Do you consider yourself a creative person? If not, you may be holding yourself back. Psychologist Zorana Ivcevic Pringle says creativity isn't a trait. Creativity is a choice. After studying creativity for more than 20 years, she has some suggestions for how anyone can stick with their creative ideas. Guest host and producer Berly McCoy talks to her about her new book The Creativity Choice.
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NPR's Book of the Day - Loryn Brantz’s ‘Poems of Parenting’ gives parents permission to laugh out loud
Parenting young children can be extremely taxing, but also beautiful – and hilarious. That nuance is at the core of Loryn Brantz's new poetry collection, Poems of Parenting. The illustrated poems are based on Brantz's popular series of Instagram posts that give parents permission to laugh. In today's episode, the artist and author shares a selection of poems with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes. They also discuss Brantz's creative pivot from children to adults, the phrase "mom brain" and Brantz's relationship to her own children.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - What do farmers do in a trade war?
Two American farmers tell us how they're feeling about a trade war that targets the soybean industry's biggest customer: China.
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Slate Books - How To! | Parent With a Disability
At least 10 percent of parents in the U.S. are disabled, but Andrea can’t seem to find parenting advice on disability and accessibility. On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace brings on Jessica Slice, author of the new book Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World, to help Andrea reimagine parenthood.
If you liked this episode check out: How To Date With a Disability and How To Become a Parent Overnight.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - A Marco Rubio for All Seasons
Marco Rubio has been collecting titles. In addition to Secretary of State, he’s now also the acting administrator of USAID, the acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration—and he just became a National Security Advisor. It fits his career trajectory, wherein Rubio has proven time and time again to be whatever he needs to be.
Guest: Justin Peters, Slate correspondent and author of “What Happened to Marco Rubio?”
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Chapo Trap House - 931 – Studies in Stupid feat. Sam Seder (5/5/25)
The Majority Report’s Sam Seder joins us today to share some deep research into American Stupids. We look at Trump’s weekend announcements regarding American film production & re-opening Alcatraz, both seemingly inspired by a TV broadcast of “Escape From Alcatraz” in West Palm Beach last Saturday. We also discuss Sam’s recent debate appearances including the “vs. 20 Conservatives” video, and how it’s not the stupidity but the confidence that’s really astounding. Finally, for the main course for today’s ep, the massive profile on John Fetterman’s deteriorating mental competence, and how the most offensive part of the scandal is the staffers who covered for him now seeking to cover their own asses.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3241: Hooker’s Green
Episode: 3241 Green with Immortality. Today, we go green with immortality.
The Stack Overflow Podcast - Mastering microservices with a former Uber and Netflix architect
Orkes is a developer-first enterprise workflow orchestration platform. Explore the developer edition or dive into the docs.
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Read Me a Poem - “Piano Fire” by Claudia Emerson
Amanda Holmes reads Claudia Emerson’s “Piano Fire.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
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It Could Happen Here - Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump
Mia talks with trans journalists David Forbes, Mira Lazine, and Mady Castigan about how a lack of trans journalism got us here and how it can be supported.
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