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Welcome to Rockwater In Conversation With. In this podcast series, hosted by Sophie Corbett, we explore the shallows and depths, the light, the dark, the colour, and the energy of some remarkable people, to open our minds to their experiences and insight, and hopefully, capture something precious along the way. Our first series see us chat to Olympic legend Dame Kelly Holmes, Davina McCall, Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, former boxer Tony Bellew, comedic stalwart Rob Brydon, and Matchroom Boxi ...
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Interviews with entrepreneurs and executives who are shaking things up and building exciting new companies. In industries like new Hollywood, podcasting, ecommerce, and the metaverse. Entertaining you with stories you won't hear anywhere else, from the next generation of leaders that are going to change the world. Brought to you by Chris Erwin, the founder of RockWater and 15-year veteran operator, seller, and investor of media, commerce, and technology companies.
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Paul Barber has a long history in professional football, having been active in the industry for nearly 25 years. He is currently the Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, having been appointed as CEO over 10 years ago. He was the very first Marketing Director of the Football Association, and is credited with m…
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Paul Barber has a long history in professional football, having been active in the industry for nearly 25 years. He is currently the Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, having been appointed as CEO over 10 years ago. He was the very first Marketing Director of the Football Association, and is credited with m…
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Eddie Hearn has promoted many unified and undisputed world boxing champions and some of the largest events in the modern era of boxing. He is the chairman of Matchroom Sport, and in that role has swept through the boxing barrier and into the public consciousness, establishing himself as one of the sport's loudest voices. He was the first promoter t…
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Eddie Hearn has promoted many unified and undisputed world boxing champions and some of the largest events in the modern era of boxing. He is the chairman of Matchroom Sport, and in that role has swept through the boxing barrier and into the public consciousness, establishing himself as one of the sport's loudest voices. He was the first promoter t…
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Eddie Hearn has promoted many unified and undisputed world boxing champions and some of the largest events in the modern era of boxing. He is the chairman of Matchroom Sport, and in that role has swept through the boxing barrier and into the public consciousness, establishing himself as one of the sport's loudest voices. He was the first promoter t…
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Rob Brydon started his career in entertainment by joining Radio Wales at the age of 20. While he was working as a disc jockey he developed his impersonation skills, and his vocal talents led to his working on doing voice-over work in television advertising for commercials. Rob Brydon’s career took off following British Comedy Award success for his …
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Rob Brydon started his career in entertainment by joining Radio Wales at the age of 20. While he was working as a disc jockey he developed his impersonation skills, and his vocal talents led to his working on doing voice-over work in television advertising for commercials. Rob Brydon’s career took off following British Comedy Award success for his …
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Rob Brydon started his career in entertainment by joining Radio Wales at the age of 20. While he was working as a disc jockey he developed his impersonation skills, and his vocal talents led to his working on doing voice-over work in television advertising for commercials. Rob Brydon’s career took off following British Comedy Award success for his …
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Norman Quentin Cook also known as "Fatboy Slim'' is one of the most renowned, award-winning DJs, musicians, and record producers/mixers of our time. He was an integral part of a music revolution that helped the 'big beat' genre attain mainstream popularity in the 1990s and in his solo career has won a Grammy and 9 MTV Awards, with a number-one albu…
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Norman Quentin Cook also known as "Fatboy Slim'' is one of the most renowned, award-winning DJs, musicians, and record producers/mixers of our time. He was an integral part of a music revolution that helped the 'big beat' genre attain mainstream popularity in the 1990s and in his solo career has won a Grammy and 9 MTV Awards, with a number-one albu…
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Tony "Bomber" Bellew, so-called because of his aggressive power punching, is an English former professional boxer and a three-time ABA heavyweight champion. He was working a 7 AM-4 PM shift in a pillow factory, while he worked his way through the amateur ranks. He enjoyed a 40-7 amateur career, following which he continued to have great success in …
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Tony "Bomber" Bellew, so-called because of his aggressive power punching, is an English former professional boxer and a three-time ABA heavyweight champion. He was working a 7 AM-4 PM shift in a pillow factory, while he worked his way through the amateur ranks. He enjoyed a 40-7 amateur career, following which he continued to have great success in …
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Davina McCall is one of the nation’s most familiar and most loved personalities on television. She shot to fame as the face of Big Brother when she became the show’s presenter on its inaugural show, following which she has graced our screens on countless TV shows. She has released around 14 fitness DVDs, has written several cookery books and most r…
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Davina McCall is one of the nation’s most familiar and most loved personalities on television. She shot to fame as the face of Big Brother when she became the show’s presenter on its inaugural show, following which she has graced our screens on countless TV shows. She has released around 14 fitness DVDs, has written several cookery books and most r…
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This interview features Taehoon (TK) Kim, Co-Founder and CEO of nWay. We discuss going to arcades with his mom in South Korea, why he wasn't allowed to play console games as a kid in Canada, what he learned from Samsung's work culture, why it's hard for VCs to invest in gaming, finding passion at the intersection of technology and art, the best typ…
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1. Pendulum - Driver 2. Reaper - Make A Move 3.Rene Le Vice - Budz 4.Rebel Scum - Run It 5.Myselor - Eternal Energy 6.Origin8a / Propa / Benny Page - Harmony (Lee Mvtthews remix) 7.Pendulum - Nothing For Free 8.Kove - Le Retour 9.Paper Dragon + Grafix - Forget The Rain 10.Cliques - Rave Sequence 11.Wilkinson - Take You Higher (Montell2099 remix) 12…
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Dame Kelly is one of Great Britain's most loved and respected athletes. She made history in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when she became the first British female athlete to win both the 800m and 1500m. Before becoming a professional athlete, she was a physical training instructor in the British Army, a role she is immensely proud of. In 2005, i…
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Dame Kelly is one of Great Britain's most loved and respected athletes. She made history in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when she became the first British female athlete to win both the 800m and 1500m. Before becoming a professional athlete, she was a physical training instructor in the British Army, a role she is immensely proud of. In 2005, i…
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Dame Kelly is one of Great Britain's most loved and respected athletes. She made history in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when she became the first British female athlete to win both the 800m and 1500m. Before becoming a professional athlete, she was a physical training instructor in the British Army, a role she is immensely proud of. In 2005, i…
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Dame Kelly is one of Great Britain's most loved and respected athletes. She made history in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when she became the first British female athlete to win both the 800m and 1500m. Before becoming a professional athlete, she was a physical training instructor in the British Army, a role she is immensely proud of. In 2005, i…
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Welcome to Rockwater In conversation with. In this podcast series, hosted by Sophie Corbett, we explore the shallows and depths, the light, the dark, the colour, and the energy of some remarkable people, to open our minds to their experiences and insight, and hopefully, capture something precious along the way. Our first series see us chat to Olymp…
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This interview features Zach Blume, Co-Founder and President of Portal A. We discuss how he built a 360 monetization strategy for an early Internet video series, launching one of the first branded content studios with his childhood friends, creating one of the most well-known and longest-running digital formats in YouTube Rewind, how Portal A ended…
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This interview features Camila Victoriano, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships at Sonoro. We discuss how fan fiction taught her to see nerds as heroes, being in the room when Dirty John was pitched to become a podcast, her crash course to figure out the business of podcasting, becoming a first time founder during COVID, why the Mexico audio market …
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This interview features Mike Grisko, CFO and Co-Founder of Atmosphere. We discuss running an NCAA tourney at age 7, getting laid off during the Great Financial crisis, almost selling the Chive to Playboy, the challenge with professional politeness in UK work culture, raising $150 million in growth capital and quadrupling the team in 5 years, and wh…
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This interview features Adam Rymer, CEO of OpTic Gaming. We discuss what he learned from running Harvard’s campus store, adapting to Napster at Universal Music, why entertainment doesn’t value innovation, being on Universal Pictures’ greenlight committee, scaling Legendary Digital and working alongside Chris Hardwick and Amy Poehler, how to create …
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Skippy Theme Mick Dundee - That’s Not A Knife Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning The Avalanches - Since I Met You BIRDZ - Bagi-la-m Bargan featuring Fred Leone Funkoars + Drapht - Take The Party With Us Fdel featuring Downsyde - Dusty Fingers Hilltop Hoods feat Sia - I Love It Rufus Du Soul - Innerbloom Yothu Yindi - Treaty (The Journey Remix) Luke Ch…
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This interview features James Creech, SVP Influencer Strategy at Brandwatch and founder of Paladin. We discuss how former GE CEO Jack Welch inspired James to be a number one category leader, using his down payment on a house to start Paladin, his make or break pivot when the creator economy evolved in 2018, working till 3AM over Christmas to sell h…
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This interview features Michael Cohen, CEO at Team Whistle. We discuss being denied by a Goldman Sachs recruiter, when wearing a suit can be bad for business, being on the launch team of Whistle Sports, why the movie The Martian inspires his leadership, executing an M&A roll-up strategy and going from $0-100M in revenue, exiting to ELEVEN Group, an…
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This interview features Brendan Gahan, Partner and Chief Social Officer at Mekanism. We discuss working with OG YouTubers like Smosh back in 2005, founding Epic Signal and selling it to his former employer, hanging out in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, why it takes him 100 drafts to publish content, the future of the creator economy, and learning how…
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This interview features Sarah Penna, Senior Manager of Creator Launch at Patreon. We discuss how a trip to India inspired her media career, being one of the youngest YouTube MCN founders, her $15 million exit to DreamWorks Animation, how she picks co-founders, marrying a YouTuber-turned Hollywood filmmaker, founding a female-forward entertainment b…
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This interview features Dev Sethi, Head of Sports at Instagram. We discuss being separated from his twin in highschool, his side door into sports at YouTube, launching the first sports MCN at Whistle, why NIL is this century’s most important breakthrough for athletes, why he left the incredible team at Complex for Instagram, and the metaverse’s imp…
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'Intro' 'Meeting Point' - Drumatic Twins 'King Kong' - Bare & Datsik 'Expect Us' - Gramatik 'Must be the Feeling' - Nero 'The Chase' - Mobscene 'Do My Thang' - GRiZ 'Blow the Roof' - Flux Pavilion 'Razor Sharp' - Pegboard Nerds 'Light Cycles' - ShockOne 'Touched' - What So Not 'Thunder' - Tantrum Desire 'Distant Shores' - Metrik 'Afterglow' - Wilki…
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This interview features Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO at The Nacelle Company. We discuss why betting big on standup specials got him Netflix's first streamer deal, how Iowa taught him about empathy in content production, bombing on stage and the genius of comedians, producing The Movies That Made Us, toy shopping as therapy, and why he'll retire when his f…
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Doug Bernstein is the GM at Bleacher Report's House of Highlights. We discuss what he learned from launching his own fantasy sports website, predicting the future of sports fandoms, how he convinced Turner and Bleacher Report to buy House of Highlights, why he’s inspired by Faze Clan and 100 Thieves, and fulfilling his destiny as a sports media sav…
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Alison Eakle is the EVP and Head of Creative Development at Shondaland. We discuss how imagining movie posters makes her a better creative exec, being a co-EP on Netflix’s #1 show Bridgerton, why she’s racked up so many recent promotions, and being part of new Hollywood’s most groundbreaking streamer partnerships. Subscribe to our newsletter. We ex…
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Naomi Shah is the founder and CEO of Meet Cute. We discuss Naomi's early passion for STEM, being a Goldman Sachs equity trader, leaving VC to be a founder, why a rom-com podcast network solves a problem in the wellbeing market, raising $6M of capital during COVID, and how a non-Hollywood background makes her a better media entrepreneur. Subscribe t…
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Dan Levitt is the founder and CEO of Long Haul Management. We discuss how Dan paid rent while making only $6,000 a year out of college (many side hustles), beating me in an office rap battle, Disney's big miss in digital music, executive producing one of YouTube's premium original series, and what it's like to represent some of the biggest sports a…
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Damian Pelliccione is the co-founder and CEO of Revry. We discuss saying no to his family cheese business, being an early expert in live video for car shows, launching the 1st Queer streamer network from his living room, how a delayed mortgage and the launch of QueerX festival almost bankrupt the company, the power of grassroots marketing during SF…
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Matthias Matternich is the co-founder and CEO of Art of Sport. We discuss growing up as the son of a German ambassador, starting his first company at 14, when Brexit devalued his investment capital, selling women's smimwear, pitching Kobe Bryant, his 500 mile trek in the Alps, and redefining body and skincare for athletes. Subscribe to our newslett…
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Kevin Jones is the founder and CEO of Blue Wire. We discuss getting fired over a 49ers Tweet, when it makes sense to be a bad Facebook employee, why 500 Startups first turned him down, his groundbreaking new WynnBet partnership, and why Kevin wants to be the Ted Turner of this generation. Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of …
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Chris Ovitz is the Co-Founder and President of OK Play. We discuss growing up in a Hollywood family, building technology-enabled media companies, life revelations during an Alabama roadtrip, "humble magnetism", launching a venture fund with the co-founder of Twitter, YouTube as a babysitter, and why the future of play is putting kids at the center …
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Aditi Dash is a Partner at CircleUp and invests in consumer brands like Beyond Meat, nutpods, and Black Medicine. We discuss emigrating from India at age 8, being told to "not sit at the table" while working at Morgan Stanley, taking the advice to "get out of the building" during a surprise FDA visit at La Colombe Coffee, and why hormone health and…
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Aaron Levant is the CEO of NTWRK. He's one of the most exciting builders at the intersection of fashion, culture, events, and media. We discuss launching a profitable car magazine at age 9, pitching Marc Ecko on ComplexCon, raising tens of millions for NTWRK from star investors like Jimmy Iovine and LeBron, being "oppositionally defiant", and how h…
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