That Sounds Interesting

Karen Mulligan, writer.

Today’s guest is Karen Mulligan, a writer who lived most of her life in York and moved to Lisbon in 2021. She is currently researching and writing a novel set against the backdrop of Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s before and after the 1974 revolution.

In today’s podcast, my guest is Genevieve Hilton, a writer who uses the pen name Jan Lee, a part-time journalist and literary magazine editor, who lives in Hong Kong but plans to move to Lisbon.

Fairhaven: A novel of climate optimism:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairhaven-climate-optimism-Steve-Willis-ebook/dp/B0CW1LP4L1

The Apostrophe online literary magazine

https://hkwcmagazine.substack.com

Route One - SciFi short stories:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Route-One-stories-Jan-Chu-ebook/dp/B08NDTSZNC

The Life of David Bowie

This is a podcast with ChatGPT on the life of David Bowie. It covers his early years, his rise to fame in 1969, the Glam Rock scene in the 1970s, his work in films, continued innovation in the 1980s and 1990s up to the release of his last album in 2016 two days before his death, It all discusses his personal life and his enduring influence on music and culture.

** Note: ChatGPT podcasts are experimental **

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Boris Yaro, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Sona Schmidt-Harris, writer.

In this episode, my guest is Sona Schmidt-Harris a writer who grew up in the Bay Area in  California, lived in Utah and New York and more recently moved to Lisbon. We discuss her life on the East and West coast of the USA, her writing and photography and she reads one of her poems.

ChatGPT Podcast - Star Trek Original - 12-minute episode.

This is the first in a new series of podcasts discussing successful books and TV series with ChatGPT. In this episode, we have a discussion with ChatGPT about the original Star Trek series. It covers an overview of the main human and alien characters, the themes explored the cultural impact, the technology's influence on today’s technology, the reasons for its enduring popularity and some favourite episodes.

** Note: ChatGPT podcasts are experimental **

Inna Novikova, writer.

Inna Novikova grew up in the far eastern part of Russia, moved to Austrailia at age 20 and lived there for a number of years, and has recently moved to Lisbon, Portugal. In this podcast she describes her life, her books, and her new environment project called Aloevera.

Marina Pacheco is a Lisbon-based writer who has published twenty-two books and continues to innovate beyond the written word including audiobooks and soon serialised fiction. It’s been two years since I last talked to her on this podcast and a lot has happened in that time.

Kev Harrison is a teacher, a podcaster and a writer. This interview covers Kev’s background, his travels which brought him to Lisbon, his creative journey as a writer and the details about his new book and forthcoming book.

Today my guest Is Richard Gross, a community manager at Betahaus. We talk about his time in Stirling, Scotland, his year in Sydney, Australia, his return to Berlin, working at Betahaus, his interests in music and writing and his future plans.

Gillord Pisas grew up in Curacao and moved to Berlin, Germany in 2017. As well as working for Betahaus Co-working here in Berlin, he is also a voice actor and a rapper. In this interview Gillord discusses how he got started in Berlin and his philosophy in identifying and seizing opportunities in creative areas of presenting, voice acting and music.