{"podcast":{"title":"Creative Pep Talk","slug":"creative-pep-talk-838349","podcast_index_feed_id":838349,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG2212080179","website_url":"http://www.creativepeptalk.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0ca137e0-bc74-11ee-a299-b739941e412c/image/a176b67f923337bf4d6913e9905a786b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Creative Pep Talk","episode_count":566,"summary":"A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stories that you need week in and week out to keep your inner critic at bay, bust through creative blocks and stay creatively pepped to the max!! Learn more: creativepeptalk.com Check out the host: andyjpizza.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:19:01.942340+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349"},"episode":{"title":"550 - Get Back to Your Creative Path with These 3 Counterintuitive Things","slug":"550-get-back-to-your-creative-path-with-these-3-counterintuitive-things","published_at":"2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349/550-get-back-to-your-creative-path-with-these-3-counterintuitive-things","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG6389150944.mp3?updated=1775590774","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG6389150944.mp3?updated=1775590774","summary":"Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- Listen to this if: 1 - You feel creatively off or can’t find your creative thread at the moment 2 - You’re in a season where you’re not making as much as you want to be 3 - You feel in a low place creatively and need to remember why you care about creating 4 - You feel ill from so much doomscrolling and consuming short form video! SHOW NOTES: Cal Newport’s Podcasthttps://calnewport.com/podcasts/ Simon Critchley - On Mysticismhttps://www.nyrb.com/products/mysticism Angus Fletcher - Wonderworkshttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wonderworks/Angus-Fletcher/9781982135980 Lizzy McAlpine - Drunk, Runninghttps://youtu.be/Xa8iMI0yRVY?si=De3Uia0x0VkHL-mM Wolf Childrenhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140203/ Wolf Children Soundtrackhttps://open.spotify.com/album/3vZyva1XWxRbf0wq4MsU8q Piranesi by Susanna Clarkehttps://www.bloomsbury.com/us/piranesi-9781635575637/ Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACgπ=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- Listen to this if: 1 - You feel creatively off or can’t find…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2648,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-pep-talk-838349/episodes/550-get-back-to-your-creative-path-with-these-3-counterintuitive-things/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349/550-get-back-to-your-creative-path-with-these-3-counterintuitive-things.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}