Best Helen Saul Podcasts (2024)

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PRODUCING MOMENTS THAT MATTER - Interview with JB Miller 48:45

4M ago48:45

48:45

JB Miller is the visionary leader and CEO of Empire Entertainment and Emmy Awards-winning executive producer. He is a legend in the events industry for creating completely immersive experiences on a global scale. In this interview, JB talks about what signifies the “experiential events industry”, seen as a merger between the events and meeting indu…

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PHOTOFAIRS NEW YORK - Interview with Helen Toomer 39:25

10M ago39:25

39:25

Helen Toomer is the director of Photofairs New York, which held its inaugural edition at the Javits Center this past September. The mission is to “present the state-of-the-art view of visual culture, … to explore the diverse and rapidly evolving landscape of image-making, from intersections with digital art and film, to the medium’s next frontiers,…

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NIFF, NORDIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Interview with Linnea Larsdotter Mikkelä 38:27

11M ago38:27

38:27

In this episode, Linnea Larsdotter Mikkelä, creative director and president of NIFF, Nordic International Film Festival, takes us on an inspiring walk-through of this year’s festival program. We talk about the identity of Nordic filmmaking, and why the 2022 Cannes Film Festival was the busiest festival ever for Nordic filmmakers, among them Ruben Ö…

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DESIGN - Interview with Paola Antonelli 41:51

12M ago41:51

41:51

Paola Antonelli is the Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, where she also serves as the founding Director of Research and Development. She has been described as "one of the 25 most incisive design visionaries in the world" by TIME magazine. In this interview Paola talks about her vision of what de…

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PUBLIC ART FUND - Interview with Susan Freedman 47:11

1y ago47:11

47:11

Since its inception in 1977, Public Art Fund has presented more than 500 artists' exhibitions and projects at sites throughout New York City. In this episode, Susan K. Freedman, the president of Public Art Fund, presents current exhibitions including Nicholas Galanin’s impressive new sculpture “In Every Language There Is Land/En cada lengua hay una…

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ART IN THE NEW GRAND CENTRAL MADISON - Interview with Sandra Bloodworth 37:26

1+ y ago37:26

37:26

As you travel through the New York Subway system, you may not know it, but you are traveling through one of the largest and most diverse collections of public art in the world. In this episode, Sandra Bloodworth, the director of MTA Arts & Design, takes us on a tour of the new Grand Central Madison Terminal, the new commuter rail terminal for the L…

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A DIAMOND IS FOREVER - Interview with Greg Kwiat 51:20

2y ago51:20

51:20

Greg Kwiat, whose “thinking is as clear as the diamonds he’s selling” is the CEO of Kwiat, a four-generation family company founded in 1907. In this interview we talk about what it was like growing up in a diamond family, the history of the diamond industry, De Beers dominating role, and the legendary advertising campaign “A Diamond is Forever” to …

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COLLECTIBLE DESIGN - Interview with Evan Snyderman & Zesty Meyers 1:00:29

2+ y ago1:00:29

1:00:29

Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers, owners, and co-founders of the R & Company Gallery, have managed to transform their passion for design into one of the world's finest design galleries. With an obsession for seeking deeper beauty of design objects, and a philosophy based on teamwork, collaboration, and a cross-disciplinary approach, they have define…

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NAMES OF NEW YORK - Interview with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro 44:53

2+ y ago44:53

44:53

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is an award-winning American geographer and writer. In his latest book “Names of New York”, he traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants, have left their marks on the city’s map. In this interview, we talk about how several places in New York got their names: M…

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RICHARD SAUL WURMAN - Interview with Richard Saul Wurman 57:18

2+ y ago57:18

57:18

Richard Saul Wurman is one of the most influential American architects and graphic designers of our time. He created the TED Conference, most popularly known as the TedTalks series. Early in his career, he coined the term “Information Architecture”, which defined a new era and addressed design solution for communicating rising amounts of data. Rich…

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MARK SELIGER - Interview with Mark Seliger 45:52

2+ y ago45:52

45:52

Award-winning photographer Mark Seliger was Rolling Stone’s Chief Photographer from 1992-2002, where he shot over 175 covers. From 2002-2012, he was on contract with Condé Nast where he shot regularly for Vanity Fair and GQ. We talk about Mark’s latest book “The City That Finally Sleeps", where during the pandemic, “he took to the desolate streets,…

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NYC JEWELRY WEEK - Interview with Bella Neyman & JB Jones 43:16

3y ago43:16

43:16

Bella Neyman and JB Jones are the co-founders of NYC Jewelry Week, an annual event dedicated to promoting and celebrating the world of jewelry, from the window shopper to the avid collector. NYC Jewelry Week is about creating an intimate emotional connection with jewelry; giving consumers a way to get to know artists, learn the history and explore …

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ADFF, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FILM FESTIVAL - Interview with Kyle Bergman 48:13

3y ago48:13

48:13

Kyle Bergman is the founder and director of ADFF, the Architecture & Design Film Festival, which is the world’s largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit of architecture and design. With a curated selection of films, events, and panel discussions, in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Washington DC, Vancouver and on-line, ADFF c…

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RICHARD FLORIDA - Interview with Richard Florida 29:33

3y ago29:33

29:33

Richard Florida is a professor at the University of Toronto and distinguished visiting fellow at New York University. He is a co-founder and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic. He is best known for the concept of the creative class and its implications for urban regeneration expressed in his best-selling book “The Rise o…

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E19: Lauren Ashcroft at UltimateYou on helping people achieve their goals across the globe 1:02:08

3y ago1:02:08

1:02:08

Lauren Ashcroft, the founder of UltimateYou, joins Mad Influence to talk about how she launched a globally successful business in the middle of the pandemic, to help people realise their ambitions. We talk about her journey from being made redundant to creating a set of products that have been reviewed by Women’s Health as having ‘life-changing pow…

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Supporting road crash victims, with Mary Williams (ep.6) 32:09

3y ago32:09

32:09

In this episode, we talk with Mary Williams - Chief Executive of Brake - to discuss the needs of road crash victims, how Brake supports them through the National Road Victim Service (NRVS), and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the kind of support the NRVS provides. This podcast series is brought to you by Brake, the road safety charity.…

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PAULA SCHER - Interview with Paula Scher 59:31

3y ago59:31

59:31

Paula Scher is one of the most acclaimed graphic designers in the world. She has been a principal at the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram since 1991, where she has designed identity systems, environmental graphics, packaging, and publications for a wide range of clients. Today, we find Paula in her stu…

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THE SHED - Interview with Emma Enderby 52:44

3y ago52:44

52:44

Emma Enderby is the Chief Curator at The Shed at Hudson Yards, a unique art institution with a bold vision of and for the century we are in. In this fascinating interview, Emma talks passionately about the guiding principles that helped building the program and how “artists can tell us realities of our time; stories of the past can predict the futu…

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MODERNISM - Interview with George Smart 52:30

3+ y ago52:30

52:30

George Smart is the founder and executive director of USModernist, which is an award-winning nonprofit educational archive for the documentation, preservation, and promotion of residential Modernist architecture. In this free floating, fun, and inspiring conversation, we cover the philosophy and art form of Modernism, how a house “can live back at …

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E18: Katie Martell on what happens when social movements and brands collide 45:09

3+ y ago45:09

45:09

Katie Martell, speaker, writer, documentary maker, and marketing expert, joins Mad Influence to talk about what happens when social movements and brands collide. We talk about how Katie carved out her career by being brutally honest, and as ready to critique the marketing industry as to champion it. We talk about the difference between genuine ally…

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Young driver safety, with Liz Box (ep.5) 32:02

3+ y ago32:02

32:02

In this episode, we talk with Liz Box, head of research at the RAC Foundation, about young driver safety. We discuss the dangers facing young drivers on the roads, why they are at increased risk, and what measures can be introduced to make them safer. This podcast series is brought to you by Brake, the road safety charity. To find out more, visit w…

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E17: Claire Eades at Marmalade Film and Media on why brands with purpose perform best 43:45

3+ y ago43:45

43:45

Claire Eades, CEO and founder of Marmalade Film and Media, joins Mad Influence to talk about what it was like setting up an agency aimed at getting brands to care about purpose a decade before it became top of everyone’s agenda. We chat about some of her most memorable campaigns, like the one which reduced teen pregnancy by 25%, and had everyone in…

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SNØHETTA - Interview with Craig Dykers 53:48

3+ y ago53:48

53:48

Craig Dykers is one of the founding partners of the internationally renowned architectural firm Snøhetta. In this fascinating interview he tells the emotional and inspiring story of the creation of the National September 11 Museum Pavilion in New York. He also tells the story of Snøhetta’s collaborative and creative philosophy, describing the archi…

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E16: Lee Wilcox and Adam Barrie at Electric House on live streaming the Mars landing on TikTok 1:06:36

3+ y ago1:06:36

1:06:36

Lee Wilcox and Adam Barrie, founders of Electric House and On The Tools, join Mad Influence to talk about what it’s really like running a successful business with your best friend, and how they streamed the Mars landing live on TikTok to 100,000 people. We delve into their journey from being broke to employing 100 people and how their attitudes to …

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E15: Marta Decarli on quitting her corporate job to set up a successful yoga business 52:56

3+ y ago52:56

52:56

Marta Decarli, founder of Marta Decarli Yoga, and marketing executive at Kuula, joins Mad Influence to talk about why it’s OK to change your life plan, and how she felt adapting hers after her dreams of becoming an Olympic skier fell through after a decade of training. We also talk about what led her to leave her successful corporate job during the…

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E14: Kat Gordon on founding the 3% movement 42:36

3+ y ago42:36

42:36

For this special episode on International Women's Day, Mad Influence is excited to welcome Kat Gordon, founder of The 3% movement, to talk about how she has helped increase the percentage of female creative directors in the US from 3% to 29%. We discuss topics like why it’s a healthy thing to live abroad and put yourself in a situation where you ar…

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THE VINTAGE POSTER - Interview with Philip Williams 53:04

3+ y ago53:04

53:04

Philip Williams is the prolific collector and director of Philip Williams Posters, founded in 1973. His Tribeca gallery, located on Chambers Street, is the largest vintage poster gallery in the world with over 100,000 unique posters dating from 1870 to the present. The Tribeca brick-and-mortar storefront is supplemented with an online platform, Pos…

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E13: Amy Rollings at Let’s Connect on coping with redundancy and the power of human connection 50:57

3+ y ago50:57

50:57

Amy Rollings, founder of Let’s Connect, and Head of Partnerships & Mentoring at Good Nugget, joins Mad Influence to talk about the community she set up to support people going through redundancy. She created it after being made redundant herself five months ago, after a very successful career working for brands like Burberry, Kurt Geiger and Michae…

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E12: Jay Richards at Imagen on what Gen Z really think about your brand 41:31

3+ y ago41:31

41:31

Jay Richards, co-founder and CEO of Imagen, joins Mad Influence to talk about his research agency which pays thousands of its Gen Z community to help brands and agencies shape culture. We chat about how he started out by setting up his first business selling t-shirts aged 14, after an injury put an end to his pro football career. In the brutally ho…

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E11: Vikki Stephenson on creating viral trailers for the BBC 42:31

3+ y ago42:31

42:31

Today’s guest has interviewed everyone from Sir David Attenborough to Ben Fogle, but today we get to turn the mic on Vikki Stephenson, Senior Creative at the BBC. Vikki joins Mad Influence to talk about her career of over 20 years promoting content with purpose. We chat about everything from the time she landed her “dream job,” only to find out tha…

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E10: Jean Kilbourne: Has advertising to women changed over the past half a century? 30:53

3+ y ago30:53

30:53

Jean Kilbourne, a pioneering activist, speaker and writer, joins Mad Influence to discuss her research for over half a century into how advertising represents women. We talk about what it was like starting her career as a young female in the 1960s and how things have changed since then. We discuss why her critically acclaimed Killing Us Softly docu…

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Improving the investigation of road crashes, with Saul Jeavons (ep.4) 41:41

3+ y ago41:41

41:41

In this episode, we talk with Saul Jeavons, director of the road safety consultancy the Transafe Network, about the importance of improving road collision investigation. We discuss how road collision investigation works now, how other countries deliver it, and why improving it is so important to road safety. This episode is sponsored by Lytx, a lea…

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HIDDEN SECRETS AT PENN STATION, THE NEW MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL, THE CITY HALL LOOP AND THE CHAMBER STREET STATION - Interview with Justin Rivers 49:17

3+ y ago49:17

49:17

Justin Rivers, the multi-talented Chief Experience Officer at Untapped New York, takes us on a fascinating tour of the city, unearthing the history of the old Penn Station and the new Daniel Moynihan Train Hall, considered to be one of the city’s most ambitious modern civic projects. We will also visit the little-known underground subway landmark, …

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E9: Adam Smith at the Real Junk Food Project: How to stop food waste and feed the world 42:02

3+ y ago42:02

42:02

Adam Smith, founder of The Real Junk Food Project, joins Mad Influence to talk about saving millions of meals from going to waste and feeding the world. He also talks about using his platform to speak up about mental health after surviving a suicide attempt ten years ago, and inspiring people to improve their lives, while not having all the answers…

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E8: Jack Parsons at the Youth Group: From being unable to speak, to delivering a TEDx talk 43:23

3+ y ago43:23

43:23

Jack Parsons, CEO of the Youth Group and The UK’s Chief Youth Officer, joins Mad Influence to talk about his mission to help millions of young people into meaningful employment. Jack opens up about the personal reasons behind his drive, from being a young carer for his Mum who suffered from alcoholism, to realising he wanted to leave a legacy after…

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E7: Oisika Chakrabarti at UN Women on ending gender based violence globally 37:18

3+ y ago37:18

37:18

Oisika Chakrabarti, Acting Chief of Communications and Advocacy for UN Women, joins Mad Influence from her home in New Jersey to talk about her 16 years at the United Nations and her current role working towards gender equality. She explains how growing up and studying in India inspired her deep interest in social justice, along with her early role…

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E6: Laura Johnson at Zebedee on including more people with disabilities in ads 30:49

3+ y ago30:49

30:49

Laura Johnson, director at Zebedee (a specialist talent agency for disabled and visibly different actors and models) joins Mad Influence to talk about why disability has to be included in the conversation around inclusion. We chat about how she went from calling up brands’ customer service departments in search of marketing contacts, to now being r…

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DEFINING PERFORMANCE ART - Interview with Roselee Goldberg 1:01:11

3+ y ago1:01:11

1:01:11

Roselee Goldberg is a renowned art historian, critic and Founding Director and Chief Curator of Performa, a “museum without walls”, a non–profit arts organization which - since its inception in 2005 – has quickly become one of the most anticipated bi-annual contemporary art events in the country and abroad. Performa has reached an international aud…

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Delivering Vision Zero, with Stuart Reid of Transport for London (ep.3) 35:02

3+ y ago35:02

35:02

In this episode, we talk with Stuart Reid, Head of Insights and Development at Transport for London and the lead on TfL's Vision Zero action plan. We discuss the thinking behind TfL's plan to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from London's roads by 2041, and the challenges and progress so far. This episode is sponsored by Lytx, a leading provid…

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THE DISAPPEARING FACE OF NEW YORK - Interview with James and Karla Murray 1:01:17

4y ago1:01:17

1:01:17

James and Karla Murray are not only husband-and-wife but also prolific architectural and interior design photographers whose critically acclaimed books include Store Front: The Disappearing Face New York, New York Nights, Store Front II- A History Preserved and Broken Windows-Graffiti NYC. Their important mission is to document the disappearance of…

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E5: Kate Dale at This Girl Can: How to beat imposter syndrome and promote sport for women 43:18

4y ago43:18

43:18

Kate Dale, Campaign Lead for This Girl Can joins Mad Influence to talk about what was going through her mind the night before launching a globally successful campaign which won multiple Cannes Lions and got 3 million women active worldwide. We talk about why it’s hard for her to shout about that success and what we can all do to beat imposter syndr…

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RALPH LAUREN, JANE FONDA, STEVEN SPIELBERG & AMERICAN MASTERS - Interview with Susan Lacy 58:03

4y ago58:03

58:03

Susan Lacy is a master of the biographical documentary genre. She has created, directed and served as executive producer of the Emmy-award winning PBS series AMERICAN MASTERS -- by many considered to be the gold standard of documentary filmmaking. In this fascinating interview Susan talks about the origins of American Masters, she also shares stori…

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E4: Dipesh Mistry at Brave: How to create change and why office culture is about more than ping pong tables 47:29

4y ago47:29

47:29

Dipesh Mistry, Associate Creative Director and Art Director at Brave agency joins Mad Influence to talk about the host of powerful campaigns he’s created which have caused real change in the world. From forcing Mattel, Hasbro and Disney to adopt a zero deforestation policy, to helping Age UK tell the real stories of the people they support. We talk…

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Enforcing the rules of the road, with Dr Helen Wells (ep.2) 40:23

4y ago40:23

40:23

In this episode, we talk with Dr Helen Wells - an expert on roads policing - to discuss the current status of roads enforcement in the UK, exploring issues such as whether or not a visible police presence makes a difference to driver behaviour, and the technological developments and projects which are at the vanguard of roads policing. This episode…

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Connected and autonomous vehicles, with Dr Nick Reed (ep.1) 37:57

4y ago37:57

37:57

In this episode, we talk with Dr Nick Reed - an expert on the future of mobility - to discuss connected and autonomous vehicles, their potential benefits and challenges and explore how close we are to the development of a fully driverless car. This episode is sponsored by Lytx, a leading provider of video telematics and fleet management solutions. …

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TWA FLIGHT CENTER/HOTEL - Interview with Richard Southwick 49:53

4y ago49:53

49:53

Richard Southwick, Partner at the international architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle, tells the fascinating story behind the preservation, restoration and reinvention of Eero Saarinen’s architectural masterpiece, the TWA Flight Center at J F Kennedy International Airport, now called the TWA Hotel. Saarinen described the head house form as being li…

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E3: Twice the Health: How to be a genuine influencer 42:31

4y ago42:31

42:31

Emily and Hannah from Twice the Health (the fitness and adventure blog) join Mad Influence to talk about the responsibility of having 65,000 followers on instagram including some notable names like Joe Wicks. We talk about inspiring people to take on challenges ranging from 10kms to ultra marathons around the world. We discuss the pressure to say t…

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E2: Marcella Tarable at Food for Thought: How to adapt your business in a pandemic 30:46

4y ago30:46

30:46

Marcella Tarable, co-founder of Food for Thought, joins Mad Influence to talk about her social initiative which gets people in agencies to donate their skills and lunch break to help charities with their communications in exchange for a nice lunch. We chat about how a worldwide pandemic didn’t stop Food for Thought creating a very successful campai…

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E1: Chris Kenna at Brand Advance: Surviving a bomb blast and making media equal 38:01

4y ago38:01

38:01

Christopher Kenna, CEO and founder of Brand Advance (the industry’s first media network dedicated to global diversity) joins Mad Influence to talk about how we can use our power in the marketing industry for good. We cover everything from his move from the military to marketing after an explosion in Iraq led to him being medically discharged from t…

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CLODAGH DESIGN - Interview with Clodagh 1:02:42

4y ago1:02:42

1:02:42

Clodagh is an Irish-born New York-based designer who are among Architectural Digest Top 100 Interior Designers and a member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame. Clodagh just release her most recent book Clodagh: Life-Enhancing Design published by GArts. In this fascinating conversation, sprinkled with good humor and smart tips for re-inventing your…

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