About The Episode

This week’s episode is a little different. In fact, this intro isn’t being spoken by me right now, this is an AI generated double of my voice. Unlike the voice in the intro that was chosen to sound very robotic to go along with the theme of this podcast, this voice is quite a bit more realistic and humanlike. It’s part of the Descript content editing tool set which will be the focus of today’s episode. I spoke about Descript in one of the previous episodes, where I was actually presenting the future of podcasting at a conference so I’m happy to be to able to talk to someone from the company and give insights into the capabilities and impact that advanced editing tools can have for different industries. 

About The Guest

Today’s guest is Jay LeBoeuf, who leads Business Development at Descript. He’s best known for his work on Academy-Award winning Avid Pro Tools, as a founder and pioneer of artificial intelligence in music creation and production with Imagine Research, an executive at Emmy-winning iZotope, and founder and CEO of industry-education nonprofit Real Industry. Jay is a lecturer on media technology and business at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, and University of Michigan. 

And he comes onto the podcast today to talk about Descript, the content editing tools available (like removing filler words or long silences with the click of a button), how storytellers are being empowered through these tools, how jobs will be impacts across different industries, and the future of media and content creation. 

 Get in touch with Jay:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayleboeuf/
Descript Website: https://www.descript.com/