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

…The photographer who became a silversmith before founding a creative charity and opening a shop in George Best City Airport.

Our interview with Linzi Rooney was as diverse as her experience and passions.

Tune in for a fun, energetic conversation about creativity, making money as an artist, life in the departures lounge and the importance of supporting quality, local goods.

Linzi's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/studio_souk/

Linzi's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linzi-rooney-4a37b1b2

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Linzi (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/linzi-rooney-born-and-bred

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 Bill (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/bill-wolsey-owner-merchant-hotel

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 

Q: What do you get when you cross a New Yorker, creativity, entrepreneurship and resilience?

A: Nancy Brown. 

Really enjoyed this chat with a personal mentor and friend of mine. We dive deep into the importance of work-life balance, how to bounce back after a freak accident and how getting better quality sleep could take your business to the next level.

Nancy's LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nancyabrown

Enjoy!

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Nancy (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/nancy-brown-business-coach

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 

Meet the EY accountant with the coolest hobby ever: founding, running and editing the beautiful Turf & Grain magazine.

Turf & Grain is a super-high-quality, slow-cooked magazine that features in-depth interviews with noteworthy individuals across the whole island of Ireland.

The magazine is a work of art and often feels more like a published book rather than a magazine… That’s all down to Simon’s absolute obsession with quality, and desire to create something beautiful. 

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Simon (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/simon-worthington-turf-and-grain

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 

Aly Harte is a local artist most well-known for her bright, colourful oil-based paintings.

But Aly also dedicates her time writing about important issues like grief, producing a podcast about how to build a thriving small business all while using her social media to document/coach people along the way on her own incredible journey.

In this episode, we slow things down a bit and get chatting about how to manage the busyness of life, how career changes can happen to anyone and how to balance creating art while showcasing it on social media.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Aly (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/aly-harte-artist

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 

B.O.B is one year old. We've had a great year, but it's time to switch things up. 

We hike up Cave Hill with former EY Accountant turned self-employed Drone Operator David Kenny.

Hear what it's like to quit the day job and follow your passion, how Drones can be used for good and whether or not they will ever replace your post-man.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to David (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/david-kenny-soarscape-drone

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 Colin (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/colin-geddis-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 

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Lyn (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/naomh-mcelhatton-smart-global

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 

Gavan Wall is the founder of The Wall Group, a company that owns a series of Spars, Subways and a YoggieBerrie in North Belfast.

But he's probably most well known for his charisma, speed-mentoring and being the Northern Irish King of LinkedIn.

In this episode, we get to chat about all thing from The Greatest Showman why Gavan kicked booze out his life for good and why he didn't go to the hairdressers for 7 years...

Knowledge Network, a series of mini-conferences featuring the most interesting and influential business people in Northern Ireland.

Gavan Wall first spoke at the Knowledge Network where he told his story publicly for the first time.

The kind folks at KN asked us to follow up with Gavan to dive deeper into his story and follow up on some of the points he made in his speech.

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To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to Gavan (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/gavan-wall-king-linkedin-wall-group

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