Skip to content

Category: Media

Chatter #78 – Hezues R on Mental Health, Suicide, and Choosing Art Over Algorithms

Hezues R, the creative and film-maker was my guest on today’s show. Amongst other things Hezues created the official fragrance for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and ran a handful of advertising campaigns for Sean P. Diddy Combs’. In this conversation we explored some of the ideas that he…

Read More

Chatter #60 – Matthew Thompson on Podcasting and Best of Belfast

Matthew Thompson, the host of the podcast Best of Belfast, was our guest on today’s show. Best of Belfast see’s Matthew interview Northern Irish celebrities and people of note from within our wee country. It’s the first time that I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing a fellow podcaster from Northern Ireland so I…

Read More

Chatter #54 – Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes on Means TV and the Future of Streaming

The founders of Means TV, Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes were our guests on today’s show. Several years ago they realised that the skills they had garnered creating advertising content for their corporate clients could easily be turned to support political causes that they believed in. Having created the first viral campaign video…

Read More

Why I Wrote My Book and What I Learnt

When I began writing my book, it was difficult to imagine ever being able to finish it. It seemed like such a daunting task. During the process I went back and forward almost weekly on how possible it was going to be. Every time I thought I had a grasp on the material…

Read More

Three Explanations For The BBC Discrediting Questions Over Syrian Chemical Attacks

The legality and the justifications for the recent airstrikes in Syria have been questioned on both sides of the Atlantic. Nearly every mainstream outlet has unequivocally pushed the line that the chemical attacks that provoked the response from the UK, US, and France, was perpetrated by Assad on his own people as a…

Read More

Should Tech And Social Media Firms Police Content On Their Sites?

As social media has grown and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have grown exponentially as a part of our lives, they have become the central forums through which business, organisations, and individuals can exchange ideas, opinions, and information. As they have grown in influence upon our lives and as a portion of…

Read More