{"podcast":{"title":"Creative Control","slug":"creative-control-811661","podcast_index_feed_id":811661,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/MANV8106289033","website_url":"https://www.fastcompany.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bb90e0b2-ad87-11e9-9255-ffc49d4f53cb/image/5a0822e2dde67b1eb696656af3390274.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Fast Company","episode_count":193,"summary":"The days of celebrities, athletes, and creators relying solely on their talent to build their brands is over. Today, it’s all about partnering with brands, investing in companies, or even launching a business of your own. Join host KC Ifeanyi each episode as he talks to one of the world’s most creative people about how their business endeavors intersect with, and grow, their creativity.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T18:22:18.840311+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-control-811661"},"episode":{"title":"How Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street Thrives Through Disruption","slug":"how-kerry-washington-s-simpson-street-thrives-through-disruption","published_at":"2026-06-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-control-811661/how-kerry-washington-s-simpson-street-thrives-through-disruption","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-control-811661","url":"https://chrt.fm/track/84686C/traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV5438748446.mp3","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/84686C/traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV5438748446.mp3","summary":"Over the past decade, Hollywood has been upended by streaming wars, labor strikes, AI anxiety, and a rapidly shifting business model. Amid the turbulence, Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone have built Simpson Street, a production company with projects that have been both commercially successful and culturally resonant. In this episode of Creative Control, Washington and Savone explain what it takes to make a project undeniable in today's market and how they’re redefining what creative control means when every corner of Hollywood is being reinvented in real time. You’ll also hear lessons in creative collaboration from behind the scenes of Simpson Street’s latest hit, Imperfect Women, on Apple TV, as well as what it takes to actually work for Kerry Washington—questionnaires may be involved. For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to https://www.fastcompany.com/news To listen to the latest episodes of Creative Control on Fast Company:https://www.fastcompany.com/podcasts/creative-control","meta_description":"Over the past decade, Hollywood has been upended by streaming wars, labor strikes, AI anxiety, and a rapidly shifting business model. Amid the turbulence,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2753,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-control-811661/episodes/how-kerry-washington-s-simpson-street-thrives-through-disruption/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-control-811661/how-kerry-washington-s-simpson-street-thrives-through-disruption.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}