Meeting the Inconceivable is a podcast exploring Zen koans, dreams, and the creative life produced by Pacific Zen Institute (PZI). PZI is a lively Rinzai Zen community and mystery school made up of artists, innovators, and seekers of all kinds. Our talks weave traditional Zen and koan practice with poetry, art, Jungian and archetypal psychology, and Eastern and Western myth. Our deep dive in-person retreats are held primarily in Northern California, but our members and gatherings extend worl ...
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From screenplays to TV, novels to video games, everybody has their own path to establishing a creative writing life. Join host Paul Zeidman as he interviews writers from all mediums and genres to find out about them, their work, and what advice and guidance they have for ambitious and aspiring writers.
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The Creative Life Podcast
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The Creative Life podcast will feature regular conversations with fellow creatives, discussing artistic process, inspiration, formative years and texts, and the journey to finding sustainable pathways in the creative fields. For more about your host, Karen Andrews, author and blogger, go to www.karenandrews.com.au Location: Australia
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This is a series of interviews I have with prominent people around the world in the gaming, tech and travel industry.
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The Creative Life TV: Creativity, Innovation and Inspiring Ideas | James Taylor
James Taylor: Creativity Expert, Online Entrepreneur and Author
Inspiring Creative Minds
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Joanna Pieters asks highly successful creatives: why *do* we create? We talk about the real stories behind the public success, how to get your work noticed, how to get people on side, how to build a tribe, and how to create more of the work that you believe in. You’ll also discover the latest thinking on innovation, brain science and creative productivity. Whether you want to revolutionise your job, inspire your team, complete a novel or start a business, the Creative Life Show gives you the ...
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Books & Writers · The Creative Process: Novelists, Screenwriters, Playwrights, Poets, Non-fiction Writers & Journalists Talk Writing, Life & Creativity
Novelists, Screenwriters, Playwrights, Poets, Non-fiction Writers & Journalists Talk Writing · Creative Process Original Series
Books & Writing episodes of the popular The Creative Process podcast. To listen to ALL arts & creativity episodes of “The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society”, you’ll find our main podcast on Apple: tinyurl.com/thecreativepod, Spotify: tinyurl.com/thecreativespotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists & creative thinkers across the Arts & STEM. We discuss their life, work & artistic practice. Winne ...
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Art · The Creative Process: Artists, Curators, Museum Directors Talk Art, Life & Creativity
Artists, Curators, Museum Directors Talk Art & Creativity · Creative Process Original Series
Art episodes of the popular The Creative Process podcast. We speak to artists, curators, museum directors about their work & how they made their creative careers. To listen to arts episodes across a variety of disciplines, follow our main podcast: “The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society”. You’ll find us on Apple: tinyurl.com/thecreativepod, Spotify: tinyurl.com/thecreativespotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations wit ...
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Podcast by Tellis (tSiz) Coleman
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Tune in for heartfelt and raw conversations between a strategic storyteller and a composer who unveils the inner workings of a creative life as business partners and a married couple. Heavily anchored in the human experience and predicament, The Dragon and the Stoic is a podcast for anyone curious about the creative process, our relationship to craft, and our inner self. Meet the hosts: Joseph Wilkinson Joseph is a multi-award-winning composer and audio artist with an undying passion for sti ...
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Welcome to the discussion on consciousness, spiritual awakening, soul growth, manifesting, energy healing, and going quantum—all things that lead you to a life, unlocked. These themes became prevalent for Hillary Bassett Ross, your host, after her many years navigating a spiritual awakening journey. Join in to hear about what life has to offer on the other side of inner shadows, limiting beliefs, and the old mindsets that keep us stuck.
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The conversations you didn’t know you needed—but won’t stop thinking about. Hosted by artist, and serial entrepreneur Jay Alders, Shifting Perceptions explores the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurship, personal growth, and deep thinking. Each episode features candid, unfiltered conversations with artists, best selling authors, world champions, rockstars, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who challenge norms and share raw insights on success, struggle, and the human experience. This ...
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CRANK THE 3RD is a weekly podcast in which we explore the entrepreneurial and creative side of life post 50. You've survived the first two professional chapters of your lives - 20s to mid-30s (chapter 1) and mid-30s and through your 40s (chapter 2). Welcome to the 3rd chapter! By this stage of your professional life, you've seen a lot, done most things, made some cash, expanded your horizons and probably are more comfortable in your skin than at any other time. But it’s not necessarily all s ...
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The Art of Fiction with Author, Musician, Satirist T.C. BOYLE - Highlights
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11:35“What I have done in my career is just try to assess who we are, what we are, why we are here, and how come we, as animals, are able to walk around and wear pants and dresses and talk on the internet, while the other animals are not. It's been my obsession since I was young. I think if I hadn't become a novelist, I might have been happy to be a nat…
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Memoirist/writer Wendy Dale talks about her new book THE MEMOIR ENGINEERING SYSTEM and the challenge and process of creating art out of your memories
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293: The power of clarity and credibility for over-50 entrepreneurs and professionals - with Mitchell Levy
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54:37Are you struggling to articulate your unique value proposition after decades of professional experience? You're not alone. Many seasoned entrepreneurs and business leaders find themselves grappling with the "curse of knowledge" - having so much expertise that it becomes challenging to communicate their core offering clearly. In this episode, I sit …
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Buddha Loves the Worst Horse Best [EP 7]
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42:55In this episode, Roshi John Tarrant takes up a koan from The Gateless Gate collection in which the Buddha tells his attendant, "That person is like a fine racehorse who runs at the mere shadow of a whip." Tarrant investigates our relationship to suffering, describing the four kinds of horse metaphors in Zen Buddhism, ranging from the one who runs a…
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How Art Helps Us Understand the World - Filmmakers, Writers & Artists Share their Stories
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11:52How do our personal lives influence the art we make? JIM SHEPARD (Author of The Book of Aron, Project X, & The World to Come starring Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston · Winner of the PEN New England Award, The Story Prize) explores historical human dilemmas, the emotional imagination and literature's role in extending empathetic un…
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A Life in Writing with T.C. BOYLE
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53:01Why are we filled with so many contradictions? How does writing help us make sense of the absurdity and of the absurdity and chaos of the world? T.C. Boyle is a novelist and short story writer based out of Santa Barbara, California. He has published 19 novels, such as The Road to Wellville and more than 150 short stories for publications like The N…
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Language, Music, Memory with Writer, Philosopher PATRICK HEALY - Highlights
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17:36“You have all the different languages interplaying with each other. Little scraps of Irish languages and idioms have stories that have been told, but how Ireland actually comes about as an idea, as to where the Irish come from. A lot of these kinds of debates are just placed, you know, in day-to-day conversation, and then they trail off. People sta…
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Beyond the Pale with Writer, Philosopher PATRCK HEALY
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55:36Patrick Healy’s novel Beyond the Pale explores memory, time, childhood, and how language shapes our world. Set in rural Ireland, starting in the 1950s, the book follows a young boy’s early memories through a series of expressionistic soundscapes. The expression from which the book takes its name has come to mean beyond what is considered acceptable…
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Thinking of Quitting Your Job? Listen to This First— How You Can Break Free with CEO Aaron Harper
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1:11:40Ever feel stuck in life, knowing you’re capable of more but unsure how to break through? In this episode, I sit down with Aaron Harper, CEO of Rolling Suds, who took an unexpected leap from corporate America into building a thriving national power washing empire. Aaron doesn’t hold back—he shares the raw, unfiltered truth about risk, reinvention, a…
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292: Special episode - The importance of being AI-savvy in your 50s and beyond [ Incl. RECAP of Valerie Khoo's 'Reinvention' interview ]
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25:33Are you a seasoned professional feeling the pressure to stay relevant in today's rapidly changing business landscape? You're not alone. As someone with decades of experience under your belt, you've accumulated a wealth of knowledge, skills, and wisdom. But in a world where technology evolves at breakneck speed and AI is reshaping industries, how do…
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Relationships, Writing, Dyselxia & The Creative Process w/ Director SOPHIE BROOKS
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10:20“In reality, we're all complex people with feelings and our own sets of baggage. I do think we are very good at self-sabotage, all of us. It's a very easy road to go down. It's safe because it's comfortable, and we know it. When you can find the ways you self-sabotage and try to stop that, it will hopefully lead to a happier life and things that ar…
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Modern Love - Writer, Director SOPHIE BROOKS on her new film OH, HI!
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49:12 What is love? How do the relationships we have early in our lives affect us for years to come? How can we break free from cycles of damage to form relationships of mutual understanding, respect, and love? Sophie Brooks is a London-born, Brooklyn-based writer and director. Her sophomore feature Oh, Hi! premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.…
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FIND ME: BOOK ONE author H.H. Rune talks about the challenge of being a neurodivergent writer, telling one story using three different methods, and incorporating personal details into your story & characters.
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291: Turning a side project into a flourishing enterprise (and discovering your purpose along the way) - with Mark Masters
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46:30This episode is for anyone who's closing in on 50 years of age, or maybe you're older but your professional purpose still eludes you. Perhaps you've been running a business for ages but you want to extend your entrepreneurial boundaries and pivot into doing something different, something that is more interesting and meaningful than what you're doin…
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From Spy Thrillers to Police Dramas w/ Writer, Creator, Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY
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13:08“There used to be a time when leading men were okay with falling down as a character. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones is a prime example of that. Even going back to the fifties, they understood that failure and falling down, but getting back up, is an endearing quality. It's a universal human quality. We have gotten to a point in the last 10 or 15 y…
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Behind the Scenes of The Rookie & The Recruit w/ Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY
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40:43How can we improve the way we train and recruit police officers? Can TV dramas serve as positive models for policing and help foster community? Alexi Hawley is the creator of ABC’s The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion, and Netflix's The Recruit, an espionage drama starring Noah Centineo that, in season two, explores the legal defense tactic 'graymai…
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Are We Witnessing the Decline of the American Empire? RICHARD D. WOLFF - Highlights
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11:54“The position of the United States in the world, economically and politically, is the weakest it has been in my lifetime. I was born in the middle of the 20th century, so I have watched the rise of the American empire and the success of American capitalism in the second half of the 20th century. However, over the last 20 years, I have watched that …
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Understanding Capitalism with RICHARD D. WOLFF - Co-founder of Democracy at Work
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47:33When capitalism stops serving the needs of the people, what can we do to create a fairer more equitable society? What can we learn from China's success and economic growth? Are we witnessing the decline of the American Empire and what comes next? Richard D. Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Ec…
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How Art Helps Us Understand the World - Filmmakers, Writers & Artists Share their Stories
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11:52How do our personal lives influence the art we make? JIM SHEPARD (Author of The Book of Aron, Project X, & The World to Come starring Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston · Winner of the PEN New England Award, The Story Prize) explores historical human dilemmas, the emotional imagination and literature's role in extending empathetic un…
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290: From Corporate ladder to solopreneur success: Starting your first business at 53 - with Graham White
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45:37Transitioning from a corporate career to entrepreneurship can be daunting, especially when you're in your early 50s and have been handed a 'pink slip' from your employer of two decades. But for Graham White, this leap became an opportunity to reinvent his professional life and create a thriving solo communications consulting practice.. In this epis…
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Put Out the Fire Across the River [EP 6]
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38:44Fire is the vital element of transformation. In this episode, Roshi John Tarrant discusses the Zen koan, Put Out the Fire Across the River, which originally arose in response to seeing the camp fires of Genghis Khan's army burn brightly through the night. Fire has a terrifying power for destruction but also a sacred role in connecting us. Like the …
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FIRST LOVE LANGUAGE Author Stefany Valentine talks about the unique insight as an adoptee writing an adoptee protagonist, the pattern of action-consequence, and the importance of writing for you and not the marketplace.
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How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together: Conversation w/ DEAN SPADE - Highlights
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16:04“This book has a lot of the wisdom of things that feminists and queers have learned in the community about sexuality, but the book is really for anybody who is political, even those just starting out and beginning to realize that there is something wrong with the systems they live under. I want to be in movements. Our movements are made of relation…
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Comfort Zones Are Killing Your Soul: Why I Chose to Risk It All with Matt Dawson
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1:13:04What happens when you leave the corporate grind to conquer the world’s tallest peaks and row across oceans? In this episode, Jay Alders dives into the incredible journey of Matt Dawson, a former investment banker turned world record adventurer. Discover how loss, pain, and stepping outside of his comfort zone transformed Matt’s life—and how it can …
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LOVE in a F*cked-Up World: DEAN SPADE on How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together
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57:41Why is it that we find the courage to boldly confront mainstream societal norms and structures, yet are so often unable to treat romantic partners with care and generosity? Why do we lose our principles when we become insecure, disappointed, or jealous? Why do we act our worst in sexual and romantic relationships? And why do we prioritize romantic …
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THREE WOMEN starring Shailene Woodley, DeWanda Wise, Betty Gilpin: Conversation w/ LAURA EASON - Highlights
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12:43“I think the show conveys to the women watching that their lives matter. They don't have to be some gorgeous aspirational person, although Sloane absolutely fits that mold. But for others living in the Midwest, struggling and feeling unseen, hopefully, the mirrors of Lina and Maggie will help them not feel so alone and remind them that their storie…
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Female Desire, Sex & Intimacy: Emmy-nominated Producer, Writer, Playwright LAURA EASON on THREE WOMEN
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52:43What is love? How do the narratives we internalize shape our understanding of relationships, intimacy, and family? Laura Eason is an Emmy-nominated producer, screenwriter, and playwright. Currently, she is the executive producer and showrunner of the Starz drama series Three Women. Based on a book by Lisa Taddeo, the series stars Shailene Woodley, …
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500 Lives as a Fox & Karma [EP 5]
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36:26In this episode, Roshi Allison Atwill tells the story of Baizhang's Fox, a classic koan from The Gateless Gate collection about the nature of karma. In this koan case, an old man confesses he was once abbot of the mountain temple, but was sentenced to live 500 lives as a fox for misapprehending the nature of cause and effect. The story of his event…
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Building Worlds Beyond Modernity’s Double Fracture: A Discussion with Azucena Castro & Malcom Ferdinand
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57:47In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu is delighted and privileged to be in conversation with Azucena Castro and Malcom Ferdinand. They start with a discussion of what Ferdinand calls the “double fracture”—the environmental division of humans from their connection to the biosphere, and the colonial division ins…
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How Does Art Shape Our Lives? Musicians, Writers, Filmmakers & Actors Share Their Stories
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11:22How do the arts help us find purpose and meaning? What role do stories play in helping us preserve memories, connect us to each other, and answer life’s big questions? MAX RICHTER(Award-winning Composer & Pianist · His album Sleep is the most streamed classical album of all time) reflects on the importance of creativity and how literature, music, a…
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Today’s very short episode does a quick wrap-up for 2024 and discusses what’s planned for 2025
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Building Warriors: The Vision Behind The Tactical Games with Nick Thayer
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1:24:47In this episode, Jay Alders chats with Nick Thayer, President of The Tactical Games, about his journey from U.S. Coast Guard veteran to leader of one of the most intense fitness and shooting competitions in the world. Nick shares how The Tactical Games combines athleticism, marksmanship, and mental toughness, creating a unique challenge for competi…
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