In the latest bonus episode of The Spark File, Susan and Laura talk to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Odom_Jr.">Leslie Odom, Jr</a>, on the eve of his new album launch. Leslie reflects on the life lessons learned from 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Francis Turner, mentor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter_(entertainer)">Billy Porter</a>, and so many more. Always open to the next challenge, Leslie shares the vulnerability and the joy that comes with truly taking a swing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

In the latest bonus episode of The Spark File, Susan and Laura talk to Leslie Odom, Jr, on the eve of his new album launch. Leslie reflects on the life lessons learned from 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Francis Turner, mentor Billy Porter, and so many more. Always open to the next challenge, Leslie shares the vulnerability and the joy that comes with truly taking a swing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest bonus episode of The Spark File, Susan and Laura talk to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Odom_Jr." rel="noopener noreferrer">Leslie Odom, Jr</a>, on the eve of his new album launch. Leslie reflects on the life lessons learned from 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Francis Turner, mentor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Porter_(entertainer)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Billy Porter</a>, and so many more. Always open to the next challenge, Leslie shares the vulnerability and the joy that comes with truly taking a swing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Makers: Leslie Odom, Jr: The Lion, The Bear, and his Brand New Album, 'Mr'

Your one stop shop for creative ideas and inspiration. Sign up for our newsletter HERE. Each week on The Spark File podcast, Susan Blackwell and Laura Camien reach into their spark files and share stories, ideas and fascinations to ignite your imagination. Obsessed with creativity, Blackwell and Camien also talk with artists and makers, movers and shakers who have taken the spark of inspiration and fanned it into a flame. Hear from inspiring creatives like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sara Bareilles, Eric Stonestreet, Jonathan Groff, Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich, Zachary Quinto, Leslie Odom Jr, Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Billy Eichner, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Karen Olivo, Sutton Foster, Michael R. Jackson and many more about their passions and their failures, their inspirations and their aspirations. Refill your creative fish pond with new ideas and fresh perspectives. Listen, then take it and make it! Learn more at thesparkfile.com.

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