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Jan 29, 2020
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Christie Aschwanden
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Episode 156: Chris Duffy Wrote a Book, and Guess What? It's Hilarious and Awesome
Also, how humor can nourish your creative life.
Jan 15
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Christie Aschwanden
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Chris Duffy
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Humor and Your Creative Practice
Emerging Form talks with comedian Chris Duffy
Jan 13
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Christie Aschwanden
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Chris Duffy
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The Annual Epiphany Episode
Dec 23, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Creative Practice as an Act of Faith
Apr 14, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 117: Tim Kreider on the Artist at Midlife
Jul 25, 2024
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Christie Aschwanden
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Nourished by Collaboration
Nov 24, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Putting Our Fear to Use in Our Creative Practice
May 27, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Writing the Book You're Meant to Write
Feb 4, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 155: Emerging Form Guests Share Their Words for 2026
After our end of the year episode, in which we talked about the words we had chosen as our theme for the year, we asked a bunch of Emerging Form guests…
Jan 8
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Christie Aschwanden
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Episode 154 Bonus: A Poetic Celebration of Our Words of the Year(s)
In honor of the new year and Rosemerry & Christie’s words for 2025 and 2026, Rosemerry shares poems on “Spaciousness,” “Create the Space,” “Explore” and…
Jan 1
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Christie Aschwanden
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Episode 154: Christie & Rosemerry Look Back on 2025
It’s the sixth annual epiphany episode!
Dec 25, 2025
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Christie Aschwanden
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The Annual Epiphany Episode
Rosemerry & Christie reflect on creative practice in 2025
Dec 23, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 153 Bonus: Todd Mitchell on Doubt and Creativity
“Everything that emerges comes through the primordial pond of doubt,” says award-winning writer Todd Mitchell.
Dec 18, 2025
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Christie Aschwanden
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Episode 153: Todd Mitchell on How a Breakdown Led to a Breakthrough
“I had to reassess how I approached creativity and life in general,” says author Todd Mitchell.
Dec 11, 2025
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Christie Aschwanden
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From Breakdown to Breakthrough
Reframing our creative practices with author Todd Mitchell
Dec 8, 2025
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 152 Bonus: Julia Belluz on How to Spend Your Attention
“What are you going to spend your attention on in a day?” asks Julia Belluz.
Dec 4, 2025
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Christie Aschwanden
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Episode 152: Julia Belluz on How to Have A Happy Collaboration
“There are enough talented people out there,” says Julia Belluz, “but only collaborate with people you really like.” This was the advice the writer…
Nov 27, 2025
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Christie Aschwanden
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