Creativity Is The Cure

Send us Fan Mail Writer, comedian, and photographer Tom Caltabiano ( Everybody Loves Raymond ) discusses jazz, psychology, Jon Manfrellotti, Ray Romano and why he's agnostic about clowns!  * Malcolm met Tom in 2017 when they started collaborating on each other's puppet videos for the next several years. Chaos ensued... **Recorded February 2025 in Los Angeles, CA at Tom and Grace's h...

Send us Fan Mail Consultant, entrepreneur, engineer and marketing wizard Nithin Cherian discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Japanese whiskey, Yamaha, Servant Leadership by Jack Kahl, Robert Moog, Les Paul, Noa Thomas, Phantom Audio Group, and The House of Guitars. *Recorded live at Maestro Machinations Studio in Palmdale, CA. **Please visit www.phantomaudio...

Send us Fan Mail Regionansvarig (the one responsible for the region), guitarist, and dungeon master Collin "Nils" Stahlkrantz discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include music, Dungeons & Dragons, Spyro the cat (very brief sonic appearance), and Can Man. *Recorded on Zoom in USA and Sweden January 2025. **Please visit www.can-man.se Support the...

Send us Fan Mail Author, composer and Professor Leah Kardos discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life. *Recorded in California and London via Zoom January 2025. **Please visit https://leahkardos.com . Malcolm interviews Leah about her two recent books; Blackstar Theory: The Last Works of David Bowie (2022) 33 1/3 Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love (2024) Support the show CREATIVITY...

Send us Fan Mail Producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Hudson Music, Rob Wallis discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. *Recorded in California and New Jersey via Zoom January 2025. Please visit https://hudsonmusic.com Topics include; instructional music videos and books, Steve Gadd, Elvin Jones, Neil Peart, Dennis Chambers, Steely Dan, Billy Cobham, Yogi Horton, Giovanni Hid...

Send us Fan Mail Award winning puppeteer, puppet designer/builder and actor Christian Anderson discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. *Recorded in Studio City, California December 2024. Please visit www.pandersonium.com Shows Christian has performed in: Rent, The Full Monty, Avenue Q, Kidding, America's Got Talent, Crank Yankers, and Mr. Malcolm's Music Factory . Su...

Send us Fan Mail Drew Stahlkrantz, product marketing specialist at Nasdaq, discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.  Topics include music, philosophy, grief, loss, and ultimately...positivity!  *Recorded on the phone (California and Connecticut) in December 2024. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and...

Send us Fan Mail Musician, comedian, and material scientist Jeff Leon sits down with Malcolm to discuss his new album Live at Lake Titicaca and how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. *Bonus content includes “You Must Give Me Beef” (Jefferson DeLeone), "Nonoxynol-9” (Spit Pope), and “Death Metal is Your True Master” (Hjerve Exvemenzyck). *Recorded at Maestro Machinations Stu...

Send us Fan Mail Social activist, entrepreneur, and foster-turned-adoptive father Mark Daley sits down with Malcolm to discuss his new book, Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family . Daley has over two decades of experience in message development, communication strategy, and public policy, including as a communications director and spokesperson for then-Senator...

Send us Fan Mail Dancer, activist and wellness advocate Alexis Saenz returns to tell the truth about Thankstaking. Malcolm and Alexis discuss the history of the holiday, the Day of Mourning for Indigenous people and why they call it Truthsgiving - Thankstaking. For more information, please visit www.risinghearts.org *Included at the end of this podcast is the song Remember Who You Are by Alexis Sa...

Send us Fan Mail Unreal Engine artist, composer and graduate of Gnomon Caleb Moore discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include; working at brinx.tv , mental health, video game design, and music. *Recorded in Palmdale, CA at Maestro Machinations in November 2024. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in the...

Send us Fan Mail Writer, director and actor Matt Ritchey returns to discuss his new play, Shpider , which he wrote and directed. This episode includes how the use of the creative part of Matt's brain goes way beyond conjuring up a good story; it's the practical logistics of putting on a live theater show in Hollywood with a limited budget that can demand body and soul to simultaneously b...

Send us Fan Mail Singer, director, and writer Scott Coblio, aka Koo Koo Boy, returns to discuss his truly bizarre childhood, music and some extra spooky ghost stories! *Recorded October 2024 in West Hollywood, CA. **Features recordings by Koo Koo Boy and Malcolm The Vampire! Topics include; Halloween, Ghosts, The Wolfman, Vampires, Koo Koo Boy, H.R. Giger, Debbie Harry, and Godzilla. Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail Musical trio, Ella Jay Basco & The Sibs, discuss how creativity affects their work and personal life. Topics include opening up for Yo La Tengo this year and performing live with 3 members of No Doubt at a recent www.musack.org event. Learn about how each of them already have prolific careers in the entertainment industry with diverse acting, directing, and writing skills at t...

Send us Fan Mail Guitarist, educator, and photographer Alex Kelley returns as he and Malcolm take a deep dive into what it's like to teach music and photography these days, as well as the state of the arts in the USA. Alex profoundly reminds us all that, "the arts are necessary to make lives better." Stay tuned at the end of this episode to hear a little bit of Alex conjuring up som...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, singer and voiceover artist Chris Diamantopoulos discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. He is currently filming Ed Brubaker‘s upcoming Prime Video series, Criminals, in Portland, Oregon but took time to talk with me on his day off at Shaddowpuppet Studios. His prolific career includes performances on; The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Silicon Valley...

Send us Fan Mail Writer, producer, and patron Donick Cary discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include Musack.org, Hail to the Breadsticks, and Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics. *Recorded September 2024 in Los Angeles, CA at the Big Red House. **Photo by Tom Caltabiano. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influ...

Send us Fan Mail Magic Dust In The Dirt: Keyboardist, composer, and visual artist Eric The Taylor discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include the new release, Interdwell , by Dark Sky Alliance, comprised of percussionist Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls), keyboardist Rupert Greenall (The Fixx), soundscaping synthesist Eric “the” Taylor, and cinemati...

Send us Fan Mail Bassist, composer and photographer Tony Levin discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. As he is preparing for the much anticipated 2024 BEAT tour with Adrian Belew, Danny Carey and Steve Vai, Tony talks all about his brand new solo album, Bringing It Down The Bass . Other topics of this illuminating interview include espresso, Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel...

Send us Fan Mail Take a scintillating sojourn with traveler, activist, and artist Jonathan Firehawk Duplessis as he discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Spiritual synchronicity ensues as Malcolm & Jonathan deconstruct the diatribe afloat in the ether, the upper regions of air beyond the clouds. *Recorded on Zoom at Maestro Machinations Studio in Palmdale, CA. Sup...

Send us Fan Mail Musician, author, and educator Phil Circle discusses what it's like to survive AND enjoy being a professional musician in 2024, overcome *personal hardships with creativity and how to encourage students to strive for excellence. His incredible book The Outback Musician's Survival Guide: One Guy's Story of Surviving as an Independent Musician is available wherever bo...

Send us Fan Mail Missy Gibson & April Grossinger discuss how creativity affects their work and personal life. Topics include the launch of their own new Sheela Na Gig podcast! A sheela na gig is a figurative carving of a naked woman. These carvings, from the Middle Ages, are architectural grotesques found throughout most of Europe on cathedrals, castles, and other buildings. Their Sheela Na Gi...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, DJ, and producer Derek Basco discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Acting credits include; Dexter (2010), The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (2021), Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Maggie Moore(s) (2023), & Mayor of Kingstown (2021-2024) *Recorded August 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influenc...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) and Mika Stoltzman (marimba) discuss how creativity affects their work, music and personal lives. *Recorded August 2024 in Los Angeles, CA and Japan. Topics include; "Spirits" (1995) by Richard Stoltzman "Spirit of Chick Corea" (2022) by Steve Gadd & Mika Stoltzman Plus...Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Steve Gadd, Ne...

Send us Fan Mail Actress, mother, and animal wrangler, Becki Newton discusses how creativity affects her work, family and personal life. *Recorded August 2024 in Hollywood, CA. Topics include; Chris Diamantopoulos, The Lincoln Lawyer, Ugly Betty, Carol Burnett, Judy Garland, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain , Craig Ferguson , Kelly Ripa, and P-22...