The Experience Designers Podcast
1) Sally Earnshaw - The experience of leading people in an uncertain world
Sally Earnshaw brings her trademark “oomph” to this high-energy conversation about leadership, life, and the messy, brilliant realities in between. From middle-aged business travel mishaps to the humo...Show More
2) Brian d'Souza - Mushrooms making music. Listening to nature’s hidden songs.
Bio and LinksBrian d’Souza is the founder and CEO of Swell Studio, a London-based creative agency working between the intersection of sound, music and well-being. Brian is also an award-winning sound ...Show More
3) Nick Cawthon - Mobile first, agents next: The future of UX
In this episode, we’re joined by Nick Cawthon, a design leader with decades of knowledge in user experience (UX), service design, and the evolving discipline of experience design. From his childhood d...Show More
4) Tom Middleton - From dance floors to deep rest: A journey of sound and healing
From his early fascination with synths and soundscapes to touring the world as a DJ, Tom Middleton has spent decades exploring the neuroscience and emotional power of music. In this conversation, Tom ...Show More
5) Jessica Weickert - The power of inscapism - Going inward to connect outward
Jessica Weickert joins The Experience Designers to explore how emotional regulation, neuroscience, and story-living are reshaping the future of experiential design. Drawing from her personal journey w...Show More
6) Colin Nightingale - Punchdrunk and beyond: Colin Nightingale on Art, Space, and Immersive
In this rare and deeply personal conversation, Colin Nightingale, Associate Artist at Punchdrunk and Co-founder of Right/Left Project, takes us on an immersive journey through his creative evolution. ...Show More
7) James Warren - Empathy at Scale. The Future of Story-Driven Insights
In this episode of The Experience Designers, Steve is joined by James Warren, expert storyteller, experience strategist, and founder of Share More Stories to explore how storytelling unlocks deep huma...Show More
8) Laura Hess - 500 Experiences in 5 Years. A quest for the remarkable!
Join us as we talk with Laura Hess, who attended 500 experiences in 5 years, about building a 25-point “Remarkable” rubric for scoring immersive theatre, fine-art installations, XR activations, brand ...Show More
9) Tom Hitch - Co-create or coerce? Why the best office experiences are built with their people
What makes a workplace worth the commute? In this episode, we sit down with workplace experience explorer and content creator Tom Hitch to uncover how the best office environments are co-created, not ...Show More
10) Pigalle Tavakkoli - What if emotion is the real design tool?
Steve sits down with experience-design pioneer Pigalle Tavakoli to explore what she calls "StoryFeeling". The shift from telling stories at people to orchestrating the feelings they live through. Buil...Show More