...
Peleg Top on Fear, Love, Money and Creativity from 2019-07-22T05:00:52
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Peleg Top, an artist, a writer, a speaker and an inspired guide who coaches creative professionals to succeed and become extraordinary lead...
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Good Little Wolf and Other Stories with Nadia Shireen from 2019-07-15T05:00:53
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Nadia Shireen, an award-winning and bestselling children’s author and illustrator. Her books include Good Little Wolf, The Bumblebear, The Cow Who ...
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What Creators Can Learn from Adventurers with Alastair Humphreys from 2019-07-08T06:00:55
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative is Alastair Humphreys, a British adventurer and author whose latest book, My Midsummer Morning, recounts his attempt to busk his way across Spain with...
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Brian Clark’s Career Advice for the Unemployable from 2019-07-01T08:56:16
Today we kick off Season 4 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century.
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Storytelling: a Matter of Life and Death with CJ Lyons from 2019-02-18T07:30:43
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is CJ Lyons, a New York Times and USA Today thriller author who has sold more than 2.5 million books.
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Brutally Honest Advice for Your Creative Business with Emily Cohen from 2019-02-11T07:30:40
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is Emily Cohen, a consultant who provides strategic advice to principals of creative firms, and author of the book Brutally Honest.
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How to Find the Heart to Start with David Kadavy from 2019-02-04T07:30:06
If you’ve ever looked at a blank screen or canvas or an empty rehearsal room or auditorium and felt paralysed with fear and self-doubt, then this week's interview with David Kadavy is for you.
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SheEO: Women Transforming Entrepreneurship with Vicki Saunders from 2019-01-28T07:30:59
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is Vicki Saunders, an entrepreneur, mentor, author and a leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a means of positive transformation in the w...
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The Price of Being a High Performer with Rich Litvin from 2019-01-21T07:30:35
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is Rich Litvin, a coach who specialises in taking high achievers to the greatest levels of success.
The Art of Not Falling Apart with Christina Patterson from 2019-01-14T07:30:05
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is Christina Patterson -- writer, broadcaster and consultant, author of The Art of Not Falling Apart.
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Don’t Just Sell Something: Do Something! with David Hieatt from 2019-01-07T07:30:42
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is David Hieatt, entrepreneur, author, speaker and founder of The Do Lectures.
In 1995 David and h...
The Healthy Creative with Joanna Penn from 2018-12-31T07:00:13
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, under the name JF Penn.
Meanwhile as Joanna Penn, she is...
Tyler Hobbs: an Artist Who Paints with Code from 2018-12-24T07:30:25
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Tyler Hobbs, a artist who creates stunning images by writing a computer program to generate each new artwork.
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Steven Pressfield on The Artist’s Journey from 2018-12-17T09:45:20
Today we kick off Season 3 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century.
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Creating a Business You Are Proud of with Patricia van den Akker from 2018-08-13T07:30:21
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Patricia van den Akker, the Director of The Design Trust, an organisation based in London with a mission to help designers and makers 'crea...
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Making Better Choices When it Matters with Sara Milne Rowe from 2018-08-06T09:39:19
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Sara Milne Rowe, one of the leading performance coaches in the UK and the founder of the company Coaching Impact, and the author of The SHE...
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Josh Szeps on 21st Century Media: TV, Radio, Podcasting and Beyond from 2018-07-30T09:18:28
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Josh Szeps, a TV and radio host, political commentator and comedian, and creator of the podcast #WeThePeople LIVE.
DIY Professional Development for Creatives with Gabriela Pereira from 2018-07-23T08:48:48
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Gabriela Pereira, a writer and teacher who is on a mission 'to empower writers to take an entrepreneurial approach to their education and p...
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The Business of Sharing Joy with Daniel Boettcher from 2018-07-16T08:31:36
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Daniel Boettcher, the founder of The Intrepid Wendell, a bespoke jewellery salon in Washington, DC.
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The Entrepreneur Ethos with Jarie Bolander from 2018-07-09T08:48:29
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Jarie Bolander, a serial entrepreneur, living in San Francisco who has started and run several businesses in the tech, medical and PR secto...
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Poetry as Discovery with Mimi Khalvati from 2018-07-02T09:22:15
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Mimi Khalvati, one of the foremost poets currently writing in the UK.
Mimi was born in Tehran, ...
Todd Henry: Leading Creatives Is Like Herding Tigers from 2018-06-25T08:32:27
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Todd Henry, a speaker, advisor to creative companies, and the author of a string of best-selling books for creatives, including The Acciden...
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Javier Weyler: A Journey into Sound from 2018-06-18T08:46:32
This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Javier Weyler, musician, composer and music designer.
Born in Argentina and raised in Venezuela,...
Tina Roth Eisenberg’s Labours of Love – Kicking off Season 2 of The 21st Century Creative Podcast from 2018-06-11T08:46:04
Welcome to the start of Season 2 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century.
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Creating a Job that Doesn’t Exist with Aileen Bennett from 2017-07-31T09:40:42
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Aileen Bennett, Roving Creative Director and Idea Thinker Upper.
In today's interview, we ta...
Freeing the Natural Voice with Kristin Linklater from 2017-07-24T10:07:57
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Kristin Linklater, the world-renowned teacher of voice work for actors and speakers, and the author of Freeing the Natural Voice and Freein...
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The Floatation Tank: a Short Cut to Your Superpower? with Nick Dunin from 2017-07-17T11:05:41
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Nick Dunin, co-founder of Beyond Rest, a company that operates float centres in three Australian cities.
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Kill Email Anxiety and Do More Meaningful Work with Jocelyn K. Glei from 2017-07-10T09:56:17
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Jocelyn K. Glei, Founding Editor of 99U, author of Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done, and ...
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Say Less, Ask More and Communicate Better with Michael Bungay Stanier from 2017-07-03T10:27:24
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Michael Bungay Stanier, Founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps people and organizations all over the world do l...
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The Successful Creative Mindset with Joanna Penn from 2017-06-26T07:17:42
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Joanna Penn, a best-selling, award-nominated thriller writer, as well as a publishing expert and host of The Creative Penn Podcast.
Designing a Global Small Business with Laurie Millotte from 2017-06-19T08:28:11
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Laurie Millotte, designer and founder of Outshinery.com.
On a round-the-world tip, Laurie spent ...
How Virtual Reality Will Shape Our Future with Fabrice Bourrelly from 2017-06-12T08:29:14
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Fabrice Bourrelly, artist, architect and Virtual Reality designer.
As Fabrice talks about his de...
Steven Pressfield on Truth and Fiction from 2017-06-05T10:45:56
This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Steven Pressfield, author of the creativity classic The War of Art and a string of other bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
Introducing the 21st Century Creative Podcast, with Scott Belsky on Creative Community from 2017-05-18T20:49:11
Today is the launch of my podcast The 21st Century Creative. It's designed to help you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the brave new world of t...
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