Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo
By Jay Acunzo
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An inside look at the unconventional choices of quality-obsessed creators – and the memorable things they made as a result. It's a show about trusting your intuition and your craft more than best practices and blueprints. Since 2016, Unthinkable has inspired creators to ship more personal, powerful work. In the era of AI and endless commodity content, that type of work is now urgent. Hosted by Jay Acunzo, founder of the Creator Kitchen.
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Bonus - How Stories Happen #3 - Ann Handley, Bestselling Author
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Bonus - How Stories Happen #1 - Andrew Davis, Keynote Speaker
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May 06, 2024 |
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Keep Making What Matters | Follow My New Show, How Stories Happen
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Going Streaking: the Relationship Between Creative Ambition, Quality, and Consistency
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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How to Find Great Stories
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The Difference Between Forgettable and Favorite
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Be Honest | One-Shot #26
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Create to Find Your Answers (Overcoming the Gap)
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Twas the Night Before Launching (2023)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Signature Stories: Jay Baer
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Signature Stories: Simone Stolzoff
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Fighting Endless AI Junk
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Signature Stories: Amanda Natividad
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Signature Stories: Jenny Blake
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Signature Stories: Michael Bungay Stanier
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Signature Stories: Melanie Deziel
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Tasty | One-Shot #25
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Writer’s Block (Maker Monsters 4)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Fun with Formats
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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How to Define Quality | One-Shot #24
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Speakeasy Business
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Beware this Storytelling Advice | One-Shot #23
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May 22, 2023 |
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MINI-Series: Copywriting with Margo Aaron
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May 10, 2023 |
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You Are Wu-Tang | One-Shot #22
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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In on the Secret
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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What Do You See When You See an Elephant? | One-Shot #21
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Song Exploder Exploder (ft. Hrishikesh Hirway)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Fine, I'll Talk About AI | One-Shot #20
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Welcome to the Jumble
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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The Best Thing to Do Is The Right Thing
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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How to Write and Speak with Greater Impact | One-Shot #19
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Expect the Unexpected
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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How to Tell Gripping Stories About the Seemingly Mundane | One-Shot #18
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Going Bananas
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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An Ode to the Asterisk | One-Shot #17
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Working Bravely
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Special Episode: Jay on 2 Pages with MBS
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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10 Questions to Ask Creative People | One-Shot #16
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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MINI-Series: Sound Design with James T. Green
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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MINI-Series: Jokes with Matt Buechele (The Tonight Show, Netflix)
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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MINI-Series: Illustration with Haley Weaver (Haley Drew This)
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May 11, 2022 |
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MINI-Series: Copywriting with Margo Aaron
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May 04, 2022 |
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Maker Monsters
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Announcement from Jay
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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In the Margins | One-Shot #15
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Foster the Signal
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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New Rockstars vs. Conventional Wisdom
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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The Concept: Learned Helplessness
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Nothing Is Boring (And You Can Too)
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Smell Like You Mean It
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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What You Need to Know About Rocky | One-Shot #14
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The Concept: Telic
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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The Battle for the Soul of the Internet
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Every List is a Lie | One-Shot #13
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Going Bananas
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Resonance Revisited with Jay Clouse
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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My Weekly Constraint | One-Shot #12
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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One Person, Ten Million Times
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Maker Monsters 3
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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I Feel Seen
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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The Science of Resonance | One-Shot #11
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Maker Monsters 2
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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The Thing About Art | One-Shot #10
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Leaving Expertville
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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How to Resonate | One-Shot #9
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Going Streaking
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Stealing Shots | One-Shot #8
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Maker Monsters
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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The Worst Advice Ever | One-Shot #7
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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The Beginner's Mindset
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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This Is Your Brain on Mushrooms | One-Shot #6
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Get Together and Feel Alright
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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How I Push Through My Own BS | One-Shot #5
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Recovery
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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An Untapped Creative Superpower | One-Shot #4
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Creative Elements
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Maybe Don't Be Like Mike
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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3 Phases of Storytelling Skills | One-Shot #3
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Thank Dog
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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What's Your Waggle? | One-Shot #2
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May 26, 2021 |
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Creative Reps
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May 20, 2021 |
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A New Experiment: One-Shots (#1: Making Bad)
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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The Gap
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Experts vs. Explorers
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Voices
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Sarah Cooper Time Machine
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Break the Wheel (ft. Tim Urban, Wait But Why)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Gravy (a Relevant, Cathartic Story for Right Now)
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May 06, 2020 |
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Best of Unthinkable: Resonance over Reach, ft. Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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I Made It: Gibi ASMR on the Upside & Downside of YouTube Fame
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Best of Unthinkable: Grado Shouldn't Exist (It's Thriving)
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Best Of Unthinkable: Constraints and Creativity
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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I Made It: Joanna Wiebe Takes Us Inside a Timeless Writing Project
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Best of Unthinkable: Carving the White Whale
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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BONUS: The Book Writing Process with Ryan Hawk
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Best of Unthinkable: The Pike and the Minnow
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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I Made It: Chase Jarvis Deconstructs His Writing Process
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Introducing "I Made It" | World-Class Creators Deconstruct 1 Favorite Project
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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5 Small Ideas with Big Impact
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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The Green Smoothie Problem
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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A Small Fiction [Revisited]
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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The Stuff Inside [Revisited]
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Dumb Ways to Die [Revisited]
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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How to Reinvent Live Music
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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Something Smelly This Way Comes [Revisited]
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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The Man Bun [Revisited]
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Creative Cafe: We All Write Menus
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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Stagnation Is The Enemy
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Wrinkles
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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Innovation Impossible
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Triple Dip! #3: Intuition and Process
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Triple Dip! #2: The Pike and the Minnow
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Triple Dip! #1: The Bias to Act
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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There's Something About the Light
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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The Shift We Don't Discuss Enough
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May 31, 2019 |
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Don't Be Like Mike
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May 27, 2019 |
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Creative Cafe: Standup Comedy with Sarah Cooper
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May 20, 2019 |
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Make It So
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May 13, 2019 |
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A Very Persuasive Porpoise
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May 07, 2019 |
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Sound Comes First
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Creative Cafe: The Speaking Business
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Thank Dog
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Creative Cafe: How to Make a Great Show
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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A Small Fiction
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Miniseries Update: Exceptions Now In Its Own Feed
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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The Paradox of Exceeding Expectations
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Bad Different | Eye-Opening Stories about Being Unique
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Made to Stick | Anthony Constantino, CEO of Sticker Mule
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Creative Cafe: Dan Mills, Creative Director at Wistia
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Resonance vs. Reach | Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon | Season 5 Premiere
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Kid President's Battle
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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The Worst Career Advice
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Why LESSONLY Prioritizes Psychological Safety Above All Else ["Exceptions" Ep.7]
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Dec 26, 2018 |
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Why BUFFER Thinks About Traffic vs. Audience vs. Community ["Exceptions" Ep.6]
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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How FIRST ROUND CAPITAL Changed VC Brands Forever ["Exceptions" Ep.5]
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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Gravy
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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In on the Secret
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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The Picnic Experiment
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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How Did HELP SCOUT Build Customer Support's Most Refreshing Brand? ["Exceptions" Ep.4]
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Short Story: The Choice That Makes or Breaks Great Work (Part 2)
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Short Story: The Choice That Makes or Breaks Great Work (Part 1)
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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How Does INVISION Make Big Creative Projects Look Logical? ["Exceptions" Ep.3]
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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Book Launch Day! Special AMA & Behind-the-Scenes Episode
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Short Story: What We Really Mean by "Visionary"
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Why Is WISTIA So Creative? ["Exceptions" Ep.2]
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Short Story: The Schreader [Plus, Signed Books for You]
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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What Makes GUSTO Exceptional? ["Exceptions" Ep.1]
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Aug 05, 2018 |
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Intuition [Re-aired]
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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Voices [Re-aired]
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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"Try to Be Awesome" - A Tribute to Anthony Bourdain
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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The Bias to Act [Re-aired]
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May 29, 2018 |
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Don't Start with Data [Re-aired]
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May 15, 2018 |
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Anthony Shaves the World [Re-aired]
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May 01, 2018 |
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Holiday Special: Twas the Night Before Launching
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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Break The Wheel [Season 3 Finale]
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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Gravy [Season 3]
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Dec 11, 2017 |
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A Monumental Shift [Season 3]
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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Something Smelly This Way Comes [Season 3]
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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The Pike And The Minnow [Season 3]
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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Dumb Ways To Die [Season 3]
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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The Man Bun [Season 3]
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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Sound Comes First [Season 3 Premiere]
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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First-Principle Insights [Season Finale]
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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Your Unfair Advantage [How Intuition Works #7]
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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Aspirational Anchors [How Intuition Works #6]
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Jul 17, 2017 |
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Making the Leap Pt. 2 [How Intuition Works #5]
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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Making the Leap Pt. 1 [How Intuition Works #4]
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Jun 25, 2017 |
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Week Off Mailbag Special!
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Jun 11, 2017 |
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The Leap [How Intuition Works #3]
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Jun 05, 2017 |
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Defining Intuition [How Intuition Works #2]
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May 29, 2017 |
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Our Journey Begins [How Intuition Works #1]
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May 22, 2017 |
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Names You Know, Stories You Don't: Amy Schmittauer
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May 15, 2017 |
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Constraints [Intuition Series #11]
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May 08, 2017 |
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Names You Know, Stories You Don't: Doug Kessler
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Apr 30, 2017 |
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Insides [Intuition Series #10]
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Apr 23, 2017 |
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Names You Know, Stories You Don't: Robert Rose
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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Voices [Intuition Series #9]
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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Names You Know, Stories You Don't: Tamsen Webster
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Apr 02, 2017 |
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Just Ship It [Intuition Series #8]
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Mar 26, 2017 |
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Names You Know, Stories You Don't: Mitch Joel
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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Wizards [Intuition Series #7]
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Mar 13, 2017 |
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Travel [Intuition Series #6]
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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Process [Intuition Series #5]
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Feb 27, 2017 |
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Facing Yourself [Intuition Series #4]
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Feb 20, 2017 |
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Brilliance in Plain Sight [Intuition Series #3]
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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Content Creator Confessions [Intuition Series #2]
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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That Gut Feeling [Intuition Series #1]
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Jan 22, 2017 |
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The Thoughtless Thought Leader [Creativity Series #30]
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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Behind-the-Scenes Making the Show
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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Don't Start with Data [Creativity Series #28]
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Writing Without Bullshit [Creativity Series #27]
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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Best Practices [Creativity Series #26]
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Beer2B [Creativity Series #25]
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Nov 21, 2016 |
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Think Smaller [Creativity Series #24]
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Nov 13, 2016 |
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Slingshot: 20 Minutes to Do the Impossible [Creativity Series #23]
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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Jumping the Shark [Creativity Series #22]
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Oct 30, 2016 |
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Slingshot: The Odyssey of Writing a Book [Creativity Series #21]
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Oct 24, 2016 |
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In on the Secret [Creativity Series #20]
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Oct 17, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Magic Markers [Creativity Series #19]
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Oct 10, 2016 |
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Art of the Unfinished [Creativity Series #18]
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Oct 03, 2016 |
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Slingshot: I'm No Spider-Man [Creativity Series #17]
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Sep 25, 2016 |
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Comfortable Being Uncomfortable [Creativity Series #16]
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Sep 19, 2016 |
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Slingshot: A Side Project Saved My Startup [Creativity Series #15]
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Sep 11, 2016 |
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The Bias to Act [Creativity Series #14]
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Sep 04, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Scott Monty, Oxymoron [Creativity Series #13]
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Aug 29, 2016 |
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Zig When Others Zag [Creativity Series #12]
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Aug 21, 2016 |
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On the Making of Unthinkable
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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A Message From Jay
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Jun 06, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Scott Belsky & Behance [Creativity Series #11]
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May 30, 2016 |
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Beauty in the Broken [Creativity Series #10]
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May 23, 2016 |
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Slingshot: The Cooper Review [Creativity Series #9]
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May 16, 2016 |
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2% Better [Creativity Series #8]
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May 09, 2016 |
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Slingshot: The Danger Booth [Creativity Series #7]
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May 02, 2016 |
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The Muse Is An Excuse [Creativity Series #6]
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Apr 25, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Wooden Nickel Shorts[Creativity Series #5]
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Apr 18, 2016 |
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Craft-Driven [Creativity Series #4]
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Apr 11, 2016 |
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Slingshot: Carving the White Whale [Creativity Series #3]
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Apr 04, 2016 |
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Side Projects [Creativity Series #2]
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Mar 28, 2016 |
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Quality vs. Quantity [Creativity Series #1]
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Mar 21, 2016 |
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Unthinkable Mic Check
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Mar 17, 2016 |