Masterpiece
Episodes
Day One with Romy Galombik
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation on leaving the safety of a job, starting something of your own, and why you need your cheerleaders. Thoughts? Email me at jyk@masterpi...
Become Someone You Believe In with Dr Zac Seidler
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So many of us are sitting in the stands of our own lives — wanting to act, but held back by what people might think. In this conversation with Zac, ...
The Arena
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What’s something you want to do this year that feels scary to say out loud? What arena do you want to get into?For me, it’s painting. And yet, I f...
The Integration Era with Madeleine Gottlieb
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last year Madeleine Gottlieb spent 53 days in the South Australian desert directing a television series, working 18-hour days in intense conditions —...
The Integration Era with Madeleine Gottlieb - old
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last year Madeleine Gottlieb spent 53 days in the South Australian desert directing a television series, working 18-hour days in intense conditions —...
What Do You Want?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the year of the horse and it feels like there’s a shift. More momentum, movement, creative energy. More people wanting to make a change. To g...
There’s a Lot of Effort in Effortless
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When you have an idea in your mind, it can be perfect. The moment you begin, you confront how hard it is to make anything real (let alone good).For th...
Permission to Do Less
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When I feel overwhelmed, like there aren’t enough hours in the day, every part of me wants to do more. Wake up earlier. Cram it all in. Get on top o...
The Pain of Perfectionism with Cass Seidler
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I always thought perfectionism was a bit of a humble brag — a flaw that was actually a strength. Something that helped you get ahead.Then I read an ...
One Word Can Change Your Life
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Choosing One Word for 2026This week, Matteo and I sat down to reflect on 2025 through the lens of our words — mastery and foundations. We spoke abou...
The Mother, the Artist, and the Craftsman with Grace O'Neill
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grace O’Neill is a writer, editor, podcaster, and this year, she became a mother.After years of searching, pivoting, and finally finding the confide...
Eliza Gosse Is Not a Tortured Artist
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eliza Gosse is not your typical artist. Mathematical, precise and quietly disciplined, she has built an incredible career as a painter — ten solo ex...
The Mess Is the Magic with Haley Vickers
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I met the Canadian-born TV and film producer, Haley Vickers, at a birthday dinner in 2023. We were both pivoting in our careers, both breaking up with...
Diana Reid on Focus, Failure, and the Freedom to Write
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Reid wrote her debut novel at 24 during lockdown, having deferred a corporate law job by a year. That book became a bestseller. In the five year...
The Podcast I Was Afraid to Start
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, my podcast, Masterpiece, is out. I’ve been talking about this podcast for years — dreaming about it, playing with it, circling around it, a...
Live Life Like You Paint with Talia Blank
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talia Blank is a painter, poet, filmmaker, and incredibly deep thinker. For Talia, making art is like breathing. It isn’t something she thinks about...
Big French Energy
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s halfway through the year. A lot has happened, but it feels like just the beginning. This week, Matteo and I sat down to record a chat, reflecti...
A Dark Room and My Imagination with Jonno Seidler
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve wanted to chat to Jonno Seidler since 2022. I was standing in a queue at Palermo Airport, waiting for a flight back to London, when a friend se...
Hair is Everything with Madeleine Gottlieb
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I spoke with Madeleine Gottlieb — an award-winning director, producer, screenwriter, and one of my oldest friends.I met Mads when I was fi...
Going Analogue
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Matteo and I spent two months in Puglia at the end of last year, living in a sleepy seaside town, we had a weekend ritual: a long walk by the sea...
I want to be brave like Bob Dylan
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a scene in A Complete Unknown I can’t stop thinking about.Bob Dylan steps on stage at the Newport Folk Festival in ’65. Thousands and th...
Designing a Life That Feels Like You with Nimisha Gupta
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After seven years at luxury fashion house Zegna, Nimisha Gupta walked away from the safety of a big role to rediscover herself—and her joy.In this w...
Anxiety and the Artist's Date
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My earliest memories are anxious ones. Clinging to my mum’s legs as a child. Hiding under a laundry basket when people popped in. Waking up at 5 AM...
The Rickoning with Grace O’Neill
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not long ago, I sat down with Grace O’Neill in her Kitchen in London, and we recorded a chat. Grace is a writer. The former editor of Elle Australia...
Does it charm you?
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matteo and I sat down to talk about redesigning our life in Sydney—finding new rituals, navigating productivity shame, starting therapy, and having ...
Catching ideas with David Lynch
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as I can remember, I’ve woken up early. I used to resist it. But lately, I’ve realised it’s a secret part of the day—a time to cat...
Stop planning, start the podcast
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago, I took my brother for breakfast and traded coffee and eggs for advice. I told him everything—my podcast vision, the name, the look ...
Some places you live in, other places live in you
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I love January, but I found this one hard. Not because of No Plans Jan—that gets easier every year. But because it’s been a period of transition. ...
My word for 2025 is
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On January 1st, Matteo and I each took out our One Word Journals and started writing. Guided by the book, we reflected on 2024, reconnected with what’...
A crazy, chaotic, beautiful year
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Matteo and I sat down to reflect on 2024. It was a year that began with an eviction from our Notting Hill flat and ended by the seaside in...
Trusting the artist within
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the beginning of last year, I was in a creative rut. I knew I wanted to evolve my art but had no idea where to begin. I was terrified I’d never c...
Why do you do it?
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, I was living on autopilot, completely unaware of how disconnected I had become.One simple question changed everything and fundamentally cha...
Affirmations for every day
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The concept of journalling was always confusing to me; it felt elusive, awkward, and just another thing to do. So I resisted it for years. But the noi...
The art of focus
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do we stay focused when our attention is pulled in a thousand directions?This week, I’m sharing my frustrations with my phone, exploring the hid...
Breaking through self-sabotage
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re on the go, listen on Spotify 🕊This week, I stepped out of my comfort zone and sat down to record this video.I’m currently in Umbria, ...
Everything is different
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few months I wiped my Instagram, launched my new collection, and transformed my art studio into an exhibition space with almost 200 metr...
This year I'm going to be bad at podcasting
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I sat down with Matteo (aka Dory) to discuss why starting something new is so incredibly hard (and how to get started anyway). You can list...
My word for 2024 is 'ease'
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A few days ago, Camille Liu Nock visited me at home in Sydney, and we spoke about our words for the new year. My word for 2024 is ‘ease,’ and in t...