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Creative Care Unit
by Michael E. Russo
What happens when you're a Creative-actor, singer, musician, dancer, etc.-you're over 40 and one day your body tells you that things are going to be different from now on? This podcast talks about those issues and all of the side ones that come along with being an aging Creative.
Episodes
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Creative Care Unit Episode 36
Let's face it: if there's one thing that all Americans can agree on in this divided nation of ours is that the health care system in this country is awful. I'm Michael E. Russo, and I'll discuss my most recent dealings with the Health Care Industrial Complex in this episode of the Creative Care...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 35
Most of the time, being an actor isn't different from any other job: you punch the clock and bring your lunch pail to work. Adn then there are moments like this: "I was working on an 80 million dollar budget movie in 1997, going out first class, had a limo in the hood, all that stuff. The drug...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 34
It's truly amazing the sort of things you can learn about a person just by looking at their IMDb profile. "Two hundred and forty-five credits!" "Yeah, some of those are bogus. It's probably only 225. I'm the king of the indies, man" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our conversaion with…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 33
Our series, "Creatives That You Should Know About", continues with a true Philadephia legend, a gentleman who has excelled on stage, screen and television. I'm Michael E. Russo, and I'll be speaking to Brian Anthony Wilson in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 32
Every job has its hazards, and a composer is no exception. "I was writing a full score on 30 stave paper, and almost every note meeded a flat in front of it!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll discuss this and more in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 31
In creating any kind of Art, compromises have to be made. In other words, "The creation of any work of art is a process of negotiation between the creator of the work and the work itself." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll go deeper in to that process with composer David Francis Urrows in this...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 30
When you're a Creative and you're just starting out on your artictic journey, who you study with makes all the difference in the world, Don't you agree? "In other fields it doesn't very much matter who your teachers were. I don't think bankers say 'Oh, I studied with So and So, or doctors coming...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 29
Our occasional series, "Creatives That You Shoud Know About", features a man whose music I've enjoyed singing and conductiong for decades. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll be speaking to composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit
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Creative Care Unit Episode 28
Of all the times that I've had to deal with the health care system, and all the time that I have spent in hospitals, there is one thing that I still do not understand: how hospitals do their billing. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who knows why hospitals do what they do in this...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 27
You know, after 21 years of marriage, you'd think we'd agree on everything, but..."Yeah, we had a Superman at one point." "Well, I never..." "We had a Spider-Man, we had a Batman..." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our conversation with my long-suffering Wife Gail in this episode of the...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 26
Masks: a simple enough garment, farily easy to make, but one that became fairly contentious during the pandemic. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who made over 1000 of them, my Long Suffering Wife Gail, in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 25
Of all of the descriptors we've used to label out guest for the past few episodes, there is one we haven't tried yet: Family Man! "I love my kids; I hate the situations I put them in!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our conversation with comdeian, ventriliquist, audiobook narrator and...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 23
The career path of a Creative can be a fairly straight ahead one, like we read about the lives of famous actors, singers and authors. For a lot more of us, the route to where we want to be is a bit more convoluted, and takes some very intersting turns. I'm Michael E. Russo, and in our occasional...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 22
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit this country, there were three primary things that medical professionals reccomended that folks do to avoid getting the disease. Two of them became a very polarizing issue for some people. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll take a look at one of those issues, vaccines,...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 21
Sometimes, a Creative's harshest critic is themselves. Then again..."And I say 'Wow, look at that! God, is that good!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our interview with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 20
Have trouble keeping to a schedule? You're not alone. "I try and schedule the time, I try and schedule the time, it doesn't always...it doesn't go the way...the way I want it to any rate." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our discussion with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey in this...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 19
So what's the one rule you should never break when learning how to write comedy? "If you didn't find it funny, don't laugh." I'm Michael E. Russo, and well go deeper into that observation and others with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey next time in the Creative Care Unit. Please Join us.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 18
With this episode, we'll be launching an occasional series that I'm calling "Creatives That You Should Know About". Interviews with folks who are creating good work and I feel deserve a wider audience than they already have. Kicking things off will be an interview with playwright Rosemary Frisino...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 17
Well, I guess that this sort of thing was unavoidable. I mean, you cannot have a podcast that deals with the health issues Creatives face and not address the 800-pound gorilla in the room: COVID-19. I'm Michael E. Russo, and I'll try to do the impossible-talking about the pandemic and all that…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 16
So what role does music play in a writer's creative process? "It depends on the story that I'm writing, but usually I've got some kind of music that I can have on and tune out to write with." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our interview with author S. J. Wells in this episode of the...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 15
Question to ponder: when writing a book, who controls the narrative, the author or the characters? I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll discuss that and more with author SJ Wells in this edition of the Creative Care Unit.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 14
"Christian Roman Novels". Yes, that's actually a thing, and in the hands of a Master Storyteller, you can find yourself in the middle of a fun read with spiritual depth to it. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with novelist SJ Wells about her work in this genre in this episode of the Creative...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 13
To paraphrase Bobbie Gentry, more than a year has come and gone since we heard the news about my heart attack. There have been some changes in my life since then. As John Lennon might have put it, some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain. And yet, with all of that going on…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 12
Whenever I've had problems with the plumbing in my house, I either do the repair myself or I call in a professional plumber. Once the work gets done, we run the water once to make sure everything is alright. When new plumbing got installed in my heart, however, the doctors wanted to…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 11
Being a Creative involves a lot more than training, practicing and performing. If being a Creative becomes your livelihood, at some point you will have to deal with the "administrivia" that comes with the territory. People who practice the healing arts have their own administrivia to deal with as...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 10
In this episode we continue our conversation with massage therapist, author and world traveler Kelly Bowers. We talk about what makes for a good relationship with a patient, working with scars and nerve damage, and the benefits of having an office as opposed to going to a client's home.
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Creative Care Unit Episode 9
Massage Therapy is the art and science of good touching, taking those squishy bits of the human body that have been hurt by use, overuse or abuse and making them feel better. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll take a deep dive into the world of healing touches with massage therapist and author Kelly...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 8
Normally I have something kinda pithy, witty or cutesy to say about what I'm going to talk about. Unfortunately, there is no way to make this topic cuddly. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll be reliving my journey through the ups and downs of health insurance coverage and that strange and wondrous...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 7
Just because a medical professional has spent many years in school and many more years in practice learning the craft of their profession, doesn't meant that they know anything about YOUR profession, particularly if your profession deals with talking to the public. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 6
It's one thing to have your body's internal defenses fight invaders from outside of it, like germs, noise or pollution. It's quite another when the source of what's causing your body problems is originating from deep inside your own head. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk about stress and what...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 5
We live in a noisy world. Even in the most bucolic of settings, out ears are under a constant assault from the high volumes of sound produced by media, machines and more. I'm Michael E Russo, and we'll talk about how all of the "Noise, Noise, Noise!" around us effects our hearing in this edition…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 4
The Voice: actors use it to create characters for the stage, films or television. Singers use it to get inside the emotions in a song. It's also a double-edged sword that can honestly reveal what's going on inside of a performer physically and emotionally. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll discuss...
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Creative Care Unit Episode 1
So, here's the scenario: you're a Creative Person-an actor, musician, dancer, etc., you're over 40, and your body at some point tells you that things have irrevocably changed in your life. What do you do now? Well, if you're like me, you create a podcast and talk about it. I'm Michael E. Russo…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 3
What makes a singer nervous? The prospect of doing what they do best in front of large groups of people? Nope. A medical professional telling you that the only way to fix a problem in your throat is to go into it with sharp objects dancing perilously close to your vocal chords? Yep. I'm Michael…
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Creative Care Unit Episode 2
The two most expressive parts of an actor's physical instrument, especially if you've ever worked in films or television, are the Face and The Voice. To lose the use of one or the other is a performer's nightmare. I lost control of both within a year. I'm Michael E. Russo, and I'll talk about how...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What happens when you're a Creative-actor, singer, musician, dancer, etc.-you're over 40 and one day your body tells you that things are going to be different from now on? This podcast talks about those issues and all of the side ones that come along with being an aging Creative.
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What happens when you're a Creative-actor, singer, musician, dancer, etc.-you're over 40 and one day your body tells you that things are going to be different from now on? This podcast talks about those issues and all of the side ones that come along with being an aging Creative.
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