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Hosted by Bob Raynor · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 31 episodes
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The Flame is a podcast for creatives who are feeling lost, laid off, or stuck in their career journey. Hosted by Bob Raynor, a seasoned Creative Director, this podcast features real conversations with other creatives navigating uncertainty and trying to rediscover their passion. With candid, heartfelt interviews and personal insights, each episode is a reminder that even in the toughest times, we can find a spark to reignite the flame of creativity. Join us as we light the way forward together, one story at a time.
Bob Raynor hosts The Flame, a arts show with 31 episodes published.
What does it take to build a creative career that answers to no one? Rodd Chant has spent over 20 years as a Creative Director and Chief Creative Officer, building agencies and creative teams across New York, Singapore,
What does it feel like to walk away from a 28-year career — and start over? Jody Graff spent nearly three decades as a graphic design professor at Drexel University, one of the top design programs in the country. This Ju
In this episode of The Flame, host Bob Raynor sits down with Bryan Gaffin, known throughout the creative industry as "The Gaf" a veteran creative leader, futurist, and former EVP/Creative Director of Experience Design at
In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor shares the personal story behind launching Sequence Design after being laid off twice in seven months — and why recent agency consolidation news makes the timing more relevant
Show Up. Make Things. Stay Human. | The Friday 5 In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor takes a quieter, more reflective approach to creativity and career life during uncertain times. Amid ongoing layoffs, job insta
In this episode of The Flame, I’m joined by Carl Napolitano, a Creative Director with nearly two decades of experience in pharmaceutical advertising. Carl shares his journey into pharma, why creativity actually thrives w
In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor explores how creative careers are changing in quieter, more subtle ways as AI becomes embedded in daily work. Drawing on recent reporting from The New York Times, The Guardian,
In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor explores how fear shows up in creative work — and why finding the right community can be one of the most powerful ways to move through it. After attending a local Creative Morn
In this episode of The Flame Podcast, host Bob Raynor talks with Naoma Serna-Zahn, founder of the branding agency Nuevo, about creativity, confidence, and career longevity in today’s design industry. They discuss why des
Starting 2026 With Clear Eyes | The Friday 5 As 2026 begins, many creatives are carrying a mix of optimism, uncertainty, and hard-earned experience into a rapidly changing industry. In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob R
What happens when a mechanical engineer walks away from a “safe” career and follows a creative spark? In this episode of The Flame, host Bob Raynor speaks with filmmaker and Director of Photography Bert Archer, who share
How Creatives Are Learning Their Way Forward | The Friday 5 In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor explores how creatives are staying relevant in an industry shaped by layoffs, AI, and constant change. From YouTube
The recent Omnicom layoffs shook the advertising and creative industry, but they also revealed deeper truths about how creative work is evolving. In this episode, Bob Raynor breaks down what these shifts actually mean fo
This week on The Friday 5, Bob Raynor explores the surprising relationship between procrastination and the creative brain. Instead of treating procrastination as a flaw, Bob reframes it as a sign of cognitive overload, i
In this inspiring Season 2 premiere of The Flame, host Bob Raynor talks with Daniel Ferguson, a Senior Production Artist and Audio Engineer whose career has spanned design, publishing, and audio storytelling. After facin
Feeling stuck in a creative rut? You’re not alone. In this episode of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor shares practical, honest reflections on how to break free from stagnation and jumpstart your creative momentum. From a simple
How do you stay creative in a world that never stops changing? In this week’s Friday 5, Bob Raynor shares five ideas on creative agility — from building meaningful brands and experimenting with new tools to reinventing y
Big creative breakthroughs don’t start with giant leaps—they start with small, intentional moves. In Episode 2 of The Friday 5, Bob Raynor shares five reflections on how “starting small” can transform your creative life.
Subscribe, leave a review below, and please share your thoughts at theflamepod.com. Follow on Instagram and send me a hello: talk@theflamepod.com In this first episode of The Friday 5, host Bob Raynor dives into the crea
In Episode 12 of The Flame, host Bob Raynor talks with Jillian Di Benedetto, an award-winning multidisciplinary designer and creative leader, about navigating the modern job hunt with humor, honesty, and resilience. Jill
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