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philipashane.bsky.social
Documentary Filmmaker / Story & AI Consultant / Podcaster. Being Elmo, Paul McCartney’s Wingspan, Dancing In Jaffa, Einstein, @TheMystDoc, @WhatTheIFshow & more
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Antarctic balloons are picking up signals that shouldn't exist according to everything we know about physics. Listen now at

Sometimes saving physics requires inventing invisible particles that take 40 years to actually find. Listen now at

The Total Perspective Vortex shows you're just a piece of fairy cake in an infinite universe and that's the point. Listen now at

Space is really huge, but Douglas Adams already told us that and we still haven't learned our lesson. Listen now at

Tell the Senate: Judges Must Be Allowed to Prevent our Rights From Being Trampled act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...

Nuclear submarines become undetectable in warm water. Finally, accidental world peace through climate change confusion. Listen now at

Sonar doesn't work when ocean temperatures go haywire. Time to build that underwater lair in sunken Miami! Listen now at

The universe might be stuck in cosmic Groundhog Day where every Big Bang leads right back to another Big Bang in an endless loop. Listen now at whattheif.com

This weekend I will be teaching a session within the Sundance Institute's weekend intensive, "NAVIGATING AI IN FILMMAKING" on June 13-15. Registration for the online weekend program is closing very soon, learn more at collab.sundance.org/catalog/Navi...

Infinite copies of you are scattered across millions of light years right now, just waiting their turn to have this exact conversation. Listen now at whattheif.com

Tell Congress: Save NASA Science www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySoc...

Interesting discussion about Nokia Bell Labs: “Innovation is the Mother of Invention with Sean Kennedy: The AmberMac Show” youtu.be/BD_WVWg85VI?... via @YouTube

Interesting discussion about Nokia Bell Labs: “Innovation is the Mother of Invention with Sean Kennedy: The AmberMac Show” youtu.be/BD_WVWg85VI?... via @YouTube

Interesting discussion about Nokia Bell Labs: “Innovation is the Mother of Invention with Sean Kennedy: The AmberMac Show” youtu.be/BD_WVWg85VI?... via @YouTube

Make America...Hallucinate Again? The AmberMac Show Ep016 youtu.be/sz93xRvI6Yo?... via @YouTube

When sentient buildings start wandering the Great Plains playing badminton, you'll know who to blame. Listen now at

Boston Dynamics robots can now beat you at badminton. Next stop: folding fitted sheets (still impossible). Listen now at

Imagine buildings filled with water instead of air, and water helmets instead of bike helmets. That's just Tuesday in our upside-down breathing world! Listen now at whattheif.com

What if you had to stick your head in a fishbowl every time you needed to breathe? Welcome to reverse whale life! Listen now at whattheif.com

From deadly genetic disorders to annoying lactose intolerance - what happens when custom DNA editing becomes as common as a flu shot? Listen now at whattheif.com

Scientists fixed a baby's DNA with a single shot, targeting just ONE letter among millions – welcome to the age of personalized gene editing! Listen now at whattheif.com

"Sorry, can't feel that stab wound - I've been training at the mall's Resistance Center all month." Superhero origin stories just got a whole lot more accessible. Listen now at

In a world where humans can become resistant to anything, job listings now require "radiation resistance level 5" and "immune to bad smells." Career planning starts early! Listen now at

Conference tables with built-in egg holders? Upper East Side Mozart-playing hatcheries? Explore the wild world where all mammals hatch from eggs! Listen now at

🙋‍♀️ Here's a sneak peek of my conversation about AI for creatives with the one and only documentary filmmaker @philipashane.bsky.social 🎧 Listen to The AmberMac Show now from 8-9pm ET on SXM Ch 167 / get this week's show wherever you get your podcasts. 🇨🇦 Most importantly, thanks for supporting us!

Imagine boarding the subway with your decorated human egg in a special carrying case - just another day in our egg-laying mammal world! Listen now at

📺 How close are we to getting realistic broadcast quality gen AI video? I chat with documentary filmmaker @philipashane.bsky.social on The AmberMac Show about why this week is a turning point. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

I was honored to be a guest with @ambermac.bsky.social on Spotify. I reminisce with Amber about creativity and tech in the good old 1980’s, 1990’s and beyond. I also talk about teaching tech to filmmakers, AI, my Myst documentary and more. Check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/1NoT...

Did you know you can walk on a 5,000-year-old lava flow in New Mexico that looks exactly like the Moon's surface? Listen now at whattheif.com

Feeling the perfect freedom of zero gravity without leaving Earth's atmosphere is just a special airplane ride away! Listen now at whattheif.com

Meet Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi - the genetically modified wolf pups with "dire wolf genes" that are stirring up scientific controversy. Listen now at

Scientists claim they've brought back dire wolves, but are these fluffy white puppies really the Game of Thrones predators or just wolves with a PR team? Listen now at

In a quadruped world, "empty saddlebag" becomes the most devastating insult for someone with no friends. Who's filling YOUR saddlebag? Listen now at

Human height differences suddenly become less of an issue when we're all crawling around on all fours. Short people of the world rejoice! Listen now at

Imagine your atoms suddenly deciding to explode because the Strong Force changed its mind. Awkward! Listen now at

Ever wake up and gravity decides to take the day off? Explore a universe where the laws of physics change daily! Listen now at

Need good lighting for your space documentary? The ISS windows are limited, so bring your own diffusers. And maybe some vomit-proof camera covers. Listen now at

Access all the recordings and material from the "Boost Your Documentary Production with AI" series, hosted by award-winning filmmaker @PhilipAShane. Gain insights into AI use in storyboarding to music to B-roll creation and much more! Enroll in the On Demand course: buff.ly/P4rm1ic

"A legal group alleges that Elon Musk 'corrupted FAA’s business relationship with Starlink' and is urging the inspector general's office to investigate." -PCMag @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I discuss this on The AmberMac Show. Listen Sat/Sun SiriusXM Ch 167 & subscribe: ambermac.com/theambermacs...

Islands would be barren wastelands if no creatures could fly - bird poop is literally responsible for life on many remote islands! Listen now at

Birds and bats pooping is why we have war - their guano made gunpowder possible. In a world without flight, maybe we'd have fewer explosives! Listen now at

Darwin filled his bathtub with plants for months to see if seeds could survive ocean travel. His poor wife couldn't take baths! Without flying creatures, would we have ever discovered evolution? Listen now at

When dictators take power, they target comedians, artists, educators, and scientists first. There's a reason for that pattern. Listen now at

Major universities have canceled all graduate admissions in science. An entire generation of researchers is being eliminated. Listen now at

Good news: Endless meteors might solve global warming! Bad news: Plants need sunlight! Listen now at

Looking for a new place to live? Every crater is an opportunity in our meteor-bombarded future! Listen now at

Enrollment is now open for my AI for Documentaries class. Get the Early Bird discount while you can.

Gas masks are so hot right now! Fashion adapts to our sky-high garbage mountains. Listen now at