Constraints

Louis Marrone - Hi-Fi Handiwork Inc.
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“Constraints” is a 30-minute interview podcast series. Each episode features a practitioner in the creative industries who is asked to share a project obstacle they’ve experienced. They and the host will then analyze the obstacle through project management’s three constraints: Scope, Time, and Budget. As episodes air, comparisons and observations will be made comparing obstacles from previous episodes with current ones, with the aim of determining if there are any common struggles across the creative industries specific to any of the constraints.

  1. Director/Co-Producer Tom McHale

    2025-06-09

    Director/Co-Producer Tom McHale

    Guest: Tom McHale Industry: Theatre Project: Outliers Theatre Collective In this, the final episode of Constraints, Tom McHale of the Outliers Theatre Collective and I talk about the creative drive needed for the project of independent theatre and the post-project-blues that is common to all creative activities - this podcast included. Theatre was a fitting industry to end this series with, as every interview felt like a live performance. Stay subscribed to this podcast for announcements about future podcast projects from Hi-Fi Handiwork Inc. related to project management and creativity. Learn more about The Outliers Theatre Collective at outlierstheatrecollective.ca, instagram.com/outlierstheatrecollective, and facebook.com/outlierstheatrecollective.

    36 min
  2. Development Manager Rebecca Rogers

    2025-05-26

    Development Manager Rebecca Rogers

    Guest: Rebecca Rogers Industry: Film Project: Financing an Independent Film Well, we’re almost at the end of Constraints - just one more episode left after this one. So it’s fitting we get a guest from a repeat sector to allow a bit of a deeper dive into a particular creative industry. Rebecca Rogers shares the details and challenges of the development and finance phases, and describes how creativity is as much a part of those as in the production and post-production phases. Learn more about the expansive producing chops Rebecca has at www.rebecca-rogers.com.

    37 min
  3. Reverend Joe Hopkins

    2025-05-12

    Reverend Joe Hopkins

    Guest: Reverend Joe Hopkins Industry: Streetsville United Church Project: Expanding the Circle When each generation is so different and geographical distance creates varied cultures that then intermingle through immigration, how do religions communicate in a way to appeal to everyone? Reverend Joe Hopkins faces that challenge in just one region of the Greater Toronto Area, and shares his navigation of a new vision statement, enlarging his circle of followers, and preparing for the United Church of Canada’s 100-year celebrations. https://streetsvilleunited.ca/ https://youtube.com/@streetsvilleunitedchurch8286

    35 min
  4. Stand-up Comic Jesse Singh

    2025-04-28

    Stand-up Comic Jesse Singh

    Guest: Jesse Singh Industry: Stand-up Comedy Project: Making it in Canada What obstacles could there possibly be to making it in stand-up comedy? Interestingly, being Canadian doesn’t actually help. Jesse Singh discusses this further, and describes what ‘making it’ actually means. Follow Jesse on Instagram and TikTok @punjabitimbit and listen to his comedy special Baby Goat on most streaming platforms.

    31 min
  5. Academic Cheryl Thompson

    2025-04-17

    Academic Cheryl Thompson

    Guest: Cheryl Thompson Industry: Academia Project: Writing an Academic Book Dr. Cheryl Thompson’s new book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict, and Freedom 1812-1897 comes out this month, and we discuss the creativity inherent in finding the story that ties together facts in an authentic and truthful way. Find out more about Dr. Thompson’s work at: www.mobaprojects.ca www.drcherylthompson.com @theblackcreativelab www.linkedin.com/company/mobaprojects

    33 min
  6. Conceptual Artist Serkan Özkaya

    2025-03-31

    Conceptual Artist Serkan Özkaya

    Guest: Serkan Özkaya Industry: Conceptual Art Project: David Inspired by Michelangelo What is a conversation about constraints when it comes to creating art? Well, like the advice you get if you don’t like the weather in the Maritimes, just wait five minutes. From time, to cost, to scope, it’s not a matter of whether Serkan Ozkaya’s artistic vision will be realized. No matter the how, when, or how much, it will happen. https://serkanozkaya.com/

    36 min
  7. Chef Jagger Gordon

    2025-03-17

    Chef Jagger Gordon

    Guest: Jagger Gordon Industry: Culinary Arts Project: Feed It Forward Chef Jagger Gordon has dedicated his life and career to saving food from being needlessly wasted and is building an empire that includes restaurants, markets, programs, books, and whatever other tool he can use to spread the message about the inordinate amount of food that is thrown away each day. And it’s working. Combining a clear vision, dedication, and energy he is proving that when it comes to food rescue, if you build it, they will come. Visit these links to learn more, get involved, and contribute: https://myhouseinthejunction.com/ https://jaggergordon.com/ https://feeditforward.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/feeditforwardofficial/

    34 min
  8. Change Participant Edison Chung

    2025-03-03

    Change Participant Edison Chung

    Guest: Edison Chung Industry: Protest Project: 2019 Hong Kong Protests Don’t think protest movements fit in a podcast about project obstacles in the creative industries? Well, challenging our understanding of what a creative industry is, is one of the mandates of Constraints. In the wake of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party’s decision to disband, participant of change Edison Chung describes the “shared emotion” that brought 2 million people out to the streets of Hong Kong to protest in 2019.

    34 min
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“Constraints” is a 30-minute interview podcast series. Each episode features a practitioner in the creative industries who is asked to share a project obstacle they’ve experienced. They and the host will then analyze the obstacle through project management’s three constraints: Scope, Time, and Budget. As episodes air, comparisons and observations will be made comparing obstacles from previous episodes with current ones, with the aim of determining if there are any common struggles across the creative industries specific to any of the constraints.

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  • Creator
    Louis Marrone - Hi-Fi Handiwork Inc.
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Louis Marrone - Hi-Fi Handiwork Inc.
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    Constraints