Best Emily Cruz Podcasts (2025)

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S2 E10 At the End of the Rainbow 1:04:17

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Send us a text Welcome back to a classic episode that features the kids of Little House at their best! This episode has it all, intrigue, money and riches and ......murder!!! Or at least the threat of murder around every corner according to Laura. Laura and a little friend we will never see again believe they have found a cache of gold in the creek…

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BONUS Episode: Emily's Trio to Magical Missouri~ 53:02

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Send us a text In this episode Sarah and Emily discuss Emily's family trip to MO to visit Laura Ingalls's home and the Laura Ingalls museum. Emily also discusses the magic of Buccee's and how her children eat everything she buys for herself. Learn about the secret staircase Almanzo built for Rose and interdimensional pioneer cats! Email us at littl…

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S2 E7 The Camp-Out 44:58

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Send us a text The Ingalls take leaf peeping to a new level as Charles plans a trip for the kids to collect leaves during MEA. Unfortunately, Harriet decides her family needs to horn in on the plans and join them. The Olesons pack their carpet bags and hike all the way to the Sierra mountains to fish, collect leaves and do some impromptu white wate…

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S2 E6 The Spring Dance 54:34

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Send us a text Laura suffers a tragical event because no one will take her to a spring dance. She has her sights set on a boy with a bowl cut but she has to use Willie in order for her plan t work. Meanwhile, Grace is upset because Mr. Edwards hasn't asked her to the dance either. This means it's time for Ma and her "women's wiles!" Sarah and Emily…

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S2E5 Haunted House 47:37

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Send us a text In this episode Laura befriends another older gentleman and decides it is her life's work to teach old men a lesson. Laura befriends a man who supposedly lives in a haunted house, which turns out he does not. He does however, live in a giant mansion on the edge of town with only his memories of a beautiful lady. No one sees it coming…

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S2 E4 In the Big Inning 56:44

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Send us a text Welcome back after our summer hiatus! We discuss all things cabin-y and Emily's recent adventure at the family cabin where she had to save her mother's life. We eventually get around to talking about the episode but since it was all about baseball it didn't really hold our attention. In this episode Pa and the rest of the Walnut Grov…

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S2 E3 Ebenezer Sprague 55:55

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Send us a text A wealthy man moves to Walnut Grove and his name is Ebenezer (or as the young folks spell it, Y'Bneezyr. And with a name like that you know what kind of person he is. ) All Laura wants is a best friend in the form of an angry 65 year old man who fishes and she gets it, kinda. Pa needs a bank loan despite the fact he's always preached…

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S2 E2 Four Eyes 51:00

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Send us a text It's the beginning of the end for Mary as everyone but her realizes she can't see a damn thing on the chalkboard at school. She gets to pick out a stylish pair of glasses from Shopko Optical in Mankato, but will she wear them? It depends. Will she still be able to find a beau if she has Four Eyes? Also, the children of Walnut Grove g…

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S2 E1 The Richest Man in Walnut Grove 1:00:09

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Send us a text The sisters are back with season 2! We made it through the first season and are moving on to season 2 with a classic episode that features the Ingalls family employing child labor in order to pay off Pa's debts. A construction company in Mankato goes belly up and Pa is unable to pay off his credit at the Mercantile, Harriet is a real…

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S1 E27 Founders Day 59:26

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Send us a text The Squid Games come to Walnut Grove for this last episode of the season! Sarah and Emily reminisce over town days and school fairs and Emily comes up with a great idea called "Mother Carnies," (if you'd like to be one please contact her.) Walnut Grove has their very first town celebration and Pa is up against an elderly gent who tra…

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S1 E26 To See the World 49:38

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Send us a text An old friend shows up and is about as exciting and welcome as a case of Montezuma's Revenge... good ol' Johnny Johnson! Johnny decided he's going to see the world, but first stop, Mankato! He falls in love with a lady of the evening and Mr. Edwards takes it upon himself to teach the lad a lesson. Not much from the Ingalls girls this…

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S1 E25 Survival 1:06:01

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Send us a text Join Sarah and Emily and special guest star Annie as they discuss this episode where the Ingalls get "woke!" Ma, Pa and the girls are stranded near Mount Kato during a Spring snowstorm. With nothing to eat but old cornmeal and horses, they are on the brink of starvation when a mysterious stranger comes to save them, despite the fact …

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S1 E24 Money Crop 59:40

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Send us a text NOTE: Emily and Sarah did NOT do the episode we were supposed to this week and are choosing to skip it. That episode is called Child of Pain and deals with child abuse. If you want to watch it this week, go ahead, BUT DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT! There's only so much they can handle right now. A new scammer and schemer comes into Walnut…

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S1 E23 Circus Man 57:03

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Send us a text So much grooming! More grooming happens on the Prairie as the worst circus ever comes into town. Pa is too trusting and falls for the tricks of a leprechaun who tells people not only is his sad wagon an actual circus, but he can heal people with a secret powder! Emily remembers a pet store from her childhood that had a monkey in a di…

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S1 E22 The Plague (Now With More Rats!) 1:02:00

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Send us a text This week we revisit one of Emily's favorite episodes; The Plague! The town of Walnut Grove is besieged by rats and bad cornmeal and suddenly everyone gets sick! But how did this happen? It most certainly could not be from the super cheap sacks of cornmeal with an unknown provenance! The very sacks of cornmeal crawling with rats! We …

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S1 E21: Doctor's Lady 1:00:13

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Send us a text In this episode a grifter comes to town in the form of a sexy lady that looks a lot like Harriet. Hiram Baker falls in love and has a whirlwind romance. Emily declares she has HAD IT with predators and also divulges the name she gave her kitten (spolier alert: it's stupid and doesn't make any sense.) Michael ("Mike") Landon was clear…

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S1 E20 Family Quarrel 54:33

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Send us a text In this episiode we get a little peek into the homelife of Nels and Harriet as they contemplate divorce, an issue I am sure many children in the 1970s were having to grapple with. Nels suddenly becomes an expert fisherman and Harriet resorts to violence with eggs when pushed too far! Doc Baker doesn't mind his own beeswax and comes u…

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*ANOTHER Special Christmas Episode: The Christmas They Never Forgot 58:51

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Send us a text Emily forces Sarah to watch another Christmas episode during teh holiday season. This one is a bit of a mixed bag with some remembrances from Ma, Manly and Hester Sue. Laps are sat upon, a kid plays dead and an unbelievable snowstorm strands everyone at the Ingalls' cabin which has now turned into a snowy grave! Make sure to like ans…

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Special All Sisters Episode: Blizzard! 1:04:52

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Send us a text This is a very special holiday episode of Little House on the Prairie! Emily picks the wrong episode and we all end up watching the most depressing, feel-bad Christmas episode ever where children get drunk, suffer frost bite and Nels' inventory count of the mercantile suffers a devastating blow. Swaz from HR joins us and she spreads …

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S1 E15 Christmas at Plum Creek 43:20

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Send us a text It's Christmas time in Walnut Grove so it's time for green grass, trees with leaves and glaring plot holes! We don't care though because it is a classic feel-good episode, (even though there's no Mr. Edwards.) Ma wants a stove, Pa suddenly knows how to fix wagon wheels, half pint makes a difficult decision no adult should have let he…

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S1 E14 Part 2 The Lord Is My Shepherd 47:31

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Send us a text TW: This episode continues to discuss infant death. Avoid it if this is a sensitive subject to you and we will see you next time! In this episode Em and Sarah discuss cheese, who loves it, who doesn't, who's fascinated by it and who is going to get spoiled at Grandma's with a custom charcuterie board! We also reminisce about growing …

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S1 E14 Part 1 The Lord Is My Shepherd 44:55

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Send us a text Trigger Warning: This episode talks about infant loss. If this is a trigger for you, we'll see you back here for episode 15! In this episode Ma and Pa have their very first baby; a baby named Charles Ingalls Jr. They forget they already have 3 other kids at home and place all their attention on this new baby which Laura does NOT appr…

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S1 E13 The Award: a Real Barn Burner of an Episode! 51:38

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Send us a text In this episode Sarah and Emily get a little off track because the entire episode revolves around a test and winning a dumb history book. We find out the biggest FU a kid can give Ma is studying really, really hard for a test that isn't even required, working an after school job no one asked you to do, AND keep up with your chores an…

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S1 E12 The Voice of Tinker Jones 50:36

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Send us a text In this episode we finally learn what cow bells are for as we witness all the children in Walnut Grove become thieves of tin and metal. We learn that the only thing Walnut Grove has needed during this time is NOT running water or even electricity, but a fancy new bell! We also talk about the Lebanese families that helped settle Manka…

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S1 E11 The Raccoon 48:46

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Send us a text Sarah and Emily revisit a potentially triggering episode for raccoon owners. Mary finds an orphaned raccoon and gives it to Laura who teaches it adorable tricks and how to eat eggs. The whole thing goes predictably downhill as one would imagine when you let a raccoon into your prairie home. There's very little of Carrie this episode …

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S1 E10 School Mom 50:34

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Send us a text Ma comes out of retirement and steps in for Miss Beadle who suffers a workplace injury and tries to add more to her mental load by teaching an entire school. Emily and Sarah discuss whether kids really ever did bring apples to their teachers at school and discuss how many favors Michael Landon owed his former Bonanza co-stars. Make s…

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S1 E9 Ma's Holiday (Bringing Bonnets Back) 58:15

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Send us a text In this episode of the docuseries, Pa has a grand plan to make Ma stop being such a wet dishrag and have some fun by going to the Cancun of MN... Mankato! Ma and Pa eat a fancy meal, see a suspect play, and just have a terrible time because Ma cannot forget she has children 82 miles away. Meanwhile, the gals back home have the time o…

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S1 E8, Town Party, Country Party 48:28

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Send us a text In this episode Sarah explains the phantom whistling in last week's pod and all the paranormal things that have happened in her home. Sarah and Emily discuss yet ANOTHER foot focused episode and are introduced to one of Kim Richards's earliest roles which happen to be that of a child with a limb difference. Pa does some light blacksm…

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S1E7 If I Should Wake Before I Die..... Paranormal Edition! 44:00

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Send us a text In this episode two old ladies with very Millennial names die, or kind of die, with the help of Ma and Pa and the Ingalls family. Irish accents come and go, kids peel eggs in a grotesque way and Sarah and Emily get triggered by the use of an autoharp in the episode. But more importantly, make sure you listen all the to the end, start…

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S1E6 The Love of Johnny Johnson 46:57

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Send us a text This episode is a big YIKES as Laura gets groomed by an older boy, (well actually, she grooms herself.) There are some problematic themes in this episode but Sarah and Emily work through them. They also discuss Emily's youngest child who frightens them both the most.By Sarah Fette and Emily Cruz

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S1E5 Mr. Edwards' Homecoming 46:32

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Send us a text In this episode Sarah and Emily discover that Mr. Edwards is the originator of the original Stanley mug! (Except it was a clay jug he found at the sawmill.) Sarah gets grossed out by watching kids eat, Emily realizes Edwards was a feminist before his time and we get to see the fanciest town of them all..... Mankato! Royalty free musi…

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S1 E4 The 100 Mile Walk 49:46

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Send us a text This week Pa takes a long walk to go visit Sarah in Mankato. Emily and Sarah discuss Pa's journey as he meets a hunky Swede and explores a new relationship with him, learns how to be a drill jack and watches a new friend explode to bits. This is one of the goriest episodes Little House has to offer so strap on your floppy soled boots…

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S1E3 Country Girls 36:17

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Send us a text In this episode Sarah and Emily reminisce about their childhood field trips to the Cahill school, Angel Face Barbie and meet Nellie Olesen for the first time. Laura learns to read and kinda write, Ma begins her years long feud with Harriet and Pa doesn't really do much in this episode. Remember to like and subscribe! Music provided r…

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S1 E2 A Harvest of Friends 37:05

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Send us a text Sarah and Emily discuss the second episode of the series in which Pa makes a tragic mistake and almost sends the family into ruination, we meet the Olesons, briefly, talk about gorgeous oxen, bulldogs with obstructive sleep apnea and ask the age old question "How IS Baby Jessica doing these days?" Hold onto your bonnets! It's going t…

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Wolves! Pa! Mr Edwards! 53:20

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Send us a text Sarah and Emily discuss the very first episode that really should have been made into 4 separate episodes. The Ingalls set up their home in Kansas, (NOT Minnesota,) and endure a year of hardship including being stalked by wolves and white people wearing a lot of bronzer. We cry because we thought Jack died, Michael Landon shows off h…

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Russ Tannen 'DICE' (Live Music, Promotions, Moving to the USA) 1:05:42

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Here we are. Episode 80 of this little podcast that I launched back in 2018. Since then I have spoken to music business execs from the world of record labels, publishing, artist management, sync, artists themselves and also live music which is where my very special guest number 80 comes from. Russ Tannen is the president of DICE. At their core DICE…

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Emily Ardagh-Walter 'This is Music' (Management, Internships, starting in the music business, Music business degrees) 59:28

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Very excited about getting ever closer to episode 80 of the podcast which is mad when I think about it. Episode 79 is with Emily Ardagh-Walter of This is Music. Emily recently moved into the world of artist management after leaving her breakthrough role as part of the finance team at Universal Records. I had the pleasure of teaching Emily in my fir…

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Liam Spencer 'Echelon Talent Agency' (Booking Agents, Live Music, UK rock and metal) 1:02:38

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Big thanks to Liam for jumping on a Zoom call with me to talk about all things live music (pre and post Pandemic). I reached out to Liam as he and his agency ‘Echelon Talent’ currently look after the live side of things for a couple of acts I work with as DC Music Publishing. The Hyena Kill and Blanket. Liams agency look after a whole host of acts …

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Liva Cruz 'A&G/Power-Haus Creative (A&R, Music Publishing, Sync) 52:02

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As I hurtle (slowly) closer to episode 80, this weeks conversation is with Head of Publishing, A&R and Label Manager at A&G Group/Power Haus Creative Livia Cruz. I reached out to Livia via Linkedin as she is another guest of the pod that I am yet to meet in person. I was very pleased that she was able to jump on a Zpom call with me at short notice …

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Nicky Langley 'MeloCompass' (Music Rights and Licensing) 54:25

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This episode is with a fellow podcaster. If you haven’t checked out the MeloCompass podcast already you definitely should. If you are listening to this then Nicky’s pod will be right up your street. Check it out on Spotify, Apple, Google or wherever you get your podcasts from. Nicky reached out to me to talk about podcasts and podcasting and in doi…

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Vikrum Gudi 'Elephant Music' (Business ownership, Music for film, Music Publishing) 1:02:03

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Episode 75 of my little podcast!!!! Three quarters of the way to the big 100. Thanks to everyone who listens and shares these episodes. It really means a lot. This episode has been a long time in the making. My guest for this episode, Vikrum Gudi, is an incredibly busy man. He currently runs a number of different businesses that we spoke about when…

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Jack Williamson 'Music and You' (Music Management, Marketing, Mental Health and Coaching) 59:27

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This is one of my all time favourite conversations. This episode, I chatted to the wonderful Jack Williamson about his journey through the music business and his current relationship with the industry as a coach, psychotherapist and mental health activist. During the chat we realised that our paths had crossed back in the day. Whilst I was the head…

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Deborah Smith 'Anara Music Publishing' (Music Publishing) 1:01:00

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I’m back for part 2 of the podcasts for 2022. This first episodes is a cracking chat about music publishing with Deborah Smith who is the Director at Anara Music Publishing based in Leicester in the UK. I reached out to Deborah online as I had never met her and managed to find a window of time in her busy schedule (Anara do a lot of work over in In…

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Dean Marsh 'Creative Law and Business' (Music and entertainment industry law) 55:09

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We’re into April 2022 and this is episode 72 of the pod. It’s a conversation with music industry lawyer Dean Marsh. Dean is based in Brighton and runs a company called Creative Law and Business. I first knew of Dean waaaay back in 2003 in my first music business job and since then he has worked with many individuals and businesses that I have done …

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George Lever 'G1 Productions' (Audio engineering, mixing, mastering and production) 1:02:00

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Here is another conversation with someone doing great things in the world of metal and heavy music in the UK. I reached out to George via Instagram on the off chance he would be interested in speaking to me as I am a fan of the work he has done with bands including: Monuments, Loathe and Sleep Token as well as newer acts who I have discovered via d…

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Julie Weir 'Music of Nations' (A&R, artist development, running a record label, uk alternaive music) 59:57

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This conversation was an extra special one for me as I have grown up listening to many of the bands that Julie has been responsible for putting out into the world. For those out there who love their UK Heavy Metal from the late 90s/early 00s you will know of her work via Visible Noise, the indie label she started who discovered bands like Bring me …

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Kirt Debique 'Syncfloor' (Sync, tech startups, sourcing funding) 55:08

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Welcome back and thanks for coming. Here is episode 72 of my little podcast and this episode's origins are a little different to the rest of the podcasts that I have done. I was reached out to by representatives of Kirt to see if I would be interested in talking to him for the show (something I was very flattered by, I never thought i’d get to that…

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Matt Allen 'The Famous Company' (PR, Artist Development, working with new music, Cornwall and the UK South West) 59:15

4y ago59:15

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This weeks conversation for the podcast is with Matt Allen. Account Director at The Famous Company (@thefamousco) and Company Director of podcast Agency Digital Bulls (@goteampod). I had the pleasure of being interviews for the Famous Music companies podcast last year and Matt very gladly returned the favour and jumped on a call with me to talk all…

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Emma Harding 'Lawyer' (Music industry law, Contracts, Brand Partnerships) 53:25

4y ago53:25

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Here is yet another wonderful Uni of Hertfordshire alumni for you. Emma is an amazing music and brand partnerships lawyer who has spent time both in house at Universal records as well as part of law firm SSB working on behalf of the talent rather than the companies who sign the talent. It’s always lovely to chat to Emma. She is open, honest and ful…

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Remi Harris MBE 'Consultant/Coach' (Associatation of Independent Music, UK Music, Music Business Consultancy, funding, Young guns network) 1:01:14

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Episode 2 for 2022. Sorry it’s a bit late. At time of release its Half term so I’m going to have to be that guy and blame my children (how awful is that…) Anyway, this episode is a very special one as its a conversation that I have wanted to have for some time. Remi Harris MBE is a business consultant and business coach who has and does work with a…