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Fast Hours
by Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn
Fast Hours is a weekly generative AI podcast where Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn dig into the craft, taste, and business of making creative work with AI.Every week, they unpack what’s changing across AI image and video generation, creative workflows, models, platforms, culture, creative careers, and the business of creative work.What matters? What works? What’s overhyped? And where does leverage exist for creatives?Expect AI news, practical workflows, experiments, guest conversations, and strong opinions from two dudes actually using it in their professional work.
Episodes
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We Built an Entire Creative Team With AI Agents. It's Getting Weird.
Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn have officially reached the point where their AI agents are doing more work than they can keep track of.Six months ago, they were discussing who they'd need to hire to scale Fast Hours. Now they've built an interconnected system handling everything from podcast clips…
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He’s Using AI to Double His Agency Without Hiring (Ep. 86 / feat. Phil Rivers)
Phil Rivers is using AI to scale his agency by automating approvals, task creation, onboarding, and shared workflows across his team.Drew and Rory spend an embarrassing amount of time obsessing over AI visuals. Phil Rivers shows up with 40 clients, 16 employees, and an entirely different…
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Claude Opus Feels Like Midjourney Now
Claude Opus feels like Midjourney because it can take minimal direction and produce imaginative visual work.Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn gave Claude Opus room to create, then watched the to-do list get ambitious (their neglected websites finally got some attention). A promo’s visual style carries...
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Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit
Opus 5.5 made editable AI video practical: build motion graphics in code, then revise shots, text, and variations without starting over.A cocktail graphic from Rory’s T-shirt became an animation system. Then came four more drinks, a Pokémon battle, podcast promos, and a client-style video. Drew…
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20 Year Creative Vet Sold Golden Wolf to Doodles, Then Went All-In on AI (feat. Ingi Erlingsson)
After 20 years in creative, building Golden Wolf and selling it to Doodles, Ingi Erlingsson went deep on AI to start a new chapter at his company, SYSTMS.Ingi has spent two decades making work for brands including Nike, Adidas, Jordan, Disney, Netflix, Coca-Cola, and Cartoon Network. He built...
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What Can OpenAI’s Astra and GPT Image 2.5 Actually Do?
So, what can OpenAI’s Astra and GPT Image 2.5 actually do? Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn put OpenAI’s Astra and GPT Image 2.5 models through a golf course build, a vintage typewriter animation, and a round of image edits. Rory’s golf course experiment burns 70% of his weekly allowance. Drew spends...
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How We Use AI to Run Our Businesses With Skills, Agents & MCPs
To run a solo business on AI, build a system of small skills and agents that handle the admin, comms, and ops so your time goes to creating. --- Two founders who swore AI would give them their time back open the hood on what they actually run. Drew walks through 37 hand-built skills and a…
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A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook (feat. Jamey Gannon)
An AI creative director combines design fundamentals, AI fluency, tool selection, and repeatable workflows to produce better creative work. The boys over at Fast Hour invites a 24-year-old AI creative director to give away her playbook and somehow gets reminded that buying more AI subscriptions...
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AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures For
Brands pay five figures for AI workflows that turn repetitive creative work into reusable systems teams can run at scale.Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn speedrun their way into a useful business model while trying to explain node-based AI without melting anyone’s brain. The opportunity itself is...
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He Built an 8 Figure AI Business in One Year (feat. Rourke Sefton-Minns)
Rourke Sefton-Minns scaled his AI creator business from zero to eight figures in one year by turning audience, education, and creative AI into a business system.Drew and Rory invited Rourke Sefton-Minns on to discuss AI and somehow ended up reverse-engineering a business built on sleep streaming,...
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How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds (feat. BLVCKL!GHT)
Build an AI universe by compounding recognizable characters, consistent worlds, recurring stories, and creative assets instead of starting from zero. BLVCKL!GHT has spent thousands of hours doing the thing most AI creators accidentally avoid: sticking with one weird idea long enough for it to...
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How to Build AI Workflows That Never Start From Zero
A good AI workflow remembers what worked last time, so you don’t have to rebuild the same process from scratch.Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn attempt to explain how advanced AI workflows actually work, then accidentally expose the mildly concerning machinery behind their own. The useful version of…
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How to Make AI Images That Don’t Scream “I Used AI” (feat. Finn McKenty)
AI images stop looking generic when creators steer models with real expertise, original references, hand-built assets, and selective craft. Finn McKenty joins Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn to explain why the fastest route to better AI work may involve drawing by hand, reading the manual, and making...
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How AI Is Making Human Creativity More Valuable
AI is making creative production faster while increasing the value of human craft, imperfection, and hands-on creative control.Drew and Rory start with Netflix’s 300 AI-assisted programs and somehow end up defending Blockbuster, boxy cars, greasy roommates, and the radical act of making creative...
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She Cracked AI Advertising Before Brands Were Ready
In Episode 73, Salma Aboukarr joins the show. A creative director and founder, she explains how she moved from painstaking CGI workflows in Blender and 3Ds Max to AI-native campaigns for brands including Coca-Cola, Panasonic, and Google Labs. She breaks down her viral IKEA exploding-room video…
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Taste Isn't the AI Moat You Think It Is
The boys are back with episode 72, where Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker attempt to discuss AI like serious adults. Yeah, that didn't work. They immediately detour into Figma Config, Waymo trust issues, Invisalign lisp watch, and the quiet horror of paying for AI models that may or may not be getting...
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Midjourney's Wildest Move Yet: Full Body Medical Scans
Midjourney spent years helping people generate impossible images. Then it used that image money to build a machine designed to look inside the human body. In Episode 71, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn, two men with zero medical degrees and a medically concerning level of confidence, unpack…
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The Weird AI Video Formula Getting Millions of Views
In Episode 70, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn are joined by Tyler Bernabe, better known as jboogxcreative, a full-time generative AI creator, strategist, and social menace responsible for some of the wildest AI videos your algorithm has probably shoved into your face at 1:13 a.m. They get into how...
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Google Dropped Too Many AI Tools. Which Ones Matter?
Drew and Rory are back for episode 69, which is legally required to begin with at least one immature joke before immediately collapsing under the weight of Google’s latest AI product avalanche.This week, they dig into Google Omni, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google Flow, Google Pics, Nano Banana, Veo, and...
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The Prompt Is Dead, Long Live the Reference + The Monet Trap
In episode 68 of Fast Hours, Drew and Rory return from a two-week hiatus to prove that yes, the AI news cycle did continue without their permission. Rude. They dig into Freepik changing its name to Magnific, why enterprise AI image tools are starting to feel more like creative operating systems,...
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GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good?
Fast Hours has entered the witness protection program. Same Drew. Same Rory. But fewer syllables and more chaos.In this episode, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn officially drop “Midjourney” from the podcast name and relaunch as Fast Hours, a broader home for the creative AI ecosystem: image models,...
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Midjourney V8.1 Review & Reactions + Wen Edit Model?
Midjourney finally dropped v8.1, so Drew and Rory did what any responsible adults would do: generated way too many images, argued with style codes, stress-tested text, and immediately started asking whether the edit model is the part that actually matters.In episode 66 of Midjourney Fast Hours…
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Claude Knows Kung Fu. Midjourney's Still in the Dojo (+V8.1?)
In episode 65, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn return for another round of Midjourney Fast Hours and immediately do what they do best: poke at bleeding-edge AI tools until something breaks, gets weird, or accidentally becomes useful.They kick things off with fresh Midjourney V8 impressions, including...
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Midjourney V8 First Impressions + Claude Code Breakthroughs
Drew and Rory crawl back from travel chaos, token addiction, and mild creative delusion to answer the question everyone’s been asking: did Midjourney V8 finally land... and was it worth the wait?In this episode, they break down their real first impressions of Midjourney V8, including what feels...
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Midjourney V8 Countdown + Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 & Higgsfield Fallout
After a brief hiatus, the boys are back! With Midjourney v8 expected next week, Drew and Rory zoom out and ask the bigger question: does v8 even matter as much as we think? Because while everyone waits for v8, Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.0 are raising the bar, Claude Code and Claude Cowork are…
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Midjourney v8 Is Late, the Skill Gap Is Growing, and AI Agents Unionized
Episode 62 starts where every serious AI podcast should: Adam Sandler movies, Bobby Boucher lore, and a suspicious black eye.Then things spiral fast.Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn catch up after the holidays and dive headfirst into what’s actually happening across Midjourney, Nano Banana Pro, system...
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Ep.61—Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There.
Episode 61 turns the Midjourney Fast Hours mic over to the audience.Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn go fully live for an AMA that exposes where visual AI actually stands right now. Not the hype decks, but the messy, useful, (occasionally) frustrating truth.They break down what Midjourney v8 really...
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Ep.60—Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: The Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls
In this final episode of 2025, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn zoom out to dissect what actually mattered this year across Midjourney, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 1.5, Weavy, video models, workflows, and the uncomfortable truth about how fast all of this is moving.They unpack the real inflection...
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Midjourney v8 Countdown, Are "AI Artists" A Thing? + Nano Banana Pro vs ChatGPT Image 1.5
Drew and Rory stumble back from the holiday chaos—one fresh off vacation, the other barely resurrected from a mystery NYC illness. Between fever dreams and booger fingers, they somehow manage to tear into ChatGPT's Image 1.5 disappointment, expose why Nano Banana Pro is quietly dominating their...
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Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside Down
Rory and Drew celebrate crawling their way to 30k subs, then immediately prove they are barely qualified to handle it by turning a Stranger Things binge into a full-blown lecture on composition, lighting, and how to reverse-engineer blockbuster shots into Midjourney and Nano Banana Pro prompts....
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Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke
Drew and Rory pull up to Episode 57 running on fumes and caffeine, only to get smacked in the face by one of the wildest AI weeks of the year. Midjourney drops two new features back-to-back like it’s nothing, Google drops Nano Banana Pro into the world like a nuke, and both guys are out here...
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Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game
Drew and Rory start with eyeball horror, Stranger Things hype, and the idea of AI-powered contact lenses before stumbling straight into the real mind-melt: Midjourney, Grok Imagine, Mystic 3, and Flux all colliding in one episode. They roast their own prompts, trigger an accidental NSF-DoubleU...
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Nodes Are Eating the Creative World (And You’re Already Late)
Rory and Drew return from Halloween with coffee, chaos, and a nerdfest on node-based creation. They speed-run Midjourney office hours, gripe about missing “make him smile” buttons, then crack open the new wave: nodes in Krea, Freepik Spaces, and Weavy...batching, branching, and wiring prompts…
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Midjourney’s Whole System Is Quietly Evolving + a Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't Know
It’s spooky season, and Midjourney’s acting possessed — new UI, style creator, and a personalization trick you weren’t supposed to find. Drew and Rory break down why Midjourney’s entire system is quietly evolving—from Style Creator and V6 personalization inside V7 to what V8 might unlock. They…
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Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack
Two tired dads with graying hair accidentally stumble into a killer AI workflow. In this Halloween-season hang, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn trade Midjourney Office Hours intel (V8, maybe no 7.1), go deep on the Style Explorer/Style Finder with token-level searches, then build a rapid…
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Midjourney’s Next Chapter: V8, Style Tools, and The 99.99% Problem
Rory and Drew try to keep up with AI like two dads jogging after a runaway stroller. They dig into Midjourney v8 rumors, the new Style Finder vs. Style Creator, and why personalization has everyone stuck in a pink-blue haze. They compare Sora 2’s shock-tightened IP rules to Veo 3.1’s practical...
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Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold Rush
Midjourney Fast Hours — Episode 51: “Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold Rush” Drew and Rory crawl out of their creative caves after a month-long “break” (read: total burnout) and immediately get smacked in the face by Sora 2, Veo 3, and Midjourney Style Explorer updates that make everything they...
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Unpacking Midjourney's Style Explorer + Slipping Deeper Into Nano Banana 🍌
The Midjourney Fast Hours crew hits episode 50…and immediately forgets to throw a party. Instead, Drew and Rory stumble into a killer trick inside the brand-new Style Explorer (yes, that hidden Smart Search → Styles move), while guest Allar Haltsonen cheerfully roasts their “we’ll plan it later”...
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Midjourney Token Bashing, Nano Banana, and Weavy with Marco Isle
Rory and Drew invite creative polymath Marco Isle to do what this show does best: break Midjourney in interesting ways. It’s a token binge from shadow play, moonlight, GOBO shadows, datamosh, pixel smear, prismatic rainbow light streaks, and androgynous beauty plus where --exp actually makes…
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Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist
MJ:FH Ep. 48—Midjourney just unlocked HD video for everyone, added new batch size controls, and teased more of Style Explorer, V7.1, and V8. Here’s everything you need to know.Two bleary-eyed nerds test Midjourney’s newest toys so you don’t torch your credits. In this run-and-gun lab, Drew…
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Midjourney TV MJTV + Personalized Explore Pages
Rory’s apartment is in chaos, Drew’s talking about broken toes again, and somehow they end up deep-diving Midjourney TV like it’s cable circa 1999. In this episode, the guys go full nerd on Midjourney’s video loops, end frames, and personalized Explore Pages—plus fresh Office Hour gems on Style...
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Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown
Rory accidentally finds himself on a nudist beach while Drew's making DIY sunscreen with AI. And if that wasn't crazy enough, this episode is a full live teardown of Midjourney video loops and end frame control—features built for creating cinematic AI video workflows. Drew and Rory show how to…
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Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2
Rory and Drew are back and things get... weird. In this episode, they push Midjourney Video to its limits—trying to animate mushrooms, morph soda cans, and see what happens when you feed it your childhood art. Along the way, they break down the newest Office Hours updates, upcoming pro features,...
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Midjourney Video is HERE—Nerds React + New SREF System Chop-Up
Rory’s parents are laughing in the background. Drew just got a Midjourney tattoo that reads "/imagine". And somehow, Midjourney video dropped in the middle of all this. This week on Midjourney Fast Hours, the boys stumble into an accidental emergency episode because (surprise!), Midjourney just...
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Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System
Drew and Rory spiral through the Disney + Universal vs. Midjourney lawsuit, throw some shade at corporate legal strategy, and explore why this could weirdly help Midjourney in the long run. They go deep on the upcoming Midjourney video feature (yes, angle changes confirmed), dissect the new…
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Can Midjourney Actually Compete in Video? + Sref & Monetization Talk
Drew forgot his hat. Rory got recognized by voice alone. And somehow, this spirals into one of the most insightful, chaotic, and weirdly therapeutic episodes of Midjourney Fast Hours yet. This week, your two favorite Midjourney degenerates talk AI's messy evolution, why --sref still hits, and…
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Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread, But Make It Funny
Two guys walk into a podcast... and accidentally summon a demonic goat with the word homesteader. Welcome to episode 41. In this off-the-rails, rabbit-hole-riddled ride, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn spiral from glass milk bottles and brain microplastics to the existential chaos of AI's future.…
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Veo 3 Makes Yesterday’s Best Look Like a Beta Test + Runway & Midjourney Check-In
Midjourney Fast Hours, Episode 40 After a short hiatus (blame conferences and caffeine dependency), the Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker break down Google’s shiny new Flow suite — with its Veo 3 video model, sound + dialogue generation, and confusing-as-hell product naming. They talk strategy, cost,...
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Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually Work
Two weeks off, and Midjourney dropped two major updates: the all-new --exp parameter and the long-awaited omni-reference. In this episode of Midjourney Fast Hours, Drew and Rory conduct live experiments to break down exactly what these tools do, how to use them, and what kinds of creative control...
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Midjourney’s Secret Playground: Chaos, Weird, and New Editor
In this episode, Drew and Rory dive headfirst into the unhinged world of Midjourney’s weirdest features—literally. They crank up --weird, mash it with --chaos, and see what kind of beautiful monstrosities the AI spits out. Spoiler: it gets funky. They also explore the newly overhauled Editor,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Fast Hours is a weekly generative AI podcast where Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn dig into the craft, taste, and business of making creative work with AI.Every week, they unpack what’s changing across AI image and video generation, creative workflows, models, platforms, culture, creative careers, and the business of creative work.What matters? What works? What’s overhyped? And where does leverage exist for creatives?Expect AI news, practical workflows, experiments, guest conversations, and strong opinions from two dudes actually using it in their professional work.
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Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn
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