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Character Limit
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Liar in a Crowded Theater
Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation
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Palo Alto
A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
The podcast hosts discussed Malcolm Harris's new book, exploring how Palo Alto played a significant role in shaping 20th-century social and political movements and its implications for the 21st century. Harris's discussion touched upon the area's history, technological advancements, and the role of Stanford University.
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Palo Alto, a history of California capitalism and the world is available now.
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The podcast hosts discussed Malcolm Harris's new book, exploring how Palo Alto played a significant role in shaping 20th-century social and political movements and its implications for the 21st century. Harris's discussion touched upon the area's history, technological advancements, and the role of Stanford University.
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Palo Alto, a history of California capitalism and the world is available now.
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Derek Thompson's book, Hit Makers, was mentioned; the podcast host stated that Thompson is the author of the book.
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Derek thompson is a staff writer at the atlantic and the author of the book Hit Makers how to succeed in an age of distraction
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Derek Thompson's book, Hit Makers, was mentioned; the podcast host stated that Thompson is the author of the book.
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Derek thompson is a staff writer at the atlantic and the author of the book Hit Makers how to succeed in an age of distraction
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
It was described as a family saga detailing the chaotic life and death of Sumner Redstone, former chairman of Viacom and CBS, including his relationships with women and his daughter Sherry's battles to wrest control of the media empire away from them. The book also covers the Les Moonves scandal at CBS.
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Sumner Redstone was one of the most important media moguls in American history and at one point his empire included brands that all of our listeners are going to be familiar with CBS, Paramount, MTV,...
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It was described as a family saga detailing the chaotic life and death of Sumner Redstone, former chairman of Viacom and CBS, including his relationships with women and his daughter Sherry's battles to wrest control of the media empire away from them. The book also covers the Les Moonves scandal at CBS.
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Sumner Redstone was one of the most important media moguls in American history and at one point his empire included brands that all of our listeners are going to be familiar with CBS, Paramount, MTV, Nickelodeon.
It's really a family saga. It's the father-daughter relationship, which I think it tends to be unexplored, certainly in nonfiction.
I've been sort of joking and describing this book as King Lear meets Weekend at Bernie's because it's toward the end of his life, these two women and other people come in and basically, you know, begin to siphon off millions of dollars.
I honestly think a lot of his success, I mean, first of all, he acquired the assets and he was right that over time they were going to become more valuable. He borrowed a lot of money. He hooked up with Michael Milken, the junk bond era.
It's called UNSCRIPTED, The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy.
Art Is Life
Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
Jerry Saltz discussed his book, "Art Is Life," which chronicles the evolution of the art world in the 21st century and how social media has impacted the field. He explained his personal journey from artist to Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic.
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I started as an artist. I never went to school.
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Jerry Saltz discussed his book, "Art Is Life," which chronicles the evolution of the art world in the 21st century and how social media has impacted the field. He explained his personal journey from artist to Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic.
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I started as an artist. I never went to school.
I self-exiled from the art world and I became a long distance truck driver
I realized really it was like a revelation and I was set free that the model of criticism in many of our worlds is top down from the one or the boss speaking to the many and that couldn't work for me because I'm a loser.
I made an NFT. I sold the NFT for about $100,000 but in the art world I understood that if I kept that money, the filter of money makes people cynical and it makes them blind to art.
Art is a verb. Only in the last couple of hundred years have we turned it into a noun.
THE ALGEBRA OF WEALTH CREATION
Unconventional Strategies for Building a Life of Abundance
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That Monster on the Block
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Chokepoint Capitalism
How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
The podcast included an interview with Cory Doctorow, discussing his book about how big tech negatively impacts artists and content creators, focusing on the concept of "chokepoint capitalism". The book offers detailed policy proposals to address this issue.
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We'll speak with author Cory Doctorow about how big tech robs artists and content creators.
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The podcast included an interview with Cory Doctorow, discussing his book about how big tech negatively impacts artists and content creators, focusing on the concept of "chokepoint capitalism". The book offers detailed policy proposals to address this issue.
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We'll speak with author Cory Doctorow about how big tech robs artists and content creators.
It's called Chokepoint Capitalism, how big tech and big content captured creative labor markets and how we'll win them back.
Explain Chokepoint Capitalism for us. Isn't that just capitalism?
Paying the Price
College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream
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Paying the Price
Ending the Great Recession and Beginning a New American Century
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Financial Shock (Updated Edition), (Paperback)
Global Panic and Government Bailouts--How We Got Here and What Must Be Done to Fix It
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How to Stand Up to a Dictator
The Fight for Our Future
Maria Ressa discussed her new book about democracy and dictatorship, detailing the fight for the future in the face of social media manipulation and authoritarianism. She described how social media, initially seen as a democratizing tool, has been weaponized by leaders opposing democracy.
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I looked at it post Arab Spring. And then when we were watching the Arab Spring, I was like, oh my God, it's social network analysis.
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Maria Ressa discussed her new book about democracy and dictatorship, detailing the fight for the future in the face of social media manipulation and authoritarianism. She described how social media, initially seen as a democratizing tool, has been weaponized by leaders opposing democracy.
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I looked at it post Arab Spring. And then when we were watching the Arab Spring, I was like, oh my God, it's social network analysis.
And social media, social networks seemed a fantastic way to do it.
By 2013, it was still social media for social good. I was a truest of true believers.
The Philippines were a canary in the coal mine of coordinated social media attacks.
If we don't do something about this, this is one of those things that Trump could win.
The Persuaders
At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy
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Newsroom Confidential
Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life
In her memoir, Margaret Sullivan recounts her journalism career, including her time as the public editor of The New York Times, and discusses the state of trust in news media today. She reflects on challenges faced by the industry, such as bias, flawed reporting, and the impact of social media.
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The state of trust in the news media is pretty low. It depends on when you measure it and so on. But it's certainly below 50 percent, well below. And if you measure it among Republicans, it's rock bot...
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In her memoir, Margaret Sullivan recounts her journalism career, including her time as the public editor of The New York Times, and discusses the state of trust in news media today. She reflects on challenges faced by the industry, such as bias, flawed reporting, and the impact of social media.
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The state of trust in the news media is pretty low. It depends on when you measure it and so on. But it's certainly below 50 percent, well below. And if you measure it among Republicans, it's rock bottom.
There was a time in the mid-70s, shortly after the Watergate scandal and the fact that Woodward and Bernstein unveiled this, and after The New York Times and The Washington Post published the Pentagon Papers, when the public's trust in the news media was in the mid-70s.
So it has really plummeted over the years.
I think that more publicly funded news media would be a good thing.
My biggest worry is that the American press is not up to this moment that we're experiencing. We are at a hinge moment in American history where democracy is truly on the line. And the press is kind of very mired in doing things the wrong the same way as always.
What's Prison For?
Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration
This book provided a concise analysis of the American prison system. The podcast host mentioned it in relation to his own views on mass incarceration and potential solutions.
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And then another wonderful book by a guy I've always admired, the former editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller. His book, What's Prison For? Really offers a concise diagnosis of a...
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This book provided a concise analysis of the American prison system. The podcast host mentioned it in relation to his own views on mass incarceration and potential solutions.
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And then another wonderful book by a guy I've always admired, the former editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller. His book, What's Prison For? Really offers a concise diagnosis of a huge American problem.
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
The book explores the often-misunderstood relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama, revealing that while they were friends, their political relationship was complex and fluctuated wildly over two decades. It highlights their differing views on policy and change, and shows that their bond was more of a political partnership than a bromance.
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The public perception of this relationship is that it's a bromance. That's what people have called it for a long time.
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The book explores the often-misunderstood relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama, revealing that while they were friends, their political relationship was complex and fluctuated wildly over two decades. It highlights their differing views on policy and change, and shows that their bond was more of a political partnership than a bromance.
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The public perception of this relationship is that it's a bromance. That's what people have called it for a long time.
The reality here is that they are friends, which is unusual, but it's a political relationship before anything else.
Obama said to Biden, 'I need you to just promise me that this is the capstone of your career. That's the only way this is going to work.'
Biden's response was, 'Oh, not the tombstone.'
At this point, they're sort of talking every few weeks or so, but it's very informal. Unlike any other call that Biden has except for a family member, no one else is on the call when he does these calls.
Buyer Aware
Harnessing Our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace
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Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination
The book discusses YouTube's rise to global dominance, its impact on young people, and the challenges it faces in regulating content. The author was interviewed about the book on the podcast.
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YouTube often gets left out of these discussions.
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The book discusses YouTube's rise to global dominance, its impact on young people, and the challenges it faces in regulating content. The author was interviewed about the book on the podcast.
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YouTube often gets left out of these discussions.
I think in part because it's situated inside Google, which is a very savvy company. It's a little bit more mature and just politically smarter than Facebook for one.
One thing that I thought was just recalling because I'm working on my own book, Memoir. And one of the things I'll never forget is when the founders of YouTube came to one of our All Things D conferences and they were on the same program that George Lucas was on, huge Star Wars fans. They came over to meet him. He just arrived very late for the session the next morning. And I introduced him and he's already a gruff person in general. And I introduced him, I said, these are the founders of YouTube and they're huge fans of Star Wars, huge like crazy fans. And he looked at them and he said, you're ruining all the video and all of movies and all of television. He just was like, you're terrible people. And what you do is like throwing puppies on a highway.
It's a call to pay attention to YouTube more.
Maybe I shouldn't be, it's like a little bit naive, but I was shocked about how they saw the kids. They saw kids content sort of exploding and didn't know how to handle it.
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It was described as a great book and a great thing that may have been used as a platform to raise awareness for a presidential candidacy.
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It's a book. It's like a book. It's a great thing. I think he's a good man. I think it'll be great. I think it's quite frankly in the back of his mind is he's thinking it's a great platform to raise a...
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It was described as a great book and a great thing that may have been used as a platform to raise awareness for a presidential candidacy.
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It's a book. It's like a book. It's a great thing. I think he's a good man. I think it'll be great. I think it's quite frankly in the back of his mind is he's thinking it's a great platform to raise awareness, to be drafted as a presidential candidate.
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