Welcome to 'The Creative Condition' podcast: an ongoing exploration of human creativity, hosted by The New York Times, Adidas, and Premier League illustrator and author Ben Tallon. Creativity is an often misunderstood pillar of human happiness, something far bigger than artistic talent and crucial for fulfilling lives and careers. Little by little, Ben builds an archive of valuable stories, experiences, and tips to help you maximise yours. Featuring exclusive interviews with experts and thou ...
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The podcasts talks of entrepreneurship, self-improvements, interviews, how-to‘s and indie & other types of music. You can also listen to The Rocking Al Show in your car by downloading apps such as TuneIn, My Tuner, Spotify and more from your app store. The music portion of the show is mainly broadcasted on my internet radio station, Rock 103 Edmonton at www.rock103.ca
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Hot Dice: Actual Play creates fun actual play series using different RPG systems. Our first audio campaign, Revelations & Redemption, is an actual play, Monster of the Week podcast, following 5 guests and a stowaway at a lavish dinner party hosted by billionaire, CEO & cocaine addict, Jeffery Hudson. Our guests have ulterior motives tonight, but so, it seems, does someone else.
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The brand new tool for better consciously understanding and commanding your creativity is here. 'The Anatomy of Creativity' is a universe of components that inform, modify, and impact our creativity on any given day. By working through, and gaining a sense of how the components affect you, and influence one another, you can identify blind spots, op…
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What we learned about creativity from multidisciplinary artist Sara Prinsloo! You can listen to the highlights and the full-length episode now. Sara Prinsloo tells stories across many different mediums. She's an artist who draws upon her working-class roots and personality and is not afraid to use her flaws to blistering creative effect. From 'tras…
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HIGHLIGHTS of episode 241: Sara Prinsloo on roots, personality, and telling an authentic story
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The full-length version of episode 241 is also available now. Sara Prinsloo tells stories across many different mediums. She's an artist who draws upon her working-class roots and personality and is not afraid to use her flaws to blistering creative effect. From 'trashy Barbie' installations to sculpture and drawing, we discuss the links between he…
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Ep 241: Roots, personality, and telling an authentic story with multidisciplinary artist Sara Prinsloo
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Sara Prinsloo tells stories across many different mediums. She's an artist who draws upon her working-class roots and personality and is not afraid to use her flaws to blistering creative effect. From 'trashy Barbie' installations to sculpture and drawing, we discuss the links between her personality and this spectrum of work, and why pride in who …
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In the last episode, 'The Power of Naughty', I explored the benefits of chaos energy well channeled. But what do we do with the little f**kers? In this episode, I read the 'Dirty Energy' chapter of The Creative Condition book, in which several teachers, community workers, and professionals share thoughts on how we provide better tools for embattled…
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Following on from the brilliant historian Professor Carl Chinn, I wanted to paint a layered picture of what it means to be working class, and the challenges we face in the arts in 2024. It is not a new phenomenon, but it is a problem that has been exacerbated over the 14 years from 2010-2024 under a Conservative government that preferred to heighte…
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You can also enjoy the full-length and highlights episode now. Here's what we learned from Professor Carl Chinn discussing the working class and the arts in the 21st century. History has rarely been kind to the working class. Nor has the arts. Too often, those of us who make it into the creative industry and sustain careers do so despite our backgr…
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Ep 239: Being working class! Historian professor Carl Chinn on the class ceiling in the arts and society
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You can also enjoy the shorter highlights episode now. History has rarely been kind to the working class. Nor has the arts. Too often, those of us who make it into the creative industry and sustain careers do so despite our background and the class ceiling, not because of it. Professor Carl Chinn grew up in working-class Birmingham, surrounded by f…
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HIGHLIGHTS of 'Being working class!' Historian Professor Carl Chinn (MBE) on the class ceiling in the arts and society
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You can also enjoy the full-length episode now. History has rarely been kind to the working class. Nor has the arts. Too often, those of us who make it into the creative industry and sustain careers do so despite our background and the class ceiling, not because of it. Professor Carl Chinn grew up in working-class Birmingham, surrounded by family, …
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Here are the takeaway creativity tips from London branding agency Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon live in conversation at D&AD New Blood Festival. Both the highlights and the full episode with Max are available now! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon voices his concern over the trappings of algorithms, and the flattening of creativity and culture as…
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You can also hear the full-length episode 238 now! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon voices his concern over the trappings of algorithms, and the flattening of creativity and culture as we chase engagement and online attention. But he also highlights the huge opportunity to stand out in the sea of same with brave acts of creativity. With soul, perso…
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Ep 238: The creative opportunity in the age of convergence! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon live at D&AD Festival
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The highlights of episode 238 are also available for those with less time! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon voices his concern over the trappings of algorithms, and the flattening of creativity and culture as we chase engagement and online attention. But he also highlights the huge opportunity to stand out in the sea of same with brave acts of crea…
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Here are this week's takeaway learnings about creativity from chemical engineer and author of Power Up! Yasmin Ali. The full-length edit and highlights edition of this show are also out now! From the moment our eyes open we rely on energy. The breakfast we eat, the clothes we dress in, and the machines that connect us all need incredibly complex gl…
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HIGHLIGHTS of episode 237 with Power Up! author and chemical engineer in renewable energy Yasmin Ali
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The full-length edit of this show is also out now! From the moment our eyes open we rely on energy. The breakfast we eat, the clothes we dress in, and the machines that connect us all need incredibly complex global systems to function efficiently. Chemical engineer Yasmin Ali works in the heart of those systems. She now works in the renewable energ…
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Ep 237: Power Up! Innovation, imagination and ideas in renewable energy with chemical engineer Yasmin Ali
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From the moment our eyes open we rely on energy. The breakfast we eat, the clothes we dress in, and the machines that connect us all need incredibly complex global systems to function efficiently. Chemical engineer Yasmin Ali works in the heart of those systems. She now works in the renewable energy sector, and her recent book, Power Up: An Enginee…
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Here are five things we learned about creativity from Stephen Bliss. Stephen Bliss returns to discuss his creativity and his artistic endeavours since moving on from his iconic role as lead artist at Rockstar Games, including Fear City, and 'Thumper' his new comic by Scout Comics. We first talked a few years ago when Stephen was in the midst of his…
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The full-length episode is out now! Stephen Bliss returns to discuss his creativity and his artistic endeavours since moving on from his iconic role as lead artist at Rockstar Games, including Fear City, and 'Thumper' his new comic by Scout Comics. We first talked a few years ago when Stephen was in the midst of his superb 'I, Frankenstein' series …
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Ep 236: Stephen Bliss has a dark new bunny. From Rockstar and GTA art to 'Thumper' comic via 'Fear City'
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Stephen Bliss returns to discuss his creativity and his artistic endeavours since moving on from his iconic role as lead artist at Rockstar Games, including Fear City, and 'Thumper' his new comic by Scout Comics. We first talked a few years ago when Stephen was in the midst of his superb 'I, Frankenstein' series of artworks. (https://podcasts.apple…
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(The full-length chat can be heard on episode 70 of 'The Creative Condition'.) Illustrator and artist Stephen Bliss moved to America to take on a job with Rockstar Games. Nobody could have envisioned the explosion of controversy that was the Grand Theft Auto video game series. I met Stephen in Brooklyn to talk about his journey pre-Rockstar, how it…
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What we learned from Alex Paske, who is a judoka. The full and highlights episodes are out now! Alex fights at the highest level against people who might want to hurt him. He must respond in real-time, seeking the flow state and forward motion. If he listens to the voices in his head, positive or negative, it could be over for him in a flash. We si…
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HIGHLIGHTS of The creativity of Olympic gold with former rugby 7s Fiji and England coach Ben Ryan
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The full conversation can be heard on episode 152 of 'The Creative Condition' podcast. When Ben Ryan, one of the most innovative coaches in world sport left his position as England rugby 7s coach, he was all set to take a comfortable role at a sports consultancy company. Then he saw a tweet advertising a vacancy for the national Fiji rugby 7s job. …
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Ep 235: Flow states in fight sports, adaptive creativity, and mastering our art with judoka Alex Paske
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Alex Paske is a judoka. He fights at the highest level against people who might want to hurt him. He must respond in real-time, seeking the flow state and forward motion. If he listens to the voices in his head, positive or negative, it could be over for him in a flash. We sit down to discuss how 10,000 hours of the craft must be put in to stand a …
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HIGHLIGHTS of episode 235, flow states in fight sports and adaptive creativity with judoka Alex Paske
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The full episode is also out now if you have more time to indulge! Alex Paske is a judoka. He fights at the highest level against people who might want to hurt him. He must respond in real-time, seeking the flow state and forward motion. If he listens to the voices in his head, positive or negative, it could be over for him in a flash. We sit down …
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Be all you can be, you may recognize that this is the old army slogan. That slogan is a call to greatness. When you hear it you know you want to be more than average. You want to be one of the elite. There is no room for mediocrity. You want to be standing on the mountain top and still looking higher. If you liked this podcast and got some value fr…
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What we learned about creativity from episode 234 with digital and social media trainer Andrew Miles Davis. The full and highlights episodes are out now! Andrew Miles Davis is a digital dinosaur - he was here, learning, seeing, mastering the social media game before most of us had even heard the cough and screech of a dial-up connection attempt. Bu…
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Ep 234: Social media, digital marketing, AI, authenticity and algorithms with trainer Andrew Miles Davis
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Andrew Miles Davis is a digital dinosaur - he was here, learning, seeing, mastering the social media game before most of us had even heard the cough and screech of a dial-up connection attempt. But he's not extinct, far from it. He's an expert and trains the world's leading businesses to stay current in an ever-changing arena. Now he joins a flound…
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