Adventures in the Creative Industries Erik Ravaglia

Let's talk about ways to price your time. Back in June I came across Tom Hirst twitter thread and I realised it was time to start season 2 with one of the most difficult topics.

Little signpost life moments took Gabby Secomb Flegg on a journey from fruit juices and financial services to professional pole dancing before pursuing a career in photography with a spicy twist.
Her unique, sensual eye and attention to posing is highlighted by her Boudoir photoshoots, weddings with a twist and everything in between. Join me in discovering Gabby's journey and how it affected her visual style and sensibility.

This time is not just the journey of an individual but of a whole industry. This is how the Scottish videogames industry started. From Lemmings, to Grand Theft Auto to the morphing of DMA Design into the omnipotent Rockstar North. Brian Baglow takes us through the history of Scottish videogames.

Animation Director Dan Castro is back, and we get real AGAIN.
We talk about his latest short Fatboy on its way to success with an emphasis on personal projects and how shifting his perspective from side projects to actual work changed the way he gets stuff done.

Thomas Payne is an Edinburgh celebrity Signwriter. From digital designer to tradesman he painted some of the most iconic signs in the Scottish Capital in good and bad weather.

Thomas is an all-round lovely guy; an open book. We touch on the life of a signwriter, how to become one and the ebb and flow of being a tradesman including the pains of work-life balance. We also discuss in detail about one of the biggest taboo in the industry -Money, calculating your fees and the importance of fair prices.

Johanna Holtan

Ebb and flow, failure and success. This is a story of achievements and heartbreak in believing in your choices and going for it through the good and bad until it's time to let it go. Johanna Holtan is a force of nature; a life of excellence and hard work, a real inspiration.

"Your work is only as strong as your heart" she says in one of her Medium articles and hers is made of resilience and love. Work ethic, dedication and passion; it's all personal for Jo and I relate to that. Starting from her Penny in Yo Pants venture moving onto her experience as an All-American Volleyball player at Juniata College to the Peace Corps we touch on the ups and downs and the difficulties of letting go.

Jo is now Director at the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program where she "gets to spend everyday working with young people from Africa who are firestarters to the core". The scholarship is based on the idea of transformative leadership and how values, beliefs, and principles can enable participants to make a positive impact on their communities. 3