Empowering artists and musicians to approach their work like an early stage startup, is a lot of how today's guest spends his time running The Rattle. Speaking with Amrit just days before the arrival of baby number two, Chris Howard paints a markedly honest picture of the struggles faced by a new father, already nurturing one high maintenance entity. It’s clear from the moment he opens his mouth that he’s an optimist (he even named his old band the Optimists), and during the conversation Chris argues (rather encouragingly) that optimism is something you can learn, something you do - rather than something you are. 

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