The Third Half
by Scott Hamilton
Latest episode
TTH Blueprint Episode 35: The Window Cleaner Who Painted 'The…
TTH Blueprint Episode 35: The Window Cleaner Who Painted 'The…
About this podcast
Life doesn't move in neat quarters. The Third Half is a podcast about life pivots: the moments people step off the corporate treadmill, close a chapter, or put their own name on the work after years of supporting everyone else. Some pivots are planned. Others turn up when life deals you cards you weren't looking for.
Host Scott Hamilton talks to business leaders, musicians, makers and founders about the stories behind those shifts. It's raw, unfiltered human storytelling about second chapters, creative turns and choosing curiosity over comfort.
What you won't find is a thought-leadership echo chamber or corporate advice-guru clichés. If you're still curious about the world and your place in it, you're probably already in your Third Half.
Listen, read and subscribe at www.thethirdhalf.uk #lifepivots
Episodes
The newest 20 of 48 episodes
- TTH Blueprint Episode 35: The Window Cleaner Who Painted 'The Gadgies' | Alexander Millar · 1 h 9 minAlexander Millar was a window cleaner when his life fell apart at 42. The drawings he made to cheer up his dad became 'The Gadgies', and his paintings now hang in homes around…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 34: Execution Is Cheap, Ideas Are Scarce | James Walker · 41 minJames Walker is back. When we last spoke, in January, he'd just been given a guitar for Christmas. Since then he has walked 100 miles of Menorca's wild coast, finished at DXC and…
- Mike McGrath, Air Ambulances UK: From Street Fundraiser to Accidental CEO · 54 minMike McGrath went from street fundraising in London to leading Air Ambulances UK without a predictable corporate ladder in sight, and he still calls himself an ‘accidental CEO’…
- The Third Half with Dr. Allan Gaw: On Science, Storytelling, and Re-authoring the Next Chapter · 59 minAllan Gaw spent his first career in medicine and pathology now he's an award-winning novelist and poet behind the Jack Cuthbert mysteries, set in the world of 1930s forensic…
- On The Turntable: Rachael Wood: Finally, Her Own Record · 58 minAfter years spent playing other people's music, first with Cirque du Soleil, then alongside artists like Sinéad O'Connor and Skunk Anansie, and now as part of The Wedding…
- Fyfe Dangerfield: Punk Schmaltz, Perfectionism and Living Life More Lightly · 2 h 18 minWhat happens when you stop worrying about finished art and rediscover the freedom to play? Fyfe Dangerfield joins The Third Half for two and a half wonderfully formless hours…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 30 - Mark Davyd: Go To The Gig You Weren’t Going To Go To · 44 minBritain is quietly losing its grassroots music venues. And with them, the places where every great artist you love first learned to play.Mark Davyd, founder and CEO of Music…
- TTH Episode 29: Have We Forgotten What’s Under Our Feet? | Alex Montgomery · 51 minAlex Montgomery from Generation Soil shares how to build a meaningful venture. See why his approach stopped Scott Hamilton from scrolling. In this episode of The Blueprint, Scott…
- On The Turntable: The Indestructibles - Punk, Algorithms and Paying the Rent · 52 minThere's something contradictory about discovering a punk band because Facebook's algorithm decided I should. But that's how I found The Indestructibles.
- TTH Episode 28: St Jude's Cheese Founder Julie Cheyney on Cheese, Soil, and What ‘Rich’ Really Means · 57 minScott likes cheese. Quite a lot. So getting an actual award winning cheesemaker on The Third Half was probably overdue. Julie Cheyney, founder of St Jude's Cheese, is one of…
- Episode 27: She Helped Raise £21 Million. Then Football Came Calling | Heather Manson · 47 minA homeless man in Glasgow got a 3000 pound grant, bought a second hand laptop, some bibs and balls, and knocked on doors. 17 years later Street Soccer Scotland has supported over…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 26: Would you give up your bed for one night | Ken Deeks · 44 minKen Deeks had an idea. Twenty-eight years later, he's still sleeping on the floor.I should say upfront, there's no impartiality here. I sit on the Glasgow committee for Boycott…
- On The Turntable: Ian McNabb — Nobody Knew What to Do With Him. That Was the Point. · 41 minOn The Turntable: Ian McNabb — Rock Never Dies This month's Musician of the Month is Ian McNabb, best known as the voice behind The Icicle Works. Scott sits down with Ian to talk…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 25: The Three Conversations We Need to Have | Sir Anthony Seldon · 43 minHistorian and educationalist Sir Anthony Seldon on the three conversations he thinks we should be having, and why he believes the best still lies ahead. We talk about: - An…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 24: Leading when the path isn't clear | Tina Wilson · 49 minShe wanted to fly fighter jets. Her eyesight said no. So she went and joined the organisation that builds them instead. Scott Hamilton sits down with Tina Wilson, Chief Operating…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 23: He Plants Fruit Trees for Free And Almost Got Arrested Doing It | Matt Knight, Freely Fruity · 48 minmatt full episodeMatt Knight got called an eco-terrorist on social media. His crime: planting trees.Matt is co-founder of Freely Fruity, a Berkshire charity that started with…
- On The TurnTable: The Songwriter Who Wrote Pinball in 1974 and Released 4 Albums in His 80s | Brian Protheroe · 42 minHe wrote Pinball in 1974 in a bedsit in London with no money, no work, and a broken relationship. 50 years later Paul Weller covered it. Morrissey was a fan. So was Noel…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 22: The Young Founder Who Quit Corporate to Build an AI Sustainability Tool — Tanishq Jain | Dash · 59 minTanishq Jain family recycles decommissioned ships for a living. He grew up walking through engine rooms and captain's quarters. So when he spotted a massive flaw in how…
- TTH Blueprint Episode 21: She Turned Food Waste Into Kimchi & Won an Award Doing It — Rebecca Ghim | The Third Half · 54 minShe came to London for a master's degree. She needed a visa to stay. So she pitched a wild idea — turn food waste into kimchi — and accidentally started an award-winning…
- He Stopped Chasing Fame & Built 700K Fans — Bruce Soord | On The Turntable · 48 minHe wore a high-vis jacket cycling to the office by day and wrote music by night. 25 years later, Bruce Soord is selling out tours worldwide without chasing a record deal. In this…
