RIGHT-BRAINIACS!

RIGHT-BRAINIACS!

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RIGHT-BRAINIACS! episodes

  • Creativity from all angles with Monash Univerity's Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, Professor Jon McCormack, and Isabella Armstrong

    Recorded live at Monash University's recent MPower event.

    Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway: lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University.

    After her PhD in Australia, Jasmina held postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. She came to Monash as an inaugural Margaret Clayton Women in Science fellow. She runs the highly successful program: "How to Survive on Mars: the Science Behind the Human Exploration of Mars". One of her key aims is to get people to think more creatively about how to solve challenges on earth.

    https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/survive-mars

    Professor Jon McCormack: professor in computer science and an ARC Future Fellow, an founder and director of SensiLab.

    His research interests include generative art, design and music, evolutionary systems, computer creativity, visualisation, virtual reality, interaction design, physical computing, machine learning, developmental models, and physical computing. His artworks have been widely exhibited at leading galleries, museums and symposia, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), Tate Gallery (Liverpool, UK), ACM SIGGRAPH (USA), Prix Ars Electronica (Austria) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Australia).

    https://sensilab.monash.edu/

    Isabella Armstrong, Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours).

    She completed her Bachelor in Industrial Design last year and is currently undertaking her Honours in Industrial Design which she will finish at the end of this year. Isabella has a focus and passion for social impact design which is currently reflected in her honours project. It is focused on safety for women, specifically when they are moving from public transport to their homes and the final outcome will be a design strategy.

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    41 min
  • BALANCING THE LEFT AND RIGHT-SIDE OF YOUR BRAIN - Renuka Kimber, Mat Crompton, and Rachel Semmens

    How can we balance left and right-brain thinking for the best output. Today I have three guests who do just that and they can give you some tips on how you can too. Plus, you'll hear all about what their version of the Spank Bubble 3.0 is!

    Renuka Kimber

    Ren currently leads the development of propositions to drive the development of new services and solutions at global accounting and management consulting firm KPMG. She's also the co-founder and advisor of luxury menswear label Christian Kimber (National Designer of the Year 2019), and is a regular contributor for GQ and Vogue. She's also a Board Director for Kids Under Cover, a charity dedicated to the prevention of youth homelessness in Victoria.
    https://christiankimber.com/

    https://www.kuc.org.au/

    Rachel Semmens

    Rachel is currently the Senior Marketing Manager for Jeep Australia having been at parent company Fiat-Chrysler for five years. Before that she worked at advertising agency GPY&R, now known as VMLY&R where she was account director across client such as the AFL, Schweppes, and youth homelessness charity Ladder.

    https://www.jeep.com.au/

    Mat Crompton

    Mat spent ten years working in consumer advertising in both London and Melbourne for two of the big five networks - Havas and Pubilcis. He left adland a few years ago to focus his attention on developing campaigns around key social issues and is now a freelance strategist specialising in behaviour change.

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    28 min
  • THE FIRST EVER EPISODE OF RIGHT-BRAINIACS! The game show where there is no wrong answer

    Every episode of The Right-brain Warm-up ends with each guest answering a question from our book The Right-brain Workout. The answers people give are ALWAYS amazing. So, today's episode features three amazing guests answering a series of right-brain questions to see how creativity can create limitless possibilities. So, welcome to the first ever episode hilarious of Right-Brainiacs!

    Questions like:

    Write a poem about how exciting paying your power bill is.

    There is a cute village of tiny people that live in your belly button. They make clothing out of lint, use your hair like lumber to build houses and their main diet consists of dead skin. Three times a week they meet for religious services. What is the focus of their religion?

    If clay was discovered to be a new super food, what would it be called to market it to people?

    Guests

    Jono Lineen spent almost 20 years travelling the world working as a forester, mountain guide, ski racer, humanitarian relief worker and writer. He is a curator at the National Museum of Australia. His books include River Trilogy, Into the Heart of the Himalayas and Perfect Motion.

    Kimmie Neidhardt is the Creative Director and co-founder of Sydney based creative agency, Burd. She's spent the last 20 years using her creative skills to help brands make shitloads of money. What she really, really wants to do though, is leave the world better than how she found it. So she's now working on a way to use her creative skills for the greater good.

    Jack Druce is one of Australia’s sharpest and most original comedians. His unique humour has lead him to headline shows nation wide, perform at Splendour in the Grass, comedy festivals all over Australia, as well as writing for Channel 10’s ‘The Project.’

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    25 min
  • CHRIS MASS IN JULY! Creativity with Chris Ellis, Chris Tovo, and Chris Baker

    FINALLY, we find out who the best Chris is, as we hear from Chris Ellis, Chris Tovo, and Chris Baker as they discuss creativity and how to stand out from the crowd.

    Chris Ellis

    Chris Ellis is an accomplished Creative Director from Melbourne, Australia. He is behind original, memorable and influential work for many of the world’s best-loved brands including Jeep, Nike, Virgin, Heinz, Specsavers and Movember featured in The Huffington Post, Ad Week, The Guardian and Contagious Magazine.

    https://chrisellis.com.au/

    Chris Tovo

    Chris Tovo (tovo) has loved photography since he was about 12 years old and he’s been shooting professionally for about 25 years now. He exhibits personal work and he’s shot all over the world for a myriad of clients in the fashion and advertising industry. He is also a Director and DOP with campaigns aired in both Australia and the US .

    http://www.christophertovo.com/

    Chris Baker

    Chris or BAKES as I like to call him is the Creative Director & Strategic Lead for Creative Agency Willow & Blake. He’s also a right top bloke, and I’m not just saying that because he wrote this intro knowing I’d read it out loud, I really do mean it. If it wasn't for Bakes, I don’t think I'd ever have had the chance to go on TV and sit next to Peter Helliar. #ThankyouBakes #Sponsored

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    33 min
  • How sport and fitness can make you more creative with Sally Phillips, Boyd Hicklin and Stella Tregurtha

    Today I have three guests who are at the top of their game when it comes to sport and fitness. From performing at the highest level for Australia, to promoting some of the biggest sporting events in the land, to keeping people performing at their peak in lockdown, let’s learn how creativity can help keep your mind and body firing.

    Sally Phillips

    Sally is the former head of the Women's National Basketball League, past Australian Opal, and all-around sports administration legend.

    Boyd Hicklin

    Boyd is the Executive Creative Director of the gemba group- a sports focussed marketing and advertising agency.
    http://thegembagroup.com/

    Stella Tregurtha

    Stella is the Boss Lady Legend of three F45 studios in Kew, Heidelberg, and Bulleen, who is having to be unbelievably creative with Melbourne in lockdown once again.
    https://f45training.com.au/

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    33 min
  • Russel Howcroft- A right-brain life

    In this episode I do a deep dive with the brilliant Russel Howcroft as we talk about all of the incredible creative things he's done in his life.

    He’s helmed advertising agencies, been executive general manager Channel Ten, Chief Creative Officer of PwC, is a former board member of the Melbourne Football Club, current committee member of the Melbourne Cricket Club, chairman of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and now as the soon to be new breakfast co-host on 3AW with Ross Stevenson, he’s achieved a lot in his life.With more still to come.

    And maybe we can learn about just how he did it.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Having multiple creative strings to your bow with Andi Snelling, Diana Nguyen, and Sam Hopgood

    Today, I'm speaking to three amazing people who express themselves creatively in lots of different ways, to show how you can too.

    Topics discussed:

    1. What is creativity?
  • How do you use creativity to express yourself?
  • What do you feel when you’re being creative?
  • How do you get in a creative zone?
  • Write a one paragraph synopsis for a murder mystery where you are the key suspect.

    • Diana Nguyen

    Diana is an actor and comedian, and creative entrepreneur. She's performed all around Australia and internationally sharing her work including her theatre show and now webseries www.phiandme.tv, about a Vietnamese refugee mother's love for her daughter, and their intergenerational conflict. She’s appeared on The Project, Q&A and many other TV roles and is also acontent maker on Linkedin as #dancingdiana
    http://www.diananguyen.com.au/

    Andi Snelling

    Andi is a multi award-winning performer, writer and theatre-maker with a special talent for physical storytelling. She has been described as “the standout” (Herald Sun), “sublimely talented” (The Age/SMH) and “so skilled that you’re left wanting more” (Daily Review). Andi has been on stage her entire life, growing up as a gymnast/dancer competing at national level.
    http://www.andisnelling.com/
    insta/twitter: @andisnelling
    FB: Andi Snelling - Performer, Writer

    Sam Hopgood

    Sam is an award winning audio engineer, sound designer and musician who has been working in the advertising post production world for nearly 25 years. After learning from the masters Philip Webster and Paul le Couteur at Flint Webster, he pent time working at Good Audio Sense, followed by a 2 years in Shanghai, before returning to head up the Sound Lounge at Mike Reed Post production and is now a part of the Bang Bang Studios team. Sam also produces electronic music under his own name.
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/4b0EgNE5qGByALvpDFsA0c?si=69GjKSSvSz-7E-gTaOGlEA&fbclid=IwAR0mitt6j0AWn3Tnzu1GEBKasihbFnha_Xkzvi0Q0_0ydL3UnIFhY5hxZTA

    47 min
  • Making yourself uncomfortable with comedian Dave Thornton, and head of content and author Luke Wallis

    Sometimes we take on more than we can handle and have to figure it out from there. Today I have two guests who have pushed themselves into uncomfortable situations and come out smelling of roses.

    Dave Thornton

    Dave has built a global reputation for his honest, engaging, whip-smart and damn funny comedy. He’s stormed the world’s three major comedy festivals and, back home, Dave is a hot ticket across the country, filling thousands of seats with a growing army of fans.
    https://www.facebook.com/davethorntoncomedy/

    Luke Wallis

    Luke is a head of content, writer and music tragic. He has written for the TV show Rockwiz, is a published author and has interviewed some of the biggest stars in the world including Mick Jagger, Rihanna and Matt Damon. Most intimidating moment: trying to
    put a lapel mic on Keith Richards.
    https://lukewallis.com/

    Topics covered:

    1. What is creativity to you?
  • What inspires you?
  • Have you ever felt over your head?
  • How do you overcome that feeling?
  • What’s a creative highlight in your life?
  • What’s a right-brain tip to help people be more creative?
  • Write down the internal monologue of your computer keyboard.

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    34 min
  • The Chaser's Andrew Hansen, Director Thomas Charles Hyland, and Creative Director Kimmie Neidhardt on creativity that moves.

    Creativity can make you laugh. It can make you cry. Because it makes you feel something. So, I have three amazing guests to chat about just that.

    Andrew Hansen

    Andrew is an Australian comedian whose TV shows include The Chaser’s Election Desk,
    Media Circus, The Hamster Wheel, The Chaser’s War On Everything, and CNNNN. He's
    toured a bunch of live musical comedy shows around Australia, and made the ARIA-winning album The Blow Parade. He’s also co-author of the 4-book Egyptian adventure
    series “Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies.”
    https://twitter.com/andrewjhansen
    https://chaser.com.au/

    Thomas Charles Hyland

    Thomas is a director & writer who makes commercial, narrative & non-fiction work. He's
    made ads for the Government, artwork for MONA, doco's for SBS and potato dinners for
    his partner.
    https://www.thomascharleshyland.com.au/

    Kimmie Neidhardt

    Kimmie is the Creative Director and co-founder of Sydney based creative agency, Burd.
    She's spent the last 20 years using her creative skills to help brands make shitloads of money. What she really, really wants to do though, is leave the world better than how she found it. So she's now working on a way to use her creative skills for the greater good.
    She's also taught her 7-year old wild child the ins and outs of canine body language.
    https://www.burd.com.au/

    Topics covered.

    1. What is creativity to you?
  • Why is it so important?
  • When did you know you wanted to work in a creative field?
  • Where do you find the inspiration to do what you do?
  • How can creativity inspire society?
  • What is it about what you do that you love?
  • What’s a right-brain tip to help people be more creative?
  • If your childhood best friend told you he or she was a robot built by aliens 100 years ago, what would you do?

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    33 min
  • How to get the best out of creative people

    Creativity is hard to measure, let alone nurture. So, today I have two guests who have been picking creative talent for years, and are experts in just what makes a creative person tick.

    Lea Walker

    For over twenty years, Lea has been lucky enough to have worked for and partnered with some of the most respected individuals and creative organisations in Australia, Britain and the United States. 2 years ago she opened Mrs Walker to offer independent and bespoke Talent Consultation in Recruitment, Coaching and Talent Operations to Agencies and Marketing Departments.
    https://www.mrswalkertc.com/

    Lauren Zoric

    Lauren is an Associate Director at Tolarno Galleries in Melbourne which represents some of Australia’s most recognised artists including Patricia Piccinini and Ben Quilty. She's is a specialist in arts marketing and communications having also spent five years delivering award-winning campaigns for the Melbourne International Film Festival among many other achievements.
    https://tolarnogalleries.com/

    Topics covered

    1. What is creativity to you?
  • What do you look for when assessing creativity?
  • Why do you work in a creative field?
  • What lessons have you learnt along the way from creative people?
  • Are there certain traits you find common amongst creative people?
  • What’s a right-brain tip you could give people to unlock their creativity?
  • Invent a new dance step based off the first piece of furniture that pops into your mind. Maybe you’ll invent “The Couch”, “The Broom’, or “Table”…!

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    36 min

About RIGHT-BRAINIACS!

From the publisher's feed

Host Alex Wadelton leads a game show featuring an ever-evolving panel of four Right-brainiacs, where each panellist is challenged to answers a series of completely random questions with the most creative, entertaining, philosophical, world-changing, and funniest answers possible.