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The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability

The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability

Mia Funk

1,253 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 1,253 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 690 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence, with the show now in its 16th season.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 12 min and 52 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 47 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 344 episodes published. Published by Mia Funk.

Episodes
1,253
Running
2015–2026 · 11y
Median length
29 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists and creative thinkers across the Arts and STEM. We discuss their life, work and artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, Nobel Prize, leaders and public figures share real experiences and offer valuable insights. Notable guests and participating museums and organizations include: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Neil Patrick Harris, Smithsonian, Roxane Gay, Musée Picasso, EARTHDAY-ORG, Neil Gaiman, UNESCO, Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Seliger, Acropolis Museum, Hilary Mantel, Songwriters Hall of Fame, George Saunders, The New Museum, Lemony Snicket, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Galleries, Joe Mantegna, PETA, Greenpeace, EPA, Morgan Library and Museum, and many others. The interviews are hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world. These conversations are also part of our traveling exhibition.

The Cognitive Cost of AI: Surveillance Capitalism, The Future of Work & Democracy

May 25, 202625 min

MUSKISM—Its Roots, Nature & How to Fight It w/ QUINN SLOBODIAN & BEN TARNOFF

May 22, 20261h 0m

LAND GRAB UNIVERSITIES: Dispossession, Indigenous Futures & the True Cost of Higher Education w/ TRISTAN AHLONE, ANDREW HERSCHER, ROBERT WARRIOR

May 21, 202652 min

The Atlas of Resonance: How does architecture  shape the way we think, learn & remember? SALWA & SELMA MIKOU - Highlights

May 19, 202622 min

Building Bridges Between Memory, Nature & Architecture with SALWA & SELMA MIKOU

May 18, 20261h 18m

Art, Imagination & the Search for Connection: Max Richter, Iain McGilchrist, Ami Vitale…16 Artists & Writers on Creativity

May 14, 202631 min

Daydreaming, Spycraft & Writing The Gray Man - Author MARK GREANEY

May 13, 20261h 8m

Understanding Global Conflict, AI, The Future of War & Crafting Characters - NYTimes Bestselling Author MARK GREANEY - Highlights

May 8, 202616 min

Writers On Memory & the Human Condition: Siri Hustvedt, Ada Limón, Paul Lynch, T.C. Boyle…Share their Stories

May 5, 202622 min

A Handbook for Climate Hopefuls with Veteran Environmental Journalist FRED PEARCE

Apr 27, 20261h 17m

We Are Becoming Earth: Scientists, Writers, Musicians, Environmentalists & Indigenous Voices on the Living World

Apr 22, 202631 min

We Are Becoming Earth - Scientists, Writers, Musicians, Environmentalists & Indigenous Voices on the Living World

Apr 22, 202629 min

The Fight for the Future: AI, Privacy & Power with CARISSA VÉLIZ

Apr 21, 202653 min

Why Do We Listen to the Talkers More Than the Builders Saving the Planet? - Physicist, Designer, Investor TOM CHI - Highlights

Apr 17, 202622 min

Climate Capital: Investing in the Tools for a Regenerative Future - TOM CHI, Google X Co-founder, Founding Partner At One Ventures

Apr 16, 20261h 27m

Listening to the Living World: Biologist DAVID GEORGE HASKELL on Flowers, Forests & Songs of Nature - Highlights

Apr 11, 202617 min

How Flowers Made Our World: DAVID GEORGE HASKELL on Deep Time, Plant Intelligence & Listening to the Living World

Apr 10, 20261h 26m

"Note from Non-People": Kurdish History, Language & Culture with SERHAT TUTKAL & HEVIN KARAKURT

Apr 6, 20261h 16m

How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration w/ VICTORIA LAW

Apr 5, 202656 min

Science in Resistance: Direct Action for Climate Justice, Democracy in Education w/ FERNANDO RACIMO

Apr 3, 202644 min
Copyright 2019, The Creative Process · Podcast launched in 2019. It also contains interviews previously recorded for The Creativ