A Podcast for Creative People, hosted by writer Christopher Tallon, is exactly what it sounds like — a podcast for creative people. Whether you ’re a painter, writer, comedian, musician, business owner, or some other genre of creative, you can count on A Podcast for Creative People to bring you inspiration and information from creatives of all types to use on your creative journey. Go forth and be creative!
Episodes
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Hey folks,
I've been in a little bit of a creative funk lately. As it turns out, so was my buddy--the other half of podcasting's super friends, The Trophy Husbands--Kirk Ross. I asked him if he wanted to talk over some ideas, and we ended up just releasing our conversation as a podcast. We talk about the mission of CREATIVE OPS, get a few personal updates, talk shit, try to be funny...the usual.
So you'll hear my cut here, and in the days to follow you can listen to Kirk's cut on A Talk in the Attic AND watch the video on his YouTube channel.
I plan on having Kirk on for a planned interview sometime, but until then, catch up on his podcasts and videos, and follow him on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Peace out homefries!
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Chanel Ali is a standup comedian, writer, and actress living in NY. Chanel was honored as a “New Face” at the 2019 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and she can be seen on the Starz series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac and Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks on TruTV. In 2020, Chanel appeared on the CC Stand-Up/Refinery 29 series Taking the Stage and Speak Up. Chanel was also featured on the dais of the Friar’s Club’s Roast of Gloria Allred, where she is also a member, and she recently wrote for the @NetflixisaJoke social media accounts. Chanel released her debut comedy album CHANEL NO. 1 on 800lb Gorilla Records in June 2020, which NPR named "the best comedy album of 2020".
Twitter: @chanel__ali
Instagram: @chanelali
Christopher Tallon is a fiction writer, professional blogger, and hosts this show--Creative Ops. Follow him on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Litsy, and Goodreads. If you want to show support, you do so at buy me a coffee (.com).
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
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- River Town Adventures: Instagram | Facebook | Website
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TODAY'S GUEST: Pedro "The Roadie" Rodriguez
Pedro has been a roadie for over 20 years, spending a good deal of that time as the tour manager for the band KMFDM. He talks about his various roadie gigs, landing a dream job with KMFDM, starting the Karuna Art Collective in Philadelphia, making music and art, collaborating, and bringing up young creatives.
FOLLOW THE HOST
@christopher_tallon on IG
@TallonWrites on Facebook and Twitter
FOLLOW PEDRO:
Pedro on IG: @pedrotheroadie
Karuna Art Collective on IG: @karunacollectiveart
Pedro on FB: @pedrotheroadie
Karuna Art Collective on FB: @karunacollectiveart
HEAR PEDRO (aka Namo Maitri):
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Jonathan Wayne Freeman is a funny funny man. He didn't find his niche until he was in his late 30s, but now he's posting funny stuff on IG daily, and getting paid to endorse cool stuff. He's an inspiration and always good for a giggle.
Go check out @jonathanwaynefreeman on Instagram and peruse the JWF online shop.
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Go to www.christophertallon.com if you don't have anything better to do right now.
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Friends of Creative Ops:
River Town Adventures, Baby Farm Soaps, Six Coast Soil, Fresh Coast Seed Co.
Buy me (Christopher Tallon) a coffee!
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Kyd Kane is a poet, artist, and educator. She was the first spoken word artist to make the finals in ArtPrize. Recently she became Grand Rapids' first black, queer, female poet laureate. Since then she's made her it mission to elevate poetry (and poets) in the city, do something different with (for) the laureateship, and challenge privilege.
Check out Kyd Kane at www.kydsaidit.com
Check out the show at www.christophertallon.com
Buy the host a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/creativeops
Thanks folks!
-CT
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
As a young child of Jamaican immigrant parents, Vincent Mcintosh dreamed of being a businessman, owning 250 restaurants, and living life on his terms. Now in his mid-20s, he joined Creative Ops--online from the restaurant--to talk about his path on that journey.
At 17 he dropped out college to pursue entrepreneurship full time. At 19 he founded IRIE Kitchen (organic, Caribbean street food) restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Not only is it the first fully-organic restaurant in the area, Vince is also the youngest restauranteur in Grand Rapids history!
In 2019 he co-founded Irie Lemon, a media company with Liz (The Lemon Bowl) every week the give us tips on entrepreneurship and how to build the life you want. Together, they co-host Passion to Profit Podcast.
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Shout out to Baby Farm Soaps, River Town Adventures, Hey Guys Media, and IRIE's social media genius, Corinne Bass (on IG @corinnesconnections)!
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Thanks as always.
-CT
www.christophertallon.com
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Jennifer Soucy is an excruciatingly talented woman. In her novels, she has a darkly poetic style that delivers intense emotion while, at the same time, keeps an expert eye on the pace and flow of the action. She writes strong and complex female leads that guys and girls alike love to follow on their dark adventures. Jen highlights the best and worst of humanity in a way you can't help but pay attention and keep flipping pages.
She's truly a writers' writer.
Hear her thoughts on horror, books, movies (especially remakes...), the writing process, editing, publishing, promoting, and everything else an up-and-coming indie writer has to think about these days.
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JENNIFER SOUCY:
Twitter: @bansheetales
Facebook: @bansheetales
Insta: @therealjenwah
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CHRISTOPHER TALLON:
Insta: @christopher_tallon
Twitter: @TallonWrites
FB: @TallonWrites
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CREATIVE OPS:
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Randi Ford is a phenomenal talent in the world of painting. Her nature landscapes are beautiful and have a sense of depth and movement unlike anything else I've seen. We talk about her style, influences, creative process, business, hiking, camping, life, and all kinds of fun stuff.
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Randi Ford:
website: www.randifordart.com
IG: @randi_ford_flow_paintings
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
As a drummer, I was excited to nerd out with my new buddy, Jake Bryan. Jake is the drummer for HEARTSICK, the Lansing-based band that's been playing loud music for 20 years.
I started following this band even before Jake joined. As you'll find out, he joined the band around the same time I left the Lansing area for good. Jake came from a musical family, where his passion for drumming was highly encouraged from a young age. In his teens, he found his passion as a traveling performer with the school band when they performed in Florida and New York City. Before joining Heartsick, he played drums in a Final Fantasy themed metal band--something I wasn't aware was a thing.
Follow all the fun stuff:
- Jake's IG
- Heartsick
- Creative Ops
- Friends of Creative Ops
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Peter Taras is an icon in the world of surf photography, starting in the profession at a young age. With his magazine days behind him, Peter continues to tell stories with his amazing pictures on Stellar Storytellers, and has fun with his wine reviews on his Instagram. He has collaborated with Jonathan Freeman on the Ultra Core Surf Hour. Hilarious. He's also part of the Kook of the Day series. Also hilarious. Go check him out!
Thanks everyone!
www.instagram.com/jonathanwaynefreeman/