Audacity Works
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Audacity Works
Episode 162: "The Cavalry Isn't Coming" with Adam O'Keeffe
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Episode 162
What you'll hear:
- Sign up here for the 5 day Desire challenge! Not selling anything, just a gift from me to you: https://poser.kit.com/desire 1:30
- Introductions! Meet Adam O'Keeffe, co-founder of Wave Walker Films, writer, all around excellent human, and my friend 3:00
- Apparently you can premeire something MANY times 7:20
- Why it's so important to buy ticcies to independent films (regardless of whether or not your bum makes it into the seat) 9:15
- How we met waaaay back in 2010? Maybe? Either way, here's the origin story! 13:00
- "How are you such a chill motherfucker?" And otherwise how he's managed to create SO MUCH while also having a life and two small children 15:00
- The benefits of having multiple projects at one time, and the effects of consuming art while creating art 19:00
- Excellent advice he gave to me about how to structure creative time when you're having a long stretch of dedicated time 25:30
- Rachel gets nostalgic 30:00
- Pet peeves! Inquiring minds want to know if Adam ever gets angry 31:45
- How to deal with the grief of the graveyard full of projects that never saw the light of day 35:30
- The cavalry isn't coming 40:00
- MUST LISTEN! Managing/working with a team of people 42:00
- What is the point of all these film festivals 51:15
- Advice to folks applying to the arts council 53:00
- As promised, Adam's arts council email: csasadviser@hotmail.com
- Advice for your younger self, followed by Adam giving out to me for taking so long to invite him on the podlycast 1:03:00
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