105: Listening x Creativity: Kalya Ramu, Jazz Vocalist
Can listening to music make us more creative? Some sources point to ‘yes’, others to point to ‘no’. In a fascinating 2019 article by TIME...
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Diana Varma
Apr 26, 20223 min read
104: Listening x Creativity: Oliver Martin, Mediator
Saturday Night Live might have been a total flop. After all, in looking back at the writers in the very first year of SNL, the big...
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Diana Varma
Apr 25, 20225 min read
103: Listening x Creativity: Tim Miller, Improv Extraordinaire
Growing up, improv scared the pants off me. I dreaded the moments where I had to think ‘off the cuff’ or make up a scene in front of the...
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Diana Varma
Apr 12, 20225 min read
101: Listening x Creativity: Emad Saedi, Composer
I’m going to come right out and ask it: Do you consider yourself a good listener? Or perhaps a better place to start is by asking: Do you...
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Diana Varma
Jun 2, 20213 min read
055: Creativity in Magazine Publishing with Wayward Arts Magazine
Over the next three episodes in this Magazine Miniseries, we will hear from amazing people doing amazing work in the field of magazine...
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Diana Varma
May 2, 202113 min read
050: Dear Phone, We Need a Break (and it's not me, it's you)
Last year I read How to Break Up With Your Phone by award-winning writer and science journalist, Catherine Price and it was eye...
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Diana Varma
Apr 24, 20212 min read
049: Dear Professor, Let's Talk Paper Scissors with Anna Lang and Katelyn O'Brien
While I love podcasting and exploring storytelling in an audio format, my day job is as a lecturer at a university in Toronto, Canada....
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Diana Varma
Apr 24, 20214 min read
048: Dear Universe, I'd Like to Introduce 'Dogs With Jobs'
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to write and publish a children’s book. When I was on maternity leave, four years ago with my...
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Diana Varma
Apr 17, 20211 min read
047: ASMR x Scissors: Cutting Material Using Scissors
In this final episode of this 3-part mini-series, Diana uses scissors to cut through different types of paper and plastic. This...
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Diana Varma
Apr 17, 20211 min read
046: ASMR x Paper: Turning Pages of a Textbook
In this episode, Diana turns 248 pages of a textbook, from front to back cover. The gentle, rhythmic sound of hands running over 80# silk...
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Diana Varma
Apr 16, 20211 min read
045: ASMR x Talk: Reading Ch.2 The History of Print
In this episode, Diana softly reads Chapter 2: The History of Print from the Introduction to Graphic Communication textbook by Harvey...
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Diana Varma
Dec 31, 20204 min read
031: ONE to 2021 - Energy
I have a little New Year’s Day tradition. Every New Year’s Day for the last four or five years I’ve done some goal setting and I don’t...
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Diana Varma
Dec 30, 20203 min read
030: TWO to 2021 - Dancing in the Rain
In all of the reading that I’ve done and positive psychology and the science of happiness, as well as the anecdotal memoirs of those who...
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Diana Varma
Dec 29, 20201 min read
029: THREE to 2021 - 3 Minutes or Less
You’ve got a laundry list of things to do (including the laundry!) and you have no idea where to start. Might I suggest trying a simple,...
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Diana Varma
Dec 28, 20202 min read
028: FOUR to 2021 - 3 Little Words
I recently read a story with my daughters called Claymates. It was awesome. It was about two blobs of clay: one grey and one brown who...
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Diana Varma
Dec 27, 20204 min read
027: FIVE to 2021 - The Rules Are Fake
The rules are fake. What mainstream society has conditioned us to believe as the ‘right way’ to live life is simply not true. Settling...
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