Best Melvin Jackson Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 20-"Learning, Development & Coaching" with Brendan Melvin 46:26

42m ago46:26

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Brendan Melvin is a highly experienced leadership development facilitator & accredited coach with some 30 years+ experience in the field of people development, 25 of which were gained in the builders merchants sector, although he has also worked extensively in retail, facilities management, social care etc. His belief is that the only way to build …

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Episode 19-"Pitching, Presenting and The RED Effect™" with Mel Sherwood 47:45

6d ago47:45

47:45

Mel Sherwood is a multi award-winning speaker, author and founder of The RED Effect™. Specialising in communication skills, Mel works with ambitious business leaders and teams who want to maximise their influence, impact and income by presenting themselves with confidence and credibility. Described as charismatic, engaging and riveting, Mel is also…

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Episode 18-"Gin,Rum and The Entrepreneurial Spirit" with Carol Jackson 40:59

13d ago40:59

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Carol Jackson was a very successful well respected Programme Director within Financial services for over 25 years. She decided she want to create her own brand in 2016 and this resulted in ELJ Drinks being borne. Carol launched a range of RTD gin cocktails in 2017 – long before they became popular and then moved to launch the award winning Ellis Gi…

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Episode 17-"Marketing,Music and Storytelling"-with Greg Friel 36:28

21d ago36:28

36:28

Greg is a seasoned multimedia professional with 30 years of experience in music, video production, and content marketing strategy. He shares insights from his extensive career, including working with high-profile figures on international projects. He emphasizes the importance of storytelling in creating immersive brand experiences and discusses his…

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Episode 16-"Technology,Innovation and Investing" with John Loudon 43:15

28d ago43:15

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John Loudon is a seasoned investor and business director with a portfolio of five companies. As the Managing Director of Hybrid Anchor, a leading digital consultancy, John brings over 20 years of experience in the digital industry to the forefront. His expertise lies in transforming clients' knowledge and educational materials into valuable, scalab…

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Miracles of the First Millennial Saint 30:41

28d ago30:41

30:41

Big news! JOURNOS is doing its first live show! If you're in the LA area, come out and see us Wednesday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Elysian Theater! We'll be taking the stage to make the dumb news smart and the smart news dumb. And we won't be alone, because we'll be joined by some improviser friends — Mark Gagliardi, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage, and…

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Episode 15-"Peace,Joy and Abundance" with Deborah Craig 49:25

1M ago49:25

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My guest today is Deborah Craig. Deborah helps founders, Corporate professionals, CEO’s and Execs release anxiety, fear and self-doubt to create more peace, joy and abundance in their personal and professional lives with her bespoke 1:1 transformative hypnotherapy & mindset coaching | Release the past, be present in the now and rewrite your future …

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Dr Kimoni Present When Disco Ruled the World Tribute to DonnaSummer 73-80s.mp3 (Filesize: 496 MB 6:01:00

1M ago6:01:00

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Dr Kimoni Present When Disco Ruled the World Tribute to Donna Summer 73-80s 3-2-2022By drkimonidisco@yahoo.comOldies 1. The Three Degrees- Distant Lover 2. love unlimited love unlimited - I Belong To YoU 3. Barry White - Let Me Live My Life Lovin' You Babe 4. The O'Jays - Family Reunion 5. Spinners - I Don't Want to Lose You 6. Candi Staton - Clean…

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Episode 14-"Confidence, Creativity and Stoicism"-with Russell Wardrop 52:18

1M ago52:18

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Russell is a keynote speaker, bid consultant, strategic forum facilitator, panel expert and senior leadership mentor. He is co founder and CEO of KWC Global, a training business delivering transformational learning to professionals worldwide. Russell, is the Change agent, who ignites transformation, inspiring you to change what you think and how yo…

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Episode 13-" From Corporate Life To Becoming A Super-Connector"-with Hazel McBride 47:11

2M ago47:11

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Hazel McBride founder of Hazel McBride UK. Hazel is an Freelance Project Manager and Networking Expert with over 30 years experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial roles. Hazel supports small businesses to facilitate and deliver growth initiatives and events. Hazel is also an Ambassador for the Glasgow Care Foundation. Hazels super power is …

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Episode 12-"Futureproofing Events" with Ruby Sweeney 48:51

2M ago48:51

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My guest today is Ruby Sweeney. With two decades of skills and expertise in the events industry, Ruby and her team at The Events Hub offer strategy, management, and delivery of B2B conferences and events across the globe. Working with small numbers of clients at a time, the conversations that Ruby has are about ‘client fit’ as opposed to ‘do we nee…

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Episode 11-"From Startup To Starting Over"-with Alice Thompson 59:00

2M ago59:00

59:00

Alice co-founded one of Scotland’s leading social enterprise, Social Bite, a cafe chain famous for feeding and employing the homeless community and bringing A-listers like George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Harry & Meghan to Scotland. Alice & the team made Social Bite a nationwide success, distributing over 150,000 fresh food items each year to …

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Episode 10-"Building Business & Sharing Knowledge"-with Robert Wilson 33:05

2M ago33:05

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Robert Wilson left school at age 15 with no qualifications but by age 21 he had started his own decorating company. For 46 years he has grown his company Wilson Decorators Ltd working on some of the most iconic buildings in Scotland and around the UK. He is also a passionate supporter of helping young people, to start their own business, and over t…

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Episode 9-"Employment Law, Equality & Diversity" with Rupa Mooker 42:07

3M ago42:07

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Rupa is an employment lawyer and a strong advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion within the legal profession. Her role as Director of People & Development at a Scottish law firm ignited a particular interest in mental health and wellbeing, increasing representation of individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds, and improving socio-econom…

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Episode 8-"Building The Future" with Nicole Meehan 28:58

3M ago28:58

28:58

My guest today is Nicole Meehan, In October 2021 Nicole founded Handy Ma’am. The business grew from Nicole building and fixing household items for family and friends. It has since grown organically through words of mouth and social media to such an extent that she is booked months in advance. It was such a pleasure to talk to Nicole so early in her…

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Episode 7-"The Whiskey Industry & Building A Sustainable Future"-with Gareth Roberts 42:14

3M ago42:14

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My guest today is Gareth Roberts, he’s been an architect for 30 years, with a wide and varied career, ranging from working in housing to becoming a house builder and then creating a new architecture practice Organic Architects with Andrea Wise in 2009. With a business approach focused on sustainability and alternative fuel sources. Gareth has taken…

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Episode 6-"The Evolution Experience-Self-Discovery & Selling Houses" with Ev Foster 36:22

3M ago36:22

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My guest today is Ev Foster. Ev first entered estate agency in 1992. Since then she has had success with building a financial services business and a ladies gym. Following a career break with a young family, Evelyn was drawn back to estate agency in 2016 working for an online business then setting up her own agency in 2018 with Keller Williams. She…

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Episode 5-"The Importance of Diversity, Support & Belonging"- with Cara Dzivane 43:42

4M ago43:42

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Cara Dzivane is a top consultant, specialising in legal talent and manages the commercial team at Taylor Hopkinson, a renewable energy recruitment consulting firm. Cara is also the Diversity, Equality & Belonging UK & Europe Committee Chair at the same company. She is also a Black Professionals United Kingdom Ambassador. Cara’s love of sales and bu…

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Episode 4-"Know Your Numbers and Make A Plan" with Paul Kingham 37:39

4M ago37:39

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My guest today is Paul Kingham. Paul is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, a certified business coach and the owner and Managing Director of Kingsmith Accountancy. Over his 30+ career, he has worked with hundreds of SMEs and is passionate about providing the right financial services to owner-managed businesses, which wi…

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The Foundation of the Internet Is in Danger ... and That May Be a Good Thing 34:22

4M ago34:22

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For years, rear view mirrors have urged us to be aware that "objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear." And if you think about it, that's a pretty heady statement for a piece of automotive equipment -- reminding drivers that nothing in reality is exactly what it seems. That was certainly the case for a bunch of despondent youngsters and…

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Episode 3-"Finding Your Purpose" with Mary Ann Smith 39:30

4M ago39:30

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My guest on this episode is Mary Ann Smith. Mary Ann is a highly experienced leader who has been coaching within global enterprise and corporate sectors for over 30 years. She is also a successful company CEO, so not only understands but has lived the challenges faced by business owners and experienced by staff in companies/large organisations. She…

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Episode 2-"Building An Online Community" with Laura Maginess 34:03

4M ago34:03

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My guest on this episode is Laura Maginess. Laura Maginess is the multi-award-winning founder of the Glasglow Girls Club and The Glow Club (formerly known as GGC Business), celebrated as the "Community Queen" for establishing a dynamic online community of over 43,000 members in Glasgow. Driven by a passion to empower women in Glasgow and beyond, La…

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Episode 1-"Living An Abundant Life"-with Lazara Canton 38:00

4M ago38:00

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My first guest is Lazara Canton. Lazara is a personal growth & development specialist whose career has taken her around the world. Developing senior leaders in finance. After the birth of her second child, Lazara has since written her memoir & relocated back to the U.K. & Spain. Where she works with individuals & groups to connect them to their pow…

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Dry January is the Most Selfish Holiday 38:00

5M ago38:00

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It's a new year, and at least one of us at JOURNOS is celebrating Dry January. But what is this strange holiday? What are its origins? And how are booze brands evolving to adapt to the selfish preferences of those who forswear drinking for an entire month? The hard seltzer White Claw offers some answers here, as it unleashes a zero-alcohol product,…

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”What Is Consciousness?” with Janet Varney 1:13:27

6M ago1:13:27

1:13:27

We're introducing a new feature here on JOURNOS: a sort of journalism detective agency. You've got a question, we do journalism on it and find the answer. (I should say that the term "do journalism on it" has had a mixed reception.) Our first question comes from friend and guinea pig of the show, Janet Varney, who asks a pretty simple little questi…

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AI: Miracle Tech or Just Another Pair of Chopsticks Lodged in Your Brain? 40:28

7M ago40:28

40:28

Suggested new phrase for the confusing pace of modern life: "It's like having chopsticks stuck in your brain." Not, of course, the song (we would never be so basic). No — literal chopsticks, but lodged in such a way that you can still go about your business ... just, everything just seems a lot harder. One man unwittingly has become the symbol for …

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Bad News? Simulated Universe. Good News? Simulated Universe! w/Dr. Melvin Vopson 50:49

8M ago50:49

50:49

Is the universe a simulation? If so, is there someone twisting the dials or is the universe a big computer running itself, a program that includes things like the coati and those sneakers with wheels in them? It's a big question (the biggest, really), and in this episode we dig into it with Dr. Melvin Vopson. Melvin is an Associate Professor of Phy…

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No, Your Candy Isn’t Poisoned ... But Climate Change Is Coming for Your Beer 40:54

9M ago40:54

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This Spooky Season, two twisted tales ... In the first fearsome fable, an old monster returns: drugs in the Halloween candy. Fear not, because while there are terrifying candy-looking drugs out there, they're not aimed at kids. But the familiar holiday myth is a reliable zombie, dumb yet unkillable. To address the misnformation, we dress as wet, se…

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That Time Fake Aliens Invaded Mexico and Real Rats Invaded D.C. 37:04

10M ago37:04

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It's mankind versus nonhuman invaders in this episode of Journos! Stephen's big talk about pant legs gets Brandon thinking about a Washington Post story on rat-hunting that reads like a newspaper version of a snuff film ... only with rats. What's with WaPo's obsession with the city's rats? Our sleuths dig into the last few years of coverage to sort…

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We Nearly All Died Out, But We Survived ... to Create Barbie! 32:21

10M ago32:21

32:21

After some discussion of one of the lesser-known markers of climate change (sticky leather seats), we kick off this episode by introducing you to a new guest host: Hondo! Then it's on to the question of how we endure crises. First, the unfortunate recent diarrhea incident that forced a Delta plane to turn around. Then, we talk about a recent study …

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Trying This in a Small Town 26:47

10M ago26:47

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In this episode — stories of small towns, starting with a moral quandary for Stephen in the smallest town of all: the open ocean(?) What would he do if a rogue otter tried to steal his surfboard? From there we get territorial on two country songs that are topping the charts of the culture war: Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" and Oliver An…

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Are We Living in ... Medieval Times? w/Jake ”The Knight” Bowman 32:46

12M ago32:46

32:46

It's the season of unions, and we've found a union story that's nearly mythic. In February, performers at the Buena Park, CA, location of the Spanish-chivalry-dinner-theater-experience Medieval Times went on strike. They claim dangerous working conditions, low pay, sexual harassment, and unacceptable treatment of the horses all contribute to a work…

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Setting the Doomsday Clock w/John Mecklin 27:45

1y ago27:45

27:45

The news media is a pretty literal biz. It regularly reports on only two metaphors: One is what that groundhog does every February. The other is what the Doomsday Clock does every January. The Doomsday Clock is that thing that has been ticking intermittently toward (and sometimes away from) midnight (AKA the end of the world) since it was created i…

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Ph.D. Kimoni Just Classic Present Tribute to Tina Turner Greatest Hits Volume 44 5:10:50

1y ago5:10:50

5:10:50

http://afrocaribbeanvibesmix.com/ 1. Tina Turner - Games People Play 2. Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had a Heart 3. The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 4. Tina Turner - Help! 5. Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again 6. Ike & Tina Turner - Let Me Touch Your Mind 7. The Shirelles - Things I Want to Hear (Pretty Words) 8. Miracles- Shop Around - Who's Lovin…

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Broke a Lot of Animals to Get Ready for Human Trials, w/Valerie Demicheva 26:02

1y ago26:02

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(UPDATE: Here's Valerie's story.) Hold on to your brain stems: Elon's in the news again. This time, it's because the FDA approved Musk's company Neuralink to begin human trials for its brain implants, which he's claimed will do everything from curing paralysis and autism to turning us into web-surfin' cyborgs. But on this episode, our second-time g…

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Prince Harry & Meghan vs Florida Man 41:56

1y ago41:56

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Used to be, we had forest spirits and talking animals and whatnot. But those days are long over, and now the closest to a mythology we moderns have is celebrities — those magical sprites that materialize in a puff of self-regard and vanish in a flash of cameras. It's not Grimm, but it is grim. The Great American Fairy Tale added a new chapter recen…

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A Classic Orgasm Mystery 36:35

1y ago36:35

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In this episode, two stories about trying to figure out what’s on someone’s mind. In the first, we ogle the news media's obsession over the story of a woman who may or may not have had a "full-body orgasm" during a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 at the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. The only folks who hope the music moved her to sexual ecs…

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A Death in San Francisco Becomes the Death of San Francisco w/Joe Eskenazi 43:09

1y ago43:09

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Sometimes a story isn't a story at all. It's a ball that interested players use to score points in whatever game they're playing — politics, cred, likes, lols. In this episode, we're talking about one such story. In San Francisco, a man named Bob Lee, a tech luminary, was murdered in the early morning hours of April 4. He'd been stabbed and left fo…

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Raccoons Are the Real AI Threat, w/Suzanne MacDonald 21:41

1+ y ago21:41

21:41

In our last episode, we talked about the hows and whys of engineering dogs to look like humans, and the consequences of monkeying around with nature. That got us thinking of an interview we did back in 2021 with Suzanne MacDonald, a psychologist at Toronto's York University who studies animal intelligence. She's become, for better or worse, an expe…

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Step Inside and SEE ... the Dog with the HUMAN FACE! 39:27

1+ y ago39:27

39:27

Conspiracy abounds in this episode! We consider the not-so-secret breeding programs of the elite, who have for centuries manipulated the very laws of genetics themselves to produce ... cuddly-wuddly faces that you could JUST PINCH AND PINCH AND PINCH UNTIL THEY HAUL YOU AWAYYY Yes. This episode is about dogs. Specifically, America's newest number O…

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A.I. Is Devouring Artists w/Ted Rall 38:43

1+ y ago38:43

38:43

Future shock? Who's got future shock? In this episode, we dig back into our Official Topic of 2023: the AI Revolution. OpenAI just dropped a shiny new chatbot, GPT-4. This delighted tech journalists, who turned a product launch into lofty thinkpieces and listicles about all the things GPT-4 can do, from diagnosing illness and generating Madonna jok…

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Plumbing the Depths of the Teenage Mind w/Denis Barron, MFT 36:29

1+ y ago36:29

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In this episode, Stephen (who, by the way, used to be a high school teacher) strikes off on his own to discover what went wrong during his wayward teenage years. Well, not really. But he does track down San Francisco-based therapist Denis Barron, MFT to learn more about what makes young minds tick. Barron has spent his career working with adolescen…

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Pay No Attention to the Story About that Blown-Up Russian Gas Pipeline! 45:42

1+ y ago45:42

45:42

In this episode, we ask: Must a story be told? What happens if it isn't? Could we be better off? Brandon & Stephen are somewhat boggled by the existence of a story that seems out of journalism's primordial past. Not a "man bites dog" story, but an even more ancient piece of news: "dog bites man." We consider a story about how, when dogs attack mail…

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Suddenly, Everyone Pretends to Care About Reindeer Penis 24:20

1+ y ago24:20

24:20

In this episode, Brandon has an idea with multimillion-dollar potential: Lowercase numbers! We, humans of the 21st century, are the proud consumers of such a huge variety of products and experiences that it would make a cornucopia blush. And yet ... we're all just resigned to one single way to write numbers. What's the deal? So, yeah, we blow our h…

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Is There a Right Way to Grow Up? with Janet Varney 36:45

1+ y ago36:45

36:45

(When you finish this episode, listen to us solving the mystery of "teenagers" over at The JV Club!) Few have plumbed the depths of the teenage experience more deeply than Janet Varney. For 11 years, she's interviewed actors, artists, comedians, scientists, and other creative types for her podcast, The JV Club. She's amassed quite a lot of research…

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Fridays: America’s Dumping Ground for Bad News, Nachos 34:19

1+ y ago34:19

34:19

Before you head off into your weekend, do you pull loved ones aside and tell them you've accidentally polluted a rainforest, or defrauded retirees, or contributed to a massacre? If so, you might be a popular corporation or politician! In this episode, we're talking about a venerable American institution: the news dump. If you absolutely have to tel…

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Civil F***ing Discourse, feat. Mark Gagliardi & Hal Lublin of We Got This! 44:28

1+ y ago44:28

44:28

(After you listen to this episode, make sure you listen to the second part, over at We Got This!) How hard is it to have a conversation these days? When it comes to politics, it is very, very hard. It ranks just below "Talking about your grandparents' sex life," according to an official totally made-up Journos survey we just conducted. So! We need …

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From Stone Carving to ChatGPT: 11,000 Years of Content 27:40

1+ y ago27:40

27:40

It’s the last episode of 2022, and in the spirit of auld lang syne, we’re taking it all the way back to the 9th millennium BCE, to a region found in modern-day Turkey. That’s because it’s there we find what archeologists and artsy types are calling the “oldest known depiction of a narrative scene.” But watch out — this neolithic masterpiece is a bi…

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”Killer Robots!” w/ Will Jarrett 36:12

1+ y ago36:12

36:12

As stories go, it was pure, uncut catnip to news media around the world: San Francisco, that bastion of liberal values, was giving police the go-ahead to use KILLER ROBOTS on its enlightened middle-class citizenry of young moms, tech bros, recent immigrants, and people who like to drink coffee on steep hills. There was hand-wringing on the left and…

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What’s the Best Way to Brew Meat? 23:34

1+ y ago23:34

23:34

Innovation is weird. One moment, you’re an early human spending half the day chewing raw, possibly tainted meat. The next, you’re sending your prehistoric carp back to the waiter because it “just wasn’t the same as last time.” Let’s talk about technological breakthroughs, and let’s do it through the lens of two stories that dropped, seemingly in sy…

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