{"podcast":{"title":"First Time Go","slug":"first-time-go-6464248","podcast_index_feed_id":6464248,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/first-time-go","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2023/7/16/21/0c15e674-8c90-4b18-8b97-c53f23462b2f_230528_110552_88def817163bbbaf04b3c82bcdb5bd9f.jpg","author":"Benjamin Duchek","episode_count":163,"summary":"A weekly podcast highlighting the creators of independent film and the business behind it. Hosted by Ben Duchek.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T20:19:52.129211+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248"},"episode":{"title":"Betting Big On Yourself Through Helping Others: Dylan Mulick and HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD","slug":"betting-big-on-yourself-through-helping-others-dylan-mulick-and-how-to-change-the-world","published_at":"2026-09-04T09:00:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248/betting-big-on-yourself-through-helping-others-dylan-mulick-and-how-to-change-the-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5/episodes/cdf80167-62c1-4729-a6ca-669802a7e5ec","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/cdf80167-62c1-4729-a6ca-669802a7e5ec/stream.mp3","summary":"Watch This Episode On YouTube When you normally see a series like HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD, put together by my guest, filmmaker Dylan Mulick (and the team at World Within Studios), the tendency is to brush it off as do-gooders doing good things. Where is the conflict in that? A lot of great documentaries aren't seen because of these assumptions. Dylan turns the usual tropes of the series upside down in so many ways by going there : inner city Chicago; the Bahamas; wherever there is actual conflict for people who are looking to change our planet. The result is something altogether fresh: a ten part series, starting September 10th, 2026 that's shot cinematically and doesn't make you feel like you're watching an infomercial or about to see a Gofundme link roll across the screen. It's premiering on YouTube, it has the clout of Mark Cuban and others behind it, and the team's end goal is to launch a studio through their nonprofit. This is what the future looks like. Hat tip to David Goldblum for making this interview happen. If you haven't heard my conversation with him, it's a must-listen. In this episode, Dylan and I talk about: the layout of HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD; the strategy of betting big on putting this series on YouTube; how he able to recruit high-level EPs like Chris Pratt and Mark Cuban for his projects; ENTOURAGE shout-out (it truly was a whole thing for dudes in the 2000s); the mentorship role he now takes on for people starting out in film; the lessons he took from his first feature documentary -- HELEN BELIEVE (2023) -- into this project; the story behind World Within Studios, which bills itself as \" a nonprofit focused on tackling extreme wealth consolidation by investing in community-owned projects\"; what keeps him up at night regarding this huge risk; whet…","meta_description":"Watch This Episode On YouTube When you normally see a series like HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD, put together by my guest, filmmaker Dylan Mulick (and the team…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3120,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/first-time-go-6464248/episodes/betting-big-on-yourself-through-helping-others-dylan-mulick-and-how-to-change-the-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248/betting-big-on-yourself-through-helping-others-dylan-mulick-and-how-to-change-the-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}