Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity
A podcast by WaitWhat
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43 Episodes
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Create from joy: Writer Phoebe Robinson on "You Can’t Touch My Hair"
Published: 4/19/2023 -
Be utterly honest: Musician Ben Folds on “Whatever and Ever Amen”
Published: 4/12/2023 -
5 ways to handle creative conflict
Published: 3/30/2023 -
Get to the fun part: Game creators Matthew Inman and Elan Lee on Exploding Kittens
Published: 3/23/2023 -
Trust creates gold: Comedian David Cross on “Arrested Development”
Published: 3/15/2023 -
Let emotion be your North Star: Composer Kris Bowers
Published: 3/8/2023 -
How to begin: Susan Orlean on "The Orchid Thief"
Published: 3/1/2023 -
5 strategies for overcoming failure
Published: 2/27/2023 -
Fight for your dream: Comedian Cristela Alonzo
Published: 2/22/2023 -
Find the people who see your dream: Actor Aasif Mandvi
Published: 2/15/2023 -
Always be iterating: Pomplamoose’s Jack Conte & Nataly Dawn
Published: 2/8/2023 -
How to build trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes
Published: 2/1/2023 -
Take responsibility for your creativity: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Published: 1/25/2023 -
5 strategies for starting something new
Published: 1/23/2023 -
Tell a universal truth: “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz
Published: 1/18/2023 -
Sweat the details: Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett
Published: 1/11/2023 -
Embrace your inner weirdo: Pixar’s Domee Shi on “Turning Red”
Published: 1/4/2023 -
Turn memory into art: Isabel Allende on “The House of the Spirits”
Published: 12/28/2022 -
Generosity creates magic: “Frozen” songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Published: 12/21/2022 -
Replenish your sense of meaning: Musician Kayhan Kalhor on “Silent City"
Published: 12/14/2022
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.