Creativity Is The Cure

Creativity Is The Cure

In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions about how creativity influences their daily lives and work. Malcolm lives in California with his wife and cats. Episodes, in general, drop every Wednesday and Sunday.

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August 6, 2025 106 mins

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Singer, musician, author and prolific composer Andy Toomey discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Zachary Alford, LuAnn Dunkinson, Rick Grice, Pete Levin, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Pat Mastelotto, Scott Petito, Iggy Pop, Markus Reuter, Goatika Creative Lab, Stick Men, Dreamland Recording Studios, Endangered Wise Men studios, NRS Recording Studio, Tuvan throat singing, how to avoid...

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J.C. Gabel continues to discusses with Malcolm how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 5 of their discussion focuses heavily on the current global financial system and how it affects book publishers.

Topics include; The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Brian Eno, The Cure, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Blur, Damon Albarn, Minutemen, A to Z Media, The Numero Group and the book Slash: A Pu...

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August 1, 2025 48 mins

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Ever wonder how to turn a human into Chester Cheetah and beam him into Las Vegas as a hologram? Paul Salmons, experienced film and TV producer with a strong background in cinematography and post-production, discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. 

Topics include; Holograms, Pepper's ghost, Whitney Houston, FilmOn TV, The Volume, AI, Salvador Dali, Tim Burton, David Fincher, Se7en, Brad Pitt, M...

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Digital Storyteller and musician Rev. Samuel discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Torch and Hammer, Schwag, Where Is the Chesterfield King?,The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Monkey's Paw, The Sphere of Density, The Interloper, Save the Cat!, Salem's Lot, Destroy All Monsters, Star Trek, Smog Monster aka Hedorah, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Lord of the Rings (1978), Mohai...

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J.C. Gabel continues to discusses with Malcolm how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 4 of their discussion focuses heavily on the current global financial system and how it affects book publishers.

Topics include; Los Lobos, Warren Ellis, Rutger Bregman, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Los Angeles culture and history, Dub Lab, Big Table podcast, The Decline of Western Civilization Parts 1 and 2, Slas...

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July 24, 2025 87 mins

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Drummer, composer and painter Chris Parker discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Saturday Night Live, Bob Dylan, G. E. Smith, T-Bone Wolk, Will Lee, Steve Gadd, Frida Kahlo, Thelonious Monk, Stuff, Brecker Brothers, Don Grolnick, Steve Khan, David Sanborn, Quincy Jones, The Parker Brothers Extravaganza, Sneaky Cookin', Mikell's, Woodstock, New York, Salt-N-Pepa, Emu Sp12...

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J.C. Gabel continues to discuss how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 3 of our discussion focuses heavily on books, film and music. 

Hat & Beard Press is an independent, Los Angeles-based publisher and print production house. 

Topics include; Fred Armisen, Trenchmouth, The Flaming Lips, Brian Wilson, Pulp, Suede, Nikola Tesla, La Bamba, Lou Diamond Phillips, Los Lobos, The Byrds, Love, William Shat...

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July 19, 2025 66 mins

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Pilates instructor, dancer and studio owner Grace Wang Caltabiano discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life.

Topics include; Pilates, scholarship, ballet, balance, red light therapy, Studio Reformers, full body strength and longevity, Joseph Pilates, Madonna, Wayne Brady, Tom Caltabiano, Ray Romano, Ed Begley Jr., Living with Grace and how Grace Anatomy is very likely the only pilates studio in the US...

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J.C. Gabel continues to discusses with Malcolm the current state of independent book publishing in the USA and how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 2 of our discussion focuses heavily on music. 

Hat & Beard Press is an independent, Los Angeles-based publisher and print production house. 

Topics include; Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, The Cure, Robert Smith, Anton Corbijn, Orian Williams, Genesis P-Orridge, ...

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July 14, 2025 62 mins

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Multi-disciplinary artist-teacher who often playfully explores the chaos of waste and recyclable materials, both in her own work and with her elementary school artist-students. Jamia Weir discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life. 

Topics include; Sister Corita Kent, Brian Wilson, The Artist's Way, Skirball Cultural Center, plarn, flow, mimes, clowns, puppetry, plastic bag portraits, junk sculptu...

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J.C. Gabel discusses the current state of independent book publishing in the USA and how creativity affects his work and personal life. 

Hat & Beard is an independent, Los Angeles-based publisher and print production house. With our book imprint, Hat & Beard Press, we create original, illustrated nonfiction books of pop-cultural and historical significance that draw on existing cult audiences.

Topics include; ST...

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July 10, 2025 89 mins

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German multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Markus Reuter discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Stick Men, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Andy Toomey, Guitar Craft, Psychology, Luther U 8-string Touch Guitar, Chapman Stick, Reeves Gabrels, Berlin, Germany, meeting Robert Fripp in the corridor of castle in Switzerland and how the Warr Guitar unifies the hemispheres of the brai...

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July 5, 2025 57 mins

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CreativeRhythms owner and Founder Gail Jackson discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life.

Gail is a Certified  Mindfulness Teacher through Engaged Mindfulness Institute, Certified in Sound Healing and Therapy, a Village Music Circles Global Trainer, a REMO-Endorsed Drum Circle Facilitator, trained HealthRhythms Facilitator, Rhythm2Recovery Facilitator and Music is Medicine Facilitator. She is a profes...

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June 26, 2025 98 mins

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Music Will Founder & Chief Vision Officer David Wish discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Fueled by his belief that all people are innately musical, Dave Wish founded Music Will, a nonprofit organization that funds and runs one of the largest instrumental and vocal music programs in US public schools today. Music Will is also a leading provider of free instruments and curriculum. Dave has in...

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Roundtable discussion with Tom Schreiber, Rory Earnshaw and Rob Keil of Maker Compass Studio about how creativity affects their work and personal lives.

Maker Compass Studio is a project by three longtime friends and collaborators with decades of experience across brand strategy, storytelling, photography, filmmaking, and design. Built on friendship, mutual respect, and a shared love of meaningful work, we create video...

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June 8, 2025 104 mins

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Drummer, photographer, artist and writer Dony Wynn discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Born in Memphis, TN and raised in South Louisiana, Wynn began playing drums at age three and turned pro at age 13 (with a fake mustache). He spent decades playing with people such as Dr. John, Patti LaBelle, Robert Plant and most notably Robert Palmer...for 25 years! 

Topics include; Gary Newman, Pat Mastelott...

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May 25, 2025 50 mins

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Nicolette Santino, puppeteer currently on a 3 year world tour with Coldplay,  discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life.

Topics include; Coldplay, The Jim Henson Company, The Barbarian and the Troll, Wooby & Fotty , GLOP (Glorious Ladies of Puppetry), Puppet Up! – Uncensored, Nickelodeon, Drew Massey, Colleen Smith, Alice Dinnean, Geneviève Flati, Christian Anderson, Chris Martin and how sculpting...

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May 10, 2025 72 mins

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Art director, painter, graphic designer and storyteller Tom Schreiber discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include;
Mind maps, neurodivergent learners, David Byrne, Bob Rauschenberg, Steve Martin, Willem de Kooning, Joan Osborne, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Jon Gnagy, Jean Michel Basquiat, John Cleese, STEAM education, Star Wars, George Lucas, Edutopia, Joseph Campbell, Mytholog...

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April 29, 2025 96 mins

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Puppeteer, voice actor and humor therapy facilitator Geneviève Flati discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life.

Topics include;
Fraggle Rock, AJR, The Jim Henson Company, Puppet Up, Oculus, virtual reality, female puppeteers, GLOP(Glorious Ladies of Puppetry), Mr. Malcolm's Music Factory, Disney Jr., Swazzle, mental health, Dr. Moody, UCB, Earth to Ned, Disneyland...and why puppetee...

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April 26, 2025 57 mins

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Architect, planner and development consultant Peter Hendee Brown discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include;
The Humphrey School of Public Affairs, practicality vs. aesthetics, vertical gardens, Antoni
Gaudí, The Petersen Automotive Museum, Voltaire, Socrates in Athenian Agora and why Robert Venturi described architecture as either, "a duck or a decorated shed." ...

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