On this episode of Geek4, I'm joined by writer/performer/director TJ Dawe. If you've ever to one of Canada's fringe festivals, you've likely heard his name or seen something he's either created or co-created. TJ's been performing original solo shows at Fringe festivals for over two decades, award winning shows like The Slipknot and A Canadian Bar Tender at Butlin's and Medicine. He's also created or co-written other shows - including Toothpaste and Cigars (with Mike Rinaldi) which was adapted into the film The F-Word (2013) starring Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan and Adam Driver) and directed or dramaturged many more. TJ also works as a creative coach, helping performers of all skill-level and experience develop their own narratives, and he leads sessions and workshops with groups and individuals on the Enneagram. More recently TJ's been writing online satire for websites like The Beaverton and Two-Fifty-One. TJ is also a voracious reader. Whenever I would bump into him around the Winnipeg Fringe, he'd have a book under his arm or open on his lap. He posts pictures of the latest books he's working his way through. And when I invited TJ to come on, and we were figuring out what topics we could cover, he suggested we talk about his fascination with the history of pop culture itself. He regularly reads biographies and autobiographies of creative people to better understand something about their creative process because TJ is himself is a creator.