Mike Warwick

Catch Mike on Do Radio: Where To Next with Dan Kieran 12-18th January 2026.

In this episode incoming presenter Mike Warwick meets with Dan Kieran, the show’s founding voice, for a reflective conversation about their journeys so far. Together, they explore the roots of the show, the spirit that shaped it, and how Mike will be growing a new branch from the sapling Dan has planted.

Mike Warwick began his creative life making records and art, immersed in the world of music and the performing arts. Drawn early to collaboration, rehearsal rooms, studios, and the shared intensity of making something together, he has always been inspired by the exhilaration - and occasional frustration - of the creative process.

He later circled film before becoming a teacher, a role he describes as more formative than anything that came before. In time, Mike wrote How to Survive School and founded Exam Magic, working closely with young people navigating pressure, fear, and the emotional toll of outdated education systems.

He has remained rooted in creative communities - musicians, performers, writers, and directors - people who understand risk, doubt, and the need to keep going without guarantees. He’s also worked with organisations, teams, and leaders, holding conversations that have shaped his understanding of learning, leadership, and what it means to stay human in public.

Today, Mike works as a coach and therapist. His spiritual practice - studying and teaching A Course in Miracles and practicing with the Self-Realisation Fellowship - deeply informs his work, though he approaches it imperfectly. For him, it’s not about belief systems, but lived experience: the meeting place between traditions, practices, and lives.

At the heart of Mike’s work is a commitment to “stay in the room” to listen, connect the dots, get things wrong, and keep learning alongside others. He’s drawn to radio for its intimacy: an audience of one, multiplied by the number listening together. He isn’t interested in delivering fixed ideas or distant solutions. What excites him is shared inquiry, honest conversation - especially when things are, or feel, unfinished.

Now navigating the “middle passage” of second adulthood, Mike joins Where to Next? without a fixed destination in mind. He trusts the work that shows up once you begin. The skills appear when needed, the questions shift, and the journey itself becomes the place where life really happens.