Creating Dangerously

We recently interviewed film director Claire Jeffreys about her new documentary Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between which won the audience award at the Doc NYC Film Festival. It's a film about one of the most under the radar musicians whose fans rank amongst some of the biggest names in the industry. Like Lou Reed, Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen. This remarkable film is also Claire's first....

We look back at what we consider some of the best books, songs and movies of 2023. Skip Shea tackles the books, Andrea Wolanin the songs and Patrick Bracken the movies. See if your favorites make it. If not, remember it is subjective. If that is possible! We are now on Goodreads so you can find the list of all of the books mentioned in this episode here! You can listen to all of the songs mentione...

This episode of Poetry Versus with Tony Brown continues to explore the theme of the month, satire. With a little absurdism mixed in. He'll read and discuss the poem "Ape" by Russell Edson. Born in Connecticut, Edson studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began publishing poetry in the 1950s. His honors as a poet include a Guggenheim fellowship, a Whiting A...

As we continue to explore satire we had the opportunity to sit down with Oscar Winer Adam McKay to discuss its importance. The interview was recorded on May 15th, 2023 in the height of the writers strike and before the actors strike.

Join Skip Shea, Andrea Wolanin and Patrick Bracken as they discuss the importance of satire and absurdism, which is more fun than it sounds. Especially when we will be discussing things like The Marx Brothers, Blazing Saddles, Don't Look Up and Don Knotts. What do Albert Camus and The Incredible Mr. Limpet and have in common? Join us and find out.

As a part of the Creating Dangerously Podcast we will be interviewing artist from all walks of creativity who explore themes and push the boundaries of art. Who Create Dangerously! Our first guest is Catherine Marenghi. Catherine Marenghi is an award-winning poet, novelist, and memoirist. Her works include Our Good Name , a historical novel inspired by her Italian immigrant ancestors, and Glad Far...

Tony Brown joins us monthly to bring a poem that relates to each episode of the Creating Dangerously Podcast. For the "Who Are We? Why Are We Here?" episode that explained the philosophy behind Creating Dangerously Tony Chose Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky's Darkmotherscream. Tony Brown has been writing for well over 50 years, and publishing and performing his work for over 40. He is the winner o...

As if November isn't dark enough join us for a discussion of Noirvember where we will shine a light on the dark alley's and dirty bars found in the shadows of Film Noir. Join Skip Shea, Andrea Wolanin and Patrick Bracken as they try to define the genre (?) and give some examples of their favorites. And they might even find a connection with Albert Camus and Creating Dangerously! We hope you'll joi...

Now that we've got Episode Zero out of the way, it's time to get down to it. Our hosts Skip Shea, Andrea Wolanin and Patrick Bracken discuss what it means to Create Dangerously. Creating Dangerously, is based on the lecture by Albert Camus which he gave on December 14, 1957 at Uppsala University in Sweden, four days after he gave his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Okay, so we're all busy. Episode One was recorded some time ago but we at the Shawna Foundation became too busy with running film festivals and drinking coffee. So co-hosts Andrea Wolanin, Patrick Bracken and myself (Skip Shea) decided we should start with Episode Zero. Just for fun! To discuss something near and dear to our hearts, horror movies. Episode One will follow soon and we'll get into wh...