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Long-form conversations with the people who make the creative industries run - directors, illustrators, composers, animators - about how they actually built their careers: the breaks, the dead ends, and the difficult middle bit nobody talks about; and the music that means the most to each guest, and why.
Hosted by Greg Owens. New episodes fortnightly.
Episodes
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 25, 2021
46 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with Paul Kinsella, the Chief Creative Officer at Havas LYNX.
Kinsella joined Havas Lynx Group five years ago as the Creative Director of Havas Lynx London, to further embed consumer thinking into the health category. He was promoted to ECD 18 months ago and became part of the Havas Global Creative Council where he has helped to drive creative initiatives at the company’s most senior level. Before joining the world of health and wellness, he had been successfully working at well-renowned consumer agencies, spending 10 years at Cheetham Bell JWT and three years at BJL. Kinsella boasts an array of award wins and was pivotal to the agency’s AOY success at Cannes Lions back in 2018.
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Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UMgwXgTls-M
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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...
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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio.
We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.
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© GAS™ Music 2021
Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020
59 min
Today, I’m having a GAS with Jules Chalkley, Ogilvy’s Chief Executive Creative Director.
As his title suggests, Jules has an immense amount of experience working on top brands such as Ikea, M&S, Land Rover and Virgin Atlantic.
He also oversaw creative for the BBC’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games which saw an audience of 200 million worldwide.
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Having a GAS...is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film; for TV; for commercials; for dancing to; for cooking to; f*cking to, and more.
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GAS™ Music is a musical creative agency in Manchester, UK.
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Dec 3, 2020
Dec 3, 2020
48 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with Erminia Blackden, an integrated strategy director at ENGINE. She's experienced in research, CRM, media and advertising in a career that spans 20+ years.
Erminia is also author of 21st Century Woman and active writer, speaker and campaigner on why brands fail to recognise the power of women – the world’s largest emerging market.
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Having a GAS...is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film; for TV; for commercials; for dancing to; for cooking to; f*cking to, and more.
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GAS™ Music is a musical creative agency in Manchester, UK.
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Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
48 min
Today, I’m having a gas with Grace Francis, a forward thinking tech impresario, whose enthusiasm and expertise in digital has caused her to ricochet through several major agencies, most recently being snatched up by Karmarama to serve as their Chief Experience Officer.
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Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020
1 hr 30 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Huntington, the Chairman of the board and Chief Strategy Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, arguably the most famous ad agency in the UK.
Richard - a self described 'high octane brand strategist' who '[hates] orthodoxy of any kind' - tells me all about his views on stakeholder capitalism, the utility of the industry, and the necessary unpredictability of creativity.
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Nov 9, 2020
Nov 9, 2020
41 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with Nicky Unsworth, who's been CEO of Manchester agency BJL for the last 24 years.
Nicky gives us an overview of the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the C-Suite, and how she sees the industry responding in the future.
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Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020
1 hr 6 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with Steve Harrison, a British copywriter, creative director and author who is regarded by Campaign Magazine as the greatest Direct Marketing Creative of his generation.
He has won more Cannes Lions awards than any other Creative Director in the World.
His latest book, Can't Sell Won't Sell: Advertising, politics and culture wars, asks the question: why has adland has stopped selling and started saving the world.
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Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
55 min
Today I'm having a GAS with Sue Higgs, a creative director in London with a wealth of experience working for major agencies, including M&C Saatchi, Ogilvy, Publicis, Havas and Grey.
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Oct 5, 2020
Oct 5, 2020
49 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with James Brook-Partridge, Ogilvy's head of moving image.
James spent the last decade in senior production roles at Ogilvy and Hogarth in Asia-Pacific. He was regional head of broadcast production in Hong Kong and then Singapore from 2009, and in 2015 became regional head of production at Hogarth & Ogilvy – a position that involved establishing the partnership between the two WPP shops as the integrated in-house production arm of Ogilvy.
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Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
51 min
Today, I'm having a GAS with Matt Gooden, one of WhoWotWhy's three co-founders.
Matt developed a reputation as a creative whilst working at Wieden + Kennedy, and after being 'fired', along with his creative partner Ben Walker, joined forces with Sean Thompson to create one of the most exciting and quickly rising creative agencies in London.
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