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The networkJoshua McKenzie German & Janel Moore
The Curious & Creative Network
Seven shows, a studio, and the things we’re inventing.
The home for everything we make, together and on our own: podcasts and video led by our flagship, The Curious & Creative Podcast; a studio for founders and brands; photography; and inventions like Kindling. We met at the University of South Carolina and never stopped trading ideas.
- Founded by
- Joshua & Janel
- Shows
- 7podcasts & video
- Episodes & videos
- 250+and counting
- The studio
- Strategy, brand, production & AI
01 The shows
Seven shows. One network.
History rabbit holes, policy, AI builds, and real conversations with the people shaping culture. The flagship leads; the rest sort by what dropped most recently.
The flagship · Co-hosted
The Curious & Creative Podcast
Joshua McKenzie German & Janel Moore Where creative strategy meets real conversation. A deep dive into the minds of artists, creators, and innovators: the ideas, decisions, and cultural moments that shape how we see (and sell) the world. Go to the show-
Podcast
God Is Brazilian
Hosted by Joshua McKenzie German Brazil up close: its cities, history, money, and culture, in English and Portuguese. Spotify (opens in a new tab) -
Podcast
The Eclectic Polymath
Hosted by Joshua McKenzie German Everything is interesting when you dig deep enough. Show page -
Video series
Approachable AI
Hosted by Joshua McKenzie German Demystifying AI, one episode at a time. Real tools, real builds, and the mistakes along the way. Show page -
Podcast
Too Much to Tweet
Hosted by Janel Moore The takes too big for a caption. Politics, culture, and the conversations the internet keeps trying to flatten into a thread. Spotify (opens in a new tab) -
Podcast
Aspiring Abolitionist
Hosted by Janel Moore Politics, policy, and culture from an abolitionist lens. Spotify (opens in a new tab) -
The archive · 2020–2023
Dominate the Decade
Joshua McKenzie German, Adarius Simpkins & Matthew Anderson Growth, culture, and building a meaningful decade. The full run, including Janel’s guest episode. Show page
Every show, every episode, searchable in one place on the network’s shows page (opens in a new tab).
02 The latest
Fresh off the network.
The newest episodes and videos from every show, newest first. This list refreshes from the network on its own.
All seven shows, one archive
Every episode, newest first, lives on the network.
Episodes and videos from all seven shows, in one searchable archive that updates itself as new ones drop.
03 The studio
Strategy, story, and a steady hand.
Part agency, part production house, fully curious. We help founders, brands, and teams figure out what to say, how to make it, and why anyone should care.
Agency-grade strategy from TBWA\Chiat\Day, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, and Wieden+Kennedy, plus the operational chops of banking and political campaigns. For founders, brands, and teams who treat creative as serious work.
- 01
Strategy & Story
Brand strategy, narrative work, communications and connections planning. The through-line between what you make and the people who should care.
- 02
Brand Building
Naming, identity, voice: the small details that make a brand feel like something. Zero-to-one launches and refreshes.
- 03
Production
Podcasts, video, photography, written work. We make the thing end to end, or step in where you need a hand.
- 04
AI & Consulting
A sharp outside brain: AI workflows that actually help, second-opinion sessions, sprints, and retainers.
- Project sprints
- 4–8 weeks. Define, make, ship.
- Retainers
- An ongoing strategic and creative partner.
- Advisory
- Monthly check-ins and sharp feedback.
- Custom
- Tell us the shape; we’ll build to it.
04 Inventions & more
Built to hold what’s next.
Curious & Creative is the umbrella. Under it: products, tools, and pictures that start as “what if.”
Builds from Approachable AI
Tools Joshua builds on camera, like the Veritas bias radar and the 2026 resolution tracker. Watch them get made, mistakes included.
Watch the series PhotographyPeople, places, and nights out
Portraits, fashion, live events, and travel, Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro, on 35mm film and digital.
See the photography05 Who we are
Joshua & Janel. Curious, then creative.
A strategist with a magpie brain. A storyteller with a microphone.
We both came up at the University of South Carolina: Joshua in Mass Communications, writing for The Daily Gamecock; Janel in Global Studies, on her way into politics and policy. The conversations never stopped after graduation. Curious & Creative is what happens when we follow the interesting thing all the way to something real.
Joshua McKenzie German
Co-founder
Senior Connections Strategist at TBWA\Chiat\Day, after Goodby Silverstein & Partners and Wieden+Kennedy. Photographer. Hosts The Eclectic Polymath, God Is Brazilian, and Approachable AI.
Janel Moore
Co-founder
Technology in global corporate banking at Truist, with experience at JP Morgan, and a fundraising veteran of six political campaigns across four states. Hosts Too Much to Tweet and Aspiring Abolitionist.
Curious? Same.
Got a project, a guest pitch, or want to swap notes on good work? Pick a door. We read every note.
The hub
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Every show, video, photo set, and invention in one place.
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For brands & founders
Work with the studio
The best projects start with a real conversation, not a pitch.
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For the shows
Pitch a guest
Founders, artists, policy minds: anyone with a sharp take and a microphone tolerance.
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