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231 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe interview people from a multitude of different industries to better understand what their Career entails. Whether you are looking to the future, looking for change or just curious about what other people do, this is the podcast for you.
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Episodes
Broadcaster - Horse Racing
March 16, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 22.5 MBWe chat with Tom Stanley about life as a Horse racing Presenter/Broadcaster. Tom's Dad had a big influence in introducing him to the sport and over the years Tom developed a love for the sport but he never thought he would work in the industry itself, instead he dreamed of becoming an actor. Around tom's mid twenties he decided that although he enjoyed acting and was landing some great roles, it wasn't really secure enough for him, so he decided to go down a different path which led...
Videographer
March 11, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBWe chat with Jenny about life as a Videographer. From studying film and TV production at university to working in a marketing company with a focus on media, to working on a cruise ship as a photographer and videographer traveling all across the world to going freelance as a full time videographer Jenny gives us an insight into her journey to finding her dream career. We chat about the growth and development of the industry and how jobs and opportunities in this field are becoming mo...
Architect - Classical
March 09, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBWe chat with George about life as a classical Architect. George has always had a connection to Architecture and specifically classical architecture because his grandfather was an Classical Architect himself, and was quite unusual for his time as most architects had rejected Classical Architecture in favour of Modernism. George takes us through his experiences within the industry and the change he has seen over his time as an Architect. We chat about university, placements, the devel...
Interior Designer
March 04, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBWe chat with Lauren about life as an interior Designer. Ever since Lauren can remember she has had a love for all things interior design, Regularly redesigning her and her siblings bedrooms, this progressed through the years culminating in Lauren attending Chelsea college of art to study Interior and Spatial Architecture. Lauren then went of to work for a Luxury brand in central London for the next five years learning as many skills as she could until she made the leap into the worl...
Digital Illustrator
March 02, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 12 MBWe chat with Siena about life as a Digital Illustrator and commerce business owner. Siena never knew what she wanted to do for work once she left school but has always loved art, so she applied to do a foundation year Graphic design course at university, but after deciding university just wasn't the right path for her, Siena needed a new plan. A few months later Siena would have a growing Ecommerce business, which uses her skill and passion for art. The business has grown so much th...
Endurance Athlete - Nick Butter
February 25, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBWe chat with Nick Butter about life as an Adventurer, Speaker, Writer and Running addict. Nick is best known for being the first person to run a marathon in every country in the world, as well as many other feats of endurance counting nearly 100 Ultra Marathons, 828 marathons and over 45,000 Miles among them. Having developed a love for running from a very early age, Nick always kept his passion burning in the background attending running events and competitions, even whilst he star...
Weather Presenter & Meteorologist
February 23, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBWe chat with Chris Page about life as a Weather presenter and Meteorologist. Chris has always had a love for learning about how and why the natural world works, conducting science experiments in his back garden since he was a kid, This led Chris down a path that would end up with him working at the MET Office and eventually as a weather presenter on ITV. We chat about Chris's time at the MET office and what working their involves, before speaking to Chris we had never really thought...
Lawyer (Technology)
February 18, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBWe chat with Ed from Stephenson Law about life as a Tech Lawyer. We chat about the ever growing world of tech law, the advent of the internet and everything from Social media to AI to personal data has brought about new challenges for law makers, each new innovation brings with it, it's own unique set of problems and challenges for both companies and consumers. It is a Tech Lawyers job to help their clients make sense of what they can and can't do in the ever changing digital world....
Landscape Artist
February 16, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBWe chat with Lucas about life as a Landscape artist. From a very young age Lucas started to create art, having been inspired by both his farther and grandfather, who were both brilliant artists. We talk about the positives, negatives and opportunities being an Artist can offer. Lucas story is super interesting, from living in South America, Europe and now Canada, to Studying design in Austria and meeting his childhood sweetheart when he returned to his native Argentina, packing thei...
Sports Broadcaster - Alex Payne
February 11, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 22 MBWe chat with Alex Payne about life as a sports broadcaster. The avid rugby fans among our listeners will know the name well, Alex has been presenting Rugby Union coverage for a number of years, landing a job at Sky Sports just a week out of university making the tea and coffee, gradually progressing up the ranks to his dream job of Broadcaster. Being a broadcaster and working at the weekends left Alex with a lot of free time during the week which he at first filled with playing golf...
History Producer & Presenter
February 09, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBWe chat with Alice about life as a Producer and Presenter. Alice works for the History Hit streaming service, creating amazing historical documentaries, podcasts and more. Alice's role at History Hit involves, producing, presenting, writing researching and most recently branching out onto social media platforms such as TIK TOK. We chat about the need to go above and beyond to get your foot in the door at any job you want, its not good enough to just have a degree anymore, to land th...
Actor and Content Creator
February 04, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 26.1 MBWe chat with Jahannah about life as an Actress and Content Creator. Jahannah always wanted to be an actress and ended up attending acting school and started to pursue a career in the industry, but as many actors/actresses will attest to its an incredibly competitive industry and very hard to stand out, so Jahannah started to film some Comedy sketches and put them online to showcase her work, and after uploading a sketch to facebook which went viral she started to create more and mor...
Strength and Conditioning Coach
February 02, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBWe chat with Rob Pacey about life as a Strength and conditioning Coach. Rob tells us all about his journey from professional footballer to Strength and conditioning coach to podcaster and consultant. We chat about the development of the science and data implementation into professional sport, especially in the football world. We also discuss the importance of building a professional network no matter the industry you choose to go into, whether thats through social media, podcasts or...
E-Commerce Baker
January 28, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBWe chat with Steph about life as an E-commerce baker. Steph tells us all about how and why she set up the business, what started out as a passion project quickly turned into a thriving E-commerce business and is going from strength to strength, having created cookies and cakes for all sorts of celebrities and businesses. Steph approached the world of baking with a designers eye, starting out by thinking about how she could make the coolest designs then figuring out how to bake them ...
Acoustic Engineer (HARMAN)
January 26, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBWe chat with Greg Sikora, director and head of acoustic systems engineering at Harman, about his career as an acoustic engineer within the company’s car audio division. Greg has always had a passion for music and audio; from a young age he learnt the piano and loves all genres of music. Having spent nine years at university getting his Master’s degree in Audio Engineering and a Master’s degree in Sound Recording, Greg began his career as a sound engineer before moving into the aut...
Racing Driver Formula E
January 21, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBWe chat with Alexander Sims about life as a Racing Driver in Formula E. From Starting out in karting to processing all the way to Formula E, Alexander talks about the amazing opportunities to travel the world competing at the very top level of motor sport, as well as the difficulties to getting into the sport, the main one being able to secure huge amounts of sponsorship as you move through the gap between karting and being signed by a team. We also chat about the development of ele...
Astrophysicist
January 19, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBWe chat with Kiersten about life as an Astrophysicist, studying all sorts of objects in the night sky such as Stars, Galaxies, Exoplanets and even trying to decode mysteries such as finding out what Dark Matter is. Kiersten is in her first year of a PHD studying Galactic Archeology (I'm sure you will agree thats a pretty cool title) she is also super passionate about science communication, and shares her knowledge and love for space and science on social media which has gained her q...
Engineering Overview, Dr Rhys Morgan (Director Royal Academy Engineering)
January 14, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 21.5 MBWe chat with Doctor Rhys Morgan who is the Director of the royal Academy of Engineering. This is episode is a brilliant overview of the Engineering sector and what types of careers are out there as well as how to get into them. (The sound quality is not the best on this one unfortunately, Hopefully when we get back to normal we won't have to worry about internet signals! and we can get some in person recordings Done)
Fashion Photographer
January 12, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBWe chat with Hannah about life as a Fashion photographer. Hannah never planned on becoming a photographer, she studied Printed textile design at university, and in her final year Hannahs work was chosen to exhibited at a trade show called New London Designers, which led to a job offer from an American employer out in New York to work as a textile designer. Hannah jumped at the chance to live and work in the big apple. After buying her first DSLR in New York Hannah started to become ...
Professional Cyclist
January 07, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBWe chat with Matt Stephens about life as a Professional Cyclist, Commentator and Digital Content Creator. From a young age you could find Matt out and about on his bike, whether it be out with his mates, going to and from school or out with his dad. Matt first realised that he wanted to be a professional cyclist after being taken over to France by his dad to go along to one of the Tour de France stages, after seeing the action up close he came home and started to compete. From then ...
Psychotherapist
January 05, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBWe chat with Lindsay Fleming about life as a Psychotherapist. Lindsay currently co-owns a private practice in Chicago where she sees her own clients and helps to supervise three other therapists at the practice, she also has experience working with out patients in the US hospital system and most recently Lindsay shot to TIK TOK fame with her funny and informative videos on phsyco eduction with the aim of helping those that don't have access to good mental health care. From deciding ...
Journalist and Food Critic
December 31, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 17 MBWe chat with William Sitwell about his career within the world of journalism, from starting out to finding his niche in the world of food and drink. William tells us all about his first few jobs in journalism right through to the present day, a great story filled with ups and downs, fun and laughter, great food and great people. If your thinking of entering the world of journalism whatever your preferred subject area within the industry William offers some brilliant advice, from thi...
TV Presenter and Engineer
December 29, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBWe chat with Rob Bell about life as a TV Presenter and Engineer. Rob has always been passionate about solving problems which naturally led him down the engineering route in school and university. Rob then spent an 8 year period working in the environmental sector after which he made the leap into the world of TV and he hasn't looked back since working for Broadcasters such as the BBC, Channel 5, Yesterday and the Travel channel. Rob's first big break was for the BBC on a show called...
Professional Golfer
December 24, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBWe chat with Ben Talbot about life as a professional Golfer. Ben gives a really honest account of the positives and negatives of being a pro Golfer, from building a great team of coaches around him, developing every aspect of his game to the hours of practice when he's not playing at tournaments as well as the financial side of the career. We also talk about the psychological part of the game and being able to block everything out and move on if you have played a bad shot so you don...
Horticulturalist
December 22, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBWe chat with Michael Perry about life as a Horticulturalist. Horticulture is a massive industry and one that is growing at a rapid rate, Michael shares his experience in the industry so far, from creating new plants to working on QVC, This Morning and most recently Steph's Packed Lunch as resident Plant Geek. Michael has had a passion for the world of plants from a very young age when his grandparents would encourage him to help them out in the garden, and since then he has never wa...
Carpenter
December 15, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBWe chat with chris about life as a carpenter. We talk about apprenticeships vs learning in a class room as well as all the usual questions you would expect from us, like the positives, negatives, salary expectations as well as opportunities the industry can provide. A huge benefit of getting a trade is learning a skill that is most likely always going to be in demand as well as being able to use those skills to your advantage, as chris did when he bought his first house at twenty on...
Model
December 10, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBWe chat with Louise about life as a model, the industry has drastically changed for the better over her career and she shares her experiences in the industry with us. After a chance meeting with a modelling agent in a coffee shop at the age of fourteen Louise has never looked back, from amazing opportunities to travel the world and work with like minded people, to adapting to the new age of the influencer, we talk positives, negatives, mental health, what you can expect to earn and ...
CrossFit Athlete
December 08, 2020 06:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBWe chat with Will Kane about life in the fitness industry as a competitive cross fit athlete and Gym owner. Will gives loads of great advice about getting into the fitness industry, and the many routes you can take once your in. The number one takeaway from this chat for me was that getting into the fitness industry is all about helping people, giving them a place to escape to and better themselves. Will and his team have built a real community at their gym, and it has paid off as t...
Space Lawyer
December 03, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBWe chat with Professor Chris Newman about life as a space lawyer and academic. Chris has had a love for all things space since he can remember, after deciding that his skill set was more focused on written and verbal communication as opposed to maths and engineering he pursued a career within legal academia. With the commercialisation of space, space law is being discussed in a way that it hasn't been before, with billions and billions of dollars of investment being pumped into our ...
Photographer - Portrait
November 26, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBWe chat with Frederic Aranda about life as a portrait photographer. Frederic came over to the UK to study Japanese at Oxford university and having already started to develop a love for portraiture he joined the photography clubs at the university which gave him access to the dark room and allowed him to hone his craft. Over the years Frederic has taken some immense photos and worked with people at the height of their careers such as Pharrell Williams, Sir Ian McKellen, Dina Asher Sm...
Chef
November 24, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBWe chat with Tim Maddams about life as a Chef, Author and Podcaster. Tim has always had a passion for food which he developed from a young age watching his mum create fantastic dishes from local ingredients. Tim's food ethos is all about locally grown and responsibly sourced ingredients, he talks us through his career at a number of different establishments, from working for Marco Pierre White in London to his four year stint at River Cottage alongside Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. T...
Sommelier and Wine Blogger
November 19, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBWe chat with India about life as a Sommelier and wine blogger. India was born in Italy and moved over to the Netherlands when she was very young, but being from an Italian family meant that she was exposed to wine culture from the get go, being allowed to try a drop of wine mixed with water on the odd occasion at dinner. It wasn't until India was twenty one that she really got into wine, after attending her first wine course she realised she had a real passion for the industry. From...
Mountaineer and Adventurer
November 17, 2020 06:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBWe chat with Jake Meyer about life as a Mountaineer and Adventurer. Jake has had a passion for mountaineering since he was about fourteen and once he caught the adventure bug he set his sights on some pretty lofty goals from the get go, deciding that he would aim to be the youngest person to complete the "seven summits" (the highest mountain on each continent) completing the task got of to a pretty good start, seeing in the new millennium from the summit of Kilimanjaro at the age of...
ZooKeeper
November 12, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBWe chat with Dan Rumsey about life as a Zookeeper and conservationist. Dan talks about his love for reptiles and animals of all shapes and sizes and how he was able to take that passion and turn it into an amazing career. Dans career has taken him all over the world, helping with conservation projects as well as observing some of the animals he looks after in the zoo in their natural environment which helps Dan to provide as natural an environment as possible at the zoo. We chat abo...
Artist
November 10, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBWe chat with Carla Grace about life as a wildlife artist, having grown up all over Africa Carla was exposed to some amazing wildlife right on her door step which would later influence her brand as an artist. Carla's Grandma is a landscape painter so a love of art runs in her family, at the age of seven Carla's Grandma gave her, her first art lesson on how to draw a vase, Carla drew it so well that her grandma decided she didn't need anymore lessons. Carla gives a very honest account...
Scientific Broadcaster and Author
November 05, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBWe chat with Mark Thompson about life as a scientific broadcaster and Author. Marks Broadcasting career is a really interesting example of creating opportunity for yourself. Mark never studied a scientific subject formally at university, but from the age of ten he developed a real passion for science and specifically astronomy having joint a local astronomy club, which would come together to learn about the wonders of space. Mark started his career in the media industry presenting s...
Photographer - Wildlife
November 03, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBWe chat with Steve Woods about life as a wildlife photographer. Steve has had an amazing career to date, having worked in sports and press photography for national newspapers in the UK. Steve wanted to use his photography skill set as a force for good and to aid in conservation efforts, so he moved over to Canada and has been working as a conservation photographer ever since. Steve is incredibly lucky to live in a country with such a huge plethora of amazing photographers who regula...
Author
October 29, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 18.8 MBWe chat with Giles Paley-Phillips about life as an Author. Giles started writing when his wife was pregnant with their first child, as he had a real desire to craft a story for his soon to be son. Giles tells us all about the realities of being an Author, from the process of writing the book, getting it into a publishers hands, the marketing and promotion as well as earning potential. Giles gives some brilliant advice to any budding authors about the actual process of writing a book...
Anthropologist and Broadcaster
October 27, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 24.7 MBWe chat with Mary-Ann Ochota about life as an Anthropologist and Broadcaster. Anthropology is is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, and societies, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour and cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. Mary-Ann had originally wanted to become a vet but after watching a documentary about mountaineering arch...
Director and Producer
October 22, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBWe chat with Samantha about life as a Director/Producer. Samantha has always had two passions in life, one was cars the other filmmaking, the influence for both coming from her family, her dad was a mechanic and her uncle worked in the media industry traveling the world making tv shows and documentaries. Samantha was able to unintentionally combine her two passions into a career when after attending college and university studying TV and media production she landed her first real jo...
Evolutionary Biologist
October 20, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBWe chat with Dillon about life as an Evolutionary Biologist. From having a real fear of nature until the age of thirteen, Dillon did a 180 degree turn and decided to dedicate his career to understanding the evolution of animals specialising in reptiles and amphibians, to this day Dillon is not really sure what happened to his fear of nature. Dillon comes from a family of nature lovers, so much so that they own a pet store, so one way or another nature has always payed a role in his ...
Rocket Man (Astronomer and Engineer)
October 15, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBWe chat with Nick Howes about his incredibly varied career, a mixture of Astronomy, Music and Engineering. Nick has had numerous and extremely cool jobs ranging from working for the european space agency in holland to working on the square kilometre array which was at the time the biggest science project on earth, to working at Yamaha's research and development team for sixteen years building synthesisers and instruments. Nick currently works at BMT researching and developing new te...
Neuroscientist
October 13, 2020 05:00 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBWe chat with Nicole who is currently at university studying Neuroscience with the hopes of taking her degree into behavioural economics. It was fascinating to talk to Nicole about her favourite area of neuroscience, one being neuroplasticity which is the ability of the brain to change through growth and recognition, which is essentially building habits through long term potentiation, i.e if you feed your brain with positive thoughts and reinforcement you will build positivity into t...
Zoologist and Conservationist
October 08, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MBWe chat with Lara Jackson about life as a zoologist and conservationist. Like most that decide they want to work in these fields Lara has ben fascinated by nature since she was very young. Lara originally thought that she would like to be a vet but as time went on her focus at school changed and it led to her choosing to study oceanography in her first year at university, which didn't turn out to be what Lara had hoped so she changed to zoology for the second year and ended up doing...
Marketing and Business Manager
October 06, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBWe chat with Tyler Wells a Marketing and Business manager with a wealth of experience in the digital content and e-learning space, and had most recently tried his hand at teaching marketing at a university in Canada. Tyler's interest in marketing began in school when his teacher decided to do a class on advertising, and explained the theory behind the "Snap, Crackle, and Pop" Slogan, which in Tyler's own words "blew my socks off." From then on Tyler thought he would go through the t...
Blacksmith
October 01, 2020 05:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBWe chat with Oscar Duck about life as a blacksmith. At just thirteen years old Oscar decided that the stone tipped bow and arrow set he had made needed upgrading so naturally he dug a hole in the garden, built his own forge from a collection of house hold items including his mums hairdryer and set about forging his own steal arrow heads. In Oscars own words he was a "bit of a dangerous child." Over the past four years Oscar has spent every Saturday working part time with a very expe...
Vet - Rory Cowlam
September 29, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBWe chat with Rory Cowlam about life as a Vet. Rory knew that he wanted to be a vet from the age of four, ever since he got his first dog, a great dane called Lulu. Being a puppy Lulu needed to go to the vets for he jabs and it was there that he was greeted with the quintessential "James Herriot" veterinary practice and met Mr Benson the vet that would inspire Rory to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. Rory talks us through his experiences at vet school, from exams and theory, t...
Motorsport Engineer
September 24, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MBWe chat with Ben Newman a Motorsport Engineer. Ben has known that he wanted to work in Motorsport since the age of 14, having picked up his passion for all things Motor from his dad. Ben is lucky enough to live in a town with a top level Motorsport business, which he managed to secure work experience at during his time in secondary school. Having made such a good impression during his work experience he was taken on by the business part time whilst he completed his studies. After at...
Journalism - Men's Fashion
September 22, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MBWe chat with Benedict Browne about life as a Men's Fashion Journalist. Benedict spent his early years interning at numerous magazines and PR agencies paying his dues, culminating in job offers from huge publications such as the Rake and Gentleman's journal which led to fantastic opportunities such as regularly traveling to Italy, visiting Bespoke designers to learn about how they make their products as well as meeting with Brands and PR agencies all across London to bring the best s...
Farrier
September 17, 2020 05:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBWe chat with Matt Wallis about life as a Farrier. Being a Farrier involves many different skill sets whether that be blacksmithing, learning how to control huge animals whilst you try to carry out very intricate adjustments or even building your own business from scratch, it also requires an in depth knowledge of the anatomy of horses. Farriery is a highly regulated industry within the UK and one of the only countries around the world where you need to hold a qualification to work, ...