Creative Care Unit

What happens when you're a Creative-actor, singer, musician, dancer, etc.-you're over 40 and one day your body tells you that things are going to be different from now on? This podcast talks about those issues and all of the side ones that come along with being an aging Creative.

Creative Care Unit Episode 35 12/26/2025

Creative Care Unit Episode 35 Most of the time, being an actor isn't different from any other job: you punch the clock and bring your lunch pail to work. Adn then there are moments like this: "I was working on an 80 million dollar budget movie in 1997, going out first class, had a limo in the hood, all that stuff. The drug dealers are like 'Yo, whassup man?' 'Ain't nothin', man, ain't nothin''" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our conversation with Philadelphia acting legend Brian Anthony Wilson in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/39204430

Creative Care Unit Episode 34 12/12/2025

Creative Care Unit Episode 34 It's truly amazing the sort of things you can learn about a person just by looking at their IMDb profile. "Two hundred and forty-five credits!" "Yeah, some of those are bogus. It's probably only 225. I'm the king of the indies, man" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our conversaion with His Majesty, actor Brian Antony Wilson, in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/39099650

Creative Care Unit Episode 33 11/28/2025

Creative Care Unit Episode 33 Our series, "Creatives That You Should Know About", continues with a true Philadephia legend, a gentleman who has excelled on stage, screen and television. I'm Michael E. Russo, and I'll be speaking to Brian Anthony Wilson in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/39098915

Creative Care Unit Episode 32 07/26/2024

Creative Care Unit Episode 32 Every job has its hazards, and a composer is no exception. "I was writing a full score on 30 stave paper, and almost every note meeded a flat in front of it!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll discuss this and more in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/32217702

Creative Care Unit Episode 31 07/12/2024

Creative Care Unit Episode 31 In creating any kind of Art, compromises have to be made. In other words, "The creation of any work of art is a process of negotiation between the creator of the work and the work itself." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll go deeper in to that process with composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/32025352

Creative Care Unit Episode 30 06/28/2024

Creative Care Unit Episode 30 When you're a Creative and you're just starting out on your artictic journey, who you study with makes all the difference in the world, Don't you agree? "In other fields it doesn't very much matter who your teachers were. I don't think bankers say 'Oh, I studied with So and So, or doctors coming out of the medical school make a point of explaining their tutorial lineage. But for people in the music field, and especially for composers, I would say it matters a great deal." I'm Michael E Russo, and we'll talk more about that and other topics with composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/31814017

Creative Care Unit Episode 29 06/14/2024

Creative Care Unit Episode 29 Our occasional series, "Creatives That You Shoud Know About", features a man whose music I've enjoyed singing and conductiong for decades. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll be speaking to composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/31600442

Creative Care Unit Episode 28 07/21/2023

Creative Care Unit Episode 28 Of all the times that I've had to deal with the health care system, and all the time that I have spent in hospitals, there is one thing that I still do not understand: how hospitals do their billing. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who knows why hospitals do what they do in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/27193773

Creative Care Unit Episode 27 07/07/2023

Creative Care Unit Episode 27 You know, after 21 years of marriage, you'd think we'd agree on everything, but..."Yeah, we had a Superman at one point." "Well, I never..." "We had a Spider-Man, we had a Batman..." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our conversation with my long-suffering Wife Gail in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/27297693

Creative Care Unit Episode 26 06/23/2023

Creative Care Unit Episode 26 Masks: a simple enough garment, farily easy to make, but one that became fairly contentious during the pandemic. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who made over 1000 of them, my Long Suffering Wife Gail, in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/27193356

Creative Care Unit Episode 25 09/30/2022

Creative Care Unit Episode 25 Of all of the descriptors we've used to label out guest for the past few episodes, there is one we haven't tried yet: Family Man! "I love my kids; I hate the situations I put them in!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our conversation with comdeian, ventriliquist, audiobook narrator and possible Father of The Year Quintin W. Allen in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/24530829

Creative Care Unit Episode 24 09/16/2022

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Creative Care Unit Episode 23 08/26/2022

Creative Care Unit Episode 23 The career path of a Creative can be a fairly straight ahead one, like we read about the lives of famous actors, singers and authors. For a lot more of us, the route to where we want to be is a bit more convoluted, and takes some very intersting turns. I'm Michael E. Russo, and in our occasional series "Creatives That You Should Know About", we'll be talking to comedian/ventiliquist and fellow audiobook narrator Quintin W. Allen about his journey and the places he's been to along the way in this episdoe of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/24133020

Creative Care Unit Episode 22 02/18/2022

Creative Care Unit Episode 22 When the COVID-19 pandemic hit this country, there were three primary things that medical professionals reccomended that folks do to avoid getting the disease. Two of them became a very polarizing issue for some people. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll take a look at one of those issues, vaccines, in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/22128401

Creative Care Unit Episode 21 12/24/2021

Creative Care Unit Episode 21 Sometimes, a Creative's harshest critic is themselves. Then again..."And I say 'Wow, look at that! God, is that good!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our interview with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/21572108

Creative Care Unit Episode 20 08/20/2021

Creative Care Unit Episode 20 Have trouble keeping to a schedule? You're not alone. "I try and schedule the time, I try and schedule the time, it doesn't always...it doesn't go the way...the way I want it to any rate." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our discussion with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/20139386

Creative Care Unit Episode 19 07/02/2021

Creative Care Unit Episode 19 So what's the one rule you should never break when learning how to write comedy? "If you didn't find it funny, don't laugh." I'm Michael E. Russo, and well go deeper into that observation and others with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey next time in the Creative Care Unit. Please Join us. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/19605605

Creative Care Unit Episode 18 06/18/2021

Creative Care Unit Episode 18 With this episode, we’ll be launching an occasional series that I’m calling “Creatives That You Should Know About”. Interviews with folks who are creating good work and I feel deserve a wider audience than they already have. Kicking things off will be an interview with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey. We’ll talk about craft, acting, family…oh, we’ll talk about a bunch of stuff, starting with this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/19444397

Creative Care Unit Episode 17 02/26/2021

Creative Care Unit Episode 17 Well, I guess that this sort of thing was unavoidable. I mean, you cannot have a podcast that deals with the health issues Creatives face and not address the 800-pound gorilla in the room: COVID-19. I’m Michael E. Russo, and I’ll try to do the impossible-talking about the pandemic and all that I’ve been going through in the past twelve months without using any of the cliches that abound in describing this-in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/18052871

Creative Care Unit Episode 16 12/08/2020

Creative Care Unit Episode 16 So what role does music play in a writer’s creative process? “It depends on the story that I’m writing, but usually I’ve got some kind of music that I can have on and tune out to write with.” I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll conclude our interview with author S. J. Wells in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/17112206

Creative Care Unit Episode 15 07/10/2020

Creative Care Unit Episode 15 Question to ponder: when writing a book, who controls the narrative? The author or the characters she creates? “Well, I ha, ha, ha, …I will! Sometimes they do, Sometimes, I do.” I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll discuss the creative process further with author S J Wells in the next episode of the Creative Care Unit. Please join us. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/15153395

Creative Care Unit Episode 14 06/19/2020

Creative Care Unit Episode 14 “Christian Romance Novels”. Yes, that’s actually a thing, and in the hands of a master storyteller, you can find yourself in a fun read with spiritual depth to it. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll talk with novelist SJ Wells about her work in this genre next time in this episode of the Creative Care Unit /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/14875856

Creative Care Unit Episode 13 01/01/2020

Creative Care Unit Episode 13 To paraphrase Bobbie Gentry, more than a year has come and gone since we heard the news about my heart attack. There have been some changes in my life since then. As John Lennon might have put it, some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain. And yet, with all of that going on, I’m still Michael E. Russo, and we’ll spend the next fifteen minutes or so discussing how life has flown on within me and without me (thanks, George Harrison) on this edition of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/12577448

Creative Care Unit Episode 12 07/15/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 12 Whenever I’ve had problems with the plumbing in my house, I either do the repair myself or I call in a professional plumber. Once the work gets done, we run the water once to make sure everything is alright. When new plumbing got installed in my heart, however, the doctors wanted to metaphorically run the water 36 times. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll take a look at my post heart attack regimen in the land of Physical Therapy in this episode Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/10507556

Creative Care Unit Episode 11 06/17/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 11 Being a Creative involves a lot more than training, practice and performing. At some point, you will have to deal with the “administrivia” that comes with the territory. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll talk with the woman who teaches about that phrase and how to deal with it, in part three of our wide-ranging conversation with massage therapist and author Kelly Bowers, on the next episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/10082564

Creative Care Unit Episode 10 06/05/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 10 In this episode we continue our conversation with massage therapist, author and world traveler Kelly Bowers. We talk about what makes for a good relationship with a patient, working with scars and nerve damage, and the benefits of having an office as opposed to going to a client’s home. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/10045244

Creative Care Unit Episode 9 05/21/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 9 Massage Therapy is the art and science of good touching, taking those squishy bits of the human body that have been hurt by use, overuse or abuse and making them feel better. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll take a deep dive into the world of healing touches with massage therapist and author Kelly Bowers in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/9860723

Creative Care Unit Episode 8 03/29/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 8 Normally I have something kinda pithy, witty or cutesy to say about what I’m going to talk about. Unfortunately, there is no way to make this topic cuddly. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll be reliving my journey through the ups and downs of health insurance coverage and that strange and wondrous department called “billing” next time in the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/9191840

Creative Care Unit Episode 7 02/22/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 7 Just because a medical professional has spent many years in school and many more years in practice learning the craft of their profession, doesn’t meant that they know anything about YOUR profession, particularly if your profession deals with talking to the public. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll talk about Stupid Stuff Your Medical Professional Says to You in this edition of the Creative Care Unit. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/8747603

Creative Care Unit Episode 6 02/16/2019

Creative Care Unit Episode 6 It’s one thing to have your body’s internal defenses fight invaders from outside of it, like germs, noise or pollution. It’s quite another when the source of what’s causing your body problems is originating from deep inside your own head. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll talk about stress and what it can do to a person’s mind and body in this edition of the Creative Care Unit. Please join us. /episode/index/show/creativecareunit/id/8667737

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