The Dead Pixels Society Podcast

News, information and interviews about the photo/imaging business. This is a weekly audio podcast hosted by Gary Pageau, editor of the Dead Pixels Society news site and community.

This podcast is for a business-to-business audience of entrepreneurs and companies in the photo/imaging retail, online, wholesale, mobile, and camera hardware/accessory industries.

If you are interested in being a guest on the podcast, email host Gary Pageau at gary@thedeadpixelssociety.com. For more information and to sign up for the free weekly newsletter, visit www.thedeadpixelssociety.com.

Podcasting since 2020 • 283 episodes

The Dead Pixels Society Podcast

Latest Episodes

How Local Language Models Protect Privacy, with Dr. Arshavir Blackwell

You can ask a frontier model for marketing copy and get something polished, fast, and strangely not you. That gap between “correct” and “authentic” is where this conversation with Dr. Arshavir Blackwell gets practical. Dr. Blackwell tell...

September 09, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 283 • 27:44

Building A Photography Business With PPA Tools, with Angela Kurkian

AI can generate a believable image in seconds, so why does real photography still matter, and how do working photographers protect what they create? We’re joined by Angela Kurkian, CEO of Professional Phot...

September 02, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 282 • 27:55

Failure Is The Price Of Innovation, with Mike Grossman

Your business can be brilliant and still get wiped out by timing, regulation, or a technology shift you saw coming but didn’t act on. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with six-time Silicon Valley CEO and author <...

August 26, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 281 • 33:58

How SnapShield protects school photos, with Carl Bott

One screenshot can feel harmless, until you realize it might be happening at scale and quietly rewriting your sales numbers. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Carl Bott, founder of

August 19, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 280 • 29:09

How Mixbook uses AI to tell real stories, with Andrew Laffoon

Your camera roll isn’t a memory system, it’s a backlog, and the bigger it gets, the harder it is to turn real moments into something you can actually revisit. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Mixbook CEO and...

August 12, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 279 • 28:32