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        <itunes:author>Adeel Shamsi</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>You&#39;re a professional, until you&#39;re an amateur again. Adeel Shamsi, a Producer and Director sits down with other Creative Entrepreneurs and discusses the ups and downs of the daily battle between their left brain and right brain. Running a business is difficult, but running a business in the creative industry has its own unique set of problems.</itunes:summary>
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                <title>Talking about the editing process with Tristan Challenger</title>

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                <itunes:summary>Shamsi &amp; Tristan discuss how they feel about the editing process of a Production.</itunes:summary>
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                <itunes:author>Adeel Shamsi</itunes:author>
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                <title>Do you have to be an asshole to be an effective director? (Episode 2)</title>

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