Creating Like a Child

This week on Working Overtime, the hosts take lessons from jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter and the TV show Bluey.

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Episode Notes

For this week’s episode of Working Overtime, hosts Nate Chinen and June Thomas press pause on adulthood and explore the creative spirit of childhood. Nate recounts his experience with the late jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who always strived to get out of his own way and embrace a childlike approach to free expression. They also discuss the popular Australian cartoon Bluey, which often features the themes of suspending judgment and being open to the wildest of ideas.

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Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews.

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June Thomas is the co-host of Slate's Working podcast. She is writing a book about archetypical lesbian spaces.
Nate Chinen is the editorial director at WRTI, a regular contributor to NPR, and a former music critic for the New York Times and the Village Voice. He is the author of Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century and co-author of Myself Among Others: A Life in Music, the 2003 autobiography of impresario George Wein. He writes The Gig, a Substack newsletter on music and culture.

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