Authenticated

About Authenticated

The podcast for diverse, in-depth discussions around the creative conscious™ of creative thinkers. Join creative entrepreneur Kate McLeod as she examples in conversation, the path for authentically optimized creative patterns of thinking with other innovative creative thinkers. The result: an array of tools for listeners who want to habitualize their creative conscious™ or just take their creative thinking to the brain gym for about an hour. Get ready to get introspective, creative and expansive with the latest episode of Authenticated.

Publisher

Kate McLeod

Category

arts · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

12 Nov 2024

Latest episode

3 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Nov 2026

   On Perception w/ Lucas Iverson

   Lucas Iverson (The Pitt, The Gilded Age, A Ghost In Your Ear) on the duality of authenticity when it comes to perception of self and the character the public meets. This episode of Authenticated is where Kate and Lucas, like sunflowers following the sun, leverage their self awareness to weigh "cameras in" and "cameras out" angles of perception and connect it to the gap between who you are and who you share that gets consumed. Lucas and Kate start from the definition he lands on, authen...

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   On First Fandoms w/ Niki Williams

   Niki Williams (Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Indigo Ink.) knows the responsibility of being someone’s first fandom. This episode of Authenticated is where Kate and Niki discuss how to keep the integrity of storytelling intact in a media space becoming more performative. Niki spent the 2020s figuring out how to entertain children. Now she is navigating the realities of entertaining new generations devoid of kids’ monoculture: no shared Saturday morning, no Monday morning playground debrief, a...

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Minisode: On Authenticity

   It's the first Authenticated Minisode! Officially, the podcast is over 40 episodes young and the creative conversations that make it up are also what make it gold. In a Minisode, you can expect a curation of glimmers of wisdom, insight, perspective and reflection from select guests over multiple episodes, all themed around one question or one topic. The first one being on authenticity and what it means to the guest. Authenticity's link to creative thinking is the connection that launch...

Who has been a guest on Authenticated

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brandon Collins
• Melissa Crespo
• JxJury

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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