Tim Urban is the writer of the blog Wait But Why. Tim writes about topics including artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, alien life, the size of the universe, and more. His articles are often tens of thousands of words the length of finished novels. The success of his blog has garnered millions of unique page views, thousands of patrons and famous fans like Elon Musk. In this episode we talk about the beginning of Wait But Why, his research and writing process, how Tim thinks abou...
Feb 01, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hrishikesh Hirway is a musician and podcast creator.Hes the host and creator of Song Exploder, an award-winning podcast and a Netflix original television series, where musicians break down the creative process behind their songs. Vulture called Song Exploder probably the best use of the podcast format ever. As a musician, hes released four albums under the moniker The One AM Radio, and an EP with Moors, his project with Lakeith Stanfield. Fast Company named him one of the Most Creative People in...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast Tori Dunlap is a nationally-recognized millennial money and career expert. After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money. She has helped over 800,000 women negotiate salaries, pay off debt, build savings, and invest. A Plutus award winner, her work has been featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, the New York Times, TIME, PEOPLE, New York Maga...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast Dan Runcie is the founder of Trapital, a media company covering the business of hip hop. Trapital has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal,BBC World News, NPR All Things Considered, CNBC, and many more publications, with more than 13,000 subscribers. And 35% of the audience works in the music industry at companies like Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, Live Nation, 300, Roc Nation, eOne, ASCAP, UnitedMasters, and more. In this episode, we talk about Dans ...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast I recently started a mini-series of episodes on the show called Jay-Talking with my friend Jay Acunzo. Those episodes are intended to be a little more raw and really feel more like you are a fly on the wall listening to a conversation between the two of us. Well, Jay recently had me on HIS show, Unthinkable, to continue the Jay-Talking series. We are talking about one of his favorite topics, the idea of Resonance. As Jay likes to say, marketing isn't about who arrives, its about who stays. We ch...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mitch Long (also known as OG Pickle) is a professional streamer, Twitch Partner, and PUBG Partner. PUBG Partners have an average concurrent viewership of 150 + on Twitch or 50,000+ subscribers on YouTube and they broadcast at least 3 times per week. Thats a high bar and being a Twitch Partner has a high bar too. Within a 30 day period, you must stream for 25 hours, Stream on 12 different days, and average 75 concurrent viewers. Mitch also played a major part in the development of the Maverick br...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast Todd Henry is the author of five books, including The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, Herding Tigers, and The Motivation Code. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Hes the host of The Accidental Creative podcast, which has more than 10 million downloads. And hes built one heck of a reputation as an international speaker as well, keynoting more than 30 events per year at times. In this episode, we talk about how you can become more creative on-demand...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast I think we can all agree that any year is a step up from the year that was 2020...but I have to say, 2021 was better than I could've imagined. I won't focus on my own results too much, but I made some big moves this year that have really paid off in a big way. First, I joined Pat Flynn and the SPI time when Unreal Collective was acquired. That was a scary decision to make, and it wasn't easy to make either! But it was absolutely the right call for a few reasons: I had the opportunity to lead the...
Dec 21, 2021•18 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast Joe Skinner is the host and founding producer of American Masters: Creative Spark. American Masters: Creative Spark is a Webby-winning arts and culture podcast that explores what makes a master. Following the model of the signature PBS biography series, American Masters: Creative Spark celebrates diverse artists and cultural icons who represent a wide range of disciplines, from music and comedy to poetry and film. As Digital Lead for the award-winning national PBS documentary series "American Ma...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Bungay Stanier has written books that have sold about a million copies all told, including The Coaching Habit, a self-published book thats become the best-selling book on coaching this century. He was a Rhodes Scholar, and he founded a training and development company, Box of Crayons, that has taught coaching skills to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. His new book How to Begin: Start Doing Something that Matters will help you find, define and start your own Worthy Goal. ...
Dec 07, 2021•59 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast Jay Acunzo is an author, a speaker, and a showrunner. He started his career in marketing working with ESPN, Google and HubSpot. He currently hosts two podcasts. One is called 3 Clips, which was recently acquired by a podcasting platform called Castos, and the other is called Unthinkable, a storytelling podcast about creative people who break from conventional thinking to make what matters most. I recently reached out to Jay to ask him questions about speaking, and we decided to turn that convers...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast I'm thrilled to share the new Creative Elements cover artwork with you. Thanks to Johnny Ropple of Brave Little Beast for the new artwork! Follow Emily Clouse on Instagram *** WHEN YOU'RE READY Creator Science Newsletter Get CreatorHQ (creator operating system) Join The Lab (private membership community) Get a Personalized Offer *** CONNECT Connect on Twitter Connect on Instagram Connect on LinkedIn Subscribe on YouTube *** SPONSORS View all sponsors and offers *** SAY THANKS Leave a review on A...
Nov 23, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lauren Hom is a designer and hand lettering artist based in Detroit (formerly New York & Los Angeles). Lauren is known for her bright color palettes and playful letterforms. She has created work for clients like Starbucks, Google, AT&T, YouTube and TIME Magazine. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Webby Awards. Lauren is also the author of the popular blog and book Daily Dishonesty. She finds that she's happiest when creating; so, when she's not ...
Nov 16, 2021•59 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast Dru Riley is the creator of Trends.vc, which has more than 45,000 subscribers and 1,000 Pro members. With each Trends report, Dru focuses on one core idea or movement. He dives into the history of that idea, why it matters, who the major players in that industry are, the relevant tools and platforms, predictions, opportunities, risks, key lessons, and even some of the opposing viewpoints as to why that idea is bogus. Trends also has a Pro subscription that goes deeper into each of those areas an...
Nov 09, 2021•57 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast Marie Poulin is the creator of Notion Mastery. Marie helps ambitious business owners design their life and business systems, so they can make space for growth. Notion is one of her favorite tools for making your goals visible and taking action on your ideas, and she loves showing folks how to use it to Supercharge their productivity. Marie educates people on how to use Notion on YouTube and through Notion Mastery, her 12-month, semi-guided learning journey. She provides video instruction and all...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast Andy J. Pizza is an illustrator. Sometimes he uses pictures. Like in his kids books, comics, and client work for the likes of The New York Times, Apple, or Nickelodeon. Sometimes he uses words. Like when hes making his podcast Creative Pep Talk. CPT consists of monologues on building a thriving creative practice and conversations with creative powerhouses like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Abbi Jacobson, and Morgan Harper Nichols. His favorite way to illustrate ideas is with analogies and stories on sta...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Warneris the founder of Mixergy and host of the Startup Stories Podcast by Mixergy, where he uncovers the secrets of the worlds best founders. Over the course of 2,000+ episodes, Andrew has interviewed everyone from Barbara Corcoran, to Gary Vee, to the founders of Airbnb. He's also the author of Stop Asking Questions: How to Lead High-Impact Interviews And Learn Anything from Anyone. After building two startups of his ownone successful and one failedAndrew started Mixergy as a way to lea...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast LISTENER SURVEY Click here to complete our listener survey Leave me a voicemail *** Anne-Laure Le Cunff is an entrepreneur, an ex-Googler, and a neuroscience student. Shes the creator of Ness Labs and a Masters of Science in Applied Neuroscience candidate at King's College. She writes a lot about "mindful productivity," and every week she sends a newsletter called Maker Mind with practical content at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forb...
Oct 14, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast LISTENER SURVEY Click here to complete our listener survey Leave me a voicemail *** This week I'm asking for your help. Podcast analytics are terrible, and I want to know more about YOU. Please take our Creative Elements Listener Survey for a chance to win one of two $200 Amazon Gift Cards! The survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete, and the winners will be chosen at random on November 1. And when you finish the survey, leave me a voicemail! I'm putting together an episode of listener questions, ...
Oct 12, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ali Spagnola is a musician, comedian, and artist. Ali creates outrageous videos including turning her car into a Chia Pet, covering her apartment with fur, or putting 3200 PopSockets on her wall! She also creates "What If" videos where she remixes popular music into the style of another artist. Ali has more than 362,000 subscribers on YouTube, more than 800,000 followers on TikTok, 500,000 followers on Facebook, and more than 2 million followers on Twitter. In this episode, we talk about Alis be...
Oct 05, 2021•59 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast c4nopener is one of the creators of the Bad Bunnies NFT project. Bad Bunnies are 5,500 randomly generated, gamified NFTs, released from captivity to the Ethereum blockchain. The project was created by c4nopener, a product designer bunny with 15 years experience in the industry, his brother poopli, and their friend bdub. The project opened to the public for minting on Sept. 18 at a price of 0.0275 ETH and sold out in a matter of 48 hours. In this episode, we talk about the origins of Bad Bunnies,...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast Taylor Schulte is the founder of Define Financial, which manages over $120 million in assets and specializes in retirement & tax planning for people over age 50. He's been named been recognized as a Top 40 Advisor Under 40 by InvestmentNews and named The #2 Independent Advisor in the U.S. by Investopedia. Taylor hosts Stay Wealthy Retirement, a Forbes Top 10 Retirement podcast. And in 2020, Taylor co-founded Advisors Growing as a Community, or the AGC. The online community has more than 150 memb...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, a podcast host, book author, keynote speaker, startup advisor, and nonstop optimism machine. Jason is the host of Build for Tomorrow, a show exploring the curious things from history that shaped us, and how we can shape the future. He's the author of two books,Build for Tomorrow, Not Yesterday,andMr. Nice Guy. His goal is to help you become more resilient and adaptable in a world of constant change so you can seize new opportunity bef...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast Steph Smithis a growth marketer,writer, andindie maker. She's the creator of two books, Doing Content Right and Doing Time Right. Doing Content Right is a 270-page book published in 2020. The book retails for $100 and has sold nearly 3200 copies on Gumroad. Steph creates her independent work on the side while leading Trends for the Hustle, which generates millions in ARR and has 15000+ paying subscribers. In this episode, we talk about how Stephanie found her way from chemical engineering into b...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast Dickie Bush is a macro investor and the creator of Ship 30 for 30, a community of writers developing a writing habit in 30 days. He is passionate about providing writers and creators with the tools, resources, processes, and mindsets required to find points of leverage and achieve exponential growthboth personally and professionally. In this episode we talk about Dickies humble newsletter beginnings, his experimentation with Twitter, the growth of Ship 30 for 30, and why listening to feedback lo...
Sep 02, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Perellis a writer, podcaster, and the creator of Write of Passage. His essays cross between topics like travel, culture, media, marketing, and technology, but focus on our relationship with information especially how we make sense of the world by consuming ideas. In this episode, we talk about Davids approach to education, quitting institutional games to create your own games, how to use Twitter, and how writing can generate serendipity. Visit David Perell's website Learn more about Write ...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nick Huberstarted Sweaty Startup in December of 2018 because he believed the Shark Tank and TechCrunch culture was ruining the real spirit of low-risk entrepreneurship. Today, Nick has more than 140,000 followers on Twitter, two podcasts, a Real Estate Masterclass, and more than $20 million in self storage assets under management. He founded a pickup and delivery student storage company with a partner in 2011 as an undergrad in college. The company has grown to 34 major colleges in 9 states and ...
Aug 24, 2021•53 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode ofMinds & Mics, I talk with my friend Nick Wignall. Nick and I get into the details of creative overwhelm and burnout and how I (try to) manage it. Subscribe to Minds & Mics Follow Nick on Twitter Full transcript and show notes *** WHEN YOU'RE READY Creator Science Newsletter Get CreatorHQ (creator operating system) Join The Lab (private membership community) Get a Personalized Offer *** CONNECT Connect on Twitter Connect on Instagram Connect on LinkedIn Subscribe on YouTube *** ...
Aug 19, 2021•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jack Rhysideris the creator and host of Darknet Diaries, audio stories specifically intended to capture, preserve, and explain the culture around hacking and cybersecurity. Darknet Diaries was started in 2017 and receives more than 300,000 downloads per episode. Jack has a Patreon with nearly 6,000 patrons for a total of nearly $20,000 per month. Darknet Diaries adheres to journalistic standards by fact-checking and ethical sourcing of information. They adopt principles of truthfulness, accuracy...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast Roberto Blake is dedicated to building the Creator Economy. Hes focused on helping Creators and Influencers build brands and businesses online. His YouTube channel has grown to more than 500K subscribers and more than 34 million views. He has nearly 50K followers on Twitter, and another 23K on Instagram. Founder of Awesome Creator Academy, Roberto educates and motivates small business owners and content creators, and helps them in building their brands and businesses. He is known for his direct ...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast 
