The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Timeless Practical Wisdom For Living a Meaningful LifeInspiring stories and practical advice from creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, misfits, and rebels to help you become successful on your own terms Our listeners say, “If TEDTalks met Oprah you’d have the Unmistakable Creative.” El...
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Anna Lembke: Why Your Brain Mistakes Instagram for Heroin
Stanford addiction psychiatrist Anna Lembke explains the neuroscience of dopamine and why our brains respond to social media the same way they respond...
Andy Molinsky: The Three Cs That Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Brandeis professor Andy Molinsky breaks down the psychology of why we avoid challenging situations and shares his research-backed framework for pushin...
Andrew Horn: Finding Your Grain of Truth Through Service and Emotional Mastery
Andrew Horn shares his journey from nightclub promoter to founder of Tribute and The Junto mens group. He discusses how a pivotal conversation with hi...
Amy Edmondson: The Science of Failing Well and Why We Avoid Learning From Mistakes
Harvard professor Amy Edmondson breaks down the three types of failure—intelligent, basic, and complex—and why most of us never learn from them. She e...
Amy Blankson: Five Strategies to Find Happiness in a Tech-Saturated World
Amy Blankson, happiness researcher and author of The Future of Happiness, explains how positive psychology can help us use technology intentionally ra...
Alex Pang: Why Working Less Can Make You More Creative
Historian and futurist Alex Pang explains why history's most creative people worked in short, focused bursts and took their leisure seriously. He trac...
B. Jeffrey: Why Obsession Is the Hidden Cost of Building an Empire
B. Jeffrey, a teacher at Parsons School of Design and author of Creative Careers, discusses how to make a living from your ideas without chasing false...
David Allen: Why Your Brain is a Terrible Office
David Allen, creator of the Getting Things Done methodology, shares the unconventional path that led him from 35 jobs before 35, drug experimentation,...
Dan Lerner: Why Your Character Strengths Matter More Than Your Skills
Dan Lerner teaches the Science of Happiness at NYU. He explains how to identify your signature strengths using the VIA assessment and why companies th...
Cyril Bouquet: How to Think Like an Alien to Unlock Creativity
Cyril Bouquet, professor at IMD Business School and lifelong immigrant, explains how creativity requires seeing the world with fresh eyes. He breaks d...
Brad Stulberg: Why Stability Comes from Changing, Not Resisting Change
Brad Stulberg returns to discuss his book Master of Change, exploring how the science of allostasis reveals that true stability comes from adapting ra...
AJ Leon: The Defiance That Shapes a Life Worth Living
AJ Leon shares how losing his father at 14 and growing up marginalized shaped his philosophy of defiance over courage. He discusses the Ms. Mitchell m...
Chase Jarvis: Creativity is a Birthright, Not a Gift
Chase Jarvis, founder of CreativeLive and author of Creative Calling, discusses why creativity is a practical skill everyone possesses from birth that...
Adam Gazzaley: Why Your Ancient Brain Struggles With Modern Tech
UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley explains the evolutionary mismatch between our attention systems and modern technology. He breaks down top-down vs b...
Austin Kleon: Transforming Disgust Into Art and the Power of Creative Maladjustment
Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist and Keep Going, returns to discuss how creative work emerges from deep dissatisfaction with the world rat...
Luke Burgis: Mimetic Desire, Fulfillment, and the Hidden Forces That Shape What We Want
Author and entrepreneur Luke Burgis joins us to explore the invisible architecture of human desire — and how understanding it can radically change our...
Laura Owens: Surviving Domestic Violence, Reclaiming Self-Worth, and Letting the Past Inform Without Defining
Laura Owens, broadcaster and domestic violence survivor, shares her journey from an abusive relationship to reclaiming her voice and sense of self. Gr...
Kristin Neff: The Science and Practice of Self-Compassion
Kristin Neff, pioneering researcher and author of *Self-Compassion*, shares a groundbreaking case for why treating ourselves with kindness isn’t indul...
Kate Peterson: Redefining Success and What It Means to Live a Good Life
Kate Peterson, artist and author, shares her journey from chasing Instagram validation to defining success on her own terms. After spending 10 months...
Kamal Ravikant: Rewiring Your Mind Through the Practice of Self-Love
Kamal Ravikant, author of "Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It," breaks down the neuroscience and daily practice of self-love as a transformati...
Justin Connor: The Lungs Hold Grief and Why Workaholism Is Both Saving Grace and Achilles Heel for Filmmakers
Justin Connor, filmmaker and musician behind The Golden Age, shares how his saxophonist father and jazz-loving parents never encouraged music yet inad...
Jim Kwik: Unlocking Limitless Learning and Why Your Brain is Not Fixed
Jim Kwik, brain performance expert and author of Limitless, reveals how a childhood brain injury transformed him from the kid with the broken brain in...
Vanessa Van Edwards: From Student Council Nerd to Decoding Human Behavior
Vanessa Van Edwards, behavioral researcher and author, traces her expertise in human behavior back to being a highly neurotic student council nerd wit...
Tiago Forte: Building a Second Brain After Five Schools Taught Him to Be a Chameleon
Tiago Forte, creator of the Second Brain methodology, shares how attending five different schools in five consecutive years obliterated his social cir...
Susan Magsamen: Your Brain on Art and the Neuroscience of Creativity
Susan Magsamen, author of Your Brain on Art, explores creativity through neuroscience rather than philosophy or technique. Born to working-class paren...
Robin Dellabough: From Supporting Others' Creativity to Claiming Your Own
Robin Dellabough, writer and editor, shares her unconventional journey from growing up in a bohemian Greenwich Village household to spending decades s...
Rob Bloom: How Stuttering Forced Creative Problem-Solving and Authenticity
Rob Bloom, creative director for Universal theme parks, shares his journey living with a stutter that shaped his entire life and career. He reveals ho...
Rich Karlgaard: Why Late Bloomers Win in a Culture Obsessed with Early Achievement
Rich Karlgaard, author of Late Bloomers, dismantles the toxic narrative that success must come early. Drawing from his father's reinvention in his 30s...
Rebecca Beltran: Redefining Intimacy Through Sex-Positive Courtesanship
Rebecca Beltran shares her unconventional journey from polyamory to becoming a courtesan, challenging cultural stigma around sex work and intimacy. Sh...
Jenny Blake: Free Time, Time-to-Revenue Ratios, and Rejecting the "Time Is Money" Myth
Jenny Blake, author of "Free Time," reveals how her father—an architect who gives ruthless editorial feedback with his "WKIYB" abbreviation (we know i...
Marc Elliott: How Media Narratives Shape Truth and the Untold Side of NXIVM
Marc Elliott shares his controversial perspective on NXIVM, arguing that media narratives have distorted the truth about Keith Raniere and the organiz...
Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Professional Troublemaking and the Power of Making Good Trouble
Luvvie Ajayi Jones challenges the cultural expectation that harmony is more important than justice. As a professional troublemaker, she argues that sp...
Peter Krask: From PhD Dropout to Hollywood Producer—Building Myth Merchant and Finding Creative Freedom
Peter Krask, creator of Myth Merchant and former Hollywood producer, shares his journey from quitting grad school to producing reality TV to building...
Oliver Burkeman: Why Positive Thinking Fails and the Paradox of Pursuing Happiness
Oliver Burkeman, author of "The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking," dismantles the self-help industry's obsession with...
Michelle Gielan: How Small Shifts in Communication Create Big Changes in Happiness and Resilience
In this powerful conversation, former CBS news anchor and positive psychology researcher Michelle Gielan unpacks how we can rewire our communication h...
Breaking Free from the Plan: How Decision Engineering Can Transform Your Life with Michelle Florendo
Michelle Florendo shares her journey from following the immigrant dream of Stanford, an MBA, and a "good job" to discovering she was miserable and nee...
Justin McRoberts: Mortality, Meaning, and Giving Away Everything You've Got
Justin McRoberts, musician, pastor, and author of "It's What You Make of It," shares how confronting death early in life shaped his approach to creati...
Jeff Wald: Navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Why Personal Responsibility Defines the Future of Work
Jeff Wald, author of The End of Jobs and CEO of WorkMarket, examines how robots and AI are creating the fourth industrial revolution—a massive power s...
Jeff Spencer: The Champion Blueprint and the Eight Inevitable Steps to Peak Performance
Jeff Spencer, former Olympic cyclist and performance coach to Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and Olympic gold medalists, breaks down the precise archit...
Jason Naylor: The Psychology of Color and Why Bright Hues Unlock Positivity, Memory, and Human Connection
Jason Naylor, artist and author of Live Life Colorfully, shares how growing up as the second of seven children in a Mormon family in Salt Lake City sh...