John Gagné speaks with Hugh about changing careers after a job loss.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Eight years ago, Chris went from running a successful commercial production company to doing content creation on YouTube. Listen in as Chris Do speaks with Hugh about having goals without having a plan.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Multi–faceted creator Leslie Ehm talks about learning to paint and the process of teaching honest creativity.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

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Charles Xavier Conley aka Ebony Warrior Studios chats with Hugh about his latest work.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

UK-based artist, Brendan Dawes, discusses being a full-time artist.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Lindsay Gibb is a journalist, librarian, podcaster, and Nicolas Cage expert. In this episode she chats with Hugh about fandom and 90s.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

In December 2021, Hugh put the podcast on hiatus. Guess what? We're back!By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Richard Weiser, author of The Real Mystery of Tom Thomson, chats with Hugh about his book, his process and poetry.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Writing a children's book while opening a new brewery AND raising young children is not for the faint of heart. Join Hugh as he speaks with Sarabeth Holden about all these things and more!By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Author and technologist, Christian Cantrell, discusses his writing, his work at Adobe and how they work hand in hand to complement each other.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Jermaine Douglas was a server a Jack Astor's in Toronto when the pandemic hit. After being laid off from the restaurant and wondering what he could do while off work, Jermaine started cooking for his friends. Their reaction to his food was overwhelmingly positive. At their urging, he started Spotty's TO on Instagram, selling soul food to order.…

Co-host and co-creator of Can't Sell This, Hugh Elliott, chats with Stef about his lengthy career in marketing. From Flash to experience design and creative technology, it's a fun ride.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Following up on their 3rd anniversary episode, Hugh interviews Stefan for the first time. Stefan discusses getting his Masters in Digital Media, a huge change to his life in moving to Cairo, Egypt.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

After three years of running Can't Sell This, Hugh and Stefan sit down and talk about where they started, where they went and where they're going.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Elize Morgan writes a lot. She's worked in television and digital series—even in the early days of the webseries boom! In conversation with Stef she shares her experience working in collaborative writers' rooms, ideas in development, creative pitching, and how a pitch can get ruined by an alpaca and a llama!…

Stef has a conversation with Shannon Armishaw, one half of the Smoke & Tears team.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

In episode 73, Hugh had a great conversation with Eric Fensler. Stefan was unavailable so Eric agreed to sit with them both and have a follow up conversationBy Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Emily started out as a producer in the VFX industry, working on critically acclaimed long-format projects. After 4 years in an administrative position, she decided to re-evaluate her career and go into training as a 3D artist. After 3 years of independent learning and freelancing she's very proud to have re-invented herself as a 3D designer and art…

From Edmonton to Ottawa to Seattle via New York and Vancouver, Stacey Mulcahy never shied away from the risky choices. After getting her start in project management at a games company, Stacey invested in her lifelong interest in learning and taught herself development. Her brand of frank speech, curiosity and a willingness to share her knowledge la…

Chelsea Klukas got her start organizing fashion tech events in the Canadian mid-west. From there, she found a calling to design her own wearable technology fashion items under the brand Lumen Couture. At the same time, Chelsea has a career in experience design and product development. Firstly for Amazon, then at Facebook. Hugh and Chelsea discuss t…

Sean and Sarabeth Holden met over a love of beer. Sean had been independently brewing small batches of beer and slowly making his way into bespoke brewing. Sarabeth with a vision for expansion and the sense to lead the business side of things. Then the pandemic hit. Listen as Hugh chats with the couple about the perils of opening a brewery during a…

Hoss Gifford is a CTO and creative technologist. Hailing from Scotland and currently living in Toronto, Hoss has made a name for himself as a problem-solver and forward-thinker. Join Hugh as he and Hoss talk about the path from joke flash games to serious technological innovation.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Stef and Dré have a casual chat about VR, indie productions, NFTs and virtual humans.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Eighteen years after the G.I. Joe PSAs took the world by storm, their creator talks with Hugh. Eric Fensler followed his passion for creation from Chicago to New York to LA. From the world of comedy writing to advertising.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

In this announcement, Hugh discusses the decision to move away from the multi-interviewer format.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Stef in conversation with Richard Rotter about indie productions, transmedia, and creating original contentBy Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Galit Ariel, futurist, technologist and PHD candidate speaks with Hugh and Stefan about living in the future ever since first seeing Star Trek at age 7.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Artist, gamer, DM and artist/idea guy The Deck Of Many, Jordan Richer! In conversation with Stef and Hugh about creating a Dungeons and Dragons based card system and what's next.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Studio Director at Stitch Media, Wayne Shipley, chats with Stefan and Hugh about the experience of working in a studio that creates its own intellectual property and client work.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Kim Wilson has built a storied and successful career in children’s entertainment, combining her passion for impactful narratives and her expertise in research-based content creation, she’s worked with the leading studios and broadcasters in the country. She’s currently heading up multiple initiatives to help academics and entertainers work together…

Christy Dena (she/they) is a maker and interactive storyteller. Christy chats with Stefan and Hugh about her current projects of writing a book on redesigning narrative design away from complicity, an accessible VR project about radical friendship, and a co-operative improv storytelling card game.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Filmmaker Hannah Donegan speaks with Hugh and Stefan about her documentary Sugar Sisters and working in the documentary film world.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Marc Thiele started working with community back in the C64 days. He went from making digital art to maintaining an active flash community to starting his first conference FlashForum. Now he runs beyond tellerrand.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Jared Ficklin shares his belief that humanity can only survive by spreading as much love and intellect throughout the universe.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Product commercial director Steve Giralt, of the Garage, chats with Stefan and Hugh about the recent Kickstarter for The Garage Learning. An effort to share the secrets of robotics and video together to create compelling imagery.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Jared Ficklin, co-founder of Argo Design and product designer chats with Hugh and Stefan about his history.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Uplift Kitchen TO co-founders, Antonia Lawrence and Emily Carson, speak about their food initiative created to serve the Black community in Toronto.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

David Bastedo, offical photographer of the Tragically Hip talks about his career in digital, experiential and photography.By Hugh Elliott

Wes Grubbs has spent 15 years with an eye on data and how it can be beautifully expressed.By Hugh Elliott

From tagging to teaching to pursuing an art career, Aaron has walked his own unique path. Listen to his conversation with Hugh.By Hugh Elliott

Andrew and his wife Michelle made custom fixtures for their own. After being asked by the venue for copies, they realized they could make a business out of it. Andrew chats with Hugh about the past, present and future of Agduzit.By Hugh Elliott

Foam-smith and cosplayer Charles Xavier Conley of Ebony Warrior Studios. After a decade of experience, Charles Xavier has made a career out of recreating characters from video games and films.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Scott Judd, dairy farmer, winery owner and country music singer chats with Hugh and Stefan.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Jared Ficklin, founder of Argo Design and Dré Labre, futurist, speak with Hugh and Stefan about current events using the lens of a hopeful future.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Natalie Zina Walschots, author of Hench, returns to speak with Hugh and Stefan. Natalie joined Hugh in studio in Mar. Stefan loved the subject so much he asked for a follow up. While under quarantine for COVID-19, we sat down over Hangouts to do just that.By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Stefan joins Hugh again to discuss the goings-on with the podcast and life, in general. Recorded on Mar 18th, 2020 at the beginning of social distancing restrictions for Covid-19By Hugh Elliott, Stefan Grambart

Embreate and Plai Factory co-founder Scott Nihill sits with Hugh to talk creative process and fund-raising.By Hugh Elliott

Jeff Wright, recording engineer and director, sits with Hugh to discuss 20 plus years of working in audio.By Hugh Elliott

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