The Podcast
I’m so excited to welcome you into this community. Actually, I’m excited to welcome you to a way of life.
If you need a wake-up call, an inspirational kick in the pants, or a jolt of glittery creative caffeine, we are your people.
Artistic Badassery is about remembering who you are beneath the noise, reigniting the sacred spark within, and creating with thunder in your veins.
We’re not waiting for some magical green light to tell us we’re ready. We start right where we are—before we feel confident, before everything is perfect—and lean into the edgy, raw, original truth that only we can deliver.
This season, we’re asking one big question:
What does it take to become an unstoppable creative force?
We’ll go straight to the cutting edge of creativity with neuroscientists, psychologists, and leading researchers exploring what science is revealing about how we create. Then we’ll get personal with bestselling authors, musicians, artists, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, and cultural provocateurs about the moments they stopped asking for permission, tuned out the noise, and trusted their own voice.
Expect conversations that are intimate, funny, irreverent, surprising, and deeply human—about creativity, originality, resilience, possibility, and the courage to make the thing only you can make.
Come curious. Come blocked. Come wildly inspired or completely burned out.
Just come as you are.
Because you don’t have to become an Artistic Badass.
You already are one.
Listen On
About The Host - Marni Freedman
Marni Freedman ( LMFT) is an award-winning writer and a licensed therapist for artists. After graduating from USC, Marni began her career writing the play, Two Goldsteins on Acid, which was made into the film Playing Mona Lisa, produced by Disney.
Marni is the co-founder and Executive Director for the San Diego Writers Festival as well as the programming director for the International Memoir Association. Marni is the co-editor of the award-winning anthology Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir.
Her play, A Jewish Joke, about the 1950’s Blacklist, appeared Off-Broadway. Marni’s third book, How to Unblock and Become a Creative Force of Nature: A Mindful Approach to Artistic Badassery, will be published by Hay House/Penguin Random House in November of 2026.
About The Co-Host: Carlos de los Rios
Carlos de los Rios is the acclaimed author of an array of underground Mexican-American books of prose and poetry. He has written movies starring Academy Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actors, as well as movie stars Walton Goggins, Elliott Gould and Danny Glover.
De los Rios has the distinction of having written silver screen legend Lauren Bacall’s final film and he has taught writing at the University of California San Diego. He is also an award-winning documentarian and writing coach.
He works with all kinds of creative people as a creativity coach and consultant.
About The Producer: Scott Slaughter of r63
r63 podMedia provides end-to-end production, including story and brand development, audio and music design, art direction, guest curation, recording and engineering, post-production, SEO optimization, social media strategy, and monetization channels.
With a refined workflow system that keeps creators organized and empowered, R63 ensures seamless collaboration and consistent output at a professional standard.
We believe that every meaningful story deserves the chance to grow — and we have dedicated ourselves to helping creators build podcasts that attract audiences, generate revenue, and leave an impact.
Your next jolt of glittery creative caffeine is waiting.
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