10 podcasts to tune into for creative career advice and insight

Launched in 2020, The Creative Boom Podcast features interviews and conversations with leading names in the creative industry, including Paula Scher, Jon Burgerman, and Rankin. What better way to make decisions and learn more about possible creative paths than to listen to those who’ve taken them?

This podcast exists to help listeners build a thriving creative practice. Hosted by creator Andy J. Pizza, each episode seeks to tackle an issue you may be facing in your own creative journey – from portfolio slumps to imposter syndrome.

Ctrl Alt Delete is a careers podcast that shifts the focus to how our interests and hobbies shape what we do. It’s hosted by Emma Gannon, a Sunday Times bestselling author, speaker, and novelist, who touches on the themes of wellbeing and creativity. She asks the big questions: how is big tech affecting us? How do you marry activism with being a magazine editor?

Hosted by Kei Maye, a digital content creator and creative coach, the Creative Champs podcast is an informal but straight-talking resource to help you kickstart a creative career and stay sane maintaining it. It’s a treasure trove of tips relevant for any specialisation – from protecting your work and dealing with chronic pain, to navigating the industry as an introvert. While the podcast is currently on hiatus, Maye’s advice is evergreen, so it’s well worth digging into the archives.

In the Never Not Creative podcast, hosts Rachel Zhang and Andy Wright share insights and advice from industry leaders and psychologists on tackling key topics from talking about mental health at work, to burnout, career progression, imposter syndrome and fair pay.

Freelance video and audio creator Steve Folland chats to a different creative freelancer from around the world every week, exploring their experience of life and work in the freelance industry. Through these conversations, Steve discusses the different ways freelancers build successful careers, offering valuable tips, lessons and inspiration along the way.

ART FOR YOUR EAR offers listeners an insider’s look into the personal lives and creative journeys of contemporary artists. Hosted by writer and artist Danielle Krysa, the podcast, which is currently on hiatus, shares behind-the-scenes stories, artist gossip and unexpected anecdotes that reveal the human side of the art world.

From 2012-2023, freelance comic artist and illustrator Dan Berry hosted Make It Then Tell Everybody, a podcast that explores the creative processes of comic artists. Dan spoke to artists about how they approach their work, rationalise their craft and fit into the wider world of comics. While Dan is no longer producing new episodes, the 11-year archive is plenty to get inspired by.

Design Matters was the world’s first podcast about design. Since 2005, it has covered creative culture through in-depth conversations with an array of visionaries: from designers and writers to artists, curators, musicians and other leading thinkers.

Hosted by designer and director Ash Thorp, The Collective Podcast delivers bi-weekly episodes featuring candid chats with creative industry leaders. Each episode delves into the challenges of work/life balance and highlights the experiences of influential figures across various media, including design, illustration, visual effects, writing, painting and programming.