In a world where making a living from art is becoming more and more difficult, New Zealand stand up comedian Taylor Ruddle interviews a different creative each week and discusses their process, revenue streams and practical steps to get started making money in their field.Taylor has been making a living as a full time artist since 2023, so to some extent he knows what he's talking about. If you're a budding creative looking to learn how to break in in your industry, looking to start monetizing a hobby or just curious about how an artist makes a couple bucks these...
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53 min
Pro Wrestling with BT Urruela AKA Blade Lennox
Today I had the honour of sitting down with one of my favourite local wrestlers BT Urruela, better known as Blade Lennox of UCW and beyond.BT has had a super unconventional past in…
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1 h 01
Hip Hop & Dance with YakkaBlakka
I'd been wanting to have a proper sit down with YakkaBlakka mostly known as Yak, a really cool dude I met through the Unified Championship Wrestling connection. Yak performs as the…
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1 h 11
Circus Performer & Comedian Michael AKA Mr Wizowski
In this episode I sat down with Michael AKA Mr Wizowski AKA Wazza, a stand up colleague of mine who has worked in the circus for years. I had been wanting a proper sit down with Mi…
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51 min
Renee From Tusken Traiders
Today I sat down with Renee from Tusken Traiders, an online business selling vintage toys and apparel, they have some freaking cool stuff from the 90s and 00's, very y2k coded. Ren…
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1 h 11
Tattoo Artist, Painter & Designer Redgie of SoulWise Tattoo
This time I sat down with Redgie, a tattoo artist, painter and graphic designer who's had one hell of an interesting journey to get to where he is currently and judging by our conv…
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1 h 10
Musician & Comedian Troubadette
This week I had a yarn to my pal Troubadette, a musician and comedian who's been swinging away at the full time hustle for 2 years now. We talked about Troob's backstory a bit and…
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43 min
Musician Seán Tinker 2024 Interview from Ruddle Me This!
I originally recorded this podcast for my previous podcast Ruddle Me This, and given that I've just uploaded Sean's 2026 interview I decided to port this one over to the new feed f…
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35 min
Musician Seán Tinker
I sat down with Sean Tinker, a fella I've known for many a year. We initially met doing stand-up shows together but at the current time Sean is making his living as a musician play…
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56 min
Comedy Club Owner Pip Taylor
In this episode I sat down with the owner of Good Times Comedy Club here in Christchurch - Pip Taylor. Pip and I have been working together for a relatively short amount of time, s…
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46 min
Tattoo Artist Liv Fox
The first episode of my (sorta) relaunched podcast, Make Art, Make Money! Liv Fox is a Christchurch based tattoo artist who was kind enough to sit down with me for about an hour an…
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4 min
Make Art, Make Money Intro/Primer
In a world where making a living from art is becoming more and more difficult, New Zealand stand up comedian Taylor Ruddle interviews a different creative each week and discusses t…