The Better It Gets Podcast is a space for us to explore the gritty, the beautiful, the practical and the profound. As we tap into the collective vision and prayer that life gets to keep getting better & better. According to Universal Law: The more we hold a belief in our hearts, the more we steward this manifestation in our reality. This podcast is intended to put the power back in your hands. These episodes cover everything from spirituality, to entrepreneurship, dharma, devotional union/re ...
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The Mukpuddy Animation podcast that chats with the amazing talent from our New Zealand based studio (and beyond) about creativity, inspiration and working life in the animation industry. New episodes bi-weekly. Hosted by animators Josh Marchant and Simon Crane. Theme Music by Dane Jacobs.
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Welcome to an interview podcast where we inspire, motivate, encourage and also give practical tips to live your dream life here and now.
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The Savage Gentleman with Derek Smith
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1:50:06Derek is a seasoned filmmaker, spiritual guide, and men’s work facilitator with a lifelong devotion to personal transformation. Raised across multiple countries and fluent in three languages, he brings a rich global perspective to everything he does. His journey into spirituality began at age 10 through Buddhist meditation and deepened through earl…
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Provision & Devotion with Jordan Bowditch
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1:14:36Jordan is a men’s coach, community builder and professional edu-tainer, known for blending brotherhood, authenticity and humor to inspire playful transformation that supports good guys becoming great men. What we dive into in this episode: From “conscious fuckboy” to devoted husband From being judged for educating and being different to being the g…
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The path of the HEARTist with Robyn Chance
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1:18:29Robyn Chance is a visionary artist whose work bridges the tangible and the unseen, offering collectors more than just visual beauty—her paintings are portals to self-discovery, personal empowerment, and transformation. With a background spanning the performance arts, as a music video dancer and international choreographer, her creations offer the p…
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Erotic Leadership, Conscious Kink & Domming People Into Their Greatness with Kimi Inch
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1:04:46Kimi Inch is a motivational spanker and renowned expert on intimacy, conscious kink, and unlocking your body’s untapped erotic energy. With over two decades of experience and training from top mentors in Tantra, Conscious Kink, and Sacred Sexuality, Kimi has helped thousands of clients around the world embody their most powerful selves. Featured on…
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LOVE THIS LIFE — The Medicine Woman Path, Soulmate Union & Listening to the Body with Nikki Jade
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1:03:32In this soul-stirring episode, Zoe sits down with Nikki—a true OG in the world of life coaching and medicine woman wisdom. With over 21 years of experience, Nikki shares her powerful healing journey of being diagnosed with celiac disease, losing her period, and reclaiming her health, womb, and wild feminine power. This conversation travels through …
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Seducing The World & Your Man Into A Greater Good with Leola 🌹
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59:22Today's The Better It Gets Podcast Episode features Leola, Sacred Intimacy Mentor & Muse. Leola's mission is to inspire others to see an integration of sexuality and spirituality in their relationships with themselves and their partners. She guides individuals and couples in discovering how life-force energy moves in the body; and more importantly,…
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THE TRUTH DOESN'T GIVE A F*CK with Chris Orozco
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1:17:26Chris has a way of cutting through bullsh*t and speaking into truths that shatter paradigms rooted in falsity & distortion— helping you align with authenticity in a way that is bone-chillingly liberating. 🫀 This man is the real deal. In this episode, we dive-into: 🖤 Shadow integration 🖤 Men’s work 🖤 Purpose 🖤 Parts work/Fragmentation 🖤 The differen…
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Feminine Descent, Devotion, Magnetism & Healing with the Masculine
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51:34In this solo The Better It Gets Podcast episode with Zoë, she dives into a personal story regarding the initiatory waters of Union, a story seeded with potent codes for the devotional woman's heart. As well as: Feminine power, devotion, magnetism and descent. Healing with the masculine Honoring our unique curriculums Fairytale Union Crowning him wi…
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The Dark Feminine & Vocal Liberation with Arula
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59:50Happy Samhain!! 🎃🕯️🌹💋 Today, the veil between worlds is thinnest, and in this episode we dive more into exactly what that means and how to ritualize & celebrate it. In this episode, I am joined by the lovely Arula, to discuss all things dark femininity, sensuality, Samhain, altar curation, owning your magic and (in her words) vocal excavation. Arul…
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The High Value Man with Joshua Wenner
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1:00:35Joshua is an entrepreneur, veteran, filmmaker, and emotional resilience expert. He has spent the last 20 years growing companies and maximizing human potential—while affecting the lives of over 500,000 humans. Joshua’s coaching, curriculum, and frameworks are being used to help high achievers, successful entrepreneurs, men, women, first responders,…
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The Miracle & The Muse with Hannah Marie
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1:03:00This episode is a prayer & deep balm for the modern day priestess. Zoe's camera audio is not the best in this episode due to settling into a new space, however, we hope you enjoy this episode despite the fuzzy quality! Lots of gorgeous codes up in here. 💎 Hannah Marie is a vibrant muse, embodying roles such as intimacy educator, tantric facilitator…
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Dharmic Union & The Mysticism of Eros with Everret Satoru
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59:44Everett Satoru is a visionary filmmaker, creative director, and erotic mystic who has collaborated with renowned thought-leaders, artists, brands, and communities to bring bold creative visions to life. With a unique focus on exploring the alchemy of the Kundalini Union between the divine masculine and feminine, Everett's mission is to guide consci…
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Dark Masculinity & The Power of Eros with Poppy
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1:09:37Poppy is a Shamanic Priestess, initiating men and women into their erotic primal power, authenticity and fierce self love. She is an erotic embodiment facilitator for the masculine & feminine and intimacy muse for humanity. She initiates men into their primal dark masculine power, so they can cultivate heart-cock coherence, sacred intimacy & unlock…
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The Milk & Honey of Union with Claire Michelle
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1:05:10Claire Michelle is a multidimensional artist, musician, soul embodiment mentor, muse, and mermaid at heart. She is a deep lover of life itself, living with her heart wide open to the wild beauty and divinity of this delicate human existence. She is devoted to supporting all over the world to reclaim their divine worth, return home to their intuitiv…
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Daisy chats about Protazoas, Customers and other animals
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1:49:45Daisy Lawless is production coordinator at Mukpuddy and multi-discipline filmmaker. We discuss her early love of watching movies with her Dad, working her way up from *ugh* customer service to various roles in the world of film to finally achieving her goal of working in animation and how the most well-planned 48hour challenge team ever devised can…
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The Art of Soul Branding with Avatara
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1:06:35Avatara is the Founder of the Avatara Academy, an online empowerment and business school for female leaders to design, refine and BEcome the walking living breathing embodiment of their Signature Soul Brand. After over a decade coaching women in personal development and personal branding, she is now also the devoted Brand Director with Influex, ser…
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The Holy Ache of your Dharma with Ayshra
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1:15:07Ayshra prophesied at 4 years old that she would assist in humanity’s emotional healing through the support of animals. This led her to become a certified canine behaviorist in 2013. She trains emotional support & service animals, while also offering behavior modification to help heal dogs with trauma. She went on to follow her true dreams of workin…
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Return of the MukPod's Revenge: Revisited
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1:47:14Simon and Josh get reacquainted and chat about 'FURIOSA' and George Millers delightful indifference to continuity, Simon not being prepared to watch 'INSIDE OUT 2', why James Guns upcoming 'SUPERMAN: LEGACY' passes "the pants test" and Josh's 'CLONE HIGH' swan song project. Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter F…
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Service & Serendipity with Brandon Beachum
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1:29:27In this unique episode, Brandon Beachum (Host of Positive Head Podcast) and Zoe do a "mash-up" of their two podcasts. Buckle-up for a fun ride down synchronicity lane, diving into the importance of service and the power of Love. ✨ Brandon Beachum is an entrepreneur, thought leader, author, and host of The Positive Head Podcast, as well as the late-…
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Karen is a Certified Magi trained under Grand Master Robert Lee Camp, the leading expert in the Cards of Destiny modality. She has a profound connection with The Cards, viewing them as an essential tool for self-reflection and soul evolution. She blends the ancient wisdom encoded within The Cards with astrology and shamanic practices to offer tailo…
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Daniel Zhang chats about Teaching, Travelling and Tango Dancing
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1:39:13Storyboard artist Daniel Zhang is leaving Mukpuddy and sat down to chat with us before his big move to Australia. We chat about his youth in China and early influences, transitioning from industry work to teaching animation, pursuing varied hobbies to keep active and social, plus Simon, Josh and Dan compare how they keep their lives in perspective …
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Devotional Leadership & Dismantling Inner-Patriarchy with Diahnna Baxter
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1:02:50This episode is beautifully provocative in ALL of the right ways. Featuring Diahnna Nicole Baxter, who is more than just an Emmy Award Winning Actress & Storyteller, she’s a visionary force for profound transformation. As a certified Transformational Life Coach and Kundalini Yoga Practitioner, Diahnna’s journey unfolds as a testament to empowerment…
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BONUS EPISODE Simon and Josh Trek Talk
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2:02:07In case you didn't get enough last week, Simon and Josh recorded what ended up being a very long discussion about the new Star Trek they've been enjoying (Picard s3, Strange New Worlds s2, Lower Decks s4 and Prodigy s1), plus the classic series we've revisited and the new frontier: Books!
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This year to celebrate First Contact Day, Simon and Josh sit down to chat with the Trekkies of Mukpuddy. 2:08 ~ Dane and Lannie talk about 'Next Generation' and imagining a future beyond consumerism. 39:19 ~ Ethan talks about 'Voyagers' highs and lows. 1:11:05 ~ Nix shares their unusual 'Next Generation' rarepair and we chat about our favourite cou…
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The Beauty of Rock Bottoms, Recovering from Addiction, Law of Attraction & Finding your Spiritual Community with Jenna Rose
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57:52From living in Boston, growing up in an abusive home and turning to drugs and alcohol for solace; Jenna shares about her real as f*ck journey of ending up in jail when she was 23 and how this experience led her to learning about & implementing the Law of Attraction in her life. Her story is a living testimony of “the better it gets.” Jenna is one o…
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Activating your Voice, Rewiring your Relationship with Money & Healing from Eating Disorders with Julia Kavi
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1:04:16This episode took us both by surprise! Julia Quena Kavi is an award-winning professional opera singer and vocalist who has been committed to her craft for over 23 years. She is a hypnotherapist and tantrika on a mission to help people heal from addiction and low self-worth, find their voices and create successful + rich lives and businesses. In thi…
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Simon and Josh have been busy this year but they're never to busy for a quick catchup to discuss all the great TV and movies they've been enjoying, such as the new Mr and Mrs. Smith series, Academy-Award winning oddball Frankenstein flick 'Poor Things', Nathan Fielder's 'The Curse', divisive darling 'Saltburn' and the middling return-to-romcom 'Any…
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Masculine Leadership in Business & Relationship with Kinan Whyte
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57:35This is such a refreshing episode, packed with so many beautiful codes from the masculine, for the masculine. This is also an extremely nourishing & informative episode for women to tune-in to; and I recommend listening to this together if you are in Union with a beloved. This episode features Kinan Whyte: Integral embodiment, prosperity coach & co…
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Purpose, Power & Pleasure to Increase Profit with Tia Lynn
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51:19If you're a female entrepreneur, or intending to be... this episode is for you, babe. 🩷 Tia shares about how she transitioned from marketing in the corporate world running on empty/constant burnout, to rebelling against the system and starting her own business doing what she loves. From returning to a space of purpose, power and pleasure; she was a…
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Nix chats about Garfield, Hobbies and Astronomy
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1:54:40Nix is an animator at Mukpuddy and a multi-discipline artist. Nix chats with us about when animating clicked for them, mixing the macabre and the cartoony in their work, overcoming irony and embracing cringe and their many, many hobbies which includes but is not limited to painting, astronomy, fur-suiting and niche music genres.Follow Nix on their …
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Gaia's Great Orgasm, ETs, Divination & Planetary Ascension with Adam Apollo
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1:07:03Wooowie, strap into your spaceship because this episode is as cosmic & multidimensional as it gets! From extraterrestrial contact + galactic civilizations, to gamifying planetary accession, to fairy realms, Celtic mythological data + the origin of tarot, the great orgasmic juncture of Gaia releasing humanity back to the stars, the lost power of the…
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Tantric Marriage, Motherhood & Menstruation with Aila Rose
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58:24In this episode, Aila Rose shares about how the healing & transformative power of being in a safe relationship with her beloved, and finding the mystical path of Tantra, shifted the trajectory of her entire life. She also explains her signature method called “Bridging” which she teaches with her partner, Jonathan. Together, they are The Love Gurus/…
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You are the SOURCE with Charmaine Hamp
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1:00:07In this episode we cover all of the ways in which we source our own reality, as extensions of the Source of all of Life. ✨ Charmaine Hamp Carino is a Quantum Activating Life Coach, founder of Love Alchemy Life Coaching and Meditational Birth, Certified Birth Doula, Hypno-Birthing Coach and Kundalini Yoga Teacher using Human Design, The Emotion Code…
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Sacred Union, Pleasure Rebellion & Wild Woman Embodiment with Luci Lampe
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59:01In this episode Luci shares about devotional union, her journey to empowered feminine liberation through embodying the wild woman archetype, motherhood + teaching her children the art of sovereignty, and connecting with pleasure as prayer and conduit to Goddess... and, ultimately, leading and creating with the heart. Luci Lampe is a wild feminine e…
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The Origin Story & Prayer for The Better It Gets Podcast with Zoë Dane
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23:05In this episode, Zoë shares about how this podcast came to be: the origin story of the name and the overall prayer for this podcast. This episode is a warm-welcome and a way to get to know your host & this podcast better! 🩷 Connect with Zoë on IG: @zoedaneBy Zoe Dane
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Connecting with your Spirit Team, 2024 Astrology Forecast, AI & ET's with Hanna Christensen
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1:11:54Are you ready to connect with your Spirit Team? In this episode Hanna Christensen joins us for a truly multidimensional conversation about the power of connecting with your Spirit Team as an unending source of support, the astrology forecast for 2024, the transit of pluto into aquarius, AI & ET's and birthing like a GODDESS. Hanna is a seasoned ast…
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Teahi Maiau talks about Dolls, Cosplay and Dawn Chorus
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1:48:24Teahi Maiau is a character and effects animator at Mukpuddy, as well as comics artist behind the webcomic 'Dawn Chorus'' and in her spare time customizes dolls and creates cosplay! We chat with Tea about growing up in Tahiti, changing studies from graphic design to animation, moving countries with her partner and the demands of producing a webcomic…
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Zoe Roberts chats about Plum, Painting and Pokemon
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1:31:00We start the new year with an interview from last year with Background artist Zoe Roberts about working regular jobs while persuing a career in the arts, their love of digital painting, their beloved pet Plum the cat, watching The Wire for the first time and Simon and Josh piece together their vague recollections of one of Zoe’s favourite franchise…
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2023, we hardly knew ye! Tim Evans chats with us about the projects Mukpuddy has taken on this year and the expanding crew before Josh and Simon bring this podcasting year to a close with reflections on the great guests we've spoken to and with Bryn safely hospitalised, there's almost zero chance of a painful, punchy, Christmas segment. Follow Josh…
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Josh and Simon are finally together again to recap Josh's visit to the United Kingdom, Europe and most importantly, Disneyland. Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Ins…
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Simon Crane chats about Crayon, Ceramics and FlexiFlesh
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2:00:40Josh and Bryn surprise Simon with a surprise interview about his creative journey that lead him the charmingly named Stabville, Ireland to Mukpuddy studios, New Zealand. We dive deep into Simon's varied artistic and professional turns as a poster child for beans, radio performer, make-up effects amateur , hotel night porter, ceramics student and so…
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Just a quick word from across the pond to let you know what’s happening with the MukPod.
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Stacey Eberschlag chats about ToonBoom, Training and Toronto
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1:41:53Stacey Has worn many hats over his extensive career in animation, from directing, animation supervising and rigging to name just a few. In this episode Stacey joins Josh and Simon to chat about how he got his start in the industry and some of the many shows he has worked on. We also talk about his traveling and working abroad leading teams in China…
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New Faces at Mukpuddy - Del Hahn, Polly Fryer and Daisy L
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1:18:49Today we welcome three new faces at Mukpuddy; Storyboard artist Del Hahn, supervising producer Polly Fryer and production coordinator Daisy L! We chat with each of them about their new roles at the studio and what lead them here. All three have joined the crew for Mukpuddy's new series 'Badjelly'. Follow Del on Instagram @delartstuffs and visit the…
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Kale De Wild and Genue Revuelta chat about Fandom, OC's and Conventions PLUS: Trek Trope Trivia!
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2:08:58Kale De Wild is a rigger and prop artist at Mukpuddy, Genue was recently hired on as a character designer and they create comics and illustrations, together and independently. It takes us 3 minutes to bring up Star Trek which segues into a game show which allow us to discuss the phenomenon of fandom and tropes both bizarre and problematic. We also …
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Josh Nelson chats about Zines, Greens and C.H.U.D.'s
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1:25:53Josh Nelson is background artist at Mukpuddy, art director at Auckland Zinefest and freelance illustrator. We chat with Josh about jumping into the background department with no experience, volunteering as a social activity, sharing a name with someone you work with and the challenges of being a fan of the sketch show 'I Think You Should Leave with…
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Robert Hartley chats about Monster Manuals, Mathematics, Mike and More
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2:02:39Robert Hartley is a professional Dungeon-master, Game-master, Streamer, Actor and Mathematician. Rob chats with Simon and Josh about Dungeons and Dragons and the world of Tabletop Roleplaying Games at large, plus comparing our respective crazy nicknames, studying mathematics on the road to becoming a professional Game-master and we talk about our f…
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Simon and Josh chat with the creative leads behind Mukpuddy's new original kid-friendly horror-comedy series 'Night Eyes' Ryan Cooper (Writer, Creator, Voice Artist) chats about the inception of the series, finding inspiration in bad ghost-documentary shows and colourful '80s horror, the fun of casting local comedians as the Night Eyes crew. Alex L…
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'Project Nought' Book Club with Chelsey Furedi and Matt Haworth
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2:22:17This episode we're having a special chat about 'Project Nought', a new young-adult sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by Mukpuddy's own Chelsey Furedi. We chat with Chelsey and Matt Haworth about the story origins as a web-comic, the benefits and burdens of working with a publisher and go-through the book's design and narrative, discussin…
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Aleks Sakowski chats about AI, Artists and Alignment
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2:17:48Compositor, Author and Futurist Aleks Sakowski joins us again to chat about the hot topic in artistic communities: Artificial Intelligence. We discuss what the term AI even refers to (turns out, quite a few different things), the speed with which this technology is progressing and how it will affect artists and other industries for good or ill. Che…
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