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Alex Fink

Anne Reilly - The Ideasphere Hypothesis

January 12, 2025

Anne Riley has been on a lifelong quest to understand how humans logically fit into life's panorama. Her book, The Human Idea, introduces some interesting concepts that try to refine Dawkins' "memes" and Harari's "fictions" - we invited her to explore these ideas and try to poke some holes in them. Enjoy!

Rhonda Parker Taylor - What is a bestselling author and how can you become one?

December 20, 2024

Welcome to the otherweb. Our guest today is Rhonda Parker Taylor - a bestselling author, who agreed to talk to us about what it takes to become a bestselling author. Rhonda Parker Taylor is an American writer, entrepreneur, and academic researcher. You can find her bestselling book, Crossroads, here: https://www.amazon.com/Crossroads-Rhonda-Parker-Taylor/dp/1958729531 or wherever books are sold.

David Griffiths - How to Stand Out On Social Media

December 14, 2024

Our guest today is David Griffiths - a name that resonates with over 1.5 million followers across social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. In his first 13 years as a content creator, David gathered only 100 followers. Then, suddenly he figured it out. Now you have a chance to figure it out, too.

Josh Brandau - AI as a Newsroom Assistant

November 11, 2024

Josh Brandau is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nota, a technology company focused on AI products for Media. Formerly, Josh was the CMO and CRO of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, and CEO of Brand Day Media. He believes that storytelling is the greatest thing to bind us together, and that this transformational moment in technology can be harnessed to serve the public good.

Victor Kumar - Mind and Morality

November 4, 2024

Victor Kumar is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the interdisciplinary Mind and Morality Lab at Boston University. He works at the intersection of ethics and psychology. His book, A Better Ape, draws on the latest research in the biological and social sciences to explain the key role that morality has played in human evolution.

Charles Key - Stolen Government

October 28, 2024

Charles Key is a former Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing District 90 from 2006 to 2012. He served as an Assistant Majority Floor Leader. He also served as a Representative from 1986 to 1999. His recent book, Stolen Government, outlines the ways in which legislative rulemaking often prevents elected representatives from representing the people who voted them into power.

Michael Kasumovic - Is Technology Changing Us?

October 22, 2024

Michael Kasumovic is an associate professor of evolutionary biology at UNSW Sydney. His research explores the intersection of humanity and technology, with the goal of understanding how technology affects how humans perceive themselves and how that affects their behaviour. His fascination with technology has led him to create Arludo, a digital education company. Through Arludo, he is focused on empowering teachers to provide students with access to real science and real data at scale. By allowing students to practice scientific thinking in intuitive and engaging ways, Michael’s goal is to improve students’ critical and analytical thinking while helping prepare them to live and work in a world obsessed with data. Arludo is used by teachers in over 800 schools across Australia where students have helped collect over 10 million data points for science.

David Pinsof - The Evolution of Bullsh$t

October 14, 2024

Dr. Pinsof is an evolutionary social scientist at UCLA studying political attitudes, status hierarchies, and social signaling. He is one of the co-creators of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity and director of The Pulse of the Nation public opinion poll. His work has been cited in the New York Times, Business Insider, and Upworthy. He deconstructs bullshit on his blog, Everything Is Bullsh$t.

Prof. Gloria Mark - Social Computing

October 7, 2024

Gloria Mark is Chancellor’s Professor Emerita at the University of California, Irvine, and has spent ten years as a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research. For over two decades she has researched the impact of digital media on people's lives, studying how using our devices affect our multitasking, distractions, mood and behavior. She has been a Fulbright Scholar and was inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy, recognizing leaders in the field of HCI. She has appeared on The Ezra Klein show, NPR’s Hidden Brain, Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Chasing Life, CBS Sunday Morning, Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert, among many others. Her recent book Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity was named by The Globe and Mail as the #1 Best Business and Management book of 2023, and chosen as the Season 20 selection of the Next Big Idea Book Club.

Isaac Saul - Can Neutral Language Bridge the Left-Right Divide?

August 19, 2024

Isaac Saul is a politics reporter and the founder of Tangle, an independent, nonpartisan news outlet that covers the big issues of the day by highlighting different perspectives across the political spectrum. Before Tangle, Isaac helped build A Plus, a solutions journalism media outlet, alongside actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher. In 2016, Yahoo News named him one of the 16 people whose writing shaped the 2016 election, and in 2020, Forbes Magazine called him one of the 1,000 “upstart entrepreneurs redefining the American dream.”

Valerie Fridland - Finding The Good In Bad English

August 13, 2024

Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at University of Nevada, Reno and the author of Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good and Bad English. She also writes a monthly blog for Psychology Today, is a regular guest writer for the popular Grammar Girl podcast and has a lecture series, Language and Society, available with The Great Courses.

Kelly McBride - Ethics And Controversies in Journalism

August 6, 2024

Kelly McBride is a journalist and an ethicist. She works with newsrooms everywhere on their ethical standards. She is a Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank; she is the chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership and she is the public editor at NPR.

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More
The People Whose Children Were Killed in Duterte’s Drug War
Hamas Says It’s Willing to Release U.S.-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander
Challenged by Trump, Trudeau Rallies Canada as He Leaves Office
Outrage in Australia After American Woman Grabs a Baby Wombat
Outrage in Australia After American Woman Grabs a Baby Wombat
In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
U.N. Accuses Israel of Targeting Reproductive Health Facilities in Gaza
Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?
Bardella, Leader of France’s Far-Right National Rally, Heads to Israel
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge | TechCrunch
Huawei's lobbying lands it in a bribery scandal with EU politicians | TechCrunch
Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine
Plans for a Chinese Port in the Black Sea Roil Georgia Politics
The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know
Rubio Says a Cease-Fire in Ukraine Could Happen in ‘Days’ if Russia Agrees
Separatists Are Still Holding Hundreds of Hostages in Pakistan Train Standoff
Captain of Ship That Hit North Sea Tanker Is Russian, Company Says
Emboldened by Trump, Serbia’s Leader Cracks Down on Activist Groups
Europe Makes Its First Move as Trump’s Trade Fight Widens
Online Influencer Is Killed While Livestreaming in Tokyo
Chinese Warships Circle Australia and Leave It Feeling ‘Near Naked’
Russia Begins Assault on Ukrainian-Occupied Town of Sudzha in Kursk Region
Portugal’s Government Falls in No-Confidence Vote After Just a Year
Duterte’s Arrest Shows Power and Limits of the International Criminal Court
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Manslaughter After Ship Hits Tanker in North Sea
Separatists Hijack Train Carrying Over 400 Passengers in Pakistan
Musk's Starlink to launch in India through Airtel | TechCrunch
Why the I.C.C. Arrested Duterte Despite Questions Over Jurisdiction
Ramadan in the West Bank: Displacement and Despair
Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forcing Moscow Airports to Close
Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant
Can Mark Carney, Canada’s New Leader, Negotiate With Trump?
Oil Tanker and Container Ship Collide in the North Sea
Everyone Has a Plan For Gaza. None of Them Add Up.
Syrians Demand Better Protection Amid a Spate of Kidnappings
Mark Carney to Be the Next Prime Minister of Canada
Monday Briefing: Violence Continues in Syria
Israeli Energy Minister Cuts Off Electricity to Gaza
Canada’s Liberal Party To Elect New Leader and Prime Minister to Replace Trudeau: What to Know
He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
North Korea Says It’s Building a Nuclear-Powered Submarine
The Liberals Choose a Leader in the Shadow of Trump’s Threats
Gaza War Led to Deaths of More Than 3 Dozen Hostages, Officials Say
Africa Received Billions in U.S. Aid. Here’s What It Will Lose.
Impeached South Korean President Released From Jail
China Hits Canada With Tariffs in Indirect Riposte to Trump
Nigel Farage’s Reform U.K. Refers Lawmaker to Police Over Claims of Threats to Another Party Official
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
Armed Teen Is Stopped From Boarding a Flight in Australia, Police Says
3 Bulgarians Found Guilty of Spying for Russia in UK and Europe
Panama Will Release Migrants From Detention Camp, Challenging Trump’s Deportation Efforts
Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship
France’s Ex-Intelligence Chief Convicted in Influence Peddling Trial Involving LVMH
Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations | TechCrunch
German Court Convicts Five Over Plot to Kidnap Health Official and Spread Chaos
Migrant Boats Capsize Off Yemen and Djibouti, U.N. Says
A Hamas Leader’s Release From Prison Reopens Old Wounds in Israel
South Korean Court Orders Impeached President’s Release From Jail
Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
Sudan Accuses U.A.E. of Being Complicit in Genocide
Bourbon Is Banned, California Wine Canceled, as Canada Pulls U.S. Alcohol
Mexico Is Bracing for Tariffs, Eager for Its President’s Response
Where the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Goes Now Is Uncertain. Here’s What to Know.
Trump Issues ‘Last Warning’ to Hamas to Release Israeli Hostages
South Korean Fighter Jets Mistakenly Bomb Village, Leaving 7 Injured
Pakistan Needs Support Fighting Terrorism. A Happy Trump Could Help.
Hundreds of Children Are Among the Rape Victims of Sudan’s War, U.N. Says
South Africa Prepares Trade Deal Meant to Ease Tensions With Trump
Far-Right Israeli Minister Visits Washington After Years of Being Shunned
U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks Over Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say
U.S., Hamas Hold Direct Talks Over Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say
Arab Plan for Gaza Leaves Thorny Issues Unanswered
‘We Have Given Him Everything’: Trump’s Tariffs Stun Mexico
Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order | TechCrunch
China Signals Confidence in Economy Despite Sluggish Growth and U.S. Trade War
In Oct. 7 Report, Israeli Security Agency Puts Some Blame on Netanyahu Government
Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
Video: Trudeau and Sheinbaum React to U.S. Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Germans Agree to Borrow More for Military, in Sharp Response to Trump
Israel Says It Killed Local Hamas Commander in West Bank
In Face of Trump Tariffs, Mexico Embraces Nationalism
As Gaza Crisis Deepens, Arab Leaders Are to Meet to Form a Plan
Gazans Worry as Israeli Border Block Sends Food Prices Climbing
On Mexico’s Once-Packed Border, Few Migrants Remain
At Least One Killed After Car Drives Into Crowd in Germany
Uber is piloting accounts for teenagers in India | TechCrunch
Released From Hamas Captivity, a Hostage Finds His Family Gone
With Cease-Fire Shaky, Israel and Hamas Consider Both Diplomatic and Military Options
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
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Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Troops, Cartels and China
Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Finland Lets Eagle S Tanker Depart to International Waters
Israel Halts Aid to Gaza and Proposes New Cease-Fire Framework
Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight M23
Israel Proposes Temporary Cease-Fire Through Ramadan and Passover
Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees