Rosemary Ferguson started her career as a model and as part of a group of people who created the grunge look and re-spun the UK fashion industry on it's axel. She went on to become a trained naturopath with a clinic in Harley Street and columns in Women's Health and Vogue and has recently founded an alt burger restaurant concept called FILTH. She is a retired raver, a mother of daughters, wife to a prolific artist and to top it all I, literally have never heard a bad word about her, she is a delightful person. I loved hearing her story and can't wait to see what she does next...

Chris Barnes (on the right) and Paul Webb (on the left) are bee-keeping enthusiasts who turned their hobby into a business last year when they crowdfunded and launched a range of British, unpasteurised, single-source honey called Black Bee. Their low-key delivery disguises some strong opinions about the noise of the startup community, their feelings about peak stuff and the serious purpose behind what they are doing. Any time in their company is enjoyable and I was really happy to catch up with them. Apologies for the quality of the audio which at some point I will improve and also for the talking over each other thing which is tricky with three people in the mix: Frost, Nixon and me. Enjoy.

Daniel Giacopelli, up until recently was the voice of Monocle 24, the London based Monocole podcast station that he helped found. He now edits the only business magazine that feels relevant to the London startup scene, Courier and has big plans for it. During this very off-the-cuff conversation which, literally took place yesterday on a park bench in Soho Daniel highlights the gaping holes in my interview techniques and I try and take his job, enjoy...

Dan Germain is global head of brand and part of the founding team at Innocent Drinks. He is responsible for creating the relaxed brand identity and tone-of-voice that has been widely imitated across FMCG. Here he talks about, amoungst other things, how the company has managed to retain its purpose and values despite being nearly 20 years old and what happened with Bill Clinton dropped into Fruit Towers...

James Brown is a hairdresser, art director, brand builder, founder of The Agency representing emerging UK talent and so much more. This week on the podcast I am delighted (after an initial excited catch-up)to let him speak and tell his incredible story, a story of talent and flair and grit and that spans thirty years as a true industry insider. There is no-one like James Brown.

India Sellars and her sister Sinclair are founders of specialist bridesmaid dress company Maids to Measure which has a shop in Chelsea and a range of dresses on sale at John Lewis. India tells the often hilarious story of their journey from borrowing money off the cleaning lady to getting investment from TV Dragon and industry giant Toukar Suleyman.

After 12 years in a key role at The Soho House Group and loving it, Oli did what no-one expected him to do and jumped ship to set up, on his own in a completely different industry. We talked about angry chihuahuas, kilt-wearing and the unbridled joy that you can achieve when you live a boss-less life.

Inspired by literature and creative free-thinkers Timothy Han founded cult perfume brand Edition to push his own creative boundaries. Timothy is very much an industry maverick, viewing fragrance and the worlds that it evokes in a highly personal and artistic way. He currently has a perfume lab at Somerset House where I was lucky enough to speak to him for this podcast.

Bee Berrie is the author of two best-selling cookery books and founder of Bee's Bakery, a brand which went from concept to the shelves of Harrods in an incredible three months. This podcast is a short audio recorded as part of an ALL OF THE ABOVE EVENT to give you an idea of what we talk about when we meet. In this case it was Sweary Dodgers, pooh samples and machines that knee-cap pigs. Stay with me...

Alison Perry started her career as a pop journalist before becoming a full-time blogger. With an ever-expanding Instagram following and a job that she has invented I wanted to know if anyone could do it and what it’s really like to be her? From waiting in corridors at Top of the Pops for Madonna to getting paid in bath toys hear Alison tell it how it is...