The Futur with Chris Do

Chris Do built his reputation running Blind, the Emmy-winning design studio, and he started The Futur to teach the business side of creative work that most art schools never get around to covering. The podcast is where he sits down with designers, illustrators, writers, strategists, and founders to talk about pricing, positioning, negotiation, and the hard conversations freelancers avoid having with clients. Chris is a generous host but also a blunt one, and he'll happily push back on guests when their answers get fuzzy, which makes for unusually honest conversations about money and self-worth. Some episodes are interviews with people like Debbie Millman, Paula Scher, and Seth Godin, while others are tighter solo sessions where Chris breaks down a specific framework, like how to run a discovery call, how to present a proposal, or how to handle a client who keeps asking for free work. If you're a creative person who cringes when it's time to send an invoice, this show is genuinely useful. It treats creativity as a craft and a business at the same time, without pretending one matters more than the other. New episodes drop weekly and usually run 45 to 75 minutes, and the back catalogue is enormous if you want to binge.