Politics

Bill Toti: Life & Work After the Military

April 25, 2022 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:59:45 Comments Off on Bill Toti: Life & Work After the Military

Retired Navy Captain and former corporate CEO Bill Toti joins Tim to talk about life and work after military service, particularly for leaders. You may remember Bill from two of our episodes on the story behind 9/11. He was in the Pentagon when the planes hit. In this episode, Bill talks about a new book he wrote that’s all designed to help military leaders find their place in leadership of society. The book is called, “From CO to CEO: A Practical Guide for Transitioning from Military to Industry Leadership.”

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Encore – How Business Influences TV News

April 18, 2022 Tim Entertainment, Episodes, Life & Style, Media, Politics, Public Relations, Society 00:52:01 Comments Off on Encore – How Business Influences TV News

TV news industry veteran and consultant John Altenbern joins Tim to talk about the business of TV news. John runs a consulting firm named Crawford Johnson & Northcott, Inc., that specializes in helping TV news operations get better ratings and grow their audiences. John tells what it takes for TV news operations to compete against each other for your time and attention. He gives a glimpse of some of the methods and strategies those news directors, producers and reporters use to keep us tuned in. This Encore Episode was originally released on May 11, 2020.

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Encore: How Rush Limbaugh Changed the Media Landscape

April 11, 2022 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, Marketing, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:50:13 Comments Off on Encore: How Rush Limbaugh Changed the Media Landscape

Brian Rosenwald joins Tim to talk about the rise of Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio. Brian is the co-editor of a daily Washington Post history blog called “Made by History.” He’s a Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s also the author of a new book called: “Talk Radio’s America: how an industry took over a political party that took over the United States.” This Encore Episode was first released February 10, 2020.

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Encore: How the Nuclear Bomb Came to Be

March 28, 2022 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, People, Politics, Politics, Science, Society 01:00:36 Comments Off on Encore: How the Nuclear Bomb Came to Be

Richard Rhodes won a Pulitzer Prize for his definitive book on the development of nuclear weapons called “The Making of the Atomic Bomb.” It’s one of 26 books he’s written, several of them focused on the world in the nuclear age. He joins Tim to talk about the wartime effort that changed everything, The Manhattan Project. This Encore Episode was first released November 4, 2019.

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Charles H. Rose, III: The Art of Cross-Examination

February 28, 2022 Tim Business, Crisis Communications, Episodes, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:48:37 Comments Off on Charles H. Rose, III: The Art of Cross-Examination

Advocate, author and attorney Charles H. Rose, III, joins Tim to talk about the art of cross-examination in the court of law. Charles is a successful lawyer, a trial advocate, an author, and currently, he’s the Dean of the Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University. In this episode, he talks about one of the most dramatic features of any courtroom, the cross-examination of a witness at trial. Cross-examination is often where cases are won or lost in the court of law.

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Laila Mickelwait: Child Sex Trafficking and ‘Big Porn’

February 21, 2022 Tim Crisis Communications, Entertainment, Episodes, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:46:49 Comments Off on Laila Mickelwait: Child Sex Trafficking and ‘Big Porn’

Laila Mickelwait joins Tim to talk about her work and a movement she founded to fight child sex trafficking.  She’s the founder of the Justice Defense Fund and the founder of a global movement called #Traffickinghub. That movement is supported by millions around the world. Laila talks about the role “Big Porn” websites play, and her work to hold sex traffickers and their enablers around the world to account.

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Barry Schwartz: Freedom and Choice

February 14, 2022 Tim Episodes, Life & Style, People, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Science, Society 00:56:05 Comments Off on Barry Schwartz: Freedom and Choice

Psychologist, author, researcher and professor Barry Schwartz joins Tim to talk about his landmark book called Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. While Barry has written several books and is a popular public speaker, this book is about how having more choice may not be all it’s cracked up to be. In this episode, he discusses the balance between having the freedom of choice and the potential to be held captive by having too much choice.

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Megan Bruck Syal: Incoming! Can We Really Intercept Asteroids?

January 31, 2022 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, People, Politics, Science, Society 00:55:58 Comments Off on Megan Bruck Syal: Incoming! Can We Really Intercept Asteroids?

Dr. Megan Bruck Syal joins Tim to talk about something that until now was just the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies…defending Earth against deadly collisions with asteroids and comets. Megan is a planetary defense investigator at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She and a large team of scientific experts are actively working to establish ways to prevent an asteroid from making impact with earth and threatening life as we know it.

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Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men:” The Making of a Kill Squad

January 24, 2022 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, People, Politics, Politics, Society 01:07:21 Comments Off on Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men:” The Making of a Kill Squad

Historian and author Christopher R. Browning joins Tim to talk about his study of the Holocaust and the “Final Solution” in Poland. In this episode, Christopher discusses his book, “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland” and how a group of otherwise average, everyday men turned into one of Hitler’s most prolific killing squads in World War II.

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Free Speech on Campus: Alumni Aren’t Happy

January 3, 2022 Tim Business, Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:47:53 Comments Off on Free Speech on Campus: Alumni Aren’t Happy

Carl Neuss joins Tim to talk about the growing movement among alumni groups across the country to defend free speech on the college campus and why he decided to help lead the charge at his alma mater for freedom of speech.

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Encore: The Christmas Truce of 1914

December 20, 2021 Tim Episodes, History, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:45:01 Comments Off on Encore: The Christmas Truce of 1914

Historian and author Terri Crocker joins Tim to talk about the still remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914 at the outset of the First World War. Terri wrote the book, “The Christmas Truce: Myth, memory and the First World War.” In this episode, we look at the Western Front where against all odds and their commanding officers, German and British troops, and others stepped out into no man’s land on Christmas Day for a day of peace. This episode was originally released on December 23, 2019.

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Encore: George Marshall Reshaped the World After WWII

November 1, 2021 Tim Episodes, History, People, Politics, Politics, Society 01:02:14 Comments Off on Encore: George Marshall Reshaped the World After WWII

Author and historian Rachel Yarnell Thompson joins Tim to talk about the man with a plan, George Marshall, whose “Marshall Plan” reshaped Europe and the world after World War Two. After playing important military roles in winning both World War One and World War Two, he was tapped for what would become his most well-recognized legacy, the rebuilding of the free world. Rachel is the author of: Marshall—A Statesman Shaped in the Crucible of War. This Encore Episode was first released on November 11, 2019.

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What’s Next in Afghanistan

October 4, 2021 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:45:05 Comments Off on What’s Next in Afghanistan

Journalist Hollie McKay joins Tim from Afghanistan where she lives and from where she files her reports as the Taliban strengthens its control over the country in the wake of the U.S. pullout. Hollie is a war crimes investigator, an author and a reporter who gives a view on what life is like for the people of Afghanistan now that the Taliban is in control.

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9/11: Never Forget

September 11, 2021 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:40:57 Comments Off on 9/11: Never Forget

Ed Root joins Tim to talk about the people and the groups who have dedicated their lives to remembering the people and the lessons of 9/11.  Ed is a cousin of flight attendant Lorraine Bay, who was aboard United Flight 93 when it crashed into a field on September 11, 2001. Since then, Ed has been an active member of a group called, “Families of Flight 93.” Ed has dedicated much of his life to since that day. From September 12th until today, that story and the work involved can be summed up in two words, “Never forget.” This episode is part of our special series, “9/11: A Generation Removed.”

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9/11: A Flag Raising

September 10, 2021 Tim Blog, Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society, Uncategorized 00:54:55 Comments Off on 9/11: A Flag Raising

Award-winning photographer Thomas E. Franklin joins Tim to tell his story of Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, and the story behind that now iconic photo he took that day, one that gave a nation in shock and mourning, something new. A sense of hope. And something to rally around. Our collective sense of patriotism. He captured that image of those three firefighters raising the American flag amidst the ruins of the World Trade Center.  This episode is part of our special series, “9/11: A Generation Removed.”

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Tim O’Brien

Tim O’Brien, author, senior media advisor and veteran damage control expert, takes you inside the issues, the stories and to the people who reveal things you may not know, and other things some may want to keep hidden.  With over 35 years in handling high stakes and complex crisis management situations, and in his own comfortable style, Tim probes to uncover what’s real and what matters. What will shape the future. He developed the Shaping Opinion podcast to help you see how influence is at play every day. Get a fresh perspective that will help you see through the spin.