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Are You Experienced?

The business of experiences

How the world’s most ambitious live, location-based and brand experiences get made and monetised. Host Joe Timson, a first-time founder in the experience economy, talks to the operators, rights holders and creative leaders who make them.

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13Season two
5 Aug 2026

Collective Effervescence

with Vance Garrett

Vance Garrett’s career runs from New York nightlife and Sleep No More to 29Rooms, Museum of Ice Cream and Westfield. He and Joe talk about malls as a home for experiential entertainment, why touring immersive shows is hard to make pay, and collective joy.

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Season two

2 episodes
  1. 13Collective EffervescenceVance Garrett5 Aug 2026
  2. 12Step Into the MusicAlicia Yaffe, The Living Album Experience1 Jul 2026

Season one

11 episodes
  1. 11Magic With HeartChristian Lachel, BRC Imagination Arts11 Jun 2026
  2. 10Capital, Community and the Future of ExperientialWendy Heimann-Nunes, Nolan Heimann LLP25 Feb 2026
  3. 09The Long Game of Live ExperienceVeronica Hart, RWS Global11 Feb 2026
  4. 08Form Follows FictionMel McGowan, Storyland Studios4 Feb 2026
  5. 07Building the Home of ImmersiveDamian Norman, Immerse LDN21 Jan 2026
  6. 06Better Experiences, Better LivesJames Wallman, World Experience Organisation14 Jan 2026
  7. 05Marketing Experiences vs Experience MarketingDawn Farrow, On Sale Group7 Jan 2026
  8. 04Making Music with IdeasBrendan Brown, George P. Johnson10 Dec 2025
  9. 03Start with StoryMatt Ferguson, Storyland Studios27 Nov 2025
  10. 02Handle With Care! Bringing the World’s Biggest IP to LifeGeorge Wood, Luna Entertainment12 Nov 2025
  11. 01From Mega Events to Immersive WorldsHeather McGill, Unify Experiences28 Oct 2025

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