RIGHT-BRAINIACS!

We all know how to drink a glass of water. Or do we? We can all get lost in the busy-ness of life. The stress. The problems. The conflicts. So, it’s no surprise we sometimes lose track of what’s truly important: gratitude, mindfulness, and the simple things in life. Through accessible wisdom and engaging prose, "How to Drink a Glass of Water" invites you to come back to who you really are, and to view the world in a refreshed way. You’ll never look at a glass of water the same way again. This the full audio of Alex's new book. It's designed to be read as you drink a glass of water. A glass of water that you will spend thirty minutes with. A glass of water like none you've had before. This book was produced by the wonderful Paul Baxter of Baxter Sound. He's an amazing fellow. Book him at this here link: https://baxtersound.com.au/

This week director Josh Logue, comedian Steve Philp, The Good Bits founder Siobhan Fitzgerald, and Creative Director/Masterchef Sara Oteri battle it out to expadn the forces of creativity into the unknown universe. Discover the answer to timeless questions such as: "How would you achieve world peace using tomatoes and fluffy toys?" Plus lots, lots more. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Welcome to the second episode of RIGHT-BRAINIACS! The only game show in the world where there are no wrong answers. Four more incredible Right-brainiacs come up with answers to questions like: NASA’s Perseverance mission has just discovered life hidden below the surface of Mars. Describe this momentous discovery. The answers will surprise, delight, and amuse. Hit that play button and get inspired by designer and art director Huei Yin Wong, author Ella Ward, social entrepreneur and founder of HoMie Nick Pearce, and comedian Yianni Agisilaou.

Welcome to the first episode of RIGHT-BRAINIACS! The only game show in the world where there are no wrong answers. Today there are four amazing Right-brainiacs on the panel who give some absolutely incredible answers to questions like: IF A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, WHAT IS A PANCAKE ON A HAT WORTH? Strap yourselves in for a wild ride with: Comedian Dave Thornton Designer Rachel Terkelsen Ad Man Jonny Clow. And Art Director and Musician Frank Trobbiani.

It's been a while... but we are back. With some really exciting news... We are launching a new version of the podcast called "RIGHT-BRAINIACS!"- the game show where there are no wrong answers. This episode just gives you an overview what it's all about before the first episode drops TOMORROW. Turn your right-brain on, and let's get creative.

Lots of people have ideas. But making them is another thign entirely. Tyler Mathes had an idea for a completely sustainbable fashion brand. And in November 2020, Tyler launched his own sustainable fashion label XWASTED, which offers ethically produced basics made entirely from recycled materials that would have otherwise become landfill or ocean waste. He's also a digital marketer and e-commerce specialist with more than 15 years of experience working with a diverse range of brands, ranging from start-ups to global names such as Bang & Olufsen, Neuw Denim and Georg Jensen. More recently Tyler has established his own digital marketing agency, From Little Things, where along with a small team of creatives he works with brands such as HoMie, Vavoom, Clothing The Gap, Bathware Direct and Henry Bucks to develop and drive their digital marketing sales and marketing operations. They've also had the opportunity to contribute work to important change-making projects such as Future Landfill and The Million Dollar Teddy Bear. When not getting digi with it at work, Tyler lives by the beach in Anglesea with his wife and three young kids. https://from-little-things.com/ https://xwasted.com/

Ed is a creative strategist and creative director currently working with the Icon agency and a practising abstract artist under his urban art pseudonym Unwell Bunny. He has exhibited his artwork in a number of cities around the world. He’s had eight solo shows in Melbourne and Paris. He's a genius. Work: https://frictioncreativethinking.com/ Art: https://www.unwellbunny.com/ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Like me, I’m sure you’ve found that that this year has been really challenging.So, today, we’re talking about how to adapt your creative outputs throughout your life, and ways to work creatively as your grow with two guests who do their creativity wherever and whenever they are. So, firstly, we have Nicholas Bufalo who has more than 30 years’ experience in the Australian entertainment industry, ranging from acting to writing to directing. He was director of Neighbours for many years, and was a founding member of The D-Generation, as well as portraying Dr Ben Green in A Country Practice. And we also have Michael Skarbek, who is a creative consultant. After working in advertising agencies for 15 years as a copywriter and creative director, he went out on his own, and began working with clients while travelling around America and Europe, with his wife and two children – that is, until Covid hit and returned him to Australia. https://www.michaelskarbek.com/ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Today's three guests are Justin Kabbani, Cohen Medson, and Michael Ciccone. We talk about adaption, flow state, getting into a creative state and also how we were able to raise almost 40,000 dollars in just a few days for Lighthouse Foundation. Justin Kabbani Justin is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Hardhat, one of Australia's leading independent creative agencies. Over the past 15 years, Justin (together with Co-Founder Dan Monheit) has built a highly sought after full-service team in Melbourne and Sydney (and beyond), who have delivered projects for some of Australia's biggest brands including Bupa, Lion Dairy & Drinks, Simply Energy, Steggles & Lilydale, Tigerair, Victoria University, VicRoads and Zip. hardhat.com.au Cohen Medson Cohen is a Sunshine Coast raised filmmaker who had been working internationally as a freelancer for 7+ years when 2020 took a turn for the worse. Out of the ashes of opportunity arose In Your Streams where Cohen and his housemate (Chris Erb) took their combined skill sets of Film, TV and Broadcasting to online based live-streaming Music, Events and TV & Film Production. inyourstreams.com.au Michael Ciccone Michael is a producer and a co-founder of the production company Truce Film where they make ads and all kinds of fun stuff. His narrative credits include the one-hour documentary Watan, from directors James Brown and Bill Irving, which premiered during Refugee Week to sold out screenings in Melbourne and Sydney. He also produced the Flickerfest winning short film Slingshot, and Tropfest winning film We’ve All Been There. trucefilms.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

DATA IS THE BIG BUZZ WORD IN BUSINESS AT THE MOMENT, SO, HOW CAN YOU USE IT TO IMPROVE CREATIVITY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF TODAY AND THE FUTURE? Jonny Clow Jonny has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world whilst in the UK, USA and Australia. Jonny founded BD Network in Melbourne in 2010, which went on to become Australia’s Best Emerging Agency and has had Director roles at Edge, VMLY&R and most recently Managing Director of VERSA. Luke Simpson Luke is passionate about leveraging data and technology, to inform and inspire creativity in solving complex business problems. He is a Senior Manager and Digital Accelerator in the Centre of Expertise team at PwC Australia and is completing his Executive MBA at RMIT University. A self confessed data dork and fan of design thinking, he strives to simplify the complex to enhance human experiences. Anna Fransson Anna Fransson is a design thinking activist, culture enthusiast and Star Trek nerd working as the Creative Lead at Aginic, a data analytics company based in Brisbane. Anna is a big-thinking designer who loves creating connected environments where people feel safe to play and experiment to come up with awesome ideas and solutions. Part of her work at Aginic focuses on connecting culture and brand in an engaging way, as they evolve over time. annafransson.com aginic.com This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Recorded live at Monash University's recent MPower event. Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway: lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University. After her PhD in Australia, Jasmina held postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. She came to Monash as an inaugural Margaret Clayton Women in Science fellow. She runs the highly successful program: "How to Survive on Mars: the Science Behind the Human Exploration of Mars". One of her key aims is to get people to think more creatively about how to solve challenges on earth. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/survive-mars Professor Jon McCormack: professor in computer science and an ARC Future Fellow, an founder and director of SensiLab. His research interests include generative art, design and music, evolutionary systems, computer creativity, visualisation, virtual reality, interaction design, physical computing, machine learning, developmental models, and physical computing. His artworks have been widely exhibited at leading galleries, museums and symposia, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), Tate Gallery (Liverpool, UK), ACM SIGGRAPH (USA), Prix Ars Electronica (Austria) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Australia). https://sensilab.monash.edu/ Isabella Armstrong, Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours). She completed her Bachelor in Industrial Design last year and is currently undertaking her Honours in Industrial Design which she will finish at the end of this year. Isabella has a focus and passion for social impact design which is currently reflected in her honours project. It is focused on safety for women, specifically when they are moving from public transport to their homes and the final outcome will be a design strategy. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

How can we balance left and right-brain thinking for the best output. Today I have three guests who do just that and they can give you some tips on how you can too. Plus, you'll hear all about what their version of the Spank Bubble 3.0 is! Renuka Kimber Ren currently leads the development of propositions to drive the development of new services and solutions at global accounting and management consulting firm KPMG. She's also the co-founder and advisor of luxury menswear label Christian Kimber (National Designer of the Year 2019), and is a regular contributor for GQ and Vogue. She's also a Board Director for Kids Under Cover, a charity dedicated to the prevention of youth homelessness in Victoria.https://christiankimber.com/ https://www.kuc.org.au/ Rachel Semmens Rachel is currently the Senior Marketing Manager for Jeep Australia having been at parent company Fiat-Chrysler for five years. Before that she worked at advertising agency GPY&R, now known as VMLY&R where she was account director across client such as the AFL, Schweppes, and youth homelessness charity Ladder. https://www.jeep.com.au/ Mat Crompton Mat spent ten years working in consumer advertising in both London and Melbourne for two of the big five networks - Havas and Pubilcis. He left adland a few years ago to focus his attention on developing campaigns around key social issues and is now a freelance strategist specialising in behaviour change. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Every episode of The Right-brain Warm-up ends with each guest answering a question from our book The Right-brain Workout. The answers people give are ALWAYS amazing. So, today's episode features three amazing guests answering a series of right-brain questions to see how creativity can create limitless possibilities. So, welcome to the first ever episode hilarious of Right-Brainiacs! Questions like: Write a poem about how exciting paying your power bill is. There is a cute village of tiny people that live in your belly button. They make clothing out of lint, use your hair like lumber to build houses and their main diet consists of dead skin. Three times a week they meet for religious services. What is the focus of their religion? If clay was discovered to be a new super food, what would it be called to market it to people? Guests Jono Lineen spent almost 20 years travelling the world working as a forester, mountain guide, ski racer, humanitarian relief worker and writer. He is a curator at the National Museum of Australia. His books include River Trilogy, Into the Heart of the Himalayas and Perfect Motion. Kimmie Neidhardt is the Creative Director and co-founder of Sydney based creative agency, Burd. She's spent the last 20 years using her creative skills to help brands make shitloads of money. What she really, really wants to do though, is leave the world better than how she found it. So she's now working on a way to use her creative skills for the greater good. Jack Druce is one of Australia’s sharpest and most original comedians. His unique humour has lead him to headline shows nation wide, perform at Splendour in the Grass, comedy festivals all over Australia, as well as writing for Channel 10’s ‘The Project.’ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

FINALLY, we find out who the best Chris is, as we hear from Chris Ellis, Chris Tovo, and Chris Baker as they discuss creativity and how to stand out from the crowd. Chris Ellis Chris Ellis is an accomplished Creative Director from Melbourne, Australia. He is behind original, memorable and influential work for many of the world’s best-loved brands including Jeep, Nike, Virgin, Heinz, Specsavers and Movember featured in The Huffington Post, Ad Week, The Guardian and Contagious Magazine. https://chrisellis.com.au/ Chris Tovo Chris Tovo (tovo) has loved photography since he was about 12 years old and he’s been shooting professionally for about 25 years now. He exhibits personal work and he’s shot all over the world for a myriad of clients in the fashion and advertising industry. He is also a Director and DOP with campaigns aired in both Australia and the US . http://www.christophertovo.com/ Chris Baker Chris or BAKES as I like to call him is the Creative Director & Strategic Lead for Creative Agency Willow & Blake. He’s also a right top bloke, and I’m not just saying that because he wrote this intro knowing I’d read it out loud, I really do mean it. If it wasn't for Bakes, I don’t think I'd ever have had the chance to go on TV and sit next to Peter Helliar. #ThankyouBakes #Sponsored This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Today I have three guests who are at the top of their game when it comes to sport and fitness. From performing at the highest level for Australia, to promoting some of the biggest sporting events in the land, to keeping people performing at their peak in lockdown, let’s learn how creativity can help keep your mind and body firing. Sally Phillips Sally is the former head of the Women's National Basketball League, past Australian Opal, and all-around sports administration legend. Boyd Hicklin Boyd is the Executive Creative Director of the gemba group- a sports focussed marketing and advertising agency. http://thegembagroup.com/ Stella Tregurtha Stella is the Boss Lady Legend of three F45 studios in Kew, Heidelberg, and Bulleen, who is having to be unbelievably creative with Melbourne in lockdown once again. https://f45training.com.au/ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

In this episode I do a deep dive with the brilliant Russel Howcroft as we talk about all of the incredible creative things he's done in his life. He’s helmed advertising agencies, been executive general manager Channel Ten, Chief Creative Officer of PwC, is a former board member of the Melbourne Football Club, current committee member of the Melbourne Cricket Club, chairman of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and now as the soon to be new breakfast co-host on 3AW with Ross Stevenson, he’s achieved a lot in his life.With more still to come. And maybe we can learn about just how he did it.

Today, I'm speaking to three amazing people who express themselves creatively in lots of different ways, to show how you can too. Topics discussed: What is creativity? How do you use creativity to express yourself? What do you feel when you’re being creative? How do you get in a creative zone? Write a one paragraph synopsis for a murder mystery where you are the key suspect. Diana Nguyen Diana is an actor and comedian, and creative entrepreneur. She's performed all around Australia and internationally sharing her work including her theatre show and now webseries www.phiandme.tv, about a Vietnamese refugee mother's love for her daughter, and their intergenerational conflict. She’s appeared on The Project, Q&A and many other TV roles and is also acontent maker on Linkedin as #dancingdiana http://www.diananguyen.com.au/ Andi Snelling Andi is a multi award-winning performer, writer and theatre-maker with a special talent for physical storytelling. She has been described as “the standout” (Herald Sun), “sublimely talented” (The Age/SMH) and “so skilled that you’re left wanting more” (Daily Review). Andi has been on stage her entire life, growing up as a gymnast/dancer competing at national level. http://www.andisnelling.com/ insta/twitter: @andisnelling FB: Andi Snelling - Performer, Writer Sam Hopgood Sam is an award winning audio engineer, sound designer and musician who has been working in the advertising post production world for nearly 25 years. After learning from the masters Philip Webster and Paul le Couteur at Flint Webster, he pent time working at Good Audio Sense, followed by a 2 years in Shanghai, before returning to head up the Sound Lounge at Mike Reed Post production and is now a part of the Bang Bang Studios team. Sam also produces electronic music under his own name. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4b0EgNE5qGByALvpDFsA0c?si=69GjKSSvSz-7E-gTaOGlEA&fbclid=IwAR0mitt6j0AWn3Tnzu1GEBKasihbFnha_Xkzvi0Q0_0ydL3UnIFhY5hxZTA

Sometimes we take on more than we can handle and have to figure it out from there. Today I have two guests who have pushed themselves into uncomfortable situations and come out smelling of roses. Dave Thornton Dave has built a global reputation for his honest, engaging, whip-smart and damn funny comedy. He’s stormed the world’s three major comedy festivals and, back home, Dave is a hot ticket across the country, filling thousands of seats with a growing army of fans. https://www.facebook.com/davethorntoncomedy/ Luke Wallis Luke is a head of content, writer and music tragic. He has written for the TV show Rockwiz, is a published author and has interviewed some of the biggest stars in the world including Mick Jagger, Rihanna and Matt Damon. Most intimidating moment: trying to put a lapel mic on Keith Richards. https://lukewallis.com/ Topics covered: What is creativity to you? What inspires you? Have you ever felt over your head? How do you overcome that feeling? What’s a creative highlight in your life? What’s a right-brain tip to help people be more creative? Write down the internal monologue of your computer keyboard. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Creativity can make you laugh. It can make you cry. Because it makes you feel something. So, I have three amazing guests to chat about just that. Andrew Hansen Andrew is an Australian comedian whose TV shows include The Chaser’s Election Desk, Media Circus, The Hamster Wheel, The Chaser’s War On Everything, and CNNNN. He's toured a bunch of live musical comedy shows around Australia, and made the ARIA-winning album The Blow Parade. He’s also co-author of the 4-book Egyptian adventure series “Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies.” https://twitter.com/andrewjhansen https://chaser.com.au/ Thomas Charles Hyland Thomas is a director & writer who makes commercial, narrative & non-fiction work. He's made ads for the Government, artwork for MONA, doco's for SBS and potato dinners for his partner. https://www.thomascharleshyland.com.au/ Kimmie Neidhardt Kimmie is the Creative Director and co-founder of Sydney based creative agency, Burd. She's spent the last 20 years using her creative skills to help brands make shitloads of money. What she really, really wants to do though, is leave the world better than how she found it. So she's now working on a way to use her creative skills for the greater good. She's also taught her 7-year old wild child the ins and outs of canine body language. https://www.burd.com.au/ Topics covered. What is creativity to you? Why is it so important? When did you know you wanted to work in a creative field? Where do you find the inspiration to do what you do? How can creativity inspire society? What is it about what you do that you love? What’s a right-brain tip to help people be more creative? If your childhood best friend told you he or she was a robot built by aliens 100 years ago, what would you do? This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Creativity is hard to measure, let alone nurture. So, today I have two guests who have been picking creative talent for years, and are experts in just what makes a creative person tick. Lea Walker For over twenty years, Lea has been lucky enough to have worked for and partnered with some of the most respected individuals and creative organisations in Australia, Britain and the United States. 2 years ago she opened Mrs Walker to offer independent and bespoke Talent Consultation in Recruitment, Coaching and Talent Operations to Agencies and Marketing Departments. https://www.mrswalkertc.com/ Lauren Zoric Lauren is an Associate Director at Tolarno Galleries in Melbourne which represents some of Australia’s most recognised artists including Patricia Piccinini and Ben Quilty. She's is a specialist in arts marketing and communications having also spent five years delivering award-winning campaigns for the Melbourne International Film Festival among many other achievements. https://tolarnogalleries.com/ Topics covered What is creativity to you? What do you look for when assessing creativity? Why do you work in a creative field? What lessons have you learnt along the way from creative people? Are there certain traits you find common amongst creative people? What’s a right-brain tip you could give people to unlock their creativity? Invent a new dance step based off the first piece of furniture that pops into your mind. Maybe you’ll invent “The Couch”, “The Broom’, or “Table”…! This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm