The Other Web

The Other Web

By Alex FinkSociety & Culture
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The Other Web episodes

  • #49 - Valerie Fridland - Finding The Good In Bad English

    Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at University of Nevada, Reno and the author of Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good and Bad English. She also writes a monthly blog for Psychology Today, is a regular guest writer for the popular Grammar Girl podcast and has a lecture series, Language and Society, available with The Great Courses.

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    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    57 min
  • #48 - Kelly McBride - Ethics And Controversies in Journalism

    Kelly McBride is a journalist and an ethicist. She works with newsrooms everywhere on their ethical standards. She is a Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank; she is the chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership and she is the public editor at NPR.

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    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    1 hr 2 min
  • #47 - Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

    Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits.

    Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

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    Join us!

    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    1 hr 5 min
  • #46 - Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

    Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

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    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    55 min
  • #45 - Prof. Erik Angner - Simple Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems

    Our guest today is Erik Angner - a Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University. As a result of serious mission creep, he holds two PhDs โ€“ one in Economics and one in History and Philosophy of Science โ€“ both from the University of Pittsburgh. His most recent book is How Economics Can Save the World: Simple Solutions to Solve Our Biggest Problems.

    I like simple solutions to big problems, so I figure we should talk and find out what they are.

    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:

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    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    50 min
  • #44 - Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

    Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada.

    His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:

    Our website: https://otherweb.com/

    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894

    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb

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    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    1 hr 6 min
  • #43 - Isabella Sanchez Castaรฑeda - How To Do Podcasting Right

    Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Isabella Sanchez Castaneda - an award winning podcast strategist and producer for a variety of brands. This episode is dedicated to the meta of podcasting - am I do it the right way? And if not, what's the right way to do it?

    Check out https://www.isamediainc.com/call if you'd like to learn more about working with Isabella on your podcast strategy, scripting, or production.

    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:

    Our website: https://otherweb.com/

    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894

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    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    27 min
  • #42 - Chris Six - Can Local News Be Resurrected?

    Our guest today is Christopher Six - the Managing Editor for WYDaily. A passionate advocate of community journalism with more than 30 years in the media, corporate communications and marketing, Chris is an award-winning designer, columnist, illustrator, photographer and newsroom leader. He is a respected voice in journalism ethics. A veteran reporter, he has created and taught news writing seminars for community colleges and the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and an Ambassador for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:

    Our website: https://otherweb.com/

    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894

    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb

    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/

    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/

    Join us!

    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    1 hr 2 min
  • #41 - Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

    Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now.

    Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:

    Our website: https://otherweb.com/

    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894

    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb

    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/

    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/

    Join us!

    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    53 min
  • #40 - Steve Lubetkin - How to Start A Successful Podcast

    In 2012, The Philadelphia Business Journal named him one of its โ€œSocial Media Starsโ€ for his work in podcasting.

    But he is also on the cutting edge in using technology for communications and marketing.In fact, he was the first music writer to use a portable computer to cover a rock concert โ€“ it was a Grateful Dead concert in Englishtown, New Jersey -- in 1977.

    Steve has included an email address on his business card since 1988.

    He spent more than 30 years in corporate PR and print and broadcast journalism.For the past 19 years, he has been managing partner of The Lubetkin Media Companies. The firm is best-known for producing award-winning audio and video podcasts, corporate photojournalism, and other multimedia content.

    He is the co-author with Toronto-based podcaster Donna Papacosta of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional.

    Join us for this fascinating discussion about the ins and out of podcasting.

    Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:

    Our website: https://otherweb.com/

    Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894

    Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb

    Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/

    And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/


    Join us!

    Sincerely,

    Alex Fink

    Founder @ Otherweb, Inc

    31 min

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