If you’ve been on the edit side of TikTok in the last few months, you’ve probably heard the song “Every Living Breathing Moment” by Grant Steller. As of recording this episode, it has over 500 million views as a TikTok sound.

What not enough people know is that the song is actually a score. It’s from an original short film also titled “Every Living Breathing Moment,” directed by a guy named Angelo Visser.

The short film and song had both been out for a couple of months before they started blowing up, but a couple of months ago, edits to this song started appearing all over TikTok, with the most popular ones getting tens of millions of views. Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of eyes were on Angelo Visser and Grant Steller. So, I invited the two for an interview about art, the internet and everything in between.

For today’s episode, we’ll be taking a trip to the side of Hollywood they don’t want you to know about. In the last few years, previously hidden information has come out regarding the entertainment industry and the extent to which it is influenced by governmental agencies. Today, we’ll be talking to one of the people who helped break the story. Dr. Roger Stahl is one of the leading experts on the topic of the military-entertainment complex. He is the author of Militainment, Inc. and producer of multiple documentaries exploring the intersection of war and mass media. His most recent documentary, Theaters of War, exposed a decades-long collaboration between Hollywood and the Pentagon.

My video essay: https://youtu.be/sEhW41CSfRM?si=bIsrdB3u4KVJAhy3