Make Like The Greats
Episodes
Mickey Down and Konrad Kay (How To Make A HBO Show)
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
ICONS is now Make Like The Greats
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After starting 2 years ago, ICONS Podcast is evolving. In this special episode, I'm announcing the rebrand to 'Make Like The Greats' — a...
Rick Rubin
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here are the creativity lessons I learned from Rick Rubin by reading: Rick Rubin In The Studio, by Jake Brown---Download the Bonus Printable POSTER fo...
Al Pacino
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir.---Download the Bonus PDF (Al Pacino’s Best Performance + Insi...
Bruce Lee
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.---Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmad...
The Canvas Strategy — Turn Grunt Work into Greatness
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS EPISODE: How to turn your early-career frustrations into a great career.What I learned from reading the 2008 blog post, The Canvas Strategy, and...
Christopher Nolan
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by ...
Coco Chanel
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading:Coco Chanel - The Legend and The Life, by Justine PicardieThe Laws of Hum...
Charlie Chaplin
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography. ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insight...
Leonardo Da Vinci
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading: Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson Mastery, by Robert Greene ---- Download the Bonu...
Anthony Bourdain
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas I got from artist Anthony Bourdain from reading: Laurie Woolever’s unique book, Bourdain in Stories. and watching Morgan Neville'doc...
Hayao Miyazaki (Creator of Studio Ghibli)
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier. ---- Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's be...
50 Cent
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas I got from artist 50 Cent from reading: The 50th Law, by Robert Greene Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter, by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson ---- Downlo...