Clever Creature with Jason Gots Podcast
1) DEVOLUTION (w/Tim Minchin)
Descend a few rungs on the old evolutionary ladder with us in this, the season 2 finale of Clever Creature. Mordant, multitalented Australian songwriter and actor Tim Minchin, the lyricist of the mus...Show More
2) AUTOTOMY (w/Andre Gregory)
“If your castle’s made of sugar, don’t blame the rain when it melts.” Sometimes, you’ve just got to kill your darlings. You're a cuttlefish, say, and something’s got your arm in its jaws? No wor...Show More
3) GERMINATE (w/Ross Gay)
“He will come back with scars and with stories to tell…” This episode is about new beginnings that lead to surprising outcomes. Poet and essayist Ross Gay talks to Jason about precious things beheld a...Show More
4) EMERGENCE (w/Merlin Sheldrake)
Word by word, a story emerges. Neuron by neuron, consciousness emerges. The story, song, and conversation of this episode are about that mysterious process whereby things become bigger than the sum of...Show More
5) RHYTHM (w/Bia Labate)
From the reassuring sound of our mother's heartbeat to our last breath, our lives are bounded by rhythm. In music, poetry, meditation, and prayer, rhythm is the trance that lets the spirit fly. In gro...Show More
6) TRANSITION (w/Ajahn Amaro)
At first glance, the word of this episode is impossibly, mind-bogglingly big. "Transition" applies to everything. There's nothing in the known universe (or anywhere else, for that matter, I'd bet) tha...Show More
7) CROWN SHYNESS (w/Aimee Nezhukumatathil)
“The higher up I go, the less I need to know…” “Crown shyness” is social distancing for treetops. It’s a botanical mystery, the fact that certain trees give each other space in the canopy. Are they sh...Show More
8) BODY (w/Resmaa Menakem)
“I was so in love with images, I forgot the native art…” A story, a song, thoughts, and a conversation about what goes on underneath the words and the skin. Somatic therapist Resmaa Menakem, author of...Show More
9) THAW (w/Neil Gaiman)
“I never saw a sun so bright as on that day…” Season Two of the podcast Indiewire calls "a case study in artistic drive" opens with a word of power, this spring especially, as the world anxiously, hop...Show More
10) Trailer: Coming 5/12/21 — Clever Creature, Season Two
The show Indiewire called "a case study in artistic drive" is back with nine wild, open new episodes featuring short fiction, conversation, and original songs. Each is an "experimental variety show" b...Show More