Origins of Creativity Podcast

Becky Gehrisch -- author, illustrator, fine artist, and creative director -- hosts the Origins of Creativity Podcast through her Bookling Media label. The show's premise is straightforward and compelling: invite creative professionals to share their origin stories. How did they start? What made them keep going? What does their creative practice actually look like day to day? With 13 episodes releasing monthly, this is a newer show still finding its rhythm. Gehrisch interviews artists, musicians, creators, and innovators, and her background as a working creative gives the conversations an insider quality. She knows what questions to ask because she's lived the answers herself. A recent episode featured tapestry artist Jen Edwards discussing mindfulness through weaving -- the kind of specific, unexpected creative story that bigger podcasts often overlook in favor of more famous guests. The show carries a 5.0 rating from 2 reviewers, so the audience is still small. The production is clean and the conversations are genuine, even if they sometimes lack the polished flow that comes with more experience. What it has going for it is sincerity and a focus on the personal dimension of creative work -- not the business strategy or the marketing angle, but the actual human impulse to make things. If you enjoy hearing how other people's creative lives began and how those beginnings shaped everything that followed, this is a quiet, thoughtful addition to your rotation.