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 Matt and Scally welcome two icons of Canada -- Kirsten MacInnis and Pooya -- to draft their way through the cast of the upcoming Challenge USA 2 below, here, or on iTunes here.

Head on over to plainlanguage.gov, and you'll find a helpful table, dedicated to simplifying and demystifying military jargon. On one side of the table, there's the jargon term, and on the other, its plain language equivalent. “Arbitrarily deprive of life”? Actually just means “kill people.” “Render nonviable”? Also means “kill people.” “Terminate with extreme prejudice”? “Kill people.”    This table is just one of many resources on plainlanguage.gov—from checklists to plain language training to thesauruses. The website was created by an unfunded government group of plain language activists who make it their mission to translate government communications into regular old, plain language.  But jargon isn't just a government problem. It pops up in nearly every field, and it seems like it annoys most of us. So why do we use it? And is there anything actually good about it?   This episode was inspired by a question from a listener, Jafar, who asked about the word “recrudescence” and why we tend to use fancy words when simple ones would work just fine. If you have a question about a word or phrase, leave us a voicemail! The number is 929-499-WORD, or 929-499-9673. Or, you can always send an email to podcasts@sciencefriday.com.  A transcript of this episode is being processed. It will be available within one week. Guests:  Joe Kimble is a plain language advocate and professor emeritus at WMU-Cooley Law School. David Lipscomb is Director of the Writing Center at Georgetown University, and Vice Chair of the Center for Plain Language. Alejandro Martínez García is a researcher at the National Research Council in Italy. Footnotes & Further Reading: For a challenge, try to explain science using only 1,000 of the most common words.  For all your plain language writing needs, take a look at plainlanguage.gov.  Learn more about the history of the plain language movement in the United States.  Read a study on how our brains react to concrete vs. abstract language. Read more about how jargon affects citations in scientific papers. Credits:  This episode was produced by Johanna Mayer and Senior Producer and Editor Elah Feder. Daniel Peterschmidt is our composer. Nadja Oertelt is our Chief Content Officer. Special thanks to Jana Goldman, Bill Lutz, and especially Karen Schriver for background information on the plain language movement.

Facebook is changing its terms of service! Not unusual in and of itself, but the company has also taken the unusual step of notifying its users of the exact section to be changed. As it turns out, though the change is small (and perhaps unnecessary), it goes along with big discussions happening at Facebook and Google; discussions revolving around what to do...about Australia. We don't come from a land down under, but that land's "unique" legal structures often least to excellent topics...in Virtual Legality. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/8rRsRDSvjXg #Facebook #TOS #Australia *** Discussed in this episode: Facebook Terms of Service Prior to October 1, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/terms.php Facebook Terms of Service As of October 1, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/preview "'Commercially Viable' Doesn’t Mean What You Think: A Lawyer Reads YouTube’s New Terms of Service" YouTube Video - November 11, 2019 - Hoeg Law https://youtu.be/nfkem5e5Iqg YouTube Terms of Service As of December 10, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms "Draft news media bargaining code" Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) Webpage https://www.accc.gov.au/focus-areas/digital-platforms/draft-news-media-bargaining-code#about-the-draft-code Draft News Media/Digital Platforms Code https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Exposure%20Draft%20Bill%20-%20TREASURY%20LAWS%20AMENDENT%20%28NEWS%20MEDIA%20AND%20DIGITAL%20PLATFORMS%20MANDATORY%20BARGAINING%20CODE%29%20BILL%202020.pdf "Q&As: Draft news media and digital platforms mandatory bargaining code" ACCC - July 2020 https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/DPB%20-%20Draft%20news%20media%20and%20digital%20platforms%20mandatory%20bargaining%20code%20Q%26As.pdf "Facebook threatens to pull news from Australia if new law passes" Axios - September 1, 2020 - Sara Fischer https://www.axios.com/facebook-pull-australia-news-threat-new-law-8615dab5-59e7-4683-80cd-3f2254d8faba.html "An Update About Changes to Facebook’s Services in Australia" Facebook Webpage - August 31, 2020 - Will Easton https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/changes-to-facebooks-services-in-australia/ *** "Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law). CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL. *** Twitter: @hoeglaw Web: hoeglaw.com Blog: hoeglaw.wordpress.com

Today’s episode is about a new coalition recently formed to help support agencies during the pandemic. The coalition is called PAMAC, which stands for the Performing Arts Managers and Agents Coalition. This is a group of more than 150 artist managers, booking agents and independent producers in the performing arts industry, with support from 16 arts service organizations, including Americans for the Arts and the League of American Orchestras. In their own words: “PAMAC has united our sector with a mission of working together in collective action to advocate for arts support relief amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We are bringing our message to Congressional leaders to urge them to legislate for extensions and recapitalization of funding for the entire arts sector." Joining me to talk about PAMAC is Laura Dunaway and Cindy Liu, both from Park Avenue Artists. Laura Dunaway joined Park Avenue Artists in 2016. Prior to joining PAA, Laura was an agent with United Talent Agency (formerly The Agency Group) where she booked a very diverse roster of artists such as Alison Balsom, Jake Shimabukuro, Jane Krakowski, Kishi Bashi, Snarky Puppy, and many more with orchestras and music venues/series all across North America. Cindy Liu joined Park Avenue Artists in 2018, as artist manager on the teams of Joshua Bell, Daniela Liebman, Ryan Silverman, and Larisa Martínez. As of this recording, the Coalition has received over 10,000 signatures and you can visit https://change.org/artsrelief to learn more about how to support their mission. Full disclosure, I immediately signed up when I heard about it and I encourage our listeners to do so as well. Please enjoy my conversation with Cindy and Laura. Link to APAP's guide to reopening https://www.apap365.org/Portals/1/PDFs/Advocacy/PACC%20Reopening%20Advisory%20%20Draft%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Ver%204.0.pdf

In this episode we meet Rich Myer (https://twitter.com/remyers_) s of mesh networking company GoTenna (https://gotenna.com) . Rich is developing the Lot49 (https://globalmeshlabs.org/files/Lot49%20Protocol%20Whitepaper%20-%20DRAFT%200.8.5_20190611.pdf) protocol, which both allows Lightning transactions over a local mesh network, and uses Bitcoin incentives to increase adoption of the network. Rich and I discuss the history of wireless networking and how P2P meshes could turn out to be critical in a time of crisis; why and to what extent we can consider our contemporary networks compromised through what Rich calls 'The Eye of Sauron' problem; and how Lot49 enables an internet-minimized micropoayments soltuion which could function in a distressed, post-Covid environment. 

The Bachelor Australia Season 4 Episodes 11 & 12 On this episode Sophie and Lizzie have school camp flashbacks, meet the fam and say goodbye to some faves.  Play along with this weeks Barista Bant, follow the link https://www.buzzfeed.com/matwhitehead/badchelor-datesFollow us on Twitter @Bachie_Bant or email us at bachiebantpodcast@gmail.comTo check out our top 10 Bachie Beats for this week, follow the link https://open.spotify.com/user/bachiebant/playlist/2wdioimczJZcwwJYdD9AnE

The Bachelor Australia Season 4 Episode 7 & 8.On this episode, Sophie and Lizzie dwell over missing marshmallows, figure out science and rope in THEIR MUMS to bant with them. To check out our top 10 Bachie Beats for this week, follow the link https://open.spotify.com/user/bachiebant/playlist/6Us9z8OjY3wQcyV88wclgL  Follow us on twitter @bachie_bant or email us at bachiebantpodcast@gmail.com

Part 7 of the motivational presentation Rick did at Granger headquarters. Learn how to change your world by setting up an atmosphere of success

This Episode is Part 6 of the motivational presentation Rick did at Granger Headquarters. Learn how to effectively bridge the generational gap though effective communication

This message is a continuation off a Message Rick taught at Granger Inc. this is part five called "Characteristics of Your Generation” Learn how to identify your generation and engage other age groups effectively

This episode Part 4 of a Message Rick taught at Granger Inc. this is part four called "Bridging the Generational Gap.” Learn how to attract an audience even amongst the generational chasm that has developed between the generations today.