In this extra-long episode, we chat to the marvellous Tom Rothenberg about 10 tips for success and why we all need to be more like lobsters. Tom used to work with Jake at McCann London where he was the agencies leads growth officer, Tom is now the global president at Rufus, IPG's dedicated agency for Amazon. We hope you enjoy all the nuggets of wisdom in this one.

We chat to legendary copywriter and creative director Steve Harrison about his new book “Can’t sell, won’t sell”. In this episode, we discuss purpose, honesty and respect in advertising (and often it’s lack of it!). Enjoy. You can follow Steve on Twitter at @harrisosteve

In this special end of year episode Jake, Irene and myself (Chris) from 42courses discuss our favourite learners, share some of your best answers, and share our top 2020 fiction and non-fiction book recommendations, as well as announce our Learner of the year. Thank you all for listening and wishing you all a very prosperous 2021 🎉

Author and speaker, Thomas Kolster, joins Steve Latham, head of learning at Cannes Lion, to discuss our latest course, Goodvertising. To find out more about Thomas and his Goodvertising work visit www.thomaskolster.com or to take the course head to www.42courses.com.

Jon is basically a real-life hero. He served as a royal marine commando for 14 years, who has trained world record-breaking rowers and Polar Explorers, has consulted to global companies and is also a physical and mental fitness coach. You can find out more about Jon at www.commandoactive.com.

Patrick is the editor at creative magazine Directory and previously was one of the creative leads at Google's in-house agency called Zoo. This week we talk about the current state of creativity in the world of advertising and Patrick also shares some creative advice and wisdom You can find out more about Patrick's work at www.directnewideas.com or you can email him at patrick@directnewideas.com

This week we chatted to the marvellous Behavioural Economist, Bri Williams. Bri shares her very own behavioural change model as well as how to build good habits and break bad ones. You can find out more at www.briwilliams.com

We talk to the wonderful Gerald Ashley on behavioural economics, risk uncertainty and decision making analysis. Gerald is an ex-swiss banker turned risk consultant and behavioural finance modelling expert. He's also a sought-after speaker, advisor, broadcaster and writer. Find out more on Gerald at www.geraldashley.com

Heather is a fantastic global awarded strategist who has changed her career several times so we wanted to get onto the 42courses podcast to share her story and offer some advice and wisdom. Enjoy. To find out more you can follow Heather on twitter at https://twitter.com/hklefevre 

We talk to the wonderful Luca about his new book, The Control Heuristic, about irrational behaviour and people's resistance to change. We also discuss the future of education as well as some of Nassim Taleb's concepts such as skin in the game.