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Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo
Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo
Jay Acunzo

An inside look at the unconventional choices of quality-obsessed creators – and the memorable things they made as a result. It's a... more

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Episodes

Bonus - How Stories Happen #3 - Ann Handley, Bestselling Author

Unthinkable has ended. Please follow my new show, How Stories Happen, in its own feed.

06 Jun 2024 · 48 minutes
Bonus - How Stories Happen #1 - Andrew Davis, Keynote Speaker

Unthinkable is no longer running new episodes. Listen to the new show, How Stories Happen, wherever you get your podcasts.... more

06 May 2024 · 50 minutes
Keep Making What Matters | Follow My New Show, How Stories Happen

Hear the trailer for my new show, How Stories Happen, where creators and communicators dissect their stories and drafts, piece... more

29 Mar 2024 · 24 minutes
Going Streaking: the Relationship Between Creative Ambition, Quality, and Consistency

The planning fallacy plagues most people, regardless of profession. We under-estimate how long something will take in the near-term, i.e.... more

26 Feb 2024 · 49 minutes
How to Find Great Stories

How do stories really happen?

07 Feb 2024 · 16 minutes
The Difference Between Forgettable and Favorite

What's the difference between creating content that others find and consume, and creating things that others adore?

29 Jan 2024 · 54 minutes
Be Honest | One-Shot #26

A question to increase the power of your ideas which we're just not asking often enough.

18 Jan 2024 · 16 minutes
Create to Find Your Answers (Overcoming the Gap)

An idea to embrace when you want or need to create, but you sense your work isn't quite where you... more

10 Jan 2024 · 38 minutes
Twas the Night Before Launching (2023)

A holiday tradition on the show. I rewrote a class poem just for our purposes as content creators, storytellers, and... more

18 Dec 2023 · 4 minutes
Signature Stories: Jay Baer

Inspiration is everywhere -- if you're paying attention.

20 Nov 2023 · 52 minutes
Signature Stories: Simone Stolzoff

Great stories aren't found and reported. They're built and practiced. Effective storytellers know how to imbue any moment with meaning.

13 Nov 2023 · 43 minutes
Fighting Endless AI Junk

Respect creatives. Respect writers. Respect artists. Pay creatives. Pay writers. Pay artists.

06 Nov 2023 · 16 minutes
Signature Stories: Amanda Natividad

In our fourth episode of this mini-series, a prolific creator shares three different possible intros for a powerful new story... more

18 Oct 2023 · 42 minutes
Signature Stories: Jenny Blake

In our third episode of the mini-series "Signature Stories," we're looking at how a small story can create massive meaning.... more

25 Sep 2023 · 44 minutes
Signature Stories: Michael Bungay Stanier

In our second episode of the mini-series "Signature Stories," we're looking at the making of a tiny but powerful story... more

11 Sep 2023 · 42 minutes
Signature Stories: Melanie Deziel

In a brand new mini-series, we're diving into signature stories from our favorite storytellers. Like Song Exploder but for stories,... more

28 Aug 2023 · 43 minutes
Tasty | One-Shot #25

In this one-shot, we explore taste - what it is, how we define it, and how we can continue to... more

14 Aug 2023 · 17 minutes
Writer’s Block (Maker Monsters 4)

It's our fourth episode hearing from creative people about their internal barriers. Specifically, we'll hear stories and ideas about the... more

31 Jul 2023 · 35 minutes
Fun with Formats

The case for focusing on formats, specifics, and following your own interests.

13 Jul 2023 · 39 minutes
How to Define Quality | One-Shot #24

In this one-shot, we explore how to to define quality through creating useful friction, asking 3 important questions, and adding... more

19 Jun 2023 · 17 minutes
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In a brand new mini-series, we're diving into signature stories from our favorite storytellers. Like Song Exploder but for stories, we want... more