Tom talks to architect and founder of Kara Water Cody Soodeen about how a beetle inspired him to fix the world's supply of fresh water.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Cody Soodeen.

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Tom talks to Craig Porter who just took a job in Antarctica, about what it's like to be on the least populated continent in the world.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Craig Porter.

djfission.com

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Gary Fisher talks about his experiences with empathy throughout his life.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Gary Fisher.

Gary's link:

http://seniorgeek.substack.com/

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Editor and producer of A Word with Tom Merritt, Anthony Lemos, aka Amos talks about his perspective as a veteran, on the word veteran.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Anthony Lemos.

anthonylemos.com

@ethancaine77 on TikTok

#ask-amos in the DTNS Discord

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Matt Donnelly of Ice Cream Social joins us to talk improv. Yes and he tells us how it's done right and how it can go wrong.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Matt Donelly.

Matt and Mattingly's Ice Cream Social

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Author Gail Carriger is known for comedy-of-manners fantasy like the Parasol Protectorate or Finishing School. But she also is a huge fan of K-pop and has worked it into her Tinkered Starsong series.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Gail Carriger.

Visit Gail Carriger's site for more information about them!

My 90 Year Old Dad Likes Kpop & This Says Something About Living Long & Joyfully

10 Songs Behind the Tinkered Starsong Series & Why – The Divine Kpop Playlist (BTS, GOT7, BTOB)

10 Great Kpop Singers & Why They’re Inspiring (Tinkered Starsong Character Influences)

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Allison Sheridan joins us to talk about demos. From Steve Jobs to Douglas Englebart to her own demo experience in her career. Why do we do them and why doe we enjoy watching them?

Featuring Tom Merritt and Allison Sheridan.

podfeet.com

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In our first return guest, we talk to creator/influencer Lamarr Wilson about the word career. Lamarr talks about changing his career later in life from education to content creation. Why he switched and how his early interests and experiences with tech really set the stage for who he is now.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Lamarr Wilson.

https://www.lamarr.tv/

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Zipline has been delivering medicine and other things by drone for more than a decade and just keeps on expanding. Tom talks with the CTO of Zipline, Keenan Wyrobek, about the word drone. What does it mean to him, why do they call their drones "zips" and what is the future for unmanned aerial vehicles delivery? Can it really become commonplace?

Featuring Tom Merritt and Keenan Wyrobek.

flyzipline.com

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Tom wraps up the first season of "A Word" and asks for your suggestions for season two!

Featuring Tom Merritt.

Send us your suggestions: [email protected].

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