Oct 15, 2026 · 57 min · 13 segments
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David McIlroyHostI don't want to say repositioning, but some updating, some refining on the messaging.
And so No Set Path is all about illustrating the very like wobbly, wiggly way in which people, mostly creative professionals, but I've found that I'm also writing to and speaking with a lot of people who are mid-transition, who are maybe not traditionally creative professionally, but they're midlife or they're mid-career and they're trying to do a lot of what I'm working on, which is, you know, kind of throw caution to the wind, build your own thing, kind of the ups and downs that go along with it.
And it started as podcast interviews with filmmakers and it's kind of branched out from there.
But I always was fascinated by the idea that, you know, you could have, using film as an example, you could have two or three really successful directors, for example, in the same room, all working on very similar projects of similar caliber and success.
And all three of them would have completely different ways in which they got to where they were in that very moment.
So I found it very interesting and also comforting that there's no right or wrong.
We'll come back to your background in just a second, but tell me more about your podcast, if that's okay, because I'm really interested always in how other people's podcasts got started and what it looks like for them and how deep they are into that journey.
I don't want to say repositioning, but some updating, some refining on the messaging.
And so No Set Path is all about illustrating the very like wobbly, wiggly way in which people, mostly creative professionals, but I've found that I'm also writing to and speaking with a lot of people who are mid-transition, who are maybe not traditionally creative professionally, but they're midlife or they're mid-career and they're trying to do a lot of what I'm working on, which is, you know, kind of throw caution to the wind, build your own thing, kind of the ups and downs that go along with it.
And it started as podcast interviews with filmmakers and it's kind of branched out from there.
But I always was fascinated by the idea that, you know, you could have, using film as an example, you could have two or three really successful directors, for example, in the same room, all working on very similar projects of similar caliber and success.
And all three of them would have completely different ways in which they got to where they were in that very moment.
So I found it very interesting and also comforting that there's no right or wrong.
We'll come back to your background in just a second, but tell me more about your podcast, if that's okay, because I'm really interested always in how other people's podcasts got started and what it looks like for them and how deep they are into that journey.
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