We're back and we're better! In Season 4 you can find more entertainment and creative industry legends. This season, you'll be hearing from three successful go-getters in each episode to uncover the challenges they face in their careers, learn the routines they’ve developed to navigate this world and discover the books and podcasts that helped to shape their lives. Wanna Be Season 4 will be back on Wednesday 10th March. Be sure to be subscribed, wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. ...
Mar 03, 2021•2 min
Today I’m back with Melissa Silverstein; if you didn’t catch her on Monday's episode talking about imposter syndrome, it’s a must-listen. Melissa is the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood. She is the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Athena Film Festival — A Celebration of Women and Leadership at Barnard College in NYC on February 22-25th Melissa was selected to be a film envoy for the American Film Showcase, the major film diplomacy program of the U.S. Department of State. An...
Jan 27, 2021•16 min
This week I’m joined by Lisa Hanawalt the Producer and Production Designer of Bojack Horseman. Yes, she actually drew all of the characters! Lisa has published 2 books with Drawn and Quarterly the first My Dirty Dumb Eyes in 2013 and The Hot Dog Taste Test (2016). Lisa is also the co-host of the Baby Geniuses podcast with Emily Heller. Lisa has won 8 awards including the Critics Choice Award for Bojack Horseman. In today’s episode, we cover what Lisa’s day to day life is like as a production des...
Jan 20, 2021•24 min
Not too long ago you sent Prisca and me a question that's been on your mind for a while. You needed an answer to that sticky situation, and now hooray it's here! The great news is you weren't alone when you sent in your questions, but you're going to love the answers to the other questions too. Have a listen and remember to encourage your business buddies to send in their Q's too. Here's what we go to answer: Should I leave my job? How do I get more clients for my business? When’s the right time...
Jan 13, 2021•30 min
This week I’m joined by DJ Nikki Beatnik, she is a DJ and record producer who has spun in more than 60 countries. Nikki has served as Kelis official tour Dj for the best part of a decade, is the winner of Best DJ at the UMA’s and has been described as a “Multi-Faceted Icon” by Reebok. She has spun parties for everyone from Giuseppe Zanotti, Jay Z, Alan Carr, To The British Fashion Awards. In today’s episode, we cover the basics of getting started as a DJ, how you can rise to the top in male-domi...
Jan 06, 2021•30 min
Today I'm joined again by Tobi Oredein. Tobi is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Black Ballad which is a subscription lifestyle magazine written by and for black British women. Tobi and her co-founder Bola Awoniyi were named as Forbes 30 Under 30. Tobi is also a freelance journalist, and her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, The Pool and The Debrief to name a few. How to strike a balance between sharing your personal life online to propel your business. We get into the nitty-gritty of crowdfun...
Dec 30, 2020•26 min
This week I’m joined by young fashion designer Chloe Marlow, Chloe is the founder and designer of Marlow London a luxury accessories brand. Chloe attended Central St Martin and one year later launched Marlow London. Her bags have been photographed on British singer Raye, presenter Maya Jama and blogger and designer Whitney Valverde. OMG, this episode is a taster menu in actions, you will learn how to create super specific visions, debunking the law of attraction and how to make it work for you. ...
Dec 23, 2020•30 min
This week Brand and Marketing expert Prisca Moyesa of Moyesa Co. is back for our monthly session to discuss the topic you voted for on Twitter. This month it’s all about Building Your team! We recorded this session on Instagram Live so you may hear some mention of it in the episode. In today’s episode, we cover the right time to hire, how to decide who you need, whether you should hire for skill or fit, how you find new hires, what questions you should ask when hiring and most importantly what y...
Dec 16, 2020•30 min
The Wanna Be Podcast is back for a Black History Month special, and I’m going to be sharing the stories of phenomenal black women who are almost certainly making history with their work. This week you’re in for a treat, ever since the Cartoonist series back in January I’ve wanted this week’s guest on the podcast and it was an absolute privilege to get this episode recorded in-person while she was here in London. My darlings you are about to hear from Illustrator, Author and filmmaker Vashti Harr...
Dec 09, 2020•30 min
Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast. I’m your host Imrie! Wanna Be is the podcast that takes you from where you are right now to Where you Wanna Be in 30mins or less. Thank you for staying subscribed and listening in. I’m so excited about today’s episode, this week’s guest is Alex Holder, Alex is a journalist and brand consultant, who writes for ELLE, Grazia, Refinery29 and the Guardian among others. Her projects have been featured everywhere from the BBC to the New Yorker, while her campa...
Dec 02, 2020•33 min
This episode is action packed! Prisca is back to answer all of your brand and marketing questions. Key Takeaways: 1. How to definitively get information from your peers and colleagues 2. Learn how to make your brand influencer friendly 3. The different types of incentives that you can try besides freebies and giveaways. 4. How to get over a lack of motivation. 5. Cost-effective ways to create beautiful and professional looking marketing and product shots and videos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Nov 25, 2020•31 min
This week’s guest is a tattoed Bill Murray and flower obsessed woman Sapphire Bates, owner and Creative Director of The Flower Arranger who recently launched an online and IRL community for powerful creative women in business called The Coven. Sapphire is a master of curating beautiful Instagram pages which generates thousands of followers who like her gorgeous images. In today’s episode we talk about money, having entrepreneurs in your life, unconventional career paths, we also talk about why i...
Nov 18, 2020•27 min
Thank you for joining me today on this value-packed episode. We’re back with the Design Special: Meet The Cartoonists. I’m joined by illustrator and Cartoonist Eleanor Davis. Eleanor is the author of the New York Times Bestseller How To Be Happy; she has also written You and a Bike and a Road, and The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook. Her work has been included in five issues of Fantagraphics' anthology MOME as well as Houghton Mifflin's Best American Comics in 2008. Eleanor has won...
Nov 11, 2020•29 min
Happy Holidays! I promised you a Christmas Day episode, and here it is. Getting you to where you wanna be is important it doesn't matter if it's a holiday. I hope you're feeling abundant today and even if you didn't get many presents I've got you one! More details below. This week I’m joined by brand and marketing expert Prisca Moyesa. The topic is executing your vision as voted by you. In today’s episode, you will learn: 1. The one question you need to ask yourself before you begin executing. 2...
Nov 04, 2020•26 min
Content is Queen is proud to present you with the Black Kings this season in collaboration with the Social Mobility Commission. Welcome to the Wanna Be podcast where you can get a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan This is a special Black History Month mini-series that we’ve put together for you. I would like to give a huge thank you to ...
Oct 28, 2020•30 min
Content is Queen is proud to present you with the Black Kings this season in collaboration with the Social Mobility Commission. Welcome to the Wanna Be podcast where you can get a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan This is a special Black History Month mini-series that we’ve put together for you. I would like to give a huge thank you to ...
Oct 21, 2020•30 min
Welcome to the Wanna Be podcast where you can get a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan This is a special Black History Month mini-series that we’ve put together for you. I would like to give a huge thank you to the Social Mobility Commission who have helped us pull this miniseries together and allowed us to use their research and reports...
Oct 14, 2020•25 min
Welcome to the Wanna Be podcast where you can get a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan. This is a special Black History Month mini-series that we’ve put together for you. I would like to give a huge thank you to the Social Mobility Commission who have helped us pull this miniseries together and allowed us to use their research and report...
Oct 07, 2020•28 min
This week I’m joined by Ruby Raut the Founder of Wuka Wear. Wuka wear is the UK’s first-period underwear. Ruby is originally from Nepal where they practised Chhaupadi, a practice that exiled women to period huts while they were on their periods. This has lead Ruby to design and manufacture Wuka wear with no prior experience in fashion or manufacturing. She hopes that the pants will be a part of a broader conversation, but as you’ll hear in this episode, her biggest challenge is creating a busine...
Aug 26, 2020•21 min
It's Self-Care Awareness Week (13th-19th Nov) and this week I'm joined by the Founder of The World of Self-Care, Georgia Dodsworth. In this week's episodes Georgia shares her journey with Borderline Personality Disorder and becoming a successful freelancer while still at university studying Performance and Creative Enterprise. In this episode we talk about how Georgia set up her routine and became so disciplined. Georgia is extremely well organised when it comes to planning her days and she expl...
Aug 19, 2020•30 min
I have to apologise for this episode in advance. The audio file with my voice got corrupted, and we lost all of my audio so unfortunately, this episode doesn’t have the same conversational feel as the rest. The show must go on, and I genuinely believe it’s better to be consistent so I’ve made it work. Leslie had so much great advice and wisdom to share with budding cartoonists. I’ve narrated all of the best. The episode is broken down into ten parts, and you’ll learn how you can make money from ...
Aug 12, 2020•23 min
This week I’m excited to share that I’m joined by the futurist Natalie Kane! Natalie is the curator of Digital Design at the V&A and one-half of Haunted Machines a festival that explores the unexplained mysteries of technology. In today’s episode, we talk about the questions you should ask yourself if you’re building technology or a future-proof brand. You’ll find out what it’s like to enter university when you’re the first one in the family. And finally, we talk about public speaking and th...
Aug 05, 2020•28 min
This week I’m super pumped to bring you this episode with Ijeoma Oluo she is an incredible writer and someone I admire. Ijeoma is based in Seattle, and she is the author of the New York Times Best-Seller, So You Want to Talk about Race, published by Seal Press. She was named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017. Ijeoma is the winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society. If you’re not familiar with her works, she focuses on issues...
Jul 29, 2020•28 min
This week I’m joined by my mentor Dr Victoria Showunmi. Dr Victoria is a lecturer in Education at UCL’s Institute of Education and Maynooth University. Dr Victoria’s research interest include women, women’s development, race and identity. She has contributed to a number of books in 2017 including a chapter Feminist Pedagogy, Practice, and Activism: Improving Lives for Girls and Women. Her research has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals I recommend reading ‘Ethnic, gender and class inters...
Jul 22, 2020•32 min
This week I’m joined by my mentor Dr Victoria Showunmi. Dr Victoria is a lecturer in Education at UCL’s Institute of Education and Maynooth University. Dr Victoria’s research interest include women, women’s development, race and identity. She has contributed to a number of books in 2017 including a chapter Feminist Pedagogy, Practice, and Activism: Improving Lives for Girls and Women. Her research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals which include 'The colour of class: the educational strategi...
Jul 15, 2020•35 min
Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast! A behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan There are very few episodes that I record that just shake me up inside and fill me with joy but the two this season were Elaine Welteroth and last week’s episode with Tasha Reiko Brown who’s hands are truly blessed! If you’re trying to get in celebrity makeup...
Jun 24, 2020•28 min
Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast! A behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan How needed was Seyi’s episode last week, she spoke nothing but the absolute truth in last week’s episode. If you missed it, Abeg circle back. Today’s guest is the incredibly talented Tasha Reiko Brown. Tasha is a Los Angeles based Celebrity make-up artists wh...
Jun 17, 2020•30 min
Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast! a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan Shoutout to you for listening to last week’s episode with the incredible Lolly Adefope who provided some much needed relief for us all last episode. I’m honoured to bring you today’s guest! Seyi Akiwowo is the Founder and Executive Director of Glitch. An orga...
Jun 10, 2020•30 min
Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast! a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan Shoutout to you for listening to last week’s episode with the incredible Coco Khan who was just phenomenal. I screamed at my phone when I got the calendar invite for today’s guest! Today I’m speaking with Lolly Adefope. Lolly is a comedian and actress. Lolly ...
Jun 03, 2020•21 min
Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast! a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan Shoutout to you for listening to last week’s episode with the incredible Jamelia Donaldson. Today’s guest is Coco Khan, Coco is a journalist, and an incredibly talented writer. She’s the Commissioning editor for The Guardian B2B as well as being a columnist f...
May 27, 2020•26 min
