Fail Better with David Duchovny

Inspiring conversations. David has a wonderful voice and I could listen to him talk about anything. He is generous, thoughtful and warm with guests.

One of my friend’s parents calls me his long lost friend. He’s calm, alive, funny, skeptical, and most importantly, completely human. Occasionally, “intelligence” or being “learned” can be embarrassing or difficult, but this podcast opens the parts of the mind that we are rarely able to flourish with appreciable conversations and human connections. Absolutely been loving almost every ep so far, but the conversation with Adam Grant gives you the feeling of the deepest and most comfortable breath. Puts you where you should be, a place you missed, even though you forgot you belonged there. 200/10, rec.

I’ve had a lot of respect for David Duchovny over the years as he’s continued to take creative risks and tell his own story through it all. From the X-File episodes he wrote, to House of D and Holy Cow, if someone were to look at it all from afar, the man has loads to be proud of. But people have sometimes given him a bad rap and its a tough business. What I really like is that, as he gets older, DD reveals more of his own attachment to creativity, and the Beckett idea of “fail, fail better” makes so much sense as a frame to be having deep and honest - public - conversations that tend to explore the emotional and psychological depths of creativity. Yeah, there’s way too many commercials, but that’s the pod biz these days. Thanks DD for sharing…. lots of insight and valuable questions.

There is such an inundation of podcasts today that I am so reluctant to seek out or try anything beyond my tried and true. But I have to say, Mr Duchovny’s podcast is really compelling. I can’t tell if it’s his intelligence, self deprecating humor, vast repertoire of stories, but I am absolutely charmed. Thank you!