The Creative High Podcast

Corey Fischer has an acting and directing career spanning 50 years, and is termed an ‘acting treasure’ of the San Francisco Bay Area. Corey talks about being on the TV show Barney Miller, working with film director Robert Altman and his extensive theater background. Having been in recovery since 1984, Corey speaks to the importance […]

Tom Sway is a ‘lyric blues’ musician and a dynamic performer who sinks deep into emotional terrain. Tom and Adriana talk about the magic of art-making, the gifts of sensitivity, and how recovery gets better when embracing art and the expansive self. He plays his songs ’51/50’ and ‘Rescue Mission’ on the podcast. Find more […]

Thayer Walker works behind the scenes in video and sound production. He talks to Adriana about how relationships have shaped his path to recovery, and being in an artistic partnership with his wife Joan Osato. Other topics include overcoming shyness, cover bands and supporting others’ creative visions.

Lee Gant is a knitter with tattoos. Overcoming her painful past including an addiction to toxic substances, Lee talks to Adriana about the healing power of knitting, writing her memoir and her relapse in recovery. Find her at www.leegantknits.com

Filmmaker, writer and activist Wickie Stamps embraces edginess in her recovery. An active part of the queer arts community in San Francisco, her work reflects this subculture. Wickie talks about the comfort she gets watching horror films, and how to be right sized as an artist. Find Wickie’s work at www.headswillroll.com   Click play below

JoAnneh Nagler is an author, musician and teacher who brings passion and clarity to all of her creative projects. Encountering deep disorientation and loss due to debting, JoAnneh’s recovery embraces balance with her artist life in many forms including time, money and relationships. Find her work and her most recent book here, ‘How to Be an Artist Without Losing Your Mind, […]

John Ater is a photographer in long term recovery. John talks with Adriana about how to ’see’ as a photographer, the way he has developed his creative work in recovery and growing up in Texas. Find John’s work at www.johnater.com

The Creative High Podcast highlights artists in recovery. In this episode host Adriana Marchione talks to Carmen Martines, a writer, poet, storyteller and blogger. Carmen shares about her daily writing practice, influences from her recovery community, losing her best friend and her yearly pilgrimage to Burning Man. Find Carmen’s blog at auntiebubba.wordpress.com

Podcast #1 features Andrew Goberman, blues musician who started playing at an early age. Goberman grew up in a family of classical musicians. He shares about his extensive musical history, the way addiction affected his music career and how he found recovery.