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.
Turning Losses Into Creative Gains featuring Kimberly Williams-Paisley
We all first met Kim as the glowing young bride in the movie “Father of the Bride” with Steve Martin. She’s acted ever since, adding NYTimes bestselling author to her credits with her book “Where The Light Gets In,” which chronicles her mother’s battle with dementia. In this episode, we dive into Kim’s own health struggle — losing her voice for nearly two years, an experience that Kim says saved her life. We talk about staying resilient, finding the good in the bad, and tripping on psychedelic mushrooms — a first for this podcast!
Bonus Edition: Exciting Award News, Walking the Camino, and Mysteries
In this bonus edition, we share some thrilling news! No Time to be Timid is one of eight finalists in the Arts and Culture category of the Signal Awards — alongside notable shows like Oprah’s Super Soul!
Please vote for us for the Listener’s Choice award! Voting ends October 17. I also share thoughts on my recent pilgrimage walking a portion of the Camino, particularly how walking and the creative process have the power to transform us. And the words of Mary Oliver make an appearance, too!
Bonus Episode: Eric Masterson Tells his Story of Hawks, Near-Death, and the Best of Humanity
A bonus interview with my husband, Eric Masterson, who is an expert birder, author, and survivor of a catastrophic hang gliding crash four years ago this week.
Special Edition: On Not Having Children
I don’t talk about politics on my show. I talk about creativity and I interview guests who can help all of us step into our creative selves. But then J.D. Vance started talking about “childless cat ladies,” and as a woman without children, I have a problem with that. So I thought it was important to air a story I told on the StoryCollider stage some years ago about my ambivalence towards motherhood and my call to become an artist. The story is part of a larger piece I’ve been working on called “Be Fruitful and Multiply.” If you have any feedback, I’d love to hear it. You can reach out to me at podcast@triciaroseburt.com.
R. Eric Thomas: Seizing Unexpected Creative Opportunities
R. Eric Thomas is a creative powerhouse. First, he’s masterful on stage not only as a storyteller, but also as the long running host of The Moth StorySlams in Philadelphia. Second, he writes for every possible medium — he’s a television writer for shows airing on Apple TV and FX; an award-winning playwright; and the author of several books, including the national bestsellers Here For It, or How to Save Your Soul in America and his latest book, Congratulations, The Best is Over!
Many people first learned about Eric from his daily humor column on Elle.com “Eric Reads the News.” And as of July 1, he’s writing the nationally syndicated advice column “Asking Eric.”
Here’s the thing: Eric’s incredible career journey started with a Facebook post that went viral. But he’s no overnight success. He was able to capitalize on that opportunity because he’d been preparing for years.
Sy Montgomery and Howard Mansfield: Creating a Writing Life
My neighbors, the NYTimes bestselling author Sy Montgomery and acclaimed author Howard Mansfield, have been married for 37 years. In that time, they’ve built and sustained a writing life that’s produced about 40 books between them. And even though they’re a unit, they’ve dedicated their lives to separate creative interests. Sy writes on behalf of animals — she’s best known for her books The Good, Good Pig and The National Book Award Finalist, The Soul of an Octopus — and Howard writes about architecture, preservation, and history in his quest to understand the soul of American places.
And while they live in the same home, they usually don’t know what project the other one is working on.That’s because they give each other the space, support, and feedback that each other needs to do their best work. In a rare combined media appearance, Sy and Howard share how we can treat the artists in our lives and model how to pursue our own creative efforts.