Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast

‘The Heroes Journey’ is an age-old step by step model used to describe the process a person has to go through to experience success.

In this five-part mini-series, Matthew Thompson teams up with serial entrepreneur Gavan Wall to show how you can use the heroes journey to break out of a rut, take the next step and slay the dragon guarding the treasure in your life.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Slay The Dragon (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/slay-the-dragon

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

Woops... Sorry about that. I scheduled the wrong one this morning. Here's the correct episode!

The Heroes Journey’ is an age-old step by step model used to describe the process a person has to go through to experience success.

In this five-part mini-series, Matthew Thompson teams up with serial entrepreneur Gavan Wall to show how you can use the heroes journey to break out of a rut, take the next step and slay the dragon guarding the treasure in your life.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Slay The Dragon (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/slay-the-dragon

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

‘The Heroes Journey’ is an age-old step by step model used to describe the process a person has to go through to experience success.

In this five-part mini-series, Matthew Thompson teams up with serial entrepreneur Gavan Wall to show how you can use the heroes journey to break out of a rut, take the next step and slay the dragon guarding the treasure in your life.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Slay The Dragon (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/slay-the-dragon

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

‘The Heroes Journey’ is an age-old step by step model used to describe the process a person has to go through to experience success.

In this five-part mini-series, Matthew Thompson teams up with serial entrepreneur Gavan Wall to show how you can use the heroes journey to break out of a rut, take the next step and slay the dragon guarding the treasure in your life.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Slay The Dragon (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/slay-the-dragon

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

Suzanne Wylie has been Chief Executive of Belfast City Council for 5 years.  

Having worked for the council for over 30 years, Suzanne progressed from working as an Environmental Health Officer to the top leadership position.

In her time as CX, she has been responsible for negotiating an £850 million city deal with the UK government to deliver on an ambitious set of projects spanning across Life & Health Sciences, Creative Industries, Advanced Manufacturing, digital development, smart districts, tourism regeneration and much much more.

In this conversation, Suzanne shares how local government can be an exciting sector to work in, how she rose through the ranks of her organisation, and why reading is essential despite a busy schedule.

Suzanne is a born and bred Belfaster with a deep love for our city and a real drive to see it thrive. Her passion and energy is infectious, and I know you’re going to love this sit-down chat with one of Belfast’s best.

Here we go.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Suzanne (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/suzanne-wylie-belfast-city-council

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Grace (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/grace-chambers-belfast-parkrun

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

Cathy Craig is a Professor of Experimental Psychology at Ulster University, but she’s also the CEO of INCISIV: a sports technology company that helps players make more match winning decisions.

In today’s conversation we explore Cathy’s widly successful academic career, how VR can be used to make our lives better and how we can make better decisions. 

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Cathy (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/cathy-craig-incisiv

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

Foy Vance is a legendary singer-songwriter from Bangor, Northern Ireland. 

In this very raw conversation we talk about what it means to wake-up, the importance of play when it comes to making music and why it is essential to stop and listen.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Foy (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/foy-vance-musician

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

Shane Todd is a comedian from Holywood, Northern Ireland.

In this week’s show, we had the chance to find out more about the man behind the sold-out stand-up gigs, podcasts and legendary characters like Mike McGoldrick and wee Dean Davidson.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Shane (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/shane-todd-comedian

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt 

RagDogs is a new start-up founded by 6 young women from Bloomfield Collegiate School that sell eco-friendly dog toys made from recycled materials.

We had the absolute honour to sit down with them to discover what they’ve learned along the way, how they feel about the big final in London and what it’s been like to juggle starting a business with your A-Levels.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to RagDogs (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/young-enterprise-northern-ireland-ragdogs

Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland.

To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/

Cheers!

— Matt