Welcome to the PRESENT Podcast, where I talk with the most courageous makers and creators from all over the world to find out about their creative journey, how they do it all, and how they tackle their favorite unrealized projects.

PRESENT Podcast
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Welcome to the PRESENT Podcast, where I talk with the most courageous makers and creators from all over the world to find out about their creative journey, how they do it all, and how they tackle their favorite unrealized projects.
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Recent Episodes

March 11, 2026
Become Un-LLM-able: PRESENT Podcast 004 with Sari Azout & Hugo Hoppmann
<p>Writer, founder, and builder of Sublime: Sari Azout has this rare ability to name things we all feel but can't quite articulate.In this conversation, we go deep on the tension between making great work and getting people to see it, why distribution matters more than we want to admit, what it means to become "un-LLM-able," building long-term in a world obsessed with hype, balancing motherhood and creative ambition, and why flow state might be the best answer to the anxiety of our digital age.Sublime: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXA2aXBjNkFMV0ltcFhTaExJVGpFekxidUltUXxBQ3Jtc0ttdmU2c2VYMnVERGgxdFd4dmUycnlFYWNSS0ZaNHlaV3oyclNVVWtvU05KVW83RDUtcTl4ZWVjdHZoSGpKYW9BT1l2YTFaM1UtY3ZWWktsZl9xaWZWWGF0ME9UdC1TTEtueGltSDFadFVTZHNULUxnRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsublime.app%2F&v=zZcBlCSxsIU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://sublime.app</a>Sari's Substack: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHlMTW1ocTRELXJFbVYxekU5bDcwSFJaR1l4UXxBQ3Jtc0tuSlR5Q19UREYxOU1pcC0xZG9mSWFfSmtYems2NEpVWTRhYmEwMDFtSTBuRVpDdmtZUEk0elYwVGFzTmlreWxhcmhBdWgxMGNNZlRCNDhwS09rQU1BdVVOa0x3Y0tzaXVBdUVJVFRBZTkwSTJMQUpzYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsublimeinternet.substack.com%2F&v=zZcBlCSxsIU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://sublimeinternet.substack.com/</a>—Present People is a podcast by Hugo about creativity, presence, and doing the Thing.Subscribe for more conversations like this.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/podcast">#podcast</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/creativity">#creativity</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/present">#present</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/building">#building</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ai">#AI</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/sublime">#sublime</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/sariazout">#sariazout</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/distribution">#distribution</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/longform">#longform</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU">0:00</a> Intro<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=75s">1:15</a> Sari's upbringing in Barranquilla, Colombia<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=150s">2:30</a> Discovering the internet as a portal<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=200s">3:20</a> "What did you do today to change the world?"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=245s">4:05</a> College, Brown, and a fascination with ideas<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=305s">5:05</a> Dreaming big vs. micro ambition<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=440s">7:20</a> Building and distribution: nobody cares by default<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=600s">10:00</a> Do what you love, but solve for distribution<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=680s">11:20</a> Sales as the transfer of enthusiasm<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=720s">12:00</a> Hugo on the heartbreak of unseen work<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=840s">14:00</a> Artists vs. Algorithm<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=870s">14:30</a> Cringe vs. Cool and the fear of putting yourself out there<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=965s">16:05</a> Sari's private collection: "I'm Going to Get Good at Video"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=1065s">17:45</a> Self-promotion as a new required skill<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=1210s">20:10</a> Radical founder transparency<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=1500s">25:00</a> The messy middle and why nobody reports on it<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=1655s">27:35</a> Confidence from meeting your heroes<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=1800s">30:00</a> Choosing one thing and sticking with it<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=1935s">32:15</a> Sublime as a multi-decade project<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2040s">34:00</a> Bias for action and long time horizons<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2160s">36:00</a> PRESENT and Sublime as containers for ideas<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2295s">38:15</a> The bliss and the struggle of building<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2550s">42:30</a> Sari's Stockholm talk on AI<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2615s">43:35</a> From artificial intelligence to collective intelligence<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2725s">45:25</a> The reality gap: more tools, more work<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2775s">46:15</a> What does it mean to be un-LLM-able?<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2820s">47:00</a> Fitting in vs. standing out<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=2950s">49:10</a> Showing your humanness online<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3060s">51:00</a> Process over destination<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3130s">52:10</a> Motherhood, trade-offs, and being honest about it<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3340s">55:40</a> The internet you want your kids to inherit<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3495s">58:15</a> Sublime's vision: serendipity over algorithm<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3660s">1:01:00</a> Mantras and reminders<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3680s">1:01:20</a> Bradbury's "Don't Think"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3800s">1:03:20</a> Psychedelics, presence, and embodied insight<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=3975s">1:06:15</a> What does being present mean to you?<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=4260s">1:11:00</a> Flow state as total presence<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcBlCSxsIU&t=4330s">1:12:10</a> Closing thoughts</p>

February 3, 2025
Afrofuturism in Arizona: PRESENT Podcast 003 with Kareem Ali & Hugo Hoppmann
<p>In Episode 3 of the PRESENT Podcast I talk with one of my favorite music producers Kareem Ali كريم علي, a musician and composer from New York, now based in Tucson, Arizona. <br>I really enjoy Kareem's work now for many years and wanted to know more about his life, his background, his motivations and his whole process. <br>We talked about the importance of bringing positive messages to his community through music. Afrofuturism is Kareem's guiding light and iconic innovators such as Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, Larry Heard, Underground Resistance and Drexciya all have shaped his worldview. <br>His first musical love was jazz, and he found an early hero in Miles Davis and the Kind of Blue LP, which inspired him to pick up the trumpet as a teenager. More than a decade later, he's still playing, now in the electronic music field, with forays into house, techno, ambient, R&B, garage, drum and bass. <br>I was always impressed by Kareem’s consistent and high-quality output and it was great to find out more about his way of life and his process from long bike rides in the desert to his idea capturing methods. Enjoy! <br>Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Early Musical Influences 02:30 Discovering Electronic Music 03:09 Breakthrough During the Pandemic 06:10 Leaving New York: A Fresh Start in Arizona 08:31 Creative Process and Daily Routine 12:00 Overcoming Perfectionism and Releasing Music 16:30 Journey of Playing the Trumpet 19:50 Afrofuturism: Music as a Message of Hope 25:10 The Power of Routine and Discipline 28:30 Staying Inspired and Avoiding Creative Blocks 28:37 Treating Creativity Like a Job 30:55 Financial Realities of a Music Career 31:48 Balancing Side Gigs and Passion Projects 35:05 Afrofuturism and Personal Identity 37:20 Advice for Young Artists 42:00 Future of Music and Society 46:49 Staying Focused and Managing Stress 52:30 Favorite Unrealised Project and Dream Collaborations <br>Kareem Ali Links: https://www.instagram.com/kmx15 https://kareemali19.bandcamp.com https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/4Uhgu5miW68A3eqRl26xtf <br>Hugo and PRESENT: https://www.instagram.com/present_xx https://www.present.zone https://www.instagram.com/hugohoppmann https://www.hugohoppmann.com https://hugohoppmann.substack.com</p>

December 5, 2024
Botswana to Berlin: PRESENT Podcast 002 with Adam Barnard & Hugo Hoppmann
Hugo Hoppmann and Adam Barnard discuss Adam's unconventional journey from Botswana to Berlin, navigating creative transitions, and building Otto Resource, a digital design archive to combat gatekeeping in the fashion industry.
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