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The Creative Adventure

Greg Vartoukian and Andrew Wainstein

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The Creative Adventure is a podcast exploring individuality and creativity. We chat with guests as they share their unique journeys, exploring what they've learned about being creative and becoming fully themselves. We speak with actors, entrepreneurs, authors, CEOs, artists and many others, from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, to hear about their first creative steps, what creativity means to them, and how life is an amazing adventure to be wholly lived and experienced. This podca ...
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In this special 20th episode, Greg and Andrew have an inspirational chat with Laura Tenison MBE, founder of JoJo Maman Bébé. Like many born entrepreneurs, Laura's entrepreneurial tendencies were there for all to see from her tender years when she would make a few pennies selling cold drinks and cakes behind her house. 45 years later, JoJo Maman Béb…
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In this shorter form episode, Andrew has a one on one chat with the brilliant Irene Graham OBE. Irene was identified as a leader from a young age, with her "can do" mindset and collaborative approach being the cornerstones of a senior career with Standard Chartered, where she harnessed her entrepreneurial spirit to create and lead a range of global…
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In this episode, we chat with the dynamic and creative Hanne Kristiansen. From riding horses at 4 years old, to fixing the farm roof soon after, and wilfully not reading out loud until she was older than 10, Hanne has always done things her own way and proudly so. Her journey took her from being the daughter of hippy parents in provincial Denmark t…
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In this episode, we chat with the accomplished and thoughtful Stephen Page OBE. Starting his working life in a bookshop he soon realised he wanted to be "nearer to the story", and found his way into his first role in publishing. Cutting his teeth in sales and marketing, Stephen's relentless, enterprising approach saw his career rise with successes …
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In this episode, we chat with the wonderful Australian singer and songwriter Frances Madden. Described by the Australian Institute of Music as "one of Australia's most talented young singer/songwriters and piano players", we hear about Frances's journey from a six year old who became obsessed with piano, to eventually playing live in front of tens …
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In this episode we chat with energetic changemaker, and Charity CEO, Sandra Schembri. As the daughter of immigrants, Sandra inherited a fierce work ethic which has been one of the superpowers propelling her inspiring career journey. From a TV runner to Bloomberg and Ronnie Scotts, hard work and an unrelenting desire to learn and grow led her to bec…
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In this episode we chat with leader, innovator and entrepreneur James Scroggs. We hear both James' own odyssey through the world of work - from Marketing Director at MTV, to re-establishing workwear brand M.C. Overalls, and music entrepreneur - through to his drive now to empower people towards fulfilling careers, as creator of education venture Ne…
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In this episode, we chat with the inspiring artist Svante. Discovering an early passion for art, Svante's life took a different turn as he shifted his creative talents towards business. Success came quickly and with all the trappings, but it was soul destroying and through a challenging process of self-discovery, Svante found his way back to art. N…
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In this episode, we chat with one of Britain's best known film writers, Ian Nathan. From filling in for the entertainment column at his student newspaper, to just a few years later becoming Empire magazine's youngest ever Editor, and now a successful bestselling author and TV regular, Ian has always had a knack for knowing the right move, and the c…
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In this episode, we chat with the accomplished journalist and writer Kate Maxwell. From the age of 8 Kate dreamt of becoming a novelist. Leaving Oxford with a degree in English she embarked on a successful career which took her to J Walter Thompson, Conde Nast, Soho House and Facebook, via a start-up in New York. Yet the dream of becoming an author…
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In this episode, we're talking with the brilliant entrepreneur, and all round lovely human, Anna Anderson. Anna has entrepreneurship running in the family, being the daughter of Chris Anderson, the pioneer of Ted Talks. But what drives her day to day is the mission to make the world a better place, spreading more joy and connection through Kindred,…
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In this episode, we speak with multitalented entrepreneur, advisor, and investor Tom Adeyoola. An all-rounder from an early age, Tom's early career took him on a steep learning curve through digital media and gaming to found the fashion tech business Metail which he led for 11 years, raising over $32m before exiting in 2019. Tom now has seats on a …
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In this episode, we speak with visionary, author and coach John Spencer Williams. John is best known for his three amazing books "Screw Work, Let's Play", "Screw Work, Break Free", and "F*** Work, Let's Play". He is a standing judge at The Business Book Awards, and Founder of The Ideas Lab, where he has worked with and inspired thousands of entrepr…
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In this episode, we chat with author and entrepreneur Dan Kieran. Through a magical twist of fate he found himself on the doorstep of the Idler magazine in 1997, embarking on a journey that took him from work experience to Managing Editor. In 2010 he conceived Unbound – bringing an innovative crowdfunding model to publishing - as co-founder and CEO…
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In this episode, we chat with Kew Gardens Executive Board member, and Kew Foundation lead, Meredith Pierce Hunter. Meredith's international path has included senior fundraising roles at Harvard, London Business School, and a Trusteeship at Bernado's, and she takes us through her winding journey with warmth and insight. Meredith shares with us all t…
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In today's episode, we chat with Alan Rousso. Alan's early career took him from academia to Russia where he became the head of the prestigious Carnegie Moscow Centre. From there he moved to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (or EBRD) in the UK where over 20 years he made a significant contribution as a senior leader. He is now wo…
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In this episode, we chat with Tom Shone. A movie buff from a young age, Tom has been intricately involved in the world of film ever since including being the Sunday Times film critic, and writing for publications such as Vogue, The New Yorker, and the New York Times. He is now also a prolific author having written multiple books ranging from retros…
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In this episode, we chat with David Lough. David followed an adventurous spirit to begin his career in overseas shipping, where he spent three formative years in Japan. Bringing insights from this experience to a career in the City, he followed an idea that had "got hold" of him to start Heartwood, the UK's first wealth manager in 1988. After 25 su…
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In this episode, we chat with Hannah Chappatte. At a young age, and frustrated by the toxic rental market for students, Hannah conceived and founded Hybr, a student accommodation platform that connects students with landlords, of which she is now co-founder and CEO. Since then Hybr has raised significant funding, built a large presence in the marke…
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In this episode we chat with celebrity photographer and film producer Cambridge Jones. Cambridge Jones (real name Paul Barrow) is a British celebrity photographer, entrepreneur, actor and movie producer. He has photographed several British Prime Ministers, Royalty, and has had exhibitions all over the world from Doha, to New York and Moscow. He has…
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We've reached the end of the line. In many fantasy football leagues, Week 13 is the final week of the fantasy regular season. Some teams have already clinched a spot in the postseason tournament and are just jockeying for position and a potential first-round bye. Others still have been eliminated but are hoping to take as many folks down with them …
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It’s Deshaun Watson’s world. The rest of us are just living in it. The rookie quarterback for the Houston Texans (and your 2017 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year – book it) put on yet another show in Week 8, topping 400 passing yards and tossing four touchdowns in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks. It was a performance that lifted any number of fantasy…
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We’ve already hit Week 8 of the 2017 NFL season. The fantasy football campaign is already into the second half, and soon the stretch run for the playoffs will begin. For many fantasy owners, that makes the edict clear – win this week, or there may not be a stretch run to worry about. As usual, the NFL isn’t making things any easier for fantasy owne…
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Five weeks into any season, a solid percentage of fantasy football owners are going to be anxious. Nervous. Freaking out, even. After the Week 5 we just saw go down, the percentage is probably lying somewhere between 97 and 106. It’s not just that some squads are the fantasy equivalent of the New York Giants and Los Angeles Chargers and sitting at …
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We’ve hit the quarter-pole of the 2017 NFL season, and with it the first fourth of this year’s fantasy regular season. And just like the three weeks before them, Week 4 was a wild one that left many fantasy owners reeling. In Week 4 alone we saw… A rookie quarterback (Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans) roll up over 300 passing yards and five tot…
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We’re two weeks into the 2017 NFL (and fantasy football) season, and for every thing we know about the year there are three things we don’t. We knew that Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots were going to be OK, and sure enough they rebounded in Week 2. But raise your hand if you had Trevor Siemian of the D…
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Week 1 is in the books. The first week of NFL action in 2017 featured more than a few great performances. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw four touchdown passes in yet another fourth-quarter comeback. Jacksonville Jaguars tailback Leonard Fournette racked up 100 rushing yards in his NFL debut. And Pittsburgh Steelers wideout Antonio…
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The day of reckoning has finally arrived – almost. On Thursday night, the Kansas City Chiefs will travel to Gillette Stadium to face the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the season opener of the 2017 NFL season. By the time the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos finish out the weekend with the second contest of a Monday night double…
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Over the last month, we here at the Feeding Frenzy have been busily getting folks ready for the 2017 season. We’ve queried the quarterbacks. Ruminated on the running backs. Wondered on the wide receivers. And theorized on the tight ends. And now, with but one big draft weekend before Week 1 of the 2017 NFL season gets underway, just one group of pl…
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We’re nearing the end of August. This week teams across the National Football League will hold all their all-important “dress rehearsal” third preseason game. And there are just two big fantasy draft weekends to go before the 2017 NFL season opens at Gillette Stadium. There will be thousands of fantasy drafts this weekend, and drafters far and wide…
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The beginning of the 2017 NFL regular season is drawing closer by the day. On Thursday, the second full week of the preseason will be underway. And fantasy football draft season is kicking into high gear. As fantasy enthusiasts far and wide get ready to pick their teams for the upcoming campaign, it’s time for the gang at the Fantasy Football Feedi…
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We’re into the month of August. The Hall of Fame Game is in the books. And later this week the preseason begins in earnest. And with it that most wonderful time of year in fantasy football… Fantasy draft season. Last week here at the Fantasy Football Feeding Frenzy, we discussed the quarterbacks. This week the focus of the gang at the FFFF (or 4F, …
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Get your sleeping bags and s’mores makers ready – it’s camping time! OK, it’s not that kind of camping. It’s even better. It’s NFL Training Camp time, and that can mean only one thing. It’s also fantasy draft season – or will be soon. With that in mind, the guys at the Fantasy Football Feeding Frenzy are kicking off their 2017 position previews – b…
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It’s summertime. The kids are out of school. Grills are going across the country. And it’s time for an annual ritual that’s as American as apple pie. Camp. It’s time for songs around the campfire. Tasty s’mores. And padless practices where contact is a big ol’ no-no. Those things may not all be happening in the same place. It’s time for organized t…
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Now that the 2017 NFL Draft is in the books, drafts of a different sort are cropping up all over the place. In these drafts, there won’t be a whole lot of working out – you’re more likely to see 40 ounces than 40 times. But the folks involved still take the festivities plenty seriously. It’s rookie draft season in dynasty fantasy football leagues. …
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After months of waiting, tons of speculation and enough scuttlebutt to fill a missile silo, it’s finally go-time, folks. The 2017 NFL Draft is almost here. On Thursday night the focus of football fans everywhere will be on Philadelphia, as we find out the answers to a great many questions that have been asked almost since the moment Super Bowl LI c…
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It’s almost go time. In just one week, the 2017 NFL Draft will officially get underway in Philadelphia. Months of speculation, scuttlebutt and mock drafts galore will finally, blissfully give way to the real deal. Last week the Fantasy Football Feeding Frenzy looked at the top quarterbacks and running backs in the Class of 2017. That leaves two off…
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The big day is almost here! OK – days. We’re just about two weeks out from the 2017 NFL Draft in Philadelphia, when this year’s rookie class will find out where their NFL careers will begin. It’s three days that will send shockwaves across the National Football League – and the fantasy football landscape. And as such, it’s time for the gang at the …
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The 2017 edition of free agency in the NFL is nearing one month old. Over a billion dollars in contracts have been awarded, and any number of players of interest to fantasy football owners have found new homes. At running back, Adrian Peterson remains unsigned, as does Jamaal Charles. The biggest name to switch teams is one of the NFL’s biggest bac…
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The “Underwear Olympics” is here! This week, 330 of college football’s best and brightest will descend on Lucas Oil Stadium for the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine. There will be tests and interviews and drills galore – drills that will help determine the pecking order for the 2017 NFL draft. And with it the pecking order for this year’s rookie crop in f…
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There have been 266 football games in the NFL this season. Now just one more remains – Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas. It’s a classic “offense vs. defense” matchup, as well as a battle of youth vs. experience. In one corner, you have the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons, making their second appearance in the Super Bowl and first in almost 20 years. Th…
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The fantasy football season may be over, but the NFL season is just starting to really heat up. That’s because whether Jim Mora wants us to or not, it’s time to start talking playoffs. This weekend eight of the NFL’s 12 postseason participants will battle in the Wild Card round. And there are sub-plots galore. Will the battle of bad quarterbacks in…
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It’s Week 14. The playoffs have begun in many fantasy football leagues. And that means the time for small talk is done. I could sit here and complain about the dud that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees posted in Week 13, and how that dud killed many a fringe playoff team’s chances this year. Or I could complain about how Cam Newton of the …
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It's the end of the world as we know it -- and I feel FINE. OK, so it's not the end of the world -- maybe. But it is the end of the fantasy football regular season in many leagues. By the time the dust settles in Week 13, some teams will be moving on to the postseason, while others will begin the long, slow wait for draft season 2017 next summer. F…
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Hard though it may be to believe, it's Week 11 of the 2016 NFL season already. We're well into the fantasy playoff stretch run. Time flies when you're having fun, huh? At least some folks are. The ones who drafted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans ar…
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It's Week 9 of the 2016 NFL season already. And this week brings with it the bye week blues. For the second consecutive week, six NFL teams are on a bye, leaving many fantasy owners scrambling to fill a hole in their lineups. For fantasy owners who made it through Tom Brady's four-game suspension and who have been enjoying the huge numbers Brady ha…
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It's the eighth week of the 2016 fantasy football season, and that means a couple of things. First, the fantasy regular season is entering the second half. That means that every week's matchups take on added importance -- especially for fantasy squads desperately clinging to hopes of making the playoffs. Second, with six teams on a bye this week an…
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We've reached the halfway point of the 2016 fantasy football regular season. And for every player who has met or exceeded expectations, there's been one who disappointed. If you drafted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, you're no doubt pleased that he's fantasy's top-ranked passer through six games this year. But if you pulled the trigger seve…
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We're five weeks into the 2016 fantasy football campaign -- almost halfway home. Maybe your team is 5-0 and 4-1. You've ridden the arm of Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons and the legs of David Johnson of the Arizona Cardinals. His teammate Larry Fitzgerald has continued to defy Father Time and rack up fantasy points for your team. Life, as they say…
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We've made it through four weeks of the 2016 NFL season -- a month into this year's fantasy football campaign. And we've already learned a valuable lesson. We don't know nearly as much as we thought we did. Sure, we figured a quarterback from the NFC South would be the top fantasy option at his position. But very few people believed that quarterbac…
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