Tell Craig Your Story Craig Maguire

Episode 148 - Please welcome to the podcast Author and Former Chinese Journalist Esther Tian. Esther is the Author of the book Invisible Summit which came out in 2023. Invisible Summit is based on the documentary movie which starred Zhang Hong. It's an amazing story on how he is the first blind Asian mountaineer to climb Mt Everest.
Esther was also a former Chinese Journalist and was able to interview some of the worlds biggest leaders in politics. She talks about her interviews with the advisor to Putin, the leaders of Qatar, Australia UAE, Turkey. She also talks about her trip to Africa where she did a story for the Gates Foundation Chinese charity and her trip to Syrian refugee camp..
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Please welcome to the podcast Matty Waters and Aaron Choi, Co Owners of the brand new Restaurant and Sports Bar Parlay. I was invited last night to the Last Call event and was great to see Parlay doing so well. Parlay is having their grand opening tonight Saturday 18th May and I recommend you get to Jingan Shanghai and experience this amazing Sports bar. 
Matty is an award winning International chef, with his specialty being Kansas City American BBQ to Classic American Cuisine. We spoke outside in the patio and talked about how Parlay has the potential to be one of the most popular Sports bar in Shanghai. Its an amazing story of passion and determination. Parlay Restaurant and Sports- 358 Kangding Rd, Building 18, Jingan
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Please welcome back to the podcast Dania Gu, Creative Director of the Redbox Theatre Show. Dania is here to review the highly controversial 2022 Netflix Documentary Tinder Swindler directed by Felicity Morris. It is based on a scam by a guy who sets up a fake profile to lure girls to give him large sums of money. As of today, he is still a free man.
Dania and I discuss the many talking points about the documentary and we want to hear from you? What do you think of the Tinder Swindler? Do you feel sorry for the girls who got scammed? Do you think the guy should be in jail? Jump on our social media and have your say!
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Please welcome to the podcast International Artist XY. She graduated from Coventry University in the UK with a Masters in Animation. Now residing in Shanghai China, she specialises in installation art, independent illustration, graffiti, 3d modelling, sculpture and digital art. Her style has been described as Cyber Pop.
Her art has been featured all over the world including - "Give Peace a Chance" is on display at Your mother Gallery in Singapore, Artavers Hong Kong large-scale outdoor art exhibition and "HOW TO DREAM" was exhibited at the British Automobile Museum.
Since 2016 she has worked with brands- Levis, Nike, China's Li-Ning, Peacebird, Jaguar. The colours that she uses really capture the eye for the viewer and my personal favourite is her animation of Albert Einstein.  In her studio in Shanghai, I talk to XY about her amazing career and her promising future. Wechat - XYonline_284301260
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Part 2 of the podcast with Co Directors of Chairs the Monologues, Ben Growden and Luke Nesler. It gets very personal and emotional. Its a heart breaking story of the struggles of depression and breaking up after a long term relationship, Ben talks about how he dealt with this and his trips to Thailand and England. How he ended up back in Shanghai and the lessons that he has learnt. Ben wants to pass on his message to other people that are in need and have been in or are in the same situation as he was. We also talk about the future of Kulture Space. A truly inspirational story.
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Part 1- Please welcome to podcast Ben and Luke- Co Directors of Chairs The Monologues. "Every voice finds a seat, Every seat finds a voice". In this episode we take a deep dive into the creation of Chairs. It is a group of people who come together to talk about things that are weighting them down in their lives. The series is created to inspire and motivate it's audience, who can relate to the characters issues. Mental health is a serious issue and Chairs provides an outlet to express their feelings.
We take a deep dive into the production, the casting and how this idea came about.
Chairs The Monologues- will perform tonight at Studio 9 Shanghai, starting at 6pm. Tickets are available at www.kulturespace.com
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