Creative License
Creativity is hard to define. It's intangible but one great idea can alter how you see the world. Want to feel inspired? Each week, ESPN broadcaster Alex Perlman talks to creative people who excel in a wide range of areas, immersing you in their process and diving into what makes them successful.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 18
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Musical Theatre Copyist, Composer and Writer Erin Reifler
Erin Reifler went to college as an accomplished trombonist with a focus on cognitive science, but quickly shifted gears, realizing her true calling was in musical theatre.
After graduating and then o…
Finback Brewery CEO and Co-Founder Basil Lee
Basil Lee took quite the circuitous route to co-founding a craft brewery. He attended art school on the road to becoming an architect, working for a large firm for almost 10 years. As so often happen…
ReelAbilities Film Festival Co-Founder Isaac Zablocki
Isaac Zablocki has always had a passion for film - from watching movies at an early age to studying them to helping make and curate them as a professional.
Throughout his career, he's wondered...what…
New Yorker Cartoonist and Comedian Asher Perlman
Asher Perlman has spent his entire professional life in comedy - from the famed Second City in Chicago to writing for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, but his foundation came from cartoons.
His dad…
The Perfect Loaf's Maurizio Leo
Maurizio Leo's considered one of the country's top sourdough experts. You'd think that means he's been a professional baker his entire adult life, right? Not so much. The Albuquerque, New Mexico nati…
Record Executive and Producer Michael Goldwasser
Michael Goldwasser has done just about everything in the music industry - from performing to production - and across all different genres. He also founded Easy Star Records in 1996, which has become …
Master Crossword Constructor Jeff Chen
Jeff Chen has published 138 crossword puzzles in the New York Times. That's already tied for 22nd all-time and he's only been doing this for 12 years.
Why the late start? Jeff's background is actually…
Subpar Parks' Amber Share
Amber Share had always been passionate about design, but never pursued it as a career, instead opting for a life in marketing. That wasn't enough - she never felt completely fulfilled and still had t…
Video Game Designer and CEO Sam Rosenthal
Sam Rosenthal is the founder and CEO of The Game Band, an award-winning studio that aims to inspire hearts and minds by pushing the boundaries of interactive storytelling. Their latest endeavor, Blas…
Singer and Songwriter Sammy Rae
Samantha Bowers - you might know her as Sammy Rae - learned she could sing and write music at an early age, immersing herself in the greats from years ago...masters at connecting with their audiences…
Chef JJ Johnson
Composer and Arranger Don Hart
SIX the Musical Tour Head Carpenter Adam Farber
Playwright and Actor Ari Brand
92Y Film Moderator and Columbia Professor Annette Insdorf
WME Sports' Zach Swartz
Art But Make It Sports' LJ Rader
ESPN's Mike Couzens
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