Clever Creature with Jason Gots
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A creative leap of faith from Jason Gots, producer and host of Think Again – a Big Think Podcast. For anyone who’s ever made something strange and beautiful that never saw the light of day, Clever Creature is the end to all our good excuses. Each episode starts with an algorithmically picked random word. And Jason has just one day to write short story and a song inspired by it. Could that word be "buttock?" Absolutely it could. Whatever it is, Jason has to roll with it. There's nowhere to hide. About the host: From 2015-2020, Jason hosted Think Again – a Big Think Podcast, spontaneous, down-to-earth conversations on surprise topics with thinkers and creatives including Neil Gaiman, Jaqueline Woodson, Terry Gilliam, Margaret Atwood, David Sedaris, Marlon James, and over 200 more. The show was an iTunes Best of 2015 pick and won praise from Salon, Inc. and The Huffington Post. Jason’s also the author of a memoir coming in 2021 from Hanover Square Press.

8. SIEGE (w/Jerry Craft)

"I don't need much/I never needed much/All I need is something good to read/I'm all alone here/I'm in my home here/Deep in my infinite library..." Sea...
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7. FAIL (w/Mary-Louise Parker)

"I built a mountain out of/Cardboard and string/And I sat inside it/And I called myself the Mountain King..." Could this be the most uplifting episode...
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6. PRECEDENT (w/David Sedaris)

"Even as you're crossing them/Some bridges turn to smoke behind you . . ." David Sedaris joins Jason from lockdown to talk about creative risks that m...
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5. CONVICT (w/Etgar Keret)

"You're a convict/on a convicted ship/and you're never coming home again..."Mushrooms, love, and anarchy on an alien prison colony. Etgar Keret on why...
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4. LACE (w/Françoise Bourzat)

"What if faith is paradoxically what we need the most/in these Facebook days when everything is giving up the ghost?" The random word of the episode—"...
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3. RALLY (w/Shima Oliaee)

“A garden full of spiders and a spider for each pomegranate tree/Inside its web of gold...”Three episodes in, the word 'rally' sends Jason spinning of...
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2. CHURCH (w/Gish Jen)

"I peel back the layers 'til the baby shines through/And I see a different aspect than I ever knew/I never really knew you at all..."Deeper and darker...
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1. DESERT (w/Emre Gots)

The Moleskine is open, the page is staring back accusingly,Like "come on, Punk, what makes you think you possibly could fill the likes of me?"Reflecti...
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