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Comedy team Nee Kirschman and Zachary Foster discuss how creativity affects their work and personal lives. 

Topics include; The Hello! Hi! How Are You? kids tv show, puppets, Tom Caltabiano, Brock Morse, Christian Anderson, Victor Yerrid, Ray Romano, Maurice LaMarche, Kate Micucci, Allison Janney and trying to make a phone call to an alien with a golden phone that's nailed to a tree.

Recorded April 2025 on the phone between Palmdale, CA and Los Angeles, CA.

For more info, please visit www.pbs.org/show/hello-hi-how-are-you

Also: MommaOuttaBullets.com

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Drummer, composer and producer Rick Marotta discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Steve Gadd, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Andy Newmark, Jim Keltner, Mike Garson, Brethrin, Allie Willis, David Bowie, David Spinozza, John Lennon, Elvin Jones, Joe Testa, Yamaha Groove Night, Frank Ippolito's Drum Shop, Yamaha Drums, Hip Gig drumset, Takashi “Hagi” Hagiwara, Deliverance, Everybody Loves Raymond, Hello! Hi! How Are You?,  and why Luther Vandross ate the last piece of cheese at Bearsville in Woodstock, NY!

*Special appearance by Christine Marotta.

Recorded at Vineyard West in Encino, CA March 2025.

Rick Marotta photo by Tom Caltabiano.

For more info, please visit www.yamaha.com

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Award winning puppeteer, puppet designer/builder and actor Christian Anderson discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. *Recorded in Studio City, California December 2024. Please visit www.pandersonium.com

Shows Christian has performed in: Rent, The Full Monty, Avenue Q, Kidding, America's Got Talent, Crank Yankers, and Mr. Malcolm's Music Factory.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Drew Stahlkrantz, product marketing specialist at Nasdaq, discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. 

Topics include music, philosophy, grief, loss, and ultimately...positivity! 

*Recorded on the phone (California and Connecticut) in December 2024.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Musician, comedian, and material scientist Jeff Leon sits down with Malcolm to discuss his new album Live at Lake Titicaca and how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. *Bonus content includes “You Must Give Me Beef” (Jefferson DeLeone), "Nonoxynol-9” (Spit Pope), and “Death Metal is Your True Master” (Hjerve Exvemenzyck). *Recorded at Maestro Machinations Studio in Palmdale California.

For more information, please visit www.jeffersondeleone.com

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Social activist, entrepreneur, and foster-turned-adoptive father Mark Daley sits down with Malcolm to discuss his new book, Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family.

Daley has over two decades of experience in message development, communication strategy, and public policy, including as a communications director and spokesperson for then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. He has worked with more than thirty members of Congress, numerous governors, and other elected officials. He is the founder of One Iowa, the state’s largest LGBTQ+ equality organization, and TheFosterParent.com, a national platform to connect interested families with foster organizations. Please also visit markdaley.us to learn more about Safe.

*Recorded November 2024 in Los Angeles, CA.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Dancer, activist and wellness advocate Alexis Saenz returns to tell the truth about Thankstaking. Malcolm and Alexis discuss the history of the holiday, the Day of Mourning for Indigenous people and why they call it Truthsgiving - Thankstaking. For more information, please visit www.risinghearts.org *Included at the end of this podcast is the song Remember Who You Are by Alexis Saenz, Justin Michael Williams. ** This podcast was recorded in Silverlake, CA in November 2024.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Unreal Engine artist, composer and graduate of Gnomon Caleb Moore discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include; working at brinx.tv, mental health, video game design, and music. *Recorded in Palmdale, CA at Maestro Machinations in November 2024.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Writer, director and actor Matt Ritchey returns to discuss his new play, Shpider, which he wrote and directed. This episode includes how the use of the creative part of Matt's brain goes way beyond conjuring up a good story; it's the practical logistics of putting on a live theater show in Hollywood with a limited budget that can demand body and soul to simultaneously be operating on all cylinders at once! For more info on Matt Ritchey, visit storycrafting.biz. To learn all about Shpider, go to www.fonproductions.com. *Recorded in Hollywood, CA November 2024.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Singer, director, and writer Scott Coblio, aka Koo Koo Boy, returns to discuss his truly bizarre childhood, music and some extra spooky ghost stories! *Recorded October 2024 in West Hollywood, CA. **Features recordings by Koo Koo Boy and Malcolm The Vampire!

Topics include; Halloween, Ghosts, The Wolfman, Vampires, Koo Koo Boy, H.R. Giger, Debbie Harry, and Godzilla.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.