#06: Bao Buns, Branding and Death

08: Imaginariums, Geese and a special Guest

Welcome to our first one with Video - a huge thanks to Issy for letting us use her Looks Like We Made It set for this one - we are working on our own in coming episodes so watch out for that! in this one Issy’s away recharging this week, so Martin’s drafted in special guest James for a proper catch-up. James is a music guru and an Synth savant and currently works around the North East helping primary school kids work together to create a band - think school of rock but with all the required checks and qualifications! James is here to tell us all about his launching of the Junior Producer Club, where kids step into an “imaginarium of synths” and leave with a track they actually made.  Expect tangents, chaos, and at least one conversation about strangled geese, so in other works the same as every other week. To get in touch with James about his Junior Producer Club and anything else to do with synths or music creation, email him at juniorproducerclub@gmail.com Thanks for listening to Allegedly Thriving and for coming along for the inevitable detours. If you want to learn more about the two potentially unhinged presenters: Martin - Photographer and Owner of Terry Harrison Art: Martin Newham Photography [https://www.martinnewham.com]  and TerryHarrisonArt [https://www.terryharrisonart.com] Issy - Director, Owner and all round Digital Genius:  Howell Studios [https://howellstudios.co.uk/] and Howell Media [https://howellmedia.co.uk/]

#07 - Shoot tired, Ocean Village and Easter Bunnies

In Episode 7 of Allegedly Thriving, Izzy and Martin are back in the studio with more space, more distance, and (thankfully) less bao-bun-and-death ambience than the last mobile episode. Martin’s thriving after saying yes to a huge opportunity: photographing the Business Beats Cancer annual gala dinner at St James’ Park and experiences the special kind of exhaustion known as shoot tired. Izzy’s thriving too leaning hard into self-care, think skincare routines, solo Metrocentre shopping, and a serious reading streak! Along the way, they go off-road into airports, duty-free perfume chaos, business class lounges, the weirdness of selling channels at 2am, and Izzy’s childhood cruise memory where money had no meaning and the bill definitely did. Thanks for listening to Allegedly Thriving and for coming along for the inevitable detours. If you want to learn more about the two potentially unhinged presenters: Martin - Photographer and Owner of Terry Harrison Art: Martin Newham Photography [https://www.martinnewham.com]  and TerryHarrisonArt [https://www.terryharrisonart.com] Issy - Director, Owner and all round Digital Genius:  Howell Studios [https://howellstudios.co.uk/] and Howell Media [https://howellmedia.co.uk/]

#06: Bao Buns, Branding and Death

In Episode 6 of Allegedly Thriving, Izzy and Martin finally nail the intro, only to immediately record in the noisiest possible location: The Stack in Seaburn, a giant tin box of kids, music, and questionable puns. Martin’s thriving after sitting down to map out proper short, medium and long tem goals.   Izzy’s thriving too but theres a quick hard left into mortality: the weird comfort of planning your own death, the fear of a stupid death, and what “legacy” actually means when you strip away money and status. Somewhere between McDonald’s orders, coffee slander, and the ethics of saying “bougie”, they stumble into a surprisingly solid branding conversation: why audiences can sense quality, why consistency matters more than constant rebrands and how a few stable “brand DNA” elements can carry everything else. This weeks teachable moment: “People change their brand rather than fixing the problems underneath.” This is all about us having a chat, a laugh and hopefully share some hints and tips to help survive life! Thanks for listening to Allegedly Thriving and for coming along for the inevitable detours. If you want to learn more about the two potentially unhinged presenters: Martin - Photographer and Owner of Terry Harrison Art: Martin Newham Photography [https://www.martinnewham.com]  and TerryHarrisonArt [https://www.terryharrisonart.com] Issy - Director, Owner and all round Digital Genius:  Howell Studios [https://howellstudios.co.uk/] and Howell Media [https://howellmedia.co.uk/]

#05: Baristas, Running and Social Media

Martin’s thriving off a surprisingly satisfying phone-photography gig, Izzy’s surviving via a Lake District bookshop fantasy, and they spiral into the most important debate yet: nip vs pop? In Episode 5 of Allegedly Thriving, Martin and Izzy finally attempt a proper intro (names included… eventually) before diving into the weekly check-in. Martin’s thriving after a genuinely enjoyable commercial shoot photographing mobile phones, who knew something so mundane could be so challenging! Izzy is surviving, it’s been a rough week, and her brain keeps escaping to a cosy fantasy life running a bookshop-café in a quiet Lake District village. From there, the conversation swings through coffee snobbery, cake loyalties, and the reality of learning new skills as an adult which includes a couch-to-5K epiphany and frustration at the  “TikTok-ification” of hobbies. Finally the biggest question of all - what’s the actual difference between nipping to the shops and popping to the shops? Thanks for listening to Allegedly Thriving and for coming along for the inevitable detours. If you want to learn more about the two potentially unhinged presenters: Martin - Photographer and Owner of Terry Harrison Art: Martin Newham Photography [https://www.martinnewham.com]  and TerryHarrisonArt [https://www.terryharrisonart.com] Issy - Director, Owner and all round Digital Genius:  Howell Studios [https://howellstudios.co.uk/] and Howell Media [https://howellmedia.co.uk/]

#04: The Apprentice, Creatives and Visibility

In Episode 4 of Allegedly Thriving, Martin and Issy do the weekly check-in and immediately prove why the show is called Allegedly! Issy says she’s thriving but admits that success makes her more anxious, because she’s constantly waiting for the moment it all goes wrong. Martin relates from the other side: the strange self-employed paradox where you get the freedom to choose your hours as well as the freedom to worry in every single one of them. We get into the guilt of taking time off, the weird “enforced rest” fantasies that show you you’re edging toward burnout, and why adulthood never quite feels as adult as you expect.  Then we swerve into reality TV, creative work, and a genuinely specific phobia that’s inconveniently common at National Trust properties. Quote of the episode: “I’ve dabbled in the ‘just a little coma’ fantasy.” This is all about us having a chat, a laugh and hopefully share some hints and tips to help survive life! Thanks for listening to Allegedly Thriving and for coming along for the inevitable detours. If you want to learn more about the two potentially unhinged presenters: Martin - Photographer and Owner of Terry Harrison Art: Martin Newham Photography [https://www.martinnewham.com]  and TerryHarrisonArt [https://www.terryharrisonart.com] Issy - Director, Owner and all round Digital Genius:  Howell Studios [https://howellstudios.co.uk/] and Howell Media [https://howellmedia.co.uk/]