Choirs and Spirituality?
Choirs and spirituality... ok guys? Where will this one go?
Jun 12, 2025•32 min
War with Art
The weekly podcast that helps you fight your creative battles!
Hosted by three professional game developers by day, and writer (S. M. Carter), musician (George Spanos), and artist (Eric Vedder) by night.
See liner notes for each show at warwithart.com
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Episodes
Project Exhaustion
George, Eric and Sheldon talk about all the effort and how that can turn to exhaustion.
Apr 07, 2025•26 min
Overthinking your art
Sheldon, George, and Eric sit down to talk about the vast landmine overthinking your art.
Mar 03, 2025•23 min
War with Art - Mortality
George and Eric discuss life and death as a creative.
Feb 15, 2025•21 min
What is a Cinematic Novella?
George and Eric sit down for this one and discuss making a new kinds of things...all with a dash of creative insight and humor.
Nov 04, 2024•21 min
Aardehn Kickstarter
The guys discuss Kickstarter releases, tips for creating one, and the hype surrounding SM and Eric's new book, Aardehn: Awakening (which hit its funding goal in less than 24 hours!)
Aug 28, 2024•33 min
Rework
SM Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder talk about the pain of having to rework and rewrite and redraw and replay... like needles in your eye. But just maybe there is something to learn from it?
Jul 09, 2024•21 min
War with Art - Procrastination
S.M. Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder get off their butts and actually record an episode... but, just maybe, procrastination is a good thing?
Jun 25, 2024•27 min
When you're starting something new
S.M. Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder sit down with artist and entrepreneur Samantha Carter and artist and crafter Annette Miketic - Vedder to talk about starting a new creative project.
Jul 26, 2023•27 min
The war with marketing (yourself) pt. 1
Marketing and promoting yourself is such a hard part of being a creator. The guys sit down to discuss a few aspects of this vast part.
Jun 22, 2023•27 min
January Update 2023
S.M, Threat Machine, and the Black Wolf come back to start the year off with a bang. (That's Sheldon, George, and Eric!) We talk about taking lessons and figuring out the way to improve. Also... now featuring Greg, the fact checker
Jan 16, 2023•30 min
Project Update Fall 2021
Eric and George talk about what they're up to on the heels of Sheldon's book release.
Nov 23, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
To Steal the Sun - Sheldon's Kickstarter
The guys sit down and let Sheldon talk about what he loves about his book. S. M. Carter --> Sheldon Threat Machine --> George Black Wolf --> Eric https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sheldoncarter/tsts
Oct 26, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 3
How we improved
Earwigs and shenanigans... plus some actual information about trying to improve at your craft.
Oct 19, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome Back 2021 Edition
Let's dig into making art again.
Oct 12, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 1
World Building
Content from March that all the guys are still working hard on and decided to post: World Building.
May 25, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Collaboration
The guys talk about how to be a good collaborator and how important it can be... even with yourself.
Mar 02, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 1
How to restart your creation
The guys talk about creation or more specifically how to restart.
Feb 18, 2020•23 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Input and Output
Creative output can be crucially tied to creative inputs. The guys are back to discuss why and how.
Feb 04, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
What we're learning - Oct 2019 edition
The Warriors are back. Talking you through what we're learning as creatives... and people.
Oct 15, 2019•21 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Staying Curious
Staying curious is important to the creative process.
May 27, 2019•16 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Forgetting the Past
Need to forget the failures (creative or otherwise) holding you back? WWA has you covered.
Apr 29, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 6
How to avoid distractions
Having a tough time keeping focused? Distracted when trying to do creative work? War with Art is here for you! Season 2. Ep. 5
Mar 28, 2019•19 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Is my idea bad?
How to know when you have a bad idea? What to do with bad ideas? "And where do broken hearts go? Can they---" The guys discuss.
Mar 12, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 4
How to deal with creative stress
How do you deal with creative stress? What tips do you have to stop creative steps? The guys sit down to tell you their tips.
Mar 04, 2019•19 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Artist Commentary - Echoes of a Butterfly
Listen to the entirety of George's new album - with his commentary and questions from Sheldon and Eric. Stream the album here: smarturl.it/threatmachine
Feb 05, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
2.1 Season Two opener - We're back!
It's 2019. The Warriors are back and ready to help you with your creative battle.
Jan 18, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 1
1.41 Threat Machine Release day
It's finally here! Echoes of a Butterfly is out now. The guys talk about and celebrate this release. music.threatmachine.com
Nov 30, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 41
1.40 Ramón Pérez Pt. 2
Part 2 of our chat with multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning artist and storyteller Ramón Pérez!
Nov 21, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 40
1.39 Ramón Pérez Pt. 1
We get to sit down with multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning artist and storyteller Ramón Pérez!
Nov 14, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 39
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