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What Women* Want is a comedy conversation podcast where comedians talk about, and find the funny in, the misadventures, misunderstandings and misogyny involved in being a woman. Hosted by Amy Annette and featuring different comedians and topics each time. (Contains little to no Mel Gibson) Upcoming guests in the series include; Rose Matafeo, Sara Pascoe, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Desiree Burch, Josie Long, Mae Martin, Bisha K Ali, Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Phil Wang and many more... Recor ...
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A crossover episode from the vaults - though can it be a crossover if I haven't been on their podcast yet? We're talking about language, Tessa tells us a story about losing her mind at a party, Stevie learns about Kool Aid and Saran wrap and I quote Britney. It's a good one! Bonus Spinster based quiz at the end for the audience too! Recorded LIVE a…
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Ok ok it's just little old me, but I'm reading an essay I wrote in the critically acclaimed book 'I Call Myself A Feminist' . The essay collection was reprinted in a second format after being featured in Stylist, Dazed magazine, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, The Herald, Independent and more. Of the book Sarah Millican remar…
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Emily Gordon was in London and Monica Heisey was on my mind - and I pulled us all together to talk about writing, Martine McCuctheon's dramatic ass, how to (try) shutting down misogynists and the nature of writing books vs scripts. These are two smart people who have published/ written some very important and great writing - I'm also here. Enjoy! *…
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Here she is again. Sneaking back into your feed. Hoping the last ep didn't remind you to unsub. Join Amy (me) as she (me) attempts to corral the true forces of nature that are comedians Rosie Jones and Helen Bauer to talk about 'attention'. Do you want it? Sure. But what does it feel like when you get it? and are you getting the 'right' kind of att…
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Well well well. Look who it is... slinking back in to your podcast feed hoping you haven't unsubscribed. Maybe a little offering of this episode of WWW with award-winning writers, comedians and all round good people Desiree Burch, Candice Carty-Williams and Nish Kumar will help? We're talking about Storytelling with some of my all time favourite st…
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A little bonus studio episode to say goodbye to Season 1. Sara, Tessa and Amy ask if What Women Want is just to start!. What does it even mean to start things? What's holding us back? Sara talks breaking things down, Tessa visualises a table and we all talk about Frasier. Recorded in studio at Acast. *The quote about the gap between your taste and …
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What Women Want is the new comedy conversation podcast where comedians talk about, and find the funny in, the misadventures, misunderstandings and misogyny involved in being a woman. Hosted by Amy Annette and featuring different comedians and topics each time. Recorded in front of live comedy audiences at venues like the Soho Theatre in London, The…
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In the past we used to treat marketing is sort of this one off sort of thing. It was just a way for people to get a message out quickly repeated over and over again and pray to the God of the consumer that people showed up. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your perspective, the world of marketing is so much more nuanced than it used to b…
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Digital Agency Owner Abroad: Kevin van de Luitgaarden the Restaurant Video Gangster joined us for an interview all the way from the Canarias Islands in Spain. He's crushing it with ads and videos for restaurants. He also has his own group similar to mine that I highly recommend joining called "Digital Marketing for Restaurants: Facebook Marketing, …
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With over 500 million users LinkedIn is slowly and steadily becoming the most important platform for business. Lately I’ve been using LinkedIn to to a lot of prospecting. In this episode I discuss some key components of a good LinkedIn page, and a few ways that I use LinkedIn to do prospecting for new clients. Learn more about my LinkedIn tips and …
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In this final instalment of the How to DJ series, James Zabiela continues where he left off last time: exploring mad-sounding effects – like the transform scratch effect. Now if you’ve seen James jamming then you’ve probably heard him rinsing the EFX-1000’s transform effect, which is a way to reproduce a transform scratch digitally. To demonstrate,…
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One of James Zabiela’s trademarks as a DJ is the way that he scratches and transforms sounds. When done at the right time and place, this always turns heads. So the penultimate part of this series focuses on how to scratch it up, JZ-style. Taking certain techniques from turntablism and giving them a digital twist, here the super-dexterous star runs…
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We’re back with more beats and bites from master blaster James Zabiela as he loops us something fresh in this latest instalment of the How to DJ series. Yes, after looking at various different facilities and looping functions on the EFX and DJM-800 mixer, JZ finally gets busy with the CDJ decks… Here, he demonstrates how to do all sorts of useful t…
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Technophile James Zabiela continues the series with a demonstration of the beat roll effect on the DJM-800 mixer, which is a favourite for a lot of DJs. One of the many beat effects on the DJM-800, the roll (and reverse roll) effect is particularly useful as it also acts as a sampler for creating non-destructive loops, as James reveals. He furtherm…
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If you have ever heard James Zabiela finish off one of his high-octane DJ sets with a mad mash up of ‘thank you’ vocals, then you may be interested to know how it’s done live. That’s right, we’re now halfway through Episode 3 as James returns to continue demonstrating yet more techy tricks involving the famous feedback loop! First up, James plugs h…
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DJ wizard James Zabiela steps away from the decks and waxes lyrical about buying, acquiring and organising his tunes. Yes, it’s all about the music in this clip, filmed at London’s Ministry of Sound. So snuggle up to the speakers with James as he talks openly about working with music in the digital realm. Ever heard of ‘blind’ record shopping? If n…
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James Zabiela continues flexing his skills and revealing some of his signature Jedi moves in part two of this new eight-part feature on How to DJ for more advanced artists. In the first clip, James looked at several effects and showed how to set up a feedback loop. Now he’s back to carry on where he left off, and to demonstrate what else you can do…
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Top music manipulator James Zabiela introduces Episode 3 in the How to DJ series as we kick off with some hot EFX trickery from the grandmaster… In this clip, recorded at London’s Ministry of Sound, James looks at how to add and use effects to enhance your DJ set. Hands-on demonstrations include using the echo (one of James’ favourite effects) and …
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Episode 2 in the How to DJ series concludes with Phil K running through a few essential aspects of DJing. These include how to read the crowd, how to programme your mixes and how to inject your own personality into your sets, which Phil believes is the real key to becoming successful and breaking the scene. So that’s all for now from Phil, folks. N…
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The penultimate part of Episode 2 sees master K on the master tempo tip. In this clip Phil shows how to speed a track up or down by using the CDJ’s tempo slider and master tempo button. Master tempo basically locks the pitch of a track, allowing you to make changes to its tempo. So no more Darth Fader or Minnie Mouse vox – unless that’s your desire…
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Phil K has taught young DJ Jedi James Zabiela a trick or two in his time and is now here to show you how to do strange things with effects – as you can see in this clip, which covers filtering and the echo effect. Not only a DJs’ DJ but also a clubbers’ favourite Phil reveals some techniques for filtering tracks for the dancefloor. These include lo…
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Phil K is back with yet more tips on How to DJ. And this time around he’s looking at how up-and-coming DJs can get gigs and break into the scene… Are you experienced? If you’re seeking DJ experience in clubland and want to generate career-building exposure as a ‘warm-up’ spinner, then this is the clip for you. Having DJed since the mid-80s, Phil ta…
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Want to know when to cut the bass or boost the treble? Then click on as Phil K demonstrates how he creates dancefloor drama by manipulating the low, midrange and high frequencies in a mix… In this clip the house and breaks master continues to expand on the basics covered in Episode 1. Phil explains more about bass, midrange and treble – and how con…
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