With Alex we have an open discussion on what it means to deal with a chronic disease and being a freelancer. From a sudden phone call on her way to New York to a night in A&E Alex shares her Type 1 Diabetes origin story and takes us through how to be a successful self employed Product and Service designer while dealing with a chronic disease. She then takes us through her life as a Swiss kid and how she went from ski instructor to the Denmark School of Design and ultimately landed in Edinburgh.

From young and dedicated trumpeter to world renowned gastroenterologist, Charlie's journey is one of a ridiculously focused high achiever. Join me on discovering his drive and how his dedication to his profession is on route to improve the lives of million of IBD, Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients around the world.

From Missouri to Scotland, Carrie's 6 years of travel took her from sleeping rough in Ireland to a life of luxury in Taiwan. From travel photographer to English teacher, Carrie's career changes an evolves from country to country until she finally settles in Scotland in the early 2000.

Dave takes us through his journey from becoming a videogame journalist to crowdfunding a comic book series through Kickstarter. With his relentless trial and error approach he embraces failure to fuel his way to success. Join me in understanding how Dave's mastery of marketing and communication lead his career to a hard fought break in the coming book industry.

The twists and turns in the life of one of the best designers and typographers in the UK. This is a story of hardship and achievements that culminate with him heading straight back from London to the small town of Gourock in Inverclyde where he services world class clients.

Alice Carnegie is an illustrator by night and a gallery assistant by day. She created the Girl Gang series of illustrations and was nominated for the Creativity Award by Creative Edinburgh at their 2016 ceremony for her Bubblegum exhibition. Alice has a strong visual style and a specific approach to illustrating and our chat explores her take on work and life.

Pablo Fernandez Clark is an Illustrator, Storyboard Artist, Comic Book Artist and Animator. He worked on some amazing projects in the Video Game industry, Netflix shows, award winning cinema ads and animated shorts. His work was published by BOOM!, Dark Horse and his next big project by Image Comics is coming out soon.

Yann Seznec is an entrepreneur, a teacher and a musicians. In Edinburgh, he founded a game studio called Lucky Frame before going solo and focusing on his career as a Sound Artist. We go deep on what it takes to run an iOS game studio, winning a Scottish BAFTA and taming Dragons in the Den.

With me today is Creative Edinburgh Director Yasmin Sulaiman. She takes me on a journey from freelance writer to Editor in Chief at The List through more than 500 Fringe shows watched and some harsh criticism she used as a way to improve her craft. Together, we then celebrate the community by announcing the shortlist for the Creative Edinburgh Awards 2018

We go deep on Motion Design, burnouts and taking time to be lame. We also talk mental health and making better choices to stay balanced.