Empirical Animal

Podcast Experiment

Hosted by London based, Polish director and documentary filmmaker Piotr Sell, we go deep with fellow creatives about their influences, the turning points in their lives and how they navigate them.

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  • What Does It Mean to Be a Man Today? A Conversation with Dr Simon Fokt | EAPX 009
    11/11/2025

    What Does It Mean to Be a Man Today? A Conversation with Dr Simon Fokt | EAPX 009

    Dr Simon Fok is a philosopher, educator, musician, and founder of PathForge.

    Simon believes we've gotten good at calling out toxic masculinity, but we haven't built enough positive alternatives yet. So what does it actually look like to be a man today without falling back on regressive narratives or the idea of returning to some golden age? That's what his work is focused on, engaging with boys and men to answer this question.

  • Time as a Medium: Matthew Arthur Williams on Art, Memory & Archives | EAPX 008
    17/09/2025

    Time as a Medium: Matthew Arthur Williams on Art, Memory & Archives | EAPX 008

    Matthew takes us deep into his understanding of art practice as continuous, lived research—where every walk, conversation, and moment feeds into the creative process. We explore his work with archives, where he seeks out the personal experiences that aren't typically recorded—looking for the gaps and silences in official narratives.

    Through photography, film, and sound, he creates active dialogues with the past, exploring themes of memory, loss, and grief.

  • Start Before You're Ready: Building a Video Business from Zero with Giacomo Busetto | EAPX 007
    25/07/2025

    Start Before You're Ready: Building a Video Business from Zero with Giacomo Busetto | EAPX 007

    Giacomo came to London without a clear plan. But things started to shift for him rapidly once he took a year off to travel. He crossed India on a motorbike, discovered drone filming, and engaged with the psytrance scene as a gateway into video making, eventually launching his company. Now, seven years in, having hit another plateau, Giacomo's launching a YouTube series dedicated to growing business to experiment and allow the beautiful unexpected to happen. Once again.

  • Finding Your Tribe: Stefania Carbonara on DIY Ethics and Creative Freedom | EAPX 006
    13/06/2025

    Finding Your Tribe: Stefania Carbonara on DIY Ethics and Creative Freedom | EAPX 006

    Stefania Carbonara - a filmmaker and visual artist from Genoa, currently based in Milan. Stefania is a true embodiment of DIY culture, having produced countless music videos for independent Italian artists. She's also the visual force behind Le Astronavi - not just a band, but an art collective, an entourage, a movement.

  • The Art of Dying Taught Me How to Live: An Italian Writer's Journey with ANTONIO PUTINI | EAPX-005
    22/04/2025

    The Art of Dying Taught Me How to Live: An Italian Writer's Journey with ANTONIO PUTINI | EAPX-005

    Today we will explore the multiple lives of Antonio Putini, writer, photographer, and recently, father. We'll track his evolution from creating stories based around the theme of "Ars Moriendi" - The Art of Dying - and through numerous adventures eventually building a family life. Before meeting Antonio in person in 2018, I was following him for good two years on social media, and I became quite intrigued by the wealth of his life experience alongside his writing.

  • Navigating change, from football to the film industry with SIMON GRASSI | EAPX-004
    20/03/2025

    Navigating change, from football to the film industry with SIMON GRASSI | EAPX-004

    When I met Simon, he was introduced to me as a film colorist, but later I found out he had a past life as a professional football player. Only because his athletic career took an unexpected turn did he start searching for a new path.

  • Creativity, Self-Expression & Building Community with MARSHA NSIAH | EAPX Podcast 03
    03/03/2025

    Creativity, Self-Expression & Building Community with MARSHA NSIAH | EAPX Podcast 03

    Marsha Nsiah is a fellow artist, creative, and founder of Black Girls Swim Club, and privately my partner.

    We talk about creativity with a spiritual twist, personal growth, and what it’s like to share both life and artistic work.

  • Mindfulness in Music, Trust in a Band & the Birth of Psych-Disco with RUDY BLU
    17/02/2025

    Mindfulness in Music, Trust in a Band & the Birth of Psych-Disco with RUDY BLU

    "Music isn’t just sound—it’s a language, a way of saying what words can’t."

    Rudy Blu is a musician, singer, and frontman of a Psych-Disco band PARTICLS. We talk about his evolving relationship with music, the importance of trust in a band, and how letting go of control shaped who PARTICLS have become.

  • New beginnings, career change, and rediscovering music with NISHA SIVAN
    • 27/01/2025

    New beginnings, career change, and rediscovering music with NISHA SIVAN

    Nisha Sivan is a musician, songwriter, and singer. We discuss the story behind her debut album, Pancha Amirtham, and her collaborative approach to music-making.

  • Intro to Empirical Animal Podcast Experiment
    23/01/2025

    Intro to Empirical Animal Podcast Experiment

    Piotr Sell, a Polish documentary filmmaker based in London, revisits the most inspiring conversations from the past six years to bring together different perspectives and make sense of the world.