business
Hosted by David Rust · business · EN-US
The Creative Current is a series of conversations with artists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers who have learned to let their creativity lead. Each guest has built something meaningful — and in doing so, discovered something essential about themselves along the way.To learn more about The Creative Current, visit https://www.thecreativecurrent.co/
Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.
Contact path
Verified email
Booking probability
29%
Guest openness
Selective
Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for The Creative Current.
Signup to Generate a PitchThe Creative Current is a series of conversations with artists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers who have learned to let their creativity lead. Each guest has built something meaningful, and in doing so, discovered something essential about themselves along the way.
The Creative Current is hosted by David Rust. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Creating Music From Your Truth | LVDY, Singer-songwriters" (15 October 2026, 47 minutes), "How Surfing Can Show Us What's Possible | Bianca Valenti, Professional Big-Wave Surfer" (17 September 2026, 41 minutes), and "What Plants Can Teach Us About Growing Ideas | Jack Algiere, Founding Farmer at Stone Barns Center" (3 September 2026, 73 minutes).
The Creative Current publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for The Creative Current is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Creative Current requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Creative Current's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Creative Current are Artists, Writers & Performers and Photography, Polling & Other Services. The Creative Current has a business audience.
David Rust hosts The Creative Current, a business podcast with 16 episodes published.
Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.
The Creative Current
Today I'm joined by Kathleen and Aubrey, two friends who met in New Zealand in 2012, reconnected after a breakup, and turned a kitchen jam into a full-time life in music. They've busked on sidewalks, toured in a van...
The Creative Current
Today I'm joined by Bianca Valenti, a big wave surfer who has won Mavericks nine times and regularly paddles out into 50-foot waves at Mavericks and around the world. She was doing it before there was even a spot for...
The Creative Current
Today I'm joined by a dear friend, Jack Algiere, who founded the farm at Stone Barns Center in New York's Hudson Valley — a 400-acre working farm. You may know it as the home of Blue Hill, one of the top restaurants in...
The Creative Current
Today I'm talking with Jordana Grolnick. If you've seen Hamilton , there's a good chance you've seen her on stage. She also opened the And Peggy Hamilton tour in Puerto Rico with Lin-Manuel Miranda himself. She's an...
The Creative Current
Today I'm talking to Sean Douglas. He is one of the most prolific songwriters of the last 15 years. He's written with Demi Lovato, Jason Derulo, Madonna, David Guetta, and the list goes on. His songs collectively have...
The Creative Current
I recently spent the day with my friends Alan and Sarah at their restaurant, Sun Moon Studio, in Oakland, California. Within one year of opening, they landed a Michelin star and a spot on The New York Times' list of the...
The Creative Current
Today, I'm excited to have Erin Claire Jones on the podcast. She's one of the world's leading voices in Human Design, and brings such a unique lens to creativity. I met Erin through a Human Design reading with her, and...
The Creative Current
Today I'm talking with Jesse McMillin. He's been behind brands like Virgin America, where he helped establish the company and create the famous safety video you might have seen. He then went on to help establish Lyft...
Today I'm talking to Bobby Ghoshal, an incredible human who I first got to know when we worked together in New York City. He served as the head of digital design at WeWork in its forty-five billion dollar heyday, one of...
In this episode, I interview professional singer Lauren Jelencovich, whom I met at concert in San Francisco. We discuss nerves, performance, and how she has evolved her practice to build trust in her body. And to top it...
Episode #6
My guest today is Ethan Eyler, a creator, a tinkerer, and most notably, inventor of the Carstache, the giant pink car mustache that became the iconic symbol of Lyft in its early days. After Lyft acquired his company...
Today I'm talking with an amazing human and close friend, Brian Nichols. We first met when working together at Lyft. He's now the founder of Angel Squad, an amazing community that helps you learn how to invest in...
I just dropped an amazing conversation with Mike Faherty, founder and CEO of Faherty Brand, on YouTube and Spotify. Mike co-founded the brand back in 2013 with his brother after being fascinated with fabric and clothing...
I'm talking today to an amazing human, a near and dear friend, Tina Seelig, who was also a professor of mine when I was at Stanford. She was a founding member of the d.school at Stanford and is the executive director of...
Today I'm talking with Cory Wong , the Grammy nominated musician, who's put out over 20 albums to date. What was so clear to me from this conversation was the pure joy that radiates from this guy. He's currently...
What if your best ideas aren't something you create — but something you receive? In this conversation, I sit down with Chip Conley — founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, previous Head of Global Hospitality at Airbnb...
Recent guests on The Creative Current. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Director of Agroecology, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Author, Podcaster and Master Resilience Coach, Oceania Football Confederation
Admiral Nurse, Deputy Clinical Lead for Dementia UK's National Clinics Programme, Elementary Institute of Science
PitchCentric classifies The Creative Current under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.
Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ
