Best Jonathan Diaz Podcasts (2024)

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Where is my Arc? 20:15

14h ago20:15

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Big Brother isn't watching. He is singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's busy holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed. He's making sure your imagination withers. Until its as useful as your appendix. He's making sure your attention is…

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Michael Donkor on Grow Where They Fall 1:00:38

1h ago1:00:38

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This week’s guest is Michael Donkor whose new novel Grow Where They Fall is a meticulous and tender exploration of two formative moments in the life of one Kwame Akromah, twenty years apart. Kwame is Black, Gay, British of Ghanian descent, a dedicated teacher, a dependable friend—character traits and conditions of life that weave around each other …

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Business of Sport Ep.33: Alexis Ohanian, Owner @ Angel City, LAGC & Athlos, Building the most valuable women's sport franchise 1:06:18

1h ago1:06:18

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This week, we are delighted to welcome Alexis Ohanian. Alexis has become a prolific sports asset owner and investor, with controlling stakes in the NWSL’s Angel City, TGL franchise Los Angeles Golf Club, and new athletics venture Athlos. Alongside his involvement in sport, Alexis is the Founder and General Partner of 776, an early stage venture cap…

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Jon Berkowitz, Creative Director and Head of Motion Graphics, and Brad Colwell, Creative Director, at Aspect 1:36:28

2d ago1:36:28

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Unlocking Motion Design Magic: Deep Dive with the Minds behind 'The Color Purple' and 'She-Hulk' In this edition of Trailer Geeks, we sit down with Jon Berkowitz and Brad Colwell from Aspect to explore the fascinating world of high-end motion graphics for trailers as well as opening title sequences. We cover their unique journeys into the industry,…

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Writing Against Normality, with Samanta Schweblin 1:02:53

7d ago1:02:53

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The seven stories in Samanta Schweblin’s Seven Empty Houses are not just about houses—how they contain us, how they constrain us—but are also about the families compressed in them, the objects stored in them, the neighbours that circle them…and the trauma that has soaked into their walls over years past, and that is now seeping slowly out, poisonin…

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Business of Sport Ep.32: Brett Johnson, Co-Owner @ Ipswich, Rhode Island FC, & Phoenix Rising ‘The US needs to be more than a retirement league’ 58:40

7d ago58:40

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This week we’re delighted to welcome Brett Johnson to the show. Brett is the co-owner of Ipswich in the Premier League and Phoenix Rising and Rhode Island in the US. The rise of Ipswich since his group takeover is nothing short of ownership dreamland, seeing the club achieve back to back promotions from League One to the Premier League. But this is…

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Parenting in the age of AI, with Helen Phillips 52:34

15d ago52:34

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So much has been written about the imminent transformation that Artificial Intelligence will bring to our world. But it is often hard to get much of a sense of what that will mean on a personal level—for our work, for our leisure and, perhaps most importantly of all, for our families. What improvements will result? What new tensions will arise? Wha…

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Business of Sport Ep.31: Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, Co-Owner & Governor @ Gotham FC, Building a billion dollar sports franchise 49:08

14d ago49:08

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Carolyn is the co-owner and Governor of current NWSL champions Gotham FC. The NWSL is the flourishing women’s football, or soccer, league in the US. Much like the MLS, franchise slots for the league have become a coveted asset to own, with former Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly paying $250m for Angel City last month. Carolyn and her family’s ownersh…

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Creating Life from Art, with Catherine Lacey 58:12

20d ago58:12

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We recently welcomed Catherine Lacey to the bookshop to discuss her vertiginous latest novel Biography of X. Ostensibly the quest of a journalist, C.M. Lucca, to discover more about the life of her late wife—an artist who went by many names, but who she knew only as X—it quickly becomes clear that, in Biography of X, it’s not just one life being ca…

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Chris Daniel: SVP Film Marketing at LionsGate 1:48:55

22d ago1:48:55

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It was so cool to get to hang out with Chris Daniel, the Senior Vice President of Marketing at LionsGate. Prior to LionsGate, Chris led 360 marketing campaigns on some of Netflix’s biggest films such as Red Notice, Glass Onion, Dayshift, To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Dolemite Is My Name, and Over The Moon. Previously, he edited and produc…

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Business of Sport Ep.30: Sean Fitzpatrick, Fmr New Zealand Rugby Captain & Chair @ Laureus, ‘Do whatever it takes to be a winner’ 57:59

21d ago57:59

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This week we’re delighted to welcome Sean Fitzpatrick to the show. Sean was capped 92 times by New Zealand, 51 of those as captain. A World Cup winner and key member of one of the best rugby union teams, he is recognised as one of the greatest All Blacks of all time. Sean is more than the sum of his rugby achievements. He has been an integral part …

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Paul Murray on The Bee Sting 1:05:31

27d ago1:05:31

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Set in small-town, post-crash Ireland, The Bee Sting follows the Barnes family—Dickie, Imelda, Cass and PJ—as the fabric of their lives first frays at the edges, then begins to unravel completely. The Barnes’ are endearing, and complex, and funny, and infuriating… In short, one of the most realistic and memorable portrayals of a family you’ll find …

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Business of Sport Ep.29: Alfonso Diaz, CEO @ Real Mallorca, ‘How we rebuilt one of Spain's most historic clubs' 52:01

28d ago52:01

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Today, we are delighted to welcome Alfonso Diaz, CEO of La Liga’s Real Mallorca. We’ve wanted to do a show featuring a Spanish club for a long time, and Mallorca is a truly unique club to do this with. From an ownership structure featuring legendary NBA All Stars Steve Nash and Steve Kerr, to mobilising not just a hugely passionate local island fan…

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ICYMI - Bill Neil: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 1:50:58

1M ago1:50:58

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Bill Neil has only continued his remarkable run as one of the trailer industry's most dedicated creatives whose passion for his craft persists. So we figured it was worth re-sharing this conversation we had with the trailer maestro... Bill Neil, editor/producer at Buddha Jones, is often regarded as one of the leading trailer editors of all time, in…

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Business of Sport 28: Paul McVeigh, Fmr Premier League Player & Leading Keynote Speaker, ‘Football is the most competitive and ruthless industry’ 1:06:58

1M ago1:06:58

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This week I’m delighted to welcome Paul McVeigh to the show. We spend a lot of time looking at sports away from performance reviews. When we focus on players or athletes, we want to know, who are the people and personalities behind the faces we become so familiar with, and how do they convert what they've learnt beyond sport? Footballers as intelli…

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Claire Kilroy on Parenting under the Patriarchy 54:57

1M ago54:57

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A woman tells her son about his early life. About the months and years that he will by now have forgotten. When he was a baby, then a toddler, and when she was going into battle every day. For him first, and only then for herself. It’s a battle fought on many fronts. Against exhaustion, against time, against the loss of selfhood, against an increas…

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Business of Sport Ep.27: Jonathan Turner, Board Member @ Tottenham Hotspur, What goes on in the boardroom of a Premier League Club 55:28

1M ago55:28

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Jonathan is a board member at Tottenham. We’ve covered ownership, management, players, but what happens in the boardroom of football's biggest clubs? Brought in by Daniel Levy, and a lifelong fan with a background in investment and technology, Jonathan brings the breadth of experience and perspective that’s increasingly valuable in football. How mu…

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Heather Burright - The Unique Challenges for Non-Profit L&D 30:05

1M ago30:05

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In this episode, Heather and I chat about: - How do you navigate developing training while meeting the requirements for Non-profit grants? - What role does project management play in federated organizations? - How important is it for there to be a community collective for your unique work? Connect with Heather through LinkedIn and her business, Ski…

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ICYMI: Tommy "Pitt" Malatesta - Editor/Producer at AV Squad (and now Partner/co-Head of AV), THE WITCH, HEREDITARY, THE GREEN KNIGHT 1:30:45

2M ago1:30:45

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Tommy Malatesta's name gets brought up so often on this program, we thought it'd be good to share this conversation again, just in case you missed it... Tommy "Pitt" Malatesta, Editor/Producer at AV Squad (and now Partner/co-Head of AV), is doing some of the most ground-breaking work being done today. You'll notice he's very quick to talk about all…

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Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction 1:00:16

2M ago1:00:16

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The biographies of several artists, all named G, form a kind of exoskeleton to Rachel Cusk’s latest novel Parade, encasing the book’s other captivating strands—the story of an unprovoked attack on a Parisian street, the story of a couple on a remote island, the story of a suicide at a museum, the story of the death of a mother. Elements which thems…

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Business of Sport 26: Matt Higgins, Fmr Vice Chairman @ Miami Dolphins, SVP Business Operations @ New York Jets, Co-Founder @ Relevent Sports, ‘Great sport is about great storytelling' 1:06:00

2M ago1:06:00

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This week, we are delighted to welcome Matt Higgins to the show. Concisely explaining Matt’s career is a challenge. In the world of sport, he has been a managing executive at the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins in the NFL, founder of sports events and media company Relevent Sports, an early investor in the Drone Racing League. In the business worl…

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ALIBI Music: Jonathan Parks, Founder/EP and David Diaz, Director of Marketing 1:16:54

2M ago1:16:54

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In this edition of TG&TG, we're joined by Jonathan Parks, founder and executive producer, and David Diaz, director of marketing at ALIBI Music. We cover the creative realm of trailer music, sound design, and the duo’s professional backgrounds and career journeys. We also tackle the intricate aspects of music licensing, industry strikes, the changin…

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Business of Sport Ep.25: EUROS SPECIAL | David Webb, Assistant Manager @ Georgia National Football Team, ‘We’re not here to be tourists, we’re here to win’ 50:20

2M ago50:20

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It’s the start of Euro 2024 this week. To celebrate, we are bringing you one of the stories of the tournament, before it’s even started. Georgia made history early in the year when they qualified for their first ever major tournament, an occasion which saw much of the population on the streets celebrating this longed for achievement. The team put t…

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When Radical Art meets Obscene Wealth, with Hari Kunzru 56:55

2M ago56:55

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Last week we were joined in the bookshop by Hari Kunzru, whose new novel Blue Ruin is a deeply unsettling, and intensely thought provoking reflection on the impact capital has on people, but also on art, and those who create it. It is the perfect final instalment—alongside White Tears and Red Pill—in Hari Kunzru’s own trois couleurs —a loose trilog…

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Business of Sport Ep.24: Ben Davies, Professional Footballer @ Tottenham Hotspur, ‘Spending the most money doesn’t guarantee results’ 1:14:31

2M ago1:14:31

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This week we welcome Spurs defender Ben Davies to the show. One of the Premier League’s most experienced current players with nearly 300 top flight appearances for Tottenham and Swansea, he has also won 86 caps for Wales. But there is much more to Ben than just the footballer. We couldn’t go through this chat without getting the inside track on his…

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The Golden Trailer Awards Special with Monica Brady and Evelyn Brady-Watters 1:14:33

3M ago1:14:33

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In this special episode, we unveil the story behind the Golden Trailer Awards, and Monica Brady and Evelyn Brady-Watters’ journey from starting this industry staple to the ups and downs that have been traversed in recent years. Monica and Evy share their unique backgrounds in film and commercial production and the inception of the Golden Trailer Aw…

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Business of Sport Ep.23: Robbie Douek, CEO @ BLAST, ‘Esports should be the Super Bowl’ 48:19

3M ago48:19

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Robbie Douek is CEO of Blast, one of the leading tournament providers in the ever present esports industry. I’m really excited to bring you this show. We have had more requests for an esports episode than any other over the past few months, and this industry is the epitome of modern entertainment meets traditional fandom. Blast hosts events in some…

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Sheila Heti on Alphabetical Diaries 50:07

3M ago50:07

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Last week we were joined by the wonderful Sheila Heti to celebrate the launch of her Alphabetical Diaries. In taking a decade of her journals, sorting the sentences alphabetically, then paring them down to about a tenth of their original length, Sheila Heti has freed a slice of her life from the shackles of time and in doing so has extracted some o…

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Ben Brown, VP Head of Film at Zealot: AIR, A QUIET PLACE, SONIC, THE NORTHMAN, THE BIG SHORT... 1:27:46

3M ago1:27:46

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Ben Brown, the VP Head of Film at Zealot, has worked with some of the most talented editors, graphic designers, producers, and music supervisors in the business. He started at Aspect Ratio as an Associate Producer, then moved on to AV Squad where he spent nearly a decade working his way up to Creative Director. A multiple Clio and Golden Trailer aw…

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Joseph Diaz - Bring your previous experience to new endeavors 37:32

3M ago37:32

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In this episode Joseph and I chat about: - Having to adopt new tools when pivoting to a new position - How to stomp down imposter syndrome when facilitating on a topic you're not as familiar with? - How to get more involved with your online community when you don't have a lot of real-world experience? Follow the show notes at: https://www.russellsw…

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BONUS: Celebrating Dylan Thomas with Cerys Matthews…with exclusive live music from Flora Hibberd! 57:26

3M ago57:26

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To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day 2024 we’re delighted to share this recording of our recent event with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. The evening also featured live music from Flora Hibberd and her band, including a brand new song composed for this evening. Enjoy! More from Cerys Matthews: Out of Chaos Comes Bliss: ht…

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