• Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast

  • By: Matthew Thompson
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Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast

By: Matthew Thompson
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  • Northern Ireland has a better story to tell — one that goes beyond bombs, bullets and a sunken ship. You are part of this story. With 300+ conversations featuring some of the incredible people who call this place home, our weekly show gives you the chance to get away from the clickbait and connect with the amazing things happening in Belfast. Previous guests include NASA Scientists, Billion-Dollar CEOs, 91-year-old park-runners, Oscar-winning directors, Olympic Gold medalists, Bitcoin Auctioneers, Tim Burton's puppet-maker and a guy who built an aeroplane in his garage. Well-known voices include Snow Patrol, Foy Vance, Julian Simmons, May McFettridge, Zoe Salmon, Andrew Trimble, The Dead Rabbit, Michael Deane, The Priests, Two Door Cinema Club, Oliver Jeffers, Pete Snodden, Colin Geddis, Mary Peters, Rebecca McKinney and May Blood — the millworker who became a peer in the House Of Lords. Check it out! https://bestofbelfast.org/
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Episodes
  • How ‘Rory’s Travel Club’ Got 100k Customers

    How ‘Rory’s Travel Club’ Got 100k Customers
    Aug 18 2024

    Rory King is the owner of Rory’s Travel Club.

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Leaving Northern Ireland to work in Fiji
    • Starting his travel club in an Indian restaurant in Brooklyn
    • Scaling to 100,000 customers
    • Running a business where “everyone wins”
    • And his plan to grow to 1 million customers

    Check it out.

    https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/rory-king-rorys-travel-club

    Join Rory’s Travel Club Here: https://rorystravelclub.com/
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    50 mins
  • Collecting Adventures with Lucy Briggs

    Collecting Adventures with Lucy Briggs
    Aug 12 2024

    Lucy Briggs is a world traveller whose career spans across Government, Academia and Royalty.

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Her love of collecting things
    • Where she got her desire to travel from
    • Why Gen-Z's career path will look different than their parents
    • How a StudyUSA experience ended up taking her around the world
    • Landing a job with the Royal Family
    • And advice she'd give to her 18-year-old self.

    Check it out.

    https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/lucy-briggs
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    58 mins
  • This coach helped me stop being a workaholic | Caroline McKenna

    This coach helped me stop being a workaholic | Caroline McKenna
    Aug 5 2024

    Caroline McKenna is an Executive Coach who works with some of the most successful people in Northern Ireland.

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Why hard work doesn't always work
    • Working on the business vs in the business
    • Why self-care if one of the highest leverage activities you can engage in
    • How to take time off without thinking about work
    • And a live coaching session with Matt

    Check it out.https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/caroline-mckenna-coach

    P.S. Work with Caroline: www.leadself.co.uk
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    1 hr and 3 mins

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