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James Miller is a professor of politics and liberal studies at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche; The Passion of Michel Foucault; Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977; and Democracy Is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago. He is the author of Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Today, democracy is the world’s only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In Can Democracy Work?James Miller offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present. As he shows, democracy has always been rife with inner tensions. Ranging from the theaters of Athens to the tents of Occupy Wall Street, Can Democracy Work? is an entertaining and insightful guide to our most cherished―and vexed―ideal.

In this episode of PressThis we interview the infamous Carrie Dils on leveraging the Genesis framework for agencies and developers. Carrie details what you need to get started, the basic concepts of Genesis, and how to leverage Genesis to help you create better sites at a faster pace. Carrie is a community veteran with excellent Genesis courses on Lynda, LinkedIn, and carriedils.com. Listen now!

Dush Ramachandran speaks with Maruxa Murphy, the Founder of PerkyPerky.com, makers of a new coffee brand that seeks to create an experience between women and their cup of coffee. 

Perky Perky Coffee aims to invite women back into their power! Well roasted coffee  has special magical powers - and when we partner amazing coffee from all over the world with empowering conversations, we build a community of women in all walks of life that know they have gifts, talents, skills, and areas of genius that make the world a freaking amazing place for themselves and others they love.

David Szetela welcomes back Brad Geddes, the author of "Advanced Google AdWords", and founder of Certified Knowledge, an online source where the Paid Search community comes together for PPC training, tools, and advice. 

They discuss the impact of machine learning on internet marketing strategies and the job market, Man vs. machine as it relates to the PPC optimization process, what a machine can and cannot do, and future job roles and how you can structure your career in this domain

Long gone are the times of monthly Google PageRank updates, Google dances, and checking Google data centers - and to be honest, I somewhat miss those days. But the question I see asked a lot is how much have things changed? The answer is a lot has changed but fundamentally nothing has changed. Several people have recently reported seeing double featured snippets in Google search results. A double featured snippet is a featured snippet with a second featured snippet beneath it. This arrangement effectively shows information from two websites and advertising in the space normally showing ten websites. Growing up in India, there was one good library in my town that I had access to—run by the British Council.  It was modest by western standards, and I had to take two buses just to get there. But I was lucky, because for every child like me, there were many more who didn’t have access to the same information that I did. Access to information changed my life, bringing me to the U.S. to study computer science and opening up huge possibilities for me that would not have been available without the education I had.

Sarah Kendzior is best known for her reporting on St. Louis, her coverage of the 2016 election, and her academic research on authoritarian states. She is currently an op-ed columnist for the Globe and Mail and she was named by Foreign Policy as one of the “100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of global events.” Her reporting has been featured in many publications, including Politico, Slate, The Atlantic, Fast Company, The Chicago Tribune, TeenVogue, and The New York Times. The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America (Flatiron Books) is her most recent book. Kirkus writes it is,"A collection of sharp-edged, humanistic pieces about the American heartland...Passionate pieces that repeatedly assail the inability of many to empathize and to humanize." A clear-eyed account of the realities of life in America’s overlooked heartland, The View from Flyover Country is a piercing critique of the labor exploitation, race relations, gentrification, media bias, and other aspects of the post-employment economy that gave rise to a president who rules like an autocrat. The View from Flyover Country is necessary reading for anyone who believes that the only way for America to fix its problems is to first discuss them with honesty and compassion.

Topline numbers show eSports has made it to the big leagues--which is why many publishers are aligning with Skillz. Its mobile eSports platform connects billions of mobile gamers through competition. Our host Peggy Anne Salz from MobileGroove catches up with Justin Sampson, Manager of User Acquisition at Skillz, to discuss how he and his team draw from audience insights to acquire and activate users with a deep passion for gameplay without digging deep into their budget to do it. Justin, a Mobile Hero recognized for his app marketing expertise, shares some of the secrets behind his top-performing campaigns and creatives and valuable advice for marketers determined to be (and stay) at the top of their game.

Tune in to this episode of PressThis where we interview online marketer, WordPress expert, and SEO consultant, Rebecca Gill. Rebecca has been focusing on SEO and WordPress for over a decade and now you can listen in as she shares her tips and opinions on how to wring the most out of your digital experiences. We'll cover all of the latest technologies that are driving modern SEO best practices including semantic markup, accessibility, and much more. Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear from one of the most compelling and articulate speakers in the WordPress SEO space. Listen now!

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Matt Holleran, General Partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners. Most seed rounds these days are about $2 million, but if you’re a startup, especially in the enterprise cloud space, what can you accomplish with that amount? Not much. If you're attempting to solve weighty problems for business, the product offering requires the help of experienced, high-quality engineers who don’t come cheap. Add to that marketing and sales needs, and the costs add up fast. On the flipside, CEOs and senior executives from enterprise cloud companies that have had successful exits are constantly approached by startups requesting angel/seed money. These CEOs don’t always know how best to respond to the opportunities presented to them.  It may be flattering, and the promise of a return on your investment can be enticing, but is it worth it? Cloud Apps Capital Partners is a leading venture capital firm in the cloud business application market at the Classic Series A stage.  Matt Holleran has 12 years of operating experience in successful business application companies including Salesforce.com, 12 years of venture capital and private equity experience, and a highly relevant network. He has walked in the shoes of founding teams at each stage of a business application company’s development — no customers, initial traction, scaling the team, market leadership, and global expansion. Matt has a BA in engineering and economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Bing’s quest for intelligence, artificial intelligence and SEO… how could it apply? More monthly changes in Google search such as video playing in search snippets, and the rollout of Google Discover. Lastly, John Mueller asks how SEOs describe their role to developers… and the responses are predictably awesome.