No Time to Be Timid Podcast
Conversations with artists, entrepreneurs, and everyday people who made the bold choice and lived to tell the story. Each episode, host Tricia Rose Burt sits down with guests who took unexpected leaps to answer their creative call, so they can inspire you to answer yours. Because creativity and courage don't just change us. They lead us to do bigger things than we ever imagined we could.
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The Signal Award Winner
No Time to Be Timid is a Silver Signal Award winner in Arts and Culture, an honor given by an industry judging academy of podcast creators, innovators, and tastemakers to the most potent and meaningful audio projects being made today. Tricia shared the category with Oprah Winfrey, Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, and podcasts produced by Warner Brothers and The On Being Project.
Episode Two with Shannon Cason: The Right Perspective
Shannon Cason is a master storyteller — seen on Snap Judgment, TEDx, and The Moth stages to name a few — and is the host of the podcast Homemade Stories. In his words, he’s also a late bloomer, and with his trademark wit, wisdom, and incredible sense of timing, he shares how the right perspective can turn life’s rough patches into life-changing art.
Episode 1: It’s all about Connection
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Amy Grant kicks off Season Two with an in-depth conversation about how she’s sustained her more than 40-year career. For her, it’s all about connection — with herself and with her community. She also talks about falling in love with the creative process, the importance of making art even if no one sees it, and her journey to recover her voice after she thought she’d lost everything.
Episode 10: Make Art Now.
In our final episode of the season, I talk with Harris III, who shares his unexpected journey as a professional magician, storyteller, author, and the director and curator of Story Gatherings, an international conference on storytelling. We talk about misusing our imaginations, the importance of wow and how, and the lifesaving power of art.
Episode 9: There is Courage in Community.
For this episode, I delve into stand-up comedy, which seems like the loneliest of professions but actually thrives because of its strong community. And two amazing artists join me on the show — Ophira Eisenberg and Bethany Van Delft. Ophira was the host of the long-running NPR show “Ask Me Another” and just launched her new podcast, “Parenting is a Joke.” Bethany is a performer and a producer at the Boston Comedy and Women in Comedy Festivals and was named Boston’s Best Comedian several times. It’s a very funny and not to be missed episode.
Episode 8: Failure is Your Friend.
Hilary Graham is one of the hardest working artists I know and she’s learned to build failure into her writing process. Her talent and perseverance has landed her in Hollywood, where she’s worked on some of the top shows, including “Bones”and “Orange is the New Black,” and she was the show runner for the Netflix series “Social Distance.” Join us as she talks about overcoming obstacles and the challenges and rewards of writing for TV and film.
Episode 7: Constraints are Opportunities.
International award-winning puppeteer Dan Hurlin talks about starting a successful theater at age 10, how financial constraints prompted him to create a solo show where he played a cast of 60 characters, his love of toy theaters and puppets, and his new approach to puppetry.