Working For Progress
Working for Progress is a podcast about work, wellbeing, and what it means to live a meaningful life.
Hosted by social entrepreneur Dani Trudeau and rooted in the community of Tribe Porty in Edinburgh, each season explores a theme, The Body, through honest, unhurried conversations with people who are shaping their working lives with intention. These aren't interviews about career advice or productivity hacks. They're deeper conversations about values, identity, creativity, burnout, purpose, and the quiet grit behind the work people do.
If you love podcasts like On Being or The Pause, and you're asking bigger questions about how you want to work and live, this is for you.
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Working For Progress
Peter Jones on Watercolour, Place, and What Drawing Has Taught Him About Himself
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In this episode, Dani speaks with Peter Jones. Watercolour artist, long-time Tribe Porty member, and one of Portobello's quieter treasures.
Peter draws constantly. His work celebrates the built environments of the places he loves, from Portobello, Kirkcudbright, Falkland, and most recently Craigmillar and Niddrie; rendered in a watercolour style that is entirely his own.
In this conversation, Peter opens up about something more personal too. He lives with bipolar disorder, and over time has learned to understand himself more deeply through his art. That journey led him to collaborate with Bipolar Edinburgh on a series of sketching workshops at the National Museum of Scotland, now into its second run, built on a simple and generous belief: everyone can draw, and coming together to do it can quietly change how you feel.
A calm, unhurried, and unexpectedly moving conversation about creativity, place, mental health, and the quiet power of making marks on paper.
You can find more about Peter and his work on his website and instagram.
https://peterjoneshouseportraits.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/peterrhubarb/
Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.
Dani Trudeau, founder of Tribe Porty, a community coworking space in Edinburgh built on the belief that creativity, collaboration, and care are good for people, business, and the world.
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