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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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Otherweb Archive - News - Politics

Jamie Dimon's time as JPMorgan CEO is winding down. Investors are saying 'do not go.'
Nine reported killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine
Three Iranians charged under National Security Act after investigation by UK counter terror police
Bernie Sanders and AOC are popular with Democrats. Here's a timeline of their alliance
Republicans forge their tax bill in Trump's image, with 'MAGA accounts' and more
Ukraine-Russia political theatrics underscore stark realities on the ground as war grinds on
1 killed, at least 3 injured in shooting in Las Vegas gym; suspect dead, police say
Audio reveals Joe Biden's memory lapses during 2023 investigation
Pedestrian in her 30s struck by hit-and-run driver in Scarborough, police say
2 dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say
Pope Leo XIV takes helm of Catholic Church amid a priest shortage in the U.S.
Trump administration, reversing Biden, allows 'forced reset triggers' for guns
Three suspects charged, trio sought for residential break-ins in York Region
Feds use new terrorism designation to charge alleged Mexican cartel member
DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups, Pentagon reviewing request
Oakville man charged for allegedly scamming new Canadians in employment fraud scheme
Shari Redstone and Paramount’s Own Mission: Impossible—Survive a Trump Lawsuit and a Billion-Dollar Merger
Supreme Court maintains temporary block on Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations
Truck driver found guilty on lesser charges in bus crash that killed 6 on school trip
Trump would be able to attack and destroy nonprofit groups with little to no due process
6 cows 'running up and down' Highway 400 west of Newmarket, major delays reported: OPP
‘DON’T SHOOT ME!’: Video shows California cop begging for life after suspect steals her gun
Court to determine if Tim Hortons Roll Up to Win class action can proceed - National | Globalnews.ca
Canada Post ‘effectively insolvent’ as strike looms. Report suggests fixes - National | Globalnews.ca
Prosecution lays out first-degree murder case in Quebec truck attack that killed 3 | Globalnews.ca
Legendary actor shockingly comes out in support of Donald Trump
Trump slams Supreme Court, Springsteen and Swift
Ukraine and Russia far apart in first direct talks, but prisoner swap agreed
10 men at large after escape from New Orleans jail, considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff's office
Humanities groups sue Trump administration to reverse local funding cuts
Boeing would avoid guilty plea, prosecution over 737 Max crashes in possible DOJ deal
Commission report recommends Canada Post phase out daily door-to-door mail delivery
No more jail time for girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Kenneth Lee death
Teen boys wanted for allegedly setting off fireworks on TTC bus
Baltic Sea states call for joint action against Russian shadow fleet
'Totally senseless crime' — Rash of vehicle vandalism angers downtown Windsor residents
Trump's big bill faces next hurdle in Congress as GOP conservatives warn they may vote against it
After Bruce Springsteen calls Trump "treasonous," the president responds by criticizing the rock star's skin
American man on the run for over 20 years following fatal crash arrested in Canada
Ruben Gallego Wants Democrats To Stop Being So “Soft” on the Border
The US Army is getting in on right-to-repair
Cable giants Cox and Charter agree to $34 billion merger
Trump says Iran has a proposal from the U.S. on its rapidly advancing nuclear program
House GOP works to get bill to advance Trump's agenda back on track
'I was shocked' — Chatham OPP cop testifies how he fatally shot Highway 401 motorist
Notting Hill Carnival: Man jailed for murder of Cher Maximen
Putin fails to show at peace talks with Ukraine and Russia. Trump says he will set up a meeting
Toronto magic mushroom dispensaries the target of shootings
'The Daily Show' gleefully parodies the Fox News reaction to Trump's Qatar plane
Ukraine and Russia holding direct negotiations in Turkey
Trump budget package in danger as it hits GOP opposition
Russia and Ukraine to hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations
Asylum-seekers still arrive at the US border, but what will happen to them?
Democrats want to focus on Trump. Instead, they're asked about Biden's mental acuity
As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out
How the world of work has lured Barbie out of high heels
Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West
European leaders meet in Albania to debate security concerns against Russia-Ukraine war backdrop
US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments
Left-wing extremism reflects psychological disorders: Mental health professionals - Washington Examiner
Undocumented immigrant faces $1.82 million fine for failing to leave U.S. after 2005 removal order, documents show
New Jersey Transit strike underway; some 350,000 commuters scramble for transportation
Former U.S. attorney who refused to drop charges against NYC mayor quietly returns to spotlight
The Menendez brothers case reflects a shifting culture across decades
The courts where nationwide injunctions are originating
Trump's decision to lift Syria sanctions took Treasury staff by surprise
WATCH: Robber uses machete to terrify donair shop staff before shaving himself some meat - BC | Globalnews.ca
FEMA "not ready" for hurricane season, internal review says
Motorcyclist killed, passenger critically injured in Scarborough crash
Canada hasn’t done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
CRIME SCENE: Man wanted for violent convenience store robbery in Leslieville
WARMINGTON: Man on bail at Toronto mosque faces accusation of fear of terrorism
Comey’s ‘8647’ message ‘concerns’ White House and prompts DHS investigation - Washington Examiner
How MTG was talked down from a Senate run against Jon Ossoff - Washington Examiner
Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) accused Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) of playing to the cameras during a House hearing
Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for man on death row after police misconduct surfaces
Florida appeals court strikes down law letting minors get an abortion without parents' consent
Community groups sign letter opposing proposed 'bubble zone bylaw
Social Security recipients were hoping for a tax break — they're unlikely to get one. Here's why.
Speaker Johnson aims to 'move the ball forward,' sway holdouts on GOP bill encompassing Trump's agenda
Air traffic controllers in Denver scramble to use backups after losing comms Monday
Missouri lawmakers pass referendum seeking to repeal abortion-rights amendment approved by voters last year
FAA has used eBay, 3D printers to replace parts for aging systems, transportation secretary says
Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban, family says
FBI warns of AI voice messages impersonating top U.S. officials
Almost half of Canadians say Carney 'stood up' for country in Trump meeting: poll
CRIME SCENE: Toronto man wanted for alleged assault, suspect sought for anti-Israel slurs
Theo Von joins Trump in Qatar to visit American troops
America’s immigration system was a landmine, and Trump set it off
B.C. government's father-knows-best approach to housing mirrors U.S. trend
Two children critically injured in Oshawa crash, 1 man charged
NATO weighs U.S. demand to spend 5% on defence - National | Globalnews.ca
British teenager being held in Georgia on drug charges
Omaha upset offers House Democrats glimmer of 2026 hope - Washington Examiner
A look at the status of US executions in 2025
New militarized border zone spurs charges against hundreds of immigrants
Those who've worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he'll elevate women's roles — with limits
Poland votes for a new president Sunday as worries grow about the future
Alabama lawmakers approve additional legal protections for police officers
A Wisconsin judge set to enter a plea for immigration help