Makers & Mystics Podcast
1) How Beauty Will Save The World with Winfield Bevins
What role does beauty play in a fractured and hurried world—and what might happen if we allowed it to slow us down? This episode marks the beginning of a new Makers and Mystics series, The Pace...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) The Person and The Persona: Mental Health, Fame, and the Artist’s Soul
In this episode of Makers and Mystics, host Stephen Roach is joined by Jared Farley of Porter’s Call, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the emotional and mental health of touring artists and the...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Making Space for Creative Community: Behind the Scenes of Breath and Clay 2026
In this episode, Stephen Roach sits down with creative collaborators Justin McRoberts, Whitney Hancock, and Corey Frey for a conversation about the art of building authentic creative community. ...Show More
Making Space for Creative Community: Behind the Scenes of Breath and Clay 2026
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Creating Monsters: Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein and the Horror of Unchecked Ambition
In this inter-seasonal episode, Stephen Roach is joined by returning guests Paul Anleitner and John Mark McMillan for a discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s new Frankenstein adaptation. Together the...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) The Breath and The Clay 2026
At The Breath & The Clay 2026, we are exploring what it means to make space—for rest, for renewal, for art, for one another, and for the Presence that meets us in the emptiness. Together, we will ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) S15 E15: Resistance and Flow (Season Finale)
In this season finale, Stephen Roach closes out our exploration of creative flow with a rich conversation with several artists from the Makers & Mystics Patreon community. Joining the discussion a...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) S15 E14: Sound Symbols: Foley Art in Film with Ronnie Van Der Veer
Behind the curtain of cinema lies a hidden language, spoken not in words, but in sound. In this episode of Makers and Mystics, Stephen Roach interviews Foley artist Ronnie Van Der Veer, explo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Artist Profile Series 39: Simeon Stylites the Elder
What does the life of a bizarre fifth-century monk have to offer our lives in the modern world today? This episode of the Makers and Mystics podcast explores the life and influence of Simeon...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) S15 E12: Confessional Transcendence with Poet and Actor Amy Leigh Wicks
Amy Leigh Wicks is a poet, actress, and educator from New York City. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and an MFA from The New School in New...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) S15 E12: The Ghost Life with author Prasanta Verma
As artists, we live our lives between worlds, the one in which we imagine and the one in which we must survive. But what do we do when the life we imagine and the life we live are incongruent? Oft...Show More
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