Episode 78: Scream, Poop, and Run

TOPIC: Gut Churn, Pointing Arrows, and Recognizing Change

This week, Dan and Merlin talk at length about a recent article by Radiolab's Jad Abumrad, called, "The Terrors & Occasional Virtues of Not Knowing What You’re Doing."

From the genesis of Radiolab through casting about for what comes next, Jad's article reads like a Greatest Hits of Back to Work. Just terrific.

It all comes down to working through the times you don't know what you're doing and making, then accepting that—even once you do know—you still have to push through change and evolution.

Working through the fear to make something awesome? Well. That's Fine for Jad Abumrad.

Links for this episode:

• Transom » Jad Abumrad
  
• Behaves So Strangely - Radiolab
  
• Podcasts - Radiolab
  
• Home - Radiolab
  
• Jad Abumrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Protools-Screen-Shot.png 1,677×1,020 pixels
  
• Behaves So Strangely - Radiolab
  
• Binary Bonsai
  
• Merlin Mann's Wishlist
  
• Official Squarespace 6 Templates and Themes
  
• Back to Work That's Fine for Merlin T-Shirt | 5by5
  
• Jad Abumrad (JadAbumrad) on Twitter
  
• Amazon.com: Radio: An Illustrated Guide (9780967967103): Jessica Abel, Ira Glass: Books
  
• Retraction | This American Life
  
• Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 1 of 4 - YouTube
  
• Ira Glass on Working Through the Suck | 43 Folders
  
• kung fu grippe • I’m The Old One I love this photo. [via]
  
• People - Oliver Sacks - Radiolab
  
• Radiolab (Radiolab) on Twitter
  
• Transom » Radiolab: An Appreciation by Ira Glass
  
• “There are some people who don’t wait.” Robert Krulwich on the future of journalism | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
  
• The 'Decline Effect' and Scientific Truth - On The Media
  
• kung fu grippe • John Cleese - “A Lecture on Creativity” ...
  
• WAR GAMES Gen. Beringer SPARK PLUG - YouTube
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`yourshow`")
  
• Rosacea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Amazon.com: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (9780743235266): Twyla Tharp: Books
  
• Amazon.com: Sennheiser HD-280 PRO Headphones: Electronics
  
• Merlin Mann's Wishlist
  

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