The Maker's Playbook

Rebecca Ickes Carra

Weekly podcast. Next episode on Friday.

A podcast where we talk all about what it's really like to make a living from the things you make. Featuring candid interviews with other ceramicists and makers, as well as helpful business tips to make your side-hustle into a life-giving, viable business.

160 episodes • 0 archived •

Ep 616: The Slow Growth Community Studio with Amy Roadman (Part 1)

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April 11

48 mins

Ep 615: The Importance of Mentorship with Lisa Orr

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April 4

1h 15m

Ep 614: The Aligned Potter with Elizabeth Schlatter

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March 21

1h 6m

Ep 613: Where Are They Now with Kara Leigh Ford

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March 14

1h 23m

Ep 612: Being Your Own Boss with Amy Brummond of Pine Zen Potter

March 7

1h 12m

Ep 611: When Things Need to Change with Megan Sward

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February 14

1h 44m

Ep 610: Business is... Boring?

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February 7

35 mins

Ep 609: Where are They Now? - Restarting through Trauma with Sarah Wells Rolland

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January 24

1h 19m

Ep 608: The $20 Mug with Isaac Shue

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January 17

1h 19m

EP 607: Financial Systems with Seanin Rosario

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January 10

1h 29m

Ep 606: Not your usual year end recap {The Launch}

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January 3

24 mins

Ep 605: Finding Your Niche with Sue McLeod

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Dec 20, 2024

1h 17m

Ep 604: Working with Intention with Bill Schwenzer of Aliveguy Pottery

Dec 6, 2024

1h 34m

Ep 603: Receiving Delayed Attention with Stanley Tong

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Nov 15, 2024

1h 10m

Ep 602: The Catharsis of Supporting Others with Tim Clark

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Nov 8, 2024

1h 25m

Ep 601: Staying Okay (even when your business isn’t) with Clare Barboza of Poppy Bee Surfaces

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Nov 1, 2024

1h 17m

{Replay} Ep 206: Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

Oct 25, 2024

41 mins

{Replay} Ep 116: Real life vs. Instagram with Sophia McEvoy

Oct 18, 2024

54 mins

{Replay} Ep 217: The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and side-hustles)

Oct 11, 2024

44 mins

{Replay} Ep 123: Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery on the Importance of Vision

Oct 4, 2024

53 mins

{Replay} Ep 125: Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

Sep 27, 2024

1h 17m

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Ep 525: When Plans Change with Xioma Ortiz

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Sep 20, 2024

1h 16m

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Ep 524: Adjusting to Full Time with Rhianon Vichta

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Sep 6, 2024

1h 10m

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Ep 523: Immaterial with The Met

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Aug 30, 2024

49 mins

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Ep 522: The Case for Curiosity {The Launch}

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Aug 24, 2024

45 mins

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Ep 521: Becoming an Artist with Isaac Scott

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Aug 9, 2024

1h 18m

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Ep 520: Embracing the Side-Hustle with Nicole Bernard of NB Makes

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Aug 2, 2024

1h 44m

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Ep 519: The Reset Button with Henrik Van Ryzin

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Jul 26, 2024

1h 35m

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Ep 518: The Economics of Clay with John R Hamilton

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Jul 12, 2024

1h 21m

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Ep 517: Being a Pottery Educator with Ian Childers

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Jul 5, 2024

1h 48m

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Ep 516: The Cara App - The App for Artists?

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Jun 28, 2024

44 mins

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Ep 515: Stepping Outside Our Comfort Zone with Dave Conrey

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Jun 14, 2024

1h 4m

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Ep 514 - Defining Your Own Success with Joy Hanford

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Jun 7, 2024

1h 29m

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Ep 513: Moving Abroad as a Ceramicist with Joy Hanford

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May 24, 2024

1h 24m

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Ep 512: Working with Retailers with Steve Tubbs

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May 17, 2024

1h 23m

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Ep 511: Starting a Community Studio with Lindsay Langsdale

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May 10, 2024

58 mins

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Ep 510: Live at NCECA - Building Relationships with Collectors with Louise Rosenfield & Peter Beseacker

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May 3, 2024

1h 13m

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Ep 509: Etsy vs. Your Own Website {The Launch}

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Apr 19, 2024

39 mins

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Ep 508: Instagram Real Talk with Allie Mason

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Apr 12, 2024

1h 25m

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Ep 507: The Assault on Creativity with Connie Cole

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Apr 5, 2024

1h 23m

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Ep 506: Business FOMO (and NCECA)

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Mar 16, 2024

27 mins

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Ep 505: Creating Environmentally Friendly Pottery with Yuliya Makliuk of Here & Now Pottery

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Mar 13, 2024

1h 6m

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Ep: 504 - Setting Boundaries & Vetting Educators Online with Hope Limyansky-Smith

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Mar 1, 2024

58 mins

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Ep 503: Instagram: The Good, The Bad & The Weird with Hope Limyansky-Smith

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Feb 16, 2024

50 mins

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EP 502: Waiting until the Time is Right with Victoria Brook

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Feb 9, 2024

1h 14m

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Ep 501: Things that Want to Happen with Rebecca Harvey of the Archie Bray

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Feb 2, 2024

56 mins

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{Best of 2023} Ep 327: "Blooming late," Academia & Imposter Syndrome with Page Kelly

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Jan 22, 2024

1h 20m

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{Best of 2023} Ep 401: Making a Living with Danny Meisinger

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Jan 1, 2024

1h 17m

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{Best of 2023} Ep: 332 - Building a Viable Business in NYC with Sarah Hussaini of Not Work Related (Part 1!)

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Dec 25, 2023

53 mins

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{Best of 2023} Ep: 326 - The Business of Pottery with Rebecca Graves-Prowse

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Dec 18, 2023

1h 31m

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Ep 423: Starts & Stops {The Launch Series}

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Dec 9, 2023

38 mins

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Ep 422: Debunking the Hustle with Gerald Brown

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Dec 1, 2023

1h 13m

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Ep 421: Defining Your Goals with Jono Pandolfi

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Nov 17, 2023

1h 2m

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Ep 420: Starting with Relationships with Makeda Smith of Sio Ceramics

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Nov 13, 2023

1h 1m

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Ep 419: Finding Your Momentum {The Launch}

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Oct 27, 2023

23 mins

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Ep 418 : The Ability to Change Audiences with Maya Rumsey

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Oct 20, 2023

1h 24m

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Ep 417: What is the REAL Job? with Cara Steinbuchel of Cara Mae Skincare

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Oct 13, 2023

1h 7m

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Ep 416: The Importance of Storytelling with Naomi Clement

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Sep 22, 2023

1h 15m

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EP 415: How Clay can Hold Ideas with Kristina Batiste

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Sep 15, 2023

1h 17m

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Ep 414: Unfair Advantages {The Launch}

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Sep 8, 2023

30 mins

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Ep 413: Part Two with The Dault's

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Aug 25, 2023

49 mins

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Ep 412: Ruthlessly Eliminating Hurry with The Daults

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Aug 18, 2023

55 mins

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Ep 411: In-Person Markets as Customer Research with Yvonne Rausch

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Aug 12, 2023

1h 18m

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Ep 410: Farmers Markets vs. Art Fairs

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Aug 4, 2023

39 mins

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Ep 409: Battling Scarcity with Tzipporah Schvarcz

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Jul 21, 2023

1h 18m

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Ep 408: The 4-Day Work Week with Julie Cloutier

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Jul 14, 2023

53 mins

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Ep 407: The Launch - Reflecting on Our First Market

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Jul 7, 2023

46 mins

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Ep 406: Introducing The Launch (a real-time series on starting our ceramics business)

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Jun 23, 2023

26 mins

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Ep: 405 - The Efficiency of Commissions with Micah Schedler

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Jun 16, 2023

1h 5m

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Ep: 404 - Using Your Background knowledge with Larissa Warren of Rat Bag Studios

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Jun 11, 2023

1h 19m

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Ep: 403 - Being a Part of a Lineage with Gloria Han

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May 26, 2023

1h 12m

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Ep: 402 - The Business of Clay (Part Two!)

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May 21, 2023

34 mins

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Ep 401: Making a Living with Danny Meisinger

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May 12, 2023

1h 13m

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[REPLAY] - How you can still organically grow on Instagram with Jackie Wright

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Apr 28, 2023

1 hr

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[REPLAY] - Falling into a Life of Ceramics with John Britt

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Apr 21, 2023

1h 7m

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[REPLAY] - Burnout and the search for balance with Nicole Dacey

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Apr 14, 2023

1h 21m

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[REPLAY] - On Being a Business Owner with Curt Hammerly

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Apr 7, 2023

1h 1m

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Ep 335: Live at NCECA - The Business of Clay with The Potter's Cast

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Mar 31, 2023

1h 12m

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Ep: 334 - Creating out of Chaos with Kim Ferguson of Khaos Creates

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Mar 17, 2023

54 mins

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Ep: 333 - Part Two with Sarah Hussaini from Not Work Related

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Mar 10, 2023

57 mins

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Ep:332 - Building a Viable Business in NYC with Sarah Hussaini of Not Work Related (Part 1!)

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Mar 3, 2023

48 mins

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Ep: 331 - Changing with the Times with Katherine Mahoney

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Feb 17, 2023

1h 14m

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Ep: 330 - Working with Galleries with Sarah Chenoweth Davis

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Feb 10, 2023

1h 11m

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Ep: 329 - Trusting the Process with Virgil Ortiz

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Feb 3, 2023

1h 3m

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Ep: 328 - Intentional Practice with Yair Abraham

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Jan 20, 2023

54 mins

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Ep: 327 - “Blooming late,” Academia, & Imposter Syndrome with Page Kelly

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Jan 13, 2023

1h 19m

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Ep: 326- The Business of Pottery with Rebecca Graves-Prowse

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Jan 6, 2023

1h 29m

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Ep: 325 - Finding New Routines with Alex Olson

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Dec 23, 2022

53 mins

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Ep: 324 - Building Ceramicon with Elisabeth Young

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Dec 16, 2022

59 mins

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Ep: 323 - Living, Learning and Making Abroad with Ido Ferber

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Dec 9, 2022

1h 6m

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Ep: 322 - Are You Spamming Your Email List? with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Nov 25, 2022

39 mins

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Ep: 321 - Pursuing Creativity Slowly with Horacio Casillas

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Nov 18, 2022

1 hr

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Ep: 320 - Making Connections with Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy

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Nov 11, 2022

1h 11m

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Ep: 319 - Figuring Out What Works for You with Andrew Linderman

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Oct 28, 2022

1h 4m

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Ep: 318 - Values-Based Pricing with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Oct 21, 2022

39 mins

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Ep: 317 - How having a Full-time Job allows Cory Brown to be an Artist

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Oct 14, 2022

1h 7m

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Ep: 316 - Starting Before it’s Perfect with Juliette Davin

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Sep 30, 2022

1h 10m

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Ep: 315 - Slow Growth with Ricky Blanding

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Sep 23, 2022

48 mins

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Ep: 314 - When Plans Change with Ben Carter

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Sep 16, 2022

35 mins

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Ep: 313 - The Myth of Growth with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Aug 26, 2022

28 mins

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Ep: 312 - On Reflective Learning with Tom Kemp

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Aug 18, 2022

1h 14m

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Ep: 311 - Choosing NOT to Grow with Becca Otis

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Aug 12, 2022

54 mins

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Ep: 310 - How a Big Goal Determines Everyday Decisions with Sam Lopez

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Jul 29, 2022

1h 3m

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Ep: 309 - How you can STILL organically grow on Instagram in 2022 with Jackie Wright

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Jul 22, 2022

56 mins

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Ep: 308 - Following your own inspiration with Kate Schroeder

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Jul 15, 2022

1h 30m

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Ep: 307 - Repetitive Practice as the Key to Success with Rich Brown

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Jul 1, 2022

1h 6m

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Ep: 306 - Falling into a Life of Ceramics with John Britt

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Jun 24, 2022

1h 4m

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Ep: 305 - A Virtual Home for Makers with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Jun 17, 2022

26 mins

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Ep: 304 - Building a Communal Space with Kenny Sing of Turn Studio

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May 27, 2022

1 hr

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Ep: 303 - Making Space for Our Personal Lives as a Full-time Maker with Lucy Fagella

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May 20, 2022

1h 8m

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Ep: 302 - Committing to a Goal and Sticking to it with Delvin Goode

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May 13, 2022

1h 2m

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Ep: 301 - A Lifelong Pursuit of Learning with Adam Field

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May 6, 2022

1h 13m

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Ep: 217 - The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and different business models to pursue)

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Mar 26, 2022

37 mins

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Ep: 216 - Building and Growing Our Communities with Phi Le of Illuminated Clay

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Mar 11, 2022

1h 7m

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Ep: 215 - On Burnout and the Search for Balance with Nicole Dacey

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Mar 4, 2022

1h 20m

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Ep: 214 - Having a Non-Negotiable with Mike Tavares

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Feb 18, 2022

51 mins

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Ep: 213 - Taking Big Risks with Leila of Tierra Madera Ceramics

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Feb 11, 2022

59 mins

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Ep: 212 - Growing as an Artist through Community Support with the Village Potters

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Feb 4, 2022

1h 15m

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Ep: 211 - The Importance of a Consistent Photography Style

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Jan 21, 2022

26 mins

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Ep: 210 - Creating an Efficient Photography System

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Jan 14, 2022

34 mins

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Ep: 209 - Being a Business Owner with Curt Hammerly

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Jan 7, 2022

58 mins

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Ep: 208 - The Perks of Disparate Life Experiences with Kisha Reed of Peaks Candles

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Dec 17, 2021

46 mins

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Ep: 207 - Crafting a Life that Works for You with Bryan Hopkins

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Dec 10, 2021

1h 10m

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Ep: 206 - Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

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Dec 3, 2021

32 mins

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Ep: 205 - Succeeding by Specializing with Matt Katz

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Nov 19, 2021

52 mins

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Ep: 204 - Building a Commissions-based Business with David T Kim

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Nov 12, 2021

56 mins

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Ep: 203 - Life after the Great Pottery Thrown Down with Rosa Wiland Holmes

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Oct 29, 2021

51 mins

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Ep: 202 - On Crafting a Business to Suit Your Life with Greta Michelle

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Oct 22, 2021

51 mins

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Ep: 201 - How to Sustain going Full-time with Sunshine Cobb

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Oct 15, 2021

1h 16m

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[REPLAY] - Kara Leigh Ford and the Realities of Full-Time Entrepreneurship

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Oct 1, 2021

48 mins

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[REPLAY] - Sandy Lockwood and Finding Your Own Style

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Sep 24, 2021

54 mins

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[REPLAY] - Camille at the Wheel and Crafting a Brand Story

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Sep 17, 2021

51 mins

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[REPLAY] - Simon Levin and Making First, Selling Second

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Sep 10, 2021

51 mins

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Ep: 127 - How I Do It All”

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Aug 28, 2021

34 mins

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Ep: 126 - On the Importance of Experimenting with Tamara Bryan

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Aug 20, 2021

46 mins

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Ep: 125 - Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

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Aug 16, 2021

1h 14m

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Ep: 124 - On Trusting Yourself with Sherród Faulks of Deep Black Designs

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Jul 30, 2021

1h 14m

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Ep: 123 - The Importance of a Vision with Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery

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Jul 23, 2021

48 mins

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Ep: 122 - Building a Brand Experience with Angela Venarchik

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Jul 16, 2021

50 mins

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Ep: 121 - 4th and Final week of the Photography Extravaganza!

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Jun 25, 2021

18 mins

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Ep: 120 - Photography Extravaganza Week 3

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Jun 19, 2021

23 mins

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Ep: 119 - Photography Extravaganza Week 2

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Jun 11, 2021

19 mins

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Ep: 118 - Week 1 of the Photography Extravaganza!

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Jun 5, 2021

24 mins

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Ep: 117 - Playing the Long Game with Ryan Durbin

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May 14, 2021

57 mins

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Ep: 116 - Instagram vs. Real life with Sophia McEvoy

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May 7, 2021

47 mins

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Ep: 115 - How to go full-time

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Apr 30, 2021

25 mins

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Ep: 114 - Dwight White

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Apr 23, 2021

50 mins

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Ep: 113 - Rachel Russell

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Apr 9, 2021

42 mins

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Ep: 112 - Soula of Golden Ratio Clayworks

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Apr 2, 2021

1h 10m

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Ep: 111 - Tom Corneill

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Mar 26, 2021

50 mins

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Ep: 110 - Diana Adams of Sample Haus

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Mar 12, 2021

46 mins

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Ep: 109 - Kate McElwee

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Mar 5, 2021

54 mins

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Ep: 108 - Simon Levin

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Feb 26, 2021

51 mins

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Ep: 107 - On Making Decisions for Ourselves

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Feb 13, 2021

17 mins

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Ep: 106 - Sandy Lockwood

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Feb 5, 2021

54 mins

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Ep: 105 - Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair

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Jan 29, 2021

41 mins

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Ep: 104 - Stephen Phillips

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Jan 15, 2021

42 mins

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Ep: 103 - Kara Leigh Ford

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Jan 8, 2021

48 mins

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Ep: 102 - Camille at the Wheel

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Jan 2, 2021

51 mins

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Ep: 101 - An Introduction to the Maker's Playbook

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Dec 17, 2020

7 mins

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