Marina Pacheco is a Lisbon-based writer who has published twenty-two books and continues to innovate beyond the written word including audiobooks and soon serialised fiction. It’s been two years since I last talked to her on this podcast and a lot has happened in that time.
28. Kev Harrison, Teacher and Writer
Kev Harrison is a teacher, a podcaster and a writer. This interview covers Kev’s background, his travels which brought him to Lisbon, his creative journey as a writer and the details about his new book and forthcoming book.
27. Richard Gross, Betahaus Community Manager
Today my guest Is Richard Gross, a community manager at Betahaus. We talk about his time in Stirling, Scotland, his year in Sydney, Australia, his return to Berlin, working at Betahaus, his interests in music and writing and his future plans.
26. Gillord Pisas, Voice Actor and Rapper
Gillord Pisas grew up in Curacao and moved to Berlin, Germany in 2017. As well as working for Betahaus Co-working here in Berlin, he is also a voice actor and a rapper. In this interview Gillord discusses how he got started in Berlin and his philosophy in identifying and seizing opportunities in creative areas of presenting, voice acting and music.
25. The Nature of Creativity
In today’s podcast, Nuno Neves and I have a discussion on the nature of creativity. We discuss what it is, what makes us creative, constraints on being creative, good and bad creativity and how imagination and learning from other’s creativity in music, art and writing can help us to create.
24. Phil Town, Teacher and Writer.
Today’s guest is Phil Town, a teacher and a writer who’s been living in Lisbon for 30 years.
Phil writes short stories (flash fiction) and screenplays and has written more than 300 stories and four full length screenplays.
Phil’s work can be viewed using the following links:
The fortnightly contest ('Fiction Writers Group')
https://fictionwritersgroup.com/
An on-line literary magazine ('Short Fiction Break’)
23. Marina Pacheco, Writer
My guest today is Marina Pacheco, a prolific writer who has written more than thirty books in various genres including historical fiction, romance, science fiction and short stories. She has lived in a number of cities including London, Johannesburg, and Bangkok before settling in Lisbon.
As this interview was recorded over the phone it has slightly lower audio quality.
22. Caroline Brogden, Student and writer
My guest today is Caroline Brogden, a university student from North Carolina who is on a 2-month work trip to Lisbon. Caroline is interested in creative writing and has joined the Lisbon Writers group .
21. Elizabeth Malca Salaverry, Writer
My guest on today’s podcast is Elizabeth Malca Salaverry, a writer and a member of the Lisbon Writers group. She grew up in Peru and moved to Mexico for a year, then UAE for twenty years and most recently to Lisbon. She is researching and writing a novel set during the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula from 900 to 1400.
20. Diana Lima, Writer
My guest on today’s podcast is Diana Lima. She is a writer and a member of the Lisbon Writers group. She grew up in Lisbon and went to Milan at aged 18 to live and go to university and work and returned ten years later. She has written one novel and is half way through writing the second one.
This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Podcasts and many other podcast hosts.
19. Diego Aguilar, Filmmaker and Writer
Today’s podcast is an interview with Diego Aguilar, a young filmmaker from Mexico City, now living here in Lisbon. Diego has made a number of short films, and has written lots of short stories, some of which he has shared at the Lisbon Writers Group. Since arriving here in Lisbon three months ago he has completed his courses on learning Portuguese and in now ready to further his studies in Filmmaking.
18. Peter Daly - The Romans Then and Now
In today’s podcast I welcomed back my brother Peter Daly, for another discussion. Last year I did a podcast with him about Stoicism which included a discussion about Marcus Aurelius emperor and stoic philosopher.
Today Peter is here to talk about Roman history and civilisation from the start of the reign of Augustus to the end of the empire in 476 AD. At the end the discussion moves on to how the Roman Empire influenced todays society.
17. Nuno Neves, Artist and Writer
Today’s podcast is the first in a new season of podcasts and was recorded in Lisbon. It features an interview with writer and artist Nuno Neves who is a very creative guy and a member of the Lisbon Writers Meetup group. He’s has written a number of books, recorded music which is on Spotify and Apple Music, and is currently working on a graphic novel.
Due to nearby construction noise at my apartment, we decided to record the interview in a local park so there are city noises in the background and the audio quality is a little lower than usual.
Nuno Neves, writer and artist
Panels from Nuno’s graphic novel
16. Laura Lukitsch, Filmmaker
Posted 30 Nov 2021
My guest today is Laura Lukitsch a filmmaker, podcaster and writer who has made a number of documentaries, has a long running podcast and has created art installations and other creative projects. She is also writing a number of books. She lived in San Francisco before moving to Berlin several years ago.
15. Chris Ward, Writer and Musician
Posted 27 Nov 2021
Today my guest is Chris Ward, who describes himself as a “Technical Communicator” and we’ll discuss that later. He played in a band in the early 2000s, and he has also moved around the world a lot and worked in many areas, always finding interesting work to do.
He’s a podcaster, video maker, a games enthusiast, and a technical writer.
Chris talks about his life in the “Art Brut” band in the early 2000s and more recently his life in Australia and currently Berlin.
14. Mustafa Keskin, Writer
Posted 19 Nov 2021
Today my guest in Mustafa Keskin, who grew up in a small village in Turkey,
moved to Dubai for several years and then moved to Berlin.
He has recently written a book called Mundane Stories which in partially autobiographical.
This podcast follows his journey and the inspiration to write a book.
13. Alex Cruickshank, Writer
Posted 11 Nov 2021
Alex Cruickshank is a writer based in Berlin, who has an eclectic range of interests and has moved around the world from UK to New Zealand to Berlin, Germany. Alex discusses his life in New Zealand and in Berlin.
12 Muna Wagner, Podcaster
Posted 11 Nov 2021
Muna Wagner works in training and facilitation in the areas of inter cultural communication and team building in leadership. She also runs her own podcast: The Munalogues. Muna has lived all around the world and discusses her work and the places where she's lived.
11. Matthias Müller-Krey, Speechwriter
Posted 21 Jun 2021
This podcast is an interview with Matthias Müller-Krey, a speechwriter who is currently based in Berlin. The discussion follows his journey from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt to Berlin and more recently to Barcelona (on a part-time basis). The challenges in working as speechwriter are explored, along with the new business venture of creating online speechwriting courses.
YouTube link : https://youtu.be/YwTjjItyET8
Here's a link to Matthias' website: https://www.mueller-krey.de
Information:
Music Licence: Epidemic Sound
10. Art Lives: Ray Bonilla Painter and Illustrator
Posted 20 Apr 2021
Ray Bonilla is an illustrator and painter from Buffalo, New York, who paints wonderful cityscapes, portraits and still life paintings. This interview follows the journey of Ray's art career to date, from illustration, to a brief encounter with animation to working as a fine art painter. This video version of this podcast includes more than thirty of Ray's paintings and a detailed discussion on the ideas, the process and methods used to paint some of them.
Video Version: https://youtu.be/1SGKWBq0mzQ
Information:
Music Licence - Epidemic Sound
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