In this episode of Inspired By, host Isabella Taylor sits down with radio legend Sean Craig Murphy, owner of the Australian Radio School. Sean shares his passion for teaching and mentoring the next generation of broadcasters, offering insights into how his decades of radio experience have shaped his unique approach to education. From his start as a roller rink DJ to founding one of Australia’s top radio schools, Sean’s journey is packed with lessons on creativity, resilience, and the power of storytelling.

You will hear Sean’s advice for aspiring broadcasters, stories from his career, and why teaching fuels his own creativity. Stay tuned until the end for a behind-the-scenes moment that will leave you smiling!

Find Inspired By on your favourite podcast app via the Auscast Network.

Topics in this episode;
Sean’s upbringing and early experiences in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
His start in the radio industry as a DJ at a roller skating rink in Adelaide.
Transition from DJing to radio, including his first job at Murray Bridge’s 5MU.
Sean’s training at Vaughan Harvey’s Radio School and its impact on his teaching style.
Founding the Australian Radio School and his passion for mentoring students.
Key lessons learned from over 40 years in radio and podcasting.
His experiences co-hosting Everyday Conspiracy Theories Podcast.
The creative process of launching a successful podcast from scratch.
Reflections on the evolution of radio and podcasting as complementary mediums.
Insights into community radio as a training ground for aspiring announcers.
Advice for staying creative and resilient in a competitive industry.
A humorous behind-the-scenes moment at the end of the episode.

In this episode of Inspired By, host Isabella Taylor sits down with radio legend Sean Craig Murphy, owner of the <a href="https://www.australianradioschool.com.au">Australian Radio School</a>. Sean shares his passion for teaching and mentoring the next generation of broadcasters, offering insights into how his decades of radio experience have shaped his unique approach to education. From his start as a roller rink DJ to founding one of Australia&rsquo;s top radio schools, Sean&rsquo;s journey is packed with lessons on creativity, resilience, and the power of storytelling.
You will hear Sean&rsquo;s advice for aspiring broadcasters, stories from his career, and why teaching fuels his own creativity. Stay tuned until the end for a behind-the-scenes moment that will leave you smiling!
Find Inspired By on your favourite podcast app via the <a href="https://auscastnetwork.com">Auscast Network</a>.
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Topics in this episode;
<ul>
<li>Sean&rsquo;s upbringing and early experiences in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Melbourne, and Adelaide.</li>
<li>His start in the radio industry as a DJ at a roller skating rink in Adelaide.</li>
<li>Transition from DJing to radio, including his first job at Murray Bridge&rsquo;s 5MU.</li>
<li>Sean&rsquo;s training at Vaughan Harvey&rsquo;s Radio School and its impact on his teaching style.</li>
<li>Founding the Australian Radio School and his passion for mentoring students.</li>
<li>Key lessons learned from over 40 years in radio and podcasting.</li>
<li>His experiences co-hosting Everyday Conspiracy Theories Podcast.</li>
<li>The creative process of launching a successful podcast from scratch.</li>
<li>Reflections on the evolution of radio and podcasting as complementary mediums.</li>
<li>Insights into community radio as a training ground for aspiring announcers.</li>
<li>Advice for staying creative and resilient in a competitive industry.</li>
<li>A humorous behind-the-scenes moment at the end of the episode.</li>
</ul>

Isabella Taylor is an Australian born artist with a level of emotional intelligence well beyond her years. She has a passion for the world she lives in and her vocation is to help encourage people to follow their dreams, regardless of their circumstance. Her first experience with painting was when she was just one year old and she has loved it ever since.

At 6 years old, Isabella decided that she wanted to interview inspirational people, to share their stories to help encourage other children to follow their dreams.

More recently Isabella set up a purpose studio, where she now has the space to spread her imagination onto larger canvases creating abstract pieces. Inspired from her interviews with inspirational people from around Australia, Isabella has created abstract launch paintings –

“I like that it can turn out with stuff in it, like once I did a painting and it had a mermaid in it and I really liked it and I thought – how did that get in there? I think it’s a living thing paint, because how does it get that shape, in whatever shape it would form. How the paint forms in the air. So say there was a blob on the brush and then it like formed a head, arms, tail…. Paint is a wonder to me, I can’t quite understand it but I really love it.” ( Isabella Taylor, 2018)

Isabella relishes her time in the studio where she feels free to express her uninhibited creativity in all the colours of the rainbow.

Isabella’s parents realised her passion for painting early and a dear friend of the family, who is a renowned Australian artist, advised to make sure she has lots of paints, advice from whom her parents greatly respected and instantly embraced. Isabella’s great Maternal Grandmother had a love of painting which was discovered in her beautiful expressions right near the end of her long life.

Isabella Taylor is an Australian born artist with a level of emotional intelligence well beyond her years. She has a passion for the world she lives in and her vocation is to help encourage people to follow their dreams, regardless of their circumstance. Her first experience with painting was when she was just one year old and she has loved it ever since.
At 6 years old, Isabella decided that she wanted to interview inspirational people, to share their stories to help encourage other children to follow their dreams.
More recently Isabella set up a purpose studio, where she now has the space to spread her imagination onto larger canvases creating abstract pieces. Inspired from her interviews with inspirational people from around Australia, Isabella has created abstract launch paintings –
“I like that it can turn out with stuff in it, like once I did a painting and it had a mermaid in it and I really liked it and I thought – how did that get in there? I think it’s a living thing paint, because how does it get that shape, in whatever shape it would form. How the paint forms in the air. So say there was a blob on the brush and then it like formed a head, arms, tail…. Paint is a wonder to me, I can’t quite understand it but I really love it.” ( Isabella Taylor, 2018)
Isabella relishes her time in the studio where she feels free to express her uninhibited creativity in all the colours of the rainbow.
Isabella’s parents realised her passion for painting early and a dear friend of the family, who is a renowned Australian artist, advised to make sure she has lots of paints, advice from whom her parents greatly respected and instantly embraced. Isabella’s great Maternal Grandmother had a love of painting which was discovered in her beautiful expressions right near the end of her long life.