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The Firehouse Salon
Some of us are driven by a creative desire not to be bored. We call such people Tediophobes. If that is you, then welcome to the madcap world of The Firehouse Salon. Conversations at the intersection of creativity, curiosity and making a dent in the world. Originally inspired by our BBC Radio 4 documentary 'The Socrates of San Francisco'.
Podcasting since 2023 • 40 episodes
The Firehouse Salon
Latest Episodes
Ep39 - What a Victorian Biologist Can Teach Us About Thinking
I came to Eduardo's office expecting to talk about cells and data. What I found on his wall were the illustrations of Ernst Haeckel, a 19th-century German naturalist whose drawings of jellyfish, radiolaria and embryos were so beautiful they sha...
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Ep 38 - Mammanoids & Tediophobes
Drawing on a 1960s speech by Howard Luck Gossage that contrasts money-driven business builders who want repeatable formulas with creative people who become more exploratory and less controllable as they earn more.Ashley, our host, connec...
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Season 3
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Ep37 - I Did Exactly What I Said I Wouldn't Do
After a five-month hiatus and a move to Abu Dhabi to take up the role of Head of Creative at the AI university MBZUAI, I've finally worked out why I got stuck with the Salon, and what it should become.A conversation with Richard Tseng re...
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Ep 36 - The Socrates of San Francisco - BBC Radio 4
After 2 years on BBC sounds the link to our radio show is no longer working... so... the opportunity to share it with you here. One of the advantages is the opportunity to share with you a new 'director's cut' - a little shorter, and some addit...
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Ep 35 - LIVE - How to be creative about next to nothing at all
In this episode of Firehouse Salon Live, we discussed creativity and the process behind it with our guests:Filmmaker Philip Rachid - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philiprachid/and Designer Dave Officer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/...
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Episode 36
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