Ctrl Alt Delete

Emma Gannon started Ctrl Alt Delete back in 2016 as a way to talk honestly about work, creativity, and the messy business of building a modern career. A decade later, the show is still one of the warmest, smartest conversations you can find about what it actually feels like to make things for a living. Emma is a bestselling author herself, which means she asks the questions you'd ask a friend over coffee rather than the rehearsed ones you hear on glossier shows. Guests over the years have included Elizabeth Gilbert, Dolly Alderton, Lena Dunham, Malcolm Gladwell, and Ava DuVernay, but the show is just as compelling when she's interviewing a lesser-known novelist or a burnt-out freelancer. Recurring themes include creative burnout, portfolio careers, writing through self-doubt, walking away from jobs that don't fit, and the strange economics of being an artist online. Emma doesn't shy away from the awkward parts of creative work: the money, the jealousy, the long stretches when nothing is working. Episodes usually run around an hour and feel unhurried, which suits the kind of reflective conversations she's after. If you're in a creative rut, rethinking your career, or just want to hear successful people admit they have no idea what they're doing either, this is a lovely show to put in your regular rotation.