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Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds @UC9ix6szTyjg3vmx1sIj-Vfw@youtube.com

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59:17
Roger Payne & Jonathan Gottschall - What Is Most Needed Now - Finale | Lightning Bugs w/ Ben Folds
01:24
"What is Most Needed Now" - Ben Folds and Roger Payne
01:05:03
Roger Payne - Creativity Is The Only Way To Save Humanity | Lightning Bugs w/ Ben Folds
01:36
Strange Sounds with Ben Folds and Elena Kats-Chernin
52:44
Elena Kats-Chernin - Do The Instruments We Use Influence The Songs We Create?
41:32
Michael López-Alegría - How Seeing Earth From Space Changes Your Perspective | Lightning Bugs
44:14
Keb’ Mo’ - How Technology Influences Music and How Perfectionism Isn’t Perfect | Lightning Bugs
53:56
Governor Roy Cooper - Prioritizing Art and Art Communities | Lightning Bugs w Ben Folds
48:22
Nicholas Barasch - Embracing the Dynamics of Performance | Lightning Bugs w Ben Folds
52:21
Nolen Bivens - How Local Artists Impact Governments | Lightning Bugs w Ben Folds
48:22
Cassadee Pope - Healthy Competition and Collaboration | Lightning Bugs w Ben Folds
46:25
Gregory Scott - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants | Lightning Bugs w Ben Folds
40:10
Margaret Cho - Every Comedian Has One Truth
57:27
Andrea Wheatley - The Magic of a Live Performance.
57:51
Jacob Collier - The Methods of Making Music
01:00:41
Rainn Wilson - Transforming Words into a Breathing Character
01:02:24
Peter Frampton - Approaching Each Song with Curiosity
58:18
Jonathan Gottschall - How Storytellers Transport Listeners
52:14
Lindsey Kraft - Changing Mediums as an Artist
57:20
Chris Thile - How To Create Art That Is Authentically Yourself
54:13
Penn Jillette - Tricking Your Audience without Speaking Down to Them
47:03
Dodie - Being a Viral Artist and Transforming Your Career
45:35
Nick Hornby - Chasing New Ideas and Finishing the Old Ones
15:52
Metaphysical Milkshake - Creating a Song with Rainn and Reza
55:49
Andy Grammer - Being Yourself with A Changing Music Industry
50:01
Derek Waters - Creativity in Formats and Originality
48:38
Scott Hicks - Learning from Proximity and the Impact of an Image
00:48
Stopping the Breeze with Ben Folds & William Shatner
59:40
William Shatner - Talented Amateurs vs Professionals, and Learning to Control the Wind
50:28
Gabriel Kahane - Not Using the Internet for One Year and the Art of Orchestra
45:42
Greg Harris - Why Museums Exist and the Collective Experience of Media
39:20
Marti Gould Cummings - Drag as an Art Form and How Creativity Fuels Activism
00:57
"Rude Breeze" by Ben Folds & Josh Groban - Lightning Bugs Songbook #17
51:50
Josh Groban - Finding Success in Creating Your Own Lane
01:46
"Spent the Day" by Ben Folds & Emily King - Lightning Bugs Songbook #16
49:50
Emily King - How Imperfection Creates Soul
50:09
Daniel Levitin - How Science and Creativity Overlap
01:44
"Piss Room" by Ben Folds & Bishop Briggs - Lightning Bugs Songbook #15
53:32
Bishop Briggs - Becoming a Full-Time Musician and Seeing Past the Glamour of an Industry
48:07
Susan Rogers - How our Mind Naturally Recognizes Music
02:16
Cledonism by Ben Folds & Alice Major - Lightning Bugs Songbook #14
50:51
Alice Major - Shaping the Sounds of Language
44:07
Kishi Bashi - Using the Past to Create Art for the Future
01:41
No Shame by Ben Folds & Sarah Donnelley - Lightning Bugs Songbook #13
48:38
Sarah Donnelley - Crafting Creativity and Connecting a Community
02:08
Quack by Ben Folds & Rove McManus - Lightning Bugs Songbook #12
44:29
Rove McManus - Creating a Multi-Medium Career and Perfecting the Craft of Interviewing
45:43
George Massenburg - Building the Technology of Creativity
02:38
Lightning Bugs Songbook #11 - "I Light Myself" by Ben Folds & Ruby Amanfu
43:31
Ruby Amanfu - Creating Music with your Authentic Voice
02:40
Lightning Bugs Songbook #10 - "Own Your Troll" by Ben Folds & Ryan O'Connell
47:17
Ryan O’Connell - Using Personal Stories to Create Something Larger than Yourself
01:32
Lightning Bugs Songbook #9 - "I Can't Wait" by Ben Folds & Jeff Lawson
01:00:30
Jeff Lawson - Solving Problems Instead Of Selling Solutions
02:06
Lightning Bugs Songbook #8 - "You Don't Have To Be Sorry" by Ben Folds & Sara Bareilles
57:47
Sara Bareilles - Constructive Collaboration and Defining your Own Path
02:36
Lightning Bugs Songbook #7 - "Diet Sodas" by Ben Folds & Bob Saget
54:21
Bob Saget - Collaboration in Comedy and How to Be a Dynamic Entertainer
02:11
Lightning Bugs Songbook #6 - "My Audience" by Ben Folds & Mo Willems
53:08
Mo Willems - Art as A Passion and Business and Learning to Stay A Child at Heart