The Perception Podcast

Today’s guest on the Perception Podcast is Steve "Tiger" Briones. Tiger has over two decades of distinguished service in the United States Air Force, where he built a career defined by innovation, strategic leadership, and mission impact. From commanding Detachment 24 to serving as Division Chief of Innovation and Technology—better known as “Digital Hammer”—he led pioneering initiatives that advan...

Paul Propster has spent over 25 years helping organizations turn complex ideas into stories that inspire action. From small startups to global enterprises in energy, tech, and aerospace, he guides teams to find what truly matters and communicate it in a way that connects, motivates, and drives results. He’s the Founder and former Chief Story Architect of StoryLab at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborator...

Today on the Perception Podcast, we're bringing on Chris Noessel, sci-fi interface expert and author. Chris is a veteran interaction designer whose career has been focused on design for AI for the past 8 years. He teaches, speaks about, and evangelizes design around the world. His spidey-sense goes off semi-randomly, leading him to investigate and speak about a range of things from interactive nar...

Today on The Perception Podcast, we’re joined by a true pioneer in the world of technology, storytelling, and future-forward thinking — Kevin Kelly. Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His newest book is Excellent Advice for Living, a book of 450 modern proverbs for good living. He is co-chair...

Today, we welcome a very special guest onto the podcast, Dr. Tom Chatfield, a British author, tech philosopher, and educator. Tom’s work focuses on the intersection of technology, culture, and human behavior. He’s the author of several books, including "Wise Animals," which explores the evolving relationship between humanity and technology, and the best-selling textbook "Critical Thinking," which...

Step inside "The Perception Lens" series, a special feature of the Perception Podcast where co-founders Jeremy Lasky and Danny Gonzalez dive deep into the expansive realms of design, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation. In this series, we discuss how visionary concepts come to life and share insights into the processes that shape the future of design. Each episode is dedicated to exploring...

Welcome back everybody, you’re listening to our BITESIZE segment, a small yet powerful dose of key takeaways and notable moments from each episode of The Perception Lens Series. This week, we pieced together some special highlights from our latest full-length episodes, Milestones and Turning Points Part 1 and 2.

You’re listening to our very first BITESIZE segment, a small yet powerful dose of key takeaways and highlights pulled from every full-length episode of The Perception Lens series. If you couldn’t catch our last episodes, Milestones and Turning Points Part 1 and 2, then tune into this week’s BITESIZE, where we recount our journey with Marvel Studios and the beginnings of our longstanding collaborat...

Step inside "The Perception Lens" series, a special feature of the Perception Podcast where co-founders Jeremy Lasky and Danny Gonzalez dive deep into the expansive realms of design, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation. In this series, we discuss how visionary concepts come to life and share insights into the processes that shape the future of design. Each episode is dedicated to exploring...

Step inside "The Perception Lens" series, a special feature of the Perception Podcast where co-founders Jeremy Lasky and Danny Gonzalez dive deep into the expansive realms of design, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation. In this series, we discuss how visionary concepts come to life and share insights into the processes that shape the future of design. Each episode is dedicated to exploring...

On this episode of the Perception Podcast, two worlds collide as our very own Danny Gonzalez chats with YouTube sensation, Danny Gonzalez. Hailing from Chicago, Danny Gonzalez began his rise to comedy and fame on Vine in 2014. Since then, Danny has established several successful YouTube channels, amassing over 6 million subscribers and 1.5 billion views on his main channel. Danny has won awards, t...

Today on the Perception Podcast is David Kirby, Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Science, Technology & Society Program at Cal Poly University. David Kirby was a practicing evolutionary geneticist before leaving bench science to explore science communication through entertainment media. His experiences as a member of the scientific community have informed his...

On this episode of the Perception Podcast, we're joined by Frankly Built, a connoisseur of 3D model printing and YouTube sensation. Frankly Built has almost 900,000 YouTube subscribers and he has built a community full of 3D printing enthusiasts looking to create their own incredible models and cosplays. Best known for his life size, wearable and self-created Iron Man suits, Frankly Built has 3D p...

Today on the Perception Podcast, we're chatting with Vince LaViolette, Vice President of Operations at Shelby American! Since joining Shelby American in 1999, Vince has been a staple in the process of automotive development, including research and development, product line management, and even vehicle development with longtime partner Carroll Shelby. From owning a racecar shop and racing in the Wi...

This week on the Perception podcast, we're chatting with technology influencer, YouTuber and content creator, Austin Evans! Austin Evans has been a tech content creator since 2009 covering the latest news in technology and gaming on both his main channel, "Austin Evans", and secondary channel "This Is". Known for his friendly and approachable style, Austin excels at making the latest tech news exc...

This week on the Perception podcast, finally, after a lifetime of anticipation, Jeremy Lasky of Perception meets THE Jeremy Lasky of Pixar Animation Studios. Lasky began his film career at Pixar in 1997 as a layout artist on “A Bug’s Life.” He then worked in the layout department on “Toy Story 2” and “Monsters, Inc.” Lasky served as director of photography on the Academy Award®-winning films “Find...

Today on the Perception Podcast we have an awesome treat for all our listeners. Our special guest is Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire, which holds the ranking of the best automotive podcast on the planet that he Co hosts with his long time confidant Zack Klapman. Matt is also well known on Youtube for his reviews and thrill rides of hundreds of cars through the canyons on the West Coast, tracks ac...

Today on The Perception Podcast our special guest is James Hobson - better known as the youtube sensation The Hacksmith! James is a 29 year old inventor-turned-YouTube star who has built an engineering R&D company from the ground up by taking fictional ideas from comic book movies and video games, and making real working prototypes. His videos of building these real, Science Fiction prototypes are...

Our conversation with David McCall. David is a senior designer at Audi working on some of the most cutting edge projects. He studied Industrial design at both Savannah college of art & design and North Carolina State University. After graduating he took his skills to Husqvarna were he was tasked with making lawn mowers look cool. He spent most of his time at Ford where he quickly moved up the rank...

Professor Ben Saunders believes that reading comics makes you smarter. He founded and directs the Undergraduate Minor in Comics Studies at the University of Oregon, the first undergraduate minor of its kind in the world. He is the author of Desiring Donne: Poetry, Sexuality, Interpretation (Harvard, 2006)—and Do The Gods Wear Capes: Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes (Continuum, 2011)—describe...

This week on the Perception podcast we welcome Bruce Walker. He is a Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, in the Schools of Psychology and Interactive Computing. His Sonification Lab studies the human-computer interaction (HCI) issues in non-traditional interfaces, ranging from mobile devices, cockpits and vehicle displays, multimodal interfaces in education and in complex task environmen...

This week on The Perception Podcast is special guest Dr. Richard Wiseman. Richard has a Ph. D. in Psychology, and he’s a professor in the UK. In fact he holds Britain’s only professorship in the public understanding of psychology. He’s also s a bestselling author of some of our favorite books: Quirkology, Paranormality, The Luck Factor, 59 Seconds, How to Remember Everything and the forthcoming Sh...

This week on The Perception Podcast is Charlie Fink. Charlie is an AR/VR Consultant, Columnist, Speaker and the Author of "Charlie Fink's Metaverse, An AR Enabled Guide to VR & AR." He is a former Disney, AOL and AG Interactive executive who notably came up with the idea for "The Lion King" while a junior executive in 1987. In the 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment....

This week on The Perception Podcast is Alida Draudt. Alida is a Futurist, as well as a nation-wide speaker and author on strategic foresight. Through her work with Capital One, the Threatcasting Lab – a collaboration between the Army Cyber Institute and Arizona State University – and numerous independent works, Alida has looked at futures and implications that span societal, political, environment...

Dan Novy is a dream guest for us on the Perception podcast. He combines many of the ingredients that make up the secret recipe of Perception. He is a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab, an Emmy- and Visual Effects Society Award-winning VFX technical supervisor, a transmedia experience designer, and former chair of the Visual Effects Society Technology Committee. What fascinates me most, are the two...