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Encore: Nadine Strossen – Free Speech Over Censorship

January 9, 2023 Tim 00:57:51 Comments Off

Nadine Strossen joins Tim to talk about how to fight “hate speech” or harmful speech without censorship. She’s a best-selling author and a Professor of Constitutional Law at New York Law School. She’s also the first woman national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In this episode, she talks about private company censorship, the challenges, some solutions and all of it as addressed in her book “Hate: Why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship. This episode was first released April 12, 2021.

The ‘Silk Road’ Story: Busting the Dark Web

January 2, 2023 Tim 01:04:32 Comments Off

Former FBI Cyber Special Agent Chris Tarbell joins Tim to talk about cyber crime and some of his most groundbreaking cases, including the Silk Road that centered on crypto currency and drug trafficking. And they talk about the take-down of the “Anonymous” hacktivist collective. Chris’s specialty is cyber investigations. He was the lead investigator on some of the more notorious cyber security crime cases in recent memory.

Encore: Remembering the Sears Wish Book

December 12, 2022 Tim 00:34:31 Comments Off

Writer, editor, producer and actor Jason Liebig joins Tim to talk about the Sears Wishbook. Jason is the creator of a website called WishbookWeb.com, which has archived complete, high-quality scans of Sears Wishbooks and other holiday catalogues going back to 1933. In this episode, we talk about a holiday tradition sure to bring a smile to your face. This episode was first released on December 10, 2018.

Martin Dugard: Taking Berlin

December 5, 2022 Tim 01:02:11 Comments Off

New York Times bestselling author Martin Dugard joins Tim to talk about his newest book called “Taking Berlin: The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich.” It’s the story of the Allies’ campaign across Europe during World War II as seen through the eyes of five key figures. This book is part of the “Taking” trilogy on World War II, and follows Martin’s work with Bill O’Reilly on the popular “Killing” series of books.

Anthony Shore: Who’s In A Name?

November 14, 2022 Tim 00:56:45 Comments Off

Anthony Shore is one of the few people in the world who makes a living at naming things like companies, brands, products or services. He joins Tim to talk about the magic in a name, and the work that goes into creating the right name so that the right brand identity can become a household name. Anthony is an expert in naming products, branding, services and organizations. For the past 30 years, he’s introduced more than 250 product and company names to the world. Many are well-known to this day.

Aaron Mackey: Swiping Your Privacy

October 31, 2022 Tim 00:47:30 Comments Off

Attorney Aaron Mackey joins Tim to talk about how intelligence agencies, law enforcement and private companies are buying your data as part of larger surveillance operations. Is this against the spirit of the Fourth Amendment rights to privacy? Aaron works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or the EFF. The foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. It champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation. In this episode, Aaron talks about your privacy. How much you have, who’s invading it, how they’re doing it. And most importantly, what they’re doing with your personal information.

Larry Csonka: A Football Story

October 17, 2022 Tim 01:08:59 Comments Off

Football legend Larry Csonka joins Tim to talk about his life and what football has done for his life. Larry’s a former fullback with the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants. He was a Super Bowl MVP. He’s an NFL Hall of Famer and a College Football Hall of Famer. He’s a two-time Super Bowl Champion – a cornerstone of the NFL’s only undefeated team – with the Miami Dolphins. And he’s the author of a new book called, “Larry Csonka: Head On: A Memoir.”

Josh Chin: The Emerging Surveillance State

September 26, 2022 Tim 01:07:11 Comments Off

Wall Street Journal Deputy Bureau Chief for China and author Josh Chin joins Tim to talk about his new book he co-authored with fellow WSJ journalist Liza Lin. It’s called “Surveillance State: Inside China’s Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control.” Josh tells about how China has led the way into a new era of mass surveillance on a scale the world has never seen. And it’s not limited to China.

Encore: Miss Manners Talks about 21st Century Etiquette

August 22, 2022 Tim 00:39:03 Comments Off

Judith Martin, better known to millions of readers as Miss Manners, joins Tim to talk about good manners, an understanding of etiquette and civility are as important as ever. Judith is an author and a syndicated columnist. In this episode, she talks about her career at the Washington Post, about how etiquette and manners in society have evolved, and about her new book called, “Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette.” This episode was first released April 27, 2020.

Encore: Sharyl Attkisson Focuses on “The Narrative”

August 8, 2022 Tim 00:48:22 Comments Off

Sharyl Attkisson joins Tim to talk about her latest book and the current state of the news media in society. Her book, “Slanted: How the news media taught us to love censorship and hate journalism,” centers on that dynamic called “The Narrative,” which appears to drive so much news coverage we see today. Sharyl talks of her many years as a network reporter and the way the media covers news today. This encore episode was first released December 7, 2020.

Susan Wagner: An American Sculptor

July 25, 2022 Tim 01:03:26 Comments Off

Sculptor Susan Wagner joins Tim to talk about a life as an American sculptor, some of her iconic works, and the creative process. Listen to Susan give insights into what it is about three-dimensional art, sculpture, that taps the human imagination, and draws us to it. She’ll also talk about what it means to “dance with clay.”

Seven Voices: Who is Your Hero?

July 11, 2022 Tim 00:38:17 Comments Off

In this episode we hear from seven people who talked with Tim to answer the question, “Who is your hero?” As he’s done before, Tim set out to get the answer to the question on the streets of his hometown, Pittsburgh. You’ll hear from Peter, Estie, Ashley, John, Erin, Mary and Ken. Each person was selected randomly in “man on the street” interviews, and we had no idea what they would say, but all of their answers came from the heart and may surprise you.

Encore – The “Lost Colony” is Found

June 13, 2022 Tim 00:47:27 Comments Off

Historian and author Scott Dawson joins Tim to talk about his team’s discovery of what actually happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island on the Outer Banks. He has spent the past 11 years working with a team of archaeologists, historians, botanists and geologists to try to uncover the truth behind the story of the Lost Colony. This episode was first released on September 20, 2020.

Eric Heinze: Free Speech is the Most Human Right

May 9, 2022 Tim 00:51:20 Comments Off

Author and professor Eric Heinze joins Tim to talk about freedom of speech and expression at the most fundamental level. He recently wrote a book on free speech, but it’s not exactly what you might expect. He explores free speech in a larger more fundamental context than America’s First Amendment. He talks about it in the context of universal human rights. Eric tells us about the thinking behind his new book called, “The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech is Everything.”

Neuromarketing: Getting Inside Your Head

May 2, 2022 Tim 01:03:34 Comments Off

Uma Karmarkar joins Tim to talk about neuromarketing. It’s a leading-edge way scientists have developed to get inside your head to understand your attitudes, preferences and perhaps future behavior when it comes to marketing to you. Uma is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of California at San Diego. Her work takes a closer look at the things that consciously and unconsciously influence how people make decisions. More deeply, she studies how people make buying decisions when they don’t have all of the information or when bias may come to play.

Encore: Nadine Strossen – Free Speech Over Censorship

The ‘Silk Road’ Story: Busting the Dark Web

Encore: Remembering the Sears Wish Book

Martin Dugard: Taking Berlin

Anthony Shore: Who’s In A Name?

Aaron Mackey: Swiping Your Privacy

Larry Csonka: A Football Story

Josh Chin: The Emerging Surveillance State

Encore: Miss Manners Talks about 21st Century Etiquette

Encore: Sharyl Attkisson Focuses on “The Narrative”

Susan Wagner: An American Sculptor

Seven Voices: Who is Your Hero?

Encore – The “Lost Colony” is Found

Eric Heinze: Free Speech is the Most Human Right

Neuromarketing: Getting Inside Your Head

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