The Creative Condition podcast

Apr 08 2025 341 ep. 57 mins 503
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Welcome to 'The Creative Condition' podcast: an ongoing exploration of human creativity to help you understand and maximise yours.

The show is hosted by creativity coach, Founder of The Creative Condition, and The New York Times, Adidas, and Premier League illustrator Ben Tallon.

Creativity is an often misunderstood pillar of human happiness, something far bigger than artistic talent and crucial for fulfilling lives and careers. 

Featuring exclusive interviews with experts and thought leaders, including illustrators, rock stars, artists, sensitivity experts, designers, emergency service workers, Olympic gold medal winners, comedians, microbiologists, photographers, fighters, and many others.

Supported by founding sponsor illustrationx.com

Also supported by the Ukrainian Institute https://ui.org.ua

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Ep 260: A conversation with a video game art director. Oddbug Studio's Martin Reimann

Apr 08 2025 85 mins  
I don't know much about video games, but the medium intrigues me, so I'm joined by Oddbug Studio's art director and environment artist Martin Reimann fresh off the hugely successful launch of Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter. I throw a lot of naive questions Martin's way about the role of a video game art director, the origins of both Oddbug and Tails of Iron, and we get into ma

The Creativity Diary Entry 10: AI Rage, loss of balance, and Tala Schlossberg's comment on beauty

Apr 01 2025 29 mins  
Covered in this week's instalment of 'The Creativity Diary': AI rageA loss of mental balanceTala Schlossberg's wonderful comment on beauty in the darkThe need for jeopardy rememberedAs ever supported by Illustration X https://illustrationx.com Work with me through the 'PIT STOP' one-stop creativity foundational coaching session now at https://thecreativecondition.com Access creativ

Ep 259: Discussing deep listening and creativity with doctor, researcher, and author, Rageshri Dhairyawan

Mar 25 2025 50 mins  
In our 1000mph lives, it's so hard to listen and be heard, but deep listening is a critical part of the creative process. Being heard makes for unity, healthy relationships, and human value. I'm joined by the author of the brilliant Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing, Rageshri Dhairyawan. Rageshri felt unheard while suffering extreme endometriosis pain, which planted the se

The Creativity Diary Entry 9: Paradiso Festival, cenotes swim meets, a found book, and the joy of being lost

Mar 18 2025 15 mins  
Covered in this week's instalment of 'The Creativity Diary': The joy of being lostThe inaugural Paradiso FestivalThe Burrills at breakfastA found book impactAs ever supported by Illustration X https://illustrationx.com Get your 1/3 off 'PIT STOP' one-stop creativity foundational audit now at https://thecreativecondition.com Help the Ukrainian Institute's brave creative community du

The Creativity Diary Entry 8: The insurmountables, Looney Tunes villains, humour, and managing our 'heels'.

Mar 11 2025 21 mins  
Covered in this week's instalment of 'The Creativity Diary': Managing our 'insurmountables'The joy of childish humour and Looney Tunes villains'The heels': common creativity villainsWorld book day – magic or consumerist tosh?As ever supported by Illustration X https://illustrationx.com Get your 1/3 off 'PIT STOP' one-stop creativity foundational audit now at https://thecreativeco

Ep 258: WE NEED YOUR ART! Author and creativity coach Amie McNee on art as a pillar of humanity

Mar 04 2025 89 mins  
Amie McNee is the founder of 'Inspired Collective', where she supports people in becoming their inner artist. Her new book We Need Your Art! Stop Messing Around and Make Something is out on Penguin Books, and she joins The Creative Condition to share her story. Amie is a huge advocate for artistic expression as a missing pillar of understanding in the human condition, and her work

The Creativity Diary Entry 7: Losing Ken Garland, a time-slip in Preston, and storytelling obsession

Feb 25 2025 26 mins  
Covered in this week's instalment of 'The Creativity Diary': A time-slip in PrestonLosing Ken Garland and my time with himCovering up news headline panels on vulnerable daysThe wonder and imagination in boring church servicesA growing obsession with storytellingAs ever supported by Illustration X https://illustrationx.com Get your 1/3 off 'PIT STOP' one-stop creativity foundational

AI: The opportunity and the threat with LOVE founder Dave Palmer

Feb 19 2025 8 mins  
A bonus shot following the full interview with LOVE founder Dave Palmer in which he offers balanced thoughts on the opportunity and the threat posed by artificial intelligence. Hear our full conversation on episode 257. As ever supported by Illustration X https://illustrationx.com Get your 1/3 off 'PIT STOP' one-stop creativity foundational audit now at https://thecreativecondition

Ep 257: LOVE Creative founder Dave Palmer shares decades of creative industry experience

Feb 18 2025 74 mins  
LOVE is a 80+ strong agency that specialises in delivering diverse, but complementary design-led solutions for global brands across brand strategy and design, identity design, packaging design, spaces, comms, immersive and activations. Its founder, Dave Palmer shares not just the story of LOVE's evolution since its 2001 roots, but a lifetime of leading with creativity, the humanity

The Creativity Diary Entry 6: Chinese space bras, fear of a word, and innovation in outdoor drinking

Feb 11 2025 23 mins  
Covered in this week's instalment of 'The Creativity Diary': The unpredictability of a career that leads to drawing on Olympic bras in ChinaThe persisting intimidation attached to the word 'creativity' at all levelsSpace litter and a Galactic imaginationA love of antagonists, graphic activism, and Pogus Caesar's photographyA mucky treasure hunt and the value of the weekend selfAs e