Originally a full-blown artist, Nik Cherwink had a vibrant career in the music industry working at Capitol Records in LA, eventually teaching artists at Icon Collective. He then transitioned into life-coaching next, first working with artists to now coaching men in particular. We talk Identity and how artists seek validation through art, bringing up the question of whether or not being an artist is desirable. His insight is profound and invaluable for anyone needing to step back and see the big picture.

Lindsay Rendleman is more than a fantastic songwriter, she's my friend and collaborator. Fresh off the release of our song "Suspect", we wax creative about it and other things. She brings up the best advice she ever got as a songwriter, which involves balancing bullsh*t and truth precariously. We talk about the importance of having a supportive nest to bring out your creativity, how being in the zone is coping, meditative, and restorative, and why having a certain outcome in mind with your art is terrible.

Daniel Grove is an absurdly talented photographer, design artist, and videographer in San Antonio, Texas. Besides all his creative work, he's a faithful family man and by my surmising---a generous and phenomenal human being. This conversation gets into many creative things and you should honestly just listen. Some topics: how we work with clients as freelancing artists, what a good creative attitude looks like, social media and why sharing is important, and why we're both grateful for our supportive wives.

Kevin Rosmer is a multi-talented and mega diverse artist. From his music project as 'Professional Help' to his work as a filmmaker, actor, and one of my frequent collaborators, Kevin is uniquely qualified as a jack of all trades to talk about creativity. We thematically cling to the issue of "Process" in one way or another and have a very deep discussion about how to love what you do and be yourself, among other subjects.

It's my honour to have had the chance to hangout and freestyle with Edmonton's own Qashus, a divergent and multidisciplined artist whose journey is so similar to mine it's scary. That said, his success and hustle is immense, from making commercials for the Superbowl to putting out rap projects and co-founding the successful '2nd Floor' Podcast. I learned a lot in this conversation. Plus we both rap at the end.

Crystal Bourque (www.crystalbourque.com) returns for Part 2 of our conversation as the dark fantasy author she is. I hope you've all had a great summer---I've been a little busy, but we're back. Today we discuss a story of mine called, "Arthur" which was written to the same prompt as Crystal's from the last episode. More than just a story and feedback, this episode is about how to give and receive good criticism.

Crystal Bourque (www.crystalbourque.com) is a dark fantasy author who is best known for The Book of Eve novels. She writes for us an original short story called 'The Bone Setter', which delightfully entertains, and I follow up with some critique. In addition, we talk about how we have both striven for professional educations in the wrong subjects, how a passion can call you throughout your life, and more. We examine the difference between books and film, how they inspire and influence the imagination.

A-F-R-O (All Flows Reach Out) is a rap artist, actor, aspiring director, and screenwriter from California. He's appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, was an actor in VH1's 'The Breaks', and has toured the world with the legendary R.A. The Rugged Man. We talk about what it was like to collaborate with each other on my latest single, "Metal ft. A-F-R-O", what Hip-Hop is about and why we love it, and more. For being 22 years old, A-F-R-O has a lot of wisdom for every creative to learn from.

This is PART 2 of my conversation with the lovely J.H. Moncrieff, the author of over 10 published novels. We launch into my own original story this time, a suspenseful little piece I think you'll enjoy, and J.H. weighs in on it. Then we shift to a very honest talk about having a sense of failure through achievement, the role of being a former journalist and how that influenced J.H. as a writer, and we conclude with a do-not-miss analysis of the Canadian literary scene from her perspective as a genre writer.

J.H. Moncrieff is a dark fiction writer who has over ten books published, multiple short stories, and is most recently a featured expert on Cruise Ship Killers, a new true crime series now airing in the UK. We launch the conversation by talking about the one big thing she did to help catapult her career in genre fiction and how having unchangeable pillars in a creative work can breed ingenuity. Then we dive in. She reads us a new original story, a tantalizing short piece written specially for this podcast.