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  • Big Guys vs. Good Guys - Ken McCarthy

    Big Guys vs. Good Guys - Ken McCarthy
    2025/04/07
    On the landmark finale for Beat the Big Guys, Sandy chats with Ken McCarthy (Tivoli, NY) about his latest book How the Web Won which he says "reveals many previously untold details behind the dramatic emergence of the World Wide Web and how it came along just in time to thwart the last step of Bill Gates' plan for permanent domination of all the world's personal computers."
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    35 分
  • Ending Waste of Expert Time and Talent - Stephen Estopinal

    Ending Waste of Expert Time and Talent - Stephen Estopinal
    2025/03/24
    Sandy has an animated chat with civil engineer Stephen Estopinal (Gonzales, LA) about the Advocate newspaper's insistence on repeating myths that were debunked a decade ago. Specifically, they discuss the unnecessary "levee board reform" which wastes expert time and talent because no one can tell the Army Corps of Engineers what to do.
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    37 分
  • Big Guys Rising - Stuart Lob and Rudy Vorkapic

    Big Guys Rising - Stuart Lob and Rudy Vorkapic
    2025/02/24
    Sandy sits down with a guest panel from the Slingshot, consisting of Stuart Lob and Rudy Vorkapic (New Orleans, LA), to discuss the beginning of Trump's second term as President, and the troubling consequences his recent displays of power might have going forward.
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    26 分
  • Never Give Up - Amy Nelson

    Never Give Up - Amy Nelson
    2025/01/29
    In this episode, Sandy chats with Amy Nelson (Seattle, WA) about her public battle with Amazon after having her life nearly destroyed by Amazon's unfounded heavy-handed legal action against her husband.
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    25 分
  • Focus on the Goal, Not the Naysayers - Kim Kelly

    Focus on the Goal, Not the Naysayers - Kim Kelly
    2024/12/18
    Sandy chats with Kim Kelly (Philadelphia, PA) about her 2022 book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor and about how leaders taking on a cause must focus on the issues at hand; not on themselves or the people who are standing in their way.

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    Video version can be seen here! https://youtu.be/YpgajzItgv8
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    29 分
  • They Expect You to Give Up; Surprise Them - Sherry Loeffler

    They Expect You to Give Up; Surprise Them - Sherry Loeffler
    2024/11/26
    Sandy welcomes back Sherry Loeffler (Charlotte, NC) to discuss her triumph over a heavy-handed Homeowners Association who agreed to a $75,000 settlement.
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    27 分
  • Even Higher Education, a Huge Institution, Can be Changed for the Better -- Leonard Cassuto

    Even Higher Education, a Huge Institution, Can be Changed for the Better -- Leonard Cassuto
    2024/10/31
    Professor Leonard Cassuto (New York City) talks about his new book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter. In higher education, research has gained the upper hand at the expense of educating students, and the professor explains how this can change.

    Video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/4yHT4W3Naqw
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    28 分
  • Coverup Can Happen Anywhere, Even in Your Town - Jordan Chariton

    Coverup Can Happen Anywhere, Even in Your Town - Jordan Chariton
    2024/09/30
    This month, Sandy interviews journalist Jordan Chariton (New York) about the explosive revelations in his book We The Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis and the Poisoning of 1000,000 Americans. Among many issues, they discuss the frequent unwillingness of the media to cover important stories and what you can do about it.
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    29 分