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Daring Creativity
Hosted by Radim Malinic · EN
Daring Creativity is your backstage pass to the minds that shape our creative world. A podcast series inspired by the upcoming book by Radim Malinic, helping people start and grow life-changing careers and businesses.
Over the coming episodes, I will sit down with a broad range of guests: artists, musicians, designers, actors, technologists, and entrepreneurs who've discovered something powerful: that creativity isn't about perfection. It's about showing up with all your doubts, insecurities, and imperfections—and making them count.
Are you ready to discover what happens when you dare to create?
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Dare to be honest about the life behind the work - Mat Voyce
2d ago00:56:26Summary readyIn Episode 50, Radim sits down with Mat Voyce — type animator whose kinetic, character-driven lettering has earned him a devoted following and a client list most freelancers would dream about. What starts as a conversation about craft quickly becomes something more personal: how a self-described jack-of-all-trades with middle-of-the-pack grades found his calling through animated type, and how the pressure of building something real collided with the weight of anxiety that nobody could see from the outside.Mat traces his journey from childhood TV binges and PlayStation nights to architecture illustrations sold as wall art, to the type pieces he built in the evenings while still holding down a day job — quietly constructing the career he wanted, frame by frame. He talks about the boss who saw it coming and gave him the conversation he needed to leave, the freelance runway he built before making the leap, and the daily discipline of stepping up his personal work each year so clients keep finding him.But the episode's most powerful shift comes when the conversation turns to anxiety — and Mat's decision to go public about it. What he got back wasn't what he expected: an outpouring from designers and creatives who'd been quietly carrying the same thing. His honesty didn't just help him. It opened a dialogue that changed how he understood himself, his community, and what it means to show up fully in creative work.Takeaways:Being a jack of all trades isn't a weakness — it's a toolkit in progress. Every skill you collect compounds into something no single-track path could build.The evening sofa session matters. Doing your own work after a full day's work is how you invent the future version of your career.Building freelance backing before you quit creates both security and clarity. When it lines up, the leap isn't reckless — it's ready.Knowing what jobs to say no to is as important as being good at the jobs you say yes to. Staying in your lane protects your quality and your passion.Personal projects are the engine of growth. Each year Mat steps his own work up — new formats, new layers, new challenges — and clients follow.Sharing your struggles in public can unlock the real information that therapy and Google can't give you. Community is the most underrated resource a creative has.Anxiety is gradual, cumulative, and often invisible from the outside. Recognising it early — especially with a supportive partner — is what makes it manageable.Medication isn't failure. For Mat, it was the first thing that actually worked — and the honesty about it helped more people than any type animation ever had. Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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"Sitting with work produces better outcomes and trust." (Elana Rudick bonus episode)
6d ago00:09:40Summary readyA short bonus episode showcasing a few standout moments from this week's guest interview with Elana Rudick ~Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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Dare to shift back to human - Elana Rudick
1w ago00:54:21Summary readyMontreal-based creative director and founder of Design is Yummy, Elana Rudick, returns to the podcast for the first time since season one. With twenty years in the industry and a new talk on the horizon, Elana joins Radim to explore what it really means to make design human — from the studio floor to the stage. They cover the rollercoaster of running a creative studio post-pandemic, why slowing down your thinking is the new competitive advantage in an age of rapid AI execution, and what happens when a chocolate bar becomes your CV. Elana's new keynote, "The Shift to Human: Reconnecting with What Matters," gives this conversation its spine — a call to bring soft skills, relationship-building, and radical accountability back to the centre of creative work.TakeawaysPost-pandemic unpredictability has forced creative studios to diversify and pivot — and that pressure, uncomfortable as it is, makes you betterThinking and execution are separate skills; as AI speeds up making, the quality of your thinking matters more than ever, not lessSitting with work before presenting it — resisting the rush — is a discipline that consistently produces better outcomes and deeper client trustAccessible tools haven't removed the need for designers; they've changed the conversation that happens before a brief even arrivesSoft skills — communication, empathy, relationship-building, curiosity — are the most transferable assets any creative can carry into an uncertain futureCalling three people a day throughout the pandemic built some of Elana's most enduring and trusted professional relationshipsDaring doesn't need to be loud or gimmicky — it just means stepping outside your own comfort zone, whatever that looks like for youShowing up as your best self is the foundation; the work, in whatever form the future demands, will follow from that Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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"Imposter syndrome robs you of being in the now" (Murugiah bonus episode)
2w ago00:10:06Summary readyA short bonus episode showcasing a few standout moments from this week's guest interview with Murugiah ~Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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Dare to find radical empathy for the people around you - Murugiah
2w ago00:56:58Summary readyMurugiah returns to Daring Creativity for a conversation that feels like watching someone step fully into who they were always meant to be. A multidisciplinary artist trained in architecture, living and working in London, Murugiah has spent the years since his last appearance developing a deeply personal body of work — acrylic paintings that fuse his digital aesthetic with a new emotional rawness, rooted in his Sri Lankan heritage and shaped by a decade of intentional craft. ~ One email to the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration led, against all expectations, to an invitation to open the entire centre with his debut solo exhibition.This is a conversation about patience, pursuit and the quiet power of just doing the work — without waiting for permission, without chasing the outcome, and without needing the world to show up before you get started.Key takeaways:Creating your own opportunity is not a strategy — it's a mindset. One email sent from a place of genuine excitement changed the entire trajectory of Murugiah's careerEmotional heft takes time. The years spent developing a visual aesthetic were necessary before the personal, introspective work could emergeFollowing the fun keeps you present. When imposter syndrome strips you of the now, curiosity and play bring you backTactility is a response, not nostalgia. Moving into acrylic painting was a deliberate turn towards what AI cannot replicate — intuitive, human, physical decision-makingThe journey is the reward. The hours at the table, the meetings, the exchanges — those are what you carry. The response to the work is secondaryRadical empathy fuels introspection. Putting yourself in someone else's shoes — even a bus driver's — creates the internal awareness that feeds deeply personal workA debut doesn't need to come early to matter. Coming to it at 38, with a full life behind him, made Murugiah's show richer and more resonant than speed could ever have allowed Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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"I'm a reluctant influencer" (George Wu & Malika Favre bonus episode)
3w ago00:09:28Summary readyA short bonus episode showcasing a few standout moments from this week's guest interview with George Wu and Malika Favre (icantaffordthisbutmaybeshecan) ~Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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Dare to start with an audience of one - Malika Favre & George Wu
3w ago00:59:43Summary readyMalika Favre is one of the most recognisable illustrators working today — a master of bold geometry, reduced palettes, and images you feel before you decode. George Wu is a graphic designer, event director, product creator, and by her own admission, a jack of all trades. Together, they created I Can't Afford This But Maybe She Can — a curation account that started as a private joke between two best friends and grew into a 350,000-follower community, a newsletter with a 70%+ open rate, and a full concept store with over 300 products from 90 independent brands worldwide.This conversation captures why that happened — and what it actually takes to build something meaningful without a business plan, a marketing budget, or any intention of selling out.Key TakeawaysFriendship is a creative force. Malika and George's decade-long friendship is the foundation of everything — the trust, the honesty, and the courage to post without approval-seeking.Curation is care made visible. Their process — going down rabbit holes, translating Japanese craft websites, following follower trails — shows the difference between sharing and truly giving a damn.Ego is the first thing to go. George's journey from curating for approval to posting freely mirrors a shift every creative needs to make at some point.Innovation vs. perfection isn't a conflict — it's a team. George chases the new; Malika pursues the perfect. Their output is both.Building outside the algorithm is an act of resistance. No reels, no faces, no sponsored clutter — and 350k people followed anyway because the care was unmistakable.Monetising without compromising is the hardest part. The shop, the newsletter, the auction house commission — each step has been deliberate, values-led, and brutally honest about what isn't working yet.The last mile is rarely crowded. Their willingness to go further — to find the fourth-generation kite maker in Japan, to contact every one of 90 brands individually — is exactly why their audience trusts them. Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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"The process and the journey is the art." (PJ Richardson bonus episode)
4w ago00:13:06Summary readyA short bonus episode showcasing a few standout moments from this week's guest interview with PJ Richardson from Laundry Studio ~Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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Dare to challenge the status quo with joy - PJ Richardson (Live from OFFF 2026)
Apr 2700:47:23Summary readyIn this special live episode recorded in front of an audience at OFFF Barcelona 2026, Radim sits down with PJ Richardson — ECD and co-founder of Laundry, a motion design studio based in LA and San Francisco — to pull back the curtain on one of the most ambitious creative projects of the festival: the OFFF 2026 opening titles, the nine-and-a-half-minute projection mapping piece that lit up an entire building and stopped the crowd in their tracks. PJ Richardson takes us inside the full arc of that creative journey — from the initial spark of ambition, through the chaos of experimentation, to the emotional moment of standing outside watching it play with his friends and peers.This conversation is about far more than motion design. It's about daring to ask, the courage to collaborate, the willingness to sit with discomfort, and the decision — every single day — to challenge the status quo with joy.Takeaways:Asking is its own creative act — PJ emailed Pep for three consecutive years before the timing aligned. Persistence without pressure eventually becomes a possibility.Say yes, then figure it out — Laundry's working philosophy of committing first and problem-solving second is what makes ambitious work happen at all.The process is the art — PJ's conceptual framework for the titles treated the journey of creativity itself as the subject matter, not just the output.Failure is the raw material — every experiment that didn't work became the foundation for the one that did. A thousand failed attempts led to one defining idea.Collaboration is a cheat code — bringing in friends like Alex Liou, Alejandro R. Meija, and Josh Pierce wasn't a compromise; it was the creative multiplier that made the whole thing possible.Challenge the status quo with joy — PJ's guiding theme for the titles, and for his creative life: the hard work is worth doing, but the intention to enjoy it matters deeply.Community is the celebration — the moment the piece felt truly finished wasn't in the edit suite. It was standing outside in Barcelona with peers, watching it on the building together. .Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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"To be really curious, you have to let it all in." (Dora Drimalas bonus episode)
Apr 2400:11:09Summary readyA short bonus episode showcasing a few standout moments from this week's guest interview with Dora Drimalas from Hybrid Design ~Daring Creativity. Podcast with Radim Malinicdaringcreativity.com | desk@daringcreativity.comBooks by Radim Malinic Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFcFree audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/free-audiobookBook bundles https://novemberuniverse.co.ukLux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off)November Universe https://novemberuniverse.co.uk (Use: PODCAST for 10% off)
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