ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The soul of artistry lies behind the scenes in the creative process and the heartbeat of greatness lies within the most inspired individuals. Listen to in-depth interviews with directors, writers, producers, authors, entrepreneurs, comedians, musicians and figures from all walks of life. Produced by writer and journalist Michael Lee Simpson and hosted by Warner Bros. Records executive-turned therapist in training Jeff Watson, “Inspired Minds” is filled with tales of life, joy, pain and imagination.
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Update frequency:
every 79 days
Average audio length:
49 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
78 episodes
since Jan. 15, 2022
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Author, journalist, and media historian Patrick Jankiewicz interviews legendary blacksmith and Hollywood armorer Tony Swatton — the master craftsman behind some of film’s most iconic weapons and props. Swatton’s creations include the Zenith Blade from League of Legends, Wolverine’s claws from&…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Tom Hoeler is the Editorial Director of Fiction & Special Projects at Random House Worlds, a division of Penguin Random House. He specializes in developing and editing fiction across major licensed properties, including Star Wars, Magic: The Gathering, and World of Warcraft, playing a key role …
Neil O’Brien is a Senior Broadcast Producer at NBC News Specials and an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist with over two decades of in the industry. He is the author of After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America’s Favorite Media Company, which explores the dramatic s…
PAULA MUNIER is the Senior Agent and Director of Storytelling for Talcott Notch Literary and USA TODAY bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries from Minotaur. Over her 20-plus years in the business, she’s conceived, created, produced, and marketed exceptional con…
David L. Robbins is the author of seventeen novels, including two bestselling works, War of the Rats and The End of War. Known for his gripping historical fiction, Robbins has also made a mark as a co-founder of the James River Writers and as the founder of the Richmond-based Podium Foundation.
H…
Katharine Sands is a literary agent with the Sarah Jane Freymann Agency in New York City. She is the agent provocateur of Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch A Literary Agent’s Eye. She has been a guest speaker on writing and publishing for Poets and Writers, The American Soc…
Damon West, M.S. Criminal Justice, is a college professor, internationally known keynote speaker, 3 x Wall Street Journal bestselling author and former crime boss in Dallas, who was sentenced to Life in prison for Organized Crime.
USA Today calls him the “modern …
Christina Lopez is an assistant editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she started as an intern in 2021 and worked her way up. In her time at SMP, she has worked on a wide array of books in several genres and with several amazing authors including Katherine Center, Kristin Hannah, and Sally Hepworth. …
Lisa Sharkey, SVP Director of Creative Development of HarperCollins Publishers, opens up about her journey into the publishing industry after working as Senior Producer for “Good Morning America” and President of Al Roker Entertainment. She has overseen the acquisition and publication of more than …
Marco De Molina is a 2022 Grammy Nominated film producer and co-founder of the independent production company Spacebrain. He has received international acclaim at prestigious film festivals worldwide, including the Festival de Cannes. De Molina has also produced countless music videos for chart-top…
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