RADICAL STRATEGIES

Our final guest for Radical Strategies Season Four is the acclaimed Hollywood Concept Designer, Phil Saunders. Best known for designing the Iron Man superhero suit, his long credit list ranges from Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, Avengers:  Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, to WandaVision, Shang-Chi, Tron Legacy, and the Ironman films amongst many others. In this episode, Rod Chong interviews Phil about his career story and gets his in-depth advice about concept design career development.

Please welcome the graphic designer and typographer, Raf Rennie to Radical Strategies. In this podcast session, we learn the story of how he built up his design practice - from his initial struggles as a college graduate to his establishment in New York, one of the world’s top design locales. This episode is a must-listen, for anyone looking to have a go as a graphic designer.

Meet the enigmatic TRU, the Toronto based digital artist and NFT creator. This conversation sheds light on how to forge a traditional gallery-focused artist practice while offering glimpses into the world of NFT minting. It’s an insightful, energized conversation, which we are excited to share!

The title of this week’s Radical Strategies episode is a bit of a universal goal for what seems to be half the planet - A Life in Front of the Lens. So many want this career, but so few actually make a living doing it! Meet Steffie Baik, who is forging her way as a professional model, content creator, and upcoming actor. In this interview, she breaks down for us exactly how she got her career started and some key lessons learned along the way. It's a fun chat!

Discover the career story of Corin Roddick, the electronic musician behind “future pop” band Purity Ring. Corin outlines his early days, as a recording engineer and drummer, back in his native city of Edmonton, Canada, and details the first steps that lead to the start of Purity Ring. The conversation is full of interesting stories and advice and will be especially useful to young musicians and audio producers.

Please welcome our latest guest - live streamer, and internet personality, Sonja Firefoxx. For this Radical Strategies episode, we take a detailed look at Live Streaming as a profession and deep dive into all facets of Sonja’s career story. Let’s understand how she went about developing a massive global following for her game content channels, and hear what advice she has for aspiring content creators.

Here we go with Radical Strategies Season Four - a deep dive study into the art of developing a creative career.

Our first guest is the esteemed automotive photographer and content creator, Larry Chen. In this episode, we discuss just what it takes to become one of the world’s top car shooters. Don’t expect easy answers! Larry also arms us with practical photo career advice - it's very helpful for anyone hoping to start a professional photography career.

For our final investigation of all things Sim Racing, we decided to speak to Belma Nadarevic, Head of Marketing at Fanatec, one of the world's top manufacturers of gaming steering wheels, pedals and accessories, and a key sponsor across the racing eSports sector. Belma gives us a great overview across the various segments of Sim racing.

Follow: 

Belma Nadarevic: https://www.instagram.com/its_belma_xoxo/

Rod Chong: https://www.instagram.com/rev_sect/

Race Service: https://www.instagram.com/race.service/

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_ftw/

For episode three of our season of Sim Racing themes discussions, we decided to talk to a long time friend, professional racing driver, Tommy Milner. Tommy bridges the gap between virtual and real life motorsports, as he completes in eSports events, is a multiple sport car racing champion, has worked on game development and even co-owns an eSports racing team. This conversation gives great insight into the racer side of pro eSports competition and how it bridges into the motorsports industry.

Follow: 

Tommy Milner: @tommymilner

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Meet Dom Duhan, the founder of Team Redline, one of the world's foremost eSports sim racing teams. This conversation gives an excellent perspective onto the day to day operations of a professional video game racing team, as well as insights across all aspects of the sim racing industry. Watch this video if you want to learn more about how to forge a career racing games for a living.

Follow:

Dom Duhan: @dominoduhan

Team Redline: @teamredlinesim

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw