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Diana Varma
Oct 22, 20242 min read
214: Sprinting Through Setbacks with Olympian Micha Powell
I have a special treat for everyone today! I’m chatting with Olympian and author, Micha Powell , about the process for writing and...
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Diana Varma
Oct 16, 20243 min read
Episode 213: Cultivating Collective Effervescence with Jeff Newberry of Mirvish’s The Lion King in Toronto
“Collective effervescence is the feeling of energy and harmony when people are engaged in a shared purpose. It is a joie de vivre that...
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Diana Varma
Oct 3, 20242 min read
211: Secret Ingredients with Johnny Cupcakes
What do Pumpkin spice, coffins and leprechauns have in common? Johnny Cupcakes, of course! And I have the man himself with me today. Why...
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Diana Varma
Sep 9, 20241 min read
209: Tinker with Allison Mackenzie
Welcome September! I’m thrilled to be starting off this season of creativity, collaboration and making by speaking with fellow...
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Diana Varma
Nov 7, 20236 min read
161: Inspiration 2.0 Featuring MDM 13.0
Inspiration is a mysterious, elusive and perhaps even divine interconnectedness between everyone and everything. Communication, both...
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Diana Varma
Jun 6, 20233 min read
147: Live From Podcamp 2023: Break All the Rules
It was a really neat experience getting to speak at PodCamp 2023. I respect this small-in-size, large-in-stature, annual meeting of the...
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Diana Varma
Apr 6, 20231 min read
140: Put Me In The Zoo (Part 2!)
My Dad’s favourite creative medium was audio. I have memories of my Dad pulling out blueprints, explaining a schematic of a sound system...
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Diana Varma
Jun 17, 20225 min read
116: Big Emotions in Creative Living with Nicola Hamilton & LeeAndra Cianci of The Scaries
Big emotions in creative living. It’s a big, important topic equally necessary for those who are just starting out in industry, seasoned...
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Diana Varma
Jun 14, 20222 min read
113: Font Futures: Emerging Typeface Designers Nate Evangelista & Sarah Zahavi
Welcome to the future… font futures: a three-part miniseries dedicated to what will continue to evolve as it relates to design,...
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Diana Varma
Feb 20, 20223 min read
096: Storytelling & Athletics with Micha Powell
Stories connect us, they inspire us, they communicate our values to the world. Stories allow us to empathize with thoughts and actions...
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Diana Varma
May 25, 20216 min read
054: Extra Bold with Ellen Lupton
Today is a special day. It’s not every day that you have the chance to sit down and chat with one of your professional idols. “Ellen...
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Diana Varma
May 2, 202113 min read
050: Dear Phone, We Need a Break (and it's not me, it's you)
Last year I read How to Break Up With Your Phone by award-winning writer and science journalist, Catherine Price and it was eye...
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Diana Varma
Dec 31, 20204 min read
031: ONE to 2021 - Energy
I have a little New Year’s Day tradition. Every New Year’s Day for the last four or five years I’ve done some goal setting and I don’t...
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Diana Varma
Dec 30, 20203 min read
030: TWO to 2021 - Dancing in the Rain
In all of the reading that I’ve done and positive psychology and the science of happiness, as well as the anecdotal memoirs of those who...
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Diana Varma
Dec 29, 20201 min read
029: THREE to 2021 - 3 Minutes or Less
You’ve got a laundry list of things to do (including the laundry!) and you have no idea where to start. Might I suggest trying a simple,...
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Diana Varma
Dec 28, 20202 min read
028: FOUR to 2021 - 3 Little Words
I recently read a story with my daughters called Claymates. It was awesome. It was about two blobs of clay: one grey and one brown who...
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Diana Varma
Dec 27, 20204 min read
027: FIVE to 2021 - The Rules Are Fake
The rules are fake. What mainstream society has conditioned us to believe as the ‘right way’ to live life is simply not true. Settling...
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