“Grand Inventions” is a new micro-series within The New Disruptors in which I talk to people whose grandparents or great-x-parents invented something that’s still current or in use today. Two things sparked this micro-series idea for me. First, my grandfather’s stories of making a suggestion during WWII at an IBM wartime manufacturing plant that led to improved… Continue reading Grand Inventions: Counting Gears with Chris Higgins (Episode 105)
What’s Your Latest? Drive by Dave Kellett (Episode 104)
Dave Kellett is the guest on my latest installment of the podcast-within-the-podcast, “What’s Your Latest?” I talk to experienced creators about their latest project. For Dave, that’s the second volume (“Act Two”) of his Drive webcomics series that will ultimately span 1,000 pages and four or five print volumes. Dave is a cartoonist, podcaster, and co-director of the comics… Continue reading What’s Your Latest? Drive by Dave Kellett (Episode 104)
Otherworldly Artistic Creation with Shing Yin Khor (Episode 103)
Shing Yin Khor is a multi-dimensional artist, almost literally. They’re a cartoonist, illustrator, sculptor, and installation and experimental artist. They work across many media, technology, and ideas. They say they’ve entered a new phase of their career over the last five years, and we talk about their work, empathy, and how they got here. Sponsors This… Continue reading Otherworldly Artistic Creation with Shing Yin Khor (Episode 103)
What’s Your Latest? Studio Neat’s Mark One Pen (Episode 102)
Welcome to a mini episode of The New Disruptors, “What’s Your Latest,” in which I ask creators just about the most recent thing they made. Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt are Studio Neat, independent industrial designers and app developers for nearly a decade, and an early Kickstarter success. Their latest product is the Mark One, an all-metal… Continue reading What’s Your Latest? Studio Neat’s Mark One Pen (Episode 102)
Shipping Is Violence with Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango (Episode 101)
Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango co-founded Lumi almost a decade ago. It first made wallets and prints and dyed material, then developed and distributed a light-sensitive fabric ink. Now it’s a company that manages the production and ordering of packaging supplies. This might sound unrelated, but it’s a natural transition resulting from interrogating one’s interests, figuring out… Continue reading Shipping Is Violence with Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango (Episode 101)
Draw Outside the Lines with C. Spike Trotman (Episode 100)
C. Spike Trotman (photo by Matt Sheridan) In this inaugural episode #100, the return of the podcast to regular production, I’m pleased as punch to have C. Spike Trotman as my guest. Spike founded Iron Circus Comics in 2007, and it’s risen through her hard work and excellent curatorship to become the Chicago… Continue reading Draw Outside the Lines with C. Spike Trotman (Episode 100)
New Season Funded!
Thank you to everyone who backed the campaign to bring back The New Disruptors, as well as those who spread the word and provided moral support! New episodes will start appearing in August 2018! The campaign funding level is for about one episode a month, but I plan to produce more kinds of audio and… Continue reading New Season Funded!
99a: Embrace Your Inner (Cute) Critic
We’re still raising funds to restart The New Disruptors! At this writing, we’re over 55% of the way there with a couple weeks to go! Visit our Kickstarter and back at any level. In this special bonus pre-reboot Episode 99a of The New Disruptors, I’m in conversation with Lucy Bellwood, Adventure Cartoonist!, at Brick & Mortar Books… Continue reading 99a: Embrace Your Inner (Cute) Critic
Re-New Disruptors (Episode 99)
Welcome to the New Disruptors, the podcast that says the best ideas come when you’re not looking straight at them You haven’t heard from The New Disruptors for a while, but I think the time is ripe to bring back the podcast—with your help. I stopped producing it reluctantly, a combination of available time, a drop… Continue reading Re-New Disruptors (Episode 99)
Hugs and Kisses Goodbye: Live from XOXO 2014 (Episode 93)
Jen Bekman, Zoë Salditch, and Mike Merrill were our guests live on stage at the XOXO 2014 festival in Portland, Oregon, as part of the Story evening that also featured Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder, featuring a song by The Thermals; John Roderick (The Long Winters) interviewing Chelsea Cain; and Harmontown with Dino Stamatopoulos. Jen Bekman… Continue reading Hugs and Kisses Goodbye: Live from XOXO 2014 (Episode 93)