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Steel City Business is the Sheffield business podcast, bringing you news, views, insights and interviews from across the steel city. Host James Marriott features some of the brightest businesses from across Sheffield, highlighting the people, stories and achievements that often go unheard. New episodes are released every Tuesday morning. The first episode of the month is Steel City Business Uncut - where we probe deeper and cratch below the surface with an awesome guest in a raw and honest c ...
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The story of our environment may well be the most important story this century. We focus on issues facing people and the planet. Leading environmentalists, organizations, activists, and conservationists discuss meaningful ways to create a better and more sustainable future. Participants include EARTHDAY.ORG, Greenpeace, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, PETA, European Environment Agency, Peter Singer, 350.org, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, Ci ...
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Welcome to Pep 'n Ched with Megan Nash. This is the podcast where we talk about everything from favourite gas station snacks, to what life is actually like as a working artist, and stories from the road (the good, the bad, and the kind of stinky).Pep 'n Ched is a collaboration between Megan Nash and Creative City Centre, a non-profit artist run centre located in Regina Canada. Programming at Creative City Centre is supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, SK Arts, Creativ ...
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In this series, performing artists open up about their mental health journeys and how those journeys impact and foster their art. They also share tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way. Each episode features two artists in conversation from various artistic disciplines including music, poetry and comedy. The discussions are 100% unfiltered and led by the artists, so each episode takes on a life of its own—focusing in on whichever topics the artists feel are best suited to their conver ...
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Sydney, Australia is an iconic city, full of unique things. But why does the Harbour hog all the icons? Grassroots stories of Sydney's inner west, in sound-rich, playful, compact documentary shows. It's local history done different! There's the Witches Houses of Annandale - the green asylum of Callan Park - inner west street art - Boomalli, Australia's first city-based Aboriginal artists cooperative - Reverse Garbage, a creative reuse centre in Marrickville - bandicoots and bikes of the Gree ...
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The Obligatory Movie Game Podcast is an excuse to play licensed video games and give them their (usually undeserved) moment in the spotlight. Host Devon Dozlaw, and a rotating cast of guest co-hosts, watch the films and TV shows that these cash grab video games are ostensibly based on, suffer through the tie-ins, and then sit down to discuss how well the developers honoured their respective licenses, making fun of the games whenever possible.
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Guildhall School is a vibrant, international community of young musicians, actors and production artists in the heart of the City of London. Ranked as one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the world (QS World University Rankings 2019), and recently awarded top conservatoire in the Complete University Guide Music League Table 2020, the School is a global leader of creative and professional practice which promotes innovation, experiment and research, with over 1,000 students in hi ...
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“We have a choice to change the nature of growth. How we can have growth that is more respectful of place, doesn’t cause as much damage to the environment, doesn't lead to as large inequalities in society, doesn’t disrupt politics, doesn't undermine the availability of good work? We ought to pursue this morally enriched GDP measure which better ref…
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How can we look beyond GDP and develop new metrics that balance growth with human flourishing and environmental well-being? How can we be more engaged global citizens? In this age of AI, what does it really mean to be human? And how are our technologies transforming us? Daniel Susskind is a Research Professor in Economics at King's College London a…
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“It all starts at home. As a university professor, I have observed the process of transformation of different generations. We need to find a sense of life. We need to find a sense of belonging to our humanity, but to have this sense of life, we need to find a sense in our local communities.” Carlos Moreno was born in Colombia in 1959 and moved to F…
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How can the 15-minute city model revolutionize urban living, enhance wellbeing, and reduce our carbon footprint? Online shopping is turning cities into ghost towns. We can now buy anything anywhere anytime. How can we learn to stop scrolling and start strolling and create more livable, sustainable communities we are happy to call home. Carlos Moren…
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Maria Vardy joins James Marriott and Stephen Kenwright to talk all things agency in this episode of Steel City Business Uncut. Maria's had a long career in marketing dating back to the early 90s and we probe how things have changed - and interestingly, how they haven't. Among other topics of conversations are the rise of the fractional role, avoidi…
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“I moved to Utah, which is a very beautiful place, and I feel like the mountains and the breathtaking nature that we have around here really help. There are many studies that have shown that exposure to nature and spending time in nature really helps us. It helps our well-being as human beings, and it also helps us to be creative, reflective, and c…
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Mattress Online has been going for more than 20 years. In that time, ecommerce has changed entirely, and the sleep industry has been through something of a revolution as well. Join CEO Steve Adams as he takes us a fascinating journey through the last two decades, including all the ups and downs including one moment where a simple coding error led t…
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“Today, someone is putting the finishing touches on a machine-­ learning algorithm that will change the way you relate to your family. Someone is trying to design a way to communicate with animals in their own language. Someone is designing a gene that alters bacteria to turn your poop bright blue when it’s time to see the doctor. Someone is cleani…
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How can we design and adapt for the uncertainties of the 21st century? How do emotions shape our decisions and the way we design the world around us? Scott Doorley is the Creative Director at Stanford's d. school and co author of Make Space. He teaches design communication and his work has been featured in museums and architecture and urbanism and …
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Prepare to geek out a little bit in this episode, as James goes to meet Andy Jeffries, head of projects at Stream 7, a Sheffield based streaming business. We discover how much the lockdown years accelerated the development in the space, as well as finding out what kind of projects they work on - from annual company conferences to streaming live sur…
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“So we've all experienced this sense of awe at the vastness of things in nature, and I think that is a beautiful sense. You're in awe at the vastness things that go beyond your capabilities, also capabilities of understanding and capabilities of knowledge. So I look at it as kind of a form of extreme uncertainty that is not threatening. We can rela…
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James and Stephen meet Christina King, Chief Commercial Officer at Tribosonics, in a Steel City Business first - she's the first guest who neither of us had met before the recording. Christina has had an amazing and unusual journey - from building tanks to breaking world records - which she shares with us. We also talk Tribosonics, the tech scene i…
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Have we entered what Earth scientists call a “termination event,” and what can we do to avoid the worst outcomes? How can a spiritual connection to nature guide us toward better environmental stewardship? What can ancient wisdom teach us about living harmoniously with the Earth? How have wetlands become both crucial carbon sinks and colossal methan…
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“I think that the problem is a classic economic problem of tragedy of the commons—the fact that any one country is going to benefit if other countries reduce carbon emissions but is going to suffer when it itself does means there's always a tendency to want other countries to lead the way. Since the industrial revolution began, the US point of view…
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How can journalism make people care and bring about solutions? What role does storytelling play in shining a light on injustice and crises and creating a catalyst for change? Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo…
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How do the works of Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin continue to influence our understanding of nature, ecological interdependence, and the human experience? How does understanding history help us address current social and environmental issues. How can dialogues between the arts and sciences foster holistic, sustainable solutions to global crise…
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"Consumption is a tricky business. We've moved ourselves into a situation where on the one hand, we now recognize that possessions are an important source of identity. Most of us believe people should have the right to choose the kind of lifestyle they want to have; on the other hand, we have the environmental costs of that lifestyle, which is caus…
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What can we learn from Germany's postwar transformation to help us address today's environmental and humanitarian crises? With the rise of populism, authoritarianism, and digital propaganda, how can history provide insights into the challenges of modern democracy? Frank Trentmann is a Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, and at t…
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We head to Victoria Quays in Sheffield to meet Andy Weir. There's a few threads here, as Ride Shotgun is the temporary home for the podcast with our usual studio out of action. And it also just so happens to be the new workplace of our co-host Stephen Kenwright, back in the world of work after 18 months mainly watching Disney, by the sounds of it. …
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“The SDSN has been set up to mobilize research and science for the Sustainable Development Goals. Each year, we aim to provide a fair and accurate assessment of countries' progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The development goals were adopted back in 2015 by all UN member states, marking the first time in human history that we have a …
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How can we get 193 countries to move in the same direction for a better tomorrow? In today's podcast, we talk with Guillaume Lafortune, Vice President and Head of the Paris Office of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the largest global network of scientists and practitioners dedicated to implementing the Sustainable Developme…
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Tom wears a couple of hats here, as we find out about the forthcoming Leah's Yard development on Cambridge Street, alongside his role as CEO at the Tech Parks. It's super exciting hearing all about Leah's Yard ahead of its opening on 24 August - something unique, contemporary, and with that Sheffield 'secret sauce'. Much of the conversation is spen…
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"I would say what we can celebrate is the incredible mobilization of the young people. They went everywhere, they knocked on the door, they mobilized. This was an incredible, incredible mobilization. So that was extraordinary because it showed real mobilization and an understanding that the National Rally was a real threat. We knew that if they cam…
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“I think that we should not be under any illusion that we can return to some pristine Earth. We have to do the best we can with the Earth that we have inherited for our generation and for those of our children, but we should not, therefore, say, well, it's all lost. Species are becoming extinct as never before. We should not become pessimists becau…
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As Surrealism turns 100, what can it teach us about the importance of dreaming and creating a better society? Will we wake up from the consumerist dream sold to us by capitalism and how would that change our ideas of utopia? S. D. Chrostowska is professor of humanities at York University, Canada. She is the author of several books, among them Permi…
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Nick Tyrone joins to discuss a new project from Jobs Foundation, including a report he led centred around Sheffield. There's some really interesting key findings - lots of positivity, along with a few challenges. Find the report here: https://thejobsfoundation.com/sheffield-forging-steel-and-embracing-tech/ Steel City Business is brought to you by …
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“There's that old saying, ‘blessed are the cracked for they shall let in the light.’ For a lot of people like myself, I think it's true that losing your mind can be a proportionate response to the climate crisis. Those of us with mental health issues are often branded as being in our own world. But paradoxically, being in our own world can actually…
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The planet’s well-being unites us all, from ecosystems to societies, global systems to individual health. How is planetary health linked to mental health? Charlie Hertzog Young is a researcher, writer and award-winning activist. He identifies as a “proudly mad bipolar double amputee” and has worked for the New Economics Foundation, the Royal Societ…
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Emily is a freelance graphic designer and art director and pet parent to 'chaotic spaniel' Maggie who becomes the first (hopefully of many) Steel City Business dog. She chats to us about her journey into freelancing and her many and varied extra curricular activities including Sheffield Creative Mornings and Sheff Girls Lift. She does a lot of stuf…
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