Do Better.

3 time Emmy Award winning journalist, best selling novelist and New York Times contributor Scott James joins me once again to discuss the media’s role in disseminating misinformation, activist journalism making Trump seem sane (and right), fixing news media’s broken revenue model, his new book about the Station nightclub disaster, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and Mayor Pete.

We talk about taking time and finding perspective, resetting goals, cryo therapy and floating, disconnection, being dads, male friendship, the Grateful Dead and 80's metal and juggling professional obligations with the need for creativity.

In this episode Susan and I discuss the importance scientific literacy. She breaks down the sections of a scientific paper and explains how to determine whether a paper and its conclusions are valid. We also discuss life in academia, the purpose of The Academy and its role in the accumulation of all knowledge and technology.

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We talk about Jon's new book, word police and censorship from Tipper Gore to Twitter mobs, media dark ages and the control of content, Amazon's all powerful algorithm, corporate spying and big-data, depression, suicide, the maligned political center and that time E.R. used the word "shit" in primetime. 

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Scott James is a 3-time Emmy winning journalist, best-selling author of two novels, "SoMa" and "The Sower," he currently writes for the New York Times. We discuss his latest NYT piece on transgender children, Pride Month, honesty in the media, virtue signaling and the sad state of San Francisco politics.

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I speak with painter, muralist and damn interesting fellow, Leon Loucheur about living with purpose and pursuing your passions, evolving as an artist, the importance of symbols, Tony Bennett's idea of sinning against your talent, poetry, staying inspired, meditation and the pros and cons of social media. 

Leon on the web: http://www.loucheur.com/

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Noel Sylve is the star and head writer of the "Uncle Know Show." We talk about finding purpose in life, comedy as a cathartic vehicle, seeing people as individuals, systemic biases, abusive childhoods and the possibility of out running the past and so much more. 

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In this panel episode, we talk about Erdos number, gender differences in job selection, parity in publishing, Word Police and self-censorship in outrage culture, the ethics of the N.F.L., Bird scooters and Mary Ellen Pleasant and Juana Briones.

The journal article we dicuss: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195298

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In our ongoing series, Susan and I talk global climate change from a purely scientific (with one or two brief forays into the political) standpoint. We talk deductive vs. inductive reasoning, discuss how scientists know they're right, the problem with climate models, using science as a tool to predict the future, how solar panels work and what's the hold up with hydrogen powered cars. 

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Tina LeCount Myers is the author of the recently published Scandinavian fantasy epic "The Song of All," available wherever books are sold. We talk about inter-generational tradition, origin stories, rites of passage, fate and destiny and religion and mythos. We also discuss harnessing and balancing creative output, flow states, meditation and discipline.