Imagination & Junk

Bill Barol & Mat Ricardo

Thomas Edison said: "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Join writer Bill Barol in the US and variety performer Mat Ricardo in the UK for a freewheeling transatlantic conversation about creativity -- what it is, where it comes from and why it matters.

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Imagination & Junk

Episodes (34)

Wed Apr 22nd Episode 29: Desire Lines
Wed Apr 8th Episode 28: The "A" Word
Mar 24th Episode 27: Look Back in... What?

Imagination & Junk

Apr 22, 2026
32½ minutes
46 MB

This week we're looking at the role of rules in creativity -- when to follow them, and when to blow them up with dynamite from the ACME Corporation. Plus: Struggle, drag, Scottish sheep, a good day's work, Jacques Tati, music halls, both-sidesing, humiliation, bankruptcy and Henry Kissinger. Also: Never meet your heroes. And: Is it raining?

Imagination & Junk

Episode 29: Desire Lines

Bill Barol & Mat Ricardo

00:00 -31:35