Are You Creative?
Sangita Mittra and Nick Hearne explore creative careers. Talking with fascinating creative people to find out what makes them do what they do. Can they inspire Sangita to be creative?
Based in and around Essex, UK
Supported by NGDA and Lawker Media
Episodes
63 episodes
EP63 - GIANT INFLATABLES MAKER - John Spence
Owner of Megaflatables, a manufacturer of giant inflatables. Megaflatables designed the giant monsters that were all over the city of Chelmsford. They’ve designed giant Squid Game characters for Netflix promotion, including a giant 15 metre inf...
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Episode 63
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59:34
EP62 - INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST - Lora Aziz
Lora is an Egyptian–British interdisciplinary artist, writer, and researcher whose community-led work moves between environmental storytelling, walking-based arts, and cultural practice.We are channeling full moon energy in the studio. ...
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Episode 62
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1:10:13
EP61 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR - Tom Knight
Children’s book illustrator from Mersea Island, Essex. He recently got a selfie stick and will throw it in a ditch if he sees anyone else on his walk. Mark Strong and his sexy microphone voice. Tom had just been doing an online schools event fo...
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Episode 61
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1:02:30
EP60 - BROADCASTING LEGEND - Steve Lamacq MBE
LIVE from Patch Place, Chelmsford for Essex Podcast Festival. Disappointingly Steve isn’t wearing his MBE medal. Talking The Meffs and MeffFest at Charter Hall. Steve grew up in a small village near Halstead, Essex. He discovered music at Xmas ...
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Episode 60
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1:14:38
EP59 - STORYTELLER AND ADVENTURER - James Lawrence
AKA Man About Country! Our first walking podcast along the banks of the River Chelmer through Chelmsford City Centre to Essex Records Office. James aka Man About Country. Born in Chelmsford, raised in Kelvedon. He loves telling stories about Br...
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Episode 59
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52:55
EP58 - EXPERIMENTAL SOUND ARTIST - Frazer Merrick
Sound artist from Colchester. Studied Music Tech in Huddersfield, and could straddle music and engineering departments and experiment for four years. Learning the recording process as well as making music - a great place for a curious mind. Fra...
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Episode 58
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1:07:07
EP57 - SECRET FESTIVAL ORGANISER - Ben Wass
Ben and his friends run the Secret Island festival on Mersea Island in Essex. An independent music festival - previous headliners have been Mike Skinner from The Streets, Orbital, and Faithless. Ben’s Dad was an oysterman, his brother is an oys...
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Episode 57
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59:52
EP56 - ALGORITHMIC ARTIST - Nik Rawlinson
Algorithmic artist from Chelmsford, Essex. Specilaising in using technology to create art. Previously a radio technology news and features journalist, London news, and politics, Nik knows his way around a microphone. He’s also written a load of...
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Episode 56
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1:06:56
EP55 - WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER - Vai Meng Chan
Wildlife photographer Meng was born in Macau, grew up in Hong Kong, now in Romford from 2006 working as a graphic designer. Hong Kong cinema, Jackie Chan, Drunken Master and dubbing voices in different countries. Jaiden is back in the house, br...
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Episode 55
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55:08
EP54 - COSTA MAN AND PR CREATIVE - Nick Hearne
A special episode about Nick’s epic Costa To Costa walk to raise £5000 for Chelmsford Foodbank. Disclaimer: Nick doesn’t know about coffee or bleaching beans or anything - Costa Coffee DO NOT bleach their beans, but it sounds funny. Nick visite...
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Episode 54
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EP53 - VOICE ARTIST AND CREATIVE AUDIO PRODUCER - Helen Quigley
Podcasts, audio drama, recording, editing, mixing, Helen does it all! And is in the studio judging us! Helen’s voice is YouTube famous because she narrates a school sex education film - in the style Julie Andrews reads 50 Shades of Grey! Helen ...
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Episode 53
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1:06:02
EP52 - COLOMBIAN VISUAL ARTIST - Catalina Carvajal
Colombian visual artist and illustrator living in Essex, via Mexico and Suffolk, it’s a complicated story! She paints murals, creates digital illustrations, picture books and everything in between. Fine art and snobbery in art. Catalina blames ...
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Episode 52
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1:09:10
EP51 - RADIO PRESENTER - Rob Jelly
Radio presenter for BBC Essex, event host and all round comedy man. A Romford boy gone Chelmsford. How do you say ‘Up and not crying’ in Icelandic? Sangita ACED her guess of what Rob does. Rob Jelly was born as Rob Jelly, it’s not a stage name!...
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Episode 51
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1:19:02
EP50 - THEME PARK CONTENT CREATOR - Kip Hakes
A man of many talents from ‘near Colchester’. Kip creates content around theme parks and technology, not both at the same time. Kip is proud of his honest reviews, he’s not ashamed to call out things that aren’t working. Creators have a respons...
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Episode 50
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EP49 - BRITISH INDIAN POLITICAL PUNK - Paul from Pieces
Lord Shiva is in the building! Paul from the band Pieces has amazing arm tattoos for all of his passions. Born and raised in Chelmsford. Now he writes and sings for his British Indian punk band Pieces. They write songs about politics, race, the...
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Episode 49
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53:28
EP48 - MULTIPASSIONATE MULTIPOTENTIALITE - Rebecca Carter
The Face of Chelmsford. The future mayor of the City. The future of creativity (FULL STOP). Rebecca described herself as multi-passionate when it comes to creativity. She hosts women’s circles - a safe space for people to turn up authentically ...
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Episode 48
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1:11:08
EP47 - URBAN MUSIC EDUCATOR - Project Lando
Owen aka Project Lando aka Art of the Roadz. He’s got ADHD and the smoothest voice we’ve ever had on the podcast. He’s a music producer, radio host and he runs events. He runs workshops in Colchester for kids to learn about DJing and MCing with...
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Episode 47
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1:15:25
EP46 - ARTIST AND FACILITATOR - George Morl
Live from Firstsite Colchester (the Golden Banana). Exhibition programme manager George is born and bred Bas Vegas (aka Basildon) from Laindon Hills. His family grew up in a sel...
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Episode 46
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EP45 - BURGER AFICIONADO - Jake Willis
It’s National Cheeseburger Day and Sangita isn’t here, it’s the legend Adam on the co-host - He’s been at Rom Skatepark chucking coloured powder all over the kids for the end of skatepark summer season. Over to our guest… Jake ‘The Burgerman’ W...
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Episode 45
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EP44 - ALTERNATIVE WEDDING FASHIONISTA - Lucy Can't Dance
Alternative wedding dress fashion designer. Born and bred on the wrong side of the tracks in Chelmsford, Essex. Not everyone likes to wear white at their wedding, so Lucy Can’t Dance make more individual items. Dip dye is a big thing for them, ...
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Episode 44
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1:03:58
EP43 - FINE ART REBEL - Elaine Tribley
Artist, educator, curator, and rebel. A portfolio worker - someone that has lots of different artistic things going on. Creative variety keeps life interesting. Elaine created Birdland on a roundabout in Chelmsford, it is a birdhouse city - com...
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Episode 43
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1:17:12
EP42 - GRAFFITI ART PRODIGY - Grub
Grub is a young graffiti artist from Southend. At just 11 years old he’s taken part in Southend City Jam and painted around the country. He is mostly interested in classic graffiti styles, rather than street art. Sangita looks through Grub’s bl...
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Episode 42
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1:01:55
EP41 - AUDIO DOCUMENTARY MAKER - Kaelyn Spike
Radio presenter and audio documentary maker. Kaelyn created a documentary about the Chelmsford skateboarding scene, around Central Park between 2020 and 2023. Kaelyn is a skateboarder, so the subject was personal for her. Skate scenes are alway...
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Episode 41
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1:11:32
EP40 - STREET ART LEGEND - Chaz from The London Police
Chaz is from art duo The London Police - originally from Chelmsford. His partner Bob got attacked by a seagull on Chelmsford Tindal Street while they were painting at Concrete Canvas. The danger of painting very high murals - territorial gulls....
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Episode 40
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1:18:38
EP39 - MUSIC MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE - Jeordie Shenton
Jeordie is the Programmes Lead at the charity Tonic Music providing mental health support to the music industry and music fans. School and Jeordie didn’t get on - except for Mr.Harris the sociology teacher who encouraged his path into sociology...
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Episode 39
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