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Creativity in Captivity

Sweetwood Creative

An insider dialogue that invites the listener to pull up a seat at the table with A-list creatives from a variety of disciplines. They share their insights on the process, craft, and inspiration. Join us for a better understanding of this elusive muse every Thursday with Pat Hazell (Seinfeld, The Tonight Show) and his friends as they demystify the transferable nature of creativity. Produced by: Sweetwood Creative In Partnership with Stoney Island Audio

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49:44

MANDY GONZALEZ: Musical Maven

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/10/02

Mandy Gonzalez is an accomplished film, TV, stage actor. Her Broadway debut was in the musical Aida. Then Mandy brought her talent to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s, In the Heights, where she originated the role of Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning show on Broadway, where she received a Drama Desk Award. As a proud Latina-American, the story of Nina resonated deeply. Mandy then soared as Elphaba in Wicked and left an indelible mark in the megahit Hamilton, where she starred as Angelica Schuyler for 6

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44:01

LANCE BURTON: The Magician's Magician

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/09/25

Widely considered the greatest magician of the past century with 10 appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as well as Letterman, Craig Ferguson and The View.

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40:42

MONIQUE MARVEZ: Is No Joke

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/09/18

An impressive Latina comedian with the #1 Dry Bar Comedy Special of 2024. Monique is more than a comic, she is a cultural translator, a relationship whisperer and a fearless truth teller.

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43:53

DENNIS BLAIR: Opens Up

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/09/11

A Las Vegas based comedian, musical satirist and songwriter who regularly opened for Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, The Beach Boys, Tom Jones and Barry Manilow.

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44:11

DEBI DERRYBERRY: Finds Her Voice

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/09/04

A professional voice-over artist best known as the voice of Jimmy Neutron with hundreds of appearances in movies, cartoons, video games, TV shows, anime shows, amusement park rides and toys.

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58:04

WIL SHRINER: Where There's a Wil, There's a Way

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/08/28

Wil has made over 50 TV appearances with David Letterman, Jay Leno, Bill Maher and Johnny Carson and has shared the stage with the likes of Joan Rivers, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Foxworthy, Kevin Nealon, Loretta Lynn, Tom Jones, John Denver, Tony Bennett and Jay Leno. Shriner co-stared opposite Joan Allen in the Academy Award nominated Peggy Sue Got Married, and made many appearances on television shows like HBO's Dream On, NBC's Search and Rescue and Amazing Stories. Over the years, Shriner has hosted

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43:18

MICHELLE DANNER: Directs the Italians

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/08/21

A film director, actor and renowned acting coach who trained with Stella Adler and Uta Hagen. Michelle has directed and acted in over thirty plays and musicals in New York and Los Angeles. She has coach A-List Actors privately and on set including Gerard Butler, Chris Rock, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Penelope Cruz, Michael Pena, Isla Fisher, Common, Salma Hayek, Brian McKnight, James Franco, Marcia Cross, Christian Slater, Catherine Bell, Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union, Justine Wadell, Rob Estes, Rick

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52:25

DENISE FENNELL: Out of Character

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/08/14

A noted character actress and producer who starred in Tony & Tina’s Wedding, Late Night Catechism, Shear Madness, The Bride or Does this Dress Make me Look Married? & Lessons Learned The Time of My Life!

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44:18

DON McMILLAN: Sarcastic Statistics

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/08/07

An electrical engineer turned Power Point comedian that became The Comedy Grand Champion on Star Search, made appearances on The Tonight Show, HBO, Comedy Central and America’s Got Talent. Don’s show is packed with graphs & charts, to shine the light on the funny side of the world that has been sitting right in front of you – you are just too busy working to notice. Don graduated from Stanford University with a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and went on to working at AT&T Bell Labs where

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50:27

MAIA SHARP: The Joy of Tomboy

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/07/31

A Nashville singer/songwriter and music producer with a 30-year career that includes writing songs for Trisha Yearwood (including recent single The Wall Or The Way Over), Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal (including recent single Junkyard Dog), Cher, Bonnie Raitt, and Art Garfunkel, while simultaneously earning a sizeable cult following and consistent critical acclaim for her own releases. Maia’s 10th solo album, Tomboy, will be released on September 12th, it is an ultra-authentic Americana-adjacent record

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51:35

JOHN DI DOMENICO: Good First Impressions

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/07/24

A Emmy-nominated comic actor and entertainer that has a stable of award-winning celebrity impressions including: Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Dr. Phil, Jay Leno, Ozzy Osbourne, Guy Fieri, and the current White House resident. From comedy clubs to improv stages to corporate events, John has been writing and performing for over 30 years. He performed as a cast member of Some Assembly Required, one of New York’s finest improv troupes. John has been featured in numerous network commercials and appeared

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51:23

ALLAN HARRIS: The Poetry of Jazz

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/07/17

A Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based jazz vocalist, blues guitarist, songwriter, band leader, and a true luminary in the world of music. Revered by the Miami Herald as an artist graced with "the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King' Cole," Allan Harris stands as an embodiment of moving and magisterial artistry. With a career spanning fourteen recordings as a leader, Allan Harris has captivated audiences worldwide with his exceptional talent and

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53:18

JOSH SNEED: A Need for Sneed

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/07/10

A national touring comedian who has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central & Dry Bar Comedy. Josh is one of the most played artists on Sirius X/M radio and His comedy special, Josh Sneed: Live in the Dessert, was released in 2018 by Dry Bar Comedy. Clips from the special have been viewed more than 50 million times. He has performed at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, the Aspen Comedy Festival, and was chosen by Comedy Central to perform in their inaugural South

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51:49

SHELLEY RODEN: The Folly of Foley

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/07/03

An award-winning foley artist at Skywalker Sound that has created and performed foley sound effects for over two hundred live action and animated films and TV series including such projects as Top Gun: Maverick, Jurrasic World Rebirth, F1, The Mandalorian, Andor, Toy Story 4, Inside Out 2 and Soul. Her favorite projects include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Black Panther, Pixar’s Lightyear andTurning Red, Disney’s Encanto and Raya and the Last Dragon, and Glass Onion: A Knives Out

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46:18

BOB PETERSON: The Dug Whisperer

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/06/26

An Academy-Award nominated, screenwriter, director and animator who co-wrote and co-directed the Pixar film Up in which he voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. Prior to coming to Pixar, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip Loco Motives while attending Purdue. He worked at Wavefront Technologies and Rezn8 Productions as a technical director and when hired by Pixar he started as an animator for commercials, then became an animator on Toy Story. Peterson was nominated for an Oscar for his

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32:38

CANDICE GHAI: Portrait Play

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/06/19

A professional fine art photographer based in Austin, Texas, Candice is driven by the allure of the unseen and the enigmatic. Her work delves into the mysteries that lie beyond the veil, exploring the world through a metaphysical lens. Utilizing diverse mediums such as water, glass, mirrors, and fabric, she strives to create ethereal and moody imagery that evokes a sense of otherworldliness. These elements allow her to play with light and reflection, creating a visual narrative that transcends the

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38:02

OWEN MORSE: Hang Glider Pilot

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/06/12

Owen is the world record holder for the longest hang gliding flight out-and-return of 222 miles in Owens Valley, CA. He has been selected to be a member of the US Men’s hang gliding team to compete in the World Championships this July in Ager, Spain. Owen is also member of the comedy juggling duo The Passing Zone with his partner Jon Wee. They began their professional journey by winning the Gold Medal at the International Jugglers' Association Championships. This lead to their television debut

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49:04

GREGG BINKLEY: Acting His Age

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/06/05

A 30-year working actor and respected acting coach that has played roles in films directed by Mel Brooks, Clint Eastwood, the Coen Brothers, and Woody Allen. Gregg starred in the films Revenge of the Nerds 3 and 4 and served as the spokesman “Dan the Del Taco Guy” for six years with 58 commercials. He portrayed Don Knotts in the NBC movie of week Behind the Scenes of Three’s Company. Later, he was cast as Kenny James in the NBC show My Name is Earl. Two years later he was cast as Barney Hughes

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53:16

XHLOE RICE & NATASHA ROLAND: Theatrical Barnstormers

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/05/29

A pair of New York City based playwrights & performers that create absurdist physical theatre and clown content. This two-person theatre company is a three time consecutive recipient of the prestigious Fringe First Award for Outstanding New Writing for their plays "And Then The Rodeo Burned Down" (2022), "What If They Ate The Baby?" (2023), and “A Letter To Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First” (2024) at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Xhloe and Natasha have been called “the most promising

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56:58

SCOTT DIKKERS: Headline Hunter

Creativity in Captivity ·

2025/05/22

The founder of TheOnion.com, a best-selling author with over 30 published books including the million-copy #1 bestseller Our Dumb Century, and a creative catalyst and coach. In his 20s, he created the comic strip Jim’s Journal, which ran in over 100 college newspapers and spawned a self-published book collection that made the New York Times bestseller list. He helped create The Onion and led it from small college newspaper to internationally known humor brand. He founded The AV Club. He won the

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