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The Curator's Disease - The Cost of Turning Your Life Into Content
Episode 39
Belle Gibson faked cancer. The Stauffers rehomed their adopted son when the content became too difficult. Ruby Franke is currently sitting in a priso…
6 months ago
Noise in the Shadows - When the Enemy is Competence
Episode 38
June 6, 1944. Robert Capa is wading through the freezing water of Omaha Beach. He captures the most important images of the 20th century, and technic…
6 months, 1 week ago
Basics, Deconstructed - Good vs. Bad - If It Feels Safe, It's Dead
Episode 37
In 1863, the Paris Salon rejected Édouard Manet's The Luncheon on the Grass for being too messy, too flat, too "unfinished." Today, it's one of the m…
6 months, 1 week ago
Still Terrible - A Confession About Fear, Failure, and the Middle of the Story
Episode 36
In this episode, I talk about the question that has been following me around like a stray dog with abandonment issues:
“What am I doing wrong?”
A late-…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Bloody Knuckles - Let’s talk about A.I.
Episode 35
This is the episode I’ve been avoiding.
Not because I don’t have an opinion about AI — but because I have too many feelings about it. Gratitude. Fear.…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Economic Dumpster Fire - Why the Creative Economy Split in Half (and How to Navigate It)
Episode 34
Episode 34 | November 2025
I was in my garage last Tuesday, shooting beef tallow. Yes, beef tallow—jarred cow fat with a marketing department. And whi…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Yeah, Maybe - Why Some People Kill Your Ideas (And How to Protect Them)
Episode 33
Have you ever shared something you were excited about only to have it met with "yeah, maybe" or "how are you going to monetize that?"
In this episode,…
7 months ago
Gold Star - Why Artists Keep Chasing Validation and How to Find Meaning Without the Awards
Episode 32
You ever buy a twenty-two-dollar airport sandwich and convinced yourself it was worth it?
That’s what this week’s episode is about — except the sandwi…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Cage - Three Invisible Prisons That Keep Creatives Small
Episode 31
Why creatives stay stuck, even when the door’s wide open.
We all want freedom. Creative freedom, emotional freedom, professional freedom. But here’s t…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Dirty Little Secrets - 8 Secrets Photographers Never Admit
Episode 30
A milestone. And maybe the most uncomfortable episode I've made so far.
A few weeks ago, I sent an email to thirty photographers I know. I asked them …
7 months, 3 weeks ago