Origin Story

By Phillip Russell, Ben Thorp

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Origin Story is a conversational podcast that interviews creators about their lives, their work, and what's fueling their creations. Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp.

Episode Date
Study Hall 8: Killers of the Flower Moon
Nov 07, 2023
Jacob Geller on the Evolution of Video Essays and Games Criticism
Oct 24, 2023
Christine Lai (Landscapes) on How Art Endures Even After Apocalypse
Oct 03, 2023
Jamel Brinkley (Witness) on Bearing Witness and How to Write a Good Ending
Aug 01, 2023
Study Hall 7: Across the Spiderverse
Jun 29, 2023
Hannah Nicklin (Salt Sea Chronicles) on Ensemble Storytelling and Building Equitable Workplaces
Jun 27, 2023
Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Kind of Historical Fiction Novel
Jun 13, 2023
Josh Sawyer (Pentiment) on Art, History and What Will Be Remembered
May 31, 2023
Austin Walker (Possibility Space) On What Makes Good Criticism
May 09, 2023
Study Hall 6: Where'd Everyone Go? Bingo?
Apr 18, 2023
Study Hall 5: The End of Englishgelion
Apr 05, 2023
Natalie Watson (Immortality) on the State of Games Criticism and Transitioning into Games Development
Mar 09, 2023
Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Strange Scaffold) on Creating a More Sustainable Games Industry
Feb 07, 2023
Study Hall 4: Some of us are very happy now
Jan 26, 2023
Welcome to the Joeys: "let Batman be a weird little freak"
Dec 29, 2022
Study Hall 3: Witches, Robots, and Mercenaries
Oct 18, 2022
Sam Barlow (Immortality) On Games As Imperfect Immortality Machines
Oct 11, 2022
Graham Parkes (Before Your Eyes) On Turning Blinks into a Game Mechanic
Sep 21, 2022
Study Hall 2: How to get Xenoblade brainworms with Autumn Wright
Sep 13, 2022
Gareth Damian Martin (Citizen Sleeper) On Creating More Meaningful Choices in RPGs
Sep 06, 2022
Neil Jones (Never Yield) on Listening to Fan Feedback and the State of Indie Game Development
Aug 23, 2022
Study Hall 1: Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, and Berserk
Aug 17, 2022
Eric Obenauf and Eliza Wood-Obenauf (Two Dollar Radio) on Defining the Voice of an Indie Press
Aug 10, 2022
Devin McKnight (Maneka) on Creating More Than Just "Sad Boy" Music
Jul 26, 2022
Abhi (Venba) on How Food Brings Family Together and Going All in On Game Development
Jul 12, 2022
Chandana Ekanayake (Falcon Age) on Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Games Studio and Industry
Jun 28, 2022
John Elizabeth Stintzi (My Volcano) On Writing A Doomscroll Novel And Finding Humanity In The Absurd
Jun 14, 2022
Allegra Hyde (Eleutheria) On Writing a Different Kind of Climate Change Novel and the Power of Utopian Thinking
May 31, 2022
Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus) On Calibrating His Music and Creativity Through New Phases of Life
May 17, 2022
Origin Story XV Remix (A Momentary Interlude)
Dec 30, 2021
Cautious Clay (Deadpan Love) On Having A Public Identity And Staying Authentic
Oct 07, 2021
Lydia Millet (A Children's Bible) On Facing Down The Creative Process And The Climate Apocalypse
Sep 30, 2021
Greg Lobanov and Alexis Dean-Jones (Chicory) On The Anxieties Of Making Art and the Importance of Finishing Things
Sep 23, 2021
Jeff Pianki (Remember It Now) on Being Present and Living a More Intentional Creative Life
Sep 16, 2021
Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps) On The Power of Storytelling and Brevity In Music
Sep 09, 2021
Naphtali Faulkner (Umurangi Generation) On Politics, Game Design, And The End Of The World
Sep 02, 2021
Neil Jones (Never Yield) On His Fight To Stay In Gaming
Aug 26, 2021
Brooke Maggs (Control) On New Kinds Of Story in Video Games
Aug 19, 2021
Steve Pardo (Signs of the Sojourner) on the Sounds of Home
Aug 12, 2021
Matthew Seiji Burns (Eliza) on Our Connection to Technolgy and the Allure of Interactive Fiction
Aug 05, 2021
Owen Dennis (Infinity Train) on Making Cartoons for Everyone
Jul 29, 2021
Gina Nutt (Night Rooms) on Horror and the Power of What Goes Unsaid
Jul 22, 2021
Greg Kasavin (Hades) on Writing as a Form of Exorcism and the Role of Narrative in Games
Jul 15, 2021
Nick Guérin (Spiritfarer) on Death Positivity and Making Care into a Game Mechanic
Jul 08, 2021
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Jul 06, 2021