The Imposter Club – Details, episodes & analysis

In this valuable ep, you're going to hear how being an outsider can spur you on to amazing things. How naivety and drive outweighs perfection. How true, fleixible working can transform a business. And what an inspiring human Jason Mitchell is!

Jason was just 29 when he set up the super successful The Connected Set thanks to his outsider-like thinking. And in this conversation with Kimberly he reveals how he has gone from 'wild card' to wildly happy running his production company. Not producing cookie cutter content :-)

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Thanks to Edit Cloud for being awesome humans and funding the edit of season two with their cool virtual software: www.editcloud.co

Affiliate partner: We love Conote Pocketbook - www.conote.tv / eleanor@conote.tv who make consent forms easier, safer and less time consuming. Please note that Talented People may get a small commission on any product you buy or use when mentioning The Imposter Club.

Actions we would love you fellow Imposters to take:

• Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best way to support the making of this totally free podcast.
• Tell ALL your friends about us
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us with q's, guest suggestions, general good vibes or constructive feedback: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Jason Mitchell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchelljason/

The Connected Set: https://theconnectedset.com/

Resources

Film & TV charity - https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/ - 24 hour support line, as well as lots of other useful resources.

Samaritans

- https://www.samaritans.org/

Mind

- https://www.mind.org.uk/

Shout - if you would prefer to text not talk

https://giveusashout.org/

Call It - bullying and harrassment

https://www.callitapp.org/

What a woman Sarah Asante is - this conversation is an absolute blast, full of take away gems for your own career. The first black female in a commissioning editor role at the BBC, Sarah is now UKTV's scripted comedy commissioning editor, honing in on and championing brilliant content from under-represented groups. She entered the TV world from an advertising background in her 30s so could easily have succumbed to imposter syndrome, but as you'll hear - she didn't let it get a look in,

Get ready for a lesson in trusting your gut, working hard and self-belief, because if anyone can make you feel something's possible with the right mindset, it's Sarah.

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Thanks to Edit Cloud for being awesome humans and funding the edit of season two with their cool virtual software: www.editcloud.co

Affiliate partner: We love Conote Pocketbook - www.conote.tv / eleanor@conote.tv who make consent forms easier, safer and less time consuming. Please note that Talented People may get a small commission on any product you buy or use when mentioning The Imposter Club.

Actions we would love you fellow Imposters to take:

• Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best way to support the making of this totally free podcast.
• Tell ALL your friends about us
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us with q's, guest suggestions, general good vibes or constructive feedback: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Sarah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-asante-275a1480/?originalSubdomain=uk

Sarah's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11242370/

Resources

Film & TV charity - https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/ - 24 hour support line, as well as lots of other useful resources.

Samaritans

- https://www.samaritans.org/

Mind

- https://www.mind.org.uk/

Shout - if you would prefer to text not talk

https://giveusashout.org/

Call It - bullying and harrassment

https://www.callitapp.org/

Mentioned in this episode:

Conote Pocketbook - consent form management for busy TV & film teams

Get 20% by mentioning The Imposter Club podcast www.conote.tv - for a browse eleanor@conote.tv - for a chat and a demo

Edit Cloud - the world's first fully native cloud-based virtual editing solution

www.editcloud.co Such lovely, forward-thinking people, do say hello and check out the future of post with them. Founder: Simon Green on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gr33n/ Big thanks to Simon, Ash and the team at Edit Cloud for editing season 2.

We LOVE this episode for its pure candour & important themes. Kimberly deep dives into recently departed co-CEO of The Garden Nicola Hill's career which had a hard shunt from Drama to Factual after a bullying incident via unwavering work ethic, the juggle of family life and a cancer diagnosis. We think you will come away from this conversation feeling uplifted and determined to carve out a career and mindset like Nicola's.

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Actions we would love you fellow Imposters to take:

• Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best free way to support the making of this podcast
• Tell your friends about us
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out Kimberly's company 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect Kimberly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Nicola Hill - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-hill-0b958454/

The Garden - https://www.thegarden.tv/

This episode, Kimberly is talking to indie boss Faraz Osman about his total failure to separate work from home life, and the identity crisis that followed his experience in a senior role where a fresh, 'other' voice was needed, but not listened to. Other topics include dating a supermodel, dank scout huts and overcoming a dog phobia for filming.

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Actions we would love you fellow Imposters to take:

• Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best free way to support the making of this podcast
• Tell your friends about us
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out Kimberly's company 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect Kimberly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Faraz Osman - Co-Founder & Head of Creative Gold Wala, making factual entertainment formats and world class kids' content.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazosman/

https://www.goldwala.com/home

Mentioned in this episode:

Conote Pocketbook - consent form management for busy TV & film teams

Get 20% by mentioning The Imposter Club podcast www.conote.tv - for a browse eleanor@conote.tv - for a chat and a demo

Edit Cloud - the world's first fully native cloud-based virtual editing solution

www.editcloud.co Such lovely, forward-thinking people, do say hello and check out the future of post with them. Founder: Simon Green on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gr33n/ Big thanks to Simon, Ash and the team at Edit Cloud for editing season 2.

This episode, Mr Big Brother & Sky Arts Phil Edgar Jones OBE bares his creative soul and lets out his inner imposter with an ever-curious Kimberly. Get to know the insecure boss behind TV landscape-changing-formats like The Big Breakfast and The Word (if you're really old), Big Brother (if you're quite old) and all things Sky Arts (if you're all ages!) - and find out what he would've done differently, and how to 'take it seriously, but wear it lightly'.

And yep, he does have a very famous daughter who acts. And nope, she doesn't get a mention in the podcast. Next time ;-)

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Actions we would love you fellow Imposters to take:

• Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best free way to support the making of this podcast
• Tell your friends about us
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out Kimberly's company 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect Kimberly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Phil Edgar Jones - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-edgar-jones-obe-40b19831/

https://rts.org.uk/person/philip-edgar-jones

Twitter: @pedgarjones

Mentioned in this episode:

Edit Cloud - the world's first fully native cloud-based virtual editing solution

www.editcloud.co Such lovely, forward-thinking people, do say hello and check out the future of post with them. Founder: Simon Green on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gr33n/ Big thanks to Simon, Ash and the team at Edit Cloud for editing season 2.

Conote Pocketbook - consent form management for busy TV & film teams

Get 20% by mentioning The Imposter Club podcast www.conote.tv - for a browse eleanor@conote.tv - for a chat and a demo

Ever wondered what it's like to be on the creative coalface of a high profile Netflix access documentary series? This episode Kimberly extracts tons of upbeat take-out from experienced Showrunner and Executive Producer Kari Lia, who landed in London from California in her early career and had to learn how to navigate development, directing and Exec-ing as a 'very American, semi-brown' woman.

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Actions we would love you fellow Imposters to take:

• Give us a 5 star review :-) - it's the best free way to support the making of this podcast
• Tell your friends about us
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out Kimberly's company 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect Kimberly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Kimberly sits down with the boss of funny factual & comedy production company Rockerdale Studios Stu Richards, to talk (and laugh) about the absurd situations he's found himself in, the jaw-dropping way his company came into being, and why he only recently came out to the world as disabled.

Celeb namedrop klaxon & swearing alert!

Actions we would love you to take:

• The best free way to support the making of this podcast is to give us a 5 star review :-)
• Join the club! Sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com
• Follow us: Facebook/Twitter/TikTok: @theimposterclub / instagram: @theimposterclubhq
• Seek out 'Talented People' for genuinely excellent and human touch executive search and staffing support services in TV production - www.talentedpeople.tv - and follow on socials @talentdpeople
• Connect with the host: Kimberly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-godbolt-125022143/

Episode guest info:

Stu Richards, Creative Director at Rockerdale Studios -

https://www.rockerdalestudios.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stu-richards-b0920118a/

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv / @talentdpeople

Mentioned in this episode:

Edit Cloud - the world's first fully native cloud-based virtual editing solution

www.editcloud.co Such lovely, forward-thinking people, do say hello and check out the future of post with them. Founder: Simon Green on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gr33n/ Big thanks to Simon, Ash and the team at Edit Cloud for editing season 2.

Conote Pocketbook - consent form management for busy TV & film teams

Get 20% by mentioning The Imposter Club podcast www.conote.tv - for a browse eleanor@conote.tv - for a chat and a demo

This episode, Fatima Salaria is walking through the The Imposter Club doors. Fatima and Kimberly discuss the serious impact of putting on a front at work, the catalyst for stepping down from her MD role at Naked and why it's taken decades to truly believe in herself.

Join the club: sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv

In this first episode of The Imposter Club, the Emmy, Bafta, RTS (etc etc!) award-winning documentary filmmaker Olly Lambert talks to Kimberly about the emotional turmoil he experiences making every film and how he has learnt to harness it to make him a better director - and human.

Join the club: sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclub.com

Guest info: www.ollylambert.com

A Talented People podcast - www.talentedpeople.tv

Mentioned in this episode:

Conote Pocketbook - consent form management for busy TV & film teams

Get 20% by mentioning The Imposter Club podcast www.conote.tv - for a browse eleanor@conote.tv - for a chat and a demo

Edit Cloud - the world's first fully native cloud-based virtual editing solution

www.editcloud.co Such lovely, forward-thinking people, do say hello and check out the future of post with them. Founder: Simon Green on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gr33n/ Big thanks to Simon, Ash and the team at Edit Cloud for editing season 2.

Welcome to The Imposter Club, a place for people working in TV and the creative industries to finally admit that we're all just winging it.

Host, TV Director turned talent company founder, Kimberly Godbolt talks to senior figures in the media industry about how they handle their imposter syndrome moments, along with their career mistakes and outtakes to find out what we can glean to lead our own happy, creative careers.

Sign up or contact the show via our website - www.theimposterclub.com

Sponsored by Talented People, the specialist Executive search and project staffing company in TV and digital - www.talentedpeople.tv

TRANSCRIPT:

KIMBERLY (HOST):

 I dunno what I'm doing. Does anyone know ?

(music plays) 📍 all right. Let's go for this trail.

Hi, you found the imposter club. A safe place for people

working in TV and the creative industries. To finally admit. That we're all

just winging it.

Phil Edgar Jones, Congratulations on the O B E.

PHIL EDGAR JONES (GUEST):

I was thinking should I put it on my email signature? And

then I thought, no, you just look like a bit of a dick if you do that.

KIMBERLY (HOST):

I'm Kimberly Godbolt. And what I've learned from my career,

directing TV series and staffing teams behind the screens is that spoiler

alert. More successful people than you ever realize. Still feel like a fraud.

OLLY LAMBERT (GUEST)

You just fake it till you make it until you die. I think that's my motto.

KIMBERLY (HOST):

... but you don't get to hear their stories.  That changes right here in this podcast

STU RICHARDS (GUEST)

 Don't say anything libellous. No, don't say anything libellous.

KIMBERLY (HOST):

 I'm talking to senior TV types about their own moments  of self doubt and failure.

FARAZ OSMAN (GUEST)

It was a very difficult part of my career I'm never gonna be able to convince these people that I'm part of their club. That's why I might as well just hand in my membership card and get out of here.

KIMBERLY (HOST):

How deeply it's affected them....

OLLY LAMBERT (GUEST):

I would wake up between five and five 30 in the morning with a sense of terror, like literal terror, , I would sob, - “this is too much, this is too big”

KIMBERLY (HOST):

And ultimately what they've learnt in their pursuit of a successful, but also fulfilling creative career.

STU RICHARDS (GUEST):

The more out of place, I felt, the more I've enjoyed it, to be perfectly honest.

KIMBERLY (HOST):

Maybe we can file a thing or two away for future ref.

PHIL EDGAR JONES (GUEST):

You're gonna make mistakes in your career. You're gonna make mistakes in life. But I don't regret anything because, uh, it, it taught me quite a lot about myself

KIMBERLY (HOST):

So come and get comfortable being uncomfortable.

KARI LIA (GUEST):

They want this to be Netflix's biggest documentary series of the year Of course. I mean, God, talk about the fear!

KIMBERLY (HOST):

I can't wait to let you in to the Imposter Club

STU RICHARDS (GUEST)

Nobody in this industry is worthy of that much respect. Apart from Alison Hammond

KIMBERLY (HOST):

Coming soon.

PHIL EDGAR JONES (GUEST):

 I'm already having imposter syndrome, thinking I'll be the worst guest you've ever had, and it'll be a massive disappointment.

(both laugh)

-- Music ends. Trail ends --