By order of the Peaky Blinders. What comes first - the button or the sweater? Knitted turbans. Is knitting like computer programming? Making sweaters for Wonka. Etsy costs for craft creators. Boo to fast fashion! Making handmade affordable. The 1930s and 1940s body shape. Decoding old knitting patterns. Finding the right yarn. Collecting a horde of buttons. Being born in the wrong decade. A creative journey through dance, film, fashion to becoming The Sweater Girl. The supportive retro knitting community. Knitting for mental health. Retro machines. And making sweaters for Peaky Blinders! WOW! What an inspiring guest. Thanks Maddy!

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TheSweaterGirlKnits on Etsy

Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden, Georgie and Paul
Edited by Nick
Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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Trigger warning: Early talk about s*lf h*rm. Gay jobs vs Day jobs. Being on a fancy video shoot for a TV ad. Coming out as a trans woman at work. Getting pro make-up. Unmasking. Identity. Air quotes in different fonts. Being in The Sims in real life. Is Sangita an energy vampire? Pretending to be geezer Dads to fit in. Adelle’s media empire of #not stuff. Adelle and Jordan Grey’s parallel trans journeys. Supportive managers at work. Deadnaming. The awkward teenage dressing up stage. 'My trombone is brilliant!' Nick. Tights filled with rice as boobs before hormones kick in. Cross dressing from the charity shop. Find your style - going from prologue self direct to Clueless. LinkedIn is Facebook for people with no soul. #IDontKnowHowToBeTrans. Rainbow honours awards. What happens in the VIP room! Meeting Russell Tovey. Finding your hairstyle. Staying positive and being your authentic self through negativity. Essex Pride is the cure for Lawrence Fox energy drain. Diversity breeds creativity. Equity vs equality. Getting styled by the Strictly stylist! Growing your own boobs and seeing them on the big screen. We love Adelle!

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Adelle on Insta

Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden, Georgie and Paul.
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Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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Making belly button piercing inclusive for all body shapes. English sushi. Staring at people’s ears. Bespoke ear curation. Natural vs unnatural stones. Alan & Ron’s jewelry designs. Copycats copying Cat’s jewelry. Four dimensional jewelry shapes. Finding inspiration for designs in nature. Inclusive body jewelry. Ear transplants. Needles vs guns. A whole needle portfolio? Turning people away can be good for business! Cat remembers ears. Having multiple ear piercings is so hot right now on the red carpet! Naming jewelry after friends - jewelry friends! Pawsome! Snochs. Schnarvels. Tragus. Schnagus. Daith. Daves. All the bits of ears. Tiny little rat hands. School careers advisors. Getting started as a piercer. Learning and sharing knowledge between professionals. International customers traveling for Cat (from Wales)! Digital curation and visualisation of jewelry and piercing layouts. And find out all about Sangita and Nick’s ears… from the ear whisperer...

Piercings By Cat
Qualiti Body Jewellery
The Interbellum Tattoos

Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden and Paul.
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Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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Becoming an actor. The journey from creative awakening to reality. Jaiden Smith in Karate Kid to Top Boy. We are Creative Gods! Is panto more fun than telly? Ice skating skills. The Brit school. Pretending to be a sausage like Benedict Cumberland. Music with Adele. Meeting Jessie J. Casual school visits from Tom Holland. Being a tree. Supportive teachers vs unsupportive teachers. Shrek auditions. Positive support networks. Coconuts for horse hooves. Finding an agent. Dealing with rejection from roles. Tips for a great first impression in casting. Carlos the Frozen Sausage. Being resilient. Being in Top Boy! Method acting. Rubber bricks. Electric boys on set are not little robots. Top Boy On Ice Xmas Special.

Carlos Byles
Carlos on imdb
The Brit School

Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden and Paul.
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Building a supportive film making community with the Independent Horror Society. How much would it cost to make a feature film about a killer swan? What’s a DOP? Introducing Nickipedia. Do you need to go to University to work in film?  Advice for making your first film. Finding collaborators. Learning from YouTube. Dolphin impressions. Bill vs Ripper. Best gore in a horror film. Bill Kill 3: Triple Bill. Learning to make practical special effects ‘Just buy some bits!’ The problems of having a kid’s brain with adult money. Making fake sweat and tears. And making 6 minute 6 second films in 66 hours for the 666 Film Challenge.

Jim Dexter

666 Film Challenge

Indie Horror Society

Indie Horror Society Podcast

Walking Against The Rain - Scott Lyus

Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden and Paul.
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Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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Organising a street art festival. Don’t mess with a mother seagull! Twig art. Learning how to spray paint. What’s an Open Reach box? The London Police and their cheeky LADS. Making Chelmsford more cultural and civic pride. Chexit. Running out of walls to paint. The barriers to organising a street art festival. Scotty Brave’s Grayson Perry portrait. More seagull attacks. Graffiti gang vs The Wicker Crew. Razorbeak of Tindall Street. Doodle walls. The smell of spray paint. Fat Boy Slim in a wicker spray can. Spray paint BINGO! Advice for young artists and street artists starting out.

Thanks to our amazing guest Candy Joyce
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Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden, Connor, Georgie and Paul.
Edited by Nick.
Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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How to get into books? What’s a bad first sentence? Alan Kazam and the alternative Harry Potter universe. Nick pitches 'Robo-Tindal: Judgement on Chelmsford'. How BookTok has sent physical sales through the roof. Boardroom sausagefests. Fiction Girl and her sharpened commas. Female-run publishing and smashing the glass ceiling. Working with literary agents to get your book seen by publishers. Do judge a book by its cover! Naughty AI robots writing books. South Asian drag queens. And Sangita is pretty much horizontally chilled with the post-holiday vibes - so she doesn’t talk much for the second half - just dipping her toes in the sea of creative inspiration.

Keshini is Publishing Director from Hera Books

Look out for Missy by Raghav Rao - out in Sep 2024 - Sangita's gonna read it!

Hera Books on TikTok

Drag goodness from Hot Haus Drag at Hot Box

Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden 'The Ragga Enforcer' running the engineering solo! Big up Night Til Dawn
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How did Garry set up an inclusive wrestling scene? Is wrestling creative? How do you turn a human man into an evil duck? What is Sangita's wrestling name? How did Garry help to mould Essex legend Will Ospreay into the AEW Superstar he is today? Bacon balaclavas? World Records for wrestling? Would Mr.Bean make a good wrestler? Can you wrestle in tweed? And how do you get into wrestling as a performer or promoter? And wise creative advice for anyone looking to get into performance arts!

Thanks to our amazing guest Garry Vanderhorne from Lucha Britannia.
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Recorded at City Sound Chelmsford with Jaiden, Connor, Georgie  and Paul.
Edited by Nick.
Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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