The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability
Mia Funk
5.0from 378 ratings
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- 2015
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About The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability
Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists and creative thinkers across the Arts and STEM. We discuss their life, work and artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, Nobel Prize, leaders and public figures share real experiences and offer valuable insights. Notable guests and participating museums and organizations include: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Neil Patrick Harris, Smithsonian, Roxane Gay, Musée Picasso, EARTHDAY-ORG, Neil Gaiman, UNESCO, Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Seliger, Acropolis Museum, Hilary Mantel, Songwriters Hall of Fame, George Saunders, The New Museum, Lemony Snicket, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Galleries, Joe Mantegna, PETA, Greenpeace, EPA, Morgan Library and Museum, and many others. The interviews are hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world. These conversations are also part of our traveling exhibition.
- Publisher
- Mia Funk
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Oct 2015
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
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306 of 1,250 episodes have a transcript.
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The Circle of Life: Artists & Scientists on Reconnecting with the Natural World
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Let's say taking some classical literature like The Old Man and the Fish by Hemingway. We are empathetic to the old man who is very exhausted trying to catch this big fish. How about if we tell this story from the point of view of the fish? Because the real tragedy is not for the old man. He survived. The real tragedy is for the fish who is dead and filleting from other fishes and so on. And what kind of story it will be? I mean, this is very important for us, as human beings, to try to get into the stories of the other species. I could call this environmental empathy, and this is, in a way, non-anthropocentric empathy. […]
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