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Darby Hudson talks about the 'creative process', muddling through and life.

Mum's voice and my voice. And writing mum's voice.
Apr 17, 2025 – 09:51
You're Dangerous When You Make Something Beautiful
Apr 10, 2025 – 08:53
Mum: and the alive things she told me before she died
Apr 7, 2025 – 16:39
Creative burnout and managing social media
Apr 3, 2025 – 11:34
Writing memes
Apr 1, 2025 – 08:22
Sometimes the truth sounds like the truth (when it isn't)
Mar 20, 2025 – 09:28
My favourite art alleviates the burden of time
Mar 13, 2025 – 10:50
When storytelling loses its power
Mar 6, 2025 – 09:26
Finding true things in a world of BS
Feb 27, 2025 – 11:17
Creativity under pressure - some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race
Feb 20, 2025 – 13:41
I can't be creative in summer
Feb 6, 2025 – 08:09
Fear and good art don't belong together
Feb 13, 2025 – 11:37
40 is when writers arrive into themselves
Jan 30, 2025 – 11:14
Thoughts on The Exorcist (book) and vibes in the air
Jan 23, 2025 – 09:16
Balancing cynicism and magic
Jan 16, 2025 – 10:37
Becoming an artist by becoming bad at everything else
Jan 9, 2025 – 10:46
Tapping the magic of being an old fart
Jan 2, 2025 – 09:12
Australian art legend Michael Leunig's influence and advice to me
Dec 29, 2024 – 15:31
Fast witty thinkers VS slow deep thinkers
Dec 26, 2024 – 09:51
Turning the love of art into a job
Dec 19, 2024 – 09:09
Writing stuff that's just for me
Dec 12, 2024 – 09:37
Jay the street writer - interview
Dec 5, 2024 – 37:03
Stuck on the couch - boring episode
Nov 28, 2024 – 09:26
Josh Turek, poet and comedian interview
Nov 21, 2024 – 21:31
You need a thin and thick skin to write and promomote your work
Nov 14, 2024 – 11:13
Writing breakthroughs have no linear progression
Nov 7, 2024 – 11:00
My best stuff comes from beyond me
Oct 31, 2024 – 08:52
Balancing chaos and routine for creativity
Oct 24, 2024 – 10:10
30 years to find an audience (it took me)
Oct 17, 2024 – 12:46
Writers block - things I do to kill it
Oct 10, 2024 – 12:30
Other peoples stories are medicine
Oct 3, 2024 – 10:02
Do I regret dedicating a life to writing, thoughts and ideas?
Sep 26, 2024 – 09:25
Creativity is cart before the horse before the cliff
Sep 19, 2024 – 08:06
Life and death and writing
Sep 12, 2024 – 09:18
Taking a break from writing
Sep 5, 2024 – 08:39
Writing my new book with small-big thoughts (out today!)
Aug 29, 2024 – 09:06
Stuff learned from my first spoken word performance
Aug 22, 2024 – 18:14
In praise of reading not to learn
Aug 15, 2024 – 11:59
Thoughts on putting together my live show
Aug 8, 2024 – 09:14
Making something out of nothing
Aug 1, 2024 – 09:33
Productivity and creativity hate each other
Jul 25, 2024 – 10:01
The hidden door in rock bottom
Jul 18, 2024 – 09:45
The horror of time
Jul 11, 2024 – 09:57
Lessons from a hangover
Jul 4, 2024 – 11:26
Exploiting myself for ideas I'd never thought I'd publish
Jun 27, 2024 – 09:52
Courageous artists: be the first to say the thing
Jun 20, 2024 – 12:15
Best bits from 88 episodes of this podcast (some of them)
Jun 13, 2024 – 08:52
The exhaustion of acting normal in a weird world
Jun 6, 2024 – 15:24
Zero expecations allow creativity to happen
May 30, 2024 – 10:39
Smuggling your weirdness through years of the cult of sensible
May 23, 2024 – 09:28

Recent Reviews

S_Sinclair

A comforting and welcomed jar from my frazzled mind

Love this podcast. Darby’s exploration of his thoughts is a comforting and welcomed jar from my frazzled mind. It’s like listening to my own thoughts, but put together far more coherently than I can. Thanks, Darby.
docandcassie

Lovely

These are lovely reminders to notice everything and don’t overlook the small triumphs. Plus you just make me feel less alon. Thanks for doing the podcast and all you ideas.
Ponderoastya

Thank you

It’s a good thing
JoshuaTurekofTurekBooks

Darby is full of gems

This podcast is great an artist following his intuition and not taking himself too seriously while still being sincere and poignant!