The David Binkowski Podcast

Winsidr and Dog Pound Daily's Ace Pedraza joins the podcast talk discuss the New York Knicks 2024-2025 NBA season to date where we discuss the season overview, impact players, trade and roster moves with the upcoming deadline and playoffs. You can follow Candace on BlueSky at @candacepedraza.bsky.social and David at @davidbinkowski.com

Mexico City Capitanes G League PG Iván Gandía-Rosa joins David to talk about life in the G League, the theme night piñata uniforms, playing for the Puerto Rico national team, international basketball, BSN (Baloncesto Superior Nacional), Aguada Santeros and the NBA. You can follow David on Bluesky at @davidbinkowski.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

In this episode, David is joined by Co-Owner of Fallout Theater in Austin Texas, singer of La Snacks and Houston Rockets fan Robert Segovia aka Bobby Segs on BlueSky to talk about the surprising Houston Rockets season to date and make their picks for the NBAThreads Emirates NBA Cup tournament bracket pick 'em. You can follow David on Bluesky @davidbinkowski.com and Robert at @BobbySegs.sky.social. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

David is joined by Drake aka SnellSZN to talk about the 2024 Bucks to date, the backstory behind becoming Tony Snell's biggest Stan and preview the huge early season battle for the Emirates NBA Cup Eastern Conference Group B matchup between the host Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks and finally Where Are They Now? Milwaukee Bucks draft picks since Giannis edition. You can follow David and Drake on BlueSky at @dbinkowsi.bsky.social and @snellszn.bsky.social. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

Data Science guru Arturo Galletti joins David to talk about the ascending Detroit Pistons, a look at Cade Cunningham's All Star worthy season to date, should Detroit cut ties with Jalen Duren, 2023-2024 Detroit Pistons "Where Are They Now?", the Philadelphia 76ers organizational leadership failure and how we'd fix the All Star Game. Please rate and subscribe to this podcast and leave a comment below! You can follow David on Bluesky at @dbinkowski.bsky.social and Arturo at @americannumbers.bsky.social. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

David talks Mr. Beast/Amazon controversy including rules to influencer marketing, Google's AI Olympics ad debacle, Olympics Jayson Tatum and Joe Rogan's new Netflix special. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

Welcome to episode 41 of The David Binkowski Podcast. In this episode, David returns from a hiatus break to discuss the past NBA season, Stephen Covey's framework on prioritization, the loneliness epidemic middle-aged men and gratitude. You can also catch David as a regular guest on the Pathony Business and Marketing Podcast, live on LinkedIn every Friday and on all of your favorite podcast networks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

In this episode, I discuss the NBA Playoffs to date including Bucks, Knicks, Celtics, Nuggets, Lakers, Suns and Ja Morant. In the new segment "Three Things" I highlight Jack Dorsey's BluesSky, the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer study and the Supreme Court of the United States. Rate this podcast on YouTube, Apple and Spotify and be sure to sub and comment on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@davidbinkowski) and follow David on Spoutible, Reddit and Mastodon.social at @dbinkowski. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-binkowski/support

BotSentinel Founder Christopher Bouzy joins David to discuss his Twitter alternative, Spoutible. In this episode we discuss what problem Spoutible solves for (and is succeeding), why it's a better alternative than Twitter, his countersuit against Nate the Lawyer and Christopher answers questions taken from Spoutible users. You can sign up for Spoutible by going to spoutible.com and you can follow both David (@dbinkowski) and Christopher (@cbouzy) there. Rate this podcast on YouTube, Apple and Spotify and be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter at @dbinkowski, sub and comment on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@davidbinkowski) and follow David on Spoutible, Reddit and Mastodon.social at @dbinkowski. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Arturo Galletti, Senior Data Analyst at SportsGrid, joins the pod to bring his post-trade deadline team by team stats to make the case for who are the top teams in the Eastern and Western Conference and who we'd like to see face off in the playoffs and some MVP talk. RIP Joel. Rate this podcast on YouTube, Apple and Spotify and be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter at @dbinkowski, sub and comment on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@davidbinkowski) and follow David on Spoutible, Reddit and Mastodon.social at @dbinkowski. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Sports Illustrated Atlanta Hawks reporter Pat Benson Jr (@pat_benson_jr on Twitter) and Detroit Free Press Pistons Pulse co-host Bryce Simons (@motorcityhoops on Twitter, Youtube) join David to talk about the now official trade between the Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Portland Trailblazers and Golden State Warriors that sent Saddiq Bey to Atlanta and James Wiseman to Detroit. Rate this podcast on YouTube, Apple and Spotify and be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter at @dbinkowski, sub and comment on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@davidbinkowski) and follow David on Spoutible, Reddit and Mastodon.social at @dbinkowski. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Episode 36 kicks off with SportsGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti and I talk Mid-Season(ish) NBA takes including who we like to win in each conference, teams that are troubling and some MVP talk. Rate this podcast on YouTube, Apple and Spotify and be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter at @dbinkowski, sub and comment on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@davidbinkowskI) and follow David and Arturo on Mastodon at @dbinkowski@mastodon.social and @americannumbers@mastodon.social. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

SportsGrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti joins the pod to talk Elon's plans and the death of Twitter, NBA teams under- and over-achieving, Mid teams that should blow it up, Potential coaching changes and post-season award front runners. Follow David (@dbinkowski@mastodon.social) and Arturo (@americannumbers@mastodon.social) on Mastodon and be sure to visit David's website at https://www.davidbinkowski.com for more long form content. 3:25 Corporate-owned Twitter, Karl Marx and Tech hates media 20:51 NBA teams and players exceeding/underachieving 47:48 Three teams that need to blow it up 1:04 Potential coaching changes? 1:11 Post-season award front runners --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Sportsgrid Senior Data Analyst Arturo Galletti (@AmericanNumbers, @DataStrictly) is back to discuss Elon Musk tanking Twitter, the US midterm elections and to run through both NBA conferences for our not-too-early season takes and NBA Finals predictions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Atlanta Hawks & NBA Sneakers reporter for FanNation, a Sports Illustrated channel and Author of Kobe Bryant's Sneaker History (1996-2020) Pat Benson Jr joins David to go through all 30 NBA teams projected wins and pick their over/unders. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Author Javier Hernández joins David to discuss his new book Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans - Why It Will Always Be That Way. Topics include: :03 Colonialism, Puerto Rican culture and nationality :13 English and Puerto Rico's class system :16 The myth of Puerto Rico Statehood :20 Why Statehooders hate Casa Pueblo :23 National Rail/Transit for Puerto Rico :26 2014 GAO Report :30 The Reality of Taking Congressional Seats :34 Financial Independence and "Puerto Rico: The Economic Case for Sovereignty" :36 The Need for Election Oversight in PR Elections :42 Electoral Alliances :49 Immigration and Xenophobia If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe and rate us on Apple and Spotify Podcasts! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

In this mini episode, David eats (a little) crow for his NBA Finals Game 5 predictions, recaps keys to the Warriors win/Celtics loss, talks about what to look for in Game 6 and calls out Jayson Tatum. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

We're smack dab in the middle of the NBA Finals and SportGrid CTO Arturo Galletti joins the pod to talk C's, Dubs, Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge, Steve Kerr and how the Celtics are up 2-1 headed into a pivotal Game 4 in Boston. We also talk Lakers hiring Darvin Ham and what the Utah Jazz should do next. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

We're back! SportsGrid CTO joins David Binkowski to talk NBA Playoffs, including recaps of the first round series, the almost closed out series and those that could go to 7 games. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

The Western Conference win/loss totals episode! Plus we definitely do not talk about Ben Simmons and best bets to win the West and each Division. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

College sensation and National Player of the Year Luka Garza's father, Frank, joins TDBP on this historic day for the Garza family as Luka signs his first NBA contract with the Detroit Pistons. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

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The 25th episode of TDBP is a two part episode with Manuel Alvarez Rivera (@malvareezrivera) and JPIP San Juan's Ian Piovanett (@JPIPSanJuan) and JPIP Bayamón's Gabriel Torres (@JPIPBayamon). In the first part, Manuel goes over the 2020 Puerto Rico election data to discuss trends that are impacting the growth of the PIP and MVC parties and decline of the PNP and PPD parties. The next segment is a discussion with Ian and Gabriel from JPIP (Juventud Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño) who organized and attended an island-wide gathering of JPIP members in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. In this episode we discuss: - Voting trends in Puerto Rico - Outcome of Juventud in San Lorenzo - Five myths about Puerto Rico independence --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

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BotSentinel Founder Christopher Bouzy joins the pod to discuss the latest tweaks made to the BotSentinel ahead of the US 2022 midterm elections and David reveals research showing suppression of support for the now former public Puerto Rican power line repair company AEE. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

This episode's guest created the wildly popular @30RockTree Twitter account where he tweets as the infamous Christmas Tree at 30 Rockefeller Center -- and sometimes with The Today Show's Al Roker. Matt is also a podcasting and content expert who also grew up in the midwest, moved to NYC and is now living in Puerto Rico. We also talk about his viral tweet thanks to the Phildelphia Flyers mascot Gritty. You can follow Matt on Twitter at @matthaze and the tree at @30RockTree. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

There are two bills going to the US Congress to deal with Puerto Rico's status; one for statehood and one for self determination. While both look unlikely to pass, with self determination garnering more support than statehood, Arturo (@AmericanNumbers on Twitter) and I look at the reality of the situation, where the US is at and some ideas for moving Puerto Rico forward to help the people now. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Puerto Rico is rich with entrepreneurship and a budding ecosystem that is supporting 18 accelerators/incubators. In this episode Eduardo Padial, Operations Manager at Parallel18 (or P18) joins me to talk about his background, the history of Paralell18, the programs they're currently working on and how you can get involved. If you're an entrepreneur, investor or company looking to dive into the growing startup culture in Puerto Rico this is well worth the listen to get caught up on existing opportunities. Apply for Gen 9 at https://parallel18.surveykiwi.com/P18G9Contacts --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

We are BACK! Arturo (@AmericanNumbers & @DataStrictly) helps kick off 2021 by joining the pod to talk:

Join David as he talks NBA with SportsGrid CTO Arturo Galletti. In this episode we talk NBA Draft, Westbrook and Harden potentially leaving the Rockets and Dave eats a tweet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Society is demanding more from businesses. Businesses are demanding more from their leaders. That's why Ian Schafer, former founder of digital agency DeepFocus, launched Kindred. Hear how he pivoted the company post-COVID pandemic and how he and the 100 OG member companies are paving the way for socially responsible businesses. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Join TDBP as my guest, Adweek Creative and Innovation Editor and podcast co-host of "Yeah, That's Probably An Ad" David Griner sits down to catch up and talk about the state of the advertising industry, where it's headed, how many push ups he can do since quarantine started and much more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Join me as Christopher Bouzy, founder of Bot Sentinel, talks about his efforts to use machine learning to rid the Twittersphere of paid trolls and bad actors, the challenges that come with it and look ahead to new features and platforms to help squash disinformation from spreading. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Arturo is back to recap Eastern and Western Conference Finals, give a preview of the NBA Finals including our picks, NBA Head Coach vacancies and the future needs of Lebron and the Lakers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

It's time for the NBA Conference Finals so SportsGrid CTO Arturo Galletti re-joins the pod to talk what we've seen from the Lakers, Nuggets, Clippers, Jimmy Butler and the Heat and ponder if Denver is one player away from a chip. There's coaching talk (cough, cough Doc) and so much more. Plus, get gambling tips for the rest of the NBA Conference Finals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

In this episode of TDBP we're joined by Arturo Galletti, CTO of SportsGrid.com to talk NBA playoffs including the second round, Scott Foster and his influence on games, coaching matchups and picks for each series. Plus, we look ahead at potential Conference and NBA Finals matchups and who we think Steve Nash should add to his bench. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Episode 10 of TDBP features Patti Hauseman, a music industry veteran (Former GM of Big Picnic Records, former Arista, Virgin & more) who joins the pod to talk about working the last 25 years in the music business, the Seattle and Atlanta music scenes, a lil' gossip and our takes on who is the most overrated artist or band of all time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Ted Wright, author of Fizz: Harness the Power of Word of Mouth Marketing to Drive Brand Growth and CEO of word of mouth marketing firm Fizz joins the pod to talk about how to create a successful word of mouth marketing campaign, how he created the chocolate milk for athletes campaign and social media advice for businesses. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Bob Troia (@bobtroia), Co-founder of Awesome Labs, joins me for Episode 8. Bob is a technology innovator who understand data and uses his genius to help people understand themselves better through technology. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Arturo (@americannumbers) is BACK on TDBP to talk odds and betting the opening round of the NBA playoffs, who he likes in each matchup and how you can make money hedging your bets. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) writes a daily media-focused newsletter called MediaNut. He's a former Editor for Adweek, NBC News, WaPo and Digiday and his writing has appeared in Atlantic, Pacific Standard and The Awl joins Dave to talk about the history, current and future state of the US media, his guitars, Phish concerts and more. Subscribe to Josh's newsletter at: http://medianut.substack.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Bärí A. Williams (@bariawilliams) is a Lawyer, Consultant, Author of "Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations about Identity, Privilege, & Bias" and former Tech Operations for Facebook and Stubhub. She joins the pod to discuss how companies can recognize and tackle the issue of privilege and bias in the workplace, her testimony to the US Financial Services Committee's Equitable Algorithms: Examining Ways to Reduce AI Bias in Financial Services Task Force, the inherent bias in data and algorithms and how she unknowingly got a retweet from former Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons Coach and current ESPN commentator Stan Van Gundy.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Truth or Fiction's Brooke Binkowski (@brookylnmarie on Twitter) joins TDBP to talk fact checking and disinformation, facism, immigration, social media, the media and journalism's role in combating bad actors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

CTO of SportsGrid Arturo Galletti (@americannumbers) joins this emergency pod to talk Puerto Rico, nuclear weapons, gambling and the restart of the NBA regular season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

Join me in Episode 2 as Miss Universe Puerto Rico Isis Casalduc (@isiscasalduc) talks about how she went from growing up in the hills of Puerto Rico to winning Miss Universe PR as a 16 year old, meeting Donald Trump, living in Germany, her favorite place in the world to travel and what it's like training for a triathlon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support

The Author of "The Whore Of Akron" and "You're Welcome, Cleveland", and ESPN 30 for 30 producer of "Believeland" Scott Raab (@scottraab64) kicks off the first episode of my podcast where he talks writing for Esquire and GQ, his books, Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, getting a tattoo with Dennis Rodman and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-binkowski/support