Ever wonder how "Two Voice Devs" goes from a raw recording to a finished episode? In this episode, Allen Firstenberg takes Mark Tucker on a deep dive into his production workflow. They discuss how Descript’s text-based editing revolutionized their process, how Allen uses a custom Gemini CLI agent to automate show notes and descriptions, and the technical (and ethical!) journey of creating AI-generated thumbnails using Google's Nano Banana. It’s a candid look at how AI can act as a force multiplier for creators while keeping the "human in the loop."

[00:00:01] Introduction and Check-in

[00:01:27] Behind the Scenes: Why We Use AI

[00:03:42] Descript: Text-Based Video Editing

[00:05:24] Building a Knowledge Database from Transcripts

[00:08:13] Editing Video Like a Document

[00:12:34] Exploring Descript's AI

[00:13:36] Automating Show Notes with Gemini CLI

[00:14:10] The Power of System Instructions (GEMINI.md)

[00:19:30] AI Thumbnail Generation with Nano Banana

[00:26:10] The Ethics of Synthetic Media and Artistic Style

[00:28:40] Keeping the Human in the Loop

[00:33:00] Evolution of the Two Voice Devs Workflow

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