Ted Audio Collective

I tried to set up my life in a way that I could take risks.

So that when there were years where I made a lot of money in Hollywood by being a screen

writer, I didn't spend it all, which allowed me to go take the risks of making a movie

like solitary man.

From the Ted Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.

For 17 years, Debbie Milman has been talking with some of the world's most creative people

about what they do, how they're about to be who they are, and what they're thinking

about and working on.

And now, some of those interviews appear in print in Debbie's brand new book, Why Design

Matters.

They're conversations with the world's most creative people.

It's coming out in February of this year.

In anticipation of the book, we're releasing interviews from the archives this month.

We thought it would be fun for listeners to hear not only some great interviews, but

also to hear how the podcasts evolved over the years.

So we've been releasing the oldest ones first, and proceeding chronologically.

In January of 2017, Debbie spoke with Brian Coppillmann about why he became a writer after

years as a record promoter and producer.

I realized I would become toxic, that something would die in me, and that if I allowed that

to happen, that toxicity would spread to those that I love.

Brian Coppillmann, After the Break.

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