Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this episode the gang discuss  NAB New York, how using AI in production is helping some companies create jobs, the pending sale of Warner Bros and, the ramifications of user generated content.  And of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things to get excited about. 

Show Notes:

One Cool Thing:

Katie: Halloween in your neighborhood!

Michael: Boris FX Crumple Pop Voice Enhance: https://borisfx.com/products/voice-enhance/

Scott: https://bloomapp.club/ and https://cocoatech.io/

Sora: 

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/openais-sora-soars-to-no-1-on-the-u-s-app-store/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkjgrvg6z4o

Keycode Media chat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTTCtHlSo4w

https://www.provideocoalition.com/new-m5-chip-in-updated-vision-pro-macbook-pro-and-ipad-pro/

corto.ai

https://www.reddit.com/r/AgentsOfAI/comments/1msk1ac/pepsi_turned_57m_ads_campaigns_into_9_with/

https://www.showrunner.xyz/

Exit Valley show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQZcGjQ-SvyJQDvDWguxHs47_ZKt8edj0