AUTHENTIC OBSESSSIONS PODCAST with MARGRET PETRIE

Inspiring stories and practical tips from artists, curators, photographers, and writers in hot pursuit of their lives. Guests reveal their creative obsessions, fears, joys, uncertainty, and the impact they hope to have, leaving you feeling less alone as you proceed down your own creative path. Acknowledge the mess and keep going!

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May 19, 2025

Risa Iwasaki Culbertson - Human Connection

Molly talks to Risa about creating for the experience instead of the object, drilling down big feelings to the essence of their meaning, and and how the work you make often doesn’t make sense when you’re going through grief.

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April 28, 2025

Best of: Molly Meng - Scraps of Humanity

Enjoy this 2021 rebroadcast of my chat with artist, storyteller, and guest host of Authentic Obsessions, Molly Meng.

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April 14, 2025

Maura Ambrose - Holding Both Truths

Molly Meng and Maura Ambrose chat about priorities, patriotic quilts, studio space evolution, procrastination, and playing with the tension and finding the edge.

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March 31, 2025

Lisa Solomon - Color

Glue & adhesives, rules & parameters, loving the outcome without loving the process (this is where discipline comes in!), purposefully making things that others might not want, and knots all come up in today’s episode with Lisa Solomon.

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