Andrew Rudick performs in rooms where stand-up happens in real time and the room answers back immediately. A national headliner with specials on Dry Bar Comedy and Amazon Prime, and the producer behind Cincinnati’s Don’t Tell Comedy shows, he’s spent years learning how crowds signal what they’ll tolerate and when they’re about to turn.

Darrel Bowen has shaped the visual backbone of The Simpsons for almost twenty years, defining the production models that keep every character, prop, and object consistent across the series. We talked about the invisible rules that decide whether a design belongs in a world or quietly breaks it the moment it appears.

Flody Suarez has shaped projects across TV and Broadway, from 8 Simple Rules and The Tick to The Cher Show and What’s New Pussycat. His work sits in the background, but it sets the boundaries the story works within.

Mark Steines has spent decades shaping how audiences experience the biggest moments in entertainment. We talked about presence, pressure, and the unseen work that keeps a live moment alive.

Trust isn’t about believing in someone else. It’s about what we believe we can handle.

Ernest Chan has helped build some of the most watched animated worlds on TV, from Spongebob Squarepants to Kung Fu Panda to Fast and Furious Spy Racers. As an animation supervisor, he’s the one guiding how characters move, react, and hold the emotional beats on screen.

Susannah McCarthy builds the physical logic of a story. Her work on Mare of Easttown, Only Murders in the Building, The Gilded Age, Task, and FBI lives in details that don’t announce themselves but start to matter the second they’re wrong.

Mark Wheatley is an award-winning graphic novelist whose work runs from Breathtaker and Mars to museum exhibitions and the Library of Congress. He builds pages around what the eye isn’t shown.

Bulent Gurcan spent years as a federal agent, war veteran, and pilot before turning to filmmaking and on-camera survival work. We talked about timing, subtext, the small adjustments that redirect a scene, and why every choice matters when you’re working in conditions that don’t forgive mistakes.