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Mar 2023
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165: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson
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Today’s author argues that creativity has a place in everyone’s life and that we all have the potential to make that place larger. Join Joe & Mike as they endeavor to live a little more creatively.

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Mike's Rating: 5.0
Joe's Rating: 4.5

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