Imagination & Junk

By: Bill Barol & Mat Ricardo
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  • Thomas Edison said: "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Join writer Bill Barol in the US and variety performer Mat Ricardo in the UK for a freewheeling transatlantic conversation about creativity -- what it is, where it comes from and why it matters.
    © 2024 Bill Barol & Mat Ricardo
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Episodes
  • Episode 23: Fred and Gene

    Episode 23: Fred and Gene
    Sep 18 2024

    People like to say the great ones make it look easy, but what are we really looking at when we see a great creator showing what looks like effortlessness? Plus: Spectacular failures, concerned murmurs, Jenny from the block, beautiful aliens, Henri Matisse, rubber band balls, drifting toward the abyss, ha cha cha and hot dogs by the sea.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 22: Watch Out For The Shoe

    Episode 22: Watch Out For The Shoe
    Sep 4 2024

    This week we're talking about doing what you're bad at. Why do some people charge blindly full speed ahead, and others try to shrink into their own shoes? And what's to be gained from what can be a traumatic experience? Also: Noble pain, sociopaths, Norma Desmond, tinnitus, bad steak, Christmas island, horrifying plunky sounds and more Mel Cooley.

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    33 mins
  • Episode 21: Somebody Hold Me Back

    Episode 21: Somebody Hold Me Back
    Aug 21 2024

    This week we're looking at limitations in creative work. When do they hurt? When can they help? And how can we become more agile creators by learning how to work with them, rather than around them? Also: Fake expertise, low ceilings, ukuleles vs. bowling balls, rich idiots, guitar control, speed wounds, bourgeois sharpnress, and I Kid Because I Love.

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    33 mins
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Exceptional

Love the time, space, and intelligence of this epistolary conversation. Thank you for the magic.

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