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Imagination & Junk

Thomas Edison said "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Join writer Bill Barol in the US and variety performer Mat Ricardo in the UK for a freewheeling transatlantic conversati... Read more

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Episode 6: Elephants in rooms

Episode 6: Elephants in rooms

Is it frivolous to do creative work when the world seems to be falling apart around you? Or can it be a palliative -- fo... Read more

6 Sep 2021

28mins

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Episode 5: Angry playtime

Episode 5: Angry playtime

A decade ago a group of Dutch researchers postulated that anger may under some conditions be an effective spur to creati... Read more

23 Aug 2021

24mins

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Episode 4: Stupid, stupid genius

Episode 4: Stupid, stupid genius

"Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable." -- Octavia Butler It's almost impossible to get creative work done witho... Read more

9 Aug 2021

30mins

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Episode 3: Gorilla position

Episode 3: Gorilla position

Style is the beautiful face we put on what we do. It goes hand in hand with technique, but the way they inflect each oth... Read more

26 Jul 2021

24mins

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Episode 2: The squeeze

Episode 2: The squeeze

There's a misconception that creativity means coming up with ideas. But ideas are one thing, results are another, and th... Read more

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Episode 1: Just start

Episode 1: Just start

There are a million possible ways to start a new creative project, but they can all be reduced to one: Just start. In th... Read more

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