When I Grow Up
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When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up is a podcast hosted by me, Katie Philo. Each episode, I interview a guest about the trials, tribulations and joys of growing up. Whether you want to be a writer, lawyer, actor, farmer or still have no idea… it’s always reassuring hearing about the twists and turns in other people’s pa...
Recent Episodes
22 episodes
Great Jones Co-founders Sierra Tishgart & Maddy Moelis: How They Decided to Become First-Time Entrepreneurs
My guests this episode are Great Jones co-founders Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis.
Great Jones is a modern cookware company designed to make...
Orchid Project CEO & Founder Julia Lalla-Maharajh: Leaving the Corporate World to Found A Charity
“I realised I had to change something quite seismically in life because what I was doing had no real congruence or value anymore for me... I quit that...
The War On Drugs' Charlie Hall: Taking Your Passion Full Time & The Magic of Mentoring
“To have the opportunity to play music for people and spread some joy… I’ve been going to shows my whole life and felt feelings of euphoria and all th...
Mindset Coach, Speaker & Writer Africa Brooke: Self-Discovery In Sobriety
“The very last time that I drank was not because anything spectacularly different happened. It was simply because I was exhausted. I knew that if I di...
Speech Tank Co-Founders Marisa Polanksy & Kristine Keller: The Power of Female Friendship
My guests (yes guests!) this episode are Speech Tank co-founders Marisa Polanksy and Kristine Keller. They’re both speech-writing experts, specializin...
Amandah Wood: How People Find Meaning in Their Work and Lives
“There has to be a separation. Work has always been an extension of my identity. If a project failed, then I had failed… it’s only in the last year th...
Dr Carole Presern: Learning About Human Experience Beyond Borders
"When I met the great Desmond Tutu, he said 'always remember the face'. I've never forgotten that lesson. So when I am going a speaking engagement or...
The New York Times CEO Mark Thompson: Rising to the Top & Finding Fulfilment in Challenge
“I’m always on a mission. It doesn’t mean that the mission is necessarily entirely apparent to me... even now, I’m not quite clear what it is that cre...
Girl Vs. Cancer Lauren Mahon: How Cancer At 31 Changes Your Life
"Cancer has made my life richer. I've used the fear as a tailwind to live bigger. It's taken away the fear of doing what I want to do. It's made me ju...
Ctrl Alt Delete's Emma Gannon: In Defence of Millennials & The Art of The Hustle
My guest this episode is Author, Broadcaster and Podcast Host, Emma Gannon.
Growing up in Devon, England, Emma always loved to write, s...
Emma Rosen: Lessons From Trying 25 Jobs In One Year
My guest this episode is Writer and Speaker, Emma Rosen. A high achiever academically, Emma progressed through school and university with the necessar...
Author, Actress & Speaker Mel Wells: Finding Purpose After An Eating Disorder
"Follow the breadcrumbs. Just follow those little nudges, whispers, signs and clues of what you enjoy and what your soul really enjoys. be really hone...
Man Repeller's Haley Nahman: On the Fiction of the Dream Job & Dealing With Scary "What-Ifs"
"What are you not willing to not find out about? I think that’s something everyone could examine. Whether we want to or not, we are all going to wonde...
Podcaster & Coach Alex Manzi: Becoming Your Best Self & Daring to Dream
"I didn't know what I wanted to and not until very recently did I discover that. I've had lots of different career paths but I still managed to get my...
Dr Gwen Adshead: Why Dealing With Difficulty Is Important & How We Grow Up
“Life is difficult sometimes. The fact that something is difficult, hard or boring doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the wrong thing for you. It may be im...
Zanna Van Dijk: Magic Begins Outside The Comfort Zone (Even If It's Scary AF)
"I'm still in this mindset of I have no idea where I'm going to be in the next five years. It messes with my head. It's very exciting because there ar...
Lauren Kay: Should You Quit Your Job and Move To Bali?
"The quickest way to tell my story is 'Oh, I quit my job!' But of course, I didn't just quit like that. There were months of turmoil beforehand, savin...
The New York Public Library’s Tony Ageh: Pioneering Change in the Face of Resistance
“I always felt this strange sense of otherness as a child, just because of the colour of my skin. I am sure there are many people who have versions of...
Temi Hollist: The Truth Behind Big Career Changes & Making Leaps into the Unknown
"I really thought about it. I sought the counsel of people I trusted. I spent time feeling settled about it and I still arrived at the decision that I...
Refinery 29's Lucie Fink: Creating the Perfect Job & Swapping Neuroscience for Media
"A lot of my friends seemed to be in that boat where everything was sort of linear and I was just weaving. I definitely was stressed but if I have a t...
Jeremy Vine: Over 30 years in Broadcasting & The Importance of Time
"We're here for fun, mainly. Therefore, if we come first doing what we enjoy, that's great. But if not, let's at least work hard at it and do our best...
When I Grow Up: Trailer
What do you want to be when you grow up? Hands up if you remember being asked this when you were younger. And hands up if you never knew the answer. K...