episode four. From Jelly to Joy: Sam Bompas on Why Feeling More Might Just Change Everything
This one’s a bit different. A freewheeling, idea-packed wander through food, cities, ritual and the surreal joy of making stuff up.
We’re joined by Sam Bompas - culinary deviant, jelly architect and one half of mischief-makers Bompas & Parr, for a scrapbook-style meander through edible experiences, public space, techno milk, food futures, and why feeling more might help us imagine more.
Less of a straight line, more of a sketchbook, this episode moves through big ideas, bold experiments and new possibilities. From Dickens and dairy to synthetic biology and the future of nightlife, it’s a journey through creativity as a way of thinking, sensing and building what’s next.
Because sometimes hope lives in curiosity - in pleasure, in possibility, in ideas that aren’t finished yet.
In this episode, we explore:
• Food futures: synthetic biology + edible fireworks
• Nightlife as public pleasure: think blue lotus pills, kebab lip balm and city rituals
• Writing emails like spells
• Cities as sensory systems
• Designing through feeling, not just function
• Dickens and the freedom of unfinished ideas
🎙️ Hosted by Helen Trickey and Fi O'Brien
(Recorded on the hottest day of the year. Very sweaty. Very worth it.)
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