Lytt til Feminism, Women’s Stories: The Creative Process: Empowering Stories, Inspiring Women, Gender Equality, Women's Rights & Empowerment

JULIE ANDREWS (Oscar, Tony & Pulitzer Prize-winning Actress & Singer · The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins) Andrews shares her experience working on Mary Poppins, revealing behind-the-scenes secrets about the character. She reminisces about her collaboration with Walt Disney and Tony Walton. ETGAR KERET [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-14/etgar-keret-jl-mia-funk] (Cannes Film Festival Award-winning Director & Author) Keret discusses the profound impact of his parents' survival stories from the Holocaust on his work. He explores how extreme human experiences can lead to extraordinary resilience and creativity, JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY  [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews21/john-p-shanley-mia-funk-zpb2g](Oscar, Tony & Pulitzer Prize-winning Writer/Director · Doubt, Moonstruck, Joe Versus the Volcano) Shanley highlights the invaluable lessons and life experiences gained from his time in the Marine Corps. He emphasizes the significance of diverse interactions and communal living, underscoring how these experiences shape both his artistic vision and societal views. JOY GORMAN WETTELS [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-15/joy-gorman-wettels-mia-funk] (Exec. Producer of 13 Reasons Why, UnPrisoned · Founder of Joy Coalition) Joy Gorman Wettels reflects on her theatrical upbringing and the influence of her mother’s passion for Sondheim and Neil Simon. She shares touching memories of the LGBTQ+ community in her life and how these early experiences cultivated her love for storytelling and community theater. PAUL SCHRADER (Screenwriter/Director · Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, First Reformed) Schrader analyzes the lasting impact of Taxi Driver on his work. He details his technique of immersing the audience into the protagonist’s perspective and psychology. CHAYSE IRVIN  [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews22/chayse-irvin-mia-funk-spd4r](Award-winning Cinematographer · Blonde starring Ana de Armas · Beyonce: Lemonade · Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman) Irvin discusses using mise-en-scène to represent characters’ psychological states. MANUEL BILLETER  [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-14/manuel-billeter-rz-mia-funk](Cinematographer · The Gilded Age · Inventing Anna · Jessica Jones · Luke Cage) Billeter recounts his early inspirations from masters like Fellini and Antonioni and his invaluable learning experiences while working alongside Alfonso Cuarón. To hear more from each guest, listen to their full interviews [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-process-arts-culture-society-books-film/id1488924067]. Episode Website [http://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-featured/julie-andrews-paul-schrader] www.creativepr [http://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-featured/julie-andrews-paul-schrader]ocess.info/pod [http://www.creativeprocess.info/pod] Insta:@creativeprocesspodcast [http://www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast/]

How do the arts help us find purpose and meaning? What role do stories play in helping us preserve memories, connect us to each other, and answer life’s big questions? MAX RICHTER [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-featured/max-richter-mia-funk](Award-winning Composer & Pianist · His album Sleep is the most streamed classical album of all time) reflects on the importance of creativity and how literature, music, and visual art offer windows into other people’s perceptions and experiences, fostering understanding and connection. ETGAR KERET [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-14/etgar-keret-jl-mia-funk] (Cannes Film Festival Award-winning Director · Author of Fly Already · Suddenly a Knock on the Door · The Seven Good Years) shares insights from his upbringing and how his mother's storytelling shaped his perception of creativity and authenticity. ANTHONY JOSEPH [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-13/anthony-joseph-preisler-mia-funk] (T.S. Eliot Prize-winning Poet, Novelist & Singer-songwriter · Author of Sonnets for Albert) discusses the fragmented documentation of Caribbean life and how his poetry attempts to piece together these fragments. CLAUDIA FORESTIERI [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-12/gordita-chronicles-brigitte-muoz-liebowitz-mia-funk] (Emmy Award-winning Writer · Creator of HBOMax’s Gordita Chronicles) talks about the crucial role of immigrants in building and revitalizing America, portraying them as "Born Again Americans." BRIGITTE MUNOZ-LIEBOWITZ [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-12/gordita-chronicles-brigitte-muoz-liebowitz-mia-funk] (Showrunner Gordita Chronicles · One Day at a Time) highlights the inevitability of adversity in life and its role in fostering growth. She underscores the importance of a positive outlook in overcoming the challenges of immigration. JOHNJOE McFADDEN [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-13/johnjoe-mcfadden-yl-mia-funk] (Author of Life is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe · Professor of Molecular Genetics at University of Surrey) explores the communicative power of art, detailing how complex ideas and feelings can be conveyed holistically. SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews17/shehan-karunatilaka-mia-funk] (Booker Prize-winning Author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida) discusses his choice of writing in the second person to explore the spiritual dimension. CATHERINE CURTIN [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews17/catherine-curtin-kate-mueth-mia-funk](Actress · Stranger Things · Orange Is the New Black · Homeland) reflects on creative freedom, experimental theater and her work in film and television. KATE MUETH [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews17/catherine-curtin-kate-mueth-mia-funk] (Founder/Artistic Director of the award-winning dance theater company The Neo-Political Cowgirls) emphasizes the importance of connecting stories to meaning and how her creative process prioritizes authenticity and personal fulfillment over industry expectations. To hear more from each guest, listen to their full interviews [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-process-arts-culture-society-books-film/id1488924067]. Episode Website [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews21/musicians-writers-filmmakers-performing-artists] www.creativeprocess.info/pod [http://www.creativeprocess.info/pod] Instagram:@creativeprocesspodcast [http://www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast/]

What can we learn from whales, the ways they communicate, and how their life cycle affects whole ecosystems, absorbing carbon and helping cool the planet? How have we contributed to the ecological degradation of the environment? How does language influence perception and our relationship to the more than human world? NAN HAUSER [https://www.creativeprocess.info/philosophy-ideas-critical-thinking-ethics/nan-hauser-mia-funk-9esdy] (Whale Researcher; President, Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation; Director, Cook Islands Whale Research) describes how a whale protected her from a tiger shark during an underwater filming session and reflects on their emotional connection. DAVID FARRIER [https://www.creativeprocess.info/books-writers-film/david-farrier-lm-mia-funk-8y8c6-n9sae] (Author of Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils · Professor of the University of Edinburgh) explores the long-term impacts humans have on the environment, emphasizing the material legacies we leave behind for future generations. DANA FISHER [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews20/dana-fisher-mia-funk] (Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity; Author of Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action) discusses her "apocalyptic optimism," arguing that significant social and environmental change is likely to occur in response to extreme risk events, which will drive mass mobilization. SIR GEOFF MULGAN [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-12/geoff-mulgan-mia-funk] Author of Another World is Possible: How to Reignite Social & Political Imagination; Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy & Social Innovation at University College London) on the evolution and potential of the circular economy. He elaborates on how adopting practices that promote reusing and recycling can drastically reduce waste and resource consumption. LEAH THOMAS [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews18/leah-thomas-intersectional-environmentalist] (Author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet; Founder of @greengirlleah & The Intersectional Environmentalist platform) advocates for an inclusive approach that addresses the specific environmental injustices faced by marginalized communities and encourages incorporating social justice into environmental advocacy. MAYA VAN ROSSUM [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-13/maya-van-rossum-mia-funk] (Founder of Green Amendments For The Generations; Leader of Delaware Riverkeeper Network; Author of The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment) underscores the profound impact of pollution and environmental degradation on human lives and stresses the significance of storytelling that address these deep-rooted issues. MICHAEL CRONIN [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews19/michael-cronin-mia-funk] (Author of Eco-Travel: Journeying in the Age of the Anthropocene; Senior Researcher at the Trinity Centre for Literary & Cultural Translation) argues for horizontal relationships with the environment, moving away from hierarchical views, and emphasizes the need to recognize the non-human world. To hear more from each guest, listen to their full interviews [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-process-arts-culture-society-books-film/id1488924067]. Episode Website [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews21/our-relationship-with-nature] www.creativepr [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews21/our-relationship-with-nature]ocess.info/pod [http://www.creativeprocess.info/pod] Instagram:@creativeprocesspodcast [http://www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast/]

Where does our intuition come from? How are lifelong creative partnerships formed and what role do friendship and personal connection play? How do our personal lives influence the art we make? Erland Cooper [https://www.creativeprocess.info/10mins/erland-cooper-mia-funk-highlghts-hfxwb] (Scottish composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist) explores the emotional and transformative effects of music and visual arts. He underscores how music can transport individuals to different places and evoke emotional responses and relates his personal experiences of homesickness for his native Orkney. Debora Cahn [https://www.creativeprocess.info/social-justice-activism/debora-cahn-mia-funk-dnfwt] (television creator, writer, and Emmy-nominated showrunner and executive producer of Netflix’s The Diplomat) discusses the craft of long-form storytelling in television. She highlights the process of building immersive worlds and the challenge of integrating ideas into narratives that resonate with audiences on a universal level. Julian Lennon [https://www.creativeprocess.info/film-tv/julian-lennon-mia-funk-ybwk8] (singer-songwriter and documentary filmmaker, founder of The White Feather Foundation, and photographer/author of Life’s Fragile Moments) reflects on the influence of his heroes and teachers and remembers the thing his mother taught him. He speaks about the importance of empathy, respect, and positivity, and how these values shape his creative and humanitarian efforts. Ed Zwick [https://www.creativeprocess.info/technology-innovation-society/ed-zwick-mia-funk-7ffhc] (Academy-Award-winning writer, director, and producer, and author of Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions) analyzes the elusive nature of talent and the magical moments in casting where undeniable potential shines through. Zwick shares insights into the subtle and unspoken aspects of directing that elevate a performance and bring a story to life. Chris Blackwell [https://www.creativeprocess.info/books-writers/chris-blackwell-mia-funk-h7spg] (Founder of Island Records and inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) highlights the importance of instinct in recognizing and nurturing talent. He recounts his initial hesitation before signing Cat Stevens to Island Records. He shares how artistic partnerships grow out of personal connections and friendship. Joy Gorman Wettels [https://www.creativeprocess.info/film-tv/joy-gorman-wettels-mia-funk-highlights-cr3sn] (Executive producer of UnPrisoned and the founder of Joy Coalition) highlights stigmatized social issues through her storytelling. She emphasizes that humanizing these issues by creating relatable, empathetic characters can lead to real-world change and understanding. Rick Carnes [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews-6/rick-carnes-songwriters-guild-of-america-mia-funk-9px7h-hp259] (Songwriter and President of the Songwriters Guild of America) discusses the fundamental elements of songwriting and how music marks significant moments in people’s lives. He elaborates on his creative process and the importance of mindfulness and emotional awareness in writing meaningful songs. To hear more from each guest, listen to their full interviews [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-process-arts-culture-society-books-film/id1488924067]. Episode Website [https://www.creativeprocess.info/interviews21/art-creativity-intuition] www.creativeprocess.info/pod [http://www.creativeprocess.info/pod] Instagram:@creativeprocesspodcast [http://www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast/]

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Azeezah Kanji talk we talk with Camilla Hawthorne about her recent edited collection, The Black Geographic: Praxis, Resistance, Futurity, and its relation to her prior monograph, Contesting Race and Citizenship: Youth Politics in the Black Mediterranean. She explains and elaborates on how Blackness is not singular, but involved in “taking place” in imaginative, resistant, and across many different political terrains, whether it be citizenship, the right to the city, the imagining of futures after environmental collapse, and diverse linguistic, cultural, and musical affiliations across diasporic communities. Camilla Hawthorne is Associate Professor of Sociology and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and also serves as program director and faculty member for the Black Europe Summer School in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her work addresses the racial politics of migration and citizenship and the insurgent geographies of the Black Mediterranean. Camilla is co-editor of the The Black Mediterranean: Bodies, Borders, and Citizenship (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) and The Black Geographic: Praxis, Resistance, Futurity (Duke University Press, 2023), and is author of Contesting Race and Citizenship: Youth Politics in the Black Mediterranean (Cornell University Press, 2022). In 2020, she was named as one of the national Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera‘s 110 "Women of the Year" for her work on the Black diaspora in Italy. Camilla received her PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. “A Black geographic perspective for me was really helpful in trying to clarify how we can simultaneously understand Blackness as a global project, that is anti-national, that transcends borders, but that also takes on really specific meanings and practices in different places…engagements with Black geographies that are looking just beyond the framework of North America.” www.camillahawthorne.com [http://www.camillahawthorne.com] www.palumbo-liu.com [http://www.palumbo-liu.com/]  https://speakingoutofplace.com [https://speakingoutofplace.com/] https://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20 [https://twitter.com/palumboliu?s=20] www.instagram.com/speaking_out_of_place [http://www.instagram.com/speaking_out_of_place]