Great advice and wisdom from those that write and deliver speeches for business and politics. A series of talks recorded at the European Speechwriter Network Conferences.
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A weekly show full of BIG ideas, small words and short sentences, featuring people who have changed the world by making complicated things simple. From artists to astronauts, scientists to storytellers, preachers and poets, Ten Words looks at some of the world's most quotable people to discover what their words really meant. Part biography, part storytelling masterclass, Ten Words is a fun and fast-paced podcast for anyone interested in the power of words or improving their own communication ...
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Chuck Todd at his best – unscripted, informed and focused on what really matters in politics. Join Chuck as he talks with top reporters from the nation’s capital, plus exclusive sit-down interviews and on-the-ground dispatches from across the campaign trail.
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Shining a light on the theater of politics, White House veteran Josh King and his guests of Beltway insiders & outsiders pull back the curtain each week on the national drama and events driving the images and headlines. PoliOptics -- a mash-up of 'politics' and 'optics' -- sees Washington as a long-running performance, with the nation's leaders as the choreographers and actors, the media as the theater and chorus, and the American public as the audience. Enjoy the show, whether enraptured or ...
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An attempt at probing the minds of writers, musicians, artists and pretty much anyone else making intriguing contributions to the cultural zeitgeist.
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The Future is going to happen whether you let it happen to you, OR make a decision today to change what your next future is going to be, today.
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Setting a standard of excellence since 1970, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a vibrant global membership association with a network of 10,000 members in more than 80 countries, representing many of the Global Fortune 500 companies. A broadly diverse community of communication professionals, IABC connects members to ideas, job opportunities, and people, through professional learning and a generous culture of sharing. We believe that in today’s world, communic ...
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Thought-provoking. Empathetic. Forward-thinking. In a media environment so divided along cultural and ideological lines, this podcast is here to help you see the important issues of our time in a deeper, more complex and honest way. Buckle up, get ready to be both intrigued and baffled by our country and the world's most complicated challenges.
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Want to master your public speaking and communication skills? Welcome to The Speech House Podcast, a place where we have open and straight-to-the point conversations in which we share tips, stories and more to help you become the leader you've always been.
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Coming to you from the heart of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village, Academical is the official podcast of the Virginia Policy Review (VPR). The podcast is staffed by the Master of Public Policy students at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia (UVA). VPR is not a part of or an agency of UVA. It is an independent organization responsible for managing its own activities and affairs. UVA does not direct, supervise, or control VPR and is not res ...
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Obama speechwriter, Sarada Peri, in conversation with Jess Cunniffe
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23rd European Speechwriter Network Conference, 17-19 April 2024 at Robinson College/Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Sarada was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter for President Barack Obama. Prior to joining the White House, she was a Principal at West Wing Writers. She was also a member of the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Democrat…
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Trump found guilty, Chuck talks impact on the 2024 campaign; plus John Ellis
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Former President Trump is guilty, but how will the campaigns handle it? And Chuck speaks with John Ellis, the author of a simple but elegant newsletter on Substack called Political News Items, to talk about the data that matters from across economic and political indicators, both foreign and domestic.…
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The stakes for the states: Reid Wilson looks at what 2024 means for statehouses
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Reid Wilson, founder and editor of Pluribus News, focuses on statehouses across the country as local leaders reckon with AI, abortion and marijuana legalization.By NBC News
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Ted Leonsis: "I was wrong" to try to move Washington sports teams to Virginia
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Washington Wizards and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis joins Chuck to talk about the intersection of sports, business and politics ... and how he miscalculated on his plan to move the teams to Virginia.By NBC News
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Doris Kearns Goodwin travels back and forth in time, with new book
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Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian and author of "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s" joins Chuck to talk about what she learned working on a biography of someone unusually close to her life — her husband, Dick.By NBC News
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers targets Big Tech for her closing act in Congress
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joins Chuck for an exit interview on what she’s learned during her decades in Congress, and her ongoing fight to regulate Big Tech.By NBC News
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John Zimmer, Why native speakers can't speak English!
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John Zimmer talks about how to overcome the linguistic challenges of multilingual audiences and multilingual speakers. John has worked for a major Canadian law firm, the United Nations and the World Health Organisation. He also teaches public speaking in the Executive Programmes at the University of Geneva, University of Lausanne and IESE in Barcel…
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Why Spring will make or break Biden’s campaign, plus AI’s do’s and dont’s in politics
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As regulators and election workers try to catch up to a technology evolving at a break-neck speed, one group is trying to give campaigns a list of do’s and don’ts when it comes to the responsible use of AI. Chuck talks with Ben Resnik and Matt Hodges of Zinc Labs, a Democratic group at the intersection of tech and politics.…
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Brain Worms and Normal People in Plato’s Cave: Jonah Goldberg
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Jonah Goldberg, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, joins Chuck to talk about an extremely weird week in politics and news.By NBC News
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Professor Alan Finlayson leads the Speechwriters’ Anthem
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23rd European Speechwriter Network Conference, 17-19 April 2024 at Robinson College/Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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23rd European Speechwriter Network Conference, 17-19 April 2024 at Robinson College/Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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Sindre Weber, The pen and the sword: speechwriting in the Norwegian Ministry of Defence
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23rd European Speechwriter Network Conference, 17-19 April 2024 at Robinson College/Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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Tessa van Beest, From pen to podium: mastering speech writing in an age of populism
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23rd European Speechwriter Network Conference, 17-19 April 2024 at Robinson College/Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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Alan Barker welcomes delegates to Sidney Sussex
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23rd European Speechwriter Network Conference, 17-19 April 2024 at Robinson College/Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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This legendary Democratic pollster says Biden is only on message once per week
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Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster and strategist who’s advised candidates from former President Bill Clinton, to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, joins Chuck to talk about his firm’s latest report, which he says shows a path for a Biden victory in November.By NBC News
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Communication trends with Adrian Cropley, Lisa Riemers, Michael Nord and Monique Zytnik
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With four communication experts from four countries, this episode looks at hot topics globally and what Lisa Riemers, Michael Nord and Adrian Cropley will present on at the IABC World Conference in Chicago 2024.Lisa is dialing in from London today and is an accessible content, communications, and digital workplace specialist. She is on the IABC EME…
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The Business of Business Storytelling - Episode 23
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Dear Enthusiasts of the Future, Welcome back to Next Future Today, with your host, Dan Keldsen. Welcome back to "Next Future Today," the go-to podcast for career insights and forward-thinking ideas. I'm your host, Dan Keldsen, and in today's episode titled "The Business of Business Storytelling," we dive deeper into the waters of storytelling for b…
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‘The Wolves of K Street’: Inside the D.C. lobbying industry
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How did lobbying evolve from influence peddling to a power center where “corporate lobbyists are the only ones with their thumb on the scale”? Brody and Luke Mullins join Chuck to talk about their new book, “The Wolves of K Street.”By NBC News
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How Trump trials stretch the court system: Laura Jarrett & Lawrence Hurley
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With former President Trump's ongoing trial in Manhattan, last week's hearing in front of the Supreme Court on presidential immunity, plus federal cases in Florida and Washington, DC, we're getting a glimpse at the edges of how the justice system works. NBC News Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett and NBC News Supreme Court reporter Lawrence H…
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Biden's narrow path as seen through 11 maps, with Doug Sosnik
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Doug Sosnik, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, joins Chuck to explore how President Biden may have a narrower path to the presidency than former President Trump (edited)By NBC News
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Race between Biden and Trump tightens: Inside the latest NBC News poll
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Senior Political Editor Mark Murray joins Chuck to talk through the findings in the April 2024 NBC News poll, as former President Trump’s hush money trial begins in Manhattan.By NBC News
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'Manhunt' revisits Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the chase after John Wilkes Booth
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Layne Eskridge, executive producer of "Manhunt," joins Chuck as the Apple TV+ miniseries wraps its seven-episode run on the 12-day search for the killer behind America's first presidential assassination.By NBC News
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Steve Ballmer: The ex-Microsoft CEO's push for government transparency
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Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joins Chuck to talk about USAFacts, his civic initiative to make government data more accessible to Americans.By NBC News
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The Trump campaign hired a voter data expert. He debunked their claims of massive election fraud.
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Ken Block, author of "Disproven," tells Chuck how he was brought on by a lawyer with former President Trump's 2020 campaign to validate claims of widespread voter fraud in the election — and instead found far fewer fraudulent votes than were needed to impact the results in any state.By NBC News
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The Convergence of Food, Memory and Language, with writer Rachel Khong
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I came across a novel that used food as tool for reflection into the life and mind of a few characters. Rachel Khong’s first novel Goodbye Vitamin, is about a woman who moves back home to care for her father, who has started to develop Alzheimer’s. And Khong meditates on this family by refocusing on their daily activities. From cooking to eating, t…
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Richard Engel: Hotspots in Israel, Ukraine and the United States
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NBC News Chief International Correspondent Richard Engel talks with Chuck about the challenges facing peace in Israel, Ukraine and across the globe.By NBC News
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The unintended consequences of sportswashing
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Produced in collaboration with The George Washington University, Chuck moderates a panel on the topic of sports washing, featuring Professor William Youmans, Professor Kelsey Nelson and a student and women’s soccer player named Avril Silva.By NBC News
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Why 2024 polls may not look like 2020 or 2016: Nathan Gonzales
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Chuck talks with Nathan Gonzales, the Editor & Publisher of Inside Elections, about the difficulty in using recent presidential elections as a guide for 2024.By NBC News
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'The Octopus Murders' investigates a decades-old political murder mystery
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In their new docuseries, "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders," Christian Hansen and Zachary Treitz set out to uncover the mystery behind the 1991 death of journalist Danny Casolaro while he was investigating a shadowy conspiracy. They join Chuck to detail what they've learnedBy NBC News
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Making a Career Out of Speechwriting and Ghostwriting - Episode 22
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Dear Enthusiasts of the Future, Welcome back to Next Future Today, with your host, Dan Keldsen. Welcome back to "Next Future Today," the go-to podcast for career insights and forward-thinking ideas. I'm your host, Dan Keldsen, and in today's episode titled "Making a Career Out of Speechwriting and Ghostwriting," we dive into the often-overlooked wo…
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For All Mankind's showrunners: 'Fear and competition … drive us to achieve great things'
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"For All Mankind" co-creators and showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi join Chuck to talk through an alternative history where the Soviet Union beats the United States in the space race to the moon. This episode contains spoilers through Season 4 of the show. Read the For All Mankind timeline: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Timeline/ForA…
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'Double-haters' and more: The key groups that may decide 2024
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Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and Republican strategist Brad Todd join Chuck to debate the races in the election year ahead, and discuss how much we should read into early 2024 polling.By NBC News
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Sasha Issenberg: How campaigns are preparing to fight disinformation
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Sasha Issenberg, author of, “The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age,” talks to Chuck about the wave of artificially generated video, audio and photos that are upending how candidates campaign for office.By NBC News
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You Aren't a Born Communicator - NextFutureToday Episode 21
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In a world where ideas are the bedrock of innovation and progress, how we convey those ideas can be the difference between being heard and being overlooked. That's why we're thrilled to announce the release of our latest episode, "You aren't a born communicator", featuring a master of the spoken word, Matt Kohut of KNP Communications, and hosted as…
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Rep. Maxwell Frost: 'Every bomb' dropped in Gaza 'is a set of voters who walk away' from Biden
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Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) joins Chuck for a wide-ranging interview on his proposed reforms for Congress, talks about how young voters are approaching President Biden's handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and weighs in on the plan to ban TikTok in the U.S.By NBC News
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'The energy was different': Biden's ex-speechwriter dissects the State of the Union speech
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Jeff Nussbaum, former Senior Speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Biden, joins Chuck to analyze his former boss's State of the Union address delivered Thursday night.By NBC News
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Amy Walter: What we know about the Biden and Trump voters after two general elections
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Amy Walter, editor-in-chief and publisher of the Cook Political Report joins Chuck to talk through the Super Tuesday results and look ahead to the general election.By NBC News
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The Magic of Conversational Presenting - NextFutureToday Episode 20
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Welcome back to *Next Future Today*, with your host, Dan Keldsen. And in today's episode of Next Future Today, Episode 20, "The Magic of Conversational Presenting," we're diving into the transformative world of presentation skills with none other than Spencer Waldron, a maestro of engaging communication with over 15 years under his belt. Spencer, a…
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'The Primary Problem': How hyperpartisan minorities hijacked elections
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Nick Troiano, author of “The Primary Solution: Rescuing our Democracy from the Fringes," joins Chuck to argue that partisan primaries have created "a broken system with broken incentives and bad outcomes," and abolishing them would make government more representative of its constituents and more accountable to them.…
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How Libertarians could become the new moderates, with Katherine Mangu-Ward
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Chuck asks whether Republicans can win an election without finding a position on abortion. Plus, Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor-in-chief of Reason, talks about the Libertarian view on elections and why third-party candidates seeking ballot access like to embrace them.By NBC News
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Speechwriting secrets with Simon Lancaster
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In today's episode host Monique Zytnik speaks with Simon Lancaster, who shares his secrets on speechwriting and what it is like to do a TEDx talk. Simon is based in London and became a speechwriter working for Tony Blair’s Cabinet in the 1990s. Since then he has written speeches for CEOs of some of the biggest global companies including Unliever, H…
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Billionaire of the people: How Trump tapped into 'white rural rage'
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Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, authors of "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy," join Chuck to discuss how former President Trump became hailed as the "god-king of heartland, rural America" and wielded their anti-elite resentment despite his background as a billionaire businessman from Queens.…
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Amb. Mike McFaul + How infighting loses elections
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The amount of intra-party infighting might be the most revealing metric when looking ahead to any election. Plus, Mike McFaul, former ambassador to Russia, joins Chuck to talk about the death of Alexei Navalny and what it means for the future of Vladimir Putin’s regime.By NBC News
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Senate 2024 Draft: Toss-ups, Likelys and Longshots
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Chuck sits down with Mark Murray, Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar to talk about who has an edge among the 2024 Senate races. Plus, the new NBC News Politics newsletter goes live this week. Sign up here: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-news-politics-signup ChuckMarkBridgetBen Round 1 - Toss ups Ohio GOP (picked 1st)Nevada Dem RosenMontana GOPMi…
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The Fight Between Your Ancient Brain and Your Modern Brain - NextFutureToday Episode 19
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🧠 Episode 19: The Fight Between Your Ancient Brain and Your Modern Brain with Dr. Abbie Morano and Host Dan Keldsen Hosted by Dan Keldsen, NextFutureToday dives deep into conversation with Dr. Abbie Morano, PhD, director of training and education at Social Engineer, LLC, and an advisory board member at Virtual Sapiens. Don't miss this comprehensive…
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Rep. Debbie Dingell + What is Biden’s 2nd term?
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) has known President Biden for years. She sits down with Chuck and shares her views on what the president needs to do to win in November, how the war in Gaza is impacting her voters, and what she thinks about special counsel Hur’s report on classified documents.By NBC News
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John Bolton: The anti-Trump front of former Trump officials
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton joins Chuck to detail the effort of officials appointed to former President Trump's first term in office who want to prevent him from being re-elected to a second. Bolton also delivers his perspective on President Biden's foreign policy as the U.S. launches retaliatory drone strikes on Iran-backed militi…
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Jon Ralston: Nevada is ‘as purple as we’ve ever been’ despite preordained primary results
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Jon Ralston, founder, CEO, and editor of The Nevada Independent, joins Chuck to discuss the Nevada primary/caucus divide and why the results might mislead outside observers ahead of the November election.By NBC News
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Sen. Michael Bennet: ‘If we can’t fund Ukraine, there’s no reason for [Congress] to be here’
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Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the original bipartisan “Gang of Eight” working group on immigration, joins Chuck to detail the path forward on border reform as Senate Republicans clash over a potential deal. Bennet also looks back to how the debate has changed over the past decade, as a pathway to citizenship is unlikely to be included …
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Mind-blowing Secrets of Fandom and Virtual Events Unveiled with Dan Keldsen and David Meerman Scott
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In this eye-opening discussion with David Meerman Scott, we delved into the neuroscience behind creating fandom and tribal behavior. We explored the impact of the pandemic on virtual events and how virtual and hybrid events can engage a global audience. Discover how technology and innovation are transforming the event landscape. Join us as we navig…
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