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Last October Tom Violett joined one of our Escape Pod Zoom calls. He’s making his first documentary (Voices For Change) at 62 with his 19 year old filmmaker son Ray.

He said he went to a documentary screening of a young filmmaker in Philadelphia, PA.

“It turned out to be a Video Consortium Hub event, with both experienced and emerging filmmakers all in the same room,” said Tom. “That night, I turned to Ray and said, ‘I want one of these in New Jersey.’”

And that’s what he did!

“So I made it happen — connected with a few people — and we had our launch event a few weeks ago. We brought together emerging filmmakers, a documentary filmmaker who’s been doing a PBS series for 13 years, and another friend who’s been an editor for 30 years, doing high-end work like Super Bowl commercials.

They all just talked.

We’re building that community, and people are hungry for it. It’s tough when you’re out there on your own, but once you find that community, it just takes off.”

They all just talked.

That’s it, friends. That’s the magic.

The magic is also in re-sharing this story for people who didn’t it see the first time. This is another change to be inspired, to see how another creative person is making things happen within his creative orbit.

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Your biggest fans don’t know what you released a year ago. Heck, they probably missed the announcement you made last week, too.

It’s not that no one cares about your latest work, it’s that no one knows about it. They’re living their lives, working their jobs, paying their bills – your next big thing probably isn’t on their mind, at least without mentioning it several times over several weeks.

The trick is carrying over the same creative energy that you pour into your work into how you talk about it, how you share it.

Coca Cola doesn’t run ads about the price of 12 packs throughout the week. Instead, they find creative ways to remind the world, “hey, we’re here.” And they’re the biggest soft drink in the world, right?

In the same way, someone heard Led Zeppelin for the first time today. Watched their first episode of Seinfeld. There are people who’ve still never watched Star Wars.

Almost everyone that subscribed to your newsletter in the last month missed the great thing you created two years ago. Re-send it.

Let’s talk about sharing our old work, promoting it in new ways, and using it to build a foundation of our journey forward. 

Join this week’s Escape Pod Zoom call and join the conversation with other smart creative folks, and let’s explore this together.

Thursday, April 16 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST: https://luma.com/r4jwgreo

Hey, Social Media Escape Club is more than just a blog and a newsletter. It’s actual people getting together and having conversations week after week.

◾ CO-WORK ESCAPE POD
Re-write your about page, organize your photo library, draft a newsletter, fold the laundry, file your receipts – two 50 minute sprints with other creative folks!
Tuesday, April 14 from 12-2:00 PM EST: https://luma.com/72ok4e19

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All our events next week are FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE!

◾ CO-WORK ESCAPE POD
Make a podcast, tune your guitars, clean your desktop, finish your taxes – together!
Talk about what you’re working on (or not), camera on or off, stay for the whole thing or not – this is our chill (free) corner on the internet.
Tuesday, March 31 from 12:00-2:00 PM EST: https://luma.com/y2n7ghry

◾ LIVE WITH MAX PETE VIA SUBTACK

“The tech dream is a nightmare… more people I talk to that are in this industry want to leave and do something else—like work at the coffee shop, work at Trader Joe’s—but don’t know how to do that or feel like they can’t.”

That’s a quote from our chat in August 2025, so make sure you tune in LIVE and see how much more disillusioned we are seven months later.
Wednesday, April 1 at 10am EST

◾ ESCAPE POD #113 W/ CECILIE MARIA NIELSEN AND NIKKI LERNER
​Both Cecilie Maria Nielsen and Nikki Lerner are deeply musical people who started their own choirs, and that act of gathering voices is what brings them together as our next special guests!
Thursday, April 2 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST: https://luma.com/tadh4hgz

◾ CO-WORK ESCAPE POD
Update your Notion setup, back up your photos, fix your website – come hang out!
Tuesday, March 24 from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST: https://luma.com/ypw1g1z7 

◾ FOCUS ESCAPE POD: 
BUILD AND HOST YOUR OWN LINK-IN-BIO PAGE IN 90 MINUTES
Wednesday, March 25 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST
Register here: https://luma.com/dheuyuxa

◾ ESCAPE POD #112 – Back to our normal time!
The prompt? “​Save money on gas, buy books!” What?!
Thursday, March 26 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST: (Members only, start your first month here)