Creative Pep Talk 517 - How to Turn Business Pressures into a Fun Creative Project with Yowei Shaw
Aug 6, 2025
Yowei Shaw, an emotional investigative journalist and creator of the acclaimed Proxy podcast, shares her insights on turning business pressures into creative fuel. She discusses the energizing power of owning both successes and failures in creative projects. Yowei highlights the significance of constraints as opportunities for storytelling and explores the delicate balance between art and therapy. The conversation also touches on nurturing dedicated audiences and the playful side of creativity, making this a must-listen for anyone navigating their artistic journey.
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Emotional Investigative Journalism Defined
- The podcast Proxy is a form of emotional investigative journalism, blending storytelling with emotional inquiry.
- This unique approach helps listeners tackle personal emotional dilemmas through conversations with strangers who have relevant experience.
Reframing Emotions in Journalism
- Emotions are central to journalism yet are often relegated solely to therapy.
- Yowei argues that emotions deserve serious journalistic investigation rather than privatization by therapy alone.
Healing Beyond Therapy
- Human connection is healing and should not be medicalized exclusively to therapy.
- Art and genuine human interactions can provide meaningful emotional support outside professional therapy.