Episode 267 - Behind the Scenes: How We Use AI to Build Two Voice Devs
Fri Feb 06 2026
Ever wonder how "Two Voice Devs" goes from a raw recording to a finished episode? In this episode, Allen Firstenberg takes Mark Tucker on a deep dive into his production workflow. They discuss how Descript’s text-based editing revolutionized their process, how Allen uses a custom Gemini CLI agent to automate show notes and descriptions, and the technical (and ethical!) journey of creating AI-generated thumbnails using Google's Nano Banana. It’s a candid look at how AI can act as a force multiplier for creators while keeping the "human in the loop."
[00:00:01] Introduction and Check-in
[00:01:27] Behind the Scenes: Why We Use AI
[00:03:42] Descript: Text-Based Video Editing
[00:05:24] Building a Knowledge Database from Transcripts
[00:08:13] Editing Video Like a Document
[00:12:34] Exploring Descript's AI
[00:13:36] Automating Show Notes with Gemini CLI
[00:14:10] The Power of System Instructions (GEMINI.md)
[00:19:30] AI Thumbnail Generation with Nano Banana
[00:26:10] The Ethics of Synthetic Media and Artistic Style
[00:28:40] Keeping the Human in the Loop
[00:33:00] Evolution of the Two Voice Devs Workflow
#TwoVoiceDevs #PodcastProduction #GeminiAI #Descript #GeminiCLI #NanoBanana #Automation #ContentCreation #Ethics #GenerativeAI #AIWorkflow #PodcastEditing
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Ever wonder how "Two Voice Devs" goes from a raw recording to a finished episode? In this episode, Allen Firstenberg takes Mark Tucker on a deep dive into his production workflow. They discuss how Descript’s text-based editing revolutionized their process, how Allen uses a custom Gemini CLI agent to automate show notes and descriptions, and the technical (and ethical!) journey of creating AI-generated thumbnails using Google's Nano Banana. It’s a candid look at how AI can act as a force multiplier for creators while keeping the "human in the loop." [00:00:01] Introduction and Check-in [00:01:27] Behind the Scenes: Why We Use AI [00:03:42] Descript: Text-Based Video Editing [00:05:24] Building a Knowledge Database from Transcripts [00:08:13] Editing Video Like a Document [00:12:34] Exploring Descript's AI [00:13:36] Automating Show Notes with Gemini CLI [00:14:10] The Power of System Instructions (GEMINI.md) [00:19:30] AI Thumbnail Generation with Nano Banana [00:26:10] The Ethics of Synthetic Media and Artistic Style [00:28:40] Keeping the Human in the Loop [00:33:00] Evolution of the Two Voice Devs Workflow #TwoVoiceDevs #PodcastProduction #GeminiAI #Descript #GeminiCLI #NanoBanana #Automation #ContentCreation #Ethics #GenerativeAI #AIWorkflow #PodcastEditing