A Pint With Seaniebee

When Dave Richeson was eleven-years-old, he was accosted and almost shot dead by eight cops when leaving his Dallas hotel room to go to the swimming pool. He has been at police gunpoint twice since, for no other reason than the color of his skin. Today, he spends a lot of his time intelligently and powerfully advocating against America's still-deeply-ingrained racism; promoting Black Lives Matter and railing against the continued senseless killing of blacks by law enforcement officials.

Recorded prior to this week that saw two more slayings in Minnesota and Louisiana, and culminated in the murder of five police officers in Dallas; we discuss the way race relations is getting worse and examine what needs to be done to fix implicit racial bias in the country.

Dave is also a former money trader who chucked a high-powered job to set up a theatre company and pursue acting and creative writing. He currently works in PR and is a member of The Institute of Hermetic Philosophy. Set up 50 years ago by Chilean philosopher, Dario Salas Sommer, it is an educational program that believes in promoting the power of consciousness in today’s society. Throughout our lives we are programmed and conditioned to believe certain things which tend to cloud our interpretation of reality. Becoming ‘more conscious’ involves removing all this coagulated mental ‘gunk’; experiencing life and nature with a greater sense of truth and self-awareness; and eventually finding what it is you’re supposed to be doing with your life.

“The Stellar Man” that changed Dave’s life is here on amazon: http://tinyurl.com/gqswta6

And here’s the website for The Institute: www.ihpusa.org/

Release date: July 10th 2016

Runtime: 40m

Recorded: New York

Sponsored by Stitch Bar and Houndstooth Pub in New York’s Fashion District

Jane Mathews is the author of ‘Midlife Manifesto’, a witty, accessible, bullshit-free book with heaps of advice, insight and information on how to get your life-plan into better shape. When we leave the blush of youth behind, so many of us sleepwalk into middle and old age without any real plan to get us there - which is why so many of us arrive disappointed and depressed. Jane has grabbed this particular nettle and talks about the real need for all of us, whatever our age, to have some clear context and ideas on how we see our lives going forward. On the pod she shares her views on relationships, spirituality, dealing with the death of loved ones and how to create positive new chapters in your life.

We also learn: why many women stay unhappily married through fiscal fear and financial ignorance; how much money do you need when you retire and how to insure you have it; why everyone, of any age should have a will; the difference between male and female midlife crises; insights into depression, psychiatry and why assisted suicide is still largely frowned upon by society; why many say ‘I love you’ without genuinely meaning it; and why Oprah Winfrey is kinda like a nice Donald Trump.

Buy ‘Midlife Manifesto’ here on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/hyzvol3

Release date: June 30th 2016

Runtime: 40m

Recorded: Sydney

To mark the 2016 Cannes Lions awards being held this week, Seaniebee is honored to welcome a true advertising legend to the pod. Ty Montague has been at the leading edge of communications and marketing in the US for the past three decades. Now running his own shop - CO: - (with long-term business partner Rosemarie Ryan), he today shares his career journey from fixing cars in New Mexico to advertising them in New York. Ty’s story is one that shows how self-belief, doggedness, commitment and passion can ultimately drive success. We learn the upside and downside of running a big agency; why all successful companies today need a clear and authentic quest, behind which all stakeholders can rally; how setting up your own business can make all the difference; the complicit role the ad business has played in the growth of greed and the collapse of the middle-class; revolutionary new ideas on how capitalism might evolve; and how famous podcaster Marc Maron was just as curmudgeonly as a kid in school, as he is today!

Links to Ty’s various ventures:

www.cocollective.com - building brand value through StoryDoing©

www.the-pub.co - helping brands and creators publish with purpose

www.doable.com - bringing bold new ideas to reality

Release date: June 20th 2016

Runtime: 30m

Recorded: New York

The most famous and hardest working of all German/Turkish Creative Directors joins the pod today to tell his tale. From his early years growing up as the middle child of Yüksel Pazarkaya, one of the leading lights of modern-day Turkish literature; through the identification of, and tutelage under, the person he felt to be the ideal mentor at college - Professor Heinz Edelmann - (animator of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine); and his eventual early tenure at Germany’s leading creative ad agency - Jung von Matt; Toygar’s commitment, single-mindedness, positivity and determination are what has set him apart at every stage of his life. Here, he shares a raft of wisdom and valuable advice for anybody striving for success in creative endeavours.

With over 600 awards to his name, Toygar went on to spend many years working at BBDO in both Germany and New York. Today he is Chief Creative Director of The Americas with Havas.

Release date: June 10th 2016

Runtime: 26m

Recorded: New York

Seaniebee likes to think of his Woody-Allen-esque friend, John Devlin, as ‘the soul’ of Dublin: witty, opinionated and a great believer in fighting to protect society, the city and the little guy. John was made redundant at 40; decided to head off to see the world for three months, and didn’t return for three years. He joins the pod to share the stories, wisdom and life-lessons gleaned from the trip, including:

Why it’s never a good idea to say you are an expert scuba diver when in fact you’ve never done it before…and can’t even swim.

The correct way to put on a wetsuit.

The incorrect way to feed parrotfish.

How to woo a Brazilian wife.

Why those of us in the developed world should stop whining about our first world problems and be more thankful for the hand we’ve been dealt.

How children’s habitats are shrinking and why that matters.

The clear signs that show humanity and creativity are in decline.

The rise of kids being molly-coddled by their mammies into adulthood.

How to poke a dead fox with a stick.

And the importance of knowing the difference between a grasshopper and a lizard.

Release date: May 30th 2016

Runtime: 28m

Recorded: Dublin

Witty, inspiring, raconteuse, Mary Spillane, has marched to her own drum throughout her life. Struck with a traumatic facial paralysis as a teenager, she bravely picked herself up to climb the corporate ladder in high finance. She tells of how she chucked that career to follow her dream of opening a restaurant; the challenges of being a single mom; and how important it is to remember that we only have one go around in this life and that at any time, we have the power within us to change what isn’t working.

Release date: May 20th 2016

Runtime: 37m

Recorded: New York

Keni is the Senior Event Technology Specialist and a diversity advocate at JWT advertising in New York. He joins the pod to give his personal perspectives on the state of racism in America today. We talk about the sorry state of affairs that currently exists when it comes to employing people of color in advertising and marketing, defined as it is by lip-service and a complete lack of transparency; how a combination of ‘keyboard gangsters’ and regressive leftism is driving much of the current race hatred that has culminated in the meteoric rise of Donald Trump; and how schools, colleges and educators need to take more responsibility for changing the situation.

You can get inspiration from his original ‘Thackerisms’ here wwww.kenithacker.com or @KeniThacker.

And here’s a link to the best movie ever made about advertising – Putney Swope (1969) – http://tinyurl.com/mu4byao

Release date: May 10th 2016

Recorded: New York

Runtime: 39m

Award-winning adman, writer, musician, raconteur and all-round witty bright spark, Simon Carbery joins the pod today to share his adventures and life-lessons over some particularly strong drinks. With Dave Trott as mentor, and Paul Arden as first boss…the pod somehow manages to also include references to Douglas Adams, Pope Francis, Fay Weldon, David Putnam, Rumpole of the Bailey, Leonardo da Vinci, David Bowie, The Air Hilaires, U2, Charles and Maurice Saatchi, Hugh Hudson, Walter Raleigh, Dr. Seuss, Pete Townshend, Johnnie Cochran, Chris Blackwell, Tom Thumb, Salman Rushdie, Cornelius Fuel, Michelangelo, Terry-Thomas, Chris Wilkins, Norman Tebbit, Tim Bell, Alexandra Taylor, Marcia Clark, Robert Plant, and The Wood Demons.

You’ll also learn why you need look no further than peace and quiet and the career of Danny Kaye for the secret to a successful life.

Release date: April 30th 2016

Runtime: 30m

Recorded: London (after one-too-many ‘Vespas’)

Internationally renowned architect Armando Ramos of Diverse Projects shares his story: from growing up in the violence of Mexico City to his fascination with architecture at age eleven; how Frank Lloyd Wright inspired him, all the way through to his dream-come-true collaboration with Frank Gehry.

We discuss how to deal with the scourge of corruption. How the value of beauty and majesty in architecture appears to have been lost. Thoughts on how to use creativity to cure homelessness and his revolutionary new concept - Architectural Propaganda – that seeks to blend politics with architecture to not only make election promises more meaningful but also drive infrastructural, civic, cultural and social change.

Release date: April 20th 2016

Runtime: 31m

Recorded: New York

Sponsored by Stitch Bar and Houndstooth Pub New York

Waterford native Elaine Purcell, is a Strategy Director at Droga5 in New York. A ‘mad for road’ world traveler, she shares what she’s learned on her life journey so far. From the death of a loved one to swimming with whale sharks the size of the Empire State Building. You’ll find out where ‘Stab City’ is in the world; why you shouldn’t be afraid to admit you’ve been fired; why nobody likes a cynic; and why taking the brave road less traveled might indeed make all the difference.

Release date: April 10th 2016

Runtime: 37m

Recorded: New York

Sponsored by: Houndstooth Pub and Stitch Bar (New York)