In this episode I speak with Mark Wachholz, a Berlin-based screenwriter and AI filmmaker. Mark shares his journey from being rejected by traditional film schools to spending over two decades writing novels, games, and scripts waiting for the moment when the kinds of films he wanted to make would finally be possible. For him, AI was the doorway that arrived 20 years later.

We talk about his award-winning short film The Cinema That Never Was, why he sees AI not as a tool but as a creative collaborator, and what remains uniquely human when “anything becomes possible.”

Key Themes We Explore

• Taste and curation in a world where “anything is possible”
• Letting go of perfection as AI tools rapidly evolve
• Why creative restraint matters more than capability
• Scaling from solo AI filmmaker to larger collaborative projects
• The emotional tension between control and surrender in creative work

Key Takeaways

• Possibility is expanding faster than our decision-making frameworks
• Creativity is less about ownership and more about resonance
• Taste becomes the differentiator when tools become accessible
• AI reveals how much discipline storytelling requires

You can connect with Mark at https://www.linkedin.com/in/markwachholz/

In this episode, I speak with Wuraola Oyewusi, whose journey spans pharmacy, AI research, and digital education but what makes her work distinct is how she translates complex AI concepts into the Yoruba language, making emerging technologies accessible to audiences often excluded from digital dialogue.

We explore curiosity as a discipline, mastery as a responsibility, and why languages that are not represented digitally risk what she calls a “digital death”.

Key Themes We Explore

• Why curiosity and mastery are non-negotiable in any field
• Teaching AI in Yoruba and why clarity is an act of respect
• The difference between using AI tools and building AI systems
• How owning a piece of internet real estate can change your life
• Why fundamentals matter more than shortcuts in the AI economy

Key Takeaway

Whatever your craft is, you owe it to yourself to understand it deeply.

This audio comes from the first conversation I ever recorded for Judeslist.

It was never published.

In 2020, I read something I had written about my mother, about her strength, her faith, and the way she carried our family. After listening quietly, she asked a question that stayed with me:

“How did you remember all these things?”

At the time, I didn’t realize that question would shape how I think about conversation, memory, and documentation.

This clip is shared as an archive, an intentional record of a voice, a pause, and a moment that mattered.

(Recorded in December 2020. My mother passed away in October 2024.)