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Niche ID with Laura Markwardt
Niche ID, a podcast and newsletter about the modern creative niche. Conversations on the choices we make when we build for a creative life.
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Bikes, zines, bad teachers w/ Sj Hockett of IRL Sports
"It's a zine about sports [and other habits]."
Errors, Freaks and Oddities
Mistakes that make millions
Growing a Substack, physical archives, Doechii w/ Popular's Kel Rakowski
“Creativity, process and taste. That's my beat.”
How to be interesting
It's not what you expect
How to answer an open brief
This is not a toolkit
Season Two Wrap: Discernment, curation, constraints
Making sense of your place of the world
The KLF, Lynchian, folk, niche creation w/ author, John Higgs
"You can't buy culture. You have to make it."
Spiracle audiobooks, the indie small press, experimental novels w/ Professor Leigh Wilson
"It's about using the voice to layer meaning, and it's like magic to me."
War Hall: Theatre of the Mind, Gibson Banner guitars, synchronicity, The Art Spirit w/ Alison Williams
"On some weird, deep spiritual level, I have to do these projects."
Fandoms, non-measurables, the Marathon w/ Jessie Hyman of Pruzan
"We're all just chasing the race experience that feels like you're floating."