Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity
A podcast by WaitWhat
45 Episodes
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Introducing: Pioneers of AI
Published: 18/09/2024 -
Introducing: Offsite Adventures
Published: 17/04/2024 -
Create from joy: Writer Phoebe Robinson on "You Can’t Touch My Hair"
Published: 19/04/2023 -
Be utterly honest: Musician Ben Folds on “Whatever and Ever Amen”
Published: 12/04/2023 -
5 ways to handle creative conflict
Published: 30/03/2023 -
Get to the fun part: Game creators Matthew Inman and Elan Lee on Exploding Kittens
Published: 23/03/2023 -
Trust creates gold: Comedian David Cross on “Arrested Development”
Published: 15/03/2023 -
Let emotion be your North Star: Composer Kris Bowers
Published: 08/03/2023 -
How to begin: Susan Orlean on "The Orchid Thief"
Published: 01/03/2023 -
5 strategies for overcoming failure
Published: 27/02/2023 -
Fight for your dream: Comedian Cristela Alonzo
Published: 22/02/2023 -
Find the people who see your dream: Actor Aasif Mandvi
Published: 15/02/2023 -
Always be iterating: Pomplamoose’s Jack Conte & Nataly Dawn
Published: 08/02/2023 -
How to build trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes
Published: 01/02/2023 -
Take responsibility for your creativity: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Published: 25/01/2023 -
5 strategies for starting something new
Published: 23/01/2023 -
Tell a universal truth: “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz
Published: 18/01/2023 -
Sweat the details: Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett
Published: 11/01/2023 -
Embrace your inner weirdo: Pixar’s Domee Shi on “Turning Red”
Published: 04/01/2023 -
Turn memory into art: Isabel Allende on “The House of the Spirits”
Published: 28/12/2022
Every creative work you’ve ever loved has a hero’s journey behind it. On Spark & Fire, you'll hear creators tell the story of bringing one beloved work to life. Iconic creatives — like Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, Pixar director Domee Shi, comedian Patton Oswald, musician Wynton Marsalis, and novelist Isabel Allende — share the endless iterations, the inevitable setbacks, and the breakthrough ideas along the epic process of creation. But this isn’t an interview show. It’s a story — told entirely in the artist's own words.With host June Cohen, co-founder of WaitWhat and the former executive producer of TED Talks.Transcripts and images for every episode are available at sparkandfire.comSign up for the weekly Spark & Fire newsletter.