Making Trouble with Molly Naylor

Welcome to Making Trouble, the podcast about the trouble we’re having with the things we’re making. Join Molly Naylor and her esteemed guests as they navigate a range of creative hurdles, from the trivial to the existential. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Making Trouble with Molly Naylor is a arts podcast hosted by Molly Naylor, with 40 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Molly Naylor hosts Making Trouble with Molly Naylor, a arts show with 40 episodes published.

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  Episode #36

  Listener Q & A, with Molly Naylor and Grace Petrie (returning!)

  May 24, 20261h 7mS3

  <p>It's our final episode! Of season 3. Don't worry, there will be more Making Trouble - soon (ish). Please keep supporting the pod until then, (via Patreon, by sharing it, by posting/talking about it or rating/reviewing on your podcast app) it means everything and it helps us keep going! </p><p>We sign off the season with a special listener questions episode. Musician and comedian Grace Petrie joins Molly to help provide As to your brilliant Qs. Check out Grace's music and merch here. </p><p>There's a bit of death/grief chat during the first 20 minutes, so...

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  Episode #35

  The Trouble with Collaboration, featuring Troy Cabida

  May 17, 202655 minS3

  <p>It’s Troy Cabida (Neon Manila) day!</p><p>Troy Cabida is a London-based Filipino poet. He is a former member of the Barbican Young Poets and the Roundhouse Poetry Collective. Join Molly and Troy for a conversation about collaboration. We talk about the highs, the lows, and the things we need to have in place to make it work. We discuss collaboration as making something that ends up being more than the sum its parts (if all goes well), and about collaboration as being in community with other artists. We unpack how we might approach navigating and sharing that...

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  Episode #34

  The Trouble with People-pleasing, featuring Mark Haddon

  May 10, 20261h 4mS3

  <p>This week we welcome Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, A Spot of Bother, The Porpoise) to the podcast for a chat about people-pleasing. Find out where Mark's people-pleasing tendencies come from, what people-pleasing gives us versus what it takes away, and why artists might be particularly prone to it. </p><p>We also chat about the impact of having a keen sense of smell on dating, how to write for yourself as well as other people, and why the word 'playwright' is spelled like that. Mark talks about his struggle with long covid, an...

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  Episode #33

  The Trouble with Flow, featuring Anna Jordan

  May 3, 20261h 12mS3

  <p>A treat for the ears! It's Anna Jordan (Yen, Lost Atoms, Succession, Killing Eve)! </p><p>Anna made her name as a scriptwriter, but has now also published her debut poetry collection DECADE. </p><p>She co-runs runs Support Playwrights with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; a group of theatre artists finding ways to support playwrights and create community - which can be found on Substack.</p><p>Join Anna and Molly for a conversation about CREATIVE FLOW. Find out what the optimum conditions are to find and help us figure out how to maintain it. Hear Anna's theory on 'us' wri...

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  Episode #32

  The Trouble with Self Belief, featuring Harry Baker

  Apr 26, 202657 minS3

  <p>It's Harry Baker day! Harry is a poet with a background in MATHS. His poems have been watched by millions of people online, and his new collection TENDER was an instant Sunday Times Best Seller.</p><p>Join Harry and Molly for a chat about self belief. We need it as artists, even when we don't know where to get it or how to sustain it. What do we do when we're the only ones who believe in our work during those early days of being a maker? What do we do when others believe our work should be...

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