Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity
A podcast by WaitWhat
45 Episodes
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Generosity creates magic: “Frozen” songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Published: 21/12/2022 -
Replenish your sense of meaning: Musician Kayhan Kalhor on “Silent City"
Published: 14/12/2022 -
Find what you need to fuel your work: Mark Bradford’s “Unicorn Tapestries”
Published: 07/12/2022 -
Commit to your best work (always!): Novelist Ann Patchett on “The Dutch House”
Published: 30/11/2022 -
How to recover your creative voice: Comedian Patton Oswalt on “Annihilation” & “I Love Everything”
Published: 21/11/2022 -
5 ways to get creatively unstuck
Published: 14/11/2022 -
Season 2 – Coming Soon
Published: 20/10/2022 -
Be utterly honest: Musician Ben Folds on “Whatever and Ever Amen”
Published: 01/07/2021 -
How to spark others: Yo-Yo Ma on the Silk Road Project
Published: 24/06/2021 -
Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg
Published: 10/06/2021 -
Trust your instinct: Salsa legend Rubén Blades on the iconic song “Pedro Navaja”
Published: 01/06/2021 -
Stay authentic to yourself: Randall Park on making "Always Be My Maybe"
Published: 25/05/2021 -
Create the conditions for your own creativity: Yaa Gyasi on "Transcendent Kingdom"
Published: 18/05/2021 -
Play to an elevated purpose: Wynton Marsalis on "The Democracy! Suite"
Published: 11/05/2021 -
Cultivate a child's sense of wonder: "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson
Published: 04/05/2021 -
Tell us: Who are you? And join us on Clubhouse every Wednesday
Published: 01/04/2021 -
How to build your creative vision: Photographer Stephen Wilkes on the 2021 Inauguration Photo
Published: 23/02/2021 -
Great collabs start with trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes on “Between the World and Me”
Published: 09/02/2021 -
Creativity starts with play: Designer Thomas Heatherwick on NYC's The Vessel
Published: 02/02/2021 -
Turn crisis into art: Choreographer Bill T. Jones on “Afterwardsness," his pandemic masterpiece
Published: 26/01/2021
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.
