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Bloomerangas Podcast

Bloomerangas Podcast

Karalyte 71 Episodes Sep 18, 2026

A curious exploration of creativity from every angle, featuring conversations with the world's creative leaders who are shaping the future of creativity. Each episode offers insights into the minds of innovators and thinkers. The podcast is hosted by Karalyte and is part of the Bloomerangas creative platform.

Episodes

On Crafts in the Age of AI | Glasgow School of Art
On Crafts in the Age of AI | Glasgow School of Art Sep 18, 2026 2887 I talked with Stephen Bottomley, Head of the School of Design at Glasgow School of Art and a working goldsmith whose own pieces sit in the British Museum and National Museums Scotland.Stephen studies something called the overview effect, the shift in perspective astronauts describe when they see Earth from space. He uses it as a lens for craft too. The point was never the travel itself, it’s havin
Sales for creatives who hate selling
Sales for creatives who hate selling Sep 4, 2026 3743 I sat down with Patrick Collins, a sales coach and consultant, to talk about something almost every creative person I know quietly dreads: sales. His first line on the subject set the tone for the whole conversation.“I’m not sure anybody who likes sales.”He doesn’t think that’s a problem to fix. He thinks it’s a sign the word itself is broken.Patrick completely reframed how I think about sales. He
The Future of Work Requires a New Kind of Leader
The Future of Work Requires a New Kind of Leader Aug 25, 2026 3178 I talked with Amanda Schneider, founder of ThinkLab and author of Work for What's Next. She was also just on The Oprah Podcast talking about the book, if you want another taste of her thinking.One thing she said has stayed with me since. We’re still running our workplaces on analog era norms, in a digital speed world. That gap, more than any single generation, is where most of the tension we feel
A School with no Teachers with Heidi Rundt, CEO of Hyper Island
A School with no Teachers with Heidi Rundt, CEO of Hyper Island Aug 7, 2026 2806 I talked with Heidi Rundt, CEO of Hyper Island, the Sweden-born creative business school that has spent thirty years training people in design, marketing, and innovation. Hyper Island now runs programs across Europe, the UK, Japan, and South America, but what struck me isn’t the reach. It’s how untraditional the model still is.The school has no teachers. Instead, it works with in-house facilitator
Designing our Future with Ana Maria Pinto da Silva, Carnegie Mellon School of Design
Designing our Future with Ana Maria Pinto da Silva, Carnegie Mellon School of Design Jul 23, 2026 3278 I recently talked with Ana Maria Pinto da Silva — architect, former UX design leader at Microsoft and Amazon, founder of PechaKucha Seattle, and now Professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design — about a question she’s spent her whole career chasing: where does creativity actually come from?We got into the difference between learning and education, why friendship and nature are our original t
Why Creative Leaders Must Learn the Language of Business
Why Creative Leaders Must Learn the Language of Business Jul 10, 2026 3347 Here’s the advice Ekaterina Solomeina gives every designer who wants to be seen as a leader, not just an executor: learn the language the business actually speaks.I talked with Ekaterina — creative director, writer, and co-founder of Future London Academy — about what actually gets creatives into the room where strategy gets decided. Her answer wasn’t “make better work.” It was: translate the work
Reimagining Creative Education in the Age of AI
Reimagining Creative Education in the Age of AI Jun 9, 2026 3086 A few years ago, Dr. Chris Mitchell did something unsettling in his classroom at the Royal College of Art.He fed the same assessment brief his students were working on into a generative AI tool and then asked the students to evaluate the output. Almost all of them said it was a pass. He looked at it again on the train home, and thought: yeah, I think so too.His first reaction was terror. His secon
Creativity Is a Muscle. Here’s How to Train It
Creativity Is a Muscle. Here’s How to Train It May 8, 2026 2907 Can creativity be taught?This is the question we explored in the newest episode of Bloomerangas with Ruta Valušytė, Head of the Design Centre at Kaunas University of Technology.Every person has the native ability to create. But like any muscle, creativity needs to be used, trained, and nurtured. If we stop using it, it fades. If we practise it, it becomes more natural and intuitive.What I found es
Your Brain Needs Idle Time to Be Creative
Your Brain Needs Idle Time to Be Creative Apr 14, 2026 2358 In our latest Bloomerangas Podcast episode, I speak with Lina Žemaitytė-Kirkman, Head of Rockit (a Startup and Innovation Centre) about something many of us are feeling right now: how hard it has become to stay focused, creative, and mentally clear in a world of constant digital input.We explore why digital overload affects more than productivity, how boredom and rest support creativity, and what
What Investors Actually Want From Creative Founders
What Investors Actually Want From Creative Founders Mar 10, 2026 3325 In this episode, we speak with Andra Bagdonaitė, venture capital investor and Partner at FIRSTPICK — a high-speed VC fund and accelerator backing ambitious early-stage startups across the Baltic region (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia).Andra shares insights from her experience investing at the pre-seed and seed stages, supporting founders as they build and scale technology-driven companies. Before
Jessica Dance on Building a Sustainable Creative Business
Jessica Dance on Building a Sustainable Creative Business Feb 24, 2026 3027 Jessica Dance is a UK-based artist, designer, and creative coach who has worked with brands including Vogue, Nike, Barbie, British Airways and Google. After years in the creative industry, she trained as a coach following a period of burnout, combining art, business and psychology to support creative entrepreneurs in building lives and businesses that are joyful, impactful and financially sustaina
Emily Sharp on Activating Creativity Through Art Therapy
Emily Sharp on Activating Creativity Through Art Therapy Feb 10, 2026 2203 Emily Sharp is a licensed art therapist and psychotherapist who combines talk therapy with creative expression. From her early work in New York to her current online practice and international retreats, she explores how creativity can support resilience, self-discovery, and joy.In this talk, Emily reflects on her transition from clinical psychotherapy to art therapy, discusses the importance of cr

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