Daring Creativity

Radim Malinic

Daring Creativity is your backstage pass to the minds that shape our creative world. A podcast series inspired by the upcoming book by Radim Malinic, helping people start and grow life-changing careers and businesses. Over the coming episodes, I will sit down with a broad range of guests: artists, musicians, designers, actors, technologists, and entrepreneurs who've discovered something powerful: that creativity isn't about perfection. It's about showing up with all your doubts, insecurities, and imperfections—and making them count. Are you ready to discover what happens when you dare to create? More info https://radimmalinic.co.uk/

  1. Dare to bring creative poetry to every problem - Pablo Juncadella

    1 DAY AGO

    Dare to bring creative poetry to every problem - Pablo Juncadella

    Pablo Juncadella is co-founder and partner at Mucho, the Barcelona-based branding and identity studio approaching its 25th year. In this conversation, Pablo traces a career built on unlikely advantages — dyslexia, collective thinking, and an editorial background that taught him to treat brands as stories told in headlines.  From working on El País at 22 through Pentagram London, to becoming creative director of The Observer at 25, to building a studio with offices across Europe and the US, his path has been one of constant curiosity, deliberate humility, and a refusal to lower the standard of what design can do. Takeaways: Creativity is not visualisation — it's the ability to see from a different perspective and bring others thereDyslexia, and conditions like it, place you naturally outside the majority — that position is the seed of creative advantageIdeas are preludes, not destinations — falling too in love with one prevents the better version from arrivingThe best early careers involve challenges larger than your current capability — that gap is exactly where you growCollective intelligence outlasts individual ambition; a studio with its own identity can evolve beyond any one person's needs or energyClient satisfaction is a baseline, not a ceiling — the real job is to hold higher standards than anyone asked forFrustration is not a sign of failure — it's the engine that keeps the standard from quietly droppingVisual language is the most universal language; use it to bridge cultures, industries, and disciplinesDesign builds on what came before — your job is to contribute to the wheel, not just spin itLongevity comes from curiosity, adaptability, and the willingness to learn from the person sitting across the table Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinic daringcreativity.com |  desk@daringcreativity.com Books by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFc Free audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobook Book bundles  https://novemberuniverse.co.uk Lux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/  (Use: PODCAST for 15% off) November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)

    54 min
  2. Dare to make food your art form - Caroline Hobkinson

    6 APR

    Dare to make food your art form - Caroline Hobkinson

    Caroline Hopkinson is a food artist and food anthropologist whose work sits at the collision of neuroscience, performance, ritual and sensory design. In this conversation she reframes everything we think we know about eating — not as sustenance or even pleasure, but as our most intimate, politically charged and deeply human act.  From the communion of a morning coffee order to immersive dining experiences in Berlin and Paris, Caroline reveals why food is the one domain where algorithms have no jurisdiction. Food is our most intimate ritual — more so than sex, because what we eat literally becomes us and can be read in our bodies months laterIn a world of algorithmic content, food remains the last bastion of radical agency — the one thing we can fully control and consciously chooseChildren have more taste buds than adults, which is why they reject certain flavours — it's sensitivity, not fussiness, and it diminishes as we ageBitterness in flavour signals evolutionary danger, but those who override it tend to be risk takers and thrill seekers — your taste palette reveals your personality archetypeSound is the fastest sense — high frequencies amplify sweetness, low frequencies bring out bitterness, and a designed soundscape can transform the experience of a meal entirelyThe meals we prepare are the punctuation of our lives; every celebration, transition and gathering is anchored by food, making it the definitive marker of intentionalitySurrender is not giving up control — it requires trust, and when onboarded properly, it allows people to move beyond hyperactive choice into genuinely transformative experienceCapturing a memory and creating one are fundamentally different acts — the most powerful dining moments resist documentation and live only in the bodyIntermittent fasting and mindful eating aren't new trends — they mirror ancient religious cycles of feast and fast that humanity followed for millenniaFood is the last domain untouched by VR, AI or the metaverse — its irreducible physical reality makes communal dining more valuable and culturally significant than ever Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinic daringcreativity.com |  desk@daringcreativity.com Books by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFc Free audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobook Book bundles  https://novemberuniverse.co.uk Lux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/  (Use: PODCAST for 15% off) November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)

    59 min
  3. Dare to speak every creative language - Samuel Mensah-Bonsu

    30 MAR

    Dare to speak every creative language - Samuel Mensah-Bonsu

    Sam Mensah Bonsu is a Creative Director and Experience Designer at Microsoft, part of a small team shaping how millions of people interact with AI through Copilot. ~ From tracing Dragon Ball Z printouts borrowed from his brother's college library, to creating a candy typeface that went viral in 2013, to landing at AKQA on the Nike Football account and later advising C-suite executives at McKinsey.  Sam's career has been a masterclass in following curiosity with full commitment. He founded Youth Worldwide to mentor underrepresented emerging talent and champion design education at a time when it was being defunded from schools. Now at the forefront of AI experience design, Sam reflects on what it means to make things that not only look good but genuinely change lives. Takeaways: Creativity is a give-and-take system — inspiration received must become inspiration returnedThe entry point defines who gets in; lowering barriers is itself a form of creative leadershipSpeaking multiple creative languages — design, strategy, business — builds longevity and lasting influenceGoing to McKinsey wasn't selling out; it was learning to communicate value and impact at the highest levelYouth Worldwide was built to mentor underrepresented talent and make design education feel possibleAI doesn't replace creativity — it eliminates the gap between thinking and makingThe most powerful shift AI offers creatives is the freedom to think bigger, not just work fasterBeing at the forefront of change requires constant adaptation and the courage to occupy unfamiliar roomsYour power lies not in fitting in, but in standing out purposefully and communicating value on your own termsOne poster influences thousands; one great AI experience has the potential to shape billions Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinic daringcreativity.com |  desk@daringcreativity.com Books by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFc Free audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobook Book bundles  https://novemberuniverse.co.uk Lux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/  (Use: PODCAST for 15% off) November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)

    58 min
  4. Dare to protect your peace - Danielle Weber

    23 MAR

    Dare to protect your peace - Danielle Weber

    Australian muralist Danielle Weber, joins Radim to explore the invisible layers behind a creative life — from a teenage detour that almost derailed her entirely, to the streets where brilliant and bruising human encounters shape every project. ~ Danielle shares how curiosity has been both her compass and her chaos, why she'd choose fifteen years of slow growth over a single moment of overnight success, and how building a community became an act of creative necessity.  This is a conversation about learning to trust your intuition, protecting your energy, and finding genuine beauty in the chapters that don't always look like progress. Key Takeaways Exploring many styles and approaches isn't wasted time — it's how you discover what truly belongs to youCuriosity that isn't channelled creatively will find other, often self-destructive, outletsAuthentic presence online means sharing the day-to-day reality, not just the polished resultMural work is a full-body, full-mind endurance test — managing your energy matters as much as managing your craftSaying no to the wrong people and projects takes years of practice and builds through every single conversation you haveSlow growth is sustainable growth; overnight success is a dangerous and fragile place to landYou don't need to be at 100% to mentor others — honesty about your own struggles is exactly what makes you credibleThere is no expiration date on creativity; embracing the fact that you have time changes everything Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinic daringcreativity.com |  desk@daringcreativity.com Books by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFc Free audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobook Book bundles  https://novemberuniverse.co.uk Lux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/  (Use: PODCAST for 15% off) November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)

    56 min

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Daring Creativity is your backstage pass to the minds that shape our creative world. A podcast series inspired by the upcoming book by Radim Malinic, helping people start and grow life-changing careers and businesses. Over the coming episodes, I will sit down with a broad range of guests: artists, musicians, designers, actors, technologists, and entrepreneurs who've discovered something powerful: that creativity isn't about perfection. It's about showing up with all your doubts, insecurities, and imperfections—and making them count. Are you ready to discover what happens when you dare to create? More info https://radimmalinic.co.uk/

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