# Fast Hours > 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 the leverage is for creatives. Hosts: Rory Flynn (founder, Systematiq AI) and Drew Brucker (creative strategist and Midjourney educator). Launched July 2, 2024 as Midjourney Fast Hours (the name comes from Midjourney's billing: generating in Fast Mode uses "fast hours" of GPU time); renamed Fast Hours in Episode 67 (April 2026). New episodes every Sunday at 9am ET. 84 episodes, 84,300 YouTube subscribers (2026-09-30). Every episode page has an answer-first summary, key takeaways, chapters, timestamped verbatim quotes ("receipts") with speaker names, and an FAQ. Quotes are verbatim from the recordings; timestamps are YouTube times. ## Start here - [All episodes](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/): the full archive, filterable by tool, topic and guest - [The tool ledger](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/): every AI tool discussed on the show, with first and last appearances and the hosts' stance per episode - [Guests](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/) - [About the hosts](https://fasthourspodcast.com/hosts/) - [Partner with Fast Hours](https://fasthourspodcast.com/partner/): audience and contact (partners@fasthourspodcast.com) - [Full text for models](https://fasthourspodcast.com/llms-full.txt): every summary, takeaway, FAQ and receipt in one file ## Episodes - [Ep. 84: Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/84-opus-5-5-is-cracked-ai-videos-you-can-actually-edit/) (September 27, 2026): Episode 84 argues that Claude Opus 5.5 makes AI video genuinely editable by rendering it as code instead of one-shot clips. Rory turns a T-shirt graphic… - [Ep. 83: 20 Year Creative Vet Sold Golden Wolf to Doodles, Then Went All-In on AI](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/83-20-year-creative-vet-sold-golden-wolf-to-doodles-then-went/) (September 20, 2026): Episode 83 profiles Ingi Erlingsson, who built Golden Wolf, sold it to Doodles, and now runs the AI-systems studio SYSTMS. He walks through his ComfyUI… - [Ep. 82: What Can OpenAI’s Astra and GPT Image 2.5 Actually Do?](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/82-what-can-openais-astra-and-gpt-image-2-5-actually-do/) (September 13, 2026): Episode 82 tests OpenAI's Astra and GPT Image 2.5 against real projects. Rory lets two Astra sessions negotiate and build a golf-course design on real… - [Ep. 81: How We Use AI to Run Our Businesses With Skills, Agents & MCPs](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/81-how-we-use-ai-to-run-our-businesses-with-skills-agents/) (September 6, 2026): Episode 81 opens up Drew and Rory's personal AI operating systems for running solo businesses. Drew walks through 37 Claude skills, including a 21-layer… - [Ep. 80: A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/80-a-24-year-old-ai-creative-director-gives-away-her-playbook/) (August 30, 2026): Episode 80 brings on 24-year-old self-taught AI creative director Jamey Gannon, who runs the studio ADM and the AI Creative Director course. She demos… - [Ep. 79: AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures For](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/79-ai-workflows-brands-actually-pay-five-figures/) (August 23, 2026): Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn spend a full episode building node-based AI workflows in Figma Weave live, arguing brands pay five-figure fees for reusable… - [Ep. 78: He Built an 8 Figure AI Business in One Year](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/78-he-built-an-8-figure-ai-business-in-one-year/) (August 14, 2026): Rourke Sefton-Minns, founder of Gen HQ, tells Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn how he scaled his AI creator business from zero to eight figures and twelve… - [Ep. 77: How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/77-how-to-build-an-ai-universe-that-compounds/) (August 9, 2026): BLVCKL!GHT of West Coast AI Labs tells Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn how one early clip, Gorbo's Swim Hole, grew into Route 47, a 28-show, four-season AI… - [Ep. 76: How to Build AI Workflows That Never Start From Zero](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/76-how-to-build-ai-workflows-that-never-start-from-zero/) (August 2, 2026): Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn break down how they build AI systems that compound instead of resetting every time: ingesting call transcripts and emails as… - [Ep. 75: How to Make AI Images That Don’t Scream “I Used AI”](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/75-how-to-make-ai-images-that-dont-scream-i-used-ai/) (July 26, 2026): Finn McKenty, a former Abercrombie & Fitch designer and fractional CMO, tells Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn why he skips prompting for most of his process: he… - [Ep. 74: How AI Is Making Human Creativity More Valuable](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/74-how-ai-is-making-human-creativity-more-valuable/) (July 19, 2026): Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker argue that as AI output gets technically perfect, hand-made imperfection becomes the premium signal, citing Netflix's disclosure… - [Ep. 73: She Cracked AI Advertising Before Brands Were Ready](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/73-she-cracked-ai-advertising-before-brands-were-ready/) (July 12, 2026): Creative director Salma Aboukar tells Fast Hours how she moved from CGI in Blender and 3ds Max to an AI-native ad stack, and how her viral… - [Ep. 72: Taste Isn't the AI Moat You Think It Is](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/72-taste-isnt-the-ai-moat-you-think/) (July 4, 2026): Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker argue that 'taste is the moat' is already a cliché, breaking taste into stylistic, editorial, conceptual and cultural types, and… - [Ep. 71: Midjourney's Wildest Move Yet: Full Body Medical Scans.](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/71-midjourneys-wildest-move-yet-full-body-medical-scans/) (June 23, 2026): Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker react to Midjourney founder David Holz revealing Midjourney Medical, a bootstrapped, water-based ultrasonic full-body scanner… - [Ep. 70: The Weird AI Video Formula Getting Millions of Views](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/70-the-weird-ai-video-formula-getting-millions-of-views/) (June 7, 2026): Generative AI creator Tyler Bernabe (jboogxcreative) joins Fast Hours to break down the viral formula behind his food videos, a deliberate mashup of food… - [Ep. 69: Google Dropped Too Many AI Tools. Which Ones Matter?](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/69-google-dropped-too-many-ai-tools-which-ones-matter/) (May 24, 2026): Episode 69 is Rory and Drew's reaction to Google's single-week flood of AI launches: Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google Flow, Omni, Pics, and refreshed Veo and Nano… - [Ep. 68: The Prompt Is Dead, Long Live the Reference + The Monet Trap](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/68-the-prompt-is-dead-long-live-the-reference-the-monet-trap/) (May 17, 2026): Episode 68 argues that AI prompting is shifting from typed text to visual references: Rory builds reusable 'style card' sheets in Codex and GPT Image 2, and… - [Ep. 67: GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good?](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/67-gpt-image-2-is-good-but-is-it-nano-good/) (April 26, 2026): Episode 67 marks the show's rename from Midjourney Fast Hours to Fast Hours and centers on OpenAI's new GPT Image 2. Rory turns a logo brief into a… - [Ep. 66: Midjourney V8.1 Review & Reactions + Wen Edit Model?](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/66-midjourney-v8-1-review-and-reactions-wen-edit-model/) (April 19, 2026): Episode 66 is Rory and Drew's hands-on review of Midjourney V8.1, which both call an unambiguous upgrade over V8: three times faster, native 2K, and… - [Ep. 65: Claude Knows Kung Fu. Midjourney's Still in the Dojo with v8.1?](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/65-claude-knows-kung-fu-midjourneys-still-in-the-dojo-with-v8/) (April 5, 2026): Episode 65 is mostly a deep dive into how Rory and Drew actually build with Claude: when a repeated task becomes a skill, why Claude Code skills are… - [Ep. 64: Midjourney V8 First Impressions + Claude Code Breakthroughs](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/64-midjourney-v8-first-impressions-claude-code-breakthroughs/) (March 29, 2026): Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn give their first hands-on verdict on Midjourney's alpha-stage V8: more coherent than V7, but volatile, with stacked mood boards… - [Ep. 63: Midjourney V8 Countdown + Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 and Higgsfield Fallout](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/63-midjourney-v8-countdown-kling-3-0-seedance-2-0/) (February 19, 2026): Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn preview Midjourney's V8 countdown (rating party round two, an edit model expected within a month, native 2K under discussion)… - [Ep. 62: Midjourney v8 Is Late, the Skill Gap Is Growing, and AI Agents Unionized](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/62-midjourney-v8-is-late-the-skill-gap-is-growing-and-ai/) (February 1, 2026): Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn catch up after the holidays with Midjourney still lacking V8 (mood boards, personalization, and the edit model all pending),… - [Ep. 61: Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/61-live-visual-ai-ama-you-asked-and-we-went-there/) (January 10, 2026): In a live LinkedIn AMA for Episode 61, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn take audience questions on Midjourney's stalled V8 versus Nano Banana Pro, the difference… - [Ep. 60: Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/60-fast-hours-2025-wrapped-tools-shifts-and-wake-up-calls/) (January 1, 2026): Closing out Season 2, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn rank 2025's biggest AI turning points: GPT-4.5 and 4o's image update, March's Gemini/GPT-image/Reve wave,… - [Ep. 59: Midjourney v8 Countdown + Nano Banana Pro vs ChatGPT Image 1.5](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/59-midjourney-v8-countdown-nano-banana-pro-vs-chatgpt-image-1/) (December 21, 2025): Episode 59 has Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker return from the holidays to declare ChatGPT's Image 1.5 update still not close to Nano Banana Pro on realism and… - [Ep. 58: Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside Down](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/58-midjourney-edit-models-nano-banana-pro-eating-lunches/) (December 3, 2025): Episode 58 has Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker walk through real Nano Banana Pro client work: swapping products inside a glass container, crisping blurred label… - [Ep. 57: Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/57-two-midjourney-drops-in-48-hours-nano-banana-pro-pulls-up/) (November 22, 2025): Episode 57 covers the same wild week Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) launched alongside two Midjourney drops, Style Creator and public user profiles.… - [Ep. 56: Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/56-go-flux-yourself-midjourney-still-runs-the-realism-game/) (November 16, 2025): Episode 56 has Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker run Grok Imagine's infinite-scroll generator live, test Magnific's Mystic 3 against Midjourney on portraits and… - [Ep. 55: Nodes Are Eating the Creative World And You’re Already Late](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/55-nodes-are-eating-the-creative-world-and-youre-already-late/) (November 9, 2025): Episode 55 is a deep dive into node-based creative tools: Rory and Drew reverse-engineer Krea's beta node editor, compare it to Weavy and Freepik Spaces,… - [Ep. 54: Midjourney’s Quietly Evolving + One Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't Know](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/54-midjourneys-quietly-evolving-one-personalization-hack/) (November 2, 2025): Episode 54 reveals that Midjourney's non-global V6 personalization profiles still run under the V7 model, letting users keep a favorite V6 look at V7 image… - [Ep. 53: Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/53-cracking-midjourneys-style-explorer-freepiks-rise/) (October 26, 2025): Episode 53 treats Midjourney's Style Explorer as a token-based search engine, tours Freepik's shift into a full creative 'aggregator' platform, and demos a… - [Ep. 52: Midjourney’s Next Chapter: V8, Style Tools, and The 99.99% Problem](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/52-midjourneys-next-chapter-v8-style-tools-and-the-99-99/) (October 19, 2025): Episode 52 centers on what the hosts call Midjourney's '99.99% problem': almost none of the images anyone generates ever get shared, and Drew and Rory want… - [Ep. 51: Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold Rush](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/51-sora-2-veo-3-and-the-ai-video-gold-rush/) (October 6, 2025): Episode 51 marks Fast Hours' return after a month off with a deep look at Sora 2's remix, cameo and 'any IP' features, which Rory argues make it the easiest… - [Ep. 50: Unpacking Midjourney's Style Explorer + Slipping Deeper Into Nano Banana 🍌](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/50-unpacking-midjourneys-style-explorer-slipping-deeper-into/) (September 7, 2025): Episode 50 reunites Rory and Drew with returning guest Allar Haltsonen (Estonia) to unpack Midjourney's brand-new Style Explorer, including a little-known… - [Ep. 49: Midjourney Token Bashing, Nano Banana, and Weavy with Marco Isle](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/49-midjourney-token-bashing-nano-banana-and-weavy-with-marco/) (August 31, 2025): Episode 49 pairs Rory and Drew with creative polymath Marco Isle to pressure-test Midjourney prompting and Google's Nano Banana image model. Marco… - [Ep. 48: Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/48-midjourney-video-update-hd-for-all-and-batch-size-changes/) (August 16, 2025): Episode 48 catches up on Midjourney's video update: batch sizes of one or two instead of four, and HD video mode now open to standard-tier subscribers. Rory… - [Ep. 47: Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore Pages](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/47-midjourney-tv-mjtv-personalized-explore-pages/) (August 3, 2025): Episode 47 covers two new Midjourney features: Midjourney TV, a free 24/7 feed of short auto-playing videos, and personalized Explore-page 'For You' feeds… - [Ep. 46: Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/46-using-midjourney-video-loops-and-end-frames-live-teardown/) (July 25, 2025): Episode 46 is a live teardown of Midjourney's video update, which shipped loop, 720p and start/end-frame keyframes the night before recording, bugs… - [Ep. 45: Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/45-midjourney-video-breakdown-part-2/) (July 6, 2025): Episode 45 is a two-week check-in on Midjourney video, where Rory finds 480p often looks more coherent than 720p or 1080p and shows a 'transformative… - [Ep. 44: Midjourney Video is Here! Nerds React + New --SRef System Chop-Up](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/44-midjourney-video-is-here-nerds-react-new-sref-system-chop/) (June 20, 2025): Midjourney surprise-launches its first video model, and Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker argue it already beats rivals on style: auto-prompt turns any still… - [Ep. 43: Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/43-midjourney-lawsuit-video-leaks-and-new-sref-system/) (June 15, 2025): Midjourney faces a copyright lawsuit from Disney and Universal, and Rory Flynn argues on Episode 43 that it reads as corporate legal strategy more than… - [Ep. 42: Can Midjourney Actually Compete in Video? +Sref & Monetization Talk](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/42-can-midjourney-actually-compete-in-video-sref/) (June 9, 2025): Episode 42 previews Midjourney's still-unannounced video model via office-hours notes: 24 candidate configurations, a likely budget vs. professional-tier… - [Ep. 41: Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread But Make It Funny](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/41-midjourney-deep-hours-existential-dread-but-make-it-funny/) (June 1, 2025): Episode 41 is a loose, tangent-heavy 'deep hours' session: Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker riff on Claude Opus 4's reported blackmail behavior, social media's… - [Ep. 40: Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/40-veo-3-makes-yesterdays-best-look-like-a-beta-test-runway/) (May 26, 2025): Google's new Flow workspace bundles Veo 3, Gemini 2.5, and Imagen 4, and Rory Flynn calls its prompt coherence and physics a clear step up from Veo 2,… - [Ep. 39: Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually Work](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/39-midjourney-omni-reference-and-exp-showing-you-how-they/) (May 9, 2025): Episode 39 is a live test lab for two new Midjourney V7 features: the --exp parameter and Omni-Reference. Rory and Drew run --exp across stylize values from… - [Ep. 38: Midjourney v7: Secret Playground of Chaos & Weird + Overhauled Editor](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/38-midjourney-v7-secret-playground-of-chaos-and-weird/) (April 22, 2025): Episode 38 is a live deep dive into Midjourney's returning --weird parameter and its newly unified Editor. Rory and Drew stack weird with chaos to mine… - [Ep. 37: Midjourney V7 Showed Up in Crocs and Cooked](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/37-midjourney-v7-showed-up-in-crocs-and-cooked/) (April 13, 2025): Episode 37 is Fast Hours' second look at Midjourney V7 after a week of real use. Rory and Drew argue the backlash was premature, since ranking the first 200… - [Ep. 36: Midjourney V7 is (Finally) Here! Draft Mode, Hot Takes, And A Mild Identity Crisis](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/36-midjourney-v7-is-finally-here-draft-mode-hot-takes/) (April 5, 2025): Episode 36 is Fast Hours' same-day reaction to Midjourney V7's launch. Rory and Drew rank hundreds of personalization images live, test the new Draft Mode… - [Ep. 35: ChatGPT Image Gen Just Went Nuclear! + A (Final) Midjourney V7 Preview](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/35-chatgpt-image-gen-just-went-nuclear-a-final-midjourney-v7/) (March 31, 2025): Episode 35 reacts to ChatGPT's new native image generator landing days before Midjourney's long-awaited V7. Rory and Drew are most struck by its accurate… - [Ep. 34: Letting AI Cook & The Final Countdown for v7 Feat. Allar Haltsonen](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/34-letting-ai-cook-and-the-final-countdown-for-v7-feat-allar/) (March 17, 2025): Episode 34 features Estonian AI artist Allar Haltsonen breaking down the moodboard-and-personalization stack behind his signature "transparent" Midjourney… - [Ep. 33: Midjourney After Dark—Organized Chaos & Wabi-Sabi](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/33-midjourney-after-dark-organized-chaos-and-wabi-sabi/) (March 9, 2025): Episode 33 is an unscripted moodboard deep-dive: Rory and Drew debate ideal moodboard size (15-25 images for a tight but variable set), why one bad… - [Ep. 32: Midjourney Questions Answered](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/32-midjourney-questions-answered/) (March 7, 2025): Episode 32 is Fast Hours' first live audience Q&A, streamed through Goldcast, recapping Midjourney office-hours news on V7's timeline and… - [Ep. 31: Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep Cuts](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/31-midjourney-new-tricks-wild-updates-and-deep-cuts/) (February 16, 2025): Episode 31 mixes 90s movie nostalgia with a Midjourney office-hours recap (V7's Omni-Reference, a rumored MiniMax video partnership, new hardware) before… - [Ep. 30: Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/30-midjourney-moodboards-the-deeper-you-go-the-crazier/) (February 9, 2025): Episode 30 is a live moodboard-stacking session: Rory and Drew layer SREF codes, personalization profiles and small themed moodboards (goo, kaleidoscope,… - [Ep. 29: Midjourney: New Describe Feature, Mood Boards & The Future](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/29-midjourney-new-describe-feature-mood-boards-and-the-future/) (February 2, 2025): Episode 29 is a grab-bag update on Midjourney: a hands-on look at the website's new drag-and-drop describe feature, a preview of Drew and Rory's upcoming… - [Ep. 28: Midjourney Mood Boards: (Literally) Everything You Need to Know](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/28-midjourney-mood-boards-literally-everything-you-need/) (January 26, 2025): Episode 28 is Drew and Rory's practitioner-level breakdown of Midjourney mood boards: how many images to use, why a single image functions like an SREF… - [Ep. 27: Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/27-midjourney-from-dall-e-2-creative-freedom-julie-wieland/) (January 19, 2025): Episode 27 is a conversation with guest Julie Wieland, an art director and AI visual artist who traces her path from Dall-E 2 to Midjourney and how AI… - [Ep. 26: To Midjourney v7 and Beyond: Personalization, Moodboards, Roadmap & More](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/26-to-midjourney-v7-and-beyond-personalization-moodboards/) (January 12, 2025): Episode 26 is a workflow deep dive on Midjourney personalization and a recap of Office Hours' V7 roadmap. Rory and Drew compare running multiple… - [Ep. 25: Micro-Decisions in Midjourney: Small Choices, Big Impact](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/25-micro-decisions-in-midjourney-small-choices-big-impact/) (January 5, 2025): Episode 25 is a real-time walkthrough of Rory and Drew's 'decision tree': starting from the single word 'escalator,' they build a full scene through dozens… - [Ep. 24: Midjourney Moodboards, Mayhem, and Magic](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/24-midjourney-moodboards-mayhem-and-magic/) (December 29, 2024): Episode 24 is a Rory-and-Drew deep dive on Midjourney's new moodboards feature, which the hosts rate a 10/10 for replacing the discontinued Style Tuner and… - [Ep. 23: Early Sora Tester Shares Everything](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/23-early-sora-tester-shares-everything/) (December 22, 2024): Episode 23 features Sora alpha tester Minh Do, a YouTuber and filmmaker who spent months testing OpenAI's video model before its public release. Minh walks… - [Ep. 22: 130k YouTuber Spills Tea on Current State of Gen AI Tools](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/22-130k-youtuber-spills-tea-on-current-state-of-gen-ai-tools/) (December 15, 2024): Episode 22 hosts Tim Simmons, the 130,000-subscriber YouTuber behind Theoretically Media, a former 16-year Hollywood crew veteran who pivoted to AI content… - [Ep. 21: Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/21-is-midjourney-in-trouble-updates-discussions-and-ama/) (December 8, 2024): Episode 21 is a last-minute live stream and AMA, recorded after Rory and Drew's usual LinkedIn Live setup fell apart. They vent that Midjourney's V7 keeps… - [Ep. 20: What Midjourney Taught Us (And Can Teach You) About Social Media Success](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/20-what-midjourney-taught-us-and-can-teach-you-about-social/) (December 1, 2024): Episode 20 marks Fast Hours' 20th episode with a deep dive into how Rory and Drew built large followings on LinkedIn and X by posting AI content. Rory… - [Ep. 19: Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 2)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/19-legendary-midjourney-tokens-youre-probably-not-using-part/) (November 24, 2024): Episode 19 is part two of Fast Hours' recurring Midjourney token deep dive, following part one's photography and composition tokens. Rory Flynn and Drew… - [Ep. 18: Actionable ChatGPT Tips to Make Midjourney Even Better](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/18-actionable-chatgpt-tips-to-make-midjourney-even-better/) (November 17, 2024): Episode 18 is a working session on pairing ChatGPT and Claude with Midjourney. Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker use LLMs to expand their photography vocabulary,… - [Ep. 17: Cracking Midjourney's New Editor Features (Retexture & External Editor)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/17-cracking-midjourneys-new-editor-features-retexture/) (November 10, 2024): Episode 17 puts Midjourney's newly launched external Editor and Retexture (depth ControlNet) features through their paces about a week after release. Rory… - [Ep. 16: Midjourney at Scale The Superside Blueprint for Teams w/ Phil Maggs (Superside)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/16-midjourney-at-scale-the-superside-blueprint-for-teams-w/) (November 3, 2024): Episode 16 is a guest interview with Phil Maggs, Director of Generative AI at Superside, on scaling generative AI from a five-person skunkworks team to 500… - [Ep. 15: Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 1)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/15-legendary-midjourney-tokens-youre-probably-not-using-part/) (October 27, 2024): Episode 15 opens Fast Hours' recurring 'tokens' series with a rundown of the photography and composition vocabulary Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker actually use… - [Ep. 14: Midjourney: The Ultimate Creative Multiplier w/ Billy Boman](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/14-midjourney-the-ultimate-creative-multiplier-w-billy-boman/) (October 20, 2024): Episode 14 is a guest interview with Billy Boman, a Swedish creative who moved from fashion design and UX/UI into AI-driven commercial and music-video… - [Ep. 13: Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, More](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/13-midjourney-after-dark-ai-video-wars-style-code-exploration/) (October 13, 2024): Episode 13 is an unscripted 'Midjourney After Dark' catch-up in which Rory and Drew compare Runway, Luma and Kling for video generation, dig into Midjourney… - [Ep. 12: Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/12-midjourney-mysteries-unveiled-your-questions-our-answers/) (September 29, 2024): Episode 12 is part two of Fast Hours' AMA, and it became the show's most-watched episode. Rory and Drew answer listener questions on extreme photorealism… - [Ep. 11: The Next Gen (AI) Toolkit for Creatives feat. Chris Branch](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/11-the-next-gen-ai-toolkit-for-creatives-feat-chris-branch/) (September 22, 2024): Episode 11 welcomes Chris Branch, founder of creative agency Seedily and the 200,000-member Artificial Inspiration LinkedIn community, as Fast Hours'… - [Ep. 10: Midjourney AMA: Answering Your Most Burning Questions (Part 1)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/10-midjourney-ama-answering-your-most-burning-questions-part/) (September 15, 2024): Episode 10 is part one of a two-part Fast Hours AMA answering listener questions about Midjourney prompting. Rory and Drew cover multi-prompting syntax for… - [Ep. 9: Midjourney After Dark: Video, Personalization, Editor, v7, Depth Control, Personality Survey + More](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/9-midjourney-after-dark-video-personalization-editor-v7/) (September 1, 2024): Episode 9 is an unplanned "After Dark" recap where Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker drink on air while running through a stacked Midjourney office-hours update:… - [Ep. 8: Midjourney Style Reference (--sref): Everything You Need To Know (Literally)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/8-midjourney-style-reference-sref-everything-you-need/) (August 25, 2024): Episode 8 is a deep dive into Midjourney's style reference (--sref) feature, showing practitioners exactly how to use it. Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker demo… - [Ep. 7: Midjourney Parameters: The Forgotten Cheat Codes (& Best Ways To Use Them)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/7-midjourney-parameters-the-forgotten-cheat-codes-and-best/) (August 18, 2024): Episode 7 is a parameter-by-parameter walkthrough of Midjourney's aspect ratio, chaos, weird, stylize, quality, repeat, tile, no, stop, seed and version… - [Ep. 6: 5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/6-5-ai-tools-to-mix-with-midjourney-for-intoxicating-results/) (August 11, 2024): Episode 6 names the five tools Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker actually stack with Midjourney: ChatGPT for prompt formulas and reverse-engineering brand images,… - [Ep. 5: Midjourney v6.1 Just Broke Reality](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/5-midjourney-v6-1-just-broke-reality/) (August 4, 2024): Episode 5 is an emergency reaction podcast to Midjourney V6.1, the first model update in eight or nine months. Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker use matching… - [Ep. 4: The Overlooked Potential of Midjourney for Business and Side Hustles](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/4-the-overlooked-potential-of-midjourney-for-business/) (July 28, 2024): Episode 4 turns two years of running Midjourney inside an agency and a B2B marketing team into a business and side-hustle playbook. Rory says tracking… - [Ep. 3: Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/3-prompt-theory-in-midjourney-our-best-proven-tips/) (July 23, 2024): Episode 3 is a proven-tips deep dive on Midjourney prompt structure: every detail left unstated in a prompt still gets filled in by the model, so the hosts… - [Ep. 2: Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good To Keep Secret](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/2-midjourney-hacks-that-are-too-good-to-keep-secret/) (July 13, 2024): Episode 2 is a parameter-nerd deep dive into Midjourney's chaos, weird, stylize and image-weight settings, plus office-hours news of an in-progress… - [Ep. 1: We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/1-we-accidentally-became-midjourney-experts-heres-how/) (July 2, 2024): Episode 1 is Fast Hours' origin story. Drew traces his start to Midjourney's V4 era in late 2022, as a new dad drifting from photography, then to V5 as the… ## Tools - [Midjourney](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/midjourney/): Midjourney; 92 episodes, first in Ep. 1, latest in Ep. 83 - [Runway](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/runway/): Runway; 42 episodes, first in Ep. 1, latest in Ep. 77 - [ChatGPT](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/chatgpt/): OpenAI; 42 episodes, first in Ep. 1, latest in Ep. 84 - [Style References (--sref)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/sref/): Midjourney; 33 episodes, first in Ep. 1 - [Personalization](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/personalization/): Midjourney; 31 episodes, first in Ep. 2, latest in Ep. 54 - [Claude](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/claude/): Anthropic; 31 episodes, first in Ep. 6, latest in Ep. 84 - [Nano Banana](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/nano-banana/): Google; 30 episodes, first in Ep. 49, latest in Ep. 82 - [Kling](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/kling/): Kuaishou; 29 episodes, first in Ep. 11, latest in Ep. 76 - [Veo](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/veo/): Google; 28 episodes, first in Ep. 23, latest in Ep. 73 - [Photoshop](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/photoshop/): Adobe; 28 episodes, first in Ep. 2, latest in Ep. 80 - [Figma Weave (Weavy)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/weavy/): Figma; 27 episodes, first in Ep. 38, latest in Ep. 79 - [Moodboards](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/moodboards/): Midjourney; 24 episodes, first in Ep. 23 - [Flux](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/flux/): Black Forest Labs; 23 episodes, first in Ep. 9, latest in Ep. 79 - [Magnific](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/magnific/): Freepik; 23 episodes, first in Ep. 3, latest in Ep. 77 - [Hailuo (MiniMax)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/hailuo/): MiniMax; 22 episodes, first in Ep. 13, latest in Ep. 77 - [Sora](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/sora/): OpenAI; 21 episodes, first in Ep. 1, latest in Ep. 67 - [GPT Image / ChatGPT Images](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/gpt-image/): OpenAI; 20 episodes, first in Ep. 31, latest in Ep. 83 - [Krea](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/krea/): Krea; 19 episodes, first in Ep. 6, latest in Ep. 83 - [Luma](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/luma/): Luma AI; 18 episodes, first in Ep. 12, latest in Ep. 77 - [Freepik](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/freepik/): Freepik; 16 episodes, first in Ep. 32, latest in Ep. 70 - [Gemini](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/gemini/): Google; 15 episodes, first in Ep. 35, latest in Ep. 81 - [ComfyUI](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/comfyui/): Comfy Org; 14 episodes, first in Ep. 11 - [Higgsfield](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/higgsfield/): Higgsfield; 13 episodes, first in Ep. 46, latest in Ep. 80 - [Figma](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/figma/): Figma; 13 episodes, first in Ep. 2, latest in Ep. 80 - [Seedance](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/seedance/): ByteDance; 12 episodes, first in Ep. 45, latest in Ep. 84 - [Midjourney Video](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/midjourney-video/): Midjourney; 10 episodes, first in Ep. 40, latest in Ep. 69 - [Omni-Reference](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/omni-reference/): Midjourney; 10 episodes, first in Ep. 35, latest in Ep. 48 - [Style Explorer](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/style-explorer/): Midjourney; 10 episodes, first in Ep. 2 - [Grok](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/grok/): xAI; 8 episodes, first in Ep. 56, latest in Ep. 79 - [Topaz](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/topaz/): Topaz Labs; 8 episodes, first in Ep. 6, latest in Ep. 72 - [Pika](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/pika/): Pika; 7 episodes, first in Ep. 13, latest in Ep. 42 - [ElevenLabs](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/elevenlabs/): ElevenLabs; 7 episodes, first in Ep. 11, latest in Ep. 84 - [Adobe Firefly](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/firefly/): Adobe; 6 episodes, first in Ep. 6, latest in Ep. 72 - [Astra](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/astra/): OpenAI; 6 episodes, first in Ep. 45, latest in Ep. 84 - [Claude Code](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/claude-code/): Anthropic; 6 episodes, first in Ep. 64, latest in Ep. 84 - [MCP (Model Context Protocol)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/mcp/): Anthropic (open standard); 6 episodes, first in Ep. 68, latest in Ep. 81 - [Ideogram](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/ideogram/): Ideogram; 5 episodes, first in Ep. 13, latest in Ep. 53 - [Stable Diffusion](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/stable-diffusion/): Stability AI; 5 episodes, first in Ep. 9, latest in Ep. 73 - [Blender](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/blender/): Blender Foundation; 5 episodes, first in Ep. 22, latest in Ep. 82 - [After Effects](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/after-effects/): Adobe; 4 episodes, first in Ep. 14, latest in Ep. 83 - [Suno](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/suno/): Suno; 4 episodes, first in Ep. 2, latest in Ep. 74 - [Three.js](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/threejs/): open source; 3 episodes, first in Ep. 76, latest in Ep. 84 - [HeyGen](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/heygen/): HeyGen; 3 episodes, first in Ep. 42, latest in Ep. 78 - [Leonardo](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/leonardo/): Leonardo.Ai; 2 episodes, first in Ep. 22, latest in Ep. 56 - [Wan](https://fasthourspodcast.com/tools/wan/): Alibaba; 2 episodes, first in Ep. 47, latest in Ep. 83 ## Guests - [Ingi Erlingsson](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/ingi-erlingsson/): Founder of SYSTMS; built Golden Wolf and sold it to Doodles, became Doodles' Chief Content Officer (Ep. 83) - [Jamey Gannon](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/jamey-gannon/): AI creative director; runs the AI Creative Director course (Ep. 80) - [Rourke Sefton-Minns](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/rourke-sefton-minns/): Social media creator and founder of Gen HQ (Ep. 78) - [BLVCKL!GHT](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/blvcklight/): Founding member of West Coast AI Labs (Ep. 77) - [Finn McKenty](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/finn-mckenty/): Fractional CMO and partner at URM Academy (Nail the Mix); former Abercrombie & Fitch designer and YouTube creator (Ep. 75) - [Salma Aboukar](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/salma-aboukar/): Creative director and founder (Ep. 73) - [Tyler Bernabe (jboogxcreative)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/tyler-bernabe-jboogxcreative/): Full-time generative AI creator and strategist (Ep. 70) - [Allar Haltsonen](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/allar-haltsonen/): Recurring guest and AI creative based in Estonia; posts on X and LinkedIn (Ep. 50, 34) - [Marco Isle](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/marco-isle/): Creative polymath with a background in graphic design, UX/UI design and fashion (Ep. 49) - [Julie Wieland](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/julie-wieland/): Art director and graphic designer turned AI visual artist (Ep. 27) - [Minh Do](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/minh-do/): YouTuber (Minh's Mind TV); runs an AI agency and the AIRL in-person AI-art community; OpenAI Sora alpha tester (Ep. 23) - [Tim Simmons](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/tim-simmons/): YouTuber, Theoretically Media (130,000+ subscribers); spent 16 years working in Hollywood studios and productions before pivoting to AI content (Ep. 22) - [Phil Maggs](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/phil-maggs/): Director of Generative AI at Superside (Ep. 16) - [Billy Boman](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/billy-boman/): AI creative director; background in fashion design and UX/UI design (PayPal, Vodafone); teaches AI at Berghs School of Communication (Ep. 14) - [Chris Branch](https://fasthourspodcast.com/guests/chris-branch/): Founder of creative agency Seedily; runs the Artificial Inspiration LinkedIn community (~200,000 members) and co-hosts a separate AI podcast (Ep. 11) ## Optional - [How to Build ComfyUI Custom Nodes With Claude](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-how-to-build-comfyui-custom-nodes-with-claude/): Overtime video, September 26, 2026 - [GPT Image 2.5 Speedrun. What’s New and What’s Better?](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-gpt-image-2-5-speedrun-whats-new-and-whats-better/): Overtime video, September 14, 2026 - [We Tested Midjourney’s New Editor Live. Here's How to Use It.](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-we-tested-midjourneys-new-editor-live-heres-how-to-use/): Overtime video, August 31, 2026 - [Midjourney User Profiles: Live Tutorial + First Reactions](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-midjourney-user-profiles-live-tutorial-first-reactions/): Overtime video, November 24, 2025 - [Midjourney Style Creator: Live Tutorial + First Reactions](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-midjourney-style-creator-live-tutorial-first-reactions/): Overtime video, November 23, 2025 - [This Secret Midjourney Style Explorer Trick Changes Everything](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-this-secret-midjourney-style-explorer-trick-changes/): Overtime video, September 8, 2025 - [Gen AI for Creators | Pulse Check: Midjourney, Runway, Minimax, Krea, Flux & More](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-gen-ai-for-creators-pulse-check-midjourney-runway-minimax/): Overtime video, October 18, 2024 - [31 Midjourney Style Codes You HAVE to Try for Yourself](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-31-midjourney-style-codes-you-have-to-try-for-yourself/): Overtime video, October 6, 2024 - [(NEW) Midjourney Editor Is Live! (Edit, Repaint, Crop, Zoom, Pan, and Scale—All In One)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-new-midjourney-editor-is-live-edit-repaint-crop-zoom-pan/): Overtime video, August 17, 2024 - [Midjourney's Hidden Search Feature Changes Everything](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-midjourneys-hidden-search-feature-changes-everything/): Overtime video, July 22, 2024 - [Midjourney Repaint Tutorial: Pro Tips Revealed](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-midjourney-repaint-tutorial-pro-tips-revealed/): Overtime video, July 21, 2024 - [Latest Updates—Midjourney Office Hours Recap (7.17.24)](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-latest-updates-midjourney-office-hours-recap-7-17-24/): Overtime video, July 17, 2024 - [This Midjourney Upscale Trick Is Too Good To Miss!](https://fasthourspodcast.com/episodes/overtime-this-midjourney-upscale-trick-is-too-good-to-miss/): Overtime video, July 16, 2024 - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@FastHoursAI) · [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/0yAw8VHGcGq1eqG1zzbS2W) · [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fast-hours/id1755081772) · [Podcast RSS](https://anchor.fm/s/f84d7f94/podcast/rss)