A Pint With Seaniebee

After an enormously successful advertising career, Glen Condie jumped into film-making ten years ago. A bunch of award-winning TV series quickly followed, and he has just had his first feature film green-lit and in production. In 2015, he moved to Paris from his native Australia for ‘quality of life’ reasons. In a frank and inspiring interview, Glen shares his unique perspective on his humble beginnings, the importance of hard work, the role of friendship and everything from philosophy, to why he has chosen the road less traveled and what he has learned along the path.

Release date: March 30th 2016

Runtime: 33m

Recorded: Paris

Recorded just prior to the recent sexism scandal at J. Walter Thomson involving Chief Communications Officer, Erin Johnson and erstwhile Global CEO, Gustavo Martinez, today’s podcast welcomes the woman who previously sat in Erin’s seat at the agency. Sam DiGennaro set up her own PR company DGC Communications ten years ago and talks about how corporate America can suck the soul out of you; how critical it is for companies today to work off platforms of honesty, authenticity and doing good; we also discuss the future of newspapers; whether advertising or PR is the more manipulative discipline; and Sam also shares great tips and advice for anyone thinking of taking the plunge and setting up on their own. In January, she was honored as one of the Top 20 Women in PR 2016 by PR News.

Release date: March 20th 2016

Runtime: 33m

Recorded: New York City

Attorney Cheryl Sharp - the Deputy Director of The State of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities – joins the podcast today to discuss all that ails America: how Donald Trump is providing permission and voice to racism; why we should retire the ‘N’-word; the debate on guns and cop-killings; why Seaniebee cannot continue to blindly hire women; and why being a civil servant doesn’t necessarily have to be a dead-end job bereft of creativity.

Release date: March 10th 2016

Runtime: 35m

Recorded: Cheshire, Connecticut

Today’s guest was the CEO of BateyAds Singapore during the 1990s, when it was considered to be one of the best ad agencies in the world. Today, he is a senior director at Devito Verdi based in New York. In between, he has headed Avon’s Global marketing department and helped to launch Urtak a revolutionary approach to online polling. One of the genuine good-guys of the business, Robert shares his life wisdom and career path. A must-listen for anybody with ambition to work overseas.

Release date: February 29th 2016

Runtime: 28m

Recorded: Manhattan

One of the world’s most renowned and awarded commercial and artistic photographers joins the podcast today. Simon takes us through his life journey from growing up in Buckinghamshire as the son of a famous poet, to his creative development in Australia and his eventual move to New York. In 2013, Simon had the honour of taking the last portraits of one of Ireland’s literary greats – Seamus Heaney – prior to the Nobel prizewinner’s death in August of that year. The beautiful, haunting and evocative shots can be seen here http://www.simonharsent.com/blog/seamus-heaney-1939-2013/ where you can also link to view the other work discussed on the podcast.

Release date: February 20th 2016

Runtime: 39m

Recorded: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Legendary adman Ted Royer is the Chief Creative Officer of Droga 5, one of the planet’s fastest growing, relevant and most creative ad agencies. During his career, he has worked in senior positions all over the world, winning hundreds of awards for a multitude of brands in the process. One of the genuine good-guys of the business, Ted shares what he has learnt on his journey and offers his wisdom and advice on both the future of the communications business, and life in general.

Release date: February 10th 2016

Runtime: 29m

Recorded: Droga 5 New York

Today’s podcast comes all the way from Nicaragua, where Seaniebee welcomes independent commercial and music video producer Nicole Acacio as his guest. Nicole has worked with the biggest names in the music industry and shares her stories of the nice people and the not so nice. Her career has been built on hard work and a positive attitude, and she also explains why she believes we should all remove the phrases "I’ll try..." and "I’m just…" from our vocabulary.

Release date: January 30th 2016

Runtime: 31m

Recorded: A hotel in Nicaragua

Seaniebee is delighted to welcome his good friend Andy Greenaway to the podcast. Andy is an advertising legend in Asia, where he has worked for the past three decades. A former Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia, he has also headed up the creative department at Saatchi & Saatchi in the region, and is currently the Creative Director at Sapient. In a rather noisy Paris hotel, Andy shares his career stories, wisdom and belief that you can achieve anything if you knuckle down and put your mind to it.

Release date: January 20th 2016

Runtime: 30m

Recorded: A hotel in Paris

To launch the series, Seaniebee is honoured to have been given the chance to sit down with one of Ireland’s greatest living musicians. Mundy has been at the forefront of the international music industry for over two decades, where he’s been compared to the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Here, he shares his life journey and how the record industry put him on a pedestal at 20 only to tear him off it two years later. His tale is a real example of the need for not only grit, hard work and dedication, but also an unwavering belief in your own art.

Release date: January 10th 2016

Runtime: 55m

Recorded: Kites Restaurant, Dublin