The 21st Century Creative

Poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness brings you inspiration and practical guidance for your creative career or business, and interviews leading artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and other outstanding creators. Take part in the weekly Creative Challenge for your own personal development (there are prizes as well).
Such nuanced themes and great insights all round!
07/05/2023
Mark is really in the detail of the creative life and gets to the heart of the trials and tribulations of following your passions… Highly recommended!!
Mark is legend
25/07/2022
What more can I say… such a brilliant coach and interviewer. A beautiful voice. I’ve listened to some episodes several times. That’s how good it is! Thank you Mark.
A warm, generous, and all-round fantastic podcast
16/09/2021
I’m so glad to have come across Mark and his podcast - it’s a lovely tool to help ground yourself in your creativity.
A must- listen for anyone who wants to make creative life changes
26/06/2020
A great, generous and highly entertaining series. Mark and his guests offer so many tips and insights. The whole series is a warm, inspiring and accessible invitation to live life more fully, on your own terms. I particularly like the way that Mark skilfully overcomes the dry and drive “ business models” and helps make the idea of making a decent living doing work that you love seem not only do- able, but presents it as one of the most secure and realistic options for today’s world. Fabulous life changing work- offered with an open heart. I’m hooked, and I want my friends to get hooked too. This is healthy stuff and time very well spent.
Inspirational & Exciting!
29/05/2020
Inspirational & electrically motivating! Your podcasts cultivate such an excitement in me to get cracking, expand & try new things. Thank you Mark, and all your fabulous guests!! 🙌🏻✨👌🏻
Inspirational
01/05/2020
Discovered the podcast via Mark McGuinness' guest appearance on Joanna Penn's podcast The Creative Penn. He has a wonderful calm voice and his guest Monique Dubose was unexpectedly moving, wise and spiritually inspirational.
Outstanding
18/01/2019
I’ve just discovered the podcast and Mark’s work. It’s outstanding. I’m now working through each series from the beginning. The format is great, thought provoking insight and coaching to start followed by fab creatives interviews and then a creative challenge you can work on. So, so useful and each interview has fantastic insights that are applicable to any creative life. Wonderful that Mark has taken the time and continues to be so generous putting the pod into the world. Many thanks, you’ll love it, the show is absolutely top quality.
Awesome podcast - thank you
12/11/2018
This podcast has helped me so much, in my work and life thank you. The episodes that surprise me the most are the ones where I think the guest might have nothing in common with what I do -- the jeweller episode really went to the absolute core of going out on a limb with a creative idea, and going through with it to completion. Thanks again.
A great podcast for creatives of all kinds
28/10/2017
A must-listen for authors, artists and creative entrepreneurs of all kinds who want to understand how to survive and thrive in the 21st century, digitised, networked economy.
Ms
03/07/2017
Inspiring, stimulating with varied topics and guests - well done Mark! Love the format and always looking forward to the following episode.
About
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- CreatorMark McGuinness
- Years Active2017 - 2022
- Episodes61
- RatingExplicit
- Show Website