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School of Motion Podcast — 198 episodes

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The Founders of Rive Spill the Tea on Interactive Animation! | SOM Podcast

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The HONEST Truth About Motion Design in 2025 | Year in Review

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How to Turn Your Creative Anxiety Into Your Biggest Advantage

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How to Build a Tutorial Empire Like Ben Marriott

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Why Motion Designers Are Having a Moment — with Adobe's Michael Tanzillo

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Nikola Wonder Dynamics

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Why Moonvalley's Approach to AI Video Makes Sense

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Sarah Beth Morgan Gets Real About Parenthood, Career Crisis & Her New Podcast

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Mack Garrison, Dash Studio, and Building Creative Community

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Already Been Chewed and the Journey to Motion Design Success

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From Self-Taught Animator to Oscar Winner: Gints Zilbalodis on Creating "Flow"

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Unreal Engine, Creative Communities, and Career Growth with Cart & Horse

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Inside the Mind of Territory Studio: VFX, UI, and an Epic Dune Graphics Breakdown

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Mastering Blender and Navigating a Creative Career with Elijah Sheffield

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Standing Out in Motion Design: Joel Pilger's Strategies for Success

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The most EPIC 2024 roundup of all things Motion Design

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Rediscovering the Art of Interactive Design with 2Advanced Studios

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The State of 3D with PJ Richardson: Adapting, Thriving, and Staying Inspired

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Yukai Du on Making Art, Finding Your Style, and Out-Creating AI: 5 Lessons for Creatives

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Marvel's Futuristic Magic: Perception Founders on Designing Tomorrow

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How Cavalry is Changing the Game for Motion Designers

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Mastering the BUSINESS of Motion Design with Hayley Akins

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Let's Talk AI, Motion Design, and the Future of Generative Video

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Crafting Epic Stadium Graphics with Connor Henkle: A Dive into Sports Design

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Unlock the Secrets of Motion Design with Jonathan Winbush

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From Red Giant to Unreal Engine: Aharon Rabinowitz on the State of Mograph

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Beeple on NFTs, AI, and the Future of Digital Art

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Designing the Super Bowl in Unreal Engine: In the Trenches with Marcos Vaz

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Designing the Future: A Deep Dive with John LePore on Motion and Design Trends

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Oscar Mar on Blending Business, Design, and Creative Exploration

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Design That Sells: Unpacking the Magic of Web + Motion with Ran Segall

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Collin Leix from Gunner on the Intersection of Artistry and VR Innovation

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Chris Do on Creative Work: The Design Economy, Remote Work, and Evolving Skill Sets

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Karin Fong on Art Direction, Mentorship, and Legendary Title Design

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Textures, Photoshop, and the Creative Journey with Brady Erickson

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Character Design and Artistic Growth: Insights from Emma Gillette

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NFT Success and The Future of Motion with Rive CD Jerry Liu

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How to Win in 2024 | Thoughts and Tips for Motion Designers

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The Past and Future of Motion: Simon Robson on AI, Evolution and Staying Curious

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2023: The Year In Mograph

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Rive and the future of interactive design

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The Future of VFX: Simulon has Arrived with Divesh Naidoo

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Procreate Dreams: The 2D Animation Revolution for Digital Artists

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How to Land Big Clients: The Art of Mograph Biz Dev with Joe Nash

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Motion Design as a Subscription Service? Austin Bauwens of Ravie Studio

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Can Motion Design be Inclusive AND Profitable?

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Going Viral: Behind the AI-Generated Wes Anderson Trailers for Star Wars and LOTR

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AI: An Artist's Friend or Foe? | Dan Jeffries, CIO of Stability.ai (Stable Diffusion)

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2022 Year in Review

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How to get Adobe to buy you for $20 billion in 3 easy steps...

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Pushing Past Your Limits with Nocky Dinh

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Listen as We Direct a REAL Voiceover Session

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Legwork or Legend? The Career of Aaron Ray

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Animating the Unreal with Chromosphere

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NFTs and the Future of Motion with Justin Cone

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Animating for a Good Cause with Nicolaj Larsson

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Which Render Engine is Right for You with Chad Ashley

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How Much Do Designers Get Paid with Carole Neal

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How to Stand Out in Your Job Search

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Unique Jobs that Need Motion Design

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Were We Wrong About Studios? Giant Ant's Jay Grandin Responds.

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Dreaming of Apple - A Director's Journey

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How Personal Should a Personal Project Be?

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Yes, You Are a Designer

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The Year in MoGraph 2021

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Solving the Producer Problem with RevThink

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Living In The Future with Jim Geduldick

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How Video Editors Can Gain Superpowers - Premiere Gal Kelsey Brannan

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How to Skip School and Find Success as a Director - Reece Parker

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Quadriplegia Can't Stop David Jeffers

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Battling Impostor Syndrome with Dr. Dave

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Do the Hustle with Nick Greenawalt

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Newer Software for 2D Character Animation - Danni Fisher-Shin

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Designing the UI of Tomorrow - Stephen Lawes of Cantina Creative

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Being the Smarterest Artist - Peter Quinn

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How to Start a New Studio with Mack Garrison of Dash Studios

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Don't Burn Bridges - Staying Hireable with Amanda Russell

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Finding Success from East to Kanye West - Emonee LaRussa

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A Blueprint to Expand Your Career with Remington Markham

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Ready, Set, Refresh - Newfangled Studios

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Rebranding Yourself Mid-Career with Monique Wray

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Working for the Foo Fighters - A Chat with Bomper Studios

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From GSG to Rocket Lasso with Chris Schmidt

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We Need to Talk About NFTs

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From Concept to Reality with Max Keane

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Getting Real About Reels with Laura Porat

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Mastering Marketing with Motion Hatch

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The Art Comes First - Cabeza Patata

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Crypto Art - Fame and Fortune, with Mike "Beeple" Winkelmann

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A Barrier-Breaking Storyteller - Macaela VanderMost

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The Year in MoGraph - 2020

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Wolfwalk on the Wild Side - Cartoon Saloon Directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

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The Strange Future of Ad Agencies - Roger Baldacci

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Boarding for BoJack Horseman - Alex Quintas

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Over the Moon with Glen Keane

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Adobe's New After Effects 3D Workflow - Victoria Nece

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The Motion of Medicine - Emily Holden

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What is the Future of Motion Design? Nobody Knows

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Your Copilot Has Arrived: Andrew Kramer

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The Art of Collaboration - Creative Director Seth Eckert

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A Dazzling Director: Colin Hesterly

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A Dynamo Designer: Nuria Boj

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One Fantastic Fowl: Robot Chicken's Matthew Senreich

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A Galvanized Globetrotter: Freelance Artist Jiaqi Wang

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Finding Your Voice: A Chat with Cat Solen, Director of The Shivering Truth on Adult Swim

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A Wonderfully Grim Storyteller: "JJ Villard's Fairy Tales" on Adult Swim

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Success and Speculative Design w/ Marti Romances of Territory

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Home Brewed VFX w/Daniel Hashimoto AKA Action Movie Dad

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Animated Feature Film Director Kris Pearn Talks Shop

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Keeping Your Edge with Block & Tackle Studio

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Carving The Perfect Studio w/Barton Damer

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FUI for Marvel Movies and Future Consulting w/Perception's John LePore

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Sharpening The Battle Axe w/Adam Plouff

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The Road to Buck and Beyond w/ Joe Donaldson

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The History of VFX with Stu Maschwitz

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From MK12 to the Spider-Verse w/ James Ramirez

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The Year In Review - 2019

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Allen Laseter, Animator and Director, on Defining Your Style

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Expression Session with Zack Lovatt and Nol Honig

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VFX for Motion with Mark Christiansen

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Episode 78: Gentleman Scholar, Will Johnson on Controversy and Creativity

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Episode 77: Liz Blazer Talks Animated Storytelling

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Episode 76: Handel Eugene: Innovative Motion Design Artist, Teacher and Mentor

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Episode 75: GMUNK on Long-Term Success

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Episode 74: Studio Ascended: Buck Co-Founder Ryan Honey on the SOM Podcast

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Episode 73: Illustration for Motion: Course Instructor Sarah Beth Morgan on the SOM Podcast

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Episode 72: Illustration Mastery with Tuna Bora

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Episode 71: Sound in Motion with Sono Sanctus

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Episode 70: The Secret Sauce with Jay Grandin

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Episode 69: Art Directing Power-House Nidia Dias.

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Episode 68: Vox Producer Estelle Caswell

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Episode 67: Starting a High-End Studio w/ Ordinary Folk

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Episode 66: Design Philosophy and Film: w/ Josh Norton at BigStar

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Episode 65: The Rise of Viewer Experience with Yann Lhomme

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Episode 64: Animate UI/UX in Haiku w/ Zack Brown

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Episode 63: Beeple: The Everyday Champion

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Episode 62: UX Design for Animators - A Chat with Issara Willenskomer

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Episode 61: Landing High-Profile Clients with Erin Sarofsky and Duarte Elvas

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Episode 60: Moving From After Effects to Flame with Adrian Winter

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Episode 59: Small Shops Rule: A Chat with Wednesday Studio

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Episode 58: Politics & Motion Design with Erica Gorochow

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Episode 57: What's It Like to Sell a Studio? A Chat with Joel Pilger

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Episode 56: This Year in MoGraph 2018

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Episode 55: An Epic Q&A with Sander van Dijk

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Episode 54: Learn Through Failure with Simon Fiedler

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Episode 53: Get Weird & Get Paid: A Q&A with Nick DenBoer

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Episode 52: Building a Motion Design Community with Hayley Akins

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Episode 51: The Economics of Motion Design with TJ Kearney

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Episode 50: Do You Have What it Takes? A Brutally Honest Q&A with Ash Thorp

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Episode 49: Invest in Yourself, w/ Ryan Connolly of Film Riot

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Episode 48: Animate Until it Hurts, an Interview with Ariel Costa

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Episode 47: The Houdini Wizard, A Chat with Simon Holmedal

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Episode 46: Refugee to MoGraph Expert, An Interview with Sergei at Ukramedia

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Episode 45: How Cinema 4D Became the Best 3D App w/ Maxon CEO Paul Babb

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Episode 44: Cinema 4D Q&A w/ EJ Hassenfratz and David Ariew

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Episode 43: Perception is (Almost) Everything with Mitch Myers

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Episode 42: Crossing the Creative Gap with Carey Smith

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Episode 41: Crafting a Creative Lifestyle with Monica Kim

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Episode 40: Does It Matter Where You Live? An Interview with Terra Henderson

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Episode 39: Growing a MoGraph Studio with Michelle Ouellette

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Episode 38: How Hobbies Impact Your Craft with Angie Feret

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Episode 37: How to Be a Hand-Drawn Hero with Animator Rachel Reid

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Episode 36: Beyond MoGraph Mentor: Q&A with Michael Jones

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Episode 35: Legal Advice with Andy Contiguglia (Part 2)

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Episode 34: Legal Advice with Andy Contiguglia (Part 1)

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Episode 33: Starting Your Own Studio with Brett Morris

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Episode 32: MoGraph News You Might Have Missed in 2017

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Episode 31: From Politics to Education with Nol Honig

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Episode 30: Teaching Motion Design with Jake Bartlett

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Episode 29: Balancing Family and MoGraph with David Stanfield

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Episode 28: Casey Hupke on Projection Mapped Concerts

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Episode 27: The Reality of Owning a Studio, with Zac Dixon

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Episode 26: The State of the Motion Design Industry 2017

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Episode 25: MoGraph Automation with Fraser Davidson of Cub Studio

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Episode 24: Mixing MoGraph with Psychedelics, Caspian Kai

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Episode 23: How To Do It All - Andrew Vucko

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Episode 22: Beyond the Dragon Tattoo - Directing for MoGraph, Onur Senturk

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Episode 21: How to be a (GreyScale) Gorilla - Nick Campbell

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Episode 20: Lighting and Camera tips from a master DP: Mike Pecci

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Episode 19: Design Tips from Designers

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Episode 18: How much do After Effects Script Developers make? A chat

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Episode 17: Fire Without Smoke | Compositing Pro-Tips with Hugo Guerra

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Episode 16: Going unscripted, a look into the world of producing Reality Television with Joke Productions.

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Episode 15: Do Creative Directors Actually Create Anything? An interview with Ryan Summers.

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Episode 14: The NAB Survival Guide for Motion Designers

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Episode 13: Why do we need editors? A chat with Mike Radtke, Editor Extraordinaire from Digital Kitchen.

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Episode 12: Be A Better Freelancer Right Now - How to get clients, keep them happy, and get paid to do what you love.

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Episode 11: The Uncertain Future of MoGraph with Chris Do

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Episode 10: After Effects to Code, a chat with the developers of Lottie from Airbnb

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Episode 9: The Conductor, Producer Erica Hilbert of The Mill

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Episode 8: Justin Cone talks Motionographer and the Motion Awards

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Episode 7: Cinema 4D, The Hassenfratz Effect

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Episode 6: Nobody is Born a Designer, A chat with Lilian Darmono

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Episode 5: Sound Design for Fun and Profit

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Episode 4: The Code Never Bothered Me Anyway

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Episode 3: Matt Frodsham gets weird

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Episode 2: Twisted Poly talks shop

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Episode 1: The Almighty Rich Nosworthy gets geeky about 99 Frames