{"podcast":{"title":"Process The Podcast","slug":"process-the-podcast-5114104","podcast_index_feed_id":5114104,"rss_url":"https://rss2.flightcast.com/qvjz8mrctbeb1k8asa1jdksa.xml","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/process-the-podcast","image_url":"https://files.flightcast.com/workspaces/wdtm1fzv1xyf76ppxn0ty9g6/podcasts/qvjz8mrctbeb1k8asa1jdksa/e9s3zad3g17togma8noh6g97.jpg","author":"Arielle Thomas","episode_count":141,"summary":"Welcome to Process the podcast, where we welcome guests of all creative disciplines and bridge the gap between art and commerce as leaders in their lane. We dive into their unique process to actualize their ideas and get our hands dirty with - the work. Host Arielle Thomas hopes you love these creative conversations with some of the most celebrated names in the Australian fashion, media, and design landscape! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T16:18:24.727465+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-the-podcast-5114104"},"episode":{"title":"Petit: Creatives Are The New Athletes","slug":"petit-creatives-are-the-new-athletes","published_at":"2026-06-30T06:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-the-podcast-5114104/petit-creatives-are-the-new-athletes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-the-podcast-5114104","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KW99NB7BGT3MD0EA5Q1R68HT.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KW99NB7BGT3MD0EA5Q1R68HT.mp3","summary":"\"The reason why I want to instill you guys to care about this... is not because I want you to care about basketball. It's because I want you to care about the shape of the story. It's the unglamorous, the hours and hours and hours that go into unrewarded work.\" — Arielle Thomas Welcome back to another episode of Process the Podcast. We are sliding right back into the studio this week, and the way we are looking at our craft is getting a little bit sharper. In this unfiltered, solo Petit, Arielle steps directly up to the microphone to strip away the soft, algorithmic romanticism of the creative life. This episode drops a massive operational framework: creatives must think and work like high-performance athletes to truly get ahead. Pulling structural parallels from the historic 53-year championship wait of the New York Knicks, Jalen Brunson’s relentless work ethic, and Kobe Bryant’s obsessive midnight training methods, Arielle breaks down how to navigate the modern wave of AI slop and self-optimisation burnout. This is a raw, grounded look at how to get excited about the unglamorous reps, master the actual volume of your craft, and build an unbreakable work ethic when absolutely nobody is watching. Inside the Episode: 00:00 Resetting the Outlook: The Creative Entrepreneurship Shift 02:04 The New York Knicks & The Half-Century Wait for Greatness 04:24 The Myth of the Short-Cut: Fighting AI Slop with Athlete Logic 07:51 The Unglamorous Reps & Staring Down Unrewarded Work 09:43 Borrowing the Engine: Inspiration vs. Disciplined Refusal 11:01 Kobe Bryant, Michael Jackson, & The Strategy of Deconstruction 13:50 Mastery in Volume: The Truth of the 10,000-Hour Privilege 17:16 Audacious Thinking & The Quest to Build the Best Creative Podcast 18:50 The Toxic Optimisation Wave: Res…","meta_description":"\"The reason why I want to instill you guys to care about this... is not because I want you to care about basketball. It's because I want you to care about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1454,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/process-the-podcast-5114104/episodes/petit-creatives-are-the-new-athletes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/process-the-podcast-5114104/petit-creatives-are-the-new-athletes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}