519 - Access Imagination and Intuition that Ai Can’t Touch with Angus Fletcher PhD

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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This episode is for you if you need: - To tap into your intuition and imagination in a deeper way than ever before - A boost of hope for your creative future and the future of human creativity - To hear two creativity nerds getting EXTREMELY excited about art, story and human potential!!! Pretty much everyday you are told that AI is coming for your job, but NOT TODAY, because today we talk with Angus Fletcher PhD. Angus is an expert in story AND neuroscience, and in this episode, we will dive into Fletcher’s research that will show you how to access your “Primal Intelligence” AKA something AI cannot do!! Angus Fletch has a PhD in Literature from Yale studying Shakespeare and a BS in neuroscience from the University of Michigan. This unique blend of story and science makes him one of the most fascinating people I have ever met and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this conversation! I HIGHLY recommend you pick up Angus' new book “Primal Intelligence:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740110/primal-intelligence-by-angus-fletcher/ Learn more about Angus Fletcher here: https://www.angusfletcher.co SHOW NOTES: Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift off.
0:10.9	Sometimes you just need a creative pepsum.
0:19.0	I didn't mean for the past few episodes to have this kind of theme emerge, but here we are
0:29.8	kind of in the middle of a series all about the scary times that we find ourselves in.
0:36.1	Whether it is politics or technology or platforms changing or just the world affairs, all
0:44.9	of the stuff, it is just so overwhelming.
0:47.8	And for us to be able to access that soft, squishy, creative part of ourselves is difficult in times like these, but it's also
0:56.8	essential. Now, you're in luck, and I was, I feel lucky that I got to chat with the guest that we
1:06.3	have on the show today, because I believe that he has some exceptional information that potentially
1:13.6	decimates or demolishes that fear of the threat of AI against creative people and creative
1:25.6	practitioners. I think that he knows something
1:31.0	is going to share some things with you today
1:34.4	that will help you have some serious hope
1:40.5	about how powerful our creative brains are.
1:45.9	Today on the show we have Angus Fletcher,
1:48.3	one of my all-time favorite guests on the show.
1:51.7	Angus has a background in neuroscience,
1:54.6	but a PhD in literature from Yale,
1:59.0	where he studied Shakespeare,
2:00.6	and it puts him in this kind of unique niche of science and story.
2:09.6	And if you listen to the show, you know that's my jam.
2:13.4	You know, I'm feeling that.
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