Creativity Is The Cure

Send us Fan Mail Music Will Founder & Chief Vision Officer David Wish discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Fueled by his belief that all people are innately musical, Dave Wish founded Music Will, a nonprofit organization that funds and runs one of the largest instrumental and vocal music programs in US public schools today. Music Will is also a leading provider of free...

Send us Fan Mail Roundtable discussion with Tom Schreiber, Rory Earnshaw and Rob Keil of Maker Compass Studio about how creativity affects their work and personal lives. Maker Compass Studio is a project by three longtime friends and collaborators with decades of experience across brand strategy, storytelling, photography, filmmaking, and design. Built on friendship, mutual respect, and a shared l...

Send us Fan Mail Drummer, photographer, artist and writer Dony Wynn discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Born in Memphis, TN and raised in South Louisiana, Wynn began playing drums at age three and turned pro at age 13 (with a fake mustache). He spent decades playing with people such as Dr. John, Patti LaBelle, Robert Plant and most notably Robert Palmer...for 25 years!  To...

Send us Fan Mail Nicolette Santino, puppeteer currently on a 3 year world tour with Coldplay,  discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life. Topics include; Coldplay, The Jim Henson Company, The Barbarian and the Troll , Wooby & Fotty , GLOP (Glorious Ladies of Puppetry), Puppet Up! – Uncensored, Nickelodeon, Drew Massey, Colleen Smith, Alice Dinnean, Geneviève Flati, Christian...

Send us Fan Mail Art director, painter, graphic designer and storyteller Tom Schreiber discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Mind maps, neurodivergent learners, David Byrne, Bob Rauschenberg, Steve Martin, Willem de Kooning, Joan Osborne, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Jon Gnagy, Jean Michel Basquiat, John Cleese, STEAM education, Star Wars, George Lucas, Edutopia,...

Send us Fan Mail Puppeteer, voice actor and humor therapy facilitator Geneviève Flati discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life. Topics include; Fraggle Rock, AJR, The Jim Henson Company, Puppet Up, Oculus, virtual reality, female puppeteers, GLOP(Glorious Ladies of Puppetry), Mr. Malcolm's Music Factory, Disney Jr., Swazzle, mental health, Dr. Moody, UCB, Earth to Ned, Disn...

Send us Fan Mail Architect, planner and development consultant Peter Hendee Brown discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; The Humphrey School of Public Affairs, practicality vs. aesthetics, vertical gardens, Antoni Gaudí, The Petersen Automotive Museum, Voltaire, Socrates in Athenian Agora and why Robert Venturi described architecture as either, "a duck or...

Send us Fan Mail Voice actor Maurice LaMarche discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Pinky and the Brain, Morbo the Annihilator, Chief Quimby, Dr. Freeze, Kif, Yosemite Sam, The Real Ghostbusters , Warner Brothers, Hysteria , DC Follies , Hello! Hi! How Are You? , Fantasy Island , Inspector Gadget , Futurama , The Simpsons , Robin G. Eisenman, Rob Paulson, Ste...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, comedian and writer Justin Wings Wade discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Actor's Night, The Pitt, Noah Wyle, Kyle Crane, The Comedy Store, Richard Pryor, Montreal, New York City, Hollywood, Ska, Snoop Dog, Betty White, The Society of Camera Operators and Klingon Tinder! Recorded April 2025 on the phone between Hollywood and Pal...

Send us Fan Mail Music industry icon John DeChristopher, aka Viper, discusses how creativity continually affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Zildjian, Drum Workshop, Simmons electronic drums, Bill Bruford, Wurlitzer, Vic Firth, Steve Gadd, Mission From Gadd,  Charlie Watts and John's award-winning podcast, Live From My Drum Room. *Special audio clip at the end of John's b...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, puppeteer and show creator Brock Morse discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; The Dweebo Show , Morgan Freeman, The Ritual Killer , Victor Yerrid, Tom Caltabiano, Michael Biehn, Kevin Nealon, Hello! Hi! How Are You? , The Born to Act Players, M.O.B. Productions, Tom Waits, dogs, puppets, dirt piles, action figures  and what it's li...

Send us Fan Mail Comedy team Nee Kirschman and Zachary Foster discuss how creativity affects their work and personal lives.  Topics include; The Hello! Hi! How Are You? kids tv show, puppets, Tom Caltabiano, Brock Morse, Christian Anderson, Victor Yerrid, Ray Romano, Maurice LaMarche, Kate Micucci, Allison Janney and trying to make a phone call to an alien with a golden phone that's nailed to...

Send us Fan Mail Drummer, composer and producer Rick Marotta discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Steve Gadd , Tony Levin , Jerry Marotta , Andy Newmark , Jim Keltner, Mike Garson , Brethrin, Allie Willis, David Bowie, David Spinozza, John Lennon, Elvin Jones, Joe Testa, Yamaha Groove Night, Frank Ippolito's Drum Shop, Yamaha Drums, Hip Gig drumset, Tak...

Send us Fan Mail Neurologist Dr. Neil Cherian discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Neurology, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Tourette's syndrome, dementia, Teach Rock, Little Steven, Michael Winslow, Jon Manfrellotti, Tony Bennet, Michael Wolf, Les Paul, Oliver Sacks and martial arts of the mind! *Recorded live on the phone from Palmdale, CA and Cleveland...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of my interview with Italian journalist, photographer and book publisher Armando Gallo! In this  episode, he continues to share memories and insight. Topics include; His apps and books about Genesis and Peter Gabriel, the 50th anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway box set as well as his related and upcoming photo exhibit. Also included are many more stories about Da...

Send us Fan Mail Armando Gallo (born 1944 in Oriago di Mira, Venice) is an Italian journalist, photographer and book publisher. In this  episode, he discusses how creativity has affected his childhood, work and personal life.  Topics include; Meeting Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and many more fascinating personalities who he photographed along the way. *Recorded live February 2025 in Culv...

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...