Deuzevlog

In this episode of Deuzevlog a podcast, AI-generated by Google NotebookLM, summarizing the draft manuscript of my 2025 book (published with Intellect), titled: "Well-Being and Creative Careers: What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick." This conversation briefly touches upon some of the key themes of the book, especially the tensions between a labor-of-love work ethic, precariou

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit  down with Bregtje van der Haak, documentary filmmaker and journalist at VPRO Backlight, and Michel Reilhac, director of Submarine Channel and  Head of Studies for the Venice Biennale College.   In this interview we talk abo

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit down with Monique van Dusseldorp, Amsterdam-based curator and moderator of events on media, technology, and innovation (such as NEXTconf, CrossMediaCafé, Basecamp, New World Same Humans) and Taco Rijssemus, CEO of All3Media Germany (befor

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit down with Angie Smets, studio director at Guerilla Games (Killzone, Horizon Zero Dawn) and Christian Allen, game designer and Unreal Engine 5 evangelist at Epic Games (Fortnite). In our lovely conversation we talk about their experiences a

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit down with Christine Kearney of SBS and The Guardian Australia, Freek Staps (editor-in-chief at Dutch national news agency ANP, formerly at Dept Agency and NRC Handelsblad), and Amy Zerba, senior editor at the New York Times.   Across

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit  down with Atze de Vrieze, Dutch music journalist and podcaster, and Ben Swanson, co-founder of indie record label Secretly Canadian Records out  of Bloomington, Indiana in the United States.   In this wide-ranging discussio

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with  inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit  down with Sharid Alles, Dutch radio station manager and childrens' book author, and Imogen Champagne, audience editor at Crikey (Australia),  formerly of The Correspondent.    In this open-hearted discussion we t

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with inspiring media scholars and professionals from around the world, I sit  down with Femke Lakerveld, Dutch actress known from her work in film and television (as well as music and the theater), and Brian Steward,  Director of the Colorado Film School with a long career as Assistant Director in Hollywo

In this instalment of my series of interviews with media scholars I admire a conversation with Belinda Middleweek (University of Technology Sydney, co-author of "Real Sex Films") and Feona Attwood (Northumbria University, author of "Sex Media"), two fabulous scholars in the area of sex (and) media. The conversation covers about all things related to sex and media: sexual identity e

In this episode of my combined vlog/podcast series of conversations with media scholars, I sit down with Anabel Quan-Haase, Professor at the  Faculty of Information & Media Studies of Western University in  London, Ontario (Canada). We talk about her extensive work on digital media, technology and society, her insistence on an ethical perspective on digital inequaliti