A Pint With Seaniebee

One of the world’s most renowned Photographers’ Agents joins the pod to share his preposterously eclectic life story. A creative raconteur, Guy was born in Surrey to a single mother from India. He charts his journey from childhood idyll, through working as a fruit seller, a personal dresser in the theatre (where he encountered the likes of Peter O’Toole, Shirley Bassey and the late John Hurt), and an assistant to a movie director before eventually emigrating to Australia, where initial skirmishes in the ad business led to him setting up the first photographers’ agency in the Eastern Hemisphere. His ‘light bulb’ life moments are characterized by him spotting opportunity in the most unlikely places and fearlessly grasping it with both hands. We also learn the importance of being your ‘authentic self’ by finding ‘the difference that makes the difference’ and not wasting time doing things that don’t serve your grander life goals.

Directors, producers, photographers or anyone wanting an accelerant for their business can contact Guy here: [email protected]

Release date: January 30th 2017

Runtime: 40m

Recorded: Sydney

A Pint With Seaniebee has been named one of the Top 12 New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5

And also listed in The Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

The Marketing/Creative Director at one of Asia’s legendary music institutions – Swee Lee (Singapore) – joins the pod today to share his life story and wisdom. Originally from North Yorkshire, he has spent over three decades working in advertising all around the world. We learn what it’s like to be a shepherd; the ins-and-outs of fly-fishing; his views on the future of the music industry and the important role travel plays in building humility and life perspective. Mike is a passionate musician and a self-taught drummer…on any given night, he can still be found gigging in Singapore’s top bars and clubs.

Swee Lee: http://tinyurl.com/gwfscd3

Rainbow Lodge (Tasmania) can be booked here: http://tinyurl.com/zosrzbp

Release date: January 20th 2017

Runtime: 32m

Recorded: Singapore

A Pint With Seaniebee has been named one of the Top 12 New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5

And listed in The Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

In 1990 the band Sikter formed on a whim when a group of drunk friends, bored with the standard of music at a concert they were attending, stormed the stage, kicked the headline act off and proceeded to take over the gig. 27 years later, they are still going strong as one of Eastern Europe’s most famous and pioneering acts. The founder and lead singer joins the pod to recount a crazy, Spinal-Tap-like journey that has seen collaborations with the likes of Bono, famous Italian rocker Vasco Rossi and Luciano Pavarotti. Their first album, nine years in the making, was produced by Brian Eno.

About Sikter: http://tinyurl.com/z2xnsww

Buy their first album “Now, Always, Never”: http://tinyurl.com/z2o6feo

Release date: January 10th 2017

Runtime: 41m

Recorded: Sarajevo

A Pint With Seaniebee has been named one of The Best New Podcasts of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5

And listed in The Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

For the final podcast of 2016, we get a fascinating insight into what it was like to grow up in Ireland in the middle of the last century. Tadgh O’Donoghue was raised on Valentia Island in the Kingdom of Kerry; graduated from UCD, and eventually became a partner in PWC where he played a pivotal role in attracting foreign investment into the country. Like most Kerrymen, he is a Gaelic football fanatic and tells us all about the most popular sport in Ireland. We also discuss the future of capitalism and the factors that lead to economic crashes, the rise of Trump, inequality, and the current populist dissention that is spreading across our world.

Seaniebee would like to thank all of you who have supported and helped grow A Pint With Seaniebee since its launch last January. We have just been named one of the world’s Best New Podcasts of 2016 by independent podcast reviewer, Audible Feast, and the recent show with Tavis Sage Eaton has also been included in their Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016 (links below).

Happy New Year to all our listeners…please continue to like, share, tweet and generally spread the word in 2017!

The Best New Podcasts of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5

The Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Tavis Sage Eaton has a pint with Seaniebee: http://tinyurl.com/zt48exu

Release date: December 30th 2016

Runtime: 34m

Recorded: New York

Sponsor: Stitch Pub & Houndstooth Bar (NYC)

One of Asia’s most successful businesswomen over the past three decades joins the pod to discuss her career and life story. From pioneering and controversial beginnings as one of the UK’s first female football writers, Julie moved to Singapore in 1988 and into publishing, where she spent twenty years building Kerry Packer’s ACP media empire across the continent. Humble, soft-spoken, and often dubbed ‘the Anna Wintour of Asia’, she shares her views on the future of magazines; where journalism in general is headed; the importance of mentors, and how she is most drawn to passionate people who push frontiers and constantly drive for perfection.

Release date: December 20th 2016

Runtime: 33m

Recorded: Singapore

Seaniebee’s good friend and fellow adman joins the pod to chart his life story and share his learned wisdom. Living a Dublin childhood bereft of purpose, we learn how he built a strategy for his life initially through trial and error, yet based on deeply held instincts that there was more to the journey out there than the traditional avenues we are pushed down in our teenage years. His career moved from training as a tradesman, through social care, emigrating to the UK to study psychology and eventually falling into the ad business, where he has steadily risen through the ranks to become one of the best communication strategists in the world.

Now over ten years sober, Gordon candidly takes us through his descent into alcoholism, chaos, darkness and loneliness and his emergence out the other side.

Our podcast then takes an abrupt turn into full-on love story, as he moves to New York and meets and marries the girl of his dreams. His tale is one of recognizing and grasping pivotal light-bulb moments, whilst at the same time embracing the importance of luck and serendipity as we plot our way through all this world can throw at us.

Release date: December 10th 2016

Runtime: 46m

Recorded: New York (Sponsored by Stitch Bar & Houndstooth Pub)

The founder and lead singer of PushMethod – one of America’s most up-and-coming hip-hop rock bands – joins the podcast to recount his powerfully honest and inspiring life story and share some of the band’s music.

Originally from Springfield Massachusetts, Tavis was born an only child into a difficult marriage. He recounts how a troubled early life obsessed with guns eventually led him to joining The Marines for four years as a rifle expert.

Returning to New York from tours in the Middle East at the age of 22, he shares the extreme difficulties he had readjusting back into society and the generally poor levels of support proffered to today’s returning US military veterans.

He eventually found his way out of the darkness through music, which culminated in him both founding PushMethod (pushmethod.com) and launching the innovative new charity, Hoodies For The Homeless.

RELATED LINKS

Brian Bomeisler: http://tinyurl.com/h56j86a

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence by Betty Edwards: http://tinyurl.com/jkvtoby

Learn more about US military veteran suicide: http://tinyurl.com/hbx46fu

And the 22 Pushup Challenge on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hzn57cl

Havas Worldwide: http://ny.havas.com/

Support @hoodiesforthehomeless on facebook & Twitter

Release date: November 30th 2016

Runtime: 47m

Recorded: Miami

Ferdinando is a founding member and creative director at Johannes Leonardo (New York). Born in Parma, he was classically educated in Ancient Greek, Latin and philosophy, which he credits with his inbuilt curiosity and ability to think creatively in abstract terms.

His roots run deep: from advertising, through art, photography, fashion, economics, magazine publishing and the recent co-authorship of the inspiring book – We Can’t Do This Alone – with Jefferson Hack.

We learn how the future doesn’t necessarily need to be as bleak and dystopian as many are forecasting; why it’s important to understand that every life choice we make is far-from-final; how the ‘younger you’ should be your biggest critic as you advance through life; and why the bigger the problems we have, may mean the bigger the life that we’re actually living.

We Can’t Do This Alone – http://tinyurl.com/z9xk9el

The Gold Lion winner for Adidas Originals – http://tinyurl.com/hjwjhjw

Johannes Leonardo – http://tinyurl.com/2f9uexu

Release date: November 20th 2016

Runtime: 25m

Recorded: Cannes

On the day after Donald Trump shocks the world, Seaniebee welcomes his first guest from the world of corporate finance, to discuss risk management, the future of leadership and the impact technology is going to have on both humanity and the corporation of the future. Trina Edgar hails from Tyrone in Northern Ireland, and shares her life growing up in The Troubles including surviving a terrorist bomb attack in a supermarket; playing in the 1994 Rugby World Cup; and how meditation and positivity helped her survive two bouts of cancer.

The Journey by Brandon Bays: http://tinyurl.com/zxow935

Release date: November 10th 2016

Runtime: 34m

Recorded: Sydney

M&C Saatchi Sydney’s creative director joins the pod today, to share his life story. Born in Cuckfield (England), Andy avoided college, applied himself to learning the craft of advertising and bravely left his home country at the age of 21, determined to succeed.

A bona fide techno-geek, Andy constantly has his finger on the pulse of culture, gaming, creativity and breakthrough thinking. We discuss where the relentless march of technology might lead humanity, especially as it applies to VR/AR and artificial superintelligence, and we also learn why it’s important to always keep your inner child-like-wonder alive as you progress through life.

Andy’s work: http://andyflemming.com/

His witty writings: http://andyflemming.com/blog/

Clever Buoy, the new shark-detection system: http://tinyurl.com/jufgc2t

Release date: October 30th 2016

Runtime: 29m

Recorded: A noisy bar in Sydney