Welcome to The Creative Lick, a podcast dedicated to creativity and all that comes with it. With a mixture of humour, insight and good vibes, there should be something for everyone. Join host Marcus as he pokes and prods the brains of creative professionals with stories to tell. There is currently not a 'set-in-stone' schedule for when new episodes will appear, but rest assured the plan is to produce these on a regular basis.
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NFL superstars, Cam Jordan and Mark Ingram are Saints teammates and real-life friends whose personalities, minds, and hearts are as big as their talent on the field. Brimming with an infectious energy, these two juggernauts have joined forces to share the stories that go beyond the X’s and O’s while spreading good vibes far-and-wide. On its surface, football is a game of combat enacted by athletes at the peak of their performance. It’s the definition of rough & tumble and not for the faint o ...
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One of the most electrifying players ever to play the game — and Mark’s OG — Darren Sproles stops by to talk with his former teammates on the latest episode of Truss Levelz. The guys discuss what it was like for Darren to be told he couldn’t make it because of his height, the similarities of playing with Philip Rivers and Drew Brees, how he was abl…
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Former Saints, now Baltimore Ravens DB Marcus Williams stops by the set for the latest episode of Truss Levelz. Cam, Mark, and Marcus go way back to their time in New Orleans, dive into how Ravens purple just hits different, break down how Marcus turned into a safety after playing QB and WR in high school, and spell out the importance of always get…
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It’s all about the X…. One of the NFL’s elite cornerbacks, a man that’s shutting down your favorite wideout week in and week out, Xavien Howard, joins this week’s episode of Truss Levelz. Mark and Cam sit down with the three-time Pro Bowler and Miami Dolphins cornerback as they dive into his journey from QB to a CB, his decision to go to Baylor ove…
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We got another Bama national champion this week on Truss Levelz! The 2010 first-round draft pick and Denver Broncos DB Kareem Jackson stops by to hang with the fellas. Kareem talks about the pressure he faced as a starter at Alabama his freshman year, playing in Houston for the first eight seasons of his NFL career, leaving Houston to play in Denve…
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This week on Truss Levelz, we welcome a beast of a wideout — and now a sports media legend — Brandon Marshall. The I AM ATHLETE founder and six-time Pro Bowler, goes all the way back to chop it up about Pittsburgh as a young buck, having 17 different quarterbacks but still balling out in the league, and why his post-NFL career has been such a succe…
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JUIIICE is in the building! New Orleans Saints wideout and five-time Pro-Bowler Jarvis Landry sits down with his teammates on this week’s ep of Truss Levelz. The guys dive into Jarvis’s Louisiana roots, his time at LSU, and how he became best friends with Odell Beckham Jr. They also get into how he was able to take the league by storm and how he’s …
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Eric NATHAN Kendricks is in the building! The Minnesota Vikings’ linebacker, and 2019 first-team All Pro, stops by to chop it up with Cam and Mark. The guys talk with Eric about his decision to give up skateboarding to have a future in football, having a brother play in college and the NFL, breaking records at UCLA, and what it was like to lead Min…
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This week we’re chopping it up with THE route runner extraordinaire, Bama wide receiver legend, 4x Pro Bowler, and Browns wide receiver 1: Amari Cooper. The guys talk with Amari about how he got to Bama via Florida, playing in Oakland, ballin’ out in Dallas with Dak — and about what he expects from the Browns this year. His decision to go to Bama […
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#LINEBACKER. Tampa Bay Bucs captain and legend Lavonte David joins Cam and Mark in an NFC South sitdown. Lavonte chops it up about growing up in Florida, pee-wee games getting bet on by the neighborhood and knowing he wanted to be a linebacker from the jump. They get into winning the Super Bowl, Tom Brady coming back from retirement, and the Saints…
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And we back and we back and we back. Truss Levelz Season 3 is here, y’all! And this week we’re chopping it up with the guy who was the No. 1 player in high school, No. 1 player in college, No. 1 pick in the draft, and of course Saints QB1, Jameis Winston. The guys talk with the former Heisman Trophy winner about what it was like winning the last BC…
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Truss Levelz is baaaaack! Cam and Mark are bringing it for Season 3 and we’re in person for the first time ever. Tune to hear every Wednesday! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Players' Tribune
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On Truss Levelz, we’re all about the best. And this week, The BEST pound-for-pound fighter in the world … that man, Kamaru Usman, joins the fellas for a UFC special. Kamaru doesn’t hold back … ever. And here he lays it all out — about his journey from growing up in Nigeria to playing football in Texas, to becoming one of the world’s baddest fighter…
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We’ve got THE 2020 Mr. Heisman, coming from a little place we like to call TITLETOWN, USA, aka the University of Alabama. It’s DEVONTA Smith, everybody. The Eagles rookie pulls up on this episode of Truss Levelz to take the guys through his legendary career at Bama and his experience in the league so far. Y’all, we can’t wait to see this man make h…
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Steeler Nation, stand up! This week on Truss Levelz Steelers’ captain and Pro Bowl defensive lineman Cam Heyward joins the guys. We got more legacy on the show than ever before, as the guys relate to having NFL fathers. Cam touches on being a beast in high school basketball in Georgia — covering Dwight Howard! — what it was like dominating high sch…
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The man, the myth, the Yahya! Our guy Yahya Abdul-Mateen II chops it up on this week’s Truss Levelz. Cam and Yahya take it way back to their Cali college days, when $150 got them looking RIGHT in a suit! Yahya gets down to the details about his journey from track athlete and architect major to budding actor at Yale School of Drama. From there, the …
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Beasts only. This week on Truss Levelz we got the Colts’ All-Pro defensive lineman, DeForest Buckner on the pod! The Hawaian-grown, Oregon-developed product has been a mess for O-lines to deal with since he got to the league, and he talks about his journey from the Islands to his position as one of the most dominant defensive linemen in all of foot…
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Baltimore Ravens stud, All-Decade defensive end and Walter Payton Man of the Year, Calais Campbell, joins the guys on this week’s episode of Truss Levelz. The future Hall of Famer and one of the true D-line beasts of the league talks it all, from his time at The U to wreaking havoc throughout the NFL. Hell, just tune in for his incredible voice. Ca…
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LEGENDARY ... is the only way to say it. This week we got a seven-time national championship winner, one of the greatest coaches in college football EVER, and a good friend of the show. The head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide — Nick Saban, joins Truss Levelz this week. Coach Saban discusses everything from developing Bama to where it is today an…
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Two-time Olympian, former world fencing champion, the man some even call the Dennis Rodman of the fencing world – we’ve got Miles Chamley-Watson on this episode of Truss Levelz! Miles gives the guys the rundown on his unique and thrilling sport — how the scoring works, where to watch — and even speaks on some of the weirdest fencing injuries you co…
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Stud wideout Marvin Jones Jr. reps Cal Berkley and the Jaguars on this episode of Truss Levelz. He wows Cam and Mark with his absurdly good singing voice and shares stories of college with Cam, his dominant basketball career and his thoughts on why he’s underrated. Oh, and if you’re interested in Trevor Lawrence, well, his future No. 1 wide receive…
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It’s Title Town up in here! We’re swapping the pigskin for the putter this week as Justin Thomas tees it up with Cam and Mark on this episode of Truss Levelz. The man has already claimed a World No. 1 ranking and a PGA Championship title and now we can also call him … an Olympian! The guys don’t let JT leave without getting a few tips on their own …
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The Ravens’ hard-hitting cornerback Marlon Humphrey, aka Fruit Punch, jumps on Truss Levelz this week! The former Crimson Tide national champion and All-Pro corner lays it out in a way only he can. Listen up! Meeting Mark as a kid [4:20] Being the top high school cornerback in the country [11:30] Staying home and going to Alabama [17:20 ] Winning a…
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Keenan Allen, route runner extraordinaire and one of the best wideouts in the league, stops by on this week’s episode of Truss Levelz. The perennial Pro Bowler and Chargers No. 1 option on offense chops it up on his times at Cal with Cam and how he was almost college teammates with Mark instead. Tune in! Scoring 50 touchdowns senior year of high sc…
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Who Dat? Drew Brees — aka Drew-isiana, aka Drew Orleans, aka Super Bowl champion — jumps on this week’s episode of Truss Levelz. The Hall of Fame-bound quarterback talks about his rise through Texas football and how team culture — think rounds of Super Smash Bros. in the locker room — can change a squad into champions. Saints’ pregame chants [3:16]…
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YO! Welcome to Extra points!! This is where we'll drop Bonus eps and specials for our fans. To kick it off, you know the Truss Levelz boys had to tap in just before the playoffs start! We recap Season 1 of Truss Levelz and dig into their upcoming playoff games. We also talk Heisman, from the first Bama Heisman winner. And, of course, we had to touc…
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Double D, Double D! The Mississippi MUD LEGEND and Saints All-Pro linebacker — Demario Davis — pops in for the Season 1 finale of Truss Levelz! Demario begins by explaining why becoming a man of faith completely changed his life, directing him away from his high school troubles. He chats about making the switch from wide receiver to defense in high…
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The first player to have over 1,000 receiving yards in four consecutive seasons, ladies and gentleman: Travis Kelce! So, fun fact … Travis was QB1 in high school. Low-key who gonna give him his shot in the league? Trav talks the guys through his younger football days and what did and did not motivate him to get better at his craft. Then he attempts…
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The epitome of consistency, a College Station legend and Harry Potter’s biggest fan, Mike Evans drops by to chat with the fellas on Truss Levelz. We hear how Mike held up during the offseason. TLDR: Just fine. Then we go back to the beginning and hear about how he was supposed to be hooper until football interfered with that whole plan. You’ll hear…
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North Carolina's finest, aka TG3, the Georgia Bulldog himself, Todd Gurley, stops in to chat with the guys on this episode of Truss Levelz. Did you know that TG3 started off as a track phenom? Well, he did. Our man has speed speed. You’ll hear about him traveling the world to race. Why he nearly went to Princeton instead of Georgia — a move that co…
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KING HENRY is in the building. The 2019 Ground Player of the Year pops off on this week’s episode of Truss Levelz. First off, D Henry in high school, was absurd. I mean we’re talking domination. This man had over 12,000 rushing yards over four years…. Yeah, that's the national high school record. Then he gets into going to Bama, the crazy backfield…
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It’s ya boy, B-Wagz, THE Bobby Wagner, tackling Episode 4 of Truss Levelz. Pro Bowls upon Pro Bowls, All-Decade Team, five-time First Team All-Pro recipient — ya feel? Legend status. B-Wagz breaks it all down this week. Being a Jordan Brand athlete — elite! Remembering how the announcers on draft night gave his 2012 Seattle draft class a fat F — no…
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Yeeeet! It’s the one and only, the money bag-holding, tight end-playing, beast — George Kittle! Buckle up for a lot of laughs as Cam and Mark get right into George’s boyhood in Iowa, how his family is basically an All-Star lineup of record-breaking athletes, and why he played at three different high schools. Then it's onto college at Iowa; includin…
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SPEED. We’re talking about real speed. Florida speed … light-pole-to-light pole spee-EED! Of course, our guy, the young'un, HOLLYWOOD Brown, joins Truss Levelz. Say hello to Hollywood, as he gets into it all, including explaining how Florida Pop Warner is just different, with thousands in the stands and the whole hood coming out to rock with their …
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We’re going big out of the gates. Rookie-of-the-Year big. Two-thousand-yards-rushing-AND-receiving big. Of course, we’re talking about our friend and colleague, Alvin Kamara, aka AK. He joins Truss Levelz to talk facts. The Norcross, Georgia, high school star tells how his upbringing shaped his views on life. Why that shape didn’t fit all that well…
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NFL superstars, Cam Jordan and Mark Ingram are former Saints teammates and real-life friends whose personalities, minds, and hearts are as big as their talent on the field. Brimming with an infectious energy, these two juggernauts have joined forces to bring you Truss Levelz. A podcast where the best and brightest in the NFL share stories that go b…
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The Creative Lick: Episode Two - Sharmed, I'm Sure
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Today we speak to world-class illustrator and all round nice guy, Sharm Murugiah. We talk about Sharm's his creative career and the long road he travelled to get there. We also talk about how his style is in the process of evolving. We round off the chat by discussing the mental health implications of working alone and for yourself, as well as whet…
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The Creative Lick: Episode One - Pilot Jones
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Welcome to The Creative Lick, a podcast all about creativity. The first episode introduces the shows general premise as well as giving an introduction to me, Marcus. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did making it. And stay tuned for a host of cool interviews and creative content.
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