Andrew Hunt is a Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, specializing in Modern US Cultural and Social History, and an author. Pop culture is an excellent window into the hearts and minds of a population – from understanding sentiments around a war, to gauging the strength of the culture as a whole. Fortunately, Andrew is a lifelong historian who has read, written, and taught about all things US Culture, publishing several books that span the Korean and Cold Wars.

Expect to learn how the US can solve the growing political rift between the Right and Left, how we can forge a path forward into the future by looking to the past, why the Vietnam War was such a watershed moment for US culture, what Mr. Beast videos can tell us about the future of Hollywood's influence on culture, how Andrew found himself getting arrested in Utah, and much more...

More from Andrew: Andrew's Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/history/people-profiles/andrew-huntAndrew's Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrew-E.-Hunt/author/B001JP7YUO?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true -------- Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackmackn Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackkmackinnon Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC5cZwJz41l-vnEWPXxcP7xQ

Cosmin Munteanu is an Associate Professor and Shlegel Research Chair in Technology for Healthy Aging. In today's world, our devices are inseparable from us. With time, technology only gets smaller, more affordable, and more integrated into our lives. But what will happen in the future, when the barriers between our physical and digital world all but disappear entirely?

Expect to learn what happened when an eating disorder helpline replaced their human staff with ChatGPT, why creating a good voice assistant is really difficult, where Cosmin believes technology is headed, if Cosmin believes the Apple Vision Pro will move the needle regarding virtual reality adoption, why technologies are not adapting to a rapidly aging global population, and much more... More from Cosmin: Cosmin's Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/systems-design-engineering/profile/c2muntea -------- Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackmackn Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackkmackinnon Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC5cZwJz41l-vnEWPXxcP7xQ

Lisa Ramsden is a Senior Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace USA, an NGO focused on tackling today's biggest climate change issues. We use plastic in quite literally every facet of our lives, and that is incredibly disconcerting. There are so many downstream effects of plastic exposure and consumption, and people need to be more aware of it. Fortunately, Lisa has been working for over 15 years to fight Oil & Gas and Big-Plastic, and is here to spread the word.

Expect to learn just how bad the plastic epidemic has gotten, and how much bigger it is projected to become, how much plastic we consume in any given week, why your athleisure wardrobe may not be so good for you, how we may find our way out of this mess, and much more..

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Lisa's Greenpeace Page: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/bios/lisa-ramsden/

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