Episode Description
Behind HBO's Industry, are showrunners Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, two ex-bankers who walked out of London's finance world to create one of TV's most compelling modern dramas. Here are the 6 creative lessons I learned from them about redefining your identity and doing great work...
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:56 The Journey: From Banking to HBO
00:12:45 Rule 1: Write What You Know
00:17:31 Rule 2: Give People a Peek Into an Inaccessible World
00:23:21 Rule 3: Study Human Nature
00:32:17 Rule 4: Create Something Shocking
00:40:32 Rule 5: Steal Like An Artist
00:46:35 Rule 6: Don't Stop Making
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Art mentioned:
- Industry - TV show, HBO (Mickey Down and Konrad Kay)
- Mad Men - TV show, AMC (Matthew Weiner)
- The Wire - TV show, HBO (David Simon)
- The Sopranos - TV show, HBO (David Chase)
- Game of Thrones - TV show, HBO (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
- Mastery - book, Robert Greene
- Gregor - indie film, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
- Edinburgh TV Festival - panel/interview
- Keep Going - book, Austin Kleon
- Hayao Miyazaki - Make Like The Greats episode 2
- Bruce Lee - Make Like The Greats episode 8
- The Godfather - film (1972), Francis Ford Coppola
- The Social Network - film (2010), David Fincher
- "Industry's Unintelligible Finance Jargon" GQ article by Jack King
- Television Academy - interview, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
- The Prestige - film (2006), Christopher Nolan
- Indiewire - interview/podcast, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
- Tasteland - podcast, hosted by Daisy Alioto
- The Laws of Human Nature - book, Robert Greene
- The Lord of the Rings - book, J.R.R. Tolkien
- Becoming The Main Character - podcast
- 50 Cent - Make Like The Greats episode 1
- The Creative Act - book, Rick Rubin
- Hamilton - musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Washington Post - interview, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
- Apocalypse Now - film (1979), Francis Ford Coppola (edited by Walter Murch)
- The English Patient - film (1996), Anthony Minghella (edited by Walter Murch)
- Novembermag - interview, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
- Steal Like An Artist - book, Austin Kleon
- The Runaway Species - book, Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman
- Heat - film (1995), Michael Mann
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