In this Happy Hour podcast, John and Ryan are chatting with Brandon Gries about their recent collaboration, Bare Metal, a film that explores sustainability in the digital infrastructure industry. They also reveal the final act of Backflip's Whodunnit Murder Mystery! 

Topics in this episode:

• (00:04:17 ) What does Brandon do?
• (00:06:40 ) Why was Brandon in our Christmas video!?
• (00:09:11 ) From engineer to film producer.
• (00:13:26 ) The Bloomberg film festival.
• (00:19:58 ) The Christmas video reveal.
• (00:45:06 ) Themed Christmas cards.
• (00:50:21 ) Is there time to appreciate the project?
• (00:55:15 ) Bare Metal.
• (01:09:40 ) The hunt for b-roll.
• (01:21:42 ) How do you get the average person to care about the infrastructure of the internet?
• (01:24:51 ) Day in the life of Twitter employee.
• (01:38:47 ) Copyright vs trademark.
• (01:45:20 ) Two truths and a lie.
• (01:59:11 ) How many film festivals??
• (02:04:34 ) The artbook of the internet.
• (02:08:46 ) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

Links:

• Watch Backflip's Whodunnit Murder Mystery! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJgz3GRAbc
• Watch Bare Metal! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al04ho-saMU
• Don’t say Velcro!?  - https://www.velcro.com/original-thinking/the-velcro-brand-trademark-guidelines/dont-say-velcro/
• Day in the life of a Twitter employee. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciiJJtP1xXQ
• Mike Rowe’s reaction. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DD352it0Js
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195941-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism

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