Working For Progress – Details, episodes & analysis

Today’s guest is someone who brings creativity and community together in the most heartfelt ways. Paul Lambie,  professionally known as Paul’s Props and affectionately known as Poetry Paul  is a multi-talented creative, writer, designer, and community gatherer.

Paul’s journey has taken him through the world of TV and film, and more recently into the world of homemaking and being a full-time stay-at-home dad. He’s the founder of The Big Beach Busk and co founder of Unco.Equipment who provide eco friendly ways to enjoy a campfire with friends.

From hosting monthly soup nights in his home to running the In Progress Poetry Social at Till’s Bookshop, Paul brings people together through words, warmth, and shared experience. Get ready for a conversation full of heart, humour, and creative sparks.

Find Paul's substack here. 

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

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This episode is with Dawn Thomson, a long time friend to Tribe Porty, as she was one of the original TEDxPortobello speakers in 2015. 

Dawn is an energy psychologist and relationships coach. Dawn’s work focuses on love, sex, and self. Helping people navigate relationships with others and themselves, especially when they feel stuck in dynamics that no longer work.

Dawn is super fired up about her new work called Fancy Yourself– where she encourages people to start loving and fancying themselves more both physically and emotionally (accepting and valuing themselves) as well as having the confidence to back themselves to get the life they want (self-belief). 

In this episode, we speak about relationships; how to have better ones, when to leave some and why we all should develop a deep love for a relationship with ourselves. 

A gentle heads-up, this conversation includes discussions about sex and teh mention of sexual trauma. 

Find more about Dawn at dawnthomson.com.

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

Our conversation with Reema Vadoliya is a rerecord, after some sound issues. I was a little nervous about it sounding rehearsed but actually we got into some rich conversation quicker as a result. We think you will enjoy hearing Reema's story. 

Reema is a passionate business founder, gifted storyteller and tireless advocate for inclusion in data. By challenging audiences to reshape their perception of data as a dreary necessity, she draws out the real human stories which organically empower intentional inclusion in data and beyond. 

After seven years and multiple roles in data, Reema decided to launch her new, trailblazing company, People of Data. Through this organisation she seeks to create a world in which data can be used as a springboard for understanding the real people that data represents.

Reema is confident speaking about data strategy, analytical exploration, data collection and governance. Her talks offer a passionate manifesto for a world in which Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) are the beating heart of all data handling and usage. 

An experienced speaker not afraid of digging into the gristle of the difficult topics, Reema’s talks push beyond a 1D (one demographic) view of data and offer a refreshing, multi-dimensional consideration of how humanised data can pioneer a brighter future.

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

Keith Kirkwood, a Senior Technical Writer by day, specialises in crafting user guides and help systems for tech products. With a company motto of "complexity made clear," Keith's word-based brain thrives on simplifying the intricate.

Outside of work, Keith channels his passion for music through drumming and percussion. Since his early twenties, he's been honing his skills, currently jamming with the talented group Idiogram. Their recent album release sets the stage for exciting performances and new releases this year. Dive deeper into Keith's world below.

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Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

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Emma Christie writes psychological thrillers set in Portobello, Edinburgh’s thriving seaside neighbourhood. Her debut novel THE SILENT DAUGHTER was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime. When she’s not travelling in her campervan Emma lives in Barcelona with her girlfriend Mari and far too many plants.

Book of the Year 2021, shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2021 and longlisted for the Crime Writers Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2021. It was followed in 2022 by her highly-acclaimed second novel FIND HER FIRST.

We had a rich conversation about how she has created a working life that she loves- writing and waking up in her van in different beautiful places.  If you want to feel inspired about how to live with integrity.

Find her online at www.emmachristiewriter.com or across social media @theemmachristie

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

Originally a Yorkshire lass, Nicky Shallcross moved up to Edinburgh and has been an honorary Scottish lassie for over 20 years now.

To date her career has been spent heading up Buying and Merchandising Teams in the fashion and outdoor retail industry. 

Nicky took the plunge and started her online homeware business in 2022, interior superior offers a colourful range of new and preloved homeware and dopamine decorative items. There is one house rule, bland is banned!

Nicky is a passionate ambassador for volunteering and promoting its health and wellbeing benefits not just for recipients but for volunteers themselves. She is a Friendship Volunteer for Vintage Vibes where she also works part time and a Someone Like Me Volunteer for Breast Cancer Now.

Find Nicky on LinkedIn and on Instagram.

This was such a great conversation that you will definitely enjoy!

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

Joining us today is artist Peter Jones. Peter has had a studio based in Tribe for many years now and works mainly in watercolour.  It was great to speak with Peter today and learn more about him. 

Peter’s interests include buildings and place and has published a series of books that celebrate the built environments of Kirkcudbright, Portobello, Falkland, and most recently Craigmillar & Niddrie.

Through funding from creative scotland, Peter recently collaborated with Craigmillar Art Club to launch a book and an exhibition as part of Art Walk Porty. Facilitating workshops formed a part of this project and workshops have now become a key element of his creative practice, with a series of sketching workshops at the National Museum of Scotland with Bipolar Edinburgh now into its second run. Everyone can draw, and coming together in a group can add to the wellbeing benefits of this mindful activity. 

Peter is a quiet, calm and lovely man and we very much appreciated this conversation. You can find more about Peter and his work on his website and instagram.

https://peterjoneshouseportraits.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/peterrhubarb/

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

Today we spoke with Briana Pegado, and we could have talked all day! With our longest episode to date, Briana and I talk about her experiences in the creative sector, how she is a menace (in the best possible way) and why it is important to live  your truth. We think you will enjoy this rich conversation. 

Briana Pegado FRSA is an author, fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and festival founder with nearly a decade’s experience as an award- winning social entrepreneur in the creative industries in Scotland. She works as an anti-racism, governance, and strategy consultant particularly in the creative industries. She has an MA Sustainable Development and is a trained Theta DNA Energy Healer. She is the former Co-Director of We Are Here Scotland, Creative Director of Fringe of Colour Films, OMOS Community Engagement Producer, and Director of Creative Edinburgh.

She is a member of the Collective Scotland, an intersectional feminist social policy and research collective. A central theme in her work is how disrupting systems, processes, sectors, and ways of thinking can facilitate positive change. Her new book Make Good Trouble: A Guide to the Energetics of Disruption launches on 09 April 2024 and is available for pre-order now.

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

Welcome to Season 2! Today we welcome Chris Hellawell. 

Chris and I met at the School for Social Entrepreneurs Scotland programme, way back in 2014 when we were both setting up our enterprises. Now Chris has a tool library empire and has a workshop at Tribe Porty.

Chris Hellawell is the Director of the Edinburgh Tool Library, an organisation that aims to create resilient communities by harnessing the wealth of resources that already exists within those communities.  This includes tools, equipment, space, volunteers, skills and knowledge.  They share tools and equipment via tool lending libraries, and teach skills to their members and outreach groups of people who have historically been excluded from workshop and creative spaces.  Since their beginnings in 2015, ETL have saved their members over £2million and supported over 100 community groups and charities through their outreach programmes.

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

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To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau

We have recorded 11 episodes and a trailer, learned how to edited, uploaded and share. High 5 team WFP!

Alice and I have enjoyed the conversations so much. I think in the logistics of starting a podcast, I had forgotten why I wanted to do it in the first place. I love love love good conversation. It is the life blood for me. The more vulnerable, the better (I would like to delve a bit deeper in season 2). 

What things stand out for us from season 1?

Let’s talk about our trailer. A bit cringe to watch back but also, we started out pretty good. True to what we find important and our community. 

I have to admit that I haven’t listened back to an entire episode yet…but that’s your job, right Alice? Well, actually I was listening to one the other day and my son quickly made fun of me and said I must love myself to listen to my own podcast… can’t win. It was the first time I had listened back. 

We had great chats with Bob, Lorna, Osbert, Nasim, Kaigan, Rob, Adam, Jo, Rachel, Inessa and Dane. 

Each one brought their unique story to the conversation, a bit of where they have come from in terms of significant life moments which have impacted on what they are doing today. Thinking back, it was often a person or an interaction which profoundly impacted a decision or direction. Sometimes only with hindsight do you notice such influences. 

Common threads- community, values and doing good work.

Most of all, it makes me so very grateful for the communities of Tribe Porty and Keystone. I have met the most incredible people through these communities. And by no means is that just a line. I mean it. It has been the gift of a lifetime. From our beginnings of Tribe Porty through TEDxPortobello, the people that have entered my life through these spaces are brilliant. From kick ass women leaders, to the biggest hearted men and fathers; kind humans of the best kind. 

We hope you enjoyed it too. Now on to Season 2

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani is the founder Tribe Porty a community coworking space built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment are good for people, business, and the world.

Subscribe to the Tribe Porty newsletter and Dani's Substack, where we explore themes around reimagining working life.

If you enjoy this podcast, we’d be truly grateful if you shared it with friends, family, colleagues—or even strangers. Extra love for leaving a rating or review in your podcast app; it helps others find us and join the conversation.

You can find more about Tribe Porty on Instagram & Facebook and Youtube and LinkedIn.

To find everything in one spot from Dani Trudeau, go to https://linktr.ee/itstrudeau