Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity

A podcast by WaitWhat

Categories:

Arts Society & Culture

43 Episodes

  1. Find what you need to fuel your work: Mark Bradford’s “Unicorn Tapestries”

    Published: 12/7/2022

  2. Commit to your best work (always!): Novelist Ann Patchett on “The Dutch House”

    Published: 11/30/2022

  3. How to recover your creative voice: Comedian Patton Oswalt on “Annihilation” & “I Love Everything”

    Published: 11/21/2022

  4. 5 ways to get creatively unstuck

    Published: 11/14/2022

  5. Season 2 – Coming Soon

    Published: 10/20/2022

  6. Be utterly honest: Musician Ben Folds on “Whatever and Ever Amen”

    Published: 7/1/2021

  7. How to spark others: Yo-Yo Ma on the Silk Road Project

    Published: 6/24/2021

  8. Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg

    Published: 6/10/2021

  9. Trust your instinct: Salsa legend Rubén Blades on the iconic song “Pedro Navaja”

    Published: 6/1/2021

  10. Stay authentic to yourself: Randall Park on making "Always Be My Maybe"

    Published: 5/25/2021

  11. Create the conditions for your own creativity: Yaa Gyasi on "Transcendent Kingdom"

    Published: 5/18/2021

  12. Play to an elevated purpose: Wynton Marsalis on "The Democracy! Suite"

    Published: 5/11/2021

  13. Cultivate a child's sense of wonder: "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson

    Published: 5/4/2021

  14. Tell us: Who are you? And join us on Clubhouse every Wednesday

    Published: 4/1/2021

  15. How to build your creative vision: Photographer Stephen Wilkes on the 2021 Inauguration Photo

    Published: 2/23/2021

  16. Great collabs start with trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes on “Between the World and Me”

    Published: 2/9/2021

  17. Creativity starts with play: Designer Thomas Heatherwick on NYC's The Vessel

    Published: 2/2/2021

  18. Turn crisis into art: Choreographer Bill T. Jones on “Afterwardsness," his pandemic masterpiece

    Published: 1/26/2021

  19. Turn memory into art: Isabel Allende on “The House of the Spirits”

    Published: 1/19/2021

  20. How to find inspiration: Chip Kidd on the "Jurassic Park" book cover

    Published: 1/12/2021

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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.