Ready Go!

AKA the Thanksgiving episode, or the one with all the Brothers Knudson. Scott talks about a politics app he has been thinking about, and how he uses his older, wiser brothers as to filter out bad ideas. Brent shows up too. If you listen close, you can hear uncle Rob in the background.

Today we discuss some of the projects we are working on and the value of dabbling in lots of different disciplines. And Brian talks about his new cartoon characters.

Are you a genius? Or do you have one? Today we discuss the muses as an external creative forces and Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk.

Today we talk about Brian’s superpower… brainstorming.

The episode takes a turn and we decide to talk about whims and whimsy. Sometimes the silly or unexpected projects end up being favorites. Buffalo Fish Police is born.

How to we realize our ideas? What do we do with our realized ideas? Today Kami and Brian discuss the various strategies for bringing about creative pursuits.

McCartney and Lennon, Rogers and Hammerstein, Heckle and Jeckle. Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.  Brian and Kami discuss the advantages of having a collaborator.

What can we learn from Edward Tufte and Steve Jobs’s ghost? Is all research biased and untrustworthy?

Kami takes voice lessons, Brian fails gymnastics. On today’s podcast: the educational side of the creative process. This is the episode where Brian conceives of a new scifi epic: Idiot Robot.

Special guest Alex Bean talks about ChristmasLand, MBAs and what keeps us from reaching Greatness.