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PIVOTAL SLICE: on writing & composing — 66 episodes

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Title
1

Idioms for Masturbation

2

Pop Music and the Ego Nightmare

3

Bergman, Biopics, and Writing About Class

4

Pillion, The Bone Temple, and Ambiguous Stories

5

Diamond Cat

6

Dreams, Ideas, and No Bad Parts

7

The Secret to Making Better Work

8

Pressure, Perfectionism, and Pluribus

9

Don’t Sign That Contract!

10

Neurodivergence, Burnout, and the Art Life

11

The Enigmatic Allure of Aphex Twin

12

Films Helped Me Realise I’m Bisexual

13

My Computer Died and I Lost My Album!

14

Emotional Pain and ‘The Substance’ (2024)

15

Collaborating from the Heart with Denise Santos and David Mackenzie

16

Everything You’ve Been Told About Storytelling is Wrong

17

Masking, Neurodivergence, and Posing Nude with Eva Aldea

18

Transforming Trauma

19

Integrating Music and Nature with Dolores Catherino

20

Writing from Your Roots with Inés G. Labarta

21

Emotional Immaturity and ‘Challengers’ (2024)

22

Listening to Your Inner Voice with Michael Beinhorn

23

The Power of Sound with Martin Coat & David Mackenzie

24

What is 'Tone'?

25

Representing Trans Stories with Miles Borrero

26

Breaking the Cycle of Bullsh*t

27

How to Value Yourself with Christina Hennemann

28

David Lynch’s Liminal Spaces

29

Staying Grounded in Hollywood with Denise Santos

30

Photographing True Beauty with Zuzu Valla

31

Do Psychedelics Enhance Creativity?

32

Immersive Theatre with Jess-Luisa Flynn & Neil Connolly

33

Predators in the Arts

34

Film Scoring with Andrew Morgan Smith

35

Separating Art from the Artist

36

The Writer’s Journey with KB Brookins

37

Can Art Change the World?

38

Wearable Art with Kristina K

39

Sculpture and Self Love with Eri Maeda

40

Should Art be Free?

41

Writing Fiction Pt. 2 with Jade Green

42

Composing Pt. 2 with David Mackenzie

43

The Language of Music with Cyrus Shahrad (Hiatus)

44

Struggle to Let Go of Outcomes?

45

Feminist Fiction (with special guests)

46

Let’s Talk About Fear

47

Dealing with Rejection

48

Why Meditate?

49

Puzzles and Poetry with Helen Bowie

50

Addiction in the Arts

51

Music for Healing with Melissa James

52

The Structure of Magic

53

Songwriting with Mary in the Mirror

54

Solidarity Art with Rob MacDonald

55

'Why Are We Doing This?'

56

Art and Recovery with Janet Lees

57

Childhood Creativity

58

Short Stories with Irenosen Okojie

59

The Business of Art

60

Screenwriting with Caitlin Durante

61

Self-expression with Zoe Fox

62

Composing with David Mackenzie

63

Writing a Novel with Jade Green

64

Comedy with Bill Oakley

65

Dance with Lucie Lee

66

Horror with David Creed