Overshare: Honest Conversations with Creatives
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsWelcome to Overshare, hosted by Working Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac. In a world of carefully curated portfolio sites and Instagram feeds, Justin sits down with his favorite creatives to get past the highlights and discuss the tough stuff we don't talk about in public often enough.
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Recruiter Roundtable with Wieden+Kennedy and Squarespace
May 18, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBIn this bonus episode of Overshare Season 3, Working Not Working co-founder and CEO Justin Gignac hosts a roundtable conversation with two senior recruiters from highly-celebrated companies. Lauren Ranke is the Director of Creative Talent at Wieden+Kennedy and Chloe Harlig is the Senior Creative Recruiter at Squarespace. Both companies recently received some well-deserved acclaim from Ad Age, with Wieden+Kennedy winning Agency of the Year and Squarespace winning In-House Agency of t...
Romance in the Time of Quarantine: A Masterclass from Photographer, Drone Flirter, & Bubble Boy Jeremy Cohen
May 11, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBIn the season 3 finale of Overshare, host Justin Gignac sits down with Brooklyn-based photographer Jeremy Cohen, who has received A LOT of attention recently. Like most of us, Jeremy has had a lot of time on his hands these past couple of months. He’s used this time to think, to look out his window, to cook naked, and to cook up a quarantine record for the most romantic gesture. From his balcony, Jeremy could see his neighbors’ roofs. He started photographing and filming all of the...
Directors Coodie & Chike on Kanye West, Serendipity, and Being Too Nice
May 04, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBDirecting Duo Clarence "Coodie" Simmons & Chike Ozah, better known as Coodie & Chike, have so much infectiously positive energy and perspective from all their years in the business. We're thrilled to have them on this week's episode of Overshare. Coodie & Chike started collaborating in the early 2000s and got their big break directing Kanye West’s music video “Through the Wire,” followed by music videos for “Two Words” and “Jesus Walks." They had less than two days to put "Jesus W...
Robot-Proof Your Career with Mad Scientist Dr. Vivienne Ming
April 27, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBDr. Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, author, and self-described mad scientist. She's been named as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2017, and as one of the Financial Times' "LGBT leaders and allies today". Dr. Ming co-founded Socos, her fifth company, an independent institute exploring the future of human potential. In her free time, she has invented AI systems to help treat her diabetic son, predict manic episodes in bipolar sufferers weeks in advance, and re...
Charlie Engle Ran Across the Sahara and He Isn't Stopping
April 20, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBCharlie Engle is an addict who runs and a runner who writes. He’s authored a memoir titled Running Man and has given inspiring talks to CEOs, marathon runners, the United States Armed Forces, and at think tanks and conferences. Charlie's not just any kind of runner; he does ultra marathons that test his limits. Testing limits is kind of Charlie's thing. Sometimes it's intentional: he ran across the entire Sahara Desert edge to edge, which had never been done before. Sometimes it's ...
Lauren Hom Will Teach You Everything She Knows
April 13, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 98.3 MBLauren Hom is a designer and letterer based in Detroit, schooled in New York, and raised in Los Angeles. Known for her bright color palettes, playful letterforms, and quirky copywriting, Lauren has worked with clients like Starbucks, Google, AT&T, YouTube and TIME Magazine. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Webby Awards. Lauren saw herself solely as an illustrator and letterer, but added “teacher” to her list of titles after connec...
It’s Time for Lauren Hom to Dream Bigger
April 13, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 98.3 MBLauren Hom is a designer and letterer based in Detroit, schooled in New York, and raised in Los Angeles. Known for her bright color palettes, playful letterforms, and quirky copywriting, Lauren has worked with clients like Starbucks, Google, AT&T, YouTube and TIME Magazine. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Webby Awards. Lauren saw herself solely as an illustrator and letterer, but added “teacher” to her list of titles after connec...
Jonathan Jackson Will Not Be Constrained to a Singular Expertise
April 06, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBIt’s funny how there are some things you don’t know about your friends until you interview them for a podcast. Overshare host Justin Gignac has known Jonathan Jackson since 2006 after they both won the ADC Young Guns, but Justin learned a lot about his friend during this conversation that he never knew. Hopefully you listeners will learn a lot from this interview as well, and then go get to know Jonathan’s work. Jonathan Jackson is the co-founder and partner at Bushwick design stud...
Sophia Chang on Hoarding Skills and Staying Busy
March 30, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBSophia Chang hails from the borough of Queens, New York and in less than a decade managed to champion a name for herself in the art, design, and streetwear community worldwide. With her BFA from Parsons School of Design coupled with a natural acumen for business, she has collaborated with A-list names across multiple fields such as Samsung, Nike, Refinery29, Adidas, Apple, Footlocker, HBO, and the NBA. During this conversation with host Justin Gignac, Sophia describes herself as a ...
Archie Lee Coates IV Can't Believe He Did That
March 23, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBArchie Lee Coates IV is a founder and partner at PLAYLAB, INC., an extremely multi-disciplinary creative practice. With no particular focus, Archie and company simply explore things that interest them by initiating and working with others on ideas. Like + POOL, an initiative to build a water-filtering floating pool in New York’s East River. During this conversation, recorded live at On Air Fest, Archie discusses the roles that exploration and adventure play in aptly named PLAYLAB, ...
Tristan Eaton on Inventing Your Own Universe and Secret Identities
March 16, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBThis episode is from a live recording on stage in Cannes, France during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Host Justin Gignac has a beachside chat with street art legend Tristan Eaton. Tristan started pursuing street art as a teenager, painting everything from billboards to dumpsters in the urban landscapes of the cities where he lived. He created his first toy with Fisher-Price at the age of 18 and was and was at the forefront of the designer toy craze in the e...
Shawna X Can Have It All
March 08, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBShawna X is an independent artist and creative based in New York, known for her vibrant, visceral and highly graphical image-making across mediums in digital, spatial, and motion spaces. She creates experiences in music, fashion, and technology, collaborating with the likes of Adidas, The New Yorker, Warby Parker, and Ghostly International. Shawna's work addresses themes like cultural identity, the creative process and more recently, motherhood. During the conversation, Shawna open...
David Droga Needs No Introduction…but We Give Him a Lengthy One Anyway (Rerun)
March 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBWe're bringing back some of our favorite, most inspiring episodes in the lead up to the launch of Season 3. In our most popular interview to date, Working Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac sits down with David Droga, Creative Chairman and Founder of advertising agency Droga5. At the time, David was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and three years away from selling his company to Accenture for almost half a billion dollars. He reflects on years of influential work for clients like Go...
Shantell Martin + Ivan Cash on the Art of Human Connection and Being You (Rerun)
December 31, 2019 22:57 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBWe're bringing back some of our favorite, most inspiring episodes in the lead up to the launch of Season 3. In this episode from our first season, Working Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac welcomes artists Shantell Martin and Ivan Cash. If you're looking for a fresh perspective on your work and life this conversation will inspire you. Both Shantell and Ivan create work that focuses on human connection. Helping us put down our devices and our personas and live in the present. The ...
Illustration Roundtable with Ping Zhu, Daniel Fishel, Marly Gallardo, & Molly Magnell
March 28, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBWelcome to a special bonus episode of Overshare. Host Justin Gignac sits down with acclaimed illustrators Ping Zhu, Daniel Fishel, Marly Gallardo, and Molly Magnell to discuss all aspects of navigating a creative career through the lens of illustration. The group tackles a wide range of topics from how to break in and get the attention of clients, being patient with yourself as you develop and discover your personal style, how to determine what to charge and what is too low for each...
Jeff Staple on Two Decades of Success by Any Means Necessary
November 19, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBIn the final episode of Season 2, host Justin Gignac sits down with one of the founding fathers of streetwear, Jeff Staple. Jeff is the founder and creative director of Staple Design and Reed Space. His 2005 collaboration with Nike led to riots outside of Reed Space as people fought to get their hands on the limited Nike SB Dunk “Pigeon”. Many people credit that moment, and that shoe, as the shoe that catapulted sneaker culture to the masses. Jeff hosts the podcast Business of Hype...
Director Elena Parasco on Smashing Stereotypes Through the Female Gaze
November 05, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBThis Overshare is an in-studio conversation with film director and creative director Elena Parasco (@elenaparasco). Host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) chat's with Elena about her burgeoning directing career and the motivation behind it. Instead of complaining about the lack of content that represented women in sport in a way that relates to her, she decided to make her own. The result is a growing body of work that examines sport and play through the female gaze. Disrupting those tr...
Tina Essmaker on Resiliency and Embracing the Great Contentment
October 22, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour - 82 MBHost Justin Gignac (@justingignac) sits down in the studio with Tina Essmaker (@tinaessmaker) for a deeply personal conversation. Tina opens up about loss, divorce, resiliency, and new beginnings as she moves on from her role as Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of The Great Discontent. She embarks on this next chapter of her career as a coach, speaker, and writer with courage and enthusiasm. Tina has made a career out of listening to and supporting others. For more than a decade, she...
Dark Igloo is from the '90s and Here to Play
October 08, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBDave Franzese and Mark Richard Miller are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their creative studio Dark Igloo. Host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) invites the duo into the studio to reflect on the past decade of creating work that's drenched in humor and nostalgia. They discuss their mission to do 50% of projects for themselves (like Bored Game and Contact Us) and 50% for clients like Bonnaroo, Nike, Dig Inn, and most notably, GIPHY. Their conversation touches on topics from '90s ...
Jon Burgerman is Not a Doodler
September 24, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThis episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Camp David in Brooklyn, NY. Host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) sits down with the incomparable Jon Burgerman (@jonburgerman). He’s an artist and author whose ability to play is contagious and inspiring. If you haven’t seen Jon’s work check out the links below. His Instagram brings so much joy on a daily basis. Whether it’s bringing every imaginable inanimate object to life with googly eyes in his Instagram stories or the chara...
Joan founders Lisa Clunie + Jaime Robinson on Taking No Shit and Having Fun Doing It
September 10, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThis episode of Overshare is with Jaime Robinson and Lisa Clunie, founders of creative agency Joan—a company inspired by the trailblazing, take no shit Joans throughout history. It’s a fitting moniker for these two. Having spent their careers at companies like Fallon, BBH, Pereira & O'Dell, Wieden+Kennedy, and Refinery29 they set out to create a different kind of creative agency. Host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) dives into the incredible partnership, deep friendship, and obvious ...
Adam J. Kurtz on Helping You Feel Your Feelings
August 27, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBToday’s episode is with Adam J. Kurtz. Also known on the internet as Adam JK (@adamjk). Host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) sits down in the studio for a chat with the artist, author, designer, speaker, and personal growth encourager. He’s authored 3 books and journals that make life as a creative, and as a human, a bit easier to navigate. You can find links below to 1 Page at a Time, Pick Me Up, and his latest book, Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives. Adam...
Robyn Kanner is Gonna Be Ok
August 13, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBIn this episode, Justin Gignac (@justingignac) chats in the studio with writer, designer and co-founder of MyTransHealth, Robyn Kanner (@robynkanner). They had a deeply personal conversation on a range of topics. From Robyn's love and appreciation of Kanye to her self-described “messy” career path, graduating high school early and teaching herself design by imitating album covers she loved in Photoshop. Robyn embraces and actually strives to be uncomfortable. Using it as a fuel for...
Chobani's Kwame Taylor-Hayford on the Untapped Potential of Living a Safe Life
July 30, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBIn this episode, host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) sits down in the studio with Kwame Taylor-Hayford(@xquamx), who is the Managing Director of Brand Development at Chobani, as well as co-founder of social activism organization Saturday Morning and co-owner of August Market, a lifestyle store in Western NY state he and his wife started. Kwame has held many roles in advertising over the years. From his early days of being an account executive at TBWA Media Arts Lab working on the Ma...
SNL Editor Adam Epstein on Optimistic Nihilism and the Power of Great Teams
July 16, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBEditor Adam Epstein (@eppyad) has had a hand in some of your favorite Saturday Night Live films. In the past 9 years, he has edited over 100 SNL digital shorts including Levi’s Woke, Star Wars Undercover Boss, The Day Beyonce Turned Black, and Farewell Mr. Bunting. Host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) sat down with Adam in the studio to gain more insight into the chaos and insane team effort it takes to pull off the films they do in only 2 or 3 days. He also discusses his love of spor...
Illustrator Laura Callaghan on Inclusivity and Being a Creative Late Bloomer
July 02, 2018 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThis is a recording from our live event at The Trampery in London with Irish illustrator Laura Callaghan (@lauracallaghanillustration). She opens up to host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) about her humble beginnings of doing illustration on nights and weekends while working in the accounts department at a biscuit factory and her first failed attempt at being a full-time freelancer. Laura taps into the recent fad of brands co-opting feminism for capitalism and how so much work about w...
Jacquelyn De Jesu on Reinventing the Shower Cap
June 18, 2018 10:05 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBHost Justin Gignac (@justingignac) sits down with Jacquelyn De Jesu (@deejayzoo), founder, and CEO of Shhhowercap. Jacquelyn shares her journey from being an art director in advertising to the moment she was compelled to make a modern shower cap. Her bootstrapped journey has lead to features in Forbes, Fast Company and Vogue and her shower caps are now carried in stores from Neiman Marcus and Sephora to the MoMA Design Store. Follow @OvershareTalks on Instagram, Twitter, and Faceb...
Yancey Strickler on Life After Kickstarter and Why Artists Should be Our Business Heroes
June 18, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBYancey Strickler, co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, joins host Justin Gignac (@justingignac) on stage for a candid chat about life after Kickstarter. He reveals his rule of believing in everything, the ego benefits of seeing an astrologist, the importance of putting more love into the world, and why he grew a mustache inspired by the Beatles to help him write his ambitious book about challenging the dominance of financial maximization as the driving force of society. Yancey...
Season 2 Trailer
June 11, 2018 14:00 - 3 minutes - 2.86 MBSeason 2 of Overshare is launching June 18th with two new episodes. This season, Justin Gignac (co-founder of Working Not Working) dives deeper into the struggles of the creative professionals with many more honest conversations and much more oversharing. Subscribe to get the new episodes with Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler and Shhhowercap founder Jacquelyn De Jesu when they launch June 18th. Please rate and review us to help others discover Overshare. Also, follow us on o...
Episode 9 - Gemma O'Brien
March 09, 2018 18:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBWorking Not Working co-founder, Justin Gignac, sits down with Australian artist and designer Gemma O'Brien. Her lettering, illustration, and typography has been seen around the world on walls and branding for clients like Apple, adidas, Adobe, and The New York Times. This is a live recording from Justin and Gemma's conversation in a basement bar in New York City. Gemma opens up quitting law school, getting internet famous in Germany when she was only a student, and knowing and defen...
Episode 8 - Kate Moross
September 18, 2017 04:54 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBLondon-based illustrator, art director, director and designer Kate Moross is the latest in the Overshare hot seat. Working Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac interviewed Kate on a rainy, London night in front of a live audience. Opening up about how she doesn't view herself as a creative person, the struggles of owning and running a non-capitalistic design studio, how to hire the right people ("It's better to have a hole in your team than an asshole") and how she is watching absol...
Episode 7 - Sara Shelton
May 30, 2017 16:49 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBWorking Not Working Member and Freelance Copywriter, Sara Shelton, has created something special that many of us could benefit from. A t-shirt. It's a black t-shirt with white text that says "WE GET DEPRESSED". It's a very simple idea inspired by a very tragic event in Sara's life. She's hoping to remove the stigma and shame from depression. And if enough people wear this shirt, maybe depression becomes just another thing a lot of us have. This special episode of Overshare is hoste...
Episode 6 - Shantell Martin + Ivan Cash
April 13, 2017 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBWorking Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac welcomes artists Shantell Martin and Ivan Cash in the latest episode of Overshare. If you're looking for a fresh perspective on your work and life this conversation will inspire you. Both Shantell and Ivan create work that focuses on human connection. Helping us put down our devices and our personas and live in the present. The resulting conversation is especially lively and insightful, as it shifts from creative foundations to the comple...
Episode 5 - David Droga
November 16, 2016 18:33 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBFor our 5th episode, Working Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac sits down with David Droga, Creative Chairman and Founder of advertising agency Droga5. Droga5 has been named Agency of the Year ten times in its ten years in existence thanks to influential work for clients like Google, Under Armour, Newcastle, UNICEF Tap Project, Prudential, and Jay-Z. David opens up about sibling rivalry, the importance of setting almost unattainable goals, and how he balances outrageous ego versus...
Episode 4 - Jessica Hische + Jennifer Daniel
November 01, 2016 20:25 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThis fourth episode was recorded live in San Francisco in September 2016 with professional oversharers Jennifer Daniel and Jessica Hische. Working Not Working co-founder Justin Gignac attempted to uncover more about the two notorious designers than you can find combing through their 34,000 tweets. They dive into the psychology behind their need to share on social media, how it has impacted their careers and how having children has changed everything. This is not your typical design ...
BONUS - Ask An Expert Episode 1 - "Get Rich or Die Cryin"
September 01, 2016 19:30 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWNW Members Cooper Smith and Marques Gartrell interviewed FreshBooks for the premiere of "Ask An Expert", where we ask smart people who know the things we don't about the things we should. This episode called "Get Rich or Die Cryin" dives into the sometimes anxiety-filled world of getting paid. Apparently, accountants don't really care if your invoice is impeccably designed. Who knew? Big thanks to Robb Eng and Jackie Tanner from FreshBooks for dropping some knowledge on us.
Episode 3 - Kate Bingaman-Burt, Adam R. Garcia, and Rich Tu
August 24, 2016 18:17 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBThis recording was from our live event during Design Week Portland in April 2016. Renowned illustrators and designers Kate Bingaman-Burt, Adam R. Garcia and Rich Tu chatted with WNW co-founder Justin Gignac about Portland clichés, embracing and rebounding from career failures, and the downsides of ambition. Plus, an adorable story about Kate's grandmother's favorite dirty word. Thanks to FreshBooks, The Outpost and Scout Books for their support.
Episode 2 - Jon Contino
August 11, 2016 04:54 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBRenowned designer, Jon Contino, is not known for holding back and he doesn't disappoint in his conversation with WNW co-founder Justin Gignac. The definitely not PG discussion covers Jon's opinions on imitation vs. stealing, losing your edge, creative insecurity and always having something to prove.
Episode 1 - Leta Sobierajski + Wade Jeffree
August 11, 2016 04:39 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBWNW co-founder Justin Gignac interviews creative couple Leta Sobierajski and Wade Jeffree in a New York City dive bar. The recently married Brooklyn-based designers opened up about everything from getting paid to getting rejected, and even the Squatty Potty. Thanks to FreshBooks for their support.