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Creative Control — 191 episodes
Aleshea Harris on the Power of Creating Your Own Worlds
Spill's CEO on becoming more than 'Black Twitter'
Your Creativity Needs a Good Stretch—and Riz Ahmed Is Here to Help
Inside ‘Half His Age’: Jennette McCurdy on female rage, desire, and control
“Get greater later”: Hit-Boy on growth, boundaries, and building beyond music
Going Solo: Tracee Ellis Ross on the future of unscripted storytelling
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHASE FOR BUSINESS - The Small Business Surge: Why Entrepreneurial Growth Is Defying Economic Noise
How Elvira Built a Brand to Die For
From the Werkroom to the MCU: Shea Couleé on where drag is heading next
WNBA Star Jewell Loyd Is on the Road to a New Black Wall Street
Fast Company's Innovation Festival Returns to NYC
Risk, Reward, Repeat: Why Neon CEO Tom Quinn Bets Big on Bold Films
How Joy Reid Bounced Back into her Second Act
Why Moby keeps giving music away for free
Creative Control is Back!
Creative Control series roundup!
How Watcher Entertainment is changing the rules of content creation
How TikTok’s Medical Mythbuster exposes racism in healthcare
How SuperOrdinary links brands and creators to international markets
What if an AI Elvis sent you a birthday Cameo?
Is AI art innovation or infringement?
The thin line between borrowing and stealing in fandom
The dark side of fandom
Welcome to the (fandom) dance party!
Coming soon: A deep dive into the world of fandom
Is banning Tiktok “un-American?”
How AI could shape the next 50 years of hip-hop
What do politicians not understand about TikTok?
Navigating the creator economy 2.0
Announcing Season 3 of Creative Control!
CC Flashback: Brittany Broski live from Fast Company’s Innovation Festival!
CC Flashback: Emma Chamberlain on taking a coffee break from YouTube
CC Flashback: Should your doctor be an influencer?
CC Flashback: Why copyright law is out of step with choreographers in the digital age
CC Flashback: How NCAA athletes are navigating the Wild West of NIL deals
Why celebrities are choosing equity over endorsements
Making Sh*t Up: Improvisation and the Art of Making Something out of Nothing
Monetizing your brand in the creator economy
How brands should elevate (not exploit) Black creators
How Black creators are navigating Black History Month
Where are we now after the Facebook Papers?
Is the creator economy dead?
How jazz powerhouse Samara Joy went from a viral video to Grammy nominee
The Fast Company podcast team looks back on 2022
Top predictions for the creator economy in 2023
Unpacking the ‘Black Internet Effect’ with Shavone Charles
How social media companies should think about paid subscriptions
What Tumblr’s new rules on adult content means for creators
Coming up after Thanksgiving . . .
If Elon Musk resurrects Vine, can it compete with TikTok?
Will changes at Twitch help or hurt creators' pockets?
How much do you spend on the creators you love?
Decoding what algospeak means for creators
Want 52 million followers on TikTok? Adapt and experiment like Michael Le
FROM AWS AND FAST CO WORKS: At the Edge of Innovation: A Conversation with AWS’s Jan Hofmeyr
Welcome to the hilariously bizarre world of Tony Talks
Why marginalized creators are feeling invisible online
Brittany Broski live from Fast Company's Innovation Festival!
What's On The Horizon For Season 2 of Creative Control
CC Throwback: How Soman Chainani darker lens creates fairytales
CC Throwback: Author Jenny Han on the double-edged sword of representation
CC Throwback: Unpacking composer Nicholas Britell’s unusual creative process
FROM FRESHWORKS AND FAST CO. WORKS: What is the future of the employee experience?
CC Throwback: Lessons on leveling up with Danielle Brooks
CC Throwback: Monet X Change on the power of Blackness in drag
CC Throwback: Minding your mental health with Dr. Jess Clemons
CC Throwback: Ellen Pompeo broke her creative rut and you can too
CC Throwback: Using brainstorming and improv to boost your creativity
CC Throwback: John Cho’s childlike approach to creativity
CC Throwback: Janet Mock on trusting other voices in the room
CC Throwback: How uncertainty and negativity can fuel creativity
Creative Control's season one finale
How one woman is getting BIPOC creators a seat at the table
This talent agency is making room for deaf and disabled creators
Why inventor Simone Giertz is making products that actually work now
Social media regulation needs to happen—but how?
Inside the push to make social media less addictive
What we know (and don't) about social media algorithms
Lilly Singh wants you to be a triangle
How a Silicon Valley engineer-turned-creator is pushing back against hustle culture
Burnout is getting worse—but recovery won't take as long as you think
Emma Chamberlain on taking a coffee break from YouTube
Should your doctor be an influencer?
Patreon CEO Jack Conte on the creative middle class
This company is investing $1 billion in your favorite YouTube creators
Why copyright law is out of step with dancers in the digital age
How NCAA athletes are navigating the Wild West of "NIL" deals
Introducing Creative Control
CC Flashback: Jackie Aina
CC Flashback: Wayne Brady
CC Flashback: Saweetie
CC Flashback: Paul Scheer
CC Flashback: Carrie Coon
CC Flashback: David Sedaris
CC Flashback: Regina Hall
A message on what's to come in the new year.
New Year's Special - Reflecting on 2021
How do you define creativity? (Part 3)
Tracy Oliver's recipe for comedy gold: Big, brash, and Black
Adam McKay on creating comedy in chaos
Kenny G's creativity starts with trust (and a lot of practice)
How do you define creativity? (Part 2)
John Cho is simplifying his creativity—and you should too
How to deal with negative emotions in your creative process
Will the real Nick Kroll please stand up?
Seth Green's zen, and the art of making "Robot Chicken"
How to make boring work feel new again
Ellen Pompeo is keeping her creativity fresh and intensity in check
How author Soman Chainani gets into a creative flow state
Author Soman Chainani's twisted fantasies are revolutionizing YA fiction
Why design is more than you think it is
Jeff Daniels explains his controlled free fall into creativity
Michael Jai White doesn’t let others box in his creativity—and you shouldn’t either
Elizabeth Banks and her "quietly revolutionary" creativity
Why collaboration really does matter, according to Joseph Gordon-Levitt
How do you define creativity?
Why hearing "no" was exactly what Amber Riley needed
Danielle Brooks is finding the spotlight as a leading lady
How Danny Elfman is trying to be a less "sh*tty collaborator"
Quinta Brunson on finding creativity past viral moments
How David Oyelowo personalized his passion project
How Julia Michaels pushes past imposter syndrome
How author Amy Tan transforms trauma into art
How social media star Zach King builds creative momentum
Inside the method of Eric Andre’s madness
Wayne Brady on giving yourself permission to own your passion
The Russo brothers explain the process of their creative "f*ckery"
How rapper Kota the Friend conquered burnout
Viggo Mortensen on the art of memory
How the co-CEOs of Glow Recipe found creativity (and heritage) in skincare
How Jermaine Fowler is fighting past pain to find his funny again
LIVE SHOW: The Year That Changed Everything
How supermodel Ashley Graham channels confidence into creativity
How choreographer JaQuel Knight's obsession with details defines his career (and saved Beyoncé's "Single Ladies")
Creativity Equation: Innovation
How a former software engineer is changing the future of medicine
Creativity Equation: Collective Knowledge
Dr. Diana Anderson and Healthcare Architecture
Creativity Equation: Collaboration
How this doctor paved his way into Hollywood (While still practicing medicine.)
The First Step: How To Build an Effective Narrative When Building a New Company
Viral rapper Saweetie is ready to show you who she really is
Inside the no-sleep hustle of Grammy-winning songwriter The-Dream
This ex-Google employee built a better platform for protesting
Black Trans Lives Matter, too—and this activist won’t let you forget it
The First Step: How Affirm CEO Max Levchin handles risk-taking in launching a new business
Dr. Jess, the internet's favorite psychiatrist, has a gameplan for your mental health
Janet Mock on how to build your creative credibility
Inside the subversively creative mind of Mark Mothersbaugh
To All the Boys author Jenny Han on the double-edged sword of creativity and inclusion
Alan Yang’s secret to creativity? Push yourself to the point you want to quit
Jessie Reyez has a lot to prove—and you have a lot to learn from her process
Creative Conversation Live in Lagos, Nigeria, with Nollywood star Banky W.
The First Step: How Pizza Hut cooks up collaboration to keep innovating
The creative power of blackness and drag, according to Monet X Change
A creativity masterclass, with Reginald Hudlin
How Nate Berkus stays inspired in a constantly evolving industry
How Marques Brownlee uses technology to express his creativity
How Noah Baumbach made a film about love, through a story about divorce
The First Step: How Square conquers fear to bring new ideas to life
How Piera Geraldi gives her audience permission to be creative
How actress Carrie Coon uses fear to fuel her creativity
LIVE! with Mo Rocca at the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2019
This is your brain on improvisation
How to Boost Your Creativity by Changing Your Environment
How uncertainty can make us more creative
This is the best time to brainstorm
Introducing Season Three of Creative Conversation
Camille Yorrick, EVP of creative content at RCA Records
Jean Elie, actor and producer
EPaul Scheer, actor and comedian
EJemaine Clement, actor and musician
LIVE with Tarell Alvin McCraney, Phylicia Rashad, and OWN president Tina Perry at the Fast Company Grill
Sasha Velour, drag queen
E.G. Daily, actor and singer
ENicholas Britell, film composer
Amanda Seales, comedian and actor
ERoy Wood Jr, comedian
EKiller Mike, rapper and activist
ELIVE with Larry Wilmore
ETracey Ullman, actor
Jackie Aina, YouTube beauty guru
with director Roman Coppola
with fashion director and designer Nicola Formichetti
Ewith actor Regina Hall
Ewith photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield
with filmmaker Terence Nance
Ewith composer Max Richter
with showrunners Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch
Ewith author David Sedaris
Introducing Fast Company’s Creative Conversation podcast