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Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 5: Moving Through The “Messy Middle” (Without Losing Your Mind) with Amie McNee*This conversation contains a significant amount of explicit language. Rather than bleeping everything out or editorializing, I preferred to share the raw, authentic version because we're all feeling all the feelings right now. And I didn't want to restrict our process in any way. Listener's discretion is advised.Amie McNee is an author, artist and speaker dedicated to helping creatives build meaningful and fulfilling lives. McNee empowers people to challenge the narratives that hold them back and embrace the messy, magical process of creation. McNee’s books and speaking inspire thousands to break free from perfectionism, self-doubt an...2025-06-271h 30Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 5: Moving Through The “Messy Middle” (Without Losing Your Mind) with Kalika SharmaKalika Sharma is the founder and creative director of AntidoteFX, a woman-led animation and design studio, known for turning complex ideas into powerful, visual stories. With 20+ years of experience in motion design, her award-winning portfolio includes partnerships with Carnegie Hall, Marriott Bonvoy, Netflix, iHeartRadio Music Festival, and Memorial Sloan Kettering, blending aesthetic impact with strategic messaging.She has also spent two decades teaching at institutions like NYU-Tisch and Pratt Institute, guiding students from being first-time animators to confident storytellers. Kalika excels at showing creatives how to integrate real-world problem solving, with traditional and digital technology. She believes...2025-06-271h 06Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 4: Creatives & Creators, The Future of Entertainment? with Liz Craft & Sarah FainLiz Craft & Sarah Fain wrote their first piece together when they were fifteen — an article on Kansas City delis for their high school newspaper. Liz attended Columbia University in New York and went on to work as an editor of young adult books. Sarah attended Williams College then joined Teach For America, where she taught high school English and Creative Writing in rural North Carolina.Liz and Sarah decided to move to L.A. together where they rented a tiny beach house and dove head first into their writing partnership. Since then they have Executive Produced, created, an...2025-06-261h 00Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 4: Creatives & Creators, The Future of Entertainment? with Nick MiloNick Milo has spent the last 15 years using digital notes to create and grow a fitness boxing into an international company, produce two independent feature films, and become a TV and film editor. Most importantly, as he shares in his website, his use of digital notes helps him calm his thoughts and make better sense of the world.He has tested and stretched the limits of linked notes in the real world from the fitness industry to the film industry, the football field to civil engineering, strength training to the boxing ring, public speaking to content creation...2025-06-261h 17Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 4: Creatives & Creators, The Future of Entertainment? with Jay ClouseJay Clouse is the founder of Creator Science, a leading voice in the creator economy. Jay has helped thousands of creators turn their passion into sturdy businesses through observation, experimentation, and iteration. His work spans a newsletter, podcast, membership, and YouTube channel, reaching a global audience.In 2023, Jay was named “Content Entrepreneur of the Year” by The Tilt, and the Creator Science podcast earned a 2022 Signal Award.Jay has also invested in 10+ startups, including Kit, RightMessage, Maven, Carry, Kick, and Gumroad. Through the Creator Science Syndicate, he helps his audience invest in platforms that empower crea...2025-06-261h 15Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 3: Creative Careers In Crisis with Selena SooSelena Soo is a publicity and marketing strategist for visionary entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their message.She’s helped clients and students get featured in places like O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Inc., and land interviews on popular podcasts and national TV. Many of Selena’s clients have become industry leaders with 7-figure businesses, raving fan bases, and hundreds of thousands of followers.Her signature approach comes down to building powerful and long-lasting relationships with influencers and the media in a thoughtful, authentic way.Selena has been...2025-06-2559 minNavigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 3: Creative Careers In Crisis with Matt NixMatt Nix graduated from UCLA with a degree in Political Science. He started off writing and directing several award-winning short films, which led to a career writing feature film scripts. As a screenwriter, he worked at most of the major studios writing movies before turning his attention to television. He is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the USA Network hit series Burn Notice which ran from 2007 to 2014, spending several of those years as the highest rated show on basic cable. He created and ran The Good Guys for Fox and Complications for USA, co-created...2025-06-251h 26Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 3: Creative Careers In Crisis with Annie DukeAnnie Duke is an author, speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space, as well as Special Partner focused on Decision Science at First Round Capital Partners, a seed stage venture fund. Annie’s latest book, Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, was released in 2022 from Portfolio, a Penguin Random House imprint. Her previous book, Thinking in Bets, is a national bestseller. As a former professional poker player, she has won more than $4 million in tournament poker. During her career, Annie won a World Series of Poker bracelet and is the only woman to have won the Wo...2025-06-251h 26Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 2: Creativity In the Age of AI with Kylee PeñaKylee Peña is Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Professional Editorial at Adobe. As a former editor herself, she’s a seasoned problem-solver who wants to bridge the gap between creative and technology for all kinds of storytellers. Kylee has over 15 years of experience in post-production and hundreds of television and film credits as both a creative and technical professional, including a long stint in creative technologies at Netflix. At Adobe, she is part of the team engaging with the professional post-production community to drive the future of Premiere Pro.An industry thought leader, Kyl...2025-06-241h 07Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 2: Creativity In the Age of AI with Ian Clawson & Chris DeaverIan Clawson helps leaders build cultures people love as a co-founder of BraveCore. He is co-author of Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation (McGraw-Hill) and is co-host of the Lead with a Question podcast. An advisor to startups and accelerator programs, he has contributed to culture shaping and organizational growth through leadership coaching. A regular contributor to Fast Company, his work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, INC, The Next Big Idea Club, USA Today, The NY Post, Big Think, Influencive & Disrupt Magazine. Ian is...2025-06-241h 04Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 2: Creativity In the Age of AI with Maxim JagoMaxim Jago speaks on wide-ranging subjects exploring lessons learns from his work as a filmmaker, futurist, author, and media technology expert.He proposes an optimistic-realist attitude to future technologies and opportunities for growth in society, and in ourselves. As an award winning filmmaker and screenwriter, Maxim is currently engaged in three feature film projects that include true VR storytelling elements.As an Author, Maxim writes the official Adobe Premiere Pro Classroom in a Book – the standard text used by film schools all around the world.INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:Why the fu...2025-06-2448 minNavigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 2: Creativity In the Age of AI with Sean CushingSean Cushing is the co-founder of Cantina Creative, a high-end visual effects and design company located in Los Angeles. Cushing is also a board member of the non-profit organization, Climate Cents, which organizes crowdfunding campaigns to rebuild natural ecosystems, sequester carbon, and support Los Angeles County communities with climate adaptation, education, and sustainable development.In 1999, Cushing entered the entertainment sector when he joined Reel Efx, a special effects company. Prior to Reel Efx, Cushing applied his skills in product design and computer aided modeling to help create fountain structures around the world (including the now f...2025-06-241h 01Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 1: Redefining Our New “Normal” with Christina WallaceA self-described “human Venn diagram”, Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, where she teaches entrepreneurship and leads HBS Startup Bootcamp. Her latest book is The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card (Hachette, 2023).A serial entrepreneur, Christina has built businesses in ecommerce, edtech, and media. She also co-authored New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Grow...2025-06-2356 minNavigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 1: Redefining Our New “Normal” with Walter MurchWalter Murch (ACE, MPSE) is an American film editor, director, writer, sound designer, and author. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on THX1138, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and III, American Graffiti, The Conversation, and The English Patient, with three Academy Award wins (from nine nominations: six for picture editing and three for sound mixing), he has been referred to by Roger Ebert as “the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema.”INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:Walter’s wild ride through Hollywood and how he survived its toughest transi...2025-06-231h 05Navigating the Future of EntertainmentDay 1: Redefining Our New “Normal” with Brian MerchantBrian Merchant is a writer, tech journalist, and the author of a bestselling book about the iPhone, The One Device. His most recent book is Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (2023).He has been the Los Angeles Times‘ tech columnist, an editor at Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology publication, and the founder of Terraform, its online fiction site. He founded Automaton, a project that examined the human impact of AI and automation, for Gizmodo. He currently serves as Journalist in Residence, AI Now Institute.Brian is also the co-e...2025-06-231h 00Navigating the Future of EntertainmentKeynote Speaker: Ted HopeTed Hope describes himself as a "filmworker" and has over 70 producing credits to his name, 60 credits as a studio executive, and was the Co-Head of Movies at Amazon Studios where he led them to 19 Oscar nominations and 5 wins. Ted also helped launch the feature film careers of Ang Lee, Nicole Holofcener, Hal Hartley, Michel Gondry, and many others. There is nobody that cares more about the importance of filmmaking than Ted Hope—NOBODY—and no one more experienced or knowledgeable about the business of entertainment to help us answer the questions: What the hell is happening to our b...2025-06-221h 29