Creativity Wasted Podcast
1) Dollar Days Dollar Store Travel Show (Jake Mattes)
Idea: An Anthony Bourdain-style travel show where the host goes to grand openings of dollar stores, reviews them, explores the nearby community, and interviews interesting customers. Also: the show co...Show More
2) Puppers Puppy Rental Service (Alfons Mueller)
Idea (dark humor): A short-term puppy rental service where the puppy is put down and made into soap (or other things) if the renter doesn't pay a large amount of money to buy it when the rental period...Show More
3) Roaming Cool Air Vendors (Tom Walma)
Idea: Vendors that roam around the stands at a summer baseball game (or at other summer events) carrying a fan and a large battery (to power the fan) in a backpack that charge people money to cool the...Show More
4) Professional Podcast Guest (Steve Pierce)
Idea: To make a career out of being a paid guest on various podcasts. Also: faking expertise or ailments (or whatever else) to be a relevant guest for a themed podcast (such as Mormonism, alien abduct...Show More
5) Punksura Text Translation App (Lisa Green)
Idea: An app to translate/interpret the grammar, slang, and acronyms of text (primarily social media) based on your age. Also: writing conventions that other generations find annoying such as "boomer ...Show More
6) Prank For Hire Business (Dan Leach)
Idea: A business that you can hire to perform a prank on someone (like in the Norm MacDonald movie "Dirty Work"). Also: prank examples such as fish in cars, "Zoombombing", faking charitable donations ...Show More
7) Humiliation Trophies (Tom Walma)
Idea: Trophies to be given as a gag gift to commemorate humiliating (but not traumatic) incidents (falls, saying dumb things, coming in last place in fantasy football, etc.) for which you would get am...Show More
8) Microwave Heat Map (Scott Fischer)
Idea: A screen that shows a thermal/infrared image of your food so you can see how hot it is and whether it's still too cold (or it's too hot). Also: using microwaves, ovens, and fridges to survive a ...Show More
9) St. Louis Aviation Museum (Tom Brown)
Idea: To have an aviation museum in St. Louis (called "Aviation Under The Arches") to showcase the aviation history of the city, such as Charles Lindbergh and WWII fighter planes. Also: they could ste...Show More
10) Rug Tufting and Crafting Machine Rental Service (Emily Clark)
Idea: A rental service for large and/or expensive crafting equipment, such as rug tufting machines, 3D printers, and metalworking machines. Also: dreaming for years about rug tufting or doing out-of-r...Show More