The Art of Producing Reality TV with Jerry Kolber

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2015

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with reality television producer about Jerry Kolber about his work on shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, National Geographic documentaries and Brain Games. We also talk about why the story you’re telling is so essential to any creative project you’re working on.

Inside the NYU Ecosystem of Creative Professionals
Using a meditation practice for career guidance
A creative framework for working with limited resources
Dealing with significant career failures
Learning to Separate Your Identity from Your Work
Why you have to connect to people to find opportunities
The Reason Story Is So Essential to Your Creative Process
Inside the reality television production process
Why we always have some version of the creative struggle

Quotes

The nature of the universe is honest good work gets recognized

Jerry is a writer, producer, and Buddhist. Projects include Queer Eye, Inked, National Geographic documentaries, and more.

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2:18.0	In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, we speak with reality television producer Jerry Colbert about his work on shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, National Geographic documentaries, and brain games. We also talk about why the story you're telling is so
2:34.6	essential to any creative project.
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