Foolproof Bites
A short-form podcast produced by Fiona Stewart of Foolproof Creative Arts. Landing twice or three times a week, a Foolproof Bite is a delicious nugget of creative inspiration lasting between 3-5 minutes. In 2022 Bites gives you a chance to hear wisdom and practical advice from artists and creators across Scotland and beyond. Plus, because Foolproof Bites begun during 2020 as a smorgasbord of creative help for communicators, there's an enormous back catalogue of practical help, resource ideas and occasional pearls of wisdom to be gobbled up. www.foolproofcreativearts.com.
Episodes
78 episodes
Festive Amuse-Bouche
In this festive amuse-bouche you’ll find some news, some thank-yous and a little festive treat.Hope Restored 23
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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4:05
Rebecca Fraser
Rebecca Fraser lives and works alongside her local community to explore creativity, share stories and document east end life together. Over the past few years they have planted a garden, recorded a podcast, painted some murals and walked many m...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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6:42
Cully
Cully is co-founder and co-director of the charity Morphē Arts. He obtained an MFA in Art Society and Publics in 2017. He works as a maker and curator through multi-media formats and by programming public galleries Nomas* Projects a...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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6:57
Emma Boyd
Emma is a photographer with a passion for visual storytelling and a background in communications. When not behind a camera, you'll find her with her nose in a book, a fork in her hand or her feet on a mountain top. Connect with her at
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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3:55
Advent Treats
An interruption to the usual format to let you know about a few Advent treats available to hear, watch, read and discover. Plus, there's news of a brand new collaborative poetry project coming in 2023.
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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5:09
Flora Johnston
Flora Johnston is a writer with a passion for Scottish history. She has published a number of non-fiction books and has recently moved into fiction. Her first novel, W...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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4:49
Ashleigh Shula
Ashleigh Shula is a trainee art psychotherapist living in Glasgow. When she's not juggling work and uni, she's usually planning a DIY project or painting every room in her house a different colour. Ashleigh's favourite way to relax is drinking ...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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3:57
Karen Murdarasi
Karen Murdarasi is an author from Glasgow. She writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and young people, mostly with a historical bent. You can find her online at kcmurdarasi.com.
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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3:41
Debbie Horrocks
Debbie Horrocks is a Spiritual Director, writer and mother of four based in Glasgow. She loves to host soul spaces for contemplation, connection and community and is found on Instagram at d...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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4:51
Cameron Potts
Cameron Potts is an actor and performer who has most recently been playing Art Garfunkel in the UK and International tour of The Simon And Garfunkel Story. He lives in Buckinghamshire where he attends and leads worship for Latimer Church. Camer...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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4:12
Matthew Todd
Matthew Todd is a Scottish musician and film maker, trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is a managing director of Scottish film company, Fellowship Film, and currently is promoting their latest feature Jessie and the El...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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9:02
Tara Devlin
Tara is a charity worker in Edinburgh who enjoys all things creative and is currently writing her first novel. She is a passionate follower of the Irish rugby team and believes that The West Wing is the greatest programme ever made.
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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3:59
Suzy Ward
Suzy is a Drama Teacher, Theatre Director & Workshop Leader who goes by the personal brand The Drama SpeakEasy. She runs 1:1 coaching on acting, public speaking and building confidence. She also runs creative workshops for different types o...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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4:27
Jenny Cheung
Jenny Cheung is a self-confessed choir nut and is living the dream of helping other people to sing together everyday... She trained as a flautist several decades ago at what was then RSAMD and worked as a creative pastor and schools' work...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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5:14
Cameron Angus Mackay
Cameron Angus Mackay is a reporter, journalist and producer based in Scotland. He works for BBC Radio Scotland and The Big Light Podcast Network, creating live and pre-recorded audio content. Last year, Cameron reported from COP26 - the UN Clim...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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5:30
David Munn
David Munn is a freelance musician and teacher who combines regular teaching and conducting at the RCS Junior Department and Big Noise Raploch with coaching for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and Benedetti Foundation, as wel...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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4:57
Amanda Aiken
Amanda Aiken is a storyboard artist and animator based in Galashiels. Recently she was a storyboard artist on the Scottish BAFTA-winning children's series The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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5:12
Philip Todd
Philip Todd is the Scottish writer/director of a new family movie called Jessie and the Elf Boy. His debut feature film
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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5:01
Libby Crabtree
Libby Crabtree is a freelance musician with a wide range of performing and teaching skills. She specialised as a baroque soprano singing with top London ensembles for 20 years, touring and recording as a solo artist. She is an accomplished chor...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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4:52
ML Clipston
ML Clipston is (sometimes) a comedy writer and performer, best known for appearing as Maggie in BBC's Scot Squad. Her other accomplishments include holding a Blue Peter Badge and passing her Cycling Proficiency first time. For a little ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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4:17
Linda Hoskins
Linda Hoskins is an artist on a mission to see her love of painting and social justice weave together. 10% of all her sales goes towards support Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland. Linda is available for commissions and also has a range...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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5:31
Samuel O'Donnell
Samuel O’Donnell is an artist living and working in Glasgow. His work has recently been shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize, and he is one half of Painting Nerds - a project making video essays about painting. He also works ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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5:09
Season 4: Trailer
Did you think we'd bitten off more than we could chew? Been swallowed up in a post-pandemic mouthful of busyness? Well, think again! Bites is back and this season I'm joined by some topnotch creative friends who're going to share 3 minutes of c...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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2:12
