Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity

A podcast by WaitWhat

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43 Episodes

  1. Create from joy: Writer Phoebe Robinson on "You Can’t Touch My Hair"

    Published: 4/19/2023
  2. Be utterly honest: Musician Ben Folds on “Whatever and Ever Amen”

    Published: 4/12/2023
  3. 5 ways to handle creative conflict

    Published: 3/30/2023
  4. Get to the fun part: Game creators Matthew Inman and Elan Lee on Exploding Kittens

    Published: 3/23/2023
  5. Trust creates gold: Comedian David Cross on “Arrested Development”

    Published: 3/15/2023
  6. Let emotion be your North Star: Composer Kris Bowers

    Published: 3/8/2023
  7. How to begin: Susan Orlean on "The Orchid Thief"

    Published: 3/1/2023
  8. 5 strategies for overcoming failure

    Published: 2/27/2023
  9. Fight for your dream: Comedian Cristela Alonzo

    Published: 2/22/2023
  10. Find the people who see your dream: Actor Aasif Mandvi

    Published: 2/15/2023
  11. Always be iterating: Pomplamoose’s Jack Conte & Nataly Dawn

    Published: 2/8/2023
  12. How to build trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes

    Published: 2/1/2023
  13. Take responsibility for your creativity: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Published: 1/25/2023
  14. 5 strategies for starting something new

    Published: 1/23/2023
  15. Tell a universal truth: “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz

    Published: 1/18/2023
  16. Sweat the details: Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett

    Published: 1/11/2023
  17. Embrace your inner weirdo: Pixar’s Domee Shi on “Turning Red”

    Published: 1/4/2023
  18. Turn memory into art: Isabel Allende on “The House of the Spirits”

    Published: 12/28/2022
  19. Generosity creates magic: “Frozen” songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez

    Published: 12/21/2022
  20. Replenish your sense of meaning: Musician Kayhan Kalhor on “Silent City"

    Published: 12/14/2022

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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.