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Danny Strong on his first screenplay, writing process and what inspired him to write “Recount.”

My blog featuring radio stories and other “Ideas Worth Listening To.” My goal is to motivate, inspire and help with your own personal success. Using radio as a tool for self-examination may seem bizarre at first, but I feel it’s an elegantly simple way to help explain things. When done right, radio has the power to evoke emotions; and, this blog will attempt to stir your emotional core, through a connection you already know. The daily “Ear Openers” will help you cut through the clutter of your work, your money and your routine, and turn the focus on what you want your life to be. So, Tune In. Use the Free Air. And achieve your unlimited potential.

Inspired by the writing of Carl Sagen, Matthew Modine knows we must reevaluate how we treat the earth.

The actress and social activist talks about collaborating on the book “I Live Here,” and the video documentaries that inspired it. This series brought to you by Dell and digitalnomads.com

Cadillac’s Jim Taylor on why design is more important than functionality.

A legendary orator, Calvin Butts describes his process for writing a winning sermon. Not surprisingly, it all comes back to inspiration.

Obama’s early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and mentally bruising dislocations. Mixed-race marriages were even less common then. His parents went through a divorce when he was an infant (two years old). Pathological narcissism is a reaction to prolonged abuse and trauma in early childhood or early adolescence. The source of the abuse or trauma is immaterial: the perpetrators could be dysfunctional or absent parents, teachers, other adults, or peers.

From Waco to Hollywood, Derek Haas has been writing all the way.

Fredrik Carlstrom discusses his role in uniting an advertising agency with a production company.

Hudis was inspired his mentor at Sloan Kettering, Larry Norton.

Moby wishes to escape the mundane.

Alexander talks about his early interest in physics and the questions he investigated from the start.

Shelley des Etages says less alchemy than inspiration, developing new medications requires systematic problem solving.

Self-sufficient women have inspired Dr. des Etages; she hopes that young women will follow her into science.

A need to stay organized during treatment inspired Knoll to found the CANCER101 organization.

The process is important, though it’s painstaking, says Pardis.

Philip Weiss gets his inspiration from a Jewish world.

The people with whom she works inspire Julia Bolz.

Journalist Steve Coll discusses the inspiration and research behind his book.

Author Andre Dubus describes the inspiration behind the novel and its transition into film.

Andre Dubus writes more than novels and finds inspiration in poetry, but finds that screenplays lack “sensual details.”

Although writer Andre Dubus describes his wife as his inspiration and harshest reader, his greatest critic is himself.

Managing and inspiring people, says Sorkin.

Insights on his characters, inspirations, advice, and why writers drink.

Mycoskie looks to Richard Branson and the Virgin brand for inspiration.

Sometimes the best models are real people, Price says.

The ability of a great man to change his mind.

A summer in Trieste inspired Rich’s first novel.

A robbery turned suicide on New York’s Lower East Side.

The possibility of getting the human race off this planet inspires Mills.