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by Rainier Wylde

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Saints: Tolkien Fights the Nazis (Sort of)

October 22, 2026 · 28 min

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973): John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and Oxford professor best known for The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the mythology of Middle-earth. Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tolkien…
Sorcerers: William Blake

October 15, 2026 · 33 min

William Blake (1757–1827): William Blake was an English poet, painter, and engraver born in London. He developed a method of relief etching that combined poetry and images on copper plates. His wife, Catherine, helped print and color his…
Visionaries: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster

September 29, 2026 · 25 min

Jerry Siegel (1914–1996) & Joe Shuster (1914–1992): Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were the writer and artist who created Superman. They met as teenagers at Glenville High School in Cleveland, and created The Superman hoping to make a comic…
Myths: Creativity Will Save Us

September 23, 2026 · 30 min

In this episode Rainier explores the myth that art can save us or that making beautiful things necessarily makes us better people. He travels to Córdoba, Spain, following the strange history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated Jewish…
Heretics: Mary Renault

September 15, 2026 · 25 min

Mary Renault (1905–1983): Mary Renault was a British novelist best known for her historical fiction set in ancient Greece. Born Eileen Mary Challans in London in 1905, she studied English at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, before training as a…

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Myths: Deal with the Devil

September 1, 2026 · 27 min

In this episode, Rainier goes looking for the myth insisting that talent isn't earned, that it's beyond our control. He traces the story of blues legend Robert Johnson, who allegedly made a deal with the devil for his skill. The search…
Myths: The Lone Genius

August 18, 2026 · 30 min

In this episode Rainier explores the myths of the lone genius and the idea of authorship itself. He travels to Amsterdam to look at the work of Johannes Vermeer, discovering that what is often credited to the master is actually the work of…
Outlaws: Audre Lorde

August 11, 2026 · 30 min

Audre Lorde (1934–1992): Audre Lorde was an American poet, essayist, librarian, teacher, and activist whose work explored race, sexuality, gender, motherhood, illness, and the uses of power. Born in New York City to Caribbean immigrant…
Rebels: Osip and Nadezhda Mandelstam

July 27, 2026 · 25 min

Osip & Nadezhda Mandelstam (1891–1938 / 1899–1980): Osip Mandelstam was one of the 20th centuries great poets and founder of the Acmeist movement in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg, Osip composed his poems aloud, committing them to memory…
Myths: The First Artist

July 20, 2026 · 22 min

The Chauvet Cave (c. 36,000 years ago): Chauvet Cave preserves some of the oldest known works of human art. Discovered in 1994 after being sealed for more than twenty thousand years, its walls are alive with animals, many of which are now…
Lovers: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

July 6, 2026 · 26 min

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861): One of the great poets of the Victorian era. Confined for years by chronic illness, family control, and fear, she produced remarkable poetry from an isolated room. It was only after secretly…
Sorcerers: Jiro Ono

June 30, 2026 · 31 min

Jiro Ono (1925– ) Jiro Ono is a Japanese sushi master whose life's work has become one of the clearest modern examples of craftsmanship. Born in rural Japan, he began working in the kitchen at the age of seven, served in a munitions…

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About the show

Remember history class? Ever wonder about the ones they didn't talk about? The rule breakers? The rebels, the misfits, the poets, and the prophets who refused to follow the script? Enter The Creators Podcast bringing you the untold stories of those who flipped the world upside down. These are the footnotes of the encyclopedia, written in a trail of blood—stories buried, burned, or ignored because they didn’t fit the mold. This is history like you’ve never heard it before. The voices they didn’t want you to know? You’ll know them now.