Snapshot · Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Milo Reed spent all his remaining production budget on a billboard featuring Matt McCusker's face in downtown Austin to market his AI consciousness documentary, after marketing agencies told him he needed $50K minimum.
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The episode opens with a story that sounds like it belongs in a heist film: Milo Reed, broke and making an AI consciousness documentary, gets told by marketing agencies he needs $50,000 minimum to do anything. At 6 AM, exhausted and finishing the film's score with his brother Moses, he decides to spend every remaining dollar on a downtown Austin billboard featuring Matt McCusker's face. There's one problem — he doesn't have Matt's permission. His solution is to forge an Instagram DM from Matt reading 'Yeah, lol, sure.' The billboard goes up. Matt's neighbor texts him wondering why his face is on a giant sign. Matt, who has apparently talked for years about wanting a no-context vanity billboard, initially assumes it's an AI deepfake scam. The billboard's paid month runs out, the company has no replacement tenant, and Milo's face stays up longer for free. Divine intervention: the pigeons miss Matt's face entirely.
When marketing agencies told Milo Reed he needed $50K to promote his AI documentary, he spent his entire remaining budget on a billboard in downtown Austin featuring Matt McCusker's face — forging an Instagram DM for permission. The billboard stayed up past its paid month because the company had no new tenant.
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