{"podcast":{"title":"A HandBuilt Life","slug":"a-handbuilt-life-7757605","podcast_index_feed_id":7757605,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/a-handbuilt-life/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/a-handbuilt-life","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/a-handbuilt-life/20260310_030320_8e9793426f5ae345f752a54797155925.png","author":"Heather Lou + Amy V","episode_count":10,"summary":"From Closet Core Studios comes: A Handbuilt Life. Join hosts Heather Lou and Amy V as they check in on their various hobbies and obsessions, from sewing to woodworking, gardening, and more. They'll speak to industry experts from all walks of life to discuss what fuels their passions and drives their creativity — because a good life is always a work in progress. Find us: Shop - www.closetcorepatterns.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/closetcorepatterns/ YouTube - @closetcorepatterns","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T20:18:55.084172+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-handbuilt-life-7757605"},"episode":{"title":"Originality and creative entrepreneurship with Gretchen Jones","slug":"originality-and-creative-entrepreneurship-with-gretchen-jones","published_at":"2026-06-08T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-handbuilt-life-7757605/originality-and-creative-entrepreneurship-with-gretchen-jones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-handbuilt-life-7757605","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/a-handbuilt-life/2890842","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/368786/2890842/a-handbuilt-life/2026_06_05_20_16_16_02cd54bf-840a-4866-9bda-1baae980e6d5.mp3","summary":"Our guest is business advisor, strategic consultant, and style icon Gretchen Jones. Heather and Gretchen go deep on values-driven entrepreneurship, what it means to be truly creative in today's culturally flat landscape, how to break out of the stagnation of late-stage capitalism, and why we should all be embracing \"sloppy boobs”. Real wisdom and genuinely thought-provoking ideas from one of the most original thinkers we know! Read Heather's 2015 interview with Gretchen for Seamwork. https://www.seamwork.com/craft-projects/a-closet-tour-with-gretchen-jones?srsltid=AfmBOooCX6Bd1cdtYrpm3WyOpIZp-NmUeI_LcIhZAdSbm-2Na1_t93Wr Read Gretchen's essay The Cultural Plateau : https://mailchi.mp/gretchenjones.co/sage-advice-the-noonday-demons-19885062?e=64e3c9a6ee Sign up for Gretchen's newsletter : https://www.weirdspecialty.com/","meta_description":"Our guest is business advisor, strategic consultant, and style icon Gretchen Jones. Heather and Gretchen go deep on values-driven entrepreneurship, what i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-handbuilt-life-7757605/episodes/originality-and-creative-entrepreneurship-with-gretchen-jones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-handbuilt-life-7757605/originality-and-creative-entrepreneurship-with-gretchen-jones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}