Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity
By WaitWhat
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Description
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.com
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Introducing: Offsite Adventures
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Create from joy: Writer Phoebe Robinson on "You Can’t Touch My Hair"
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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5 ways to handle creative conflict
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Get to the fun part: Game creators Matthew Inman and Elan Lee on Exploding Kittens
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Trust creates gold: Comedian David Cross on “Arrested Development”
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Let emotion be your North Star: Composer Kris Bowers
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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5 strategies for overcoming failure
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Fight for your dream: Comedian Cristela Alonzo
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Find the people who see your dream: Actor Aasif Mandvi
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Always be iterating: Pomplamoose’s Jack Conte & Nataly Dawn
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Take responsibility for your creativity: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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5 strategies for starting something new
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Tell a universal truth: “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Sweat the details: Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Embrace your inner weirdo: Pixar’s Domee Shi on “Turning Red”
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Generosity creates magic: “Frozen” songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Replenish your sense of meaning: Musician Kayhan Kalhor on “Silent City"
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Find what you need to fuel your work: Mark Bradford’s “Unicorn Tapestries”
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Commit to your best work (always!): Novelist Ann Patchett on “The Dutch House”
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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How to recover your creative voice: Comedian Patton Oswalt on “Annihilation” & “I Love Everything”
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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5 ways to get creatively unstuck
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Be utterly honest: Musician Ben Folds on “Whatever and Ever Amen”
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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How to spark others: Yo-Yo Ma on the Silk Road Project
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Trust your instinct: Salsa legend Rubén Blades on the iconic song “Pedro Navaja”
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Stay authentic to yourself: Randall Park on making "Always Be My Maybe"
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May 25, 2021 |
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Create the conditions for your own creativity: Yaa Gyasi on "Transcendent Kingdom"
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May 18, 2021 |
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Play to an elevated purpose: Wynton Marsalis on "The Democracy! Suite"
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May 11, 2021 |
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Cultivate a child's sense of wonder: "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson
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May 04, 2021 |
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How to build your creative vision: Photographer Stephen Wilkes on the 2021 Inauguration Photo
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Great collabs start with trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes on “Between the World and Me”
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Creativity starts with play: Designer Thomas Heatherwick on NYC's The Vessel
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Turn crisis into art: Choreographer Bill T. Jones on “Afterwardsness," his pandemic masterpiece
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Turn memory into art: Isabel Allende on “The House of the Spirits”
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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How to find inspiration: Chip Kidd on the "Jurassic Park" book cover
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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How to begin: Susan Orlean on "The Orchid Thief"
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Oscar winner Pixar's Kemp Powers on "Soul": The best person for the project
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Jan 04, 2021 |