Episodes
124
July 25, 2024
Tech Giants: Shaping the Future Battlefield on Ukraine Soil-Part 2
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Ukraine has become the epicenter of a new era in warfare, where the future of battle is being forged today via A.I. supporting links 1. Mykhailo Fedorov [website] 2. Alex Bornyakov [Zine] 3. Starlink [Wikipedia] 4. Clearview AI [Wikipedia] 5. Unit.City [TechUkraine] 6. Steve Blank [Wikipedia] 7. The Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation [Stanford] 8. Blockchain [website] Contact That's Life, I Swear Tweet us at @Red...
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July 24, 2024
Tech Giants: Shaping the Future Battlefield on Ukraine Soil-Part 1
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Today we talk about a future war that we’ll fight with a keyboard instead of a rifle. We'll peek into the forefront of technological innovation and its profound impact on modern warfare, in Ukraine. supporting links 1. Palantir: A New Age of Technology, Warfare, and Deterrence [YouTube] 2. The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything | Yuval Noah Harari [YouTube] 3. Can Big Data Save the World? [YouTube] 4. Palantir and Ukraine [YouTube] 5. MetaC...
122
July 23, 2024
Unmasking Economic Anxiety: Understanding American Pessimism
Text us your thoughts on the podcast The perception of the economy among the American public is influenced by a complex interplay of factors, including media coverage, global economic connection, income inequality, political polarization, job insecurity, and psychological factors. supporting links 1. Consumer Spending [Investopedia] 2. Why Americans are unhappy with the economy, in 3 charts [CBS News] 3. Americans More Upbeat on the Economy, but not Biden [Pew Research Center] Why ar...
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July 17, 2024
E-Wallet Evolution: Navigating the Cashless Era
Text us your thoughts on the podcast There are many risks inherent in the switch to a cashless society. However, with the change being considered all but inevitable, it becomes crucial for all organizations involved in the economy to work together responsibly and make sure no person is left behind and the vulnerabilities in a cashless system cannot be exploited by those with nefarious intentions. supporting links 1. Pymnts Intelligence [website] 2. Stolen Device Protection [Apple] 3. 1P...
120
July 10, 2024
Apple Vision Pro: Innovation or Dust Collector?
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Can Apple rescue the Vision Pro? As of late this $3,500 computing marvel has been gathering dust on many people's shelves. supporting links 1. Back To the Drawing Board? [Fast Company] 2. Want a cheaper Apple Vision Pro? [Tweak Town] 3. What Is Apple’s Vision Pro Really For? [Harvard Business Review] 4. The Vision Pro Review: I'm running out of reasons to wear it [Business Insider] 5. The commerce exec’s guide to the Apple Vision Pro [The New C...
119
July 9, 2024
Tragic Valor: France's D-Day Rear Guard Sacrifice
Text us your thoughts on the podcast During the early morning of the allies D-Day landing on Normandy's beaches, a forgotten clash unfolded a battle fought by French paratroopers and resistance fighters, far from the spotlight. supporting links 1. D-Day and the Normandy Campaign [The National WWII Museum] 2. Breton Resistance Museum [Chemins de Memoire] 3. Operation Dingson [Wikipedia] 4. Operation Samwest [Wikipedia] 5. Saint-Marcel [Google Maps] Contact That's Life, I Swear ...
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July 3, 2024
Retooling for AI: Tech Workers Adapt
Text us your thoughts on the podcast We're diving into a transformative wave sweeping through the tech industry: the AI boom. Generative AI is revolutionizing the way we work, but it's also creating an unbalanced labor market. supporting links 1. Experts Predict the Best and Worst AI Changes in Digital Life by 2035 [Pew Research] 2. Survey: generative AI programs should credit the sources they rely on [Pew Research] 3. AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part [Microsoft] 4. 2024 W...
117
June 26, 2024
Le Pen to Bardella: France's Nationalist Saga
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Change is coming to Europe, not to mention a far-right party takeover in Europe would impact US politics. supporting links 1. Marine Le Pen [Wikipedia] 2. Jordan Bardella [Wikipedia] 3. Who is 28-year-old far-right leader Jordan Bardella? [SkyNews] 4. Emmanuel Macron [Wikipedia] 5. France’s Macron bets big and stares down the far right [CNN] 6. 2024 France election [POLITICO] 7. A far-right surge upends national politics [CNN] 8. Jorda...
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June 25, 2024
Interview #5: Rebecca Gruenspan - Adoption: A Celebration of Life
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Summary Rebecca Greenspan, an adoption consultant, discusses the process of open adoption and its benefits. She explains that open adoption allows adoptive parents to have access to information about the birth family, including names and medical backgrounds. Rebecca outlines the steps involved in the adoption process, including getting a home study, creating an adoption profile, and signing up with agencies or attorneys. She also addresses misconceptions a...
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June 19, 2024
Supreme Disgrace: Reputations Shattered by Reckless Misconduct
Text us your thoughts on the podcast The Supreme Court is supposed to be the epitome of integrity and objective. supporting links 1. The Ethics in Government Act [Wikipedia] 2. Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire [ProPublica] 3. Justice Samuel Alito blames upside-down American flag on his wife [CNN] 4. Supreme Court of the Unites States [website] 5. Supreme Court of the United States History [Wikipedia] 6. Financial disclosures: Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito [POLITI...
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June 12, 2024
Mexico City’s Looming Water Crisis
Text us your thoughts on the podcast The endless thirst is coming. Day Zero looms like a specter over humanity, a harbinger of the apocalyptic global water crisis that will bring entire cities to their knees. supporting links 1. What is Day Zero [XPrize] 2. Water Risk Atlas [website] 3. Mexico City months away from running out of water [CNN] 4. AALU Landscape Urbanism [website] 5. UrbanNext podcast [Apple Podcasts] Contact That's Life, I Swear Tweet us at @RedPhantom Listen t...
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June 11, 2024
Book Review From Rick’s Library: The Globemakers
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Peter Bellerby, the co-founder of Bellerby & Co., introduces a fascinating narrative about a neglected art form and its origins, that being the craftmanship of globe making. supporting links 1. Bellerby & Co, Globemakers [Wikipedia] 2. The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft [Amazon] 3. The Art of Making Globes [CBS Sunday Morning News] 4. Bellerby & Co Globemakers, London [website] 5. Bellerby & Co - Traditional Globemakers [You...
112
June 5, 2024
Revamping Siri: Apple's A.I. Revolution
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Apple was caught flat-footed when ChatGPT and other AI tools took the technology industry by storm. supporting links 1. What is Apple GPT? [Lifewire] 2. A.I. Hallucination [Wikipedia] 3. OpenAI [website] 4. ANTHROP\C [website] 5. Machine Learning and AI/Careers at Apple [website] 6. Machine Learning Research at Apple [website] 7. AI on the iPhone: What to Expect From iOS 18, Siri and More [CNET] 8. Does Apple Have AI? [Bernard Marr & C...
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May 29, 2024
GOP's Canadian Border Wall Fix: Worth the Hype?
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Today the GOP want to build a wall to secure our borders. This is unique because it’s not the Mexican border. Think New Hampshire to be precise. supporting links 1. A Border Wall to the North? Republicans Want to Discuss [Yahoo! News] 2. Immigration, the economy and foreign policy could decide the New Hampshire primary [ABC News] 3. Assessing New Hampshire’s border ‘crisis’ [Valley News] 4. Nikki Haley [Wikipedia] 5. US and China talk on fentan...
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May 28, 2024
Book Review From Rick’s Library: The Third Pole
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Do you like adventure, mystery, and human resilience? If you said yes, then I have a book review for you. We’re going to take a journey to the roof of the world, Mount Everest. supporting links 1. The Third Pole [Amazon] 2. Mark Synnott [The North Face] 3. Mt. Everest [Wikipedia] 4. 3D Map of Mt Everest [ Mount Everest 3d website] 5. George Mallory [Wikipedia] 6. Sandy Irvine [Wikipedia] 7. Alex Honnold [Wikipedia] 8. Mountaineering ov...
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May 22, 2024
Warrior's WWII End: Russell Hamler and Merrill's Marauders
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Russell Hamler, last of World War II’s Merrill’s Marauders, dies at 99. The foot soldiers marched and fought through harsh mountainous jungle on a mission to seize a Japanese-held airfield. supporting links 1. Merrill's Marauders [Wikipedia] 2. Psychoneurosis [Psychology Dictionary] 3. Amoebic Dysentery [National Library of Medicine] 4. Frank Merrill [Wikipedia] Contact That's Life, I Swear Tweet us at @RedPhantom Listen to audios: -Apple htt...
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May 15, 2024
Interview #4: Mariah Bonner - The Voice in the Valley
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Mariah Bonner shares her creative journey in the world of entertainment, from starting as a ballet dancer to becoming a model and actress. She later discovered her passion for singing and formed a musical partnership with Marcus Dagan. Mariah talks about the influences and inspirations that shaped her career and the challenges she faced along the way. Supporting links 1. Mariah Bonner [website] 2. Mariah Bonner [Instagram] 3. Mariah Bonner [YouTube]...
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May 14, 2024
Book Review From Rick’s Library: Living On Purpose by Amy Eliza Wong
Text us your thoughts on the podcast Living on Purpose is a self-help book about recognizing and normalizing one’s insecurities. supporting links 1. Leadership coach Amy Eliza Wong on why she avoids the word ‘should’ [Your Central Valley] 2. Always on Purpose [Website] 3. Always on Purpose [Book] 4. Amy Eliza Wong [LinkedIn] 5. Living on Purpose by Amy Eliza Wong [YouTube] 6. Amy Wong [Instagram] 7. On How to Thrive Despite Experiencing Impostor Syndrome/Interview [Medium...
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May 8, 2024
Trump Redux: Europe's NATO Reckoning
Text us your thoughts on the podcast A second Trump presidency would produce a “destabilizing shock wave” across Europe. “NATO is dead” as far as Donald Trump is concerned. supporting links 1. Europe prepares to stand alone as Trump returns [POLOTICO] 2. How to prepare for a Trump 2.0 scenario [DW] 3. Europe wants to Trump-proof in case of a second term [CNN] 4. Here's what happens if Trump wins in 2024 [YouTube] 5. Inviting the Dark Ages Across the Planet [YouTube] 6. How peop...
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May 1, 2024
Interview #3: Amy Eliza Wong - The Elation of Living on Purpose
In the midst of diverse life paths, individuals, regardless of their myriad achievements and encounters, frequently grapple with a sense of discontent and profound introspection. Such emotions might prompt contemplation regarding the alignment of their current existence with their true-life purpose. Supporting links 1. Living on Purpose [Amazon] 2. Always on Purpose [website] 3. Amy Eliza Wong [LinkedIn] Contact That's Life, I Swear Tweet us at @RedPhantom Listen to audios: -Apple ...
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April 30, 2024
One Child, Two Aging Parents: The New Challenge
The complexities of modern family dynamics are changing. We're exploring a seismic shift in our society—a surge in only-child families. Supporting links 1. 4 Tips for Only-Child Caregivers [Brain & Life] 2. Guide To Caring For Your Aging Parent As An Only Child [Morada] 3. Caring for aging parents when you’re an only child [Bayshore Healthcare] 4. How Being an Only Child Defined My Entire Life [AARP ETHEL] 5. Taking care of my extremely difficult elderly mom [AARP] Contact Tha...
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April 24, 2024
Targeting Aid - The World Central Kitchen Tragedy
On April 2, 2024, several cars were driving to render aid with food for those in Gaza dealing with starvation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who described the attack on the convoy as unintentional, called the loss of innocent life as a “tragic case,” adding: “This happens in wartime.” supporting links 1. World Central Kitchen [website] 2. The World Central Kitchen Aid Workers Killed in Gaza [TIME Magazine] 3. Chef Jose Andres: Israel targeted his aid workers 'systematically, car by...
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April 17, 2024
Trump's Dangerous Attempt to Create a Federal Police Force
There’s a land embedded in the United States Code, one that Donald Trump, if re-elected president, could use to destroy our republic. But it’s not too late for Congress to defuse the mine now and protect America. supporting links 1. Insurrection Act of 1807 [Wikipedia] 2. Militia Acts of 1792 [Wikipedia] 3. The Insurrection Act Explained [Brennan Center for Justice] 4. George Floyd [Wikipedia] 5. Trump says only he can save America from disaster [The Conservative] 6. The Insurr...
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April 16, 2024
Tipping the Scales: The Atlantic’s Precarious Future
Show notes It's confirmed. A major Atlantic Ocean current is verging on collapse. The various reports for this concern call for fast and effective measures to cut planet-heating pollution to zero, to reduce global temperatures and slow melting in the Arctic. The key point here is that we don't have much time to do this, and the stakes are increasing. Supporting links 1. The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse [PHYS Org] 2. Susanne Ditlevsen [Wikipedia] 3. Warning of a forthco...