Join Thorn as they speak with award winning cinematographer and musician Brad Rushing about creativity, alchemy, and the importance of kindness. The transcription and recording of these podcasts is supported by Thorn's Patreon backers: https://www.patreon.com/ThornCoyleYou can find out more about Thorn's work at https://www.thorncoyle.com/Brad Rushing: http://www.BradRushing.comBorn and raised in Houston, Texas, Brad Rushing expressed an aptitude for art and science from a very early age. Brad has been Director of photography on multiple indie films and high end, award winning music videos for artists such as Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Nelly and Eminem. Brad’s ground-breaking work on Moby’s We Are All Made Of Stars won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography in a Video, and many of the other music videos he shot have won awards such as VMAs, MVPAs and Grammys for Best Video.Brad’s recent cinematography highlights include the Netflix Original feature films A California Christmas, and “A California Christmas: City Lights.”, “Holiday Harmony” on Max, “Alarmed” on Tubi, and “The Island” on Starz. Each of those films spentmore than a week in the Top 10, and all of them Hit the #1 for popular movie on their respective platforms.Brad’s cinematography in “Holiday Harmony” was nominated for a Canadian Society of Cinematographers award.He is a longtime vegetarian, animal lover, artist and musician and songwriter.Recently “Go,” an original song written and recorded by Brad, was featured in the Warner Brothers / MAX film “Holiday Harmony.” His song, "Just Call On Me" featuring Ukrainian vocalist Liliia Kysil releases on February 24, 2024.

Join Thorn as they talk with author Meg Elison about life, vanity, pleasure, activism, and creative magic. Meg Elison is a Hugo, Philip K. Dick and Locus award winning author, as well as a Nebula, Sturgeon, and Otherwise awards finalist. A prolific short story writer and essayist, Elison has been published in Scientific American, McSweeney’s, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fangoria, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. She lives in Brooklyn. www.megelison.comwww.thorncoyle.com