The Right Questions with James Victore

A relationship doesn’t usually explode. More often, it drifts. One missed conversation turns into a habit, the habit turns into distance, and suddenly two people who once felt like a team are living like roommates. I’m revisiting the lessons I pulled out of my own divorce because the communication gap between men and women feels louder than ever, and I don’t want anyone repeating my mistakes just because they’re common.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingThey stepped out of the elevator, looked around the newly redesigned probation office, and quietly backed up as if they were in the wrong building. That one detail says more about the power of design than a thousand trend reports, and it’s where this story begins.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingCuriosity can feel like a compass and a dare, and Oliver Jeffers follows both. We sit down with the artist and author behind Here We Are, Lost and Found, and a body of fine art that blends warmth, wit, and precise simplicity. From a childhood in Belfast during the Troubles to late nights in Brooklyn studios, Oliver shares how pictures became a second language, a shield, and a bridge—often all at once.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

I'm working on a typeface and I want to talk about it with you.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

Joy isn’t a mood; it’s a decision you make when the world gives you every reason not to. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with artist, author, cyclist, and activist Lisa Congdon—a creator known for bold color, generous language, and the courage to be clear.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

Ever notice how the first targets in a crackdown are painters, poets, designers, and musicians? We unpack why creativity terrifies the powerful and how images, jokes, and typography can loosen the grip of official narratives. From Plato’s plan to expel poets to Osip Mandelstam’s lethal epigram about Stalin, we follow the thread of art’s subversive power and the real risks makers take when they refuse to look away.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA single line in a museum—“My kid could do that”—can sound like a verdict on art and creativity. We turn that line on its head and ask the better question: if your kid tried, why won’t you? From a thirty-second drawing exercise that dissolves a room of suits into laughter to the quiet ways fear sneaks into our choices, we trace how rules, judgment, and conformity choke the creative impulse and how to get it back.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat does it take to turn a shy, invisible kid into a creative leader with a global footprint? I sit down with Chris Do to trace the human story behind the brand: immigrant roots, schoolyard fights, and the quiet hours that taught him logic, ethics, and the courage to stand up. From a disciplinarian father who solved problems with questions to a mother who drafted by day and painted by night, Chris learned to blend order and expression long before the internet learned his name.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingA pool of melted crayons on a hot porch. That’s where the spark ignites—a small, searing memory that grows into a compass for a creative life that refuses to wait for permission. We pull the thread from that moment through school punishments, false starts, and the long apprenticeship with failure to reveal a simple truth: you don’t get your start, you make it.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!

If you are a stuck or frustrated creative and want to get paid to do what you love, let's talk. https://yourworkisagift.com/coachingWhat happens when you refuse to sand down your edges?  The conversation moves from Eddie Murphy’s Raw to grocery-store temptations, from the pull of the wine aisle to the quiet dignity of choosing Topo Chico and showing up clear. The throughline is honesty: say the thing you mean and build a life that can hold it.Like this? Join us on Substack and subscribe to get the podcast and all my other work delivered straight to your inbox. Follow me on Instagram (@jamesvictore) for all my big ideas and inspiration!