Culture & Code

The 25th Hour Pt. 2: Context is King

Part two of our three-part series exploring the space where autonomous vehicles, media and artificial intelligence converging to create an entirely new entertainment experience. This episode deals with how our new environment is going to shape the content we consume.

The 25th Hour Pt. 1: Mobility as a Media Environment

Part one of our three-part series exploring the space where autonomous vehicles, media and artificial intelligence converging to create an entirely new entertainment experience. This episode explores the car as the next interactive media platform.

Your Mind on Audio

We explore audio as a storytelling medium that transports listeners, interacts with us, fuels creativity, and connects people—revealing how the human mind is still the ultimate theater.

Natural Born Cyborgs

No character better captures our fears about technology than the cyborg, a living organism that is simultaneously flesh and technology. At the same time, we love videos of paralyzed people taking halting steps in a rehab center or deaf babies with cochlear implants laughing as they hear their mother's voice for the first time. I'm a cyborg fan, happy to merge with a surrounding web of symbols, culture and technology.

Bots & Crafts

Can AI actually be creative or is it human beings who are hallucinating? We examine how AI is transforming music, art, and more – while learning some science about the heart of the storyteller.

Synthetic Media, Human Touch with Ian Beacraft

We speak with Ian Beacraft, the CEO and Chief Futurist at Signal & Cipher out of Chicago. Ian is an internationally recognized expert in synthetic media and its impact on across industries, not just media & entertainment. Ian provides an overview of synthetic media, why it burst upon the scene, the categories and who's using it. We also explore the impact of AI-powered content creation with Ian Beacraft. Synthetic media offers new opportunities for non-specialists to express their ideas in ways they never imagined. And like all powerful technologies, synthetic media is bound to be misunderstood and even misapplied until people focus on use cases that truly make sense.

Kent Morita: A No-No Boy Comes Alive in Manzanar

We're talking with writer and creator Kent Morita about his new interactive short film A Moment In Manzanar. Investigating the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II, A Moment In Manzanar took advantage of new generative AI technology to bring the characters into an interactive capacity.