On the NPR TED Radio Hour, Sunday 28th June, Newstalk FM

'The Source of Creativity': 

Everyone wants to be creative. But channeling your creative impulses is no small feat. Is creativity something you are born with or can you learn it? This Sunday TED speakers examine the mystery of creativity.

After a nasty bout of writer's block that stretched on for nearly a decade, Sting found inspiration by channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew from his childhood. 

What happens in the brain during musical improv? Researcher Charles Limb scanned the brains of jazz musicians to find out

Sir Ken Robinson explains why we need to encourage creativity in children, rather than discourage it. He tells the story of the famous choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, who might not have been able to achieve so much if doctors had told her to keep still as a child. 

Writer Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses. She shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius.

The NPR TED Radio Hour on Newstalk 106-108 FM, this Sunday from 6pm.

Listen back to 'The Source of Creativity' here.