m.t.a.r.s (me talking about random stuff)is basically me, ranting or discussing random topics. Enjoy!
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A silly goofy deep dive podcast about the Twilight Saga hosted by Jenna Vesper aka that one twihard friend in your life that you are basically legally required to send any and all Twilight memes to. Follow me on insta @supermassivetwilighthole Art by Ella Talkin Music by DP Snacks
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Let's Discuss is a forum for us to share the conversations we have on all things life, love, work and wellbeing. We know what navigating your twenties (and life generally) can be like. You are trying to create the best life you can, with the resources you currently have, and ultimately want to be the happiest version of 'you' possible. As content creators we share about what that journey looks like everyday. We felt it was about time to share that journey with more people, in a format you ca ...
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Curious Business is the B2B marketing and growth podcast with ideas and insights to help you think differently about your business, its challenges and opportunities. B2B marketing expert Stephen Morris talks to entrepreneurs, leaders and experts to uncover business inspiration, marketing insights and growth ideas that you can apply in your business.
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Introducing... Hoaxed, the new series from Alexi Mostrous and Tortoise, who brought you Sweet Bobby. In 2014, two children told police a shocking story: that they were being abused by a Satanic cult; a cult headed by their father and by parents and teachers at their school in the wealthy London suburb of Hampstead. The story was a lie. But on the internet, that didn't matter. Hoaxed is an investigation into one of Britain's most serious-ever conspiracy theories. A story about a modern-day Sa ...
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Life Is Sweets with Andy Valentine of Stockley's
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34:11What’s it like to be a real legacy business? One with a heritage going back over 100 years? How do you navigate new methods, classic products and changing tastes? This is a masterclass in knowing who you are, who your customers are and what you’re about. Andy Valentine is a food industry veteran who now feels like the proverbial "kid in the sweet s…
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A natural challenger brand: Huib van Bockel of Tenzing
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32:15After eight years as Head of Marketing for Red Bull UK and Europe, Huib van Bockel walked away to build something the industry told him couldn't work - an energy drink made entirely from nature, with 60% less sugar, and no artificial ingredients. Every manufacturer he approached said it wasn't commercially viable, but he found one willing to try. T…
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Buyers, markets, influence and the Hankins Hexagon with James Hankins
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29:34How much can we influence people with advertising? What’s the best way to understand and model buyer behaviour? How should we set about growing market share? James Hankins has worked in agency, consultant and client roles, tackling these very questions. In this episode, he challenges marketing myths and woolly thinking, and explains why understandi…
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Chris Brogan shares some brutally honest insights about leadership, growth and being helpful. He's a self-proclaimed expert at failing, but what does that mean? And how can leaders learn from it to keep their organisations flexible and effective even as they grow at speed? Ten-time author, executive coach, strategic advisor, writer, photographer an…
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Building a Rebellious Brand with Fatso's Ella McKay
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29:53In this episode of the Curious Business podcast, we meet Ella McKay, founder of Fatso. The provocatively named chocolate brand is bringing unapologetic indulgence to dark chocolate and putting ethical sourcing at its core. Ella shares the story of her journey from corporate marketeer to entrepreneurial risk-taker, and provides invaluable insights i…
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How to build a £300m business: Simon Haighton-Williams, The Adaptavist Group
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36:44How do you turn a 15-person tech shop into a £300m global powerhouse? Is it instinct – or experience? What are the tough calls that fuel B2B growth? And how do you keep ahead and keep pushing forward? Over the last 15 years, Simon Haighton-Williams, CEO of The Adaptavist Group, has led the company to annual revenues over £300 million. On a mission …
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How AI Will Reshuffle Business Strategy with Sangeet Paul Choudary
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39:14How do we move beyond AI hype to take advantage of the real opportunities for business strategy? Who’s using AI well already, how does it reshape reality and who can we learn from? What happens when AI upsets your value chain and how can you maintain your competitive advantage? In this episode of Curious Business, Stephen Morris welcomes Sangeet Pa…
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Creating buzz about your business | Kit Newell, Hive Mind Mead
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39:36What do you do when people won’t pay a sustainable price for the high quality product you’ve worked so hard to produce? How do you get started in your career and find your passion? The co-founder of Hive Mind Mead tells all. Kit Newell, co-founder of the Great Taste Award-winning honey drinks brand, shares how his career in advertising and design p…
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Introducing...The Lab Detective Kathleen Folbigg was known as ‘Australia's worst female serial killer’ - she’d lost all four of her infant children and was convicted for killing them. Until, after spending decades in jail, a scientist working in a lab uncovered the truth behind the deaths. The Lab detective is the story of a shocking miscarriage of…
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Becoming The Brilliant Communicator: Nima Abu Wardeh
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32:01Is communication a soft skill or is the most powerful tool in your armoury? In this episode of Curious Business, Nima Abu Wardeh, author of The Brilliant Communicator argues that it can easily be the difference between success and failure. Do you deliver your message so in a way that engages your target audience? Do you resonate with what they care…
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Sorry I pulled a Edward Cullen in New Moon and dipped out for 6 months but if you will forgive me like Bella does, iI would like to earn your trust back. Even if you did take a werewolf as a new lover. Frankly he can be our third. As a way to step my toe back in, I hoped on with Bestie in Twilight crime, Holgate, to talk about a lil mini twilight f…
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Band Logos & Branding Insights - Lessons from the Logo Rhythm book
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35:54Band logos sit at the intersection of design, culture, and belonging, and can stir up no end of passion, nostalgia, and debate. In the book Logo Rhythm, Jim K Davies and Jamie Ellul have uncovered the stories behind 93 of the best band logos (and a few solo artist logos) of the last 60 years. In this podcast, we talk about how they came about and w…
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The Key Skill in GenAI: Insights for Business Innovation with Dan Klein
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42:57Is GenAI a revolution or merely an evolution of data-driven innovation and automation? Dan Klein has been at the forefront of data-driven tech for thirty years. From the timeless principles guiding how he helps organisations and the need to test GenAI’s output, to finding the value and championing curiosity, he provided real food for thought in thi…
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Consumer Insights: What Data Doesn't Reveal with Tessa Stuart, The Shopper Stalker
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35:18It seems we're awash with data these days. It's meant to improve decision-making and outcomes. While sales data tells us what has happened, it rarely tells us why it happened. It also tells us nothing about what didn't happen. Why did a customer walk away? What didn't they choose — and why? In this podcast, I talk to Tessa Stuart who dives into the…
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Unlocking Employee Advocacy for Business Growth with Andrew Seel
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33:51What’s the best way to get employees talking about your business on social media? And is it worth doing? Are people influenced by what people say about their employers? In this episode, Stephen Morris speaks with employee advocacy expert Andrew Seel about the value, tools, benefits and best approaches, as well as its vital role in marketing and bra…
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Managing Change: Strategies for Embracing AI and Tech in Organisations with Christopher Martlew
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32:51Join Christopher Martlew as he shares essential strategies for managing change in the era of AI and rapid business evolution. Managing change is perhaps the most challenging of capabilities, not just for organisations but for individuals, teams and leaders, too. We may not know exactly how the intersection of AI and business will impact our lives, …
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The recap of Breaking Dawn Part 2 is here folks, and to quote Marcus in the big battle scene...'Finally'. I am so sorry for the absece but I have had to hunker down like vampire in florida and handle some personal things. But I am so excited for you all to hear this episode! I am so obsessed with the way Blue talks about the saga and their fun theo…
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Telling Stories: Engagement Strategies for Deep Tech with Stephanie Forrest
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28:06Stephanie Forrest is the founder and CEO of comms specialists TFD. She joins the podcast to share her experience working with disruptive and emerging technology businesses. From working with startups to global companies, Stephanie shares her expertise in crafting engaging narratives that resonate with diverse audiences. Hear how the communications …
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Buyerology: Art or Science? Selling better with Karen Green
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34:45Karen Green is a retail sales expert, keynote speaker and best-selling author. I wanted to talk to Karen about her latest book – Buyerology – and how understanding buyers helps us sell better. She started her career as a professional buyer – for Boots and Tesco – before moving to the other side of the negotiating table. Since then, she has used her…
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Introducing...Elon's Spies Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world. He's a billionaire, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and more. To his followers, he's a hero; to his critics, a far-right rabble rouser. But for someone so public, there’s one part of his life that’s less well known. Elon’s Spies investigates how this free-speech champio…
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Hope you're holding on tight spider monkeys because this live podcast recording will have you cry laughing but also hopefully thinking. About what you ask? Mostly thinking about Edwards lil swimers and 911. And for that, you're welcome! It was so much fun to collab with Blue of @watchtwilightagain and @youfancyafinepod and super huge thank you to R…
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Introducing...What's Wrong With Democracy? By the end of this year, countries making up half the world’s population will have held elections. But not all of them will have been free and fair. In ‘What’s Wrong with Democracy?’ Professor Ben Ansell of Oxford University will, with the help of academics, journalists, activists and writers, figure out w…
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Till death and furniture destruction do we part! In this very long awaited episode I am joined by my frined Sam to break down breaking dawn part one in all it's extravagent wedding, boning in the ocean, and pro life (ugh) glory. Thank you Sam! Please follow them at @cumdogmillionaire420 and thank you to @ellatalkin for our pod art and @DPsnacks for…
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We have an exciting new investigation coming up next week and you can join Tortoise as a member to get early and ad-free access to the new series and support our investigations at tortoisemedia.com/invite. While you're waiting, we wanted to tell you about a new podcast from our friends at Canadaland. Introducing...Pretendians. Why do people pretend…
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In this super special and indeed super massive episode of SMTH, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jamie Kelley who has been cosplaying as Edward since basically the begining!!!! In this chat we go into detail about his love of performing, singing, costuming, and how he found himself becoming a Twilight stan and doing very screen accurate (with scr…
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Hello dear spider monkeys!! I'm back with a fun recap of my trip to Emerald City Comic Con where my bestie, Blue, and I got to expeirence our first Twilight Comic Con experience!! It was DAZZLING! Follow Blue at @bmmrcty or @misteroutrage or @youfancyafinepod Music by DPsnacks and art by Ella TalkinBy Jenna Vesper
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Introducing..Who Trolled Amber? What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was vindicated. But what if Amber was actually the victim of an organised trolling campaign? What if the online hate against …
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Welcome back to Supermassive Twilight Hole! And speaking of holes, I am so excited to share with you the long awaited Twilight Is Gay episode! Joined by my friend and fellow queer Twihard, Kaitlyn, we explore the the themes of queerness in vampire lore, unintentional but very loud/undeniable queer coded moments in the Twilight Saga, the hot gay shi…
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Have you ever wanted to know what the inner monologue of a depressed, repressed, and badly dressed vampire was? Well look no further than Midnight Sun! The long awaited book that Stephenie Meyer locked in a vault for 10 plus years before unleashing on to the fandom without notice in the early days of the Pandemic. It follows the story of the first …
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Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor this podcast. Welcome back to another movie review! This time we are sinking our teeth into Eclipse! And I am joined by irl friend and big twihard, Eris! Eclipse is in many ways the most important of the movies because of all the contex…
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In honor of Forever Twilight In Forks Festival 2023 (which I'm going to!!!), I am joined on the podcast by singer songwriter, Twilight Collection Museum guide, and superfan Cherish Danae to talk about her journey and her recent move to Forks! We answer listener questions about her work in the museum which of course covers everyones favorite monster…
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What happens when you're Team Jacob and dare say it out loud on the internet? Utter bias filled chaos! Oh My!! But Twilight TikToker Corinne DiClemente has lived to the tell the tale and I am so grateful she stopped by the podcast to tell it! We talk about all the ways Jacob and the Quileute Tribe get a bad rap from Mrs. Meyer and the fandom, roast…
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You might be asking 'where the hell have you been loca??!!' and you'd be right to ask that hahah because I took a month off from dropping an episode but we can just blame a new job search and Taylor Swift for that!! But I'll just say this, it's worth the wait becasue this episode is really special! I am joined by my friend and artist, Ella Talkin, …
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Welcome back to Supermassive Twilight Hole the podcast for Twihards by a Twihard. And in this very special episode my friend Torry and I time travel back to 2009 to the begining of everyone's favorite celebrity ship. The one the only Robsten aka Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. We reflect on how this relationship made us feel, how the media pl…
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In this, our first real episode of SMTH I do what I've honestly feels like 109 years in the making. To review the 2008 indie emo film directed by Cathrine Hardwick called TWILIGHT. Never heard of it??? Well 'you can google it'...right after you also google 'adreniline rush' because some wierd pale teenager stopped a van from crushing you and is now…
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Without the dark, we'd never see the stars
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36:35In this premiere episode of Supermassive Twilight Hole I introduce myself, open up about my Twilight origin story, talk about my thoughts on the supposed Twilight TV reboot, and wrap up teasing some future episodes! Follow the podcast @supermassivetwilighthole Art by Ella Talkin Music by DP SnacksBy Jenna Vesper
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In the final episode of Hoaxed, Alexi confronts Abraham and Ella. about what they. did in Hampstead - and why. And the police give Alexi some surprising news. Listen to the full series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our inves…
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Alexi and his producer fly to Morocco to confront Abraham Christie - and learn dark secrets about his past. Listen to the full series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscri…
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All 6 episodes are available to listen for free today. You can listen to the full series ad-free and get access to exclusive bonus content coming soon by subscribing to Tortoise+ on Apple podcasts or joining Tortoise as a member where you can support the investigation and get tickets to exclusive events. Just visit the Tortoise website and use the …
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The perpetrators of the Hampstead hoax meet their match in an unassuming mystery novelist, who is determined to expose their lies and bring them to justice. Listen to the full series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investi…
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Seized upon by conspiracy theorists, Ella’s list of alleged cult members spreads like wildfire across the Internet. Hampstead parents start receiving death threats and lives are torn apart. Listen to the full series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and …
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Two young children make horrific allegations in a London police station, lighting the fuse on the most serious British conspiracy theories in decades. All six episodes are now available to listen for free. You can listen to the full series ad-free and get access to exclusive bonus content coming soon by subscribing to Tortoise+ on Apple podcasts or…
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In 2014, two children told police a shocking story: that they were being abused by a Satanic cult; a cult headed by their father and by parents and teachers at their school in the wealthy London suburb of Hampstead. The story was a lie. But on the internet, that didn't matter. From the team who brought you Sweet Bobby, Hoaxed is an investigation in…
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As per tradition for our last episode of the season we are answering your listener questions! Tune in to hear our thoughts on shifting our daily routines for Autumn/Winter, our goals for our 30s and the best purchases we have made in 2020. Thank you so much for supporting another season of Let's Discuss podcast, we have loved sharing with you! Send…
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Ep. 79: How to Navigate Career Pivots + Advice on Progressing Your Career in 2020 and Beyond
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1:02:23How are you feeling about your work world right now? 2020 has been a year for the history books for a number of reasons, and has presented us all with a whole myriad of challenges. In amongst those is navigating new work-life waters. Did you make a career pivot this year? Is your employer instigating a hiring freeze? Have you experienced an 'aha!' …
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Ep. 78: Fun Ways to Connect Whilst Distancing; with Friends, Partners and Colleagues
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53:54How are you connecting with the people in your life right now? As we enter another lockdown here in the UK, staying in touch and maintaining connections are at the forefront of our minds right now. In this episode we share our ideas and tips for connecting with friends, partners and colleagues. Plus we give some fun conversation starters a go! We h…
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Ep. 77: Little Ways to Find Joy in Autumn/Winter and Healthy Habits We Are Adopting for the Cooler Months
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1:02:34As we settle into autumn and look ahead to winter, we've been turning our attention to everyday joys, and learning to incorporate more healthy habits into our routines. In this episode we are sharing our action plans for autumn/winter 2020, as well as a whole host of GOOD things we are looking forward to over the cooler months. We would love to hea…
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