The Right Questions with James Victore
The Right Questions is designed to help you get paid to do what you love and stay sane in the process.
Episodes
82 episodes
Episode 81: Heather Crank & Understanding Creativity In A World Of AI
AI is speeding up creative work while quietly testing something deeper: our confidence, our craft, and our ability to think for ourselves. I sit down with my dear friend Heather Crank, a designer and generative AI designer w...
Episode 80: AI Is Here
AI’s growing presence isn’t the result of perfection or widespread readiness—it’s the outcome of rapid integration into nearly every aspect of modern life. This shift raises a difficult question for creatives: when a tool c...
Episode 79: Jon Acuff
I talk with Jon Acuff about the questions that shape a life, from childhood “weirdness” and stage instincts to the hard parts of being a public voice. We dig into humor, mindset, perfectionism, productivity, and what “enough” looks like when yo...
Episode 78: The Luxury of Losing Everything
Oh ShitSusie Batiz went from surviving abuse, depression, and bankruptcy to building Poo-Pourri into a cultural icon and a massive business built on a deceptively simple idea: make the bathroom smell better. The part that grabbed...
Episode 77: A Coaching Call
We’re pulling back the curtain and letting you hear a real coaching call with a client who’s doing the brave part: building something new while the old voice in his head keeps asking, “Who do you think you are?” That tension is the heartbeat of...
Episode 76: On Divorce
A relationship doesn’t usually explode. More often, it drifts. One missed conversation turns into a habit, the habit turns into distance, and suddenly two people who once felt like a team are living like roommates. I’m revisiting...
Episode 75: Designing Dignity In New York City Probation Offices
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingThey stepped out of the elevator, looked around the newly redesigned probation office, and quietly ba...
Episode 74: Oliver Jeffers
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingCuriosity can feel like a compass and a dare, and Oliver Jeffers follows both. We si...
Episode 72: Lisa Congdon, Curiosity Over Fear
Joy isn’t a mood; it’s a decision you make when the world gives you every reason not to. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with artist, author, cyclist, and activist Lisa Congdon—a creator known for bold color, generous la...
Episode 71: Welcome To The Resistance
Ever notice how the first targets in a crackdown are painters, poets, designers, and musicians? We unpack why creativity terrifies the powerful and how images, jokes, and typography can loosen the grip of official narratives. Fro...
Episode 70: Fear Kills Play
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA single line in a museum—“My kid could do that”—can sound like a verdict on art and creativity.&...
Episode 69: Chris Do
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat does it take to turn a shy, invisible kid into a creative leader with a global footprint?
Episode 68: My Start
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA pool of melted crayons on a hot porch. That’s where the spark ignites—a small,...
Episode 67: An Interview With James Victore
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat happens when you refuse to sand down your edges? The conversation m...
Episode 66: Do It
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA single question from a leatherworker cracks open a universal creative dilemma: do you keep taking e...
Episode 65: Ask For More
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingSome doors open because you knock. Others open because you knock, wait a year, and keep making brave ...
Episode 64: How To See The Light
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingHoliday platitudes fall flat when the world feels divided and your own history makes joy hard to hold...
Episode 63: Celebrate
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingForget waiting for happy hour to feel alive. We dig into a simple, radical practice that ...
Episode 62: One Year, One Honest Voice
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA year on the mic reveals a simple truth: audiences don’t want polish for its own sake, they want a r...
Episode 61: The Journey
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat if that knot in your stomach isn’t a warning sign, but the call to adventure you’ve been waiting...
Episode 60: Google Changed Us
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA simple truth with sharp edges: comfort can make a person small. The opening provokes, t...
Episode 59: Fearless Friends
If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat happens when the people who made you braver step into the same room? We trace a crea...