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Cousin Isaac makes music and mobile games, and has spent much of his career in web development. We try to talk about inspiration and inertia while his cat steals the show.

Peter McCleery is an author of children's books. His first book, "Bob and Joss Get Lost", hit the shelves earlier this year, and its sequel, "Bob and Joss Take a Hike" is on its way. We talk about the inspiration for his books and the ways he keeps all of his ideas simmering until they're ready to serve.

Nick Sweeney always has a number of projects in the hopper. He creates for the love of creating, and he's not focused on just one thing. He's published a novel and short stories; he has an army of awesome models painted to perfection; and he's working on a board game or two you just might want to keep an eye out for!

Shannon Wheeler is known for a lot of things, including his work for the New Yorker, his popular Too Much Coffee Man comic and the operas based upon that series, his work for Mad Magazine, the Onion, the Idiots Guide books, and collaborations such as God is Disappointed in You and Apocrypha Now. Today, Ben and Shannon sit down to deconstruct a recent comic Shannon created for the New Yorker, talk about the ups and downs of his upcoming book based on Donald Trump's tweets, and parenting.

This is the first episode of my new podcast.