070: Bringing Creativity to a Career

Catalyst is a Creative Industries podcast, from Chapman University. Each episode features Chapman students who have completed a Podcasting course through the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries at the university. Students who had no podcasting experience or technical ability in the genre before taking the course were able to contribute all the segments to Catalyst this season with the goal being that they will take this ‘hands-on’ experience and carry it over to the launching of their very own series. Each episode of Season 8 will feature one to two different interviews conducted by CCI students, exploring different aspects of the Creative and Cultural Industries.

We start the season eight finale with an interview of Mikey Brockmann by Anna Mauldin. Brockmann is the post-production manager at Slappers Productions, a comedy channel primarily on Youtube but also on platforms like Instagram and Tik Tok, with over one million subscribers. The pair cover Brockmann’s journey from graduating with a BFA in screenwriting during a pandemic to how he came to work with Slappers, touching on what inspired him and pushed him to want to work within the creative and cultural industries. Brockmann goes on to share some insight with the listeners about what he does personally as the post-production manager and how he promotes creativity through the content he works with. The interview wraps up with Anna delving into what Mikey is working toward in his personal growth with the company and as a creative content creator.

We finish out our illustrious eighth season with an interview by Megan Hayes. Megan sits down with Account Manager Associate in Large Customer Sales at Google, Saarni Madhava. Madhava and Megan start by looking at Saarni’s current position within the American Sales Associate Program, where she has already had the chance to work with entities such as Nintendo, Warner Brothers and HBO max. Then the pair dive deep into what it is like working at a leading tech corporation, and how creativity is still a driving force and indispensable tool in Saarni’s work.