Latest Matthewthompson Podcast Episodes
Ciaran May on the Sins of our Fathers, Suicide & the Path to Resilience
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - May 27, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCiaran May is the founder of Natural Resilience, a lover of nature and a proud father. In this episode, we talk about: The baggage Northern Irish men are unpacking from their dads/grandas Joining the police as a young lad from West Belfast Taking “the armour off” for the first time The rock...
“Just do” — Tom Griffiths
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - May 20, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsTom Griffiths is a Sunday Times Top 100 Entrepreneur & Disruptor who is currently launching a revolution with https://www.nightlenses.com In this episode, we talk about: Getting Richard Branson naked Digitally selling fish in buckets before they come to shore Breaking the “crabs in a barrel”...
Bethel’s Kitchen’s Willetta Gabriel on Bagels, Pickles & the Future of Dromore
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - May 13, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWilletta Gabriel is the founder of Bethel’s Kitchen: an artisan bagel and pickle business in Dromore, County Down. In this episode, we talk about: Launching an extremely niche product in a rural town Why every single bagel tastes different (Depending on who rolled it) How one social media p...
Mark Marais on Nostalgia, Africa & Building a Business Around Your Passion
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - May 06, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMark Marais is an entrepreneur from Zimbabwe with deep roots in Belfast. He’s the founder of the luxury travel business Africa Golf Safari and co-founder of the Sport Changes Life Foundation. In this episode, we talk about: Growing up on an idyllic African farm during the war How sport helpe...
“American Uncle” Tony Novosel on Study USA & the Transformational Power of Travel
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsTony Novosel MBE is a former motor mechanic, steelworker, and semi-retired academic from Pittsburgh who has dedicated his life to serving Northern Ireland. In this episode, we talk about: How the collapse of the steel industry was the best thing that ever happened to him Why he first decided ...
Graham Robinson On Art, Virtual Productions & The End Of Hollywood
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGraham Robinson is an Artist and Director with over 15 years of experience working with household names like Netflix, Universal Music Group, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Dua Lipa and the BBC. In this episode, we talk about: How the creative journey is made up of incremental steps rather than huge Hol...
Graham Robinson on Virtual Production & The Future of Storytelling
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGraham Robinson is an Artist and Director with over 15 years of experience working with household names like Netflix, Universal Music Group, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Dua Lipa and the BBC. In this episode, we talk about: How the creative journey is made up of incremental steps rather than huge Hol...
Changing the world one beer at a time | Alan Mahon, Brewgooder
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAlan Mahon is the Belfast-born Founder and CEO of Brewgooder, an impact beer brand, B Corp, and the fastest-growing independent UK beer brand of 2023. In this episode, we talk about: Meeting George Clooney & Leonardo Dicaprio Leaving his "three mums” behind to move to Scotland The tension be...
Marty Neill on Tiny Rooms, Video Games & “Figuring It Out”
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMarty Neill is the founder of AirPOS. He’s also an ex-music journalist and avid retro gamer. In this episode, we talk about: Leaving school illegally at 15-years-old Building and selling video games as a kid on his Spectrum + 2 How all the best things in his life have come from “tiny rooms” ...
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir on Blackbirds, Boyhood & The Future of Media
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMáirtín Ó Muilleoir is the publisher of the Andersonstown News in Belfast and the Irish Echo in New York. In this episode, we talk about: Why he has a blackbird on his business card How he was able to buy a business with no money The future of the newspaper industry Growing up in Andytown d...
Patrick Treacy on Pioneering Aesthetic Medicine, Treating Michael Jackson & Witnessing History
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPatrick Treacy is a pioneer in Aesthetic Medicine. Throughout his incredible career, he’s won countless awards, trained thousands of doctors and trail-blazed new protocols used around the world today. In this episode, we talk about: Smuggling cars across the German border to pay for med school...
Meat Merchant Peter Hannan on Quality, Attention To Detail & “Chance Encounters”
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - March 18, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPeter Hannan is a Meat Merchant who supplies 400+ restaurants throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, including some of the biggest names in the industry. In this episode, we talk about: How he started out in the meat business (Aka, butchering lambs for his mum's mate's freezer as a boy) Movi...
Iain Percy on Olympic Success, Electric Ferries & Maritime Decarbonisation
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIain Percy is the founder of Artemis Technologies and a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist. In this episode, we talk about: How he fell in love with the water His work with professional sailing teams around the world Building the world's first electric workboat and electric passenger ferry The ...
Unlocking Toyota's Winning Formula | Alan Weir | Belfast Roots to Global Success
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAlan Weir is a top leader at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK. In today's episode, we talk about: His first job in Belfast Zoo Amusement park as a kid Working in a seatbelt factory Leaving home Managing a team of 40 English men in his early-twenties (And the leadership lessons he learned as a...
Ross Lazaroo-Hood on Taking Risks, Letting Go of Limiting Beliefs & Living Forever
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRoss Lazaroo-Hood is the CEO of Clearer Water: “a social-impact company” based in Larne. He's also the founder of Landmark Insurance Group and cofounder of the RUSA Foundation Charity. In today's episode, we talk about: Where his name comes from Growing up in an estate in Larne Getting the ...
Snow Leopards, Snakes & Community Farms | Wildlife Conservationist Jonny Hanson
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJonny Hanson is a conservationist, agriculturalist, and entrepreneur. In this episode, we discuss: Spending his summer holidays working with wild animals. Pursuing a PhD in Snow Leopard Conservation. The shift in the conservation industry from a "Western" to a "local" approach. Living in bo...
Beyond the Love Story with Relationship Coach Lisa McFarland
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - February 12, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsLisa McFarland is Northern Ireland’s leading relationship coach. In today’s episode, we talk about: Why there’s a taboo about getting help with your relationship (Versus hiring a PT, mechanic etc) The importance of talking to your male partner shoulder-to-shoulder Why 96% of her followers o...
Education Reimagined: Behind-The-Scenes At Holywood Steiner Private School | Peter Chambers
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPeter Chambers is the Headteacher at Holywood Steiner School, an alternative to mainstream education that’s making a powerful impact on the lives of pupils and teachers alike. In today's episode, we talk about: How the school has doubled in budget, size and staff since 2020 Why most people ar...
CONSUMER to CREATOR ft. Seth Godin
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - February 01, 2024 23:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSeth Godin is the author of 21 best-selling books, including: The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, This Is Marketing and most recently, Song of Significance. In this episode, we talk about: How to shift from a consumer to a creator One decision you can make to free up 100+ hours each month ...
Adam Chambers on Supreme Confidence, Investing In Yourself & Building A Legacy
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - January 29, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAdam Chambers is the founder and president of Nurse Recruitment Experts, an online business that has sourced and hired 10,000s of Nurses for health systems across the United States and Canada. In today’s episode, we talk about: Learning to salsa dance How playing Fifa led to his first entrepr...
The Ache For Distant Places w/ Andrea Haughian
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - January 22, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAndrea Haughian is Executive Vice President and Head of Americas at Invest NI, Northern Ireland’s Economic Development Agency. In today’s episode, we talk about: Why she’s proud of Lurgan Showing up to the “wrong interview” (and how it changed her life) The opportunities “being keen” opened ...
Aaron Dugan: Cocktail Bar Manager, The Merchant Hotel
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - January 15, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAaron Dugan is the Bar Manager of The Cocktail Bar at The Merchant Hotel. In today’s episode, we talk about: His time working as a sake sommelier in Dubai Why our tastebuds have become more refined after COVID The world’s most expensive cocktail Stories behind The Merchant’s 17-drink cockta...
Andrew Irvine: City Centre Chaplaincy
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAndrew Irvine in a former life led the redevelopment of Belfast St. George's Market, then spent 9 years as the Belfast City Centre Manager. In 2015 Andrew's career took change of direction when he was accepted for training as a Methodist Minister. Now ordained for 3 years, Andrew leads Belfast C...
Baroness May Blood: Integrated Education Fund
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - January 01, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings[Rebroadcast: this episode first aired October 16th 2020] Baroness May Blood grew up in a working-class area of Belfast. In today’s episode, we talk all about what it was like growing up in Belfast in the ’40s, her time in the House Of Lords and why Integrated Education is essential to over...
Terry George: The Oscar-Winning Director From Belfast
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - December 25, 2023 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings[Rebroadcast: this episode first aired on August 19th 2019] Terry George is an Oscar-winning film director from Belfast, Northern Ireland, known for movies like Hotel Rwanda, The Shore, In The Name Of The Father and much, much more. In this rare conversation, we talk about why he creates t...
The Small Steps To Success w/ Ryan Donnelly
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - December 18, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRyan Donnelly is the co-founder of Enzai, a start-up who’s mission is to enable a future where AI is harnessed to address humanity's most significant challenges In today’s episode, we talk about: An incredible four-year journey from being in a career he hated to running a start-up he loves Th...
“EVERYTHING You Know About Networking is WRONG!” — Kingsley Aikins
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - December 12, 2023 10:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsKingsley Aikins is one of the world’s leading experts on networking, relationship-building and diaspora engagement. In this episode, we caught up with Kingsley in his home for a rare conversation about: How the old way of networking is dead (And why it probably never worked in the first place...
Headmaster Kyle McCallan on Leadership, “The 3 B’s” & Following Better Things
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - December 04, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsKyle McCallan is the Headmaster of Lurgan College. He’s also a former Irish International Cricketer with 2 World Cups and 226 caps. In today’s episode, we talk about: The difference between a manager and a leader “The 3B’s” that make up the ethos of his school What held him back as a profess...
Gemma Austin: A Peculiar Tea
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - November 27, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGemma Austin is the Owner of A Peculiar Tea in Belfast and a Great British Menu contestant who has represented Northern Ireland three times. In today's episode we talk about: How “losing everything” set her on the path to success Battling anxiety and depression The ONE conversation that led ...
Martina Tierney on Seating Matters, Family Business & “The Stairway of My Life”
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast - November 20, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMartina Tierney is the founder of Seating Matters and author of “The Stairway of My Life.” In today’s episode, we talk about: Why the stairs in her house are so special Growing up as one of fourteen siblings How a farming background prepared her for entrepreneurship Becoming an Occupational...
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