{"podcast":{"title":"The Unmistakable Creative Podcast","slug":"the-unmistakable-creative-podcast-1071989","podcast_index_feed_id":1071989,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/f8cf3133-0543-5b5b-85cb-e7a4e48bfaf5","website_url":"https://podcast.unmistakablecreative.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6202ac9f5668e761825372c3/show-cover.jpg","author":"Srinivas Rao","episode_count":1752,"summary":"Timeless Practical Wisdom For Living a Meaningful Life Inspiring stories and practical advice from creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, misfits, and rebels to help you become successful on your own terms Our listeners say, “If TEDTalks met Oprah you’d have the Unmistakable Creative.” Eliminate the feeling of being stuck in your life, blocked in your creativity, and discover higher levels of meaning and purpose in your life and career. Listen to deeply personal, insightful, and thought-provoking stories from the world’s leading thinkers and doers including best-selling authors, artists, peak performance psychologists, happiness researchers, entrepreneurs, startup founders, artists, venture capitalists, and even former bank robbers. Former guests have included Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Justine Musk, Scott Adams, Rob Bell, David Heinemeier Hansson, Elle Luna, Jordan Harbinger Brett Mckay, and Simon Sinek. Join The Unmistakable Collective The Unmistakable Collective is a monthly membership for writers, bloggers, podcasters, and content creators that gives you access to workshops, AMA's, and accountability from other like-minded peers to help you accomplish any creative goals! Click…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:19:01.264779+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast-1071989"},"episode":{"title":"Justin Connor: The Lungs Hold Grief and Why Workaholism Is Both Saving Grace and Achilles Heel for Filmmakers","slug":"justin-connor-the-lungs-hold-grief-and-why-workaholism-is-both-saving-grace-and-achilles-heel-for-filmmakers","published_at":"2026-02-24T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast-1071989/justin-connor-the-lungs-hold-grief-and-why-workaholism-is-both-saving-grace-and-achilles-heel-for-filmmakers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast-1071989","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast/episodes/justin-connor","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast/e/697d179965c54ec919b2f280/media.mp3","summary":"Justin Connor, filmmaker and musician behind The Golden Age, shares how his saxophonist father and jazz-loving parents never encouraged music yet inadvertently programmed workaholism into his DNA—a double-edged sword that became both his greatest asset for wearing multiple hats on independent films and his potential downfall requiring hard drive reformatting of his life. Connor reveals how cigarette addiction reflected grief stored in the lungs, how psychedelics and ayahuasca offered exploration without true addiction, and why workaholism proved more dangerous than any substance by fueling perfectionism, obsessive careerism, and control. Drawing from his upbringing witnessing family dynamics, he explains how directing became about trusting himself as an adult after childhood wounds, why he interned for Eric Holder before a double feature of Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction redirected him to Hollywood, and how creating The Golden Age with superhuman strength felt like lancing a boil that needed purging—a film he could never remake even with 10 million dollars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Justin Connor, filmmaker and musician behind The Golden Age, shares how his saxophonist father and jazz-loving parents never encouraged music yet inadvert…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast-1071989/episodes/justin-connor-the-lungs-hold-grief-and-why-workaholism-is-both-saving-grace-and-achilles-heel-for-filmmakers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast-1071989/justin-connor-the-lungs-hold-grief-and-why-workaholism-is-both-saving-grace-and-achilles-heel-for-filmmakers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}