Bjork, a singular artist whose work extends beyond music to include acting and conceptual art, discusses her career and artistic vision in this wide-ranging interview from 2022.

She talks with Guy about forming her unique vocal style; recording her first album at 11 years old; her album, Fossora, which features a bass clarinet ensemble; and why she uses symbols from nature to define each of her albums.

Links from the show:

• An early recording of Bjork singing as a child
• Bjork as a teenager in the band Tappi Tíkarrass
• Bjork in the video for the Sugarcubes' "Cold Sweat"
• Slant Magazine's 15 Best Bjork videos
• The video for Bjork's "Hyperballad"
• The video for Bjork's "Ancestress" dedicated to the memory of her mother
• The video for Bjork's "Atopos"

For more conversations like this – with guests ranging from Tom Hanks to Bjork to Jason Sudeikis – go to https://www.thegreatcreators.com.

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Jim Parsons is an actor who’s best known for starring as Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. While many know him as the on-screen super-nerd, he is also a classically trained stage actor. And in this conversation from 2022, Jim reflects on his entire creative journey: from playing the same character for 12 years to embracing new challenges (Hollywood, Spoiler Alert, A Man of No Importance) that have allowed him to flex some different creative muscles.

Plus, the uncertainty Jim felt when he came out; his love of New York City; and the first, scary steps involved in taking on new roles.

Links from the show:

• The Best of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory
• The Big Bang Theory cast talks with Stephen Colbert after the series finale
• Jim talks about playing Henry Wilson in Hollywood
• Spoiler Alert (2022) Trailer
• Jim's Instagram
• Kaley Cuoco's Instagram
• Mayim Bialik's Instagram
• Johnny Galecki's Instagram

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Alfred Matthew Yankovic, when he was six years old, was told by his parents to choose between accordion and guitar lessons. “And my parents being the visionaries that they were said, ‘Oh, young Alfred would love to play the accordion.’”

Alfred, better known as the chart-topping musician, satirist, and beloved nerd Weird Al Yankovic, told Guy in 2022 how that decision had changed his life and decades of popular music to come.

They also discussed how Kurt Cobain had saved Weird Al from a lifetime of spoofing Michael Jackson songs and how intense the process of writing silly songs can be.

Links from the show:

• Dr. Demento, Weird Al's early major influence and later employer
• "Belvedere Cruising", the first song of Weird Al's to air on Dr. Demento's show
• Weird Al playing "My Bologna" in San Luis Obispo in 1979
• Eight Weird Al music videos side-by-side with with the songs they spoof
• Music video for Weird Al's "Fat"
• Weird Al interviewing Patrick Stewart at Comic-Con
• Trailer for "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story"

For more conversations like this – with guests ranging from Tom Hanks to Bjork to Jason Sudeikis – go to https://www.thegreatcreators.com.

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