The Call to Create with Betsy Bush

The Call to Create: Become the artist, writer, creator you want to be in midlife. With host Betsy Bush.

I’m talking to people who are exploring the creative life post-career or as empty nesters: painting, writing, making music, theater, film making. What about you? Is this the time to write that book? Return to arts you enjoyed as a kid or teen? Curious to try something new?

Here’s the thing: It’s never too late to bring a creative practice into your life. My guests talk about the satisfaction they find as they develop their new skills. They also share the uncertainty and fear they felt when they started and the confidence they gained as they kept at it and their skills developed. Even better: their definition of success is their own. Where do you want to go? Dare to follow your muse.

Have a creative journey to share? Please get in touch via our website contact page. www.call2createpodcast.com

Episodes

7 episodes

From Lawyer to Playwright: How Dan Moretti Got His Plays Produced

Dan Moretti is a lawyer in New York City who is finding success as a playwright. During COVID, Dan started writing one-act plays, which have since been produced by New York theater workshop groups with professional actors. His plays...

April 02, 2025 • 43:47

Share your passion for art: how a retired dentist became a docent at the Met with Deborah Pilla, DDS

After a 33-year career as a pediatric dentist, Manhattan-based Dr. Deborah Pilla took on a challenge that rewards her love of art and of learning: becoming a docent and a school programs guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her wor...

March 18, 2025 • 35:16

Revive Your Theater Career: One couple shares how in their 60’s they are landing parts and directing plays. With Steve Taylor and Kathleen Mahan. Ep.4

They met in tap dancing class in NYC as young theater hopefuls. Marriage, babies and a move to the suburbs followed. But they never lost their love of theater. Now, post retirement, they are finding their way back to the st...

March 05, 2025 • 36:38

Pick up your childhood violin again – seriously! Join the “late starters” finding joy in making music with Elena Rahona Ep.3

For anyone who regrets quitting their music lessons when they were little and assumes it’s too late to go back, please listen to Elena Rahona talk about founding the New York Late Starters Orchestra, modeled on a similar one in London. “L...

February 19, 2025 • 27:48

Graham Broyd (Extended Version), the unexpected author: How youthful adventures caught a publisher’s eye and turned a banker into a writer

Extended Version of Episode 2Graham Broyd thought he’d write down the stories of his adventures as a 20-year-old from the UK hitchhiking across the United States, stories he’d been telling friends for decades. Through a series of i...

February 05, 2025 • 49:32

Graham Broyd, the unexpected author: How youthful adventures caught a publisher’s eye and turned a banker into a writer

Graham Broyd thought he’d write down the stories of his adventures as a 20-year-old from the UK hitchhiking across the United States, stories he’d been telling friends for decades. Through a series of improbable events, Forbes publishing ...

February 04, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 2 • 36:29

Cherie Corso: Getting out there with her artwork—and selling successfully

After many turns as a marketing and media entrepreneur, Cherie Corso turned her energy and talent to abstract painting, with great results. Just two years in, she’s exhibiting her canvases, making sales, and even donating a few to charities for...

February 04, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 1 • 30:07