Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds

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Join us in celebrating and commiserating with some of the world's foremost creatives about their endlessly various artistic processes. Not just in the arts, but in science, medicine, politics, technology, and more. Together we will figure out ways to maintain a spirit of curiosity and innovation in our everyday lives. NY Times best-selling author and musician Ben Folds hosts a podcast focused on enlightening conversations each week with guests.

 

You can submit your questions to Ben here: https://www.speakpipe.com/BenFolds

And check out the YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ix6szTyjg3vmx1sIj-Vfw


Episode Date
Roger Payne & Jonathan Gottschall - What Is Most Needed Now - Finale
Mar 31, 2022
Roger Payne - Creativity Is The Only Way To Save Humanity
Mar 24, 2022
Elena Kats-Chernin - Do The Instruments We Use Influence The Songs We Create?
Mar 17, 2022
Michael López-Alegría - How Seeing Earth From Space Changes Your Perspective
Mar 10, 2022
Keb’ Mo’ - How Technology Influences Music and How Perfectionism Isn’t Perfect
Mar 03, 2022
Governor Roy Cooper - Prioritizing Art and Art Communities
Feb 24, 2022
Nicholas Barasch - Embracing the Dynamics of Performance
Feb 17, 2022
Nolen Bivens - How Local Artists Impact Governments
Feb 10, 2022
Cassadee Pope - Healthy Competition and Collaboration
Feb 03, 2022
Gregory Scott - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Jan 27, 2022
Margaret Cho - Every Comedian Has One Truth
Jan 20, 2022
Andrea Wheatley - The Magic of a Live Performance
Jan 13, 2022
Jacob Collier - The Methods of Making Music
Jan 06, 2022
Rainn Wilson - Transforming Words into a Breathing Character
Dec 16, 2021
Peter Frampton - Approaching Each Song with Curiosity
Dec 09, 2021
Jonathan Gottschall - How Storytellers Transport Listeners
Dec 02, 2021
Lindsey Kraft - Changing Mediums as an Artist
Nov 18, 2021
Chris Thile - How To Create Art That Is Authentically Yourself
Nov 11, 2021
Penn Jillette - Tricking Your Audience without Speaking Down to Them
Nov 04, 2021
Dodie - Being a Viral Artist and Transforming Your Career
Oct 28, 2021
Nick Hornby - Chasing New Ideas and Finishing the Old Ones
Oct 21, 2021
A Lightning Bugs Live Event with Dan Wilson
Oct 20, 2021
Metaphysical Milkshake - Creating a Song with Rainn and Reza
Oct 19, 2021
Andy Grammer - Being Yourself with A Changing Music Industry
Oct 14, 2021
Derek Waters - Creativity in Formats and Originality
Oct 07, 2021
Scott Hicks - Learning from Proximity and the Impact of an Image
Sep 30, 2021
William Shatner - Talented Amateurs vs Professionals, and Learning to Control the Wind
Sep 23, 2021
Gabriel Kahane - Not Using the Internet for One Year and the Art of Orchestra
Sep 16, 2021
Greg Harris - Why Museums Exist and the Collective Experience of Media
Sep 09, 2021
Marti Gould Cummings - Drag as an Art Form and How Creativity Fuels Activism
Sep 02, 2021
Josh Groban - Finding Success in Creating Your Own Lane
Aug 26, 2021
Emily King - How Imperfection Creates Soul
Aug 19, 2021
Daniel Levitin - How Science and Creativity Overlap
Aug 12, 2021
Bishop Briggs - Becoming a Full-Time Musician and Seeing Past the Glamour of an Industry
Aug 05, 2021
Susan Rogers - How our Mind Naturally Recognizes Music
Jul 29, 2021
Alice Major - Shaping the Sounds of Language
Jul 22, 2021
Kishi Bashi - Using the Past to Create Art for the Future
Jul 15, 2021
Sarah Donnelley - Crafting Creativity and Connecting a Community
Jul 08, 2021
Rove McManus - Creating a Multi-Medium Career and Perfecting the Craft of Interviewing
Jul 01, 2021
George Massenburg - Building the Technology of Creativity
Jun 24, 2021
Ruby Amanfu - Creating Music with your Authentic Voice
Jun 17, 2021
Ryan O’Connell - Using Personal Stories to Create Something Larger than Yourself
Jun 10, 2021
Jeff Lawson - Solving Problems Instead Of Selling Solutions
Jun 03, 2021
Sara Bareilles - Constructive Collaboration and Defining your Own Path
May 27, 2021
Bob Saget - Collaboration in Comedy and How to Be a Dynamic Entertainer
May 20, 2021
Mo Willems - Art as A Passion and Business and Learning to Stay A Child at Heart
May 13, 2021
Maegan Morrow - Music as Medicine and The Science of How Our Bodies Need Rhythm
May 06, 2021
Marianne Williamson - Using Spirituality to Overcome Writer’s Block and Discovering the Past to Change the World
Apr 29, 2021
Caleb Teicher - Living as A Part Time Artist and Expanding the Scope of Your Medium
Apr 22, 2021
Jon Batiste - Matching Technique with Creativity and How Discipline Differs from Drive
Apr 15, 2021
Agustín Fuentes - Discovering the Evolution of Creativity and Why Monkeys Steal Things
Apr 08, 2021
Welcome to Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds
Feb 19, 2021