Brian J Matos

In this episode, Brian speaks with Dr. Romit Bhandari, an experienced legal academic, consultant and editor with a focused interest in human rights and international refugee law. He joins the show to have an in depth conversation about the fundamentals of laws governing migration across international borders.

Romit is the author of Human Rights and the Revision of Refugee Law, which addresses the relationship between International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law.

In this conversation, Romit and Brian discuss the definitions and parameters of refugee law, focusing on the concepts of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons. Romit explains the legal architecture of refugee law and the criteria that individuals must meet to be granted refugee status. The United Nation's 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol are important milestone agreements that set the foundation of the definitions still used today (in 2023).

Dr. Bandari also explores the interpretation of the term "persecution" and the role of human rights law and ethics in defining it. He highlights the challenges faced by refugees in seeking asylum, including non-entree policies and safe third country agreements. The conversation sheds light on the complexities and limitations of the current refugee system, which lead to many of the public policy challenges facing nations and individuals today.

To learn more about Romit and his work:

• Website biography: https://uel.ac.uk/about-uel/staff/romit-bhandari
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rom-bhandari-58581835/?originalSubdomain=uk
• X: https://twitter.com/docromromrom?lang=en

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Nick Palmarini, the director of the UK National Innovation Center for Ageing, joins Brian for a discussion on the importance of innovation in addressing the challenges of aging. He emphasizes the need to focus on our long term quality of life as measured by overall health rather than simply number of years lived. If we live to be 100, but that last 40 years were spent in poor health, with limited monbility and independence, can we really call that a success as a society?

In this episode, Brian and Nic discuss all aspect of aging including the intersection of global aging trends and external factors like economics, politics, infrastructure and even climate change. Nic also highlights the discrimination faced by older adults in Western socieities and the importance of mentorship and knowledge transfer between generations. He explores the role of technology in promoting healthy aging and the impact of loneliness and isolation on public health. Finally, he discusses the economic implications of aging and identifies key trends and leading countries in the field.

To learn more about Nic and his work:

• Website: http://www.palmarini.org/ and https://uknica.co.uk/blog/people/nic-palmarini/
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nicolapalmarini
• X: https://twitter.com/nipalm

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Brian Mahony, CEO and Founder at Trender Research and the President of the OTT Executive Community is the special guest for this episode.

He joins the show to discuss consumer trends in broadcasting, content creation, film, and streaming. He has developed a 50,000+ member executive-level community engaging in research, consulting, events, webinars, white papers, and expert witness services.

Brian has over 25 years of experience leading strategy, product management, business development, sales and marketing teams. Over the years, he has launched over 20 technology-based products or services, several of which have received "product of the year" awards by various media.

Brian was named "The Decade's Top 100 Voices of IP Communications" by Internet Telephony and a finalist for "Best Marketing by a Private Company" by Light Reading. He has been quoted in various media including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Gizmodo, Light Reading, Telephony, and Telecommunications, and as a guest panelist for Digital Trends' "Beyond the News" podcasts.

Brian has also presented at major industry events including IBC, Digital Hollywood, CONNECTIONS, IPTV World Forum, Internet Telephony, TelcoTV, FTTH Expo, VON, and SUPERCOMM.

In this episode, we explore his insights into consumers, not just the tech-savvy, but broadening consumer profiles to look at how people are selecting among OTT services, adopting new consmption habits and how the industry is responding to the rise of AI.

To learn more about Brian Mahony:

• Website: https://ottexec.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjmahony/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianMahony

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In this episode, Brian explores trends in the mass media industry and rapidly evolving media consumption habits across all age groups. Ashley Rodriguez, media editor at Insider, joins Brian for this conversation. She covers the future of the television industry, such as how streaming-video companies like Netflix and Hulu are changing the concept of TV, how legacy TV companies like Disney and NBCUniversal have adapted, and how the evolution of the TV bundle continues to seek a sweet spot with subscribers.

Ashley also writes about the intersection of sports media and gambling, including companies like ESPN and DraftKings, and the burgeoning startup gaming media space.

Before Insider, Ashley covered media and marketing for Quartz. She also worked at Advertising Age. Ashley has taught business journalism at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

To learn more about Ashley:

• WEBSITE: https://www.businessinsider.com/author/ashley-rodriguez
• X: https://twitter.com/ashleyrreports

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Sharon Goldman is a Senior Writer and Editor at VentureBeat, an online news site focused on helping leaders in the sector make intelligent decisions around AI, machine learning and data.

She has been a journalist for 25 years, devoting the last 12 years to examining the impact of AI and technological developments on business.

She has contributed to and written articles for Forbes.com, Business Insider and Deloitte, alongside many other business-oriented publications, being at the forefront of the introduction of AI tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E-2.

In this wide ranging conversation on the business of AI, we discuss how regulation in the European Union and the United States differs, the issues that policymakers need to address and how corporations and policymakers are trying to balance risk and innovation.

To learn more about Sharon and read her stories for VentureBeat:

• WEBSITE: https://venturebeat.com/author/sharongoldman/
• LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongoldman
• X: https://twitter.com/sharongoldman

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In this episode, Brian explores the world of virtual reality and specifically its integration into corporate trainings with the CEO and co-founder of VirtualSpeech, Sophie Thompson.

Sophie co-founded her UK-based company in 2016 as a way to overcome her fear of public speaking. She realized that VR was uniquely positioned to help people practice skills in a safe environment and build their skills and confidence for real-world situations.

In just 18 months of using VR, Sophie went from being too anxious to order food at a restaurant to being interviewed live on BBC World News. Sophie's journey with VirtualSpeech has been featured in a number of global media outlets and she has won multiple awards for her achievements with the company.

She provides a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of VirtualSpeech, from its inception as a tool to overcome social anxiety to a global platform assisting almost 400,000 people across 130 countries.

Brian and Sophie discuss the benefits and potential risks of VR training with generative AI and explore how today's businesses could use virtual avatars to test responses to situations with real personalities. Sophie also shares her experiences as a young entrepreneur, sharing lessons valuable for anyone seeking to start their own business.

To learn more about Sophie:

• LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiethompsonvr/
• WEBSITE: https://virtualspeech.com/

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Brian is joined by healthy aging expert Tina Woods who is the CEO and Founder of Collider Health, an organization that works with public and private sectors to drive sustainable and innovative transformations in human health. Amongst other roles, Tina is also the Health and Longevity Champion for the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing, aiming to accelerate ageing intelligence and secure UK Research I's strategic aims to ensure better health, ageing and wellbeing in the UK and globally.

She is also Co-Founder and CEO of Business for Health, a business-led coalition of socially responsible employers, purchasers, investors and innovators that is developing a Business Framework for Health, bringing in 'Health' into 'ESG' mandates to support long-term sustainable innovation and investment in preventative health and care.

An academic and business professional, she began life studying genetics, before deeply embedding herself in AI and data. She has worked on in depth research that examines healthy ageing and longevity.

Her book, Live Longer with AI, features interviews with experts and entrepreneurs from across the aging and AI fields, with systemic change as a theme for achieving the goal of longer lives for everyone.

She is deeply passionate about reducing systemic inequalities that impact our daily lives and discusses the importance publicly sharing data with the intent to provide a better standard in ageing research.

To learn more about Tina:

• BOOK: Live Longer with AI: How artificial intelligence is helping us extend our healthspans and live better too
• LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/tinamariewoods
• WEBSITE: https://www.colliderhealth.com/

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Brian is joined by David Allison, the founder of Valuegraphics, a prominent research company with organizations such as Paypal, Google and the United Nations Foundation embracing this new way to look at predictive business insights. He joins the program to discuss how shared human values make marketing campaigns more effective, eliminating guesswork and improving their ROI.

David's research and insights conclude that shared human values impact the decisions that individuals make more than any traditional demographic grouping of age, gender, geopraphy or ethnicity. A writer, global researcher and consultant, his bestselling book, The Death of Demographics, looks at how this revolutionary new way to think can help us make decisions based on 56 human values including money, authority and family.

To learn more about David and his views:

• LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidallisoninc/
• WEBSITE: https://valuegraphics.com/

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Brian reflects on the world's essential workers and the value and nature of work in 2023. He offers a view on the currency of respect for workers who may not be highly valued by the market but are critical to our society. He also offers business leaders and young, aspiring leaders alike advice on how to think about their workforce and all those who make our comfortanble lives possible.

The theme of the show is gratitude and acknowledgement for those who toil in fields, factories, classrooms, hospitals and shops to serve all of our modern civilization's essentials needs.

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Brian is joined by Kerry-Ann Betton Stimpson, Chief Marketing Officer at the JMMB Group and producer and host of The Internal Marketing Podcast. She specifically focuses on empowering employees in the workplace, so that they become any brand or company's best advocates. As a coveted speaker, she addresses companies across the world on how to cater to 21st century consumers. She examines the importance of word-of-mouth transactions in "dark social" forums and building strong brand identities through internal marketing.

Kerry-Ann has 20 years of experience in financial services marketing, working with JMMB, a bank headquartered in Jamaica, but prevalent across the Caribbean.

In this episode, Brian and Kerry-Ann explore a vareity of topics related to modern marketing strategies, measuring return on advertising investment, building strong brand reputations and lessons learned after decades in leadership positions.

To learn more about Kerry-Ann and her views:

• LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerryastimpson/
• WEBSITE: https://kerryastimpson.com/

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