Evolving Door Ravinol Chambers

One Small Barking Dog (OSBD) linked up with multi-award-winning producer/director Ravinol Chambers from Be Inspired Films to talk about his remarkable journey from monk to filmmaker and some essentials of what he has learned along the way.
This OSBD 'In The Frame' podcast is in collaboration with Be Inspired Films and Ravs' amazing Evolving Door podcast.
OSBD aims to serve and help develop the next generation of emerging filmmakers.
The podcast will be available on the Evolving Door podcast wherever you get podcasts as well as the OSBD YouTube channel and OSBD FB and Insta.
To find out more about OSBD go to https://osbd.org
To find out more about Be Inspired Films go to https://www.beinspiredfilms.co.uk

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Samantha Moyo gave me a big warm hug at TEDxEastend in 2013, she had just recently sold Morning Gloryville, a sober raving movement that had grown massively over the previous year or so.

I was delighted to sit down with her for this interview ten years on to discuss her life pre and post-Morning Gloryville. She was born and grew up in Zimbabwe and moved to Derbyshire in the UK at 15 years old to a bit of a culture shock. She talks about her glorious Uni days in Brighton as the perfect place to come out and experience being a young free gay person, attending parties, then organising parties and experimenting with her sexuality, drugs and alcohol.

She moved to London and hit it hard and it all became a bit too much after a while which ultimately led to Morning Gloryville, where young professionals would come to Sam's early morning sober raves before work. It became incredibly popular and spread to cities all over the world.

These days she has found her spiritual side and has trained as an interfaith minister and believes that each of us stepping into our spiritual leadership will help solve many of the world's problems.

You can find out more about Sam and the work she is doing now including her membership of a blossoming community of creative people called Moyo Magic at www.samanthamoyo.com




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In the last few years, we have been learning about neuro - divergence including Autism and ADHD in our own family. I knew of Ash as an up-and-coming film maker in the Midlands and saw him post that he was neuro-divergent and that he was into Airsoft and thought I would love to interview him to learn more about his experience growing up with Autism. My son is also massively into Nerf guns and thought it would be cool to invite Ash over to do the podcast and also to bring his Airsoft guns so we could have a go in the garden. I also wanted to introduce my son to someone with Autism who is doing well in something they love.



Ash is a cinematographer Based in the UK and works nationally and internationally. He is neurodiverse and on the Autism Spectrum and is an advocate for diverse crewing on all productions. He has experience in a wide range of production styles and Genres and various budget levels. He has worked on small two or three person teams up to crews of 30+ and everything in between, and shot a mix of Narrative (Feature and short), documentary, music videos and commercials as well as branded content and corporate. working for clients such as The BBC, Warner Brothers and M&C Saatchi.

Check out his work at https://www.ashconnaughton.com/


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I am very excited to share the latest episode of the Evolving Door podcast.

This is a very special guest and the very first interview I recorded for the podcast, please welcome Raghunath Yogi.

Raghunath is a bundle of love, of fierce wit, of hurricane-level energy and of piercing passion for personal growth, individual authenticity and spiritual progress. He is larger than life, extremely engaging and personally very inspiring.

We talk about his dissatisfaction with stereotyped life, going into Hew York as a young teenager and listening to alternative bands and then starting a band.

He shares his quick rise to fame, and his search for his heart's calling which led him through straight-edge music, punk, and then bhakti yoga, or the yoga of devotion (which he describes as punk to the punk).

Buckle up, tune in and enjoy.

Go to https://www.raghunath.yoga to find out about Raghunath's yoga training, retreats, podcast and much more.


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I loved talking to Jonah Sachs.

He is an author, speaker and viral marketing pioneer. His new approaches to digital media have been critical in bringing the ideals of social change — such as equity, empowerment, responsibility and transparency — to the forefront of business and popular culture.

He had over 60 million views on his videos even before YouTube was a thing.

His first book 'Winning The Story Wars' catapulted him onto the global speaking scene talking about storytelling for brands and causes and how to be heard in a world of media noise and clamor.

He has a warmth about him which shows he cares deeply about people and the planet. He is also a deep thinker and strives to move beyond the comfortable and always into fresh and stimulating waters. His latest book 'Unsafe Thinking' How to Be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most is a great example of this.

I hope you enjoy the conversation, I am sure you will find it stimulating in many ways.

You can find out more about Jonah and his books at www.jonahsachs.com


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This is one of my favourite episodes. Although Madi and I had a very different start in life, we both spent many years completely absorbed in the culture, philosophy, and community of the Hare Krishna movement. We also both shared similar experiences in later life that helped us make sense of our experiences and broaden our minds on many issues.

At 5 years old Madi was taken to America from Ireland by his parents and told he was going for a sleepover at a boarding school there and when he woke up the next morning, his parents had gone and he was on his own.

At 7, he was put into another school, this time in India. The boys and girls were not allowed to speak to each other, so when he grew up and started to become more interested in girls, he felt like they were speaking a different language.

He is now married and has children. He and his wife used to exchange glances across the temple room floor but never really spoke. They exchanged letters for about 10 years before seeing each other again in person and starting their relationship. Madi's experiences as a young person growing up and with his own parents, who separated, led him to a fear of commitment and also of abandonment which he had to overcome as he embarked on his own journey into family life.

University in California was a huge culture shock for him and he started to reassess all of the cultural and philosophical beliefs he had been handed as a child.

One of these beliefs was that a son was more valuable than a daughter, which is something his father told him when Madi had a girl as his first child. Having a daughter whom he loved so much made him challenge many views he previously held, realising they were misconceptions and ideas he felt no longer served him or his growing family.

It inspired him to sponsor a girl to pursue her education in India through a charity called FFLV and later to produce a CD album of all female artists dueting with him on a variety of devotional songs called Bhakti Without Borders. The album broke new ground as typically it was only male singers that produced albums or that led the singing in the temples. It raised a lot of awareness about gender equity and also money for the girl's education charity, going on to get nominated for a Grammy which was epic.

Madi has now found his own place within the faith and also in the broader world. He talks about finding your rung and living an authentic life as your own person and I think he is an amazing example of this.

I hope you enjoy it.

If you do please leave a review for the podcast on Apple podcasts or let us know your thoughts by email at hello@beinspiredfilms.com or on social media.

Madi Brinkmann - @unfilteredmadi @Madi Brinkmann

Ravinol Chambers - @beinspiredrav @Ravinol Chambers


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