Last Word

Last Word

By Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonneBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Last Word episodes

  • Episode 115 Garbage Voice

    This week, the other shoe drops, and it's Anthony's turn to experience Garbage Voice. Lauren & Anthony discuss their annual planning sessions, the miracle that is the Dyson Airstrait, and their desert-island creative tools, all from the cozy comfort of an upstate-New York hotel.

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    Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ and we'll do our best to cover it.

    35 min
  • Episode 114 Meet the Flockers

    This week, @laurenlayne4187 and @AnthonyLeDonne discuss the worst advice they hear being told to people just starting out in their fields. And flocking. Anthony makes a few jokes. One does well, another gets crickets. Lauren drops a few flocking callbacks.


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    35 min
  • Episode 113 On Working Clean

    This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss puzzles, mise-en-place, naming your files, whether done is better than perfect, and Dan Charnas' book, Work Clean (https://amzn.to/46xHG6G 👈🏿 affiliate link). Anthony makes several jokes that do not go over well.

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    Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ and we'll do our best to cover it.

    34 min
  • Episode 112 Lauren Cleans Her Dropbox

    This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss whether goals are a help or a hindrance to creatives. Lauren reviews her goals frequently. Anthony is afraid to review his.

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    Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ and we'll do our best to cover it.

    26 min
  • Episode 111 Anthony Takes a Niche

    This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss multi-hyphenates and whether creatives should niche down. Anthony makes a joke that bombs. 


    Things mentioned this week:

    • Emma Gannon’s The Multi Hyphen Method 👉 https://amzn.to/3suDUwZ (affiliate link)
    • Aaron Ross for Apple Notes tutorials 👉 https://youtu.be/HHx5mgN-Be8?si=srXfMSAGlh6R-YE
    • Jaron Lanier’s suggestion to post something that takes one hundred times more time to create than it takes to view, from You Are Not a Gadget 👉 https://amzn.to/3MD15Mw (affiliate link)


      • Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bylaurenlayne

      Follow Anthony on Instagram: https://instagram.com/anthonyledonne


      Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and we'll do our best to cover it.

      39 min
    • Episode 110 Careless vs Conscious Consumption

      This week, Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne discuss careless vs conscious consumption, cold showers, intermittent fasting, and whether eating ice cream can neutralize gas [spoiler alert: it can't].


      Follow Lauren on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bylaurenlayne

      Follow Anthony on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/anthonyledonne⁠⁠


      Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and we'll do our best to cover it.

      33 min
    • Episode 109 Origin Story & On Being Fearless

      Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne tackle the question: What's the Candid Creatives Origin Story?

      Follow Lauren on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/laurenlaynebooks⁠⁠

      Follow Anthony on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/anthonyledonne⁠⁠

      Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and we'll do our best to cover it.

      31 min
    • Episode 107 What role does luck play in an artist's career success?

      This week Lauren and Anthony discuss the role luck plays in an artist’s career. Plus, Lauren lays down the law when it comes to booping the timer, and Anthony picks a fight with a major streamer before walking it back when he remembers that he’d love for them to produce his and Lauren’s screenplay, Emergency Contact.


      Speaking of which, their book comes out next week! Click here to buy now!


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      Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ and we'll add it to the list.

      32 min
    • Episode 106 Does "good" art come from practice or innate talent?

      Do you have to be born with your artistic talent? Or can you get good with practice and perseverance? This week, Lauren and Anthony tackle this doozy of a question while trying not to offend anyone named Bob or Jay...


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      Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and we'll add it to the list.

      32 min

    About Last Word

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    Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne talk about trying to make a living as artists in one of the most expensive cities in the world. For anyone who's ever wondered what it's really like after you quit…