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Follow Your Curiosity is a podcast about creativity—how it works, how it shows up in real life, and how people find their way into it.
Each episode is an unscripted, curiosity-driven conversation. We start at the beginning and see where the story, the connections, and the questions take us.
Twice a month, you’ll hear in-depth conversations with people from all kinds of backgrounds about their creative lives: how they got started, what shaped them, and what they’ve discovered along the way. Some guests are widely known, others less so—but all of them offer a window into the many different ways creativity works and what it means to the people living it.
In the alternating weeks, you’ll hear short Creative Pep Talk episodes with ideas, tools, or reflections you can take into your own creative life.
Following my own curiosity sometimes leads me into unexpected places—including conversations connected to Doctor Who and the people who bring those stories to life, in front of and behind the scenes.
Every episode stands on its own, so you can start wherever you like.
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Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Actor, activist, musician, and artist Michael Broussard joined me back in 2021 to talk about his one-man show, Ask a Sex Abuse Survivor, and what he’s learned about destigmatizing trauma abuse through art. A few months ago, he mentioned to me that he’s been focusing on pulling the rug out from under himself artistically. He’s back today to talk about just what that means and how it’s actually been influencing his work all along, and his upcoming game show project. We talk about game shows over the years, improv skills—that ability to accept and adapt in the moment—as integral to art and to life, how we are each an experiential filter for creativity, the importance of creativity as self-care, and more.
Get tickets for Michael's game show here. If you'd like to be a contestant, send 3 interesting things about yourself to michaelbroussardarts@gmail.com
Read this week's post: Mucking about in the creek, here.
Listen to Michael's earlier episode here.
Episode breakdown:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Embracing surprises in performance adds excitement.
05:15 Creativity is influenced by internal and external factors.
10:32 Panelist embraces chaos, hosts semi-controlled game shows.
15:51 Influences shape individuality and creative process uniquely.
27:09 Repetition in performance can lead to boredom.
33:02 Understanding the challenge of listening and relating.
34:21 Benefits of good listening.
41:20 Improvisation and humor on the Match Game.
45:55 Zoom shows make audience feel ownership, enjoyment.
52:29 We're trained to be passive, but need agency.
57:40 Denying ourselves what we love limits life.
01:04:50 Art is subjective; worth exploring and learning.
01:07:29 Story inspired by Disney; teacher encouragement.
Check out the full show notes (now including transcripts!!) at fycuriosity.com, and connect with me and fellow creatives on Substack.
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