"I had no idea what I was doing." Mark Harper shares his story of going from ROTC to Combat Camera (leading teams of...
Creative Innovators Podcast
Creativity, Branding, Muppets, Yo Gabba Gabba, and other Career Adventures with Mike Polis
Mike Polis started and ended with animation and graphic novels and cool creative content. In between, he has run...
I didn’t just have one thing . . . with Lafiya Watson Ramirez
From photography to musician websites to Flash to now AR, Lafiya Watson Ramirez combines visual and experience...
Bonus: Postcard Moments with Gigi Johnson
We are in post-production on new episodes, so our host, Gigi Johnson, shared a story about "Postcards" and Postcard...
Simplifying Complexity for Indie Labels with Bruno Guez
Bruno shares his saga from playing the drums and enjoying international music, mixing songs and culture from Tunisia,...
Educated Luck and Building Digital Bridges with Dick Huey
[Enjoy our podcast this week that we share with our sister Maremel Network podcast, Innovating Music, that has just...
Architecture, Mars, and VR with Alfredo Munoz
Questions: How do we design for extreme conditions and resource challenges? Is that for Mars or Earth?Guest: Alfredo...
Out on a Limb with Darryl Hurs
Question: How can you build a rich creative life based on referrals and going out on a limb? Guest: Darryl Hurs,...
Music + India plus Ritnika Nayan
Question: How do you connect independent artists and music business in India as a young woman?Guest: Ritnika Nayan,...
Building Campfires with Arturo O’Farrill
Question: How can you build campfires, mixing music and social activism? Guest: Arturo O'Farrill, Founder, Artistic...

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Your Host: Dr. Gigi Johnson
Dr. Gigi Johnson designs futures programs that help creators and organizations navigate AI-driven change. Through Rethink Next, she builds experiences and labs that blend systems thinking, creative practice, and agentic AI. She ran the UCLA Center for Music Innovation and co-founded the global virtual conference series Amplify Music. Earlier, she produced media foresight programs while teaching MBAs and executives at UCLA Anderson, after financing media-sector M&A at Bank of America.
Episodes
New Markets, Bold Choices with Miki Agrawal,
Some guests have a LOT of gumption and energy to create new. Miki is releasing her first album now. But over time, she has launched new companies and created new spaces. Some of the road has been bumpy and some has developed whole new categories that help people's...
Seek Out Creative Opportunities with Mark Harper
"I had no idea what I was doing." Mark Harper shares his story of going from ROTC to Combat Camera (leading teams of combat photographers) to Technicolor to high-end headphones to joining a startup military channel. He talked about each time where he sought out...
Creativity, Branding, Muppets, Yo Gabba Gabba, and other Career Adventures with Mike Polis
Mike Polis started and ended with animation and graphic novels and cool creative content. In between, he has run marketing for Yo Gabba Gabba, Jim Henson, and other adventures. Mike shares his stories of how he moved from desktop publishing after college to food...
I didn’t just have one thing . . . with Lafiya Watson Ramirez
From photography to musician websites to Flash to now AR, Lafiya Watson Ramirez combines visual and experience creation with storytelling. She tells her own story about how she moved from photography to web and interactive design into being inspired by Pokemon Go to...
Bonus: Postcard Moments with Gigi Johnson
We are in post-production on new episodes, so our host, Gigi Johnson, shared a story about "Postcards" and Postcard Moments that has come up in prior episodes and in many recent conversations. She shares how a single postcard created a pivot that changed her direction...
Simplifying Complexity for Indie Labels with Bruno Guez
Bruno shares his saga from playing the drums and enjoying international music, mixing songs and culture from Tunisia, France, and LA. Those facets led to studying at UCLA Ethnomusicology, becoming a DJ at KCRW, and building a record label in his living room. He shared...
Educated Luck and Building Digital Bridges with Dick Huey
[Enjoy our podcast this week that we share with our sister Maremel Network podcast, Innovating Music, that has just launched its fifth year.] Dick Huey claims that his career jumps have been "educated luck." "Because they they are luck. And I'm, I'm I don't ever...
Architecture, Mars, and VR with Alfredo Munoz
Questions: How do we design for extreme conditions and resource challenges? Is that for Mars or Earth?Guest: Alfredo Muñoz, Architect; Founder; Onteco; Founder, ABIBOO Studio; Chair for Memberships of the Technical Committee of Space Architecture at the American...
Out on a Limb with Darryl Hurs
Question: How can you build a rich creative life based on referrals and going out on a limb? Guest: Darryl Hurs, Owner/CEO, Indie Week; Managing Director, Downtown Canada; Director, Market Development, Canada, CD Baby; Educator, Harris InstituteIn this episode, Darryl...










