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Lodestar with Tamzin and Finola
by Finola Merivale
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Latest episodes
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Jason Allen-Paisant's Creativity Challenge: Connecting to the Circle
July 15, 2026 · 23 minFirstly, apologies to listeneres for this very late release! In this final episode of Season 1, Tamzin and Finola dig into a thought-provoking Creativity Challenge set by poet Jason Allen-Paisant. Jason asked us to take some moments in…
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Poet Jason Allen-Paisant on Silence, Language and Releasing the Need for External Validation
May 28, 2026 · 51 minJason Allen-Paisant is a Jamaican scholar, poet and writer. His work explores how Afro-diasporic artists and communities shape their futures through embodied philosophies, focusing on the intersections of poetry and philosophy. His second…
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Emma O'Halloran's Creativity Challenge: Embracing Boredom, Quiet-time and Ditching our Screens
May 14, 2026 · 26 minIn this Creativity Challenge episode, Tamzin and Finola discuss whether or not they embraced the idea of "boredom." In the last episode, GRAMMY-nominated composer Emma O'Halloran pulled a card from the Oblique Strategies card deck – a deck…
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GRAMMY-nominated composer Emma O'Halloran on Opera and Breathwork
April 29, 2026 · 50 minIrish composer Emma O'Halloran was fresh off the plane from the GRAMMYs when we sat down with her to discuss her nomination for Best Opera Recording. She is the first woman composer from Ireland to be nominated for a GRAMMY in the…
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Payal Kapadia's Creativity Challenge: The Process of Making Video Letters
April 16, 2026 · 21 minIn this next Creativity Challenge episode, Tamzin and Finola sit down to discuss the task set for them by award-winning film-maker Payal Kapadia, called "Correspondence." For the challenge, the sisters created video letters for each other…
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Film-Maker Payal Kapadia on Creativity Games and Making Rain on a Mumbai Film Set
April 2, 2026 · 47 minOur dream guest today is a writer and director making history. Payal Kapadia won the Cannes Grand Prix in 2024 for her sublime film, “All We Imagine As Light,” which was hailed by The Guardian as “A triumph.” She was the sixth woman to…
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Creativity Challenge #2: Tamzin and Finola's Fun Fact-Finding Mission about Ireland
March 26, 2026 · 24 minIn this fun episode, Tamzin and Finola get together to chat about how they fared with journalist Hanna Liubakova's creativity challenge. Last week, Hanna Liubakova gave the Lodestar listeners the creativity challenge of going on a…
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Journalist Hanna Liubakova on Homelessness and Creating in Exile
March 19, 2026 · 40 minContent Warning: In this episode, self-harm and torture are mentioned at approximately the 29:00 mark. “We in journalism say that whatever happens, you have to stay alive.” In this episode, we speak with the extraordinary Hanna Liubakova…
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Creativity Challenge #1: Tamzin and Finola Unlock Old Memories
March 12, 2026 · 31 minOur amazing guest last week, pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown, gave hosts Tamzin and Finola Merivale their first Creativity Challenge: Set your timer for 5 minutes and write about memories you might be forgetting. Inspired by…
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Pianist-Composer Michael Stephen Brown on isolation, collaboration and the personalities of pianos
March 5, 2026 · 41 minIn this episode we sit down with Michael Stephen Brown, the New York‑based pianist‑composer hailed by The New York Times as “a leading figure in the renaissance of composer‑performers” and celebrated for his “fearless performances.” A…
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Lodestar with Tamzin and Finola
February 26, 2026 · 27 minWhy do we chase creative sparks that burn bright and hot one moment, only to flicker and die the next? In this debut episode of Lodestar, sisters Finola Merivale (composer / musician) and Tamzin Merivale ( writer/visual artist) introduce…
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Trailer for Lodestar with Finola and Tamzin Merivale
February 5, 2026 · 2 minLodestar is a new podcast hosted by two sisters: composer Finola Merivale and writer and artist Tamzin Merivale. In Lodestar, we explore our relationship with our creativity. We will be inviting writers, artists, musicians and more to dive…
About the show
Sisters Finola Merivale (composer/producer) and Tamzin Merivale (writer/visual artist) have come together to explore one of the most fundamental relationships of our lives: our relationship with our creativity. Episodes feature in-depth interviews with writers, musicians, artists, filmmakers and more, revealing the highs and lows, the twists and unexpected triumphs of the creative process. We also launch weekly "creative challenges" to push us out of our comfort zones — and invite listeners to join the experiment. Ready to unlock and unblock your creative voice? Then tune in and ignite the spark! Thank you so much for listening!
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