Episodes

  • 548 - 5 Creative / Neurodivergent Friendly Productivity Hacks to Become a Doer

    548 - 5 Creative / Neurodivergent Friendly Productivity Hacks to Become a Doer
    Mar 25 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have so many ideas but struggle to realize many of them! 2 - Most productivity advice doesn’t work for you. 3 - You need to feel excited and hopeful again about your creative practice. SHOW NOTES: Creative Pep Talk Ep 548 with Jarod K. Andersonhttps://www.creativepeptalk.com/draft-episode-for-mar-04-2026545-make-your-life-creative-work-more-rich-with-meaning-with-jarod/ Jim Collins - Jim the Bughttps://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/TheCurseOfCompetence.html Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • 547 - Find the Creative Voice You're Holding Back with Claire Keane

    547 - Find the Creative Voice You're Holding Back with Claire Keane
    Mar 18 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have had a hard time tapping into your unique creative voice. 2 - You feel disempowered as a creative and feel like you need agents, managers, or talent scouts to succeed. 3 - You need help clearing out the noise in your brain and hearing your creative voice again. This is a chat with phenomenal author-illustrator Claire Keane! We chat about her new gorgeous picture book “Who Are You” and her visual development art for movies like “Tangled” and “Frozen”. This was a magical chat and I can’t wait for you to listen! SHOW NOTES: Claire Keanehttps://www.claireonacloud.comClaire Keane’s Substackhttps://claireonacloud.substack.com”Who Are You” Picture Bookhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779600/who-are-you-by-claire-keane/Know Yourself Substack Posthttps://claireonacloud.substack.com/p/know-yourselfupdatedHamnethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film)Glen Keanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_KeaneBil Keanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Keane Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 546 - How to Transform What You're Drowning in Into High Octane Creative Fuel

    546 - How to Transform What You're Drowning in Into High Octane Creative Fuel
    Mar 11 2026
    This episode is for you if: 1 - You want to figure out how to put your deep personal experiences into your work, but you have never seemed to figure out how to. 2 - You are currently overwhelmed and can’t find the energy or ideas for your creative practice. 3 - You are ruminating on painful things from your life or from the state of the world, and it’s stopping you from taking action. 4 - You feel your best ideas are in the past or escaping you, and you can’t seem to “bottle that lightning” again. SHOW NOTES: Bittersweet by Susan Cainhttps://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • 545 - Make Your Life & Creative Work More Rich with Meaning with Jarod K. Anderson

    545 - Make Your Life & Creative Work More Rich with Meaning with Jarod K. Anderson
    Mar 4 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word! --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You need a reminder to feel how vital making personal creative work is to your life. 2 - You are a creative type or neurodivergent person needing an example of how to do lots of things well. 3 - Your soul could use some warmth and grounding! This chat is with wonderful Poet and Author Jarod K. Anderson AKA The CryptoNaturalist! SHOW NOTES: Jarod K. Andersonhttps://www.jarodkanderson.com Strange Animals by Jarod K. Andersonhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798888/strange-animals-by-jarod-k-anderson/ Cyptonaturalist Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cryptonaturalist/ “Something in the Woods Loves You” by Jarod K. Andersonhttps://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jarod-k-anderson/something-in-the-woods-loves-you/9781643262291/?lens=timber-press Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • 544 - Quit Focusing on Being Discovered and Sales and Do This Instead

    544 - Quit Focusing on Being Discovered and Sales and Do This Instead
    Feb 25 2026
    You can join the Creative Pro Talk meetups by supporting the podcast on Substack here: andyjpizza.substack.com or on Patreon here: Patreon.com/creativepeptalk --- I got it wrong for so long. When I started my creative practice I thought I needed two things: 1 Get Discovered and 2 Make the Sale. I was missing the secret 3rd ingredient. In this episode we explore this secret hidden sauce and how to make it the centerpiece of your creative strategy! SHOW NOTES: Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • 543 - 3 Shifts to Make if You Feel Off Creatively

    543 - 3 Shifts to Make if You Feel Off Creatively
    Feb 18 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word http://invisiblethings.co --- It is VERY easy to get off balance as a creative person because creativity is a delicate balance of many things. In this episode, we will explore 3 areas that require creative tension and how to diagnose where you may be off and need a pivot. SHOW NOTES: Del the Funky Homosapien https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_the_Funky_Homosapien Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • 542 - When to Reboot Your Work + A Better Option than Beating Yourself Up with Zak Rosen

    542 - When to Reboot Your Work + A Better Option than Beating Yourself Up with Zak Rosen
    Feb 11 2026
    Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com --- My editor Conner loved this episode, which is always a good sign! Two reasons to listen to this: 1 - If your work feels stale or a long term project feels stuck, and you have been wondering if you need to switch it up, reboot, or pivot, this episode is for you. We talk a lot about how to navigate this with Zak Rosen, who just did a big rebrand of his podcast. 2 - You are sick and tired of fighting yourself on everything. This is the time of year when New Year’s Resolutions have gone up in flames. If that’s your situation, Zak asks me what thing is “weirdly helpful” to me, and it addresses this frustration head-on! Hope you love the episode! SHOW NOTES: Zak Rosenhttps://zakrosen.com/about Weirdly Helpfulhttps://weirdlyhelpful.show Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • 541 - Are You Afraid of The Art? How to Get Past the Fear and Have Fun Again

    541 - Are You Afraid of The Art? How to Get Past the Fear and Have Fun Again
    Feb 4 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word! --- This episode is for you if: 1 - The idea of making something often feels scary. 2 - You don’t like your work anymore. 3 - You forgot why this used to be fun. 4 - You want to stand out in your field but don’t know how. 5 - You want an exercise that unlocks the flowy fun feeling part of your creative brain. SHOW NOTES: Stranger Thingshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things Angus Fletcher - Wonderworks / Primal Intelligencehttps://www.angusfletcher.co Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins