Creative Destruction Podcast

Jayden Schading tells her story of childhood trauma and betrayal in this episode. Jayden's story is powerful not only because of what she experienced, but because of the resiliency and courage with which she tells it.  CW: Abuse (non-graphic depiction) inflicted upon a child

Gage is an intelligent, kind, curious person who spends a lot of his time coding and programming games or playing games. Host Cameron Cook talks to Gage about his sense of humor, how computer games work, his time in High School, and what he's been doing since. 

Justin Lowman is an English teacher, a collector of Mid-Century antiques, a foster father, and a friend. In this episode, Cameron and Justin talk about topics ranging from German philosophers to James Spader's unusual '90s output. 

Scott Thomason is a local Engineer, photographer, and pilot. He's trying to figure out the craziness of this world and learn as much as possible, and then annoy others around him with unsolicited information. Definitely a proud nerd and father. You can follow him on instagram at @scott.thomason.photo

Abbey Runion is an artist who has dabbled in numerous mediums over the years, and host Cameron Cook talks to them in this episode about that journey of self-discovery. They also discuss mental illness, moving away from home, loneliness, emotional honesty, and which Avenger is the most attractive.  Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor  CW: Self-harm, depression

Host Cameron Cook met David Mruz in the creative writing program at their college, and ever since the two have developed a friendship based around writing, movies, graphic novels, video games, history, philosophy, and anything else they are curious to learn more about. Today they discuss the books they are writing, developing plot and characters for an audience, Japanese horror, and how to deal with creative roadblocks. Look for Mruz's novel Skyscape, coming out Fall 2020. 

Host Cameron Cook and guest MJ Slide go way back as filmmaking collaborators. MJ is an infinitely creative, gracious, and interesting person, and the conversation in this episode touches upon such seemingly disparate topics as Science Fiction, Race in America, Public Libraries, Filmmaking, Mental Illness, and Emotional Labor. You can find more from MJ on instagram @MJ_Slide and online at www.thisismjslide.com. 

Anna Duren is an artist, an academic, an activist, a dog trainer, and one of the smartest people host Cameron Cook has ever met. In this interview, the two sit down to discuss a high school graduation during COVID-19, living with Type 1 Diabetes, social anxiety, and more. 

Cameron and Justin were best friends throughout high school, and by the end of junior year, they barely spoke. At thirty, they speak for the first time in years about High School, why the friendship may have stalled, working during COVID-19, marriage, and more. 

Host Cameron Cook tells a story about waking up early in the winter of his freshman year in college.

Hannah and Cameron discuss Tommy Orange's 2018 Novel

Hannah and Cameron come up with their dream class reading lists.    Hannah's Syllabus:  Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi There There by Tommy Orange Alambrista! by Robert Young A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza   Cameron's Syllabus: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor Opening Night by John Cassavetes The World According to Garp by John Irving Mulholland Drive by David Lynch Hamlet by William Shakespeare All that Jazz by Bob Fosse The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke

Books mentioned in this episode:  Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce The Sound and the Fury and Absalom! Absalom! by William Faulkner The Nix by Nathan Hill The Vegetarian by Han Kang House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Swann's Way by Marcel Proust Any Man by Amber Tamblyn Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf On the Road by Jack Kerouac "The Hollow Men" by TS Eliot Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte "The Metamorphosis" and The Trial and Amerika by Franz Kafka City of Glass by Paul Auster Mulholland Drive by David Lynch (Film)  

Host Cameron Cook has a rough night on the job.

Marriage Hannah:  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff The Before Trilogy by Richard Linklater Cameron:  Mister Peanut by Adam Ross Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Fatherhood Hannah:  News of the World by Paulette Jiles The Road by Cormac McCarthy Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders Cameron:  Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine Real Life by Donald Ray Pollock Synecdoche, New York by Charlie Kaufman

Coming of Age Hannah:  The Mothers by Brit Bennett The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig Cameron:  Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware The Suburbs by Arcade Fire The Kid's Guide to Divorce by Lorrie Moore Feminist Hannah: Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed The Power by Naomi Alderman Mad Max: Fury Road by George Miller Cameron:  The Vegetarian by Han Kang Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom Certain Women by Kelly Reichardt Madness Hannah: Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The Good People by Hannah Kent Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols Cameron:  House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski The Trial by Franz Kafka Inland Empire by David Lynch  

Host Cameron Cook tells a story about working at Pizza Hut

Cameron's Books:  The Submission by Amy Waldmen < The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrick Backman < Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Education by John Kankiewicz < City of Glass by Paul Auster/Paul Karesik An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser < McTeague by Frank Norris I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iian Reid/You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlman < House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski ________________________ Hannah's Books:  Mysteries (written by Gillian Flynn): Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, Dark Places > Every other mystery Hannah has read (Particularly by Tana French, Ruth Ware, and Paula Hawkins) The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead < Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Dark Matter by Blake Crouch < Shades of Magic Trilogy by V.E. Schwab The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz < The Mothers by Brit Bennett/My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emeril Ferris The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah < Code Name Verity by Elizabeth

Hosts Hannah and Cameron talk about their difficult relationships with "Classic" literature

The conclusion of host Cameron Cook's story about his father's mysterious illness.