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This is an Ambitious Podcast

This is an Ambitious Podcast

Written by: James Cross & Bez
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Why is 'This is an Ambitious Podcast’? Well, it’s got Bez from the Happy Mondays for a start, it won’t require hours of your time like other podcasts, and it's all about the ambition of the ambitious people behind the most ambitious brands.

This Is An Ambitious Podcast has been created by Meanwhile.

Meanwhile 2026 Economics Marketing Marketing & Sales Music
Episodes
  • Dom Dwight, formerly Yorkshire Tea and Bez Spots A Gap In The Tea Industry

    Dom Dwight, formerly Yorkshire Tea and Bez Spots A Gap In The Tea Industry
    Apr 13 2026

    Dom Dwight, former Strategy and Innovation Director at Yorkshire Tea, EXCLUSIVELY REVEALS his plans for what’s coming next following his enormously successful career at Taylors of Harrogate, and making YT into a true household name. We also see Bez spot a gap in the market for a Manchester Tea, and nod a lot as Dom explains how we really need more human brands in the world.
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    21 mins
  • Kirsten Pugsley, PUMA, and Bez Gets New Shoes

    Kirsten Pugsley, PUMA, and Bez Gets New Shoes
    Apr 6 2026

    Kirsten Pugsley, Marketing Director at PUMA, joins us this week for an inspiring chat about the drive that has taken her through some of the biggest and most iconic brands in sport, and has seen her travel the world doing what she loves. Also, erm, we talk PUMA availability in Hereford, Bez shares his somewhat surprising knowledge about football boots, and James’s attempt to pitch a Bez x PUMA collab falls on deaf ears.
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    20 mins
  • Josh Boydell-Smith, Bells of Lazonby, and Bez Loves Cake!

    Josh Boydell-Smith, Bells of Lazonby, and Bez Loves Cake!
    Mar 30 2026

    Josh Boydell-Smith, Head of Brand and Marketing at Bells of Lazonby, takes us through his beginnings in the music industry, his drive and ambition, and the success of We Love Cake, a free-from brand taking supermarkets by storm…and all whilst Bez attempts to give up cake, and James makes no mention of his pre-advertising musical ambitions, for once.
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    22 mins
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