ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Every creative work you’ve ever loved has a hero’s journey behind it. On Spark & Fire, you'll hear creators tell the story of bringing one beloved work to life.
Iconic creatives — like Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, Pixar director Domee Shi, comedian Patton Oswald, musician Wynton Marsalis, and novelist Isabel Allende — share the endless iterations, the inevitable setbacks, and the breakthrough ideas along the epic process of creation. But this isn’t an interview show. It’s a story — told entirely in the artist's own words.
With host June Cohen, co-founder of WaitWhat and the former executive producer of TED Talks.
Transcripts and images for every episode are available at sparkandfire.com
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Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 24 days
Average audio length:
34 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
38 episodes
since Jan. 4, 2021
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~49.05% of listeners are from United States.
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US
49.05%
🇬🇧
GB
12.85%
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CA
7.61%
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AU
6.38%
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SK
2.70%
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DE
1.88%
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ES
1.80%
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IE
1.63%
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GT
1.31%
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FR
1.22%
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RO
1.22%
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ZA
1.06%
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MX
1.06%
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IN
1.06%
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SG
1.06%
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CH
0.73%
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HK
0.57%
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NL
0.49%
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NO
0.49%
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SE
0.49%
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AE
0.49%
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NZ
0.40%
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AT
0.40%
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CO
0.40%
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MN
0.32%
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IT
0.32%
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0.24%
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TH
0.24%
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JP
0.24%
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PT
0.16%
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HU
0.16%
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PH
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BR
0.16%
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LC
0.16%
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BE
0.16%
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TT
0.16%
Others
1.17%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
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When the ABC show Cristela premiered in 2014, Cristela Alonzo made U.S. history, the first Latina to write, produce, and star in her own prime-time comedy. But this dream didn’t come easy: Cristela had to fight for her vision at every stage of the process. As she takes us on the journey t…
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