Chance McClain, Heritage Films

Unlocking Your World of Creativity

Mark Stinson

Arts, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Design, Marketing

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Your World of Creativity, where we dive into the minds of creators around the world—those shaping the way we think, live, and leave our mark.

Today’s guest is Chance McClain, a master storyteller and the creative force behind Heritage Films. With over 800 feature-length family documentaries to his name, Chance preserves the essence of individuals and generations. A proud Army veteran, a sports radio pioneer, and even a Broadway musical writer, Chance has done it all—and done it with heart.

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1: "The Radio Guy Turned Legacy Filmmaker"

You’ve worn so many creative hats—radio host, playwright, filmmaker. Can you walk us through the journey from radio and Broadway to founding Heritage Films?

Follow-up: What was the moment when you realized storytelling through film was your true calling?

2: "Inside the Business of Heritage"

Prompt: Creating personal documentaries isn’t your average gig. What does it take—behind the scenes—to deliver such high-end, deeply personal films? How do you strike the balance between cinematic quality and emotional truth in these projects?

3: "800 Documentaries Later..."

You’ve made over 800 legacy films. That’s incredible. What patterns or lessons have emerged from these hundreds of interviews and stories? What’s one story that surprised you or stuck with you in a profound way?

4: "Legacy, Leadership & Resilience"

Through your lens, you’ve captured themes of courage, loss, love, and purpose. What has making these films taught you about leadership, failure, and resilience? As a veteran and entrepreneur, how do those life experiences shape your creative process?

5: "Future-Proofing Storytelling with Technology"

You’re a traditional storyteller using modern tools. How do you embrace technology to enhance—not dilute—the power of legacy and memory? Where do you see personal documentary filmmaking going in the next 5 to 10 years?

And thanks to our sponsor White Cloud Coffee Roasters—listeners, enjoy 10% off your first order at WhiteCloudCoffee.com with the code CREATIVITY.

We’ll see you next time on Your World of Creativity. Until then, subscribe, rate, and review us on your favorite podcast app—and keep bringing your ideas to life.

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0:00.0	Unlocking your world of creativity with best-selling author and brand innovator Mark Stinson.
0:09.0	This episode is brought to you by White Cloud Coffee Loasters, where every bean tells a story of adventure.
0:15.0	Visit whitecloudcoffee.com and use the code creativity.
0:20.0	Welcome back friends to our podcast. and use the code creativity.
0:29.3	Welcome back, friends, to our podcast, your world of creativity, where we tap into the minds of creators around the world.
0:31.2	We learn how they think and get inspired.
0:33.6	We learn that how they organize ideas and ultimately how we gain the confidence and the connections that get our work out into the world.
0:41.5	And I can't wait to talk to our guest today.
0:43.7	A master storyteller, a real creative force behind heritage films and some other new things that I know we're going to get into.
0:51.6	Lance McLean is my guest.
0:53.5	Chance, welcome to the show. Thank you so much, Mark. I'm very, I'm just ecstatic to get into. Lance McLean is my guest. Chance, welcome to the show.
0:55.0	Thank you so much, Mark.
0:55.9	I'm very, I'm just ecstatic to be here, man.
0:58.3	You've got a lot going on with 800 films and family documentaries, I guess I should call them, to your name.
1:06.6	You're really preserving the essence of a lot of individual stories, a lot of generational
1:11.5	stories.
1:12.6	You yourself, a proud Army veteran.
1:15.0	Sports radio background, even a Broadway musical writing about goodness, what haven't you done?
1:21.3	This is what my creative listeners think about because we all have slashes, I called it.
1:27.3	It's like a radio, a veteran, a filmmaker,
1:30.9	a broad class. It got a lot of plates. Yeah. And if you would have asked me how, first of all, I don't even
1:40.3	know how to respond to that. There are so many different things. I had all these careers in my life and none of them made sense ever. I was in the Army and I love the Army. I love my service. I was up in your neck of the woods up in the Pacific Northwest. Loved it, but it did my four years and was done and it found myself doing music stuff and I thought I'm going to be a musician. They failed in that.
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