The Purpose Made Podcast
The Purpose Made Podcast

The Purpose Made Podcast

Purpose Made

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Welcome to the Purpose Made Podcast, your hub for transformative conversations, hosted by Peter Bell. This podcast is dedicated to the exploration and unlocking of untapped potential that resides within each one of us. From entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, to dreamers of all walks of life, we delve into the personal narratives of individuals and companies who have harnessed their purpose to create an impact.Our mission? To inspire, educate, and ignite that spark of purpose in you. We believe in a world where everyone is living with intention, passion, and purpose, and through engaging interviews and thoughtful dialogue, we aim to pave the way for our listeners to do the same.Each episode weaves together themes of personal growth, mental resilience, leadership, creative problem-solving and more, as we navigate the highs, lows, and everything in between on the journey to personal and professional fulfilment. We celebrate the power of conversation as a tool for change, challenging perspectives and prompting growth.Whether you're in search of inspiration, aspiring to personal or professional development, or simply yearning to broaden your worldview, the Purpose Made Podcast is here to accompany you on that journey. Together, let's unearth potential, embrace the transformative power of compelling storytelling, and unleash potential, one conversation at a time.Intrigued? Let's dive in!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 2025 Year In Review: The Shows, Games & Films Actually Worth Your Time
DEC 19, 2025
2025 Year In Review: The Shows, Games & Films Actually Worth Your Time
Why 2025 proved gaming matters more than ever and the shows that reminded us what great storytelling looks like.In this conversation, also available on YouTube (https://youtu.be/8XgCmQOtb2w?si=o4qIDtZTglgW9EW-) Russell Binder and I reveal:➡️ Why Severance was 2025’s most relevant show➡️ The game that made us forget about GTA 6 (for five minutes)➡️ Netflix’s $83 billion Warner Bros acquisition and what it means for the future of entertainment➡️ How Slow Horses became the show everyone should watch➡️ The Last of Us, Fallout and why video game adaptations work➡️ Jake Paul vs. AJ - Boxing’s credibility crisis?➡️ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & The Years Best ➡️ 2026 And What We’re Actually Excited About.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TIMESTAMPED CHAPTERS:00:00 Year-End Reflections 202500:25 The TV Shows That Earned Your Time02:47 Films That Stuck With Us (And Why)08:22 Netflix’s Empire Building & The Streaming Wars11:49 Boxing, Jake Paul & Sports as Spectacle15:34 Gaming’s Defining Moments of 202519:02 The Podcasts & Books Worth Your Attention22:14 2026 Preview: What We’re Actually Excited About26:33 Final Thoughts: Why Stories Still Matter━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FEATURED SHOWS & GAMES:📺 Slow Horses • Severance • The Last of Us • SAS Rogue Heroes 🎮 Kingdom Come Deliverance II • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 • Hollow Knight • Planet of Lana • NBA 2K • PGA Golf • Mafia: Old Country • Wanderstop🎬 Masters Of The Universe • Street Fighter • 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple🔮 Coming in 2026: Judas • GTA 6━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Subscribe for entertainment analysis that goes deeper than hot takes📺 Watch Next: Ken Levine on Why He Spent 10 Years Making His Most Personal Game (   • "My Atari Was My Best Friend" - BioShock C...  )💬 Drop a comment: What was YOUR moment of 2025? The show, game, or film that you can’t stop thinking about? And what you’re most looking forward to in 2026.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2025 reminded us that great storytelling transcends medium. Whether it’s Slow Horses proving spy thrillers can be character studies, Kingdom Come Deliverance II showing historical games can be art and some of the best storytelling ever in games, or how Netflix is reshaping the entire entertainment landscape with aggressive acquisitions, this year challenged our assumptions about what entertainment can be. This conversation explores why certain games, shows, and films broke through when most content disappeared into the algorithmic void and what that tells us about where entertainment is heading in 2026. Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 90. Fabian Nicieza: Deadpool’s Co-Creator on AI, Storytelling & Saving Creativity
JUL 16, 2025
Ep 90. Fabian Nicieza: Deadpool’s Co-Creator on AI, Storytelling & Saving Creativity
Deadpool’s co-creator Fabian Nicieza on storytelling's future, AI’s threat to creativity, and why characters still save lives.In this powerful and wide-ranging episode, Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza joins Peter Bell on the Purpose Made podcast to talk about what it really means to build enduring characters and what’s being lost in today’s race toward AI-driven content.Fabian reflects on four decades in storytelling, from Marvel's golden era to transmedia’s unrealised promise, and shares the emotional weight of creating characters that help people navigate trauma, cancer, and loss.He also dives deep into the creative and moral challenge AI poses to future generations of artists. This isn’t just an industry conversation, it’s a human one.Whether you’re a writer, founder, or fan of good stories, this is the episode that challenges you to ask: What kind of world are we building?Timestamps:00:00 – Introduction: From Marvel to Deadpool04:32 – Deadpool’s origin and emotional impact12:15 – The evolution of storytelling (simplicity to complex simplicity)18:40 – The Deadpool effect: humour + trauma = healing28:55 – AI and the end of creativity43:00 – Transmedia: Dream vs. Reality55:15 – How creatives should handle fandom backlash01:02:30 – Can stories still survive without storytellers?Guest Bio:Fabian Nicieza is a legendary writer and editor known for his iconic work at Marvel Comics, including X-Men, X-Force, and co-creating Deadpool. With a career spanning 40+ years, he’s also worked with DC Comics, Mattel, Acclaim, and Starlight Runner. His novels Suburban Dick's and The Self-Made Widow received critical acclaim, including an Edgar Award nomination.Resource Links:Fabian’s book: Suburban Dick's (https://amzn.to/4kF17BD)Purpose Made website: www.purposemade.ukListen on Spotify: Purpose Made Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/66hrGrtDSwBJUzIGF6f5eg?si=4d7031600d3c433e)🔔 Subscribe for more conversations on purpose, creativity & the future: https://www.youtube.com/@UCftFt-Pd7xe1f0XY0K-dX4w Connect with Fabian Nicieza:• Twitter/X: @FabianNicieza• Website: fabiannicieza.com#Deadpool #FabianNicieza #Storytelling #AIandCreativity #PurposeMadePodcast #Transmedia #Marvel #CreativeProcess #FutureOfArt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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61 MIN