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Margarida Barreto: AI Accelerates the Visualization, Not the Judgment

Margarida Barreto has spent over 20 years moving through every layer of design  fashion, illustration, branding, UX, and now AI-integrated creative direction. In this episode, she brings a…

Arthur Machado: You Can't Direct What You Don't Know

In this episode, I speak with Arthur Machado who is an AI director and AI artist based in Christchurch, New Zealand, originally from São Paulo, Brazil. With over two decades in advertising and film…

Karissa Clampit: Let Yourself Explore

In this episode, I speak with Karissa Clampit we explore how many people freeze when they approach AI because they feel like they have to “be good at it.” They want perfect outputs immediately. They…

Sabina Podjed: Creative Expression Is Actually Art

In this episode of Judeslist, I speak with Sabina Podjed about something deceptively simple but deeply psychological: When you create with AI, are you an artist?Sabina didn’t come from an art…

Wilfred Lee: The Courage to Call Yourself An Artist

In this episode of Judeslist, I speak with Wilfred Lee about something deceptively simple but deeply psychological: Why is it so hard to call yourself an artist?Wilfred shares the internal conflict…

Claudia Lalau: AI Should Remove Boring Work, Not Replace Thinking

In this episode of Judeslist, I speak with Claudia Lalau, an AI filmmaker and founder of Bottom Line AI Agency.Claudia has spent nearly two decades working across the film and advertising industries,…

Teresa Dalia: Art, Healing, and AI: Why Creativity Has Always Been a Technology

In this episode, I speak with Teresa Dalia, an artist and art therapist whose work spans film, photography, performance, healing arts, and emerging technology.Teresa’s journey moves across ancient…

Guido Callegari: The Real Skill in AI Creation

In this episode, I speak with Guido Callegari, who shares how discovering generative AI in 2022 completely reshaped his creative career. After 15 years working as an art director in advertising, he…

Evangelia Katsogiannou: I Won’t Accept 80%. I Need 95%

In this episode I speak with Evangelia Katsogiannou, a Florence-based fashion designer. With decades of experience across the fashion industry from design to production coordination, Evangelia shares…

Paola Rocchetti: I Don’t Want to Recreate Reality

In this episode I speak with Paola Rocchetti, Co-Founder and Creative Partner at Void ’N Disorder and AI Director at GRAiL. We talk about what pulled her into AI in the first place, why originality…

Mark Wachholz: When Anything Is Possible, What Should Exist?

In this episode I speak with Mark Wachholz, a Berlin-based screenwriter and AI filmmaker. Mark shares his journey from being rejected by traditional film schools to spending over two decades writing…

Wuraola Oyewusi: What Happens When a Language Isn’t Digitized

In this episode, I speak with Wuraola Oyewusi, whose journey spans pharmacy, AI research, and digital education but what makes her work distinct is how she translates complex AI concepts into the…

Fieldnotes: Number #1

This audio comes from the first conversation I ever recorded for Judeslist.It was never published.In 2020, I read something I had written about my mother, about her strength, her faith, and the way…

PJ Way: The Coming Era of Creative Tastemakers

In this episode of Judeslist, I speak with PJ Way, founder of Prometheus Productions & AI Film 3. We talk about how AI is reshaping filmmaking by expanding who gets to create and who gets to be…

Kelly Boesch: Surreal Night Owl

In this episode, I speak with Kelly Boesch, an AI artist whose work blends technology, emotion, fashion, music, and color into a deeply human creative practice.Kelly shares how her background in fine…

Jan-Willem Blom: Storytelling, WorldBuilding, Villains and AI

In this episode, I speak with Jan-Willem Blom an AI filmmaker and creative director whose work sits at the intersection of classic storytelling, world-building and emerging AI tools.Jan traces his…

Michaela Ternasky-Holland: Why Creativity Still Demands Effort

In this episode, I speak with Michaela, an Emmy and Peabody-nominated director who shares her journey through animation, virtual reality, and generative AI. We discuss the evolution of storytelling…

Sandy Carter: AI First, Human Always: A New Shift

In this conversation, Sandy Carter discusses her book 'AI First, Human Always' and explores the intersection of AI and human creativity. She emphasizes the importance of measuring AI success, the…

Amoako Boafo: The Hands Of God

In this episode I speak with Amoako Boafo who is celebrated for his captivating portraits that honor and elevate Black figures, carving out a significant place for them in the tradition of…

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