Nobody Asked Me, But I'm Gonna Tell You

Charlie shares her hot picks of 30 films (out of over 150) to watch at this year's Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival taking place September 20-25 (virtually and online).

Charlie Oliver (Founder/CEO, Tech 2025) offers her top thirty picks of films to see at the Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival (now its second year and hybrid). How are new filmmakers processing and presenting our technological future?

In this episode, Charlie has a happy reunion with Erik Martin (Chief Community Officer at Teal, a membership platform to help enable meaningful careers) . Charlie last interviewed Erik 10 years ago for a viral media Meetup in NY. Clearly, a lot has changed since then!

On this episode, Charlie crowns Greg Kihlström “King of Agile” and with good reason! Greg (founder of The Agile World where he consults, writes and hosts a podcast) has spent the past several years helping companies to incorporate agility into their digital transformation strategies and also advising on customer and employee experience.

This week, Charlie makes a strong case for why anyone who is interested in technology innovation should be following GovTech closely and consistently. Joining the Charlie to explore how government agencies are adapting to innovating at the speed of light (and why private companies will be stealing tech talent from government agencies) is Jennifer Snyder (Chief Evanglist at GovQA).

It's a bit of a reunion on this episode as AI Ethicist and cohost of Let's Chat Ethics podcast, Oriana Meldicott, who taught a workshop at Tech 2025 two years ago, reconnects with Charlie to discuss all things AI ethics.

Joining the podcast this week is Paul Spiers (Founder, The New P&L Brand Purpose Institute and host of The New P&L business podcast series). Charlie and Paul delve deep into the waters of what it means to be a substantive and effective business leader today, that can lead organizations into the future post-pandemic.

In this special second episode in our series on next-gen innovators, Charlie chats with Anya Berlova. Anya Berlova is a student at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder and an entrepreneur of a social cause startup focusing on anti-bullying.

In this special episode (one of two dedicated to up and coming innovators), Charlie welcomes young legend, Amara Leggett (19-year-old computer scientist, CEO of Dual Enrollment Company, and author of The Strategic Mind of a Young Legend).

Dan Christensen (aka "Bus Driver Dan") loves his job driving a bus for TriMet bus company in Portland, Oregon, and is fiercely and unapologetically proud of his Blue Collar roots. He also embraces emerging technology and is constantly exploring new and innovative ways to use technology to tell "the stories of the now."

In this episode, we’re focusing on the New & Noteworthy, with a review of FiveThirtyEight‘s new advice column that offers solutions to readers’ problems using a panel of experts and […]

It has been a few months since we’ve had a show. The last episode was back in November (the Carrie Fisher episode, sadly). I’m back with a new, shorter format […]

She’s baaaack! After a long Summer hiatus, I’m back at the podcast grind and loving it! This is the first episode since June (my, does time fly), with many more […]

An employee with an embarrassing financial situation mistakenly shares her struggles with her boss. Now that the boss is all up in her biz, she wants the Boss to back […]

Four men. Friends for life. They’ve seen each other through every major life-milestone, celebration, and tragedy. What happens when is betrayed by the others? Can the friendship survive? SHOULD it? […]

This week, Charlie is highlighting new advice columns she’ll be following and/or covering in the coming weeks that you may want to check out. This will be a regular feature […]

Imagine being 85 years old and having not spoken to any of your siblings in over 30 years due to a family rift. The only thing that would make this […]

This episode, we’re trying something a bit different. I’m doing “quick hit” advice feedback on FOUR problems instead of one problem. Don’t worry, I’m still doing the standard one question per episode […]

Shameless social media self-promotion could get you punched in the face if you’re sending your book proposal to the this journalist who writes book reviews, discovers new talent, and is […]

Imagine finding out that your daughter-in-law, whom you have been helping financially along with your son (her husband) has been saying horrible things about your family on an online forum? […]

A woman who was adopted at birth receives an unexpected package – a folder containing the identity and contact information of her biological mother. Should she contact her mother? Should […]

Ever had a bad house guest stay in at your place? You know the type — shows up unannounced, doesn’t clean up after themselves, doesn’t show any appreciation for your […]

If your friend confessed to you that they’ve been having an affair behind their wife’s back (oh yeah, and their wife is pregnant), would you tell the wife about your […]

Is he a gentleman, or a sucker? This week Charlie tackles hooking up on dating apps. This week’s solution-seeker (LA Confused) submitted his problem to Ask Amy, wanting to know how […]

It’s a story old as time itself — the son has values and beliefs that directly clash with his father’s. He’s a leftist, progressive, liberal democrat. His father is (according […]

Have you ever opened the Uber app and gotten hit with surge pricing that pisses you off (at best), or makes you feel like a powerless chump for agreeing to the […]

  In this episode, Charlie discusses Muslim advice columns that deal with, primarily, love, sex and relationships and why you should read a few of them. Muslim advice columns discussed […]

Philosophers love to solve complex problems. But what do philosophers do when they have a problem? They write in to an advice column, of course! Well, THIS particular philosopher did. […]

SHOW NOTES: There’s a fine line between a parent supporting their child by pointing out flaws, and being too critical and overbearing (to the point of making the problem worse). […]

You know what they say about used car salesmen. They are often portrayed as being unapologetic, bloodsuckers who feed on the vulnerable, trusting public to make a quick dollar. Ouch! […]

EPISODE 8 After a night of drunken sex between a married couple and the wife’s best friend, there are plenty of regrets and finger-pointing. Who’s to blame? Can the friendship […]

EPISODE 7 What if you were raised in a devout, religious family and then suddenly realized you no longer believed in the existence of a god, but became despondent over […]

EPISODE 6 Experiencing the death of a loved one is always difficult. But when that death is due to suicide, it can be catastrophic and leave survivors with crushing guilt […]

EPISODE 5 A millennial hotel maid, who is working to pay for college, struggles with how to respond to a demeaning customer.

EPISODE 4 We all have them -

EPISODE 3 Unbeknownst to a lot of people, celebrities often author advice columns for magazines and newspapers for a limited time to spread their wings, engage their fans, and grow […]

EPISODE 2: What would you do if a business associate you barely new asked you participate in their wedding? Charlie tackles this awkward (and potentially embarrassing) situation, sent to Dear […]

EPISODE 1 Charlie kicks off the first episode of this spanking new podcast with a problem submitted to Ask Polly by someone who calls himself “In Over My Head” — […]

Here we go! Nobody Ask Me, But I’m Gonna Tell You is the advice column podcast hosted by the eternally pragmatic Charlie Oliver, that tries to offer a few good answers for […]