Fast Hours
Episodes
GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good?
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Fast Hours has entered the witness protection program. Same Drew. Same Rory. But fewer syllables and more chaos.In this episode, Drew Brucker and Rory...
Midjourney V8.1 Review & Reactions + Wen Edit Model?
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Midjourney finally dropped v8.1, so Drew and Rory did what any responsible adults would do: generated way too many images, argued with style codes, st...
Claude Knows Kung Fu. Midjourney's Still in the Dojo (+V8.1?)
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 65, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn return for another round of Midjourney Fast Hours and immediately do what they do best: poke at bleeding-ed...
Ep. 64—Midjourney V8 First Impressions + Claude Code Breakthroughs
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory crawl back from travel chaos, token addiction, and mild creative delusion to answer the question everyone’s been asking: did Midjourne...
Midjourney V8 Countdown + Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 & Higgsfield Fallout
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief hiatus, the boys are back!With Midjourney v8 expected next week, Drew and Rory zoom out and ask the bigger question: does v8 even matter...
Midjourney v8 Is Late, the Skill Gap Is Growing, and AI Agents Unionized
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 62 starts where every serious AI podcast should: Adam Sandler movies, Bobby Boucher lore, and a suspicious black eye.Then things spiral fast.D...
Ep.61—Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There.
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 61 turns the Midjourney Fast Hours mic over to the audience.Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn go fully live for an AMA that exposes where visual AI ...
Ep.60—Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: The Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of 2025, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn zoom out to dissect what actually mattered this year across Midjourney, Nano Banana Pro, Ch...
Midjourney v8 Countdown, Are "AI Artists" A Thing? + Nano Banana Pro vs ChatGPT Image 1.5
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory stumble back from the holiday chaos—one fresh off vacation, the other barely resurrected from a mystery NYC illness.Between fever drea...
Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside Down
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory and Drew celebrate crawling their way to 30k subs, then immediately prove they are barely qualified to handle it by turning a Stranger Things bin...
Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory pull up to Episode 57 running on fumes and caffeine, only to get smacked in the face by one of the wildest AI weeks of the year. Midjour...
Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory start with eyeball horror, Stranger Things hype, and the idea of AI-powered contact lenses before stumbling straight into the real mind-...
Nodes Are Eating the Creative World (And You’re Already Late)
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory and Drew return from Halloween with coffee, chaos, and a nerdfest on node-based creation. They speed-run Midjourney office hours, gripe about mis...
Midjourney’s Whole System Is Quietly Evolving + a Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't Know
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s spooky season, and Midjourney’s acting possessed — new UI, style creator, and a personalization trick you weren’t supposed to find.Drew a...
Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two tired dads with graying hair accidentally stumble into a killer AI workflow. In this Halloween-season hang, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn trade Midj...
Midjourney’s Next Chapter: V8, Style Tools, and The 99.99% Problem
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory and Drew try to keep up with AI like two dads jogging after a runaway stroller. They dig into Midjourney v8 rumors, the new Style Finder vs. Styl...
Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold Rush
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midjourney Fast Hours — Episode 51: “Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold Rush”Drew and Rory crawl out of their creative caves after a month-lo...
Unpacking Midjourney's Style Explorer + Slipping Deeper Into Nano Banana 🍌
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Midjourney Fast Hours crew hits episode 50…and immediately forgets to throw a party. Instead, Drew and Rory stumble into a killer trick inside t...
Midjourney Token Bashing, Nano Banana, and Weavy with Marco Isle
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory and Drew invite creative polymath Marco Isle to do what this show does best: break Midjourney in interesting ways. It’s a token binge from shad...
Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MJ:FH Ep. 48—Midjourney just unlocked HD video for everyone, added new batch size controls, and teased more of Style Explorer, V7.1, and V8. Here’...
Midjourney TV MJTV + Personalized Explore Pages
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory’s apartment is in chaos, Drew’s talking about broken toes again, and somehow they end up deep-diving Midjourney TV like it’s cable circa 19...
Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory accidentally finds himself on a nudist beach while Drew's making DIY sunscreen with AI. And if that wasn't crazy enough, this episode is ...
Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory and Drew are back and things get... weird. In this episode, they push Midjourney Video to its limits—trying to animate mushrooms, morph soda ca...
Midjourney Video is HERE—Nerds React + New SREF System Chop-Up
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory’s parents are laughing in the background. Drew just got a Midjourney tattoo that reads "/imagine". And somehow, Midjourney video drop...
Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory spiral through the Disney + Universal vs. Midjourney lawsuit, throw some shade at corporate legal strategy, and explore why this could w...
Can Midjourney Actually Compete in Video? + Sref & Monetization Talk
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew forgot his hat. Rory got recognized by voice alone. And somehow, this spirals into one of the most insightful, chaotic, and weirdly therapeutic e...
Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread, But Make It Funny
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two guys walk into a podcast... and accidentally summon a demonic goat with the word homesteader. Welcome to episode 41.In this off-the-rails, rabbit-...
Veo 3 Makes Yesterday’s Best Look Like a Beta Test + Runway & Midjourney Check-In
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midjourney Fast Hours, Episode 40 After a short hiatus (blame conferences and caffeine dependency), the Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker break down Google’...
Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually Work
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks off, and Midjourney dropped two major updates: the all-new --exp parameter and the long-awaited omni-reference. In this episode of Midjourne...
Midjourney’s Secret Playground: Chaos, Weird, and New Editor
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Drew and Rory dive headfirst into the unhinged world of Midjourney’s weirdest features—literally. They crank up --weird, mash it ...
Midjourney V7 Showed Up in Crocs and COOKED
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory are back for their full Midjourney V7 breakdown. What starts as a casual catch-up spirals into 60 minutes of real strategy, subtle disco...
Midjourney V7 is (Finally) Here! Was It Worth the Wait?
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Midjourney Fast Hours, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn react to the brand new Midjourney V7 update—and things get weird (in the best ...
ChatGPT Image Gen Went Nuclear! + The Final Countdown to Midjourney V7 Preview
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MJ:FH—Ep. 35 ChatGPT Image Gen Went Nuclear! + The Final Countdown to Midjourney V7 PreviewChatGPT’s new image generator (not named Dall-E?) is he...
Letting AI Cook & The Final Countdown for v7 Feat. Allar Haltsonen
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory sit down with Estonian AI chef, Allar Haltsonen, to talk about his creative process, spontaneous idea generation, and all the other tool...
Midjourney After Dark—Organized Chaos & Wabi-Sabi
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory sound like they know what they’re doing as they dissect the messy art of mood boards, style references, and Midjourney’s ever-changi...
Midjourney Questions Answered
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory decided to take this episode live, which means things got real fast. Questions flew in from all over the world, Faye (Rory’s toddler) ...
Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep Cuts
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ep. 31—Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep CutsDrew Brucker and Rory Flynn are back, and this episode is one giant creative rabbit hole.F...
Midjourney Moodboards: The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moodboards in Midjourney started as a fun experiment… and quickly spiraled into a full-blown obsession.In this episode, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynnd...
Describe Feature, Moodboards & The Future of Midjourney
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory attempt to keep up with AI’s relentless updates while questioning if sensory deprivation tanks might be their only escape. They dive i...
(Literally) Everything You Need to Know about Mood Boards in Midjourney
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory dive into the world of mood boards—because if you’re going to lose your mind over anything, it might as well be perfectly curated AI...
From Dall-E 2 to Creative Freedom w/ Julie Wieland
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Midjourney Fast Hours, Drew and Rory are joined by the incredibly talented Julie Wieland, a graphic designer turned AI visual artis...
Midjourney v7 & Beyond
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory are back with the perfect /blend of laughs, parenthood chaos, and cutting-edge creativity. They share stories of snow days gone hilariou...
Micro-Decisions in Midjourney: Small Choices, Big Impact
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory kick 2025 (and Season 2) with a hilariously relatable ride, starting with their New Year’s celebrations (spoiler: lots of wine, some t...
Moodboards, Mayhem, and Midjourney Magic
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you mix holiday chaos, a DJ mixer under the tree, and cutting-edge AI creativity? You get this week’s podcast. Drew and Rory kick...
Early Sora Tester Shares Everything feat. Mihn Do
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sora alpha tester Minh Do joins the show for an insider's look at OpenAI's groundbreaking video generation tool. Minh shares his three-month experien...
130k YouTuber Spills Tea on Current State of AI Tools
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an insightful conversation with Theoretically Media's Tim Simmons (130,000+ YouTube subscribers), hosts Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn dive deep into ...
(Live Stream) Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
F*ck it, we're going to do it live! (In our best Bill O'Reilly voice) On this live stream episode of the MJ:FH pod, we break down Midjourney's highly...
What Midjourney Taught Us (And Can Teach You) About Social Media Success
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Milestone alert: 20th episode Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn pull back the curtain on how they built thriving social media audiences (and businesses) fro...
Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 2)
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Rory crack open their vault of Midjourney tokens, sharing game-changing phrases that transform ordinary prompts into extraordinary generation...
Our Favorite (Actionable) ChatGPT Tips to Make Midjourney Even Better
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Drew and Rory reveal their favorite tips for combining ChatGPT and Midjourney to elevate AI art creation. Going beyond basic prompts...
Cracking Midjourney's Newest Features in 72 Hours (External & Retexture)
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 17—Cracking Midjourney's Newest Features in 72 Hours (External & Retexture) In this episode, Drew and Rory share their Halloween experie...
Midjourney at Scale: The Superside Blueprint for Teams w/ Phil Maggs (Superside)
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Midjourney Fast Hours podcast, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn sit down with Philip Maggs, Director of Generative AI at Superside, ...
Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 1)
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 1) In this episode, Drew and Rory discuss the growth of their podcast and the Midjourney...
Midjourney: The Ultimate Creative Multiplier w/ Billy Boman
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Midjourney is the ultimate creative multiplier In this episode, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn welcome Billy Boman, a Swedish creative pro with a diverse...
Midjourney After Dark: Video Wars, Style Code Exploration & More
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the return of Midjourney After Dark, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn discuss the AI video wars, style code exploration, and more, sharing personal anec...
Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2)
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Drew and Rory discuss various aspects of content creation using Midjourney, including updates on new features, the importance of pers...
The Next Gen Creative Toolkit feat. Chris Branch
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Next Gen Creative Toolkit feat. Chris Branch In this captivating episode, Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn sit down with Chris Branch, the founder of c...
Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 1)
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with a bang, answering your hottest Midjourney questions, AMA-style. First, we catch you up on all the key updates from Midjourney's Office...
Midjourney After Dark: Nightcap Nerd-Out
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when two sleep-deprived dads talk AI after dark? In this episode, we'll chat about why we're filling out 181-question surveys (s...
Midjourney Style Reference: Everything You Need To Know (Literally)
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up, because we're about to take a deep dive into the ocean of style references. Don't worry, we've packed snacks! We're coverin...
Midjourney Parameters: The Forgotten Cheat Codes (& Best Ways To Use Them)
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You've been playing Midjourney on 'easy' mode this whole time. Let's crack open that long-lost cheat code book and crank it up to '...
The Midjourney Cocktail: 5 AI Tools for Intoxicating Results
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if we told you that the difference between good and legendary Midjourney images isn't talent, but leverage? In other words, it's not all...
Midjourney Just Broke Reality: v6.1 Explained
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 Midjourney v6.1 just dropped, and it's breaking the internet! Drew and Rory are back to dissect the v6.1 update. In this e...
The Overlooked Potential of Midjourney for Business and Side Hustles
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Attention all Midjourney enthusiasts and curious entrepreneurs! This episode is your golden ticket to using your Midjourney skills and turning them i...
Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prompt Theory What is it? How does it work? Why the hell does it matter? We're back with a power-packed episode full of practical tips on promptin...
Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good To Keep Secret
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🚨 MIDJOURNEY HACK ALERT 🚨 Ever wonder how the pros make those jaw-dropping images in Midjourney? We're exposing the tricks and techniques ...
We Accidentally Became AI Image Experts (Here's How It Happened)
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up for a wild ride into the AI universe with Rory Flynn & Drew Brucker – two marketing bros who stumbled into Midjourney and never looked...