Best Process With Kam Podcasts (2025)

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S8, Ep 54 - Polly Leonard: Founder of Selvedge Magazine 26:13

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Polly Leonard is the founder of Selvedge, the world’s leading magazine about the culture of cloth. It’s a one-word cipher about textiles with a cultural edge, who makes them, and how. Polly talks to Judy about why she believes cloth is central to civilisation; she says “fibre may look like fluff, but it carries the weight of human history”. She sha…

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S8, Ep 53 - Elena Goded Rimbaud: ÁBBATTE - reviving Spain’s textile heritage 25:46

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Judy enters the monastic world of ÁBBATTE, where traditional Spanish artisanal techniques are used to create exquisite handwoven textiles. Project founder Elena Goded Rimbaud talks about transforming the ruins of a 13th century monastery in Segovia into the ÁBBATTE workshop and reviving the region’s handmade textile traditions there. Then, speaking…

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S8, Ep 52 - Ruth Ribeaucourt: A Creative Collaboration with Antoinette Poisson 27:24

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Photographer and magazine founder, Ruth Ribeaucourt, talks to Judy about her creative collaboration with cult French interiors and homewares brand, Antoinette Poisson. After photographing ‘A Year in the French Style’ for the brand’s founders, Vincent Farelly and Jean-Baptiste Martin, Ruth was invited to collaborate with them a second time on a rang…

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S8, Ep 51 - Ana Lamata: Hat Maker & Botanical Artist 34:44

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Judy steps inside the wondrous Madrid atelier of Ana Lamata, maker of exquisite bespoke hats and a world many may have thought was a distant memory. Surrounded by hat boxes, hand dyed ribbons, linings and trims and her collection of traditional millinery tools, Ana tells Judy how her love of wearing and collecting hats first inspired her to leave b…

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S8, Ep 50 - Emily Kam Kngwarray: Renowned Australian Desert Artist 40:43

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Welcome back! In this new series, Unpaused is changing direction. No longer about corporate women reinventing corporate careers, the new Unpaused will be about women who broke with their careers and found a new calling by making something important with their hands. Judy has tried to bring the visual into the realm of the podcast to better convey t…

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S7, Ep 49 - Carolina Guthmann: Rousing Sicily’s Embroidresses 35:31

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Earlier this year, Judy chanced upon meeting Carolina Guthmann, who, with her husband (former Italian television journalist Piero di Pasquale), are the creative forces behind Manima World in Palermo; a digital atelier of fine, hand embroidered home linens and ready to wear. If there are two words that make my heart beat faster, they are hand embroi…

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S7, Ep 48 - Margot McKinney: If Not Now When 40:08

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Margot McKinney is a fourth generation jeweller who has built a global fine jewellery empire. Having hit rock bottom in her early forties, Margot made a fine comeback by backing her own belief that if she liked a piece of jewellery, even if it was shamelessly bold, others would surely follow. And follow they did. She's now the second biggest suppli…

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S7, Ep 47 - Lara Keating: Let Them Eat Viennoiserie 35:29

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At the end of 2006, a French patisserie bakery and cafe called Choquette opened in Brisbane. And with it a small slice of French epicurean life began to take root. Proprietor Lara Keating's dream to create an authentic French cafe experience drew deeply on the influence of her French mother, Francoise. The coffee was great and the pain-au-raisin gl…

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S7, Ep 45 - Catherine Walker: The Humanitarian at Home 37:29

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Catherine Walker is the most modest of success stories; retired but by no means idle. I find her happily sequestered in an early Tasmanian farmhouse in picturesque Longford. But it wasn't that long ago that she was being pulled into lead Australia's humanitarian efforts in the Solomon Islands, in Afghanistan and witnessing heartbreaking famine firs…

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S7, Ep 44 - Carol Westmore: A Career Evolution 35:41

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Carol Westmore is a very capable woman. A mathematician by training, she exudes order and authority. However, Carol has found herself immersed in an adventure very much of her own making; the restoration of the artist John Glover's house and farm near Deddington (40kms from Launceston) in Tasmania, Australia. In embracing that undertaking; enormous…

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S6, Ep 43 - Danielle Alvarez: Leaving Fred's: The Sequel 31:38

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For 8 years, Danielle Alvarez presided at Fred's on Oxford Street, Sydney, over a stylish open kitchen and hearth, roasting pedigreed lamb legs and chickens, in full view of the fortunate few to have secured a booking. And, if Oxford Street was a long way from the Cuban immigrant community in which Danielle grew up in Miami, Florida, the imprint of…

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S6, Ep 42 - Naomi Bulger: A Writer Rights Herself 28:07

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She writes to paint… or perhaps she paints to write. Either way, Naomi Bulger is a woman who has both sides of her brain hot-wired. And to think it all began with making rural commodities sound sexy. Listen now on Unpaused. Show Notes: Naomi's illustrations and hand written letters Tangle and Fern (Naomi's branding services) Pep Talks Podcast Naomi…

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S6, Ep 41 - Eleanor Roosevelt Revisited 17:03

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Eleanor Roosevelt conducted a parallel life beyond the view of most of the American people, despite occupying the most prominent role for a woman in the country at that time. She maintained two different apartments in Washington Square in New York before and after the White House years and thereby opened the way to a host of new friends and renewed…

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S6, Ep 40 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Spectacular Unpause (you may not know about) 20:57

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What happens when one of the most famous women in the world goes back to work? She proves she has something to give by giving her all and leaving a legacy that no one can argue with. ⁠Jackie’s last 20 years were a study in how fulfilling a working life can be. She didn’t need to do it, she didn’t have to do it; she wanted to do it. ⁠And with two ma…

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S6, Ep 39 - Juliet Kinsman: Fighting For The Fee 27:49

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Sustainable luxury travel expert, Juliet Kinsman, is your go-to person if the travel hotspots of the world that give back are on your wish list. She’s smart, she’s well -informed and she’s on Unpaused. Show Notes: Juliet's website Conde Naste Traveller Juliet's Book Rec 1: Open Up Why Talking About Money Will Change Your Life by Alex Holder Juliet'…

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S6, Ep 38 - India Hicks: A New Chapter of Her Own Making 34:47

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India Hicks has been called the quintessential Brit “It” Girl-turned-entrepreneur but it's her latest chapter as a committed philanthropist that intrigues. Eloquent, provocative and never dull, here's India Hicks re-imagined on Unpaused.⁠ Show Notes: India's website Lord Louis Mountbatten, India's grandfather David Hicks, India's father David's Egy…

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S5, Ep 37 - Oana Aristide: The Accidental Hotelier 24:36

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Today, I am bringing you a story that is unfolding on a small Greek island - SYROS, where author and economist Oana Aristide has renovated a run-down, neo-classical villa into a jewel box of a hotel of just 9 suites, called Hotel Aristide. Oana’s personal story is a dramatic one. She grew up in Soviet-occupied Romania in her grandmother’s care, whe…

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S5, Ep 36 - Nicolette Rubinsztein: Not Guilty! Strategically Juggling Work & Home 41:12

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Becoming a mother heralds a dramatic change in the lives of Australian women. New mothers go from spending a weekly average of two hours caring for others to a staggering 51 hours. And when women become mothers, they also increase the time they spend on housework, like cooking, cleaning and washing, leaping from a weekly average of 16 hours to 25 h…

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S5, Ep 35 - Judy and Annabelle Hickson Live in Conversation 37:19

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In our first episode of Season 5 I’m doing something different: interviewing Annabelle Hickson and recording it before a live audience at ‘Bertholme’, a heritage-listed, 19th century sandstone house on the outskirts of Brisbane’s CBD. Annabelle is here to promote her brand new publication GALAH magazine, which of course, is not her first foray into…

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S4, Ep 34 - Mia Feasey: From coffee cart queen to Australian Woman in Design 2020... How did Mia do it? 36:38

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Ex Asian Spice Girl (yes, this band really existed) turned founder of feted interior design firm SIREN, Mia Feasey has a dazzling Unpaused story to tell. Arriving in Australia from the UK with no friends, no contacts and just £1000 in her pocket, Feasey worked 6 jobs, joining the local lacrosse team when loneliness began to tell. Little did she kno…

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S4, Ep 33 - Michelle May: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 35:33

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Judy speaks to retired Australian Family Court Justice, Michelle May. Michelle’s is a story with a great twist. She grew up in Brisbane, raised by a professional working mother, unusual for those times, who was a role model and trusted advisor to Michelle. Michelle recently retired from the bench after a 40-year career - firstly at the Family Court…

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S4, Ep 32 - Souad Christina Saied: Journal Your Way to a Valuable Data Bank 33:34

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Judy chats with marketing expert Souad Christina Saied, about embarking on a new career, her journalling process which has amassed a stack of invaluable data about herself (not only personally but professionally too) and her experience of racism and discrimination and what she's doing about it. Souad’s journaling habit, the signature exercise of he…

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S4, Ep 31 - Jane Bridge: Board Appointments Demystified 31:29

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Judy chats with Jane Bridge, Founder of Boardroom Partners. This is the Board intel everyone needs to hear but rarely accesses. For years, Jane ran Boardroom Partners, a board recruitment and advisory firm in Sydney. As a result, she is ideally placed to bear witness to the pitfalls and perils facing the board novice. If you’re considering a shift …

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S4, Ep 30 - Emily Brooks: Life Partners - The Most Important Career Decision You Will Ever Make 29:17

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'Sheryl Sandberg was right: the single most important career decision a woman makes is her choice of life partner. Brooks ignites that conversation for a new generation.' JAMILA RIZVI on The First Move by Emily Brooks Emily Brooks, author of The First Move (a book about the awakening of the young dating feminist) puts her case for a woman working o…

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S3, Ep 29 - Eleanor Roosevelt 2 6:54

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Famous today as a human rights giant, feminist pathfinder and role model, few have had to overcome the glaring life pauses that Eleanor Roosevelt experienced, to achieve so much. ⁠ Yet most of the active steps she took to "unpause", especially in the critical period after her child-bearing years had come to an end, and her marriage was imperilled, …

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S3, Ep 28 - Eleanor Roosevelt 6:26

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Famous today as a human rights giant, feminist pathfinder and role model, few have had to overcome the glaring life pauses that Eleanor Roosevelt experienced, to achieve so much. ⁠ Yet most of the active steps she took to "unpause", especially in the critical period after her child-bearing years had come to an end, and her marriage was imperilled, …

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S3, Ep 27 - Marie Daâge: License to Innovate 36:59

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After 30 years in business, Parisian Marie Daâge is a model of the truly modern woman. Her eponymous brand of exquisite hand painted dinner porcelain, has endured turndowns, lockdowns and the inevitable ups-and-downs of the economic cycle. Thirty years on, the brand and business prosper: Marie launched her first dedicated store and studio on Paris’…

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S3, Ep 26 - Maggie Beer: Playing the Long Game 31:48

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Maggie Beer is defined by many things, not least of which her culinary ambassadorship of the Barossa Valley. Rather than being defined by her age however, she is instead defined by her grit and longevity in an industry that churns through the gifted and talented more than most. While Maggie acknowledges her periods of burnout, she has come back to …

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S3, Ep 25 - Molly Beck and Carly Valancy: Networking by Numbers 29:21

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When the working world feels like it's shrinking, it's time to start enlarging your foothold. This week we change direction to give some practical help on how to make your network come to life with small habitual steps you take from your own desk. No gatekeepers to hold you back, no permission needed. Molly Beck and Carly Valancy tell all.⁠ // Host…

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S3, Ep 24 - Deborah Needleman: Reinvented by Hand 36:09

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Former Editor in Chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Deborah Needleman shares her enchantment with the world of the composed and handmade on Unpaused. It's a timely reflection of how time was once measured: when a basket, woven by hand, was the diary of a person's day. ⁠ // Hosted by Judy Stewart // Produced by Leonie Marsh // Sound Engi…

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S3, Ep 23 - Uplifts: Recap of Fran Kelly and Gillian Nasato 7:45

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A recap by Judy and Leonie who were both struck by how Fran Kelly and Gillian Nasato seemed to have found exactly the role they were born to do. We've put our thoughts about these two extraordinary women on record in a conversation about what we loved and learned from their two interviews. It's a quick recap of what we thought were the highlights, …

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S3, Ep 22 - Uplifts: Gillian Nasato - Reassurance From the Frontline 16:40

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As 2IC of one of Australia's largest hospitals, Gillian Nasato knows a thing or two about adapting on the job to a massive health crisis. She draws on lessons learned at her mother's knee and 30 years of operational experience across multiple medical disciplines, to make sure that hospital staff on the frontline of the COVID 19 pandemic feel safe d…

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S3, Ep 21 - Uplifts: Nadine Ingram - Baking For Comfort But Staying In Business 17:34

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Easter is to a baker what Christmas is to a pig farmer... it's peak time. The joy of baking, even in a lockdown, permeates every word of this interview with Nadine Ingram, owner and creator of Flour and Stone, Sydney's beloved petite bakery and salon. Nadine's astute quick-step from purveyor of countertop treats to a takeaway queen of cake, pastry …

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S3, Ep 20 - Uplifts: Fran Kelly - Mastering the Newsfeed 14:29

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Fran Kelly, host of ABC RN’s flagship Breakfast program, opens up with Judy about the positives of finding a rhythm, in the maelstrom of news that COVID 19 has brought… If you’re feeling overwhelmed and dispirited by the news, this is a how-to, from one of Australia’s leading media professionals, on coping, regrouping, and even celebrating a few un…

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S3, Ep 19 - Uplifts: Structure Your Day 12:10

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Struggling to structure your day? Finding the hours bleeding into one another and that your productive time is shrinking? Judy talks to Leonie about who she turns to for advice on making time for the million and one things you want to make time for every day.⁠ Hosted by Judy Stewart // Produced by Leonie Marsh // Sound Engineer: Jason Millhouse // …

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S3, Ep 18 - Uplifts: She's Back - Julie Gibbs 11:02

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You may remember book publisher Julie Gibbs, in Season 1 of the podcast; in fact, she was our very first guest. ⁠Today, we revisit Julie's story, as her pause comes to an end and her new role, as Head Consultant of the Australian Culinary Archive project, is formalised and acclaimed. ⁠Julie's steadfastness to her professional circle, and her regard…

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S3, Ep 17 - Uplifts: Get Your House in Order 16:36

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The pandemic has brought Unpaused into the here and now. So today, and in coming weeks Unpaused is changing direction temporarily, to help you focus on the many ways of getting your house in order. With hours to fill at home, there’s good work to be done that will stand you in great stead when the world returns to some sort of normal. ⁠ ⁠Listen too…

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S2, Ep 16 - Season Highlights of Eps 9-15 22:23

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Judy looks back over Season 2; summarising all the gems in each episode in one easy listen. ⁣ Make sure you have a pencil and paper to hand! www.unpaused.net | Instagram: @_unpaused

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S2, Ep 15 - Ruth Ribeaucourt Part 2: Unpausing via an Antique Ribbon Loom 35:51

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In this episode you will hear Part 2 of Ruth Ribeaucourt's magical tale. www.unpaused.net | Instagram: @_unpaused

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S2, Ep 14 - Ruth Ribeaucourt Part 1: Unpausing via an Antique Ribbon Loom 26:09

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Ruth Ribeaucourt’s great unpause was occasioned by the discovery that her husband’s family was the last of St Etienne’s highly skilled jacquard ribbon makers, and supplier to the haute couture houses of Paris and Milan. Ruth’s electrifying story of how the ribbons claimed her imagination comes to life over two fairytale like episodes. A wonderful t…

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S2, Ep 13 - Olivia Rubie: Real Beauty 17:46

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Olivia Rubie is a young Swedish professional photographer, looking for the essence of what makes a woman arresting, whatever her age. She is increasingly fascinated by how women change as they get older: how they move, the subtle changes in how they hold themselves. She is also troubled by how our culture values only the young as subjects. Judy Ste…

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S2, Ep 12 - Fiona Golfar: Soft Skills 43:35

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When she was at British Vogue Fiona Golfar, journalist and long-time editor-at-large, she went deep into the private lives of women from all walks of life: in fact, you could say she is something of an 'everywoman' herself. ⁠The story of her dramatic pause, hard on the heels of a change in the editorial leadership at Vogue and her comeback are deta…

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S2, Ep 11 - Annabelle Hickson: Building a Body of Work 24:19

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Episode 3 features Australian Annabelle Hickson, an accomplished woman. Listen to Annabelle's story of her transition from big-city journalist to Tenterfield flower forager, podcaster, photographer, published author, pecan marketer, and so much more, recorded on the other side of the world, in deepest, hottest Provence. | www.unpaused.net | Instagr…

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S2, Ep 10 - Marc Blazer: The Investor’s Eye 43:13

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Marc Blazer, long-term investor in Rene Redzepi's renowned restaurant, noma, and now co-investor in PRIOR, is our second guest for Season 2 of Unpaused. ⁠Marc, who created Overture Investment Partners, to invest in talent-driven - and often disruptive - consumer businesses, outlines what he looks for when he’s weighing up an investment opportunity,…

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S2, Ep 9 - Skye Gyngell: Staying in the Middle of the Bed 40:34

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We launch Season 2 with the wonderful Skye Gyngell of Spring restaurant in London. Skye has the wisdom of someone whose approach to work has been forged in everything- to-lose Michelin-starred kitchens in Paris and London; some of the most exacting work environments imaginable. ⁠Her more seasoned view of life at work is no less exacting in its comm…

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S2 Teaser 0:47

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Unpaused is back for Season 2! Announcing some of our very exciting S2 guests here so stay tuned. @_unpaused / www.unpaused.net

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S1, Ep 8 - Season Highlights of Episodes 1-7 24:32

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A reflection, threading the 7 episodes of Season 1 together and highlighting all the nuggets of actionable advice that each guest had to offer. ⁣A must listen. ⁣Make sure you have a pencil and paper to hand...⁣ Website www.unpaused.net // Instagram @_unpaused

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S1, Ep 7 - Briony Fitzgerald: Taking the Long View 25:34

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From the outside, Briony Fitzgerald’s life looks like an exotic tapestry - it's her job to weave brilliant textiles, memorable art and incredible textures into interiors that light up everyday human experiences.⁣ However, the lessons this self-made woman has learned over 40 years in the demanding industry of professional interior design are equally…

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S1, Ep 6 - David Prior: Reinventing Travel, Reinventing a Career 36:09

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David Prior is the founder of luxury travel club, PRIOR, which launched late last year to great fanfare across the globe. His curiosity and search for "the rare, the real and the wonderful” explains why PRIOR has been an immediate success and why David Prior is in such demand right now. However, David's meteoric rise to the summit of travel curatio…

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S1, Ep 5 - Virginia Braden: Confidante for Confidence 29:22

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Virginia Braden is one of Australia’s first artist managers, establishing her firm, Arts Management, in 1979. Representing a wide range of creative talent including opera singers, composers, instrumentalists, lighting designers… the list goes on, Virginia’s calm and sage advice has influenced the development of dozens of professional careers of cou…