Wall Street Journal

Josh Chin: The Emerging Surveillance State

September 26, 2022 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Science, Society 01:07:11 Comments Off on Josh Chin: The Emerging Surveillance State

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.

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9/11: They Just Couldn’t Stop The Journal

August 30, 2021 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Marketing, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Society 00:49:02 Comments Off on 9/11: They Just Couldn’t Stop The Journal

Author Dean Rotbart joins Tim to talk about how the September 11th terrorist attacks destroyed the main newsroom of the Wall Street Journal, yet the team persevered and found a way to put out a newspaper the next day in defiance of the terrorists. Dean is an author and a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal.  His new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story,” tells the lesser known tale of what happens when one of the nation’s leading news organizations becomes part of the story.

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Do Political Campaigns Really Change Voters’ Minds?

February 24, 2020 Tim Business, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Marketing, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Science, Society 00:34:43 Comments Off on Do Political Campaigns Really Change Voters’ Minds?

Author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier joins Tim to talk about an article he wrote for the Wall Street Journal where he sheds light on research that answers the question: “Do political campaigns change voters’ minds?” Hugo is the author of, “Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe.”

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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.