Podcast
AI and Creativity for a Future World
A podcast exploring how AI enhances creative thinking rather than replacing human insight, creativity reframed as a muscle you can strengthen. Hosted by Ross Smith and Padma Kandi.
All 23 episodes
July 28, 2026 · 7 minThe Gap that won’t CloseWhy AI Might Be the Best Tool We’ve Ever Built for Staying Curious
July 23, 2026 · 5 minWhat J.R.R. Tolkien Can Teach Us About AI and CreativityOverview
July 15, 2026 · 6 minSteering Away From the Middle: What the Great Creators Teach Us About Using AIIn 1965, driving his family toward Acapulco for a holiday, Gabriel García Márquez is said to have heard the opening voice of One Hundred Years of Solitude…
July 13, 2026 · 10 minThe Kids’ TableAI sat at the kids table while Three Creative Geniuses had dinner. What I learned
July 10, 2026 · 8 minThe Blue Rose BlueprintHow an Ancient Legend and Artificial Intelligence Can Shatter Your Creative Limits
July 7, 2026 · 8 minLiar’s Paradox: The Sentence That Eats ItselfHow a 2,400-Year-Old Logic Puzzle Can Make You More Creative With AI
June 23, 2026 · 8 minBuridan’s Donkey: What a 700-Year-Old Thought Experiment Teaches Us About Creative Decisions (and How AI Can Help)The Donkey That Couldn’t Choose
June 9, 2026 · 6 minYour Idea Isn’t Finished Until It’s Been Laughed AtEvery creative person has a moment they don’t talk about.
May 26, 2026 · 5 min50 Words Was Enough: What Constraints Teach Us About CreativityWe treat freedom as the ideal condition for creative work. A blank page, unlimited time, no rules. Do whatever you want. Go wherever the idea takes you. The…
May 19, 2026 · 20 minThe Illusion of Depth: What Forced Perspective Can Teach Every Professional WriterStand at the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa on any given afternoon and the scene is the same: hundreds of tourists, arms outstretched, carefully positioning…
May 12, 2026 · 6 minDali dropped his key - the AI: Sleep ConnectionDali dropped his key - the AI: Sleep Connection
May 6, 2026 · 11 minDivergent Dynamics: Why Your Best Ideas Live at the Edge of Semantic DistanceMost people approach creativity by circling familiar territory, hoping to spot something they missed. However, true innovation occurs at the periphery, where…
April 15, 2026 · 7 minAwakening the Ghost in the DraftWhat your discarded first version knows that your finished piece has forgotten.
April 8, 2026 · 8 minThe Remix Loop: How to Get Productively Lost in Your Own Creative WorkThere’s a moment every creative knows intimately, the one where you’ve been staring at your own work so long it has stopped meaning anything. The painting…
April 1, 2026 · 8 minThe Idea Collision Method: How to Use AI and a Concept Combination Matrix to Unlock Your Next Big IdeaA practical how-to guide for business writers, educators, and anyone who’s ever stared at a blank page.
March 25, 2026 · 5 minUsing AI to Cross Creative DisciplinesHow a musician can think like a painter, or a writer like an architect, by using AI to translate ideas across creative fields.
March 18, 2026 · 8 minTraining Your Imagination: How to Build a Daily AI, Creativity PracticeTurn inspiration into a repeatable rhythm, and use AI as your coach, collaborator, and creative mirror.
March 11, 2026 · 7 minThe Flexible GeniusThe Flexible Genius: Mastering the Architecture of the “Eureka” Moment
March 5, 2026 · 8 minThe Externalized BrainThe Externalized Brain: Why AI Needs Your Notebook
February 25, 2026 · 8 minThe Polymath’s PaletteIn the writer’s room, we often say that a story is only as good as its “connective tissue.” This tissue is made of metaphors, analogies, and similes, the…
February 18, 2026 · 5 minThe Artificial MuseThe Artificial Muse: Jumpstarting the Creative Process with AI
February 11, 2026 · 6 minAI and Blue-Sky Thinking: How to Expand Your Creative HorizonIn a world that often demands efficiency and “correct” answers, the concept of Blue Sky Thinking, unconstrained, open-minded exploration, can feel like a…
February 3, 2026 · 1 minThe Memory PotionSocrates, AI, and the 2,000-Year Old Fear of New Technology