Richard Wolffe on the difficulty of simplicity, writing process, scaling creative endeavors, live television, and creating the new MSNBC.com

John Vanderslice on moments of inspiration, triangulating objectivity, the dangers of editing, and the importance of fans in creativity

Josh Higgins on the Obama 2012 Campaign, managing creative teams, culture and more

Denise Jacobs on creativity, your inner critic and more

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with The Submarines male lead John Dragonetti about song writing, film scoring, simplicity, and the importance of panic in the creative process.

Mentioned in this episode:


iPhone Commercial
The Submarines
ToneTiger.com

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with toy designer, creator, innovator extraordinaire Wayne Losey about the nature of client services, the DNA that lies at the center of product, brand and narrative, and the tax exempt status of jedi's in some foreign countries. Wayne helped create a number of our favorite toys and action figures for some of the top brands the world including batman, spider man, star wars, pokemon and micro machines.

Mentioned in this episode:


Hasbro Toys
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Power of Myth
The Tick

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins discuss public speaking, song writing, improvisation, fearlessness and creativity, peripheral creativity, creative pause and more.

Mentioned in this episode:


Insert Content Here
Drupalize.Me Podcast
Second City
The Groundlings
IA Writer
Lullabot Jobs

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with Aarron Walter about uncovering personality in the creative process, the secret to creative output, MyGov UX, whether all designers should write, the perfect espresso setup and more.

Mentioned in this episode:


AarronWalter.com
MailChimp
MyGov UX
Design Personas

Jared Ponchot and Josh Riggs chat with illustrator and designer Dave Mott about drawing, artists' versus designers' process, creative pause, how tools shape process, self-driven projects and more.

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DaveMottCreative.com
Monkey Works (Dave's Blog)
Dave Mott on Dribbble
Dave Mott on twitter
Duck Duck Moose

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with author, designer, musician Alex Cornell about creative block and his new book Breakthrough! Overcome Creative Block & Spark Your Imagination.

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Breakthrough! Overcome Creative Block & Spark Your Imagination
Alex's Music
Firespotter Labs

In this innaugural episode of The Creative Process, Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins discuss the creative process behind creating ... this very podcast! They also discuss creative block, design, group dynamics, business, song writing, and a host of other related topics.