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Podcast: Was It Chance?
Episode: Paul Pape: Santa for Nerds, Making the Things That Don’t Exist Yet
Description: What if saying “yes” before you know how is the real creative superpower?
In this episode of Was It Chance, Heather Vickery and Alan Seales sit down with Paul Pape—creative problem navigator, TEDx speaker, author, and the man affectionately known as “Santa for Nerds.” From a studio in Nebraska, Paul has built custom props, collectibles, and prototypes for Disney, Universal, Nickelodeon, Broadway, and The Tonight Show, becoming the go-to person when clients need something that doesn’t exist yet.
Paul shares how a theater background, relentless curiosity, and a bend-don’t-break mindset led him from being tol...