In today’s episode, I talk to one of my College professors and recent Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant recipient Dr. Nora Madison. Dr. Madison, or Nora as I’m allowed to call her has a PhD in Communication, Culture & Media from Drexel University and has presented her research around the world, including an invited talk at Sweden’s International Science Festival in 2013. In 2015 she was invited to the White House to participate in a policy briefing focused on the cultural and material needs of the American bisexual community as a part of the White House's LGBT initiative under the Obama administration.

Nora is currently working on a new book called Everyday Activism: Technologies of Resistance together with co-author and husband Mathias Klang, and is scheduled for publication in June 2020. She is obviously very smart, and I was lucky to get some time to discuss some things I’ve been pondering on lately.

We talk about our dependency on technology, social media, and entertainment. We discuss Neil Postman’s famous and somewhat controversial book, “Amusing Ourselves to Death. But don’t worry, having read the book is definitely not a requirement for listening to this conversation. The book is a couple of years old and is about television’s negative effects on public discourse, but a lot of the same arguments can be extended to social media, technology, and its effect on society today. We also discuss social media companies’ presence in our lives and their role in shaping public discourse, fake news, how we can be more media literate and much more. This was a very interesting conversation and I know you’ll think so too.

If you want to reach out to Nora or read any of her research check out her website, noramadison.net.

Don’t forget to rate, comment, and share this podcast with your family and friends. With enough support, I’ll hopefully never have to start looking for a real job. Thank you so much for listening and I hope you enjoy this talk with Dr. Nora Madison.

Whether you see Jaida walking on the street, in the hallways of your school, on the dance floor of a nightclub, or anywhere else for that matter, she always appears confident and 100% herself. I’ve been wanting to talk to her for a long time about how she can always have so much energy, always appear happier than everyone else in the room, and how I can be more that way myself, because who doesn’t?! Jaida shares some of her thoughts on why she is the way she is and also gives some useful tips on how all of us can strive to be more ourselves.

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Earlier this year, Katey Hannaby and Pedro Oranges returned from a 6-month backpacking trip around South America, so I wanted to chat with them about their experience, their favorite places, some challenges they faced along the way, and how they planned everything. They also talk about how long-term traveling tests your relationship as you get to experience each other’s highest highs and lowest lows. Katey also shares some very interesting insights about what it’s like to live in New York City, what it takes to actually make it there, and the pressure of living in an environment where everyone is constantly focused on advancing their careers.

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What's it like running a business with your girlfriend or boyfriend? Most people would probably advise against it, but not today's guest... Clayton B. Allen is a filmmaker/director from Philadelphia, but about a year ago he moved down to Florida to start a Media Production company together with his girlfriend, Kimberly. In this interview, he shares what it's like running a business together with his girlfriend and how they manage to separate work from their relationship. He also talks about what motivated him to quit his "safe job" as a video editor in Philly and start his own company, and much more. Enjoy!

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What's it like running a business with your girlfriend or boyfriend? Most people would probably advise against it, but not today's guest... Clayton B. Allen is a filmmaker/director from Philadelphia, but about a year ago he moved down to Florida to start a Media Production company together with his girlfriend, Kimberly. In this interview, he shares what it's like running a business together with his girlfriend and how they manage to separate work from their relationship. He also talks about what motivated him to quit his "safe job" as a video editor in Philly and start his own company, and much more. Enjoy!

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Allen Studio Pictures

Full-Time Filmmaker Course

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What's it like running a business with your girlfriend or boyfriend? Most people would probably advise against it, but not today's guest... Clayton B. Allen is a filmmaker/director from Philadelphia, but about a year ago he moved down to Florida to start a Media Production company together with his girlfriend, Kimberly. In this interview, he shares what it's like running a business together with his girlfriend and how they manage to separate work from their relationship. He also talks about what motivated him to quit his "safe job" as a video editor in Philly and start his own company, and much more. Enjoy!

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Allen Studio Pictures 

Full-Time Filmmaker Course 

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I've been very curious about Bitcoins and other Cryptocurrencies for a long time, but I've never really had the time or energy to sit down and get a firm grasp on them. So, for today's episode, I called up a person who knows A LOT about it, Jacob. Jacob has been following the evolution of Bitcoin closely over the past ten years and for the past year or so has been mining Crypto as a side hustle (more on that in the episode). Jacob talks about some very useful, exciting, and smart applications for Bitcoin that I had never even considered and how Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize not only the way we pay, trade, and donate money, but the entire banking system itself. We also get into talking about Facebook's own Cryptocurrency, the Libra, and why you should avoid it. Thanks for tuning in!

I've been very curious about Bitcoins and other Cryptocurrencies for a long time, but I've never really had the time or energy to sit down and get a firm grasp on it. So, for today's episode, I called up a person who knows A LOT about it, my own brother, Jacob. Jacob has been following the evolution of Bitcoin closely over the past ten years and for the past year or so has been mining Crypto as a side-hustle (more on that in the episode). Jacob talks about some very useful, exciting, and smart applications for Bitcoin that I had never even considered and how Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize not only the way we pay, trade, and donate money, but the entire banking system itself. We also get into talking about Facebook's own Cryptocurrency, the Libra, and why you should avoid it.

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I've been very curious about Bitcoins and other Cryptocurrencies for a long time, but I've never really had the time or energy to sit down and get a firm grasp on it. So, for today's episode I called up a person who knows A LOT about it, my own brother, Jacob. Jacob has been following the evolution of Bitcoin closely over the past ten years and for the past year or so has been mining Crypto as a side-hustle (more on that in the episode). Jacob talks about some very useful, exciting, and smart applications for Bitcoin that I had never even considered and how Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize not only the way we pay, trade, and donate money, but the entire banking system itself. We also get into talking about Facebook's own Cryptocurrency, the Libra, and why you should avoid it. 

It was really fun doing something like this with my brother and I hope you enjoy it as well. Thanks for tuning in!

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