Creative Rebels

Paul Kemp-Robertson is the co-founder of Contagious, a multi-platform marketing resource. Paul is a global marketing expert and in his book the Contagious Commandments he breaks down what it takes to make a brand, or essentially a story or message, contagious and how good ideas are spread. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Bruce Daisley is the former VP of EMEA for Twitter. He was instrumental in the growth of the social media network over the eight years that he was there and became interested in the dynamics of teams and company culture within the organisation. This interest led Bruce to start the Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat podcast and ultimately to write his book 'The Joy of Work'. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Liz Earle is a writer, presenter and entrepreneur. After selling 'Liz Earle Beauty Co' to Boots in 2017 she could have retired to an Island to sip pina colada's, instead, she threw herself into start-up life, and founded Liz Earle Wellbeing. Her company creates content around all areas of wellbeing, food, health and beauty, and is founded on Liz's passion for working out how we can all live better lives. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Our guests this week for our Valentine’s Day special are Florence and Reed from Come Curious. The duo has been making YouTube videos since 2015. Come Curious are on a mission to normalise the conversations around sex, to educate and help people better understand their bodies, their feelings and their relationships and to eradicate the shame and stigma that so often hangs around the topic. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Andria Zafirakou is an art and textiles teacher from North London, who is a 'Global Teachers Prize' winner.Andria used the prize money of $1m to set up Artists In Residence, an artist residency programme that gives young people the chance to work with professional creatives and see the opportunities available for careers in the creative industries. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Mike Winnet is a fictional character.He is a content creator who goes after online 'gurus' or as he calls them 'contrapreneurs' ™ who use exploitative tactics to sell their courses, mastermind programmes and mentorship. The real Mike sold his company for $11m and this chat is a fascinating look at what it takes to actually get rich and how it feels once you get there. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Lauren Bravo is a freelance journalist and author.Her new book 'How to Break Up With Fast Fashion' does a couple of things. As well as highlight the shocking statistics of just how much fast fashion is screwing the planet , it also offers up practical solutions we can all implement as well as looking at our spending habits and how we've got into this mess in the first place. This is a fascinating conversation with an excellent human! To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Amanda Palmer is a rockstar, an artist, an activist, a writer, and a TED speakerIf you google Amanda, you'll find a lot of articles that focus on the brash Amanda 'Fucking' Palmer rockstar persona. You'll find her mistakes, well documented and you'll find outrage that she has the audacity to ASK her people to support her. We didn't interview the rockstar. We interviewed an artist who understands the complexities of making work, asking for support and surviving as a creative in these crazy times. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

Alastair Humphreys is an adventurer! He's also a motivational speaker, an author, a #1 podcaster. He has cycled around the world covering 46000 miles in four years, he has rowed across the Atlantic ocean and has busked his way around Spain, with no back-up money (or musical talent). You can find his podcast 'Living Adventurously' on any podcast platform and his book 'Doorstep Mile' To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com

One year ago Emma Gannon helped put Creative Rebels on the map as our first ever guest! We are so happy to welcome Emma back onto the show to talk about everything she's been up to in the past year and how her confidence has grown since turning 30. Emma is a podcaster, a best selling author, a speaker, and a true multi-hypenate (she should know, she wrote the book). Emma has just written her first novel 'Olive' which is available for preorder right now! To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com