Craft: Exploring Creativity
317 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDiscussions with authors, songwriters, performers, and other creative people
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Carrie Newcomer: “It’s about how we process”
January 28, 2021 02:04Carrie Newcomer has been touring and writing albums throughout her long career. But, like it did for all of us, COVID-19 disrupted her life completely: “I’ve toured a lot over the last years, and within a month and a half, … Continue reading → The post Carrie Newcomer: “It’s about how we process” first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
It’s cold outside but Bruce Campbell & the Evil Dead will keep you warm
January 21, 2021 12:37If you’ve watched Bruce Campbell in movies like the Evil Dead series or Bubba Ho-Tep or TV shows like The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.; Jack of All Trades; Hercules: The Legendary Journeys; Xena: Warrior Princess; Burn Notice; or Ash … Continue reading → The post It’s cold outside but Bruce Campbell & the Evil Dead will keep you warm first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Dog gone tired of bad behavior? Joel Silverman has some suggestions
January 14, 2021 13:27Joel Silverman, celebrity animal trainer and host of Animal Planet’s “Good Dog U,” joins Craft to describe some of the best training techniques that you may want to use on that new puppy you got over the holidays or during … Continue reading → The post Dog gone tired of bad behavior? Joel Silverman has some suggestions first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Craft Halloween 2020
October 30, 2020 21:27What could be scarier than 2020? This was the problem that faced the crack writing and performing troupe here at the Craft Media Tower and Deli. We got straight to work to solve it and came up with the audio … Continue reading → The post Craft Halloween 2020 first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Public School Teaching: Glamorous or Does It Suck?
August 19, 2020 20:31 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBMy father was a school administrator for many years and I heard his enthusiasm for schools throughout my childhood. So I was intrigued by the title of Doris Caceres-Schumick’s book Public School Teaching Sucks, Period.: A Memoir of a Special Education/ESL … Continue reading → The post Public School Teaching: Glamorous or Does It Suck? first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Bobby Thompson: The story that the US government doesn’t want you to know
August 13, 2020 14:41 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBOhioana 2020 author Jodi Andes has worked at the Columbus Dispatch and was a senior investigator at The Ohio Attorney General’s office, where she conducted an inquiry into the con artist Bobby Thompson, the subject of her book, Master of … Continue reading → The post Bobby Thompson: The story that the US government doesn’t want you to know first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
2020 Ohioana Book Festival Author Kiya Renae
August 05, 2020 20:55 - 11 minutes - 21.9 MBCurrently a doctoral candidate at Xavier University, 2020 Ohioana Book Festival author Kiya Renae has written three books: Through Her Own Eyes: This is Only the Beginning; It’s Ok to Be Broken: Highs, Lows, and Happy Mediums; and an as-yet … Continue reading → The post 2020 Ohioana Book Festival Author Kiya Renae first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
This old guy talks to the creators of another Old Guy: Gabrielle C. Burton and Peri Gilpin
July 15, 2020 20:49 - 12 minutes - 22.3 MBAlong with her four sisters, Columbus, Ohio, resident Gabrielle C. Burton make up Five Sisters productions. Their recent YouTube release Old Guy features their late father Roger Burton as a man re-entering the acting field after having been away from … Continue reading → The post This old guy talks to the creators of another Old Guy: Gabrielle C. Burton and Peri Gilpin first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Connie Schultz’s move from reporting to fiction
June 18, 2020 13:00 - 11 minutes - 20.7 MBPulitzer Prize winning journalist Connie Schultz published her first book Life Happens: And Other Unavoidable Truths, a collection of her columns for The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in 2006. She followed this in 2007 with a book about accompanying her … Continue reading → The post Connie Schultz’s move from reporting to fiction first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
CoronaVirus Update with Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser from the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
March 26, 2020 13:42 - 5 minutes - 6.87 MBI don’t normally post the transcript of my interviews, but this episode makes sense to have it available. Doug Dangler From a secret location in room 100 of 540 jack Gibbs Boulevard, this is Craft. I’m your host Doug Dangler. … Continue reading → The post CoronaVirus Update with Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser from the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Senator Sherrod Brown on Progressivism and the Worst US President
November 14, 2019 00:45I am pleased to have spoken with Sherrod Brown, the senior United States Senator from Ohio. Brown started his political career in 1975, as an Ohio State Representative. He was the 47th Secretary of State of Ohio and the US … Continue reading → The post Senator Sherrod Brown on Progressivism and the Worst US President first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Goose on the Loose: Catch it!
October 04, 2019 19:45Members of Goose on the Loose, happening October 10-13 in Columbus Ohio, stop by to tell me about the festival that you need to attend. The post Goose on the Loose: Catch it! first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
How a Super Scientist Helps a Superhero: Nadya Mason Rescues Paul Rudd (someday)
January 05, 2019 12:44 - 12 minutes - 10.9 MBWhile Ant-Man floats in the endless expanse of the Marvel Universe Quantum Realm, scientists like Professor Nadya Mason at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign work diligently to discover what the rules of quantum mechanics really are. Professor Mason’s January … Continue reading → The post How a Super Scientist Helps a Superhero: Nadya Mason Rescues Paul Rudd (someday) first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
A message to Dino Tripodis’s mother: He’s working!
December 22, 2018 15:08 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBDino Tripodis started gracing Columbus radio nearly 25 years ago as part of the Dino and Stacy duo, and he’s transitioned to podcasting with Whiskey Business, more writing, and a return to stand up comedy. He dropped by WCBE recently … Continue reading → The post A message to Dino Tripodis’s mother: He’s working! first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Paul M. Sutter Puts You in Your Place in the Universe
December 05, 2018 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBThe universe is endlessly vast and can seem incomprehensible. However, it’s not as incomprehensible as you might think. In his book Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence, astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter explains a lot about what … Continue reading → The post Paul M. Sutter Puts You in Your Place in the Universe first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Margaret Peterson Haddix and the Children of Exile
November 28, 2018 11:11 - 10 minutes - 11.9 MBI find dystopian novels one of the most interesting forms of science fiction. From 1984 to Fahrenheit 451, authors have created futures that we fear may come to pass (if they haven’t already). Margaret Peterson Haddix is known for her juvenile … Continue reading → The post Margaret Peterson Haddix and the Children of Exile first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Spamalot comes to Columbus’s Palace Theater
November 21, 2018 13:56 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBAlmost everyone has seen the hilarious comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. From the Black Knight, the Taunting Frenchman, and the importance of knowing the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, the film’s many funny moments have a place in … Continue reading → The post Spamalot comes to Columbus’s Palace Theater first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Think you know mitochondria? Think again says Michael W Gray
November 14, 2018 23:47 - 12 minutes - 5.98 MB“I never learned to do taxes at school but I know the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.” The phrase “the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell” has become a common punchline in a lot of jokes online, … Continue reading → The post Think you know mitochondria? Think again says Michael W Gray first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Happy Halloween 2018
October 27, 2018 16:26 - 38 minutes - 39.6 MBIt’s here again: Halloween, that time of year when Craft goes a little crazy and gives the world a variety of questionable stories and interviews. We cover all the greatest Halloween hits: cannibalism, zombies, serial killers, where to buy super science … Continue reading → The post Happy Halloween 2018 first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Celeste Ng receives 2018 Ohioana award for fiction
September 29, 2018 14:22 - 9 minutes - 9.89 MBOhio author Celeste Ng is the 2018 Ohioana Fiction Award winner for her book Little Fires Everywhere. Listen in as we discuss what it’s like to win an Ohioana award; how she ensured that she got the details right about … Continue reading → The post Celeste Ng receives 2018 Ohioana award for fiction first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Henry Alford: So you think you can contact improv?
June 22, 2018 15:13 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBDid your school have mandatory square dancing lesson? Mine did, which may be why I’ll never wear western plaid again. Humorist and participatory journalist Henry Alford has not only written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Vanity … Continue reading → The post Henry Alford: So you think you can contact improv? first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Mary Kay Carson at 2018 Ohioana Book Festival
May 25, 2018 13:04She’s one of Ohioana’s authors for 30 Books in 30 Days, so catch Mary Kay Carson on our YouTube Channel! The post Mary Kay Carson at 2018 Ohioana Book Festival first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Billy Boyd: Art imitates life
May 19, 2018 14:08 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBOne of my favorite exchanges in the first Lord of the Rings movie occurs after Aragorn tells the hobbits to stop eating and get walking: Aragorn: Gentlemen! We do not stop ’til nightfall. Pippin: But what about breakfast? Aragorn: You’ve … Continue reading → The post Billy Boyd: Art imitates life first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Thomas Ian Nicholas: From actor to producer to musician
May 18, 2018 13:26 - 4 minutes - 5.06 MBActor Thomas Ian Nicholas has appeared in many films, starring in Rookie of the Year and playing Kevin Myers in the American Pie franchise. He’s also a musician, producer, and writer. His latest work in production involves magicians and vampires, … Continue reading → The post Thomas Ian Nicholas: From actor to producer to musician first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Steven Wright’s favorite joke
May 15, 2018 23:07 - 4 minutes - 7.12 MBSteven Wright is one of a handful of comics I’ve paid to see perform live, although that says more about how cheap I am than it does about comics. At any rate, it was great to talk to him and … Continue reading → The post Steven Wright’s favorite joke first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Heather Whaling: Spring cleaning your social media profile
May 14, 2018 13:14 - 7 minutes - 7.47 MBCEO and founder of Geben Communications, Heather Whaling is a fan of social media, not a surprise given her occupation. So the recent news about the Facebook privacy problems were of particular interest to her. Listen in while she describes … Continue reading → The post Heather Whaling: Spring cleaning your social media profile first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
John Gorka: The past never dies. It comes back as songs
April 18, 2018 02:27 - 7 minutes - 8.1 MBFor legendary singer-songwriter John Gorka’s new album, True in Time, he casts his mind back to the past, with songs that explore memories and those we’ve lost. Join us as we discuss his songs and his songwriting. John Gorka will … Continue reading → The post John Gorka: The past never dies. It comes back as songs first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Visual Trumpery or How Alberto Cairo Confronts Fake News and Statistics
April 06, 2018 10:11 - 13 minutes - 19 MBLike many of us, Alberto Cairo is a polls-junky. Whenever election season comes around, he gets locked into the numbers. But for Cairo, it’s not just a seasonal passion; he’s devoted his academic studies to graphical representations of data in … Continue reading → The post Visual Trumpery or How Alberto Cairo Confronts Fake News and Statistics first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Michael Kardos: A book so good, it’s magic
April 03, 2018 21:04 - 13 minutes - 7.22 MBOhio State University alum Michael Kardos had a problem. How could he keep his son busy while he was writing? The solution: promise to write story chapters for his son if he played quietly for a time. In a classic … Continue reading → The post Michael Kardos: A book so good, it’s magic first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Christine Hayes: Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio and Columbus
April 03, 2018 14:39 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBChristine Hayes is a Columbus native and columnist for the Short North Gazette. You might know her as Ramona Moon, the art car lady. Aside from gluing toys to her car, Hayes has edited a book of her father’s old … Continue reading → The post Christine Hayes: Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio and Columbus first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Steve Goble: Writing the pirate seas
April 03, 2018 12:45 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBYo ho! Yo ho! It’s the pirate’s life for Steve! Ever since Steve Goble was a kid, he’s been enthralled with the adventure novel. Since he couldn’t be a pirate, Goble became a reporter for ten Ohio news publications and … Continue reading → The post Steve Goble: Writing the pirate seas first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Amanda Petford-Long: Let’s Get Small
March 31, 2018 15:27 - 14 minutes - 9.66 MBHow small can we go with computers? What happens as materials get as tiny as the dinosaur I’ve shrunk to the size of a pen? Amanda Petford-Long is a distinguished physicist in the Materials Science Division of the Argonne National … Continue reading → The post Amanda Petford-Long: Let’s Get Small first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Dustin Meadows: Weezer, NuMetal, and finding your voice as a comedian
February 27, 2018 23:46 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBDustin Meadows has been doing stand up for eight years. He’s released two albums, founded an alternative comedy troupe called Whiskey Bear Comedy, and frequently hosts The Pop Culture mixtape. He stops by Craft to talk about his new album, No! … Continue reading → The post Dustin Meadows: Weezer, NuMetal, and finding your voice as a comedian first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Lori Erickson: Monks Don’t Make the Best Interview Subjects
February 11, 2018 15:44 - 11 minutes - 12.4 MBLori Erickson grew up on a farm in Iowa and grew up reading adventure novels by John L. Stoddard that inspired her to travel the world. In her newest book, Holy Rover, Erickson explores her love of travel and her personal spirituality. … Continue reading → The post Lori Erickson: Monks Don’t Make the Best Interview Subjects first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Matthew Kahle: Did Archimedes build a death ray?
February 09, 2018 10:24 - 15 minutes - 16 MBMatthew Kahle is an associate professor at Ohio State and researches topology, geometry, probability, statistical mechanics, and combinatorics. He’s also enamored with Archimedes, one of the foremost mathematicians, scientists, inventors, and engineers of the ancient world. Kahle first heard about … Continue reading → The post Matthew Kahle: Did Archimedes build a death ray? first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Craft Intern Adam Hribar hosts WCBE’s Johnny DiLoretto
January 28, 2018 14:51 - 14 minutes - 14.2 MBWant a Marvel-DC cross-over on the silver screen? Well, the studios probably can’t hash out that legal mess, so you’ll have to settle for watching two radio shows collide. Johnny DiLoretto, host of Cinema Classics and WCBE Community Relations Coordinator, … Continue reading → The post Craft Intern Adam Hribar hosts WCBE’s Johnny DiLoretto first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Rebecca Reczek: Are you spending your food dollars wisely?
January 03, 2018 21:40 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBRebecca Walker Reczek, Ohio State associate professor of marketing, will appear on January 21 at the Ohio State University’s Science Sundays where she’ll discuss “Do Healthy Diets Make Empty Wallets? How Consumer Beliefs Shape Food Choice.” Tune in to hear … Continue reading → The post Rebecca Reczek: Are you spending your food dollars wisely? first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Loudon Wainwright III returns to Columbus
November 15, 2017 11:03 - 6 minutes - 6.82 MBIn the summer of 1992, I had moved to Columbus with my wife so she could attend medical school. I was working odd jobs, including a lunch and dinner shifts at a seedy Italian restaurant I was convinced was run … Continue reading → The post Loudon Wainwright III returns to Columbus first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Masha Hamilton on the perfume of people in war
November 08, 2017 12:17 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBJournalist, novelist, and public speaker Masha Hamilton is the 2017 John E. Nance writer in residence with the Thurber House and will appear with Evenings with Authors on November 14. She’s covered conflicts across the globe, from the fall of … Continue reading → The post Masha Hamilton on the perfume of people in war first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Ohio State University Professor Ruchika Prakash on mindfulness
November 05, 2017 14:06 - 8 minutes - 8.94 MBI’ve tried to meditate, but never got it to work. I’ve focused on my breath, let ideas go past unnoticed, and still haven’t gotten to the peaceful state described in writings about meditation. Serenity now! Ohio State University Associate Professor … Continue reading → The post Ohio State University Professor Ruchika Prakash on mindfulness first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Brian Kilmeade co-authors book on Andrew Jackson
November 04, 2017 13:55 - 5 minutes - 5.91 MBBrian Kilmeade, co author of three books, will appear with the Thurber House Evenings with Authors series on Thursday, November 2 to discuss his latest Historical Thriller “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle that Shaped America’s … Continue reading → The post Brian Kilmeade co-authors book on Andrew Jackson first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Craft Halloween Special 2017
October 26, 2017 22:56 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBIf it’s Halloween, it must be time for a Craft Halloween special. Here it is: all the heartwarming family fun you could ask for in a show filled tenderness, beauty, and a pile of cats and dogs burning in front of … Continue reading → The post Craft Halloween Special 2017 first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Marisa Silver: Sometimes you have to change
September 27, 2017 21:31 - 8 minutes - 9.26 MBOhioana Marisa Silver was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, an O. Henry Prize, and, on October 6, a 2017 Ohioana Awards. Join us as we talk about her time in Ohio (think overcast skies), her background working … Continue reading → The post Marisa Silver: Sometimes you have to change first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Lisa Black: Murder in Cleveland
September 20, 2017 09:24 - 9 minutes - 9.44 MBIf you’ve watched CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, and CSI: Cyber or even CSI: Pickerington and wondered what really happens during a crime scene investigation, then Lisa Black is the author for you. She spent five years working at … Continue reading → The post Lisa Black: Murder in Cleveland first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Sally Fingerett: Raised by wolves
August 31, 2017 10:00 - 15 minutes - 16.5 MBSally Fingerett was raised by wolves. Her words. Join us for an exploration of the childhood of this singer-songwriter and founding member of Four Bitchin’ Babes, how being Jewish and born on Christmas Day affected her, and the ways that … Continue reading → The post Sally Fingerett: Raised by wolves first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Bruce Campbell: Columbus and the Evil Dead
August 22, 2017 21:14 - 10 minutes - 7.92 MBActor, producer, and author Bruce Campbell has been in a lot of movies that I’ve enjoyed, like the Evil Dead movie franchise, which is now a TV show on Starz Channel (Ash vs. Evil Dead). But perhaps my favorite is … Continue reading → The post Bruce Campbell: Columbus and the Evil Dead first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
How to Survive a Summer: Nick White tells all
July 15, 2017 17:36 - 26 minutes - 28.4 MBOhio State Professor Nick White had a secret, one he didn’t want to tell himself or anyone else: he was gay. But, like most secrets, it eventually came to light, for him in a surprisingly hopeful way. The protagonist of his … Continue reading → The post How to Survive a Summer: Nick White tells all first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Ikea Idea
June 14, 2017 02:50 - 4 minutes - 5.29 MBA nightmare scenario: cheap Nordic prices and a wild population. Join us. The post Ikea Idea first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Wild Goose Live Returns! June 6th
May 26, 2017 10:25The post Wild Goose Live Returns! June 6th first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.
Comedy from pain: Columbus comic Leslie Battle
May 18, 2017 23:40 - 27 minutes - 28.1 MBColumbus comedian Leslie Battle is no stranger to struggle. What makes her special is the ability to make others laugh with her at life’s trials and oddities. Listen in as we discuss the decidedly unfunny event that led her to comedy, … Continue reading → The post Comedy from pain: Columbus comic Leslie Battle first appeared on Craft: Exploring Creativity.