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Podcast · 54 episodes

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by Creative Boom · English

The Creative Boom Podcast is a weekly interview show for designers, illustrators, animators, and creative professionals. Host Katy Cowan talks to artists, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers about the realities of building a creative career – confidence, burnout, money, failure, reinvention, and imposter syndrome – in honest, warm conversations that don't dress anything up. Part of Creative Boom, the independent magazine for the creative community established in 2009.

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The Creative Boom Podcast TrailerTrailer for The Creative Boom podcast, promising candid, less-polished conversations that explore creatives’ passions, frustrations, and “messy” motivations rather than surface-level interviews.19 Sep 2025 · 2 min
The Spark: James Greenfield of Koto on Apple Rants, Mr Bingo Dreams & Pitch MishapsQuickfire “behind the scenes” chat with James Greenfield, CEO/co-founder of Koto, plus reflections on leadership, team culture, losing underdog status, and staying creatively sharp.16 Jul 2025 · 18 min · 9 chapters
10 Years of Koto: James Greenfield on Leadership, Growth & GritJames Greenfield, CEO/co-founder of Koto, reflects on Koto’s 10-year growth from “scrappy upstart” to a 125-person global digital/creative agency across Berlin, London, LA, New York, and Sydney.13 Jul 2025 · 51 min · 21 chapters
The Spark: Fiona McGarva on Rituals, Rockets & ReinventionFiona McGarva (Sunday Communications, Manchester) discusses creativity as a process and mindset, lessons from comms/event work, and personal rituals for focus and reinvention.9 Jul 2025 · 30 min · 16 chapters
Rewilding Comms: Fiona McGarva on Glastonbury, Print, and Creative FreedomFiona McGarva discusses “rewilding” communications—why Shangri-La at Glastonbury is shifting away from social-media-first PR toward owned, tactile, analogue messaging (e.g., press envelopes, posters…6 Jul 2025 · 54 min · 17 chapters
The Spark: Kenny Gravillis on Creative Rules, '80s Movies and Fruit PastillesA bonus Creative Boom interview with poster designer Kenny Gravillis (“KG”) about creativity without rigid rules, becoming less perfectionist, and personal habits and inspirations (especially ’80s…2 Jul 2025 · 20 min · 10 chapters