Obsessed Show

Josh Miles is genuinely obsessed with design, and that enthusiasm is contagious. The Obsessed Show -- formerly known as Obsessed With Design -- has accumulated around 180 episodes of conversations with some of the most interesting people working in creative fields. The guest range is wider than you might expect. Yes, there are branding designers and illustrators, but Miles also brings on industrial designers, architects, photographers, filmmakers, authors, and other makers to learn what drives their creative process. The show took a brief hiatus in 2018 and came back stronger, with a multi-camera in-person recording setup that makes the video versions on YouTube feel polished and engaging. Miles has a casual, conversational interviewing style that puts guests at ease. He is less interested in career highlights and more curious about the obsessions -- the specific fascinations and creative fixations that make each designer tick. That angle gives the show a different flavor from podcasts that focus primarily on career advice or business strategy. You get into the why behind the work, which is often more interesting than the what. Episodes vary in length but typically run 30 to 60 minutes. The production has gotten progressively better over the years, and the visual branding of the show itself reflects the design sensibility Miles brings to everything. If you are the kind of person who wants to understand what makes creative people stay up at night working on something they cannot stop thinking about, this show gets at that feeling.