Creativity in Captivity

An artist and iconic illustrator of pin-up art whose paintings appeared in Playboy and dominated the scene in periodicals, paperbacks, advertising, and movie posters. Olivia is known for painting burlesque goddesses, women warriors, fashion & fantasy.  She brings to life such powerful screen sirens as Bettie Page, Cat Woman, Morticia Adams, and Wonder Woman.  Her artwork has been shown in gallerie...

The Author of The War of Art, The Artist Journey, Do The Work, Turning Pro, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, Last of The Amazons, and A Man at Arms. In addition to historical fiction and inspiring non-fiction books, Steven also wrote the screenplays for King Kong Lives, Above The Law, Feejack, and Joshua Tree/ Army of One. In this episod...

An influential artist in the modern resurgence of rock/pop poster art as well as serigraph and fine art production. Rogers has designed poster imagery for musical powerhouses such as Queens Of The Stone Age, Neil Young, Tool, Deftones, Radiohead, Tori Amos, David Bowie, Morrissey, The Cure, and Public Enemy.  He is also a noted designer in the field of limited-edition vinyl art figures with releas...

A versatile actor and director best known for his role as George Costanza on NBC’s Seinfeld for which he was nominated for seven consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globes. He is also recognized for his work in the films Pretty Woman, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the title character in the animated series Duckman. Jason has guest-starred on many TV shows including Dream...

A dynamic musical artist and film composer that takes cello to new heights with her visionary style of creating songs and inspiring young musicians through her mentoring, film scoring, and education in the arts. Jenn collaborates with double platinum billboard artist B.o. B.; Michael Malarkey of the hit TV series Vampire Diaries; and filmmaker, Chris Anthony Hamilton on the original music for his...

The Iconic voice actor, puppeteer and filmmaker responsible for bringing to life Yoda, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear & Cookie Monster as well as being the Legendary Director of the movies “What About Bob?” “The Score,” “Death at a Funeral,” “Bowfinger,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “The Dark Crystal” and “Little Shop of Horrors.” You will hear why Frank is described by Steve Martin as being “Precise and P...

An actress, producer & director whose talents and curiosity allow her to shape-shift to many mediums. Dreya is well known for being the Aerial Choreographer for Pink & Cher, but also produced and starred in the films The Gymnast, The Aerialist, and The Marine Story. Her directing credits include the stage and movie versions of Frank Ferrante’s Groucho. She is a former Olympian that starred in the...

A Hip Hop artist and comedian that hosts the popular podcast “What Had Happened Was.” This multi-talented indie recording artist with albums such as “Brick Body Kids Still Daydream,” “Dark Comedy” and “Anime, Trauma + Divorce” knows firsthand the difficulty of choosing the right clothes that allow you to teach during the day and do rap shows at night. He also shares with us how a war-of-words on T...

Academy Award-nominated Producer of “Over The Moon,” known for her work on “Abominable” and “Kung Fu Panda 3” shares advice about the importance of writing just one page and introduces us to an original composition created by her son Bailey during quarantine. This Producer at Netflix Animation and the Director of the short film “Awakening: An Anthemic celebration of Asian Americans” knows how to t...

Chief Creative Officer of Pixar & Academy Award-Winning Writer & Director of “Soul”, “Inside Out” and “Up”, Pete Docter, brings humor, heart, and humanity to the creative process and talks about the major influence that making flipbooks had on him growing up that lead to working on “Toy Story,” “Toy Story 2,” "A Bug’s Life” and “Monsters, Inc.”

Pat Hazell speaks to A-list creatives about their process, craft, inspiration, and incubation of ideas. An inspired insider dialogue on a variety of disciplines allows the listener to have a seat at the creative coffee table. Join us for a better understanding of this elusive muse every Thursday with Pat and his friends as they demystify the transferable nature of creativity.   Creativity is a pow...