A Podcast for Creative People

Creative Ops | Ep.18 | Mike "Auggie" Augustine - Escape Rooms, Games, & Experiential Design

Auggie is a brilliant mind and great guy. In 2016, Auggie placed 5th world-wide in the Dyson Rethinkers Challenge. Then in 2018, Auggie won the Red Bull Mind Gamers Quantum Challenge. In 2019, his team placed 10th in the Red Bull Mind Gamers Escape Room World Championship. He's designed multiple rooms, including one in a hotel at the world championship for the competitors to play, that the hotel didn't even know about, haha! He also had a hand in the SYGNYL podcast that I talked about on Ep.17!

 Check him out on social media @okapikid, and get in touch with him. He also has a website with a game built into it...www.okapikid.com.

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Creative Ops | Ep.17 | Jeff Hull of Nonchalance - Participatory Arts & Situational Design

Jeff Hull joined me, via the magic of the internet, to discuss literature, culture, Nonchalance, and his latest project--a revolutionary podcast--SYGNYL.

Listen as we discuss past and present projects, how how created and implemented them, and how the lines between art and reality can blur to create something unintended, both in our art and, as we've seen recently, in our culture. That blurring, as Jeff puts it, "can lead us to chaos or meaning."

Join us and try to find the meaning in the chaos. If we can't find it, we'll make our own.

-CT

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Creative Ops | Ep.16 | Nate Williams - Entrepreneur, Kayak Guide, Travel Gigger, and CaRV (car-VEE) Enthusiast

Nate Williams is the co-founder of River Town Adventures, a proud sponsor of the show. After leaving RTA, he found a travel gig in Seward, Alaska, where he was a professional kayak guide, showing tourists glaciers, bears, and whales via kayak. Then he went to Europe on a work/stay program and explored a few countries for next to nothing! 

While he waits for tourism to return, he spoke with us from his home in Lansing, MI, about what he's done, where he's been, and (hopefully) where he's going. It was a long chat with a good friend. I hope you enjoy it.

See pictures from Nate's trips in his Instagram.

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Thanks for checking out the show! I appreciate it. Check out my website www.christophertallon.com to see my blog, learn about the book I wrote, and find my social links.

Shout out to Hey Guys Media Group for the technical and spiritual support, and to River Town Adventures and Baby Farm Soaps for existing (and for sponsoring the show)!

Stay tuned for more creative people!

-CT

Creative Ops | Ep.15 | Drunken Podcasting w/ Justin D'Autremont - Host of Drunk Conspiracies Podcast

Creative People!

Justin D'Autremont (host of Drunk Conspiracies Podcast) joined me from across the great state of Michigan after I recently did an episode of his show. We talk about all things podcasting, what got him into it, how he does it, and what his plans are moving forward. We also talk about the pros/cons of life in the north vs life in the south, and other random stuff. (Alcohol may or may not have been in play on this episode...)

Justin's a talented young man (I can say that, he's younger than me), and I'm excited to watch his podcasts grow. Please download DRUNK CONSPIRACIES PODCAST wherever you get podcasts! Follow his show on Facebook and Instagram.

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Thanks to Hey Guys Media Group (my technical overseers), as well as River Town Adventures and Baby Farm Soaps. Looking forward to doing some fun promotional stuff (ie. giveaways, contests, river events!) in 2021. Stay tuned for that, and follow what's going on with me (Christopher Tallon) and the show at www.christophertallon.com, and on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Litsy (a cool spot for avid readers).

 

-CT

Creative Ops | Ep.13 | Dajon, a badass, Sacramento-based hip-hop artist

Hey folks!

Dajon joined me on Zoom from CA to talk about his new EP "Love, Dajon" and all the things that went into making it. We went back to early musical influences at age 6, to how he's rockin now, in his mid-twenties. Energetic, awesome music. I. Can't. Stop. Listening.

Check out Dajon on IG, FB, and Twitter

And check out his producer's band Oh! The Horror

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Creative Ops | Ep.12 | Clay McAndrews, Founder & Co-Director of the Bright Walls Mural Festival

Woo!

I loved this episode. I sat down with Clay McAndrews to talk about the Bright Walls Mural Festival, which he founded and co-directs in his hometown of Jackson, Michigan. So far, Bright Walls has brought artists from all over the world to Jackson, where they've created 36 absolutely amazing murals, transforming the city.

Clay, an artist and all-around creative type, has a background in graphic design, advertising, photography, and events. Clay graduated from Central Michigan University with degrees in Graphic Design and Advertising.

Learn more about Bright Walls at www.brightwallsjackson.com, and about Clay at www.claymcandrews.com.

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Thanks everyone!

-CT

Creative Ops | Ep.11 | Mike Breymann - Visual Effects Artist, Software Developer, Freelancer

Hey Folks!

I talked to renowned visual effects artist Mike Breymann, who has worked with influential artists and filmmakers all over the world. To name just a few projects: Mike made the island and background shots for Jurassic World, recreated Paris for Benjamin Button (which won an Academy Award for visual effects), developed worlds (real and fictional) in virtual reality, and creates software that more easily allows himself (and others) to do what he does.

A fun and fascinating guy. If you want to see his portfolio and get a deeper dive into what he's up to, visit www.michaelbreymann.com!

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On a personal note, thank YOU for listening to the show. If you rate the show, leave a review, AND tell me about it at www.christophertallon.com, or on FaceBook, Instagram, and/or Twitter, I'll give you a shout out in the the next show opening! (Pinky swear.)

Holla.

-CT 

Creative Ops | Ep.10 | RN Double Feature, with nurses Meaghan and Rachel

For this episode, we sat down in-studio with 2 local nurses from different hospitals in the Grand Rapids (MI) area. Meaghan has floor and management experience, and works in pediatrics. Rachel has worked in Intensive Care and Post-Op in Michigan and Florida. They sat down with me and Jason to talk about nurse-life, nursing in COVID times, and their experiences working in health care. If you're looking for an awesome career, check out nursing. Good pay, you can work full time as little as 3 days a week, and you don't have to buy a bunch of work clothes...just a few pairs of scrubs.

Think about it.

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Thanks so much for listenening,

-CT

Creative Ops | Ep.9 | Zach Snyder - Artist, Entrepreneur, Educator

Zach Snyder is an artist. It his passion, freelance profession, and now, his job as a college professor. How does a 24 year old get a job as a college prof? LOTS of talent, for starters. Listen to find out more.

Check Zach out on IG @sneedart

Get more info at www.sneedartdesigns.com

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Creative Ops | Ep.8 | Brandon Scott, Author of "Vodou" and "Sleight"

Brandon Scott is an amazingly talented (and very nice) guy. He joined me from North Carolina to talk about his books, style, influences, publishing projects, and writing process. His book Vodou was #1 on the Amazon charts at the time of the interview, and his sequel Sleight just arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I started it, it's AMAZING, can't wait to finish it. Check this guy out--he's the real deal, people!

You Can Order Brandon's Books on Amazon, then follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and FaceBook.

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