Make Like The Greats

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...----Get FREE BONUS downloadable poster here----⁠The podcast is now on YouTube - check it out!⁠⁠----Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro00:03:56 The Journey: From Banking to HBO00:12:45 Rule 1: Write What You Know00:17:31 Rule 2: Give People a Peek Into an Inaccessible World00:23:21 Rule 3: Study Human Nature00:32:17 Rule 4: Create Something Shocking00:40:32 Rule 5: Steal Like An Artist00:46:35 Rule 6: Don't Stop Making----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 GreeneGregor - indie film, Mickey Down and Konrad KayEdinburgh TV Festival - panel/interviewKeep Going - book, Austin KleonHayao Miyazaki - Make Like The Greats episode 2Bruce Lee - Make Like The Greats episode 8The Godfather - film (1972), Francis Ford CoppolaThe Social Network - film (2010), David Fincher"Industry's Unintelligible Finance Jargon" GQ article by Jack KingTelevision Academy - interview, Mickey Down and Konrad KayThe Prestige - film (2006), Christopher NolanIndiewire - interview/podcast, Mickey Down and Konrad KayTasteland - podcast, hosted by Daisy AliotoThe Laws of Human Nature - book, Robert GreeneThe Lord of the Rings - book, J.R.R. TolkienBecoming The Main Character - podcast50 Cent - Make Like The Greats episode 1The Creative Act - book, Rick RubinHamilton - musical, Lin-Manuel MirandaWashington Post - interview, Mickey Down and Konrad KayApocalypse 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 KaySteal Like An Artist - book, Austin KleonThe Runaway Species - book, Anthony Brandt and David EaglemanHeat - film (1995), Michael Mann----To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/makegreatsLinkedIn⁠: https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats

After starting 2 years ago, ICONS Podcast is evolving. In this special episode, I'm announcing the rebrand to 'Make Like The Greats' — a name that better reflects the podcast's true mission.

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 for FREE here---The podcast is now on YouTube - check it out!⁠---Art mentioned:​"Problem Child" (song by AC/DC)​Highway to Hell (album by AC/DC)​"Rick Rubin, In The Studio" (book by Jake Brown)​The Midnight Special (TV show)​Iron Man films​Magna Carta Holy Grail (album by Jay-Z)​"Berzerk" (song by Eminem)​"Mastery" (book by Robert Greene)​"It's Yours" (song by T La Rock)​Flower Boy (album by Tyler, the Creator)​IGOR (album by Tyler, the Creator)​To Pimp A Butterfly (album by Kendrick Lamar)​"Happy" (song by Pharrell Williams)​"The Runaway Species" (book by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman)​"I Need a Beat" (song by LL Cool J)​Krush Groove (film)​Radio (album by LL Cool J)​Lemonade (visual album by Beyoncé)​"Walk This Way" (song by Aerosmith/Run-DMC)​The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (album by Red Hot Chili Peppers)​"Ring of Fire" (song by Johnny Cash)​American Recordings (album by Johnny Cash)​Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (album)---Chapters:00:00:00 How One Piece of Work Can Change Your Life00:03:07 Rick Rubin, The Icon00:05:49 Growing Up with AC/DC and Magic00:14:00 Attending NYU (Enter Hip-Hop)00:17:29 Producing a New Kind of Single00:22:25 The Birth of Def Jam00:29:57 Launching LL Cool J and a Movie00:38:41 How Rick Rubin Works00:40:22 Working with RUN-DMC00:46:40 Working with Red Hot Chili Peppers00:59:14 Working with Johnny Cash01:10:10 Aim for Greatness---To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: https://twitter.com/makegreatsLinkedIn⁠: https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats

What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir.---⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Al Pacino’s Best Performance + Insights Summary) here---The podcast is now on YouTube - check it out!---Art mentionedHome Sweet Homicide — Theatre ProductionPulp Fiction, 1994 — FilmCreditors — Theatre ProductionDog Day Afternoon, 1975 — FilmThe Indian Wants the Bronx — Theatre ProductionSerpico, 1973 — FilmSea of Love, 1989 — FilmCarlito’s Way, 1993 — FilmDoes a Tiger Wear a Necktie? — Theatre ProductionThe Godfather, 1972 — FilmThe Godfather — Book…And Justice For All, 1979 — FilmThe Godfather, Part 2, 1974 — FilmScarface, 1932 — FilmScarface, 1983 — FilmWall Street, 1987 — FilmPlatoon, 1987 — FilmJFK, 1991 — FilmNatural Born Killers, 1995 — FilmAny Given Sunday, 1999 — FilmMission Impossible, 1996 — FilmHeat, 1995 — FilmThe Godfather, Part 3, 1990 — FilmRichard III — Theatre PlayLooking for Richard, 1996 — Film---To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: ⁠https://twitter.com/makegreats⁠LinkedIn⁠: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats⁠---Chapters00:00:00 Life's on the Wire00:01:24 Al Pacino as an ICON00:07:52 Life Has Two Paths (Street Life)00:17:33 The Other Path (Acting)00:29:09 The Collaborators00:44:37 Making The Godfather00:56:05 Making Scarface01:08:18 What Keeps Coming Back To You01:20:56 The Greatest Word In English Language

What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.---⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmade Script + Insights Summary) here---Check out the visual experience of this episode on YouTube now!---Art mentioned:Bruce Lee Screen Test (1965) — VideoThe Children’s Paradise — Comic Book#2 - Hayao Miyazaki — ICONS EpisodeMy Son-A-Chang — FilmAn Orphan’s Tragedy — FilmSins of the Father — FilmIn the Face of Demolition — FilmThe Guiding Light — Film#1 - 50 Cent — ICONS EpisodeThe Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin — BookThe Mind, Explored — NewsletterThe Orphan — Film1000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly — EssayBatman — TV SeriesThe Green Hornet — TV SeriesOnce Upon A Time In Hollywood — MovieTao Te Ching, Lao Tzu — BookLongstreet — TV SeriesBruce Lee Pierre Berton Interview — VideoThe Big Boss — FilmFist of Fury — FilmThe Way of The Dragon — FilmGame of Death — FilmEnter the Dragon — Film---To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: ⁠https://twitter.com/makegreats⁠LinkedIn⁠: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats⁠---Chapters00:00:00 How Bruce Lee was Found by Hollywood00:01:41 Bruce Lee as an ICON00:05:33 The Many Names of Bruce Lee (The Child Star)00:18:28 Bad School Kid (Fighting)00:25:14 Martial Arts - Wing Chun00:38:52 Moving to the US and Cha-Cha00:48:41 America & Teaching Wing Chun01:02:52 What Robin was to Batman01:13:59 Jeet Kune Do01:21:44 Longstreet01:29:09 The Hong Kong Films01:41:38 Hollywood’s New Man: Enter the Dragon01:49:54 The Passing01:54:11 The Icon (Bruce Lee's Legacy)

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 Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday.---The podcast is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠---⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Canvas Strategy Checklist) here---Art mentioned:The Canvas Strategy, Ryan Holiday — Blog postPerennial Seller, Ryan Holiday — BookThe 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — BookMastery, Robert Greene — BookThe Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene — BookThe Baptism of Christ, Verrochio (Leonardo Da Vinci) — PaintingThe 50th Law, Robert Greene — BookThe Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi — Book---To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: ⁠https://twitter.com/makegreats⁠LinkedIn⁠: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats⁠

What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone.----⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Christopher Nolan’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here⁠⁠----⁠The podcast is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠⁠----Art mentioned:Inception — FilmChristopher Nolan, Founders Podcast — PodcastMemento — Film#6 - Coco Chanel — ICONS Podcast Episode2001: A Space Odyssey — FilmBlade Runner — FilmAlien — FilmStar Wars — FilmDay in the Life of a Knife Maker — YouTubeInterstellar — FilmFirst Man — FilmThe Place Beyond The Pines — FilmDrive — FilmBlade Runner 2049 — FilmThe Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy — BookBatman Begins — FilmThe Dark Knight — FilmThe Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes The World — BookLas Meninas, Piccaso — PaintingsWhy So Serious? (The Joker Theme), Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard — Music#5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast EpisodeSamson and Delilah, Rubens — PaintingFollowing — FilmPulp Fiction — FilmReservoir Dogs — FilmCitizen Kane — FilmTenet — FilmThe Italian Job — FilmOcean’s Eleven — FilmA Fistful of Dollars — FilmOppenheimer — FilmAmerican Prometheus — BookClear Thinking, Shane Parrish — BookSearching for Bobby Fischer — FilmHard Eight — FilmBottle Rocket — FilmThe Prestige — FilmCasino Royale — FilmHow To Do Great Work, Paul Graham — EssayWestworld, HBO — TV Show----To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: ⁠https://twitter.com/makegreats⁠LinkedIn⁠: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats⁠

What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading:Coco Chanel - The Legend and The Life, by Justine PicardieThe Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene----Download the Bonus PDF (Coco Chanel's best work + insight summary) here----The podcast is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠⁠----Art mentioned:Patterned paved corridors of Abbey, AubazineInterlocking knot and loops in window, AubazineLa Pausa staircase side-by-side with Aubazine AbbeyQui Qu’a Vu Coco — SongChanel logo in Mayfair lamppostPalmy Days (1931) — FilmChanel No. 5 — Perfume#5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast Episode#1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Podcast EpisodeLululemon ‘Dupe Swap’ CampaignWestworld, HBO — TV Show----To learn from makers not covered in the podcast: Twitter⁠: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/makegreats⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/make-greats/⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/makegreats/⁠⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@makegreats⁠⁠

What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography. ---⁠⁠- Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---⁠⁠- Art mentioned: The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — Book How To Make Movies, Charlie Chaplin — Short Film #4 - Leonardo Da Vinci — ICONS Podcast The Kid, Charlie Chaplin (1921) — Film City Lights, Charlie Chaplin (1931) — Film Devil Wears Prada (2006) — Film Heat (1995) — Film #3 - Anthony Bourdain — ICONS The Idle Class (1921), Charlie Chaplin — Film Modern Times (1936), Charlie Chaplin — Film Morning Pages Journal, Julia Cameron — Book #2 - Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) — ICONS Mad Men (2008)— TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading: Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson Mastery, by Robert Greene ---- ⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Da Vinci's Best Work + His Letter to Ludovico Sforza + Insights Summary) here⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson — Book Einstein, Walter Isaacson — Book Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson— Book Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson — Book Mona Lisa, Da Vinci — Painting The Last Supper, Da Vinci — Painting Assassin's Creed 2 — Video Game Drapery Drawing from Verrocchio's Workshop Relevance Realisation, John Vervake — Cognitive Science Problem The Baptism of Christ, by Verrocchio & Da Vinci — Painting The Flying Man — Model in Rome Airport Map of Imola, Da Vinci — Map The Grotesques, Da Vinci — Sketches The Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci — Drawing Memento, Christopher Nolan — Film Saint Jerome In The Wilderness, Da Vinci — Painting ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.

Ideas I got from artist Anthony Bourdain from reading: Laurie Woolever’s unique book, ⁠Bourdain in Stories⁠. and watching Morgan Neville'documentary, ⁠Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain⁠. ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Bourdain's Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Parts Unknown — TV Series, 2013-2018 Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast — New Yorker Profile, 2007 Don’t Eat before Reading This — New Yorker Essay, 1999 Kitchen Confidential — Non-Fiction Book, 2001 Bone In The Throat — Fiction Book, 1995 Gone Bamboo — Fiction Book, 1997 The Adventures of Tintin — Comic Series, 1929- Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Film, 1977 The Deer Hunter — Film, 1979 The Long Goodbye — Film, 1973 A Cook’s Tour — TV Series, 2002-2003 Not Economically Viable — YouTube Channel Apocalypse Now — Film, 1979 Heart of Darkness — Book, 1899 The Big Short — Film, 2015 Succession — TV Series, 2018–2023 No Reservations — TV Series, 2005-2012 Violent City — Film, 1970 Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier. ---- ⁠Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here ---- Art mentioned: The Last Samurai — Film, 2003 Spirited Away — Film, 2001 My Neighbour Totoro — Film, 1988 Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 Howl's Moving Castle — Film, 2004 Ponyo — Film, 2008 The Boy and The Heron — Film, 2023 9 Shots — Song, 50 Cent The Wind Rises — Film, 2013 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — Film, 1984 Laputa: Castle in the Sky — Film, 1986 The Count of Monte Cristo — Book, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers — Book, Alexandre Dumas The Prisoner of Zenda — Book, Anthony Hope Gulliver's Travels — Book, Jonathan Swift The Secret Garden — Book, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Heidi — Book, Jeanne Willis Panda and the Magic Serpent — Film, 1958 ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist 50 Cent from reading: The 50th Law, by Robert Greene Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter, by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson ---- Download the bonus PDF (50 Cent's best art) here ---- Art mentioned: Get Rich or Die Tryin' — Album, 50 Cent The Massacre — Album, 50 Cent Power of the Dollar — Album, 50 Cent Bike Lanes — Short Film, Casey Neistat Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee — TV Series, Jerry Seinfeld F*ck You — Song, 50 Cent Guess Who's Back — Mixtape, 50 Cent High All The Time — Song, 50 Cent In Da Club — Song, 50 Cent 50 Cent Is The Future — Mixtape, 50 Cent No Mercy, No Fear — Mixtape, 50 Cent God's Plan — Mixtape, 50 Cent Crenshaw — Mixtape, Nipsey Hussle Power — TV Show, G-Unit Films and Television Inc. ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.