Makers & Mystics

About Makers & Mystics

Makers & Mystics is the podcast for the art-driven, spiritually adventurous seekers of truth and lovers of life.

Publisher

Stephen Roach

Category

arts · music · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Mar 2017

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

16 of 336 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Our Daily Breath: How Contemplation Feeds The Creative Life | Kayla Craig

   Host Stephen Roach interviews author and spiritual director Kayla Craig about how contemplation fuels creativity and fosters compassion in a distracted world.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Memory Is a Musical Place with Composer Michael Anderson

   Host Stephen Roach interviews composer Michael Anderson about how music gives voice to memory and place, exploring life's journey through his latest work, Hallov.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Art As a Spiritual Gateway: Classical Music and Rediscovering Creative Joy

   Oboist, educator, and author Merideth Estevez shares how classical music transformed from a spiritual gateway to a source of proving worth, offering insights on rediscovering creative joy.

Inside a recent episode

The Art of Slow: Making Things That Last with Jake Weidmann

Published 15 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so bringing it forward and having it re-expressed in a lot of these gorgeous forms of writing. So it was always slow. That is baked into the cake. That even if the letter forms, some of the letter forms are executed very quickly, but that's only after thousands and thousands of hours of practice. So it's like you really have to take… the long view. It's not just slow when you sit down. It's slow as soon as you get started, you know, in the art form. And you have to think about the long haul that this is something I'm not actually going to be proficient in for probably a couple years to come. […]

Who has been a guest on Makers & Mystics

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

• Kayla Craig
• Michael Anderson
• Merideth Estevez
• Jake Weidmann
• Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

365 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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