Karen Mulligan, writer

Karen Mulligan, writer.

Today’s guest is Karen Mulligan, a writer who lived most of her life in York and moved to Lisbon in 2021. She is currently researching and writing a novel set against the backdrop of Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s before and after the 1974 revolution.

Genevieve Hilton, Writer

In today’s podcast, my guest is Genevieve Hilton, a writer who uses the pen name Jan Lee, a part-time journalist and literary magazine editor, who lives in Hong Kong but plans to move to Lisbon.

The Life of David Bowie (ChatGPT podcast)

The Life of David Bowie

This is a podcast with ChatGPT on the life of David Bowie. It covers his early years, his rise to fame in 1969, the Glam Rock scene in the 1970s, his work in films, continued innovation in the 1980s and 1990s up to the release of his last album in 2016 two days before his death, It all discusses his personal life and his enduring influence on music and culture.

** Note: ChatGPT podcasts are experimental **

Image by:

Boris Yaro, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Sona Schmidt-Harris, Writer

Sona Schmidt-Harris, writer.

In this episode, my guest is Sona Schmidt-Harris a writer who grew up in the Bay Area in  California, lived in Utah and New York and more recently moved to Lisbon. We discuss her life on the East and West coast of the USA, her writing and photography and she reads one of her poems.

Podcast with ChatGPT about Star Trek Series

ChatGPT Podcast - Star Trek Original - 12-minute episode.

This is the first in a new series of podcasts discussing successful books and TV series with ChatGPT. In this episode, we have a discussion with ChatGPT about the original Star Trek series. It covers an overview of the main human and alien characters, the themes explored the cultural impact, the technology's influence on today’s technology, the reasons for its enduring popularity and some favourite episodes.

** Note: ChatGPT podcasts are experimental **

30. Inna Novikova, Writer

Inna Novikova, writer.

Inna Novikova grew up in the far eastern part of Russia, moved to Austrailia at age 20 and lived there for a number of years, and has recently moved to Lisbon, Portugal. In this podcast she describes her life, her books, and her new environment project called Aloevera.

29. Marina Pacheco, Writer (2024 Interview)

Marina Pacheco is a Lisbon-based writer who has published twenty-two books and continues to innovate beyond the written word including audiobooks and soon serialised fiction. It’s been two years since I last talked to her on this podcast and a lot has happened in that time.

28. Kev Harrison, Teacher and Writer

Kev Harrison is a teacher, a podcaster and a writer. This interview covers Kev’s background, his travels which brought him to Lisbon, his creative journey as a writer and the details about his new book and forthcoming book.

27. Richard Gross, Betahaus Community Manager

Today my guest Is Richard Gross, a community manager at Betahaus. We talk about his time in Stirling, Scotland, his year in Sydney, Australia, his return to Berlin, working at Betahaus, his interests in music and writing and his future plans.

26. Gillord Pisas, Voice Actor and Rapper

Gillord Pisas grew up in Curacao and moved to Berlin, Germany in 2017. As well as working for Betahaus Co-working here in Berlin, he is also a voice actor and a rapper. In this interview Gillord discusses how he got started in Berlin and his philosophy in identifying and seizing opportunities in creative areas of presenting, voice acting and music.

25. The Nature of Creativity

In today’s podcast, Nuno Neves and I have a discussion on the nature of creativity. We discuss what it is, what makes us creative, constraints on being creative, good and bad creativity and how imagination and learning from other’s creativity in music, art and writing can help us to create.

24. Phil Town, Teacher and Writer.

Today’s guest is Phil Town, a teacher and a writer who’s been living in Lisbon for 30 years.

Phil writes short stories (flash fiction) and screenplays and has written more than 300 stories and four full length screenplays.

Phil’s work can be viewed using the following links:

The fortnightly contest ('Fiction Writers Group')

https://fictionwritersgroup.com/

An on-line literary magazine ('Short Fiction Break’)

https://shortfictionbreak.com/author/philtown/

23. Marina Pacheco, Writer

My guest today is Marina Pacheco, a prolific writer who has written more than thirty books in various genres including historical fiction, romance, science fiction and short stories. She has lived in a number of cities including London, Johannesburg, and Bangkok before settling in Lisbon.

As this interview was recorded over the phone it has slightly lower audio quality.

22. Caroline Brogden, Student and writer

My guest today is Caroline Brogden, a  university student from North Carolina who is on a 2-month work trip to Lisbon. Caroline is interested in creative writing and has joined the Lisbon Writers group .

21. Elizabeth Malca Salaverry, Writer

My guest on today’s podcast is Elizabeth Malca Salaverry, a writer and a member of the Lisbon Writers group. She grew up in Peru and moved to Mexico for a year, then UAE for twenty years and most recently to Lisbon. She is researching and writing a novel set during the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula from 900 to 1400.

20. Diana Lima, Writer

My guest on today’s podcast is Diana Lima. She is a writer and a member of the Lisbon Writers group. She grew up in Lisbon and went to Milan at aged 18 to live and go to university and work and returned ten years later. She has written one novel and is half way through writing the second one.

This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Podcasts and many other podcast hosts.

19. Diego Aguilar, Filmmaker and Writer

Today’s podcast is an interview with Diego Aguilar, a young filmmaker from Mexico City, now living here in Lisbon. Diego has made a number of short films, and has written lots of short stories, some of which he has shared at the Lisbon Writers Group. Since arriving here in Lisbon three months ago he has completed his courses on learning Portuguese and in now ready to further his studies in Filmmaking.

18. Peter Daly - The Romans Then and Now

In today’s podcast I welcomed back my brother Peter Daly, for another discussion. Last year I did a podcast with him about Stoicism which included a discussion about Marcus Aurelius emperor and stoic philosopher.

Today Peter is here to talk about Roman history and civilisation from the start of the reign of Augustus to the end of the empire in 476 AD. At the end the discussion moves on to how the Roman Empire influenced todays society.

17. Nuno Neves, Artist and Writer

Today’s podcast is the first in a new season of podcasts and was recorded in Lisbon. It features an interview with writer and artist Nuno Neves who is a very creative guy and a member of the Lisbon Writers Meetup group. He’s has written a number of books, recorded music which is on Spotify and Apple Music, and is currently working on a graphic novel.

Due to nearby construction noise at my apartment, we decided to record the interview in a local park so there are city noises in the background and the audio quality is a little lower than usual.

Nuno Neves, writer and artist

Panels from Nuno’s graphic novel

16. Laura Lukitsch, Filmmaker

Posted  30 Nov 2021

My guest today is Laura Lukitsch a filmmaker, podcaster and writer who has made a number of documentaries, has a long running podcast and has created art installations and other creative projects. She is also writing a number of  books. She lived in San Francisco before moving to Berlin several years ago.