{"podcast":{"title":"Possible","slug":"possible-6189144","podcast_index_feed_id":6189144,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/possible","website_url":"https://www.possible.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e49026c8-c28a-11ed-b2f3-038ea4339b78/image/Possible_Key_Art_3000x3000.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Reid Hoffman","episode_count":153,"summary":"What if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Possible is an award-winning, weekly podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Hosts Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger explore what’s possible with forward-thinking leaders, deep thinkers, and ambitious builders across many fields, such as technology, art, education and healthcare. These conversations center on the ways technology—and, in particular, AI—is shaping the future. In episodes, AI tools such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Inflection’s Pi are at work, offering informational asides, prompting guests, or demoing what they can do. Lastly, between guest episodes, Aria interviews her co-host Reid on his latest takes on what’s possible if we use technology—and our collective effort—effectively.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:18:37.859066+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/possible-6189144"},"episode":{"title":"The film director winning awards with AI | Ben Hansford","slug":"the-film-director-winning-awards-with-ai-ben-hansford","published_at":"2026-07-15T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/possible-6189144/the-film-director-winning-awards-with-ai-ben-hansford","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/possible-6189144","url":"https://pdrl.fm/8d0b55/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CONCENT5226016633.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/8d0b55/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CONCENT5226016633.mp3","summary":"Commercial director, AI filmmaker, and USC professor Ben Hansford joins Reid Hoffman and Parth Patil to explain how AI is reshaping Hollywood, film production, VFX, and comics. Ben has been experimenting with generative AI since before DALL-E and Midjourney went mainstream, using the earliest tools to sharpen commercial treatments, win jobs, and teach one of the country's first AI film courses. He traces Hollywood's arc from student protests and industry resistance to a scramble for answers, as shrinking budgets and shifting audiences push creators toward new workflows. He also recounts how a 30-minute AI VFX test reset his sense of what a director can prototype, and why he's building BloqBloq around a stark creative bottleneck: as he puts it, there are more NBA players than professional comic book illustrators. He maps the \"iceberg\" of creation, from databases and security to publishing and iteration, and explains why turning an idea into a finished product takes more than a prompt. For Ben, AI isn't just a tool. It's a crew. For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/","meta_description":"Commercial director, AI filmmaker, and USC professor Ben Hansford joins Reid Hoffman and Parth Patil to explain how AI is reshaping Hollywood, film produc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2071,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/possible-6189144/episodes/the-film-director-winning-awards-with-ai-ben-hansford/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/possible-6189144/the-film-director-winning-awards-with-ai-ben-hansford.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}