All Episodes

S7E23 - Personal Instruction Manuals

S7E22 - The Creative Muse

S7E21 - Expansion Anxiety

S7E20 - Good + Bad Teachers

S7E19 - Feeling Jung

S7E18 - The Artist Date

S7E17 - Defining Creativity

S7E16 - Creative Hangovers

S7E15 - Ambiguous Grief

S7E14 - Dopamine Reset

S7E13 - Flip The Script

S7E12 - Creating Community

S7E11 - Creation By Recombination

S7E10 - I Love You vs. Small Talk

S7E9 - Making For Minnesota

S7E8 - Words We Love

S7E7 - A Good Cry

S7E6 - How Easy Can It Be?

S7E5 - A Window Not A Mirror

S7E4 - The Alchemist

S7E3 - A Spooky Winter Story

S7E2 - From Strength to Strength

S7E1 - Immaculate Perception

S6E7 - Sara Bareilles / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E8 - Melay Araya / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E6 - Laura Benanti / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E5 - Sofronio Vasquez / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E4 - Griffin Newman / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E3 - Sean Mayes / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E2 - Eisa Davis / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

S6E1 - Lin-Manuel Miranda / The Town Hall Spark Sessions

Introducing The Town Hall Spark Sessions

Season 5 Finale

Stephen King On Writing

Closing Ceremonies: Blue Man Group

Hug An Author Today

Making Change Pt. 3

Primordial Soup

Gifts & Creativity

Menopause + Creativity

Go All The Way There

Reaching Out

Join The Joiners

Catharsis, Comfort & Change

The Creative Act

Moral Distress Signal

Spooky Sparks from SPARKfest

Them's The Rules

Sparks from SPARKfest (Part 1)

WWGD? (Learning from Gavin Creel)

Grief & Creativity

Shining Your Creative Light

Certainty v. Creativity

Creativity Sparks: Season 4 Finale!

Creativity Sparks: From Good to Great

Creativity Sparks: You Have a (true) Story to Tell

Creativity Sparks: Processing Creative Conclusions and Milestones

Creativity Sparks: The Imperfect Perfectionist

Creativity Sparks: AI + Creativity

Creativity Sparks: The Ah-ha Moment

Creativity Sparks: Jesse James and the KGC Gold

Creativity Sparks: The New Rules

Creativity Sparks: Let's Talk about Death over Dinner

Creativity Sparks: I'm Sorry

Creativity Sparks: The 7 Day Happiness Challenge

Creativity Sparks: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Creativity Sparks: Change

Creativity Sparks: Stealing (a) Home

Creativity Sparks: Toni Morrison

Creativity Sparks: Artists & Athletes

Creativity Sparks: Creativty + Mental Health

Creativity Sparks: Making Marketing Part of Your Creative Process: The Blue Man Group Edition

Creativity Sparks: Write Like Your Parents Are Dead Again

Creativity Sparks: The Creative Comfort Crisis

Creativity Sparks: A Creative Approach to Reproductive Rights

Creativity Sparks: The Seduction of Camp Siegfried

Creativity Sparks: Creation from Destruction

Welcome Back, Sparklers!

Creativity Sparks: Season 3 Finale!

Makersode: Lynne Cox

Creativity Sparks: Dead Eyes

Makersode: Marc Janowitz

Creativity Sparks: Beauty + Sorrow

Makersode: Mike Michalowicz

Creativity Sparks: Creatives for Ukraine

Creativity Sparks: The Art of the Con

Creativity Sparks: Creatives + Money

Creativity Sparks: Does Our Inner Chatter Matter?

Creativity Sparks: The Florida Highwaymen

Creativity Sparks: Fertile Wordle

Creativity Sparks: The Unstoppable Voice of Martha Wash

Creativity Sparks: Rewilding Your Attention

Creativity Sparks: Wintering

Creativity Sparks: Money Money Money

Creativity Sparks: Operation Paperclip

Creativity Sparks: Creative Resistance; OR, The Monster at the End of this Episode

Creativity Sparks: The Collaborative Wisdom of Metallica

Creativity Sparks: Creative Mornings / Street Wisdom

Creativity Sparks: The Spark Side of Social Media

Creativity Sparks: What If...?

Welcome Back, Sparklers!

Creativity Sparks: Celebrating Endings

Makers: Hunter Bell: Connection, Community and Fantasy Island

Makers: John Ellison Conlee: Great Conversation and a Cup of Joe

Creativity Sparks: Imposter Syndrome

Creativity Sparks: The Mind of Jill Bolte Taylor, Pt 2: Electric Boogaloo

Creativity Sparks: Lincoln in the Bardo

Creativity Sparks: The Brain of Jill Bolte Taylor

Creativity Sparks: For Love of the Game

Creativity Sparks: Performance Anxiety

Creativity Sparks: Highly Sensitive People + The Art of Gathering

Creativity Sparks: The Best Advice You've Ever Received + The Sixth Stage

Creativity Sparks: Write Like Your Parents Are Dead + God Save The Queen

Creativity Sparks: Made You Look + The Curated Closet

Makers: Paul Wontorek: Life-changing Theatre, Record Collections + Broadway.com

Makers: Jenny Clift: Tapping into our Emotional Freedom

Creativity Sparks: WHY + The Creative Habit

Makers: Dax Valdes of Hollaback on the 5 D's of Bystander Training

Creativity Sparks: The Attention Economy + Einstein Time

Makers: Taylor Mali: Poetry, Performance + What Teachers Make

Creativity Sparks: Champions of Breakfast + The Feedback Process

Makers: Sir Richard Eyre: The Opposite of Schadenfreude, Yeats + a Career in the Arts

Creativity Sparks: Making Art Out of Art + Reflections On a Moment

Makers: Susan Stroman: Fill Up With the Art of It All

Creativity Sparks: The Upper Limit Problem + The Storytelling Secrets of David Sedaris

Makers: Emily Fletcher: From Broadway to Ziva Meditation + Getting Better at Life

Creativity Sparks: Imagine If... in honor of Sir Ken Robinson

Makers: Ryan J. Haddad: New Homes, Solo Plays + Hi, Are You Single?

Makers: Kenyatta Emmanuel: Slavic Soul Party, Carnegie Hall + The Time Without Time

Creativity Sparks: Every Month is Black History Month + Here Is New York

Makers: Billy Eichner: Man on the Street, Risk Taking + Saying What You Need to Say

Creativity Sparks: Burnout + My Octopus Teacher

Makers: Laura Benanti + Venus Fischer: HBO Max's Homeschool Musical

Creativity Sparks: Haiku + Collective Creativity

Makers: Sutton Foster: Say Yes, Trust Your Gut + Get a Hobby

Creativity Sparks: The Intrigue of Austen + Toys

Makers: Tiffani Gavin: Creative Producing, the Eugene O'Neill + the Broadway Community Project

Creativity Sparks: Helene Hanff + Secret Love

Makers: John Early: Search Party, Short Films + Political Storytelling

Creativity Sparks: Garnet's Gold + Land Acknowledgements

Makers: Eric Stonestreet: Fizbo the Clown, Outdoor Bathrooms + Making Memories with Music

Creativity Sparks: Furious Dancing + Resilience

Creativity Sparks: Previously On... The Spark File

Creativity Sparks: Fatigue Fatigue + Creative Cycles

Makers: Michael R. Jackson: Tyler Perry, Truth Telling + the Pulitzer Prize

Creativity Sparks: Mindset + VUCA

Makers: Karen Olivo: Taking a Stand

Creativity Sparks: The Fight For Equality and Making Change Pt. Deux

Makers: Donna Lieberman: NYCLU and The Protection of Neutral Principles

Creativity Sparks: The Apocalypse Now + Russ Ewing

Makers: A Very Special Celia Keenan-Bolger Episode

Creativity Sparks: Mailbag #2!

Makers: Bobby Lopez + Kristen Anderson-Lopez Part 2: Kindness, Confidence and Creative Collaborations

Creativity Sparks: Golden Repair + Vedem

Makers: Bobby Lopez + Kristen Anderson-Lopez: Conscious Dialogue, 'Leadership Skills' + Changing Your Choice

Creativity Sparks: The Show Must Go On...line + Making a Difference

Makers: Heidi Blickenstaff Part 2: Growing a Pair, Discovering New Passions and Making a Difference

Creativity Sparks: Ode to USPS + Kittens on a Blanket

Makers: Heidi Blickenstaff Part 1: Soft Clothes, NY Pride + New Creative Projects

Creativity Sparks: Creative Limitations + Like a Boss

Makers: Erika Henningsen Part 2: White Knuckling Creativity, Unlearning + Embracing Ease

Creativity Sparks: The Captain's Log + Bill Withers

Makers: Erika Henningsen: Part 1: Giant Megaphones, Neutral Principles, and Activism

Creativity Sparks: Pandemic Creativity + You Are Doing Enough

Makers: Jill Twiss: 'Ready, Aim, Recycle', Politics as Comedy and a Great Bunny Name

Creativity Sparks: Colette + In the FLO

Makers: Kate Quarfordt: Part 2: Holding Joy, Catching a Thread, and Being Onto Something

Creativity Sparks: Chiaroscuro + The Hidden Life of Trees

Makers: Kate Quarfordt: Part 1: On Being a Creative Instigator, Shit Stirrer, Capital “A” Artist

Creativity Sparks: Thanks, Semmelweis + We Are The Dream

Makers: Kris Andersson / Dixie Longate: Taking Risks, Charging Forward and Burning the Boats

Creativity Sparks: Unfinished Business + The Posh Club

Makers: Caitlin Kinnunen: Fluidity, Authenticity and Being the Truth Goose

Creativity Sparks: Rejected Princesses + The Astor Place Riots

Makers: Kelli O'Hara: Having a 'Voice', Doing No Harm, and Love of the Game

Creativity Sparks: Katherine Hepburn's Career Turnaround + Scotty Bowers and the Secret History of Hollywood

Makers: Phillipa Soo: Part 2: Anxiety, Perfection and Letting It Hang Loose

Creativity Sparks: Preparation + Boredom

Makers: Phillipa Soo: Part 1: Giving Voice to New Characters, and Learning from a Legacy

Creativity Sparks: Col. Percy Fawcett + A Room of One's Own

Makers: Bonnie Siegler: Chasing Andy Warhol, Signs of Resistance, and the Gift of Certainty

Creativity Sparks: Shop Class to Soul Craft + Introversion

Makers: Angela Johnson: Investing in Access

Creativity Sparks: Bombshell + Fewer, Better

Makers: Part 2: Freestyle Love Supreme's Anthony Veneziale and Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan

Creativity Sparks: Making Change + Self Reliance

Makers: Part 1: Freestyle Love Supreme's Anthony "Two-Touch" Veneziale and Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan

Creativity Sparks: The Sparks of Nancy Blackwell + My Friend Fear

Makers: Meta Wagner Part 2: Identifying Your Creative Type (And Its Evolution)

Creativity Sparks: Creative Spaces / Gathering Places + The Sparks of Amy Poehler

Makers: Meta Wagner Part 1: Writing the Book on Creative Types

Creativity Sparks: Hand Lettered Signs + Unfinished Art

Makers: Okorie "OKCello" Johnson: Ancient Instruments/Modern Technology, the Energy of Uncertainty, and Liminal Space

Creativity Sparks: Our Very First Mailbag Episode!

Makers: Brad Montague: Confetti, a Choir, a T-shirt Canon and a Human Being Who Wants to Be Loved

Creativity Sparks: Mudlarking + Verbatim Theatre

Makers: Matt Vogel: Getting Booed, Becoming a Muppet, and Retaining Something That's Yours

Creativity Sparks: Cat Dancers + Teddy Roosevelt

Makers: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus: Beyond The Nanny Diaries; or Clock-watching and Disrespect

Creativity Sparks: Flu Apocalypse + A Storytelling of Writers

Makers: Jonathan Groff Part 2: Hear Me, People of Thebes

Creativity Sparks: Bird by Bird + Honey Boy

Makers: Jonathan Groff Part 1: Rehearsal Rooms, the O Face, and Telling the Truth

Creativity Sparks: Armchair Treasure Hunts + But What If It Wasn't?

Makers: Lin-Manuel Miranda Part 2: Creative Misdiagnoses, Passion Projects, and Sensory Seeking

Creativity Sparks: The Art of Dying Well + Puzzle Peace

Makers: Lin-Manuel Miranda Part 1: Friday Night Meet Ups, The Laundry Room, and Making Space

Creativity Sparks AND Makers: Brundibar + The Mad King and Anthony Roth Costanzo: Live from the MET Opera

Makers: Leslie Odom, Jr: The Lion, The Bear, and his Brand New Album, 'Mr'

Creativity Sparks: Spooky Sparks Special Episode: Aokigahara Forest + Mercedes McCambridge

Makers: Gavin Creel: Creative Sponges and Meaningful Relationships: Live from The Performing Arts Project

Creativity Sparks: Lynne Cox + Patricia Douglas: Live from The Performing Arts Project

Makers: Celia Keenan-Bolger: Authenticity, bridge-building and winning the TONY Award

Creativity Sparks: What It Feels Like on the Inside + Lumber Jills

Makers: Julianne Moore and Bart Freudlich Part 2: Because 60/40 was already taken

Creativity Sparks: John Kenley + The Unthought Known

Makers: Julianne Moore and Bart Freudlich Part 1: Cooking Branzino and Diving In Head First

Creativity Sparks: The Full Sanpaku + @cheapoldhouses

Makers: Rodney Evans: Vision Portraits, Liminal Space and Truth-telling

Creativity Sparks: Golden Palace + Poet Mary Oliver

Makers: Zachary Quinto Pt 2: Inspired Collaboration, Theater and Creative Aspirations

Creativity Sparks: Survivors of Larry Nassar + Reservoir Noir

Makers: Zachary Quinto Pt 1: Uncertainty, Inspiration and Authenticity

Creativity Sparks: Little House on the Prairie + Speak the Mokita

Makers: Sara Bareilles Part 1: Creative Risks, Songwriting and Broadway

Bonus: What is a Spark File and Why Every Creative Needs One

Makers: Sara Bareilles Pt 2: Anxiety and Inspirations

Creativity Sparks: Breaking Up with Tech + Free Solo

Creativity Sparks: John Mulaney on Failure + Nine Enders

Creativity Sparks: Hilma af Klint + The Diderot Effect

Trailer: Creating The Spark File theme song