About us

Curious first. Then creative.

Two University of South Carolina grads who never stopped trading ideas. Same curiosity, pointed in different directions, and Curious & Creative is where it all comes back together.

Joshua German and Janel Moore standing in front of a wall of wooden bookshelves
Joshua GermanJanel Moore
Our story

Same curiosity. Different directions.

We met at the University of South Carolina and have been swapping ideas ever since. Underneath everything we make is the same instinct: notice what's interesting, dig until we actually understand it, then make something other people can feel.

That instinct takes each of us down different roads. It runs through brand strategy, photography, and AI builds; through policy, politics, finance, and technology; through long-form research, late-night debates, and art. Different expressions, same source.

Curious & Creative is where those roads meet: our flagship podcast and the shows we each host, the pictures and art we make, the games we invent, and a studio that brings the same curiosity to brands and founders.

The two of us

Portrait of Janel Moore
Co-founder

Janel Moore

Technology in global corporate banking and payments at Truist, with experience at JP Morgan, and years of fundraising and financial operations for political campaigns across four states. Artist.

Hosts Too Much to Tweet and Aspiring Abolitionist, and guested on Dominate the Decade.

What we make

01

Production

The Curious & Creative Production Company: podcasts, video, photography, and the strategy behind them.

02

Shows

Podcasts and video series, from history rabbit holes to politics and AI, led by the Curious & Creative Podcast.

03

Photography & art

Portraits, live events, and travel, plus original art and prints in the shop.

04

Inventions

Kindling, Life Gamified, Grandmaster, the Meme Library, and more things we built because we wanted them to exist.

The shows

The whole network →

Curious? Same.

Got a project, a guest pitch, a venture idea, or want to swap notes on good work? Come say hi.

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