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About The Creative Boom Podcast

The Creative Boom Podcast is a weekly interview show for designers, illustrators, animators, and creative professionals. Host Katy Cowan talks to artists, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers about the realities of building a creative career – confidence, burnout, money, failure, reinvention, and imposter syndrome – in honest, warm conversations that don't dress anything up. Part of Creative Boom, the independent magazine for the creative community established in 2009.

Language: English
Type: podcast

Latest episodes(50)

1The Spark: Rob Draper on Old-School Electro, Portrait-a-Day and Nike Dreams
16 Jul 202631m
In this bonus episode, Katy Cowan and Rob Draper swap the big career questions for something a lot more daft – a quickfire ramble through nostalgia, confessions and very questionable claims to…
2Why Starting From Scratch Might Be the Best Thing That Ever Happens to You, with Rob Draper
16 Jul 202653m
Lettering artist, designer and University of Worcester fellow Rob Draper joins Katy Cowan to close out the season with a warm, philosophical conversation about starting over and the art of creating…
3The Spark: Katy Ennis-Hargreaves on croc hatred, accidental shoplifting and Vivienne Westwood
16 Jul 202618m
In the second, faster, slightly more feral half of the recording this week, Katy Ennis-Hargreaves of BOLDISM stays in the chair for The Spark – the rapid-fire round where the questions get cheekier…
4Why Being Yourself Is Your Biggest Creative Advantage, with Katy Ennis-Hargreaves of BOLDISM
7 Jun 202655m
Katy Ennis-Hargreaves of design studio BOLDISM joins Katy Cowan for an honest conversation about what happens when you stop watering yourself down and start living as your full self. They dig into…
5The Spark: Malika Favre on Coffee, Dinner Party Dreams and a Cheeky Confession
3 Jun 202616m
It's time for the Spark – our weekly bonus episode where we step away from the work and get to know our guest a little better through a round of quick, fun questions. No prep, no warning, no idea…
6Building a Career in Illustration on Your Own Terms, with Malika Favre
31 May 202653m
Artist and illustrator Malika Favre joins host Katy Cowan for a wide-ranging conversation about building a creative career on your own terms. They talk about why Malika left London after fifteen years…
7The Spark: Jimmy Turrell on Snails, Rave Culture and Creative Chaos
27 May 202627m
Artist Jimmy Turrell returns for The Spark, where things get a little weirder and a lot more chaotic. This week, we talk about the creative power of curiosity, the music that still puts Jimmy into a…
8Creativity, AI and the Truth About Staying Original, with Jimmy Turrell
24 May 202655m
Jimmy Turrell joins host Katy Cowan for a sprawling, funny and unexpectedly moving conversation about creativity, working-class roots, growing up in the North East, and staying human in an…
9The Spark: James Martin on Pasta, Pet Peeves and a Few Unfiltered Truths
20 May 202632m
Right, this is where things get a bit more… unhinged. In this bonus episode, Katy and James Martin ditch the big topics and just have a proper chat. It's looser, more playful, and exactly the kind of…
10Personal Branding, Visibility and the Truth No One Tells You, with James Martin
17 May 20261h 9m
What does "personal branding" actually mean anymore? And do we really need to be visible all the time to build a successful creative career? In this episode, Katy sits down with designer and founder…

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