Culture & Code
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Culture & Code explores Human Creativity and Artificial Intelligence. What is it? What does it mean? Aimed at professionals and the casually curious in media & entertainment, marketing, and communications, Culture & Code explores innovation happening across storytelling and generative AI to help creatives imagine better and create smarter.
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- Making the Audience Consequential: Bernie Su on the End of One-Way Storytelling · 54 min · Episode 66Bernie Su is genuinely unique in that most of his creative projects have been the first of their kind. First YouTube series to win a Primetime Emmy Award. The most decorated…
- Adrienne Lahens of Infinite Studios: From the Creator Economy to the AI Economy · 38 min · Episode 65Adrienne Lahens has spent 15 years building the systems that connect creators, brands, and technology — from BuzzFeed's native advertising era, through scaling TikTok's creator…
- Tyler Hochman of Fore Enterprise: The Data Architecture of Creative AI - Measuring What Matters · 31 min · Episode 64Tyler Hochman, CEO of Fore Enterprise and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, discusses how companies move beyond "motor swap" AI adoption to true transformation. Using examples from…
- Performance Over Product: Rethinking Value in the AI Creative Economy · 14 min · Episode 63The AI creative economy is missing something critical: a shared unit of value like keyword search was for the internet. This episode explores why owning infrastructure won't…
- From Clay to Code: Building Worlds with Ancient Art and AI · 34 min · Episode 62What if future beings looked back at humanity like we study ancient civilizations? Artist Vanessa Rosa bridges desert ceramics and AI to create Little Martians—an interactive…
- ElevenLabs' Matty Shimura: Creating Community and Opportunity in AI Filmmaking · 32 min · Episode 61How do you unite a fragmented AI creative industry and bring it into the mainstream? Matty Shimura, Creator Competitions Lead at ElevenLabs and Partnerships, Strategy and…
- Establishing Provenance and IP in Human–AI Filmmaking: A Conversation with Asa Bailey · 33 min · Episode 60Culture & Code speaks with Asa Bailey, founder of Bailey Creative Group and the architect behind the Digital Acquisition Verification Engine (DAVE). Specially designed for…
- AI Storytelling: From Manifesto to Movement 2025 · 15 min · Episode 59In August 2023, Culture & Code launched with a manifesto declaring AI as a new creative medium. Two years later, we examine what predictions came true and what surprised us…
- Aeon Law's Adam Philipp: How AI is Reshaping Intellectual Property Law · 44 min · Episode 58How do you protect creative work when AI can perfectly replicate your artistic style? IP attorney Adam Philipp, founder of Aeon Law, reveals the legal blind spots emerging as AI…
- Escape.AI's Jagger Waters on The Evolution of Immersive Storytelling · 32 min · Episode 57Exploring the intersection of AI and creative storytelling with Jagger Waters of Escape.ai. From theater to AI filmmaking, we discuss how technology is democratizing creativity…
- Griptape.ai on Node-Based Workflows: The Future of Creative AI Production · 43 min · Episode 56Dive deep into the world of professional creative AI with Griptape.ai CEO Kyle Roche and Creative Director Amaru Zeas Sigüenza. This episode explores the critical difference…
- Hollywood Heavyweight John Gaeta: From The Matrix to AI Cinema - Building the Future of Storytelling · 55 min · Episode 55A deep dive into the evolution of filmmaking technology and creative independence. From the Matrix trilogy's groundbreaking visual effects to today's AI-powered content creation…
- Nik Kleverov & the Creative Renaissance - Crafting Stories in the Age of Artificial Intelligence · 38 min · Episode 54Emmy-nominated filmmaker Nik Kleverov discusses how AI tools are revolutionizing visual storytelling. From creating viral brand campaigns to developing feature films, Nik shares…
- Mental Models: Building Scenes, Not Content is the Future of AI-Powered Creativity · 13 min · Episode 53Most creators see AI as a better tool—faster, cheaper, more efficient. But what if that's exactly backwards? This week's deep dive explores why the most successful AI creators…
- The 808 Effect: When AI Stops Being a Helper and Becomes a Creative Partner · 11 min · Episode 52What if we've been thinking about AI all wrong? This episode challenges the prevailing mental models that frame Generative AI as merely a tool or assistant, proposing instead…
- From FAST TV to AI Entertainment with Colin Petrie-Norris: Building the Future of Creator-Driven Content · 33 min · Episode 51In this episode of Culture and Code, we sit down with Colin Petrie-Norris, founder and CEO of Fairground Entertainment, a new AI-powered studio and streaming platform backed by…
- Alvin Wang Graylin - Scarcity to Abundance: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of AI · 54 min · Episode 50What happens when artificial intelligence and robotics make traditional work obsolete? This episode introduces the "Abundanism" framework - a comprehensive model for…
- Creative Democracy: How AI is Transforming Storytelling and Brand Connection · 23 min · Episode 49Join us for a fascinating conversation from the Seattle AI Film Festival with Debra Aho Williamson of Sonata Insights and Adrienne Lahens, former TikTok executive. Discover how…
- Lisa Russell - From UN Stages to African Studios, Democratizing Storytelling Through AI · 29 min · Episode 48Join us for a fascinating conversation with Lisa Russell, Emmy-winning filmmaker and founder of ArtsEnvoy.AI, who's revolutionizing how stories get told in our AI-powered world…
- FBRC.ai's Rachel Joy Victor: Engineering Creative Control in the Age of Generative AI · 19 min · Episode 47What happens when Oscar-winning visual effects meet cutting-edge AI? Dive into the Creative Control Hackathon where filmmakers are wrestling control back from AI black boxes…
