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Don’t Freak Out, Being human in the future that came. Marco Palou makes things by hand with artists, scientists, futurists, and cultural thinkers while exploring creativity, identity, and meaning in a world being rewritten by technology. New episodes every Tuesday. marcopalou.substack.com

vor 6 Tagen

EP 08: Creativity Is Survival | Daniel Lismore, The Man Who Lives as Art

What does it cost to be fully visible? For the season finale, on the day HOMO ARTIS publishes, Daniel Lismore answers with his life. Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS (out today), sits down with his friend Daniel Lismore, the British artist who lives as a living sculpture: every day, an assemblage of chainmail, beads, couture, and found objects collected across decades, each one carrying a piece of his life. Daniel appears in the book. It felt right to end the season with him. This is Don't Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. They talk about what it takes to get dressed when the outfit is your life's archive, the armor that is also a magnet, what daily abuse costs and why he gets dressed anyway, why AI can generate the image of his work but never the life inside it, and creativity not as decoration but as survival. That's season one. Thank you for being here. Follow Daniel: https://www.instagram.com/daniellismore Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellismore Daniel's site: https://www.daniellismore.com HOMO ARTIS: A Manifesto for Creation in the Age of AI is OUT TODAY. Get the book and the first 4 chapters free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don't Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
8. Sept.

EP 07: Your Brain Didn’t Come With a Manual | Heather Collins, PhD, Neuroscientist

Is AI making us dumber? A neuroscientist with more than fifty peer-reviewed papers has a one-rule answer: your brain reserves the right of a first draft. Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Dr. Heather Collins, cognitive neuroscientist whose research runs from Alzheimer's disease to what space does to astronauts' brains. This is Don't Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. Today: origami, and a Muppet named Bobby. They talk about brain gain versus brain drain, how to make AI a thinking partner instead of a replacement brain, breaking a chatbot of its flattery, why your working memory holds about four things, what nine months in space does to a skull, the 100-millisecond first impression and why everyone remembers the meat dress, and the science of Touchies, the memory-holding objects from HOMO ARTIS, which a neuroscientist validates in real time. Her closer: it's gonna be okay, because now you know how to take care of your brain. Pre-order and get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don't Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
4. Sept.

EP 06: What Gets You Cast | Kate Geller & Stephanie Holbrook, Casting Directors

An actor lost a role after one meeting because he’d changed his face. Two Hollywood casting directors explain what they were actually looking for. Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with casting directors Kate Geller and Stephanie Holbrook, taped the morning after the Oscars awarded casting for the first time in history. This is Don’t Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. If you act, this is the other side of the room: what they’re reading in your eyes before you say a word, why your charisma doesn’t survive a self-tape, what fillers and facelifts are quietly doing to careers, why wrinkles get you cast (“you earn every part of your face”), and the walk-in feeling they can’t resist: “you’re a weird soul, I love you already.” Plus: the 1,000-kid search that found one gymnast with the spark, the Oscar tears the morning this was taped, and the question AI can’t answer: how do you replicate the spark of life with science? Listen anywhere Spotify: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id6794541000 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@dontfreakoutpodcast Substack: https://marcopalou.substack.com/ Watch their picks: Nine Days and The Outside Story. Pre-order and get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don’t Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
25. Aug.

EP 05: The Electricity Moment | Michelle Schneider, Future of Work Futurist

Will your job exist in five years? A major study finally gave an honest answer, and it came with a disclaimer you have to hear: if we achieve AGI, disregard everything you’ve read here. Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Michelle Schneider, futurist and future-of-work author who spent twenty years inside Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok before leaving Big Tech to study the transformation from the outside. This is Don’t Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. Today: a Brazilian flag and a sticker box. They talk about the contradicting jobs studies, the AI health agent she built from her lifetime of medical exams with no coding background, humans leading agents and the one-person unicorn, why AI’s productivity boom hasn’t arrived yet (the electricity lesson from 1882), and the Austin school where AI teaches academics in two hours a day and kids get paid to learn. Her closer: the future of work is not in our hands. But your future is only in your hands. Pre-order and get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don’t Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
18. Aug.

EP 04: Everything Will Be All Right | Chris Pfaff, 30-Year Tech Insider

Is the AI boom 1999 all over again? Chris Pfaff was inside that bubble, and he knows the exact warning sign to watch for this time. Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Chris Pfaff, CEO of Chris Pfaff Tech Media and co-chair of the VR/AR Association’s storytelling committee, a man who has been inside every technology wave since 1990. This is Don’t Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. Today: pens, paper, and a character named Lucky Pierre. They talk about the round-tripping pattern he watched destroy telecom in 1999 and why he sees its shape in today’s AI deals, the Apple Vision Pro’s chicken-cutlet problem, the mixed reality concert that preserved composer Ryuichi Sakamoto as he was dying, why sauerkraut became freedom cabbage, who your data belongs to, and whether every human is really an artist. Chris is the first guest to tell Marco no. His answer to it all: everything will be all right. You got to believe. Follow Chris: https://www.chrispfafftechmedia.com Pre-order and get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don’t Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
11. Aug.

EP 03: Curiosity Is Contagious | Sarah DaVanzo, Futurist

What kind of futurist sweetly puts her own AI on mute before predicting the future, then closes by calling AI a jealous lover you should never hand your keys? Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Sarah DaVanzo, futures activist and superforecaster who predicts the future with roughly 70% accuracy. This is Don’t Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. Today: two clay aliens from the same planet. They talk about how to stop fearing what’s next, the four kinds of curiosity (which one are you?), 40 days of silence in a Benedictine monastery, testing forecasting AI with DARPA, aliens over an Argentine cornfield, and how the Curiosity rover accidentally infected Mars with life. Her rule for AI is simple: it’s like a jealous lover. Enjoy it. But don’t give it the keys to your apartment. Follow Sarah: https://futuresactivist.com Get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don’t Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
4. Aug.

EP 02: Action, Not Swiping | Scott Sugino, CEO of Yamaha Music Innovations

What happens when the person investing in the future of music technology nearly cries listening to a song he made himself? Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Yusuke “Scott” Sugino, President and CEO of Yamaha Music Innovations, home to a $50 million fund focused on music, media, audio, and creative technology. This is Don’t Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. They talk about the gap between wanting to create and actually creating, Scott’s honest experience with his four year old son’s screen time, why AI has not fundamentally changed music yet, and the song Scott wrote while moving from Germany to the United States. The conversation eventually reaches a larger question: if machines take more of our work, what will human beings live for? Scott’s answer is simple. Action, action, action. Not swiping. Learn more about Yamaha Creator Pass: https://yamahacreators.com Get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don’t Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Instagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcast Say hello: hello@dontfreakout.us Produced by Shira Chait and Marco Palou Cinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr. Production design by Teresa Guerrero C. Color corrected by Shira Chait Post production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe
27. Juli

EP 01: One Frame at a Time | Ben Treat, Stop Motion Animator

This is a podcast about being human in the future that came. In the premiere: stop motion animator Ben Treat of Frantic Frames, who built one of the most distinctive creative brands on social media through pure craft and patience. Marco and Ben make things out of clay while they talk about committing to craft in an age of instant content, the 50-hour video, escaping the algorithm, the trick that finally beat doomscrolling, and what the human hand is worth when AI can fake the look of anything in seconds. Get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.com Watch and follow Don't Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.us Follow Marco Palou: https://instagram.com/marcopalou Follow Ben: @franticframes Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe

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Don’t Freak Out, Being human in the future that came. Marco Palou makes things by hand with artists, scientists, futurists, and cultural thinkers while exploring creativity, identity, and meaning in a world being rewritten by technology. New episodes every Tuesday. marcopalou.substack.com

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