Benjamin Southworth is a tech entrepreneur, speaker, writer and consultant with a background in startups, digital culture and innovation. In today's episode, we'll be discussing his insights on a wide range of topics including AI, startups, digital culture, and being off-grid.

This week we are trying a quite special experiment for Grit into a new frontier, we are talking or should I say chatting to the AI Large Language Model Application, Chat GPT. In this episode we discuss what Chat GPT is, how it evolved, the challenges it faces and all the challenges/ opportunities this brings to the creative industries.

Dr Hayley Lewis is an award-winning psychologist specialising in leadership and management behaviour and how this affects the culture and performance of teams and organisations. Hayley started her career at the BBC and then moved into local government where she held a variety of operational management and strategic leadership roles covering services such as organisational development, customer services, communications and digital services. She consults across all sectors, coaching and...

Dines is a celebrated Creative Director and international keynote speaker based in London UK. He's currently active as Founder & Creative Director of multi award-winning creative agency STUDIO BLUP® London. Dines has had the pleasure of producing creative direction, brand consultancy and digital creations for a diverse array of companies and publications worldwide, and enjoys a collaborative relationship with many of the industry's top brands such as Universal Music, Nike, Adidas, Fifa,...

Live Dale Fasting is a recent graduate , and is now working as a Production Manager for 00Nation. Having grown up on the internet, she never decided if she wanted to do music, film, tv, gaming, streaming or Youtube. With the media-industry evolving, 00Nation emerged, bringing the best of all youth culture and merging it. Being new in the business, she shares her experiences working in an ambitious start-up with the internet at its core.

John Robertson is an award-winning editorial photographer working for national and international newspapers and magazines. He supplies photos on a regular basis to The Guardian ,The Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald and many other newspapers since 1987. He also shoots commercial, PR, advertising, TV and film stills, stock and corporate photography. John is an Ambassador for Manfrotto, who he regularly writes articles and photographs for. He has worked with the photographic equipment firms...

Alison Grade, spent 15 years working at senior level in many media companies — predominantly in international television and film production, rights management and strategy — but she also has formal academic training and is a Nesta-accredited Creative Enterprise Trainer. Alison is also an entrepreneur who has established her own businesses and is in high demand by many creative businesses as a consultant and non-exec. She is also in demand teaching the next generation of entrepreneurs how to...

An expert in 3D and XR technology, Taran has more than 15 years experience researching & developing cutting edge immersive applications for a range of sectors including heritage, arts and culture. He heads up an innovative, passionate team that collaborates with clients to bridge the digital divide, bringing their projects to life and improving audience engagement. Digital creative storytelling is at the heart of Taran3D and they use their vast XR skills to tell stories, show projects or...

Matt Campion is the Founder & Creative Director of Spirit & #IAMWHOLE. Spirit Studios is a purpose-driven content business on a mission to effect change through entertainment and storytelling. Creating and distributing ‘Content With Spirit’, their TV, digital, audio and branded output aims to positively impact people’s lives through entertainment. Matt’s work at Spirit includesThe Stand Up Sketch Show for ITV, Comedy Against Living Miserably for Dave/UKTV, BAMOUS, SHAMED: You Are...

Dr Neil Fox is an Associate Professor of Film Practice and Pedagogy at Falmouth University in UK. He leads the Sound/Image Cinema Lab, a multifaceted partner, funder, resource and research centre dedicated to the production and education of independent cinema. In 2020 the Lab won an innovative pedagogy award at the University Industry Innovation Network. The Lab has been involved in feature films including Bait (dir. Mark Jenkin, 2018) and Make Up (dir. Clare Oakley, 2019). He wrote and...

Nicole Kassell is an award-winning film and television director based in New York City. She received a BA from Columbia University in Art History and an MFA from NYU’s Film Program, and her first feature film “The Woodsman” premiered in competition at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Kassell also directs episodic television, including acclaimed series Westworld, Castle Rock, Better Call Saul, The Leftovers, The Killing, The Americans and The Following. In January 2020, Kassell won the...

Steve is a partner and Head of Creative, Digital and Marketing sector at BLM law firm in Manchester. He specialises in Intellectual Property, Media, Social Media, Marketing and Privacy Law. He works mainly in the Media, Digital, Creative, Film, Television, Publishing, Advertising and PR sectors. He’s a regular media spokesperson, and has given interviews to the local and national press through BBC Breakfast, Sky News, ITV, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and LBC London. He’s been...

Silja is a freelance graphic designer and digital marketer with over 15 years of experience, working in advertising agencies and in marketing and communications departments. She teaches Digital Marketing at Noroff in Oslo focussing on training in design, user experience, text for the web, creativity and Adobe programs. Silja studied graphic design at Arts University Bournemouth in England, and enjoyed herself so much in the country that she moved to London and stayed for a total of 10 years....

Chris has worked in the television industry for over 20 years, initially as a Runner, Camera Assistant, Camera Operator and most recently, over the past 13 years as a freelance Lighting Cameraman, Director of Photography (DoP) and Lighting Director (LD). As a Camera Operator he has covered all genres of live television; producing DVD’s for the likes of Beyonce & REM to Superslo-mo coverage of the Brazil World Cup Final in the Maracana. He has worked all over the world as a Camera...

Richard Janes is an Emmy winning entertainment entrepreneur and film producer. He burst onto the scene with his directorial debut Fakers in his early 20’s. He launched Digital Ad Agency Fanology, followed by setting up Green Pastures Studio and The Oklahoma Film & TV Academy In this episode we talk to Richard about his facinating career path, the state of Hollywood now and the shifting sands of opportunity for new producers and some deep dives into all the arenas of being an...

Colin is a Grierson nominated Series Producer and Director who has worked across a number of genres including talent-led travelogues, investigative documentaries, observational documentaries, factual, entertainment, music and formats. His work has been broadcast across Netflix, BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Channel 5, TLC and Sky has worked for most of the UK independent production companies. In this episode we chat about the role of the Series Producer and directing documentary, particularly...

Arren has worked in production for over 18 years, starting out as a runner and production assistant, moving up to production co-ordinator across an assortment of productions. He was Line Producer and Production Manager at ITN Productions, overseeing a busy slate of productions before moving to Viacom UK as a Production Executive. In this episode we get under the hood of production management and how it is the heart of the production environment.

Simon set himself a new year’s resolution in 2020 to get onto Tik Tok. Within months his account had grown and made a hit with his character Kent-Simon. Now with over 6million likes and nearly 150k followers, Simon is one of Norway’s growing clan of influencers building a cross platform media career for himself. In this episode he explains his rise on the platform, some of the trials and tribulations of being an influencer as a full time job, along with the perks.

Maya Daisy Hawke is an editor and experimental filmmaker. Her recent project, Unfated Yet, a live online video installation, was first presented in March 2020 by First Look at Museum of the Moving Image and Sundance Documentary Film Program. She is the creator of the interactive social media video novels, Box of Birds and Currency of Despair, both Facebook based. She was co-director of Little Ethiopia, a love story between two editors, told as a live documentary, which was performed at the...

Harvey started filming at 18 years old. He shot his first feature length documentary following DJ Carl Cox from London to Sydney then onto Hawaii, welcoming the year 2000 in two different time zones. He has traveled the world shooting for the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery and many more. In 2008, he transitioned into shooting commercials and scripted work. He was based in Dubai shooting high end commercials until 2015 then moved to LA, where he shot Netflix Specials, Comedy Series and...

Whilst studying at Oxford University, Katy was part of the Oxford Revue and was writing and performing comedy, musicals and straight plays. After graduating, she worked in TV production for around five years, running, researching and APing on many different shows. In 2004, Katy returned to performing with comedy monologues and live sketch show Ealing Live! Her Edinburgh show “Celebrities are Gods” garnered attention from TV producers in 2005, resulting in her own sketch show “Katy Brand’s...

Tyler studied Digital Media at Full Sail University before embarking on a career in post production at The Mill in New York. He later joined Grey Advertising working in Motion Graphics and cinematography with Canon. Since going freelance Tyler has worked with a wide array of clients across advertising, documentary, music and dance videos. In this episode we talk about the ins and outs of Motion Graphics, remote working and the art of being a freelancer. 

Ziggy started her career as a camera operator for Rapture Television before moving into event co-ordination for film promotion parties at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2003 she became general manager of Babzoo, a broadcast kit hire company and diary service for freelance crew. Re-training in Hair & Make-Up at Iver Academy in Pinewood Studios and since has worked on a number of international feature films and tv series. In this episode we talk about the role of the make up artist, how to...

Nick started his career as a Researcher, AP and Producer in Children’s TV with Carlton Television. Here, he began studio directing, before joining CBBC Presentation, then moving on to direct programmes including Tikkabilla and Newsround. Nick has specialised in fast paced, technically complex live programmes and worked for BBC News, TRT World and CNBC. He has directed live OB debate programmes, including The Press We Deserve for Thomson Reuters at the height of the UK phone hacking scandal,...