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My guest today is Howard Bloom, as a music publicist in the 1970s and ‘80s he worked with talent like Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Queen, Joan Jett, and more. In 1979, New York Magazine put him in their "Hot 100 plus" list as one of its "Big Dealmakers"This is Howard’s second appearance on this podcast, in our first interview back in 2023, we discussed his time in the music industry as I tried to understand what made someone a star.When I reached out to Howard for this interview, it was with the intention of continuing our conversation about the music industry, however, he told me his new book, The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Know About Nature Is Wrong was set to release and he was only taking interviews about that.That may seem like an odd book for a former music publicist to release, but one thing you have to know about Howard is you can’t put him in a box. You see, Howard left the music industry in the late 80s after suffering a debilitating illness, and after overcoming it in the early 2000s, he returned to his first love of science.And Howard believes, as Einstein believed, that in order to be an original scientific thinker, one must be a writer, and not just a good writer, but a great one. And so while an in-depth conversation around Howard’s scientific theories would not make sense for this podcast, I was interested in exploring the process of a polarizing writer who is striving for greatness.And so now without further ado, I am very excited to present to you, my second interview with Howard Bloom.Get a copy of Howard's book: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Sexual-Cosmos-Everything-Nature-ebook/dp/B0F92TTVND/Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

What I learned interviewing writer and filmmaker Baron Ryan.Get a copy of Baron's short story collection, A Comedy of NobodiesWatch Baron's debut feature film, Two Sleep People: Coming Soon

Baron Ryan, also known as @americanbaron on ⁠TikTok⁠ (2.9M) and ⁠Instagram⁠ (1.3M) is a writer and filmmaker who rose to prominence making short films on the internet that wrestle with life, love, and the meaning of it all.At the end of 2024 Baron released a collection of short stories called ⁠A Comedy of Nobodies⁠, his fiction debut that traces a fall semester in the lives of four typical but unforgettable university students.This interview was recorded on Saturday, April 19th, 2025, exactly one week before Baron premiered his debut feature film, Two Sleepy People, at the Camp Film Festival in Austin Texas.---⁠Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter

What I learned interviewing Veronica Cartwright, actor, The Birds, Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Witches of Eastwick.Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/

Veronica Cartwright has been acting for over six decades. After appearing in the William Wyler film "The Children's Hour", Alfred Hitchcock requested to meet her and cast her as Cathy Brenner. After navigating the tough transition from child actor to adult actor, Veronica went on to act in films like Alien, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Witches of Eastwick, Goin' South, and more.In this exclusive interview she reflects on her career and shares stories of the incredible collaborators she's had in her career including Alfred Hitchcock, Donald Sutherland, Jack Nicholson, Ridley Scott, George Miller, and more.

I wanted to try my hand at film analysis and I stumbled onto some interesting connections when watching the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, so figured I'd give it a shot.

An update on what to expect from Artwell this year.

This officially marks the end of Artwell Season 4 on George Miller. I have spent time thinking about the key lessons I learned this season of the show and have distilled them down into essays that I will share with you in this episode. In this episode we explore why 'Your Art Is Not For You', and 'How to Tell a Story Like George Miller'. I also share two incredible stories from George Miller's collaborators, and a demonstration of why allegorical stories are so important.

Everything that didn't make it into my two deep dives on George Miller. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ARTWELL NEWSLETTER ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jacobkelly.substack.com/⁠⁠

Takeaways from my conversation analysing the hidden meaning of Mad Max: Fury Road with concept designer, story consultant, and lecturer Mike Hill. Get the 'Know Thyself' board game: ⁠https://play.knowthyself.space/⁠ Subscribe to the Artwell newsletter: https://jacobkelly.substack.com/