Squatting Toad

Mel Byron
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Interested in Creativity? Work full-time and trying to find the balance between your creative activities and the rest of life? Meet interesting people and be inspired as this is the podcast for you.

  1. Squatting Toad Episode 19, Goodbye 2016, Hello More Creativity

    12/16/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 19, Goodbye 2016, Hello More Creativity

    In this last podcast of 2016, recorded in Ukraine, Mel reflects on the year and hopes to inspire us all to greater creativity in 2017. There'll be more comedy, for sure.

    17 min
  2. Squatting Toad Episode 18 Daring to Write with Angela Thirlwell

    09/18/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 18 Daring to Write with Angela Thirlwell

    In this unmissable episode, Mel meets published author, Angela Thirlwell, for insights into her writing career and gets brilliantly helpful advice for aspiring writers.

    26 min
  3. Squatting Toad Episode 17 North London Dramaphilia

    07/25/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 17 North London Dramaphilia

    Mel discusses amateur theatre with Angharad Ellis Jones of the Crouch End Players. Should we even call it 'amateur'? What inspires people to join an amateur theatre group? Is acting good for you? (Answer: Of course it is!)

    32 min
  4. Squatting Toad Episode 16 Musical Fireworks

    06/30/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 16 Musical Fireworks

    Mel meets Barbara de Biasi, inspirational head of Fireworks Music School. Barbara explains what happens inside our heads when we play music and why it's important to learn an instrument. It seems that music is the most beneficial creative thing we can do.

    22 min
  5. Squatting Toad Episode 15 Top Books for Creative People

    06/12/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 15 Top Books for Creative People

    This time, Mel Byron reviews and recommends some great books for creatives, by David Quantick, Grayson Perry and Fergus O'Connell. Entertaining, yes, but you'll also learn a lot (from this episode AND from the books!).

    18 min
  6. Squatting Toad Episode 14 'Bad' Painting with Alex

    06/02/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 14 'Bad' Painting with Alex

    When is your creative work 'bad'? Who decides? And does it matter? Actually, it doesn't. Painter, Alex Vassiliades, talks about the fun she gets from the process and itself. A helpful reminder for all creatives.

    28 min
  7. Squatting Toad Episode 13 A Sort of Mid-Term Summing Up

    05/19/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 13 A Sort of Mid-Term Summing Up

    Some helpful hints and inspiration for creatives, gleaned by Mel Byron from her own creative journey.

    9 min
  8. Squatting Toad Episode 12 Cynthia Hamilton Performance Poet and Good Egg

    05/11/2016

    Squatting Toad Episode 12 Cynthia Hamilton Performance Poet and Good Egg

    Funny, warm and insightful, performance poet and writer, Cynthia Hamilton, tells us what drove her to write and perform. Now she has taken a break from performing, how does she deal with the need for an audience? Once you take that step, are you always a performer, even if you never set foot on a stage again? And why the heck can't poetry rhyme?

    24 min
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Interested in Creativity? Work full-time and trying to find the balance between your creative activities and the rest of life? Meet interesting people and be inspired as this is the podcast for you.

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  • Creator
    Mel Byron
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2016
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Squatting Toad