{"id":2809,"date":"2023-07-11T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:37:25","slug":"s5e06-listener-qa-gimmick-free-creativity-showing-vs-telling-and-recovering-when-you-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/s5e06-listener-qa-gimmick-free-creativity-showing-vs-telling-and-recovering-when-you-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"S5E06 Listener Q&#038;A: Gimmick-Free Creativity, Showing vs. Telling, and Recovering When You Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Michael answers your questions with the help of Heroic Public Speaking\u2019s creative Swiss army knife Queena Bergen. 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