Podcast appearances and mentions of Alan Boyle

Charles Simonyi is known in the tech industry for his work at Microsoft. He played a leading role in creating Word, Excel and other programs back in the 1980s. He rejoined the company in 2017 with its acquisition of his startup, Intentional Software.  But he's had a longtime fascination with space, taking two trips to the International Space Station, in 2007 and 2009, and helping to fund a long-awaited new space survey telescope in Chile that bears his family's name.  On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, Simonyi speaks with Geekwire contributing editor Alan Boyle, the veteran space and science journalist, about the new Simonyi Survey Telescope, the potential for new discoveries, and his longtime fascination with space.  Related story: Tech leader Charles Simonyi provides a wide-angle view of the telescope that bears his family name Edited by Curt Milton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashton Zeth and Alan Boyle interview Dr. Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society, about the new Mars Exploration Act. The legislation proposal mandates NASA to put humans on Mars in under 10 years. #MarsExplorationAct #MarsSociety

In this episode Ashton Zeth hosts an interview with Dr. Robert Zubrin, Founder and President of the Mars Society. Dr. Robert Zubrin announces the formation of the Mars Technical Institute and is interviewed by Alan Boyle of GeekWire.

"Our rule is, we risk capital — we don't risk people." That was the guiding principle for Everett-Wash.-based OceanGate, as described by its CEO, Stockton Rush, at the GeekWire Summit in October 2022. Rush's engineering decisions, and his tolerance for risk, as reflected in his comments at our event, are getting new scrutiny after the apparent implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible, near the site of the Titanic wreck deep under the North Atlantic Ocean this week, killing Rush and four others on board.  On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we're joined by Alan Boyle, GeekWire contributing editor, who has been covering OceanGate for the past seven years. He tells the story of Stockton Rush and the company, discusses the tragedy of the past week, and contemplates what's next for OceanGate and the larger world of ocean and space exploration.  Now what? OceanGate sub tragedy sets off a torrent of questions without answers OceanGate submersible and crew declared lost after discovery of debris near Titanic Watch the full video: Stockton Rush at the 2022 GeekWire Summit Read an archived version of Rush's OceanGate bio, and a New York Times obituary. With GeekWire co-founder Todd BishopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Happy 2023 everybody! On today's episode Max is going to tell us about a Fairy Princess who loves pot, and Janey is going re-tell John Wick but instead of Keanu Reeves, it's a goat. Enjoy!Max's Sources - The Potted Princess“Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves” by Jack Zipes Free text of Rudyard Kipling's “The Potted Princess” (with image of a grain pot) Janey's Sources - The Episode of the Mother Goat“Folktales from Syria” collected by Samir Tahhan Free PDF of “Folktales From Syria” “Such deep roots you have: How Little Red Riding Hood's tale evolved” by Alan Boyle, Science Editor (2013) The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats wikipedia The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood by Jamshid J. Tehrani Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join the Discord!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com And a huge thank you to our sound engineer, Keith! Y'know the thing about Keith, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites ya. And those black eyes roll over white, and then... oh, then you hear that terrible high-pitch screamin', the ocean turns red, and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin', he comes in and he... rips you to pieces. 

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Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon's voice assistant hasn't quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, we learned this week that Alexa is going to space later this year, and around the moon, for a technology demonstration on the Orion deep-space capsule as part of NASA's Artemis 1 mission. Veteran space reporter Alan Boyle, GeekWire contributing editor, joins us on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast to explain what Alexa will be doing during the mission, and what the partners on the demonstration — Lockheed Martin, Amazon and Cisco — hope to prove in the process. Then we discuss some ofthe key milestones from the past year in space, including Blue Origin taking the first paying passenger on a suborbital commercial flight, plus highlights from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and others. And we look ahead to upcoming events to keep an eye on, as detailed by Alan in his annual space recap and preview. And in our final segment, we come back to Earth, as podcast producer Curt Milton and I discuss celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's surprising disclosure about what we thought was a well-known Amazon company. Also check out Alan's podcast, Fiction Science.   By the way, we usedAlexa Skill Blueprints to get Alexa to impersonate HAL in the opening of this week's show. You'll hear a very different response if you ask Alexa the same question on your own device.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Is the world relying too much on Amazon Web Services? We assess the falloutfrom the big AWS outage, which was the subject ofa detailed explanation from the company Friday night. Plus, what's your AI IQ? We test our own artificial intelligence literacy in a new online quiz from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle. Read more inthis story by our colleague Alan Boyle. And finally, we try on Amazon's new Halo View, and explain what's different in this new health tracker. Produced and edited by Curt Milton. Theme music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alan Boyle from Geekwire on the latest edition of the A.I. 100 study // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- the monument to the first ascent of Mt. Rainier // Margaret Brennan on the debt ceiling/ the Jan 6th subpoenas // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- West Seattle Bridge tour/ Sound Transit CEO out // Dose of Kindness -- a college professor with in-class childcare skills // Gee Scott previewing the Seahawks vs Vikings See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir Richard Branson added new fuel to the billionaire space race July 11 when he and his Virgin Galactic crewmates floated in suborbital space.  "To all you kids down there, I was once a child with a dream, looking up to the stars," Branson said before unbuckling. "Now, I'm an adult in a spaceship with lots of other wonderful adults, looking down to a beautiful, beautiful Earth. For the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do." Can Jeff Bezos top that? We'll soon find out. Amazon's founder is set to go even higher as a passenger July 20 on the first crewed flight for his space venture Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.  On this special episode of the GeekWire Podcast: the dawn of a new era in space tourism, what to watch when the Amazon founder blasts off next week, and what's next for commercial space exploration. Joining us is longtime space journalist Alan Boyle, GeekWire contributing editor, who has covered Bezos' space ambitions for years.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Nathaniel Rich, author of "Second Nature," "Losing Earth" and the sci-fi novel "Odds Against Tomorrow," discusses the state of contemporary fiction with Fiction Science co-hosts Dominica Phetteplace and Alan Boyle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-science/support

In her debut novel, "Machinehood," S.B. Divya foresees a future where we merge with the machines through AI, nanotech pills and robotic implants. Would she want to be part of that future? Get the answer in this episode of Fiction Science, co-hosted by Alan Boyle and Dominica Phetteplace. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-science/support

Science journalist/author Annalee Newitz discusses her new book, "Four Lost Cities," and the evolution of past and present urban centers with Fiction Science hosts Alan Boyle and Dominica Phetteplace. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-science/support

In Episode 9, Graham Roxburgh, Head Coach of Trinity Western University and Executive Director/Founder of TeamUp, talks with Phil about the importance of a humble and learning posture, servant leadership, how he studies himself and his players, dealing with viruses on your team, key cultural and leadership principles from the book, Legacy, and how he uses the lessons he has learned in soccer in his life outside the game. Specifically, he discusses: How he went from growing up in England, to college in the US, to coaching at Trinity Western University and leading a non-profit organization in Canada (2:02) The work that his organization, TeamUp, is doing around the world to build bridges, cultivate relationships, and help others to flourish (6:36) What he has learned from the game of soccer that he has used in his organization (9:58) The importance of a learning and humble posture when working with people from other countries and cultures (14:51) How studying his own and his players’ personalities and behaviors has helped him in his coaching and organizational leadership, and why it is so important to incorporate similar analysis into your teams (18:10) The mentality and culture that he has developed in his program and why it is the core of all he does (29:56) Principles from the book, Legacy, which discusses the culture and leadership of the New Zealand All Blacks, and how Trinity Western’s program exemplifies those principles (e.g., “Sweep the Sheds” and “No Viruses”) (39:20) How he addresses viruses or potential viruses in his teams and why it is so difficult (50:13) The importance of strong leaders protecting the culture of a team (54:36) How he lives out the principles from Legacy in his organization (59:43) How he uses the lessons he has learned in soccer in his marriage and parenting, and other relationships (1:04:56) His book recommendations (1:08:45) Resources and Links from this Episode Video of the Episode -- https://youtu.be/JNFMqGVuB84 Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life, by James Kerr Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't, by Simon Sinek The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues, by Patrick Lencioni The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community, by Hugh Halter Uplifting Leadership: How Organizations, Teams, and Communities Raise Performance, by Alan Boyle, Alma Harris, and Andy Hargreaves “The Trouble with Winning,” Stanford Social Innovation Review -- https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_trouble_with_winning "Invictus" (movie) TeamUp Website – teamup.world Trinity Western Women's Soccer Website -- https://gospartans.ca/sports/wsoc/index TWU Women's Soccer Facebook --https://www.facebook.com/twuwsoc TWU Instagram and Twitter -- @twuwsoc  

George Zarkadakis, author of "Cyber Republic," discusses ways to reinvent democracy with Fiction Science hosts Alan Boyle and Dominica Phetteplace. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-science/support

Kyle MacLachlan looks back at "Dune" and "Twin Peaks," discusses his portrayal of Thomas Edison in "Tesla" and reveals which present-day tech titan intrigues him the most. Hosted by Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-science/support

In 1911, the Mona Lisa disappeared from the Louvre. After an extensive investigation it made a surprising reappearance that inspired headlines around the world. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the painting's abduction, which has been called the greatest art theft of the 20th century. We'll also shake Seattle and puzzle over a fortunate lack of work. Intro: A hard-boiled egg will stand when spun. What's the largest sofa one can squeeze around a corner? Sources for our feature on Vincenzo Peruggia and the theft of the Mona Lisa: Noah Charney, The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: On Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting, 2011. Martin Kemp and Giuseppe Pallanti, Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting, 2017. Andrea Wallace, A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects, 2019. Monica R. DiFonzo, "'Think You Can Steal Our Caravaggio and Get Away With It? Think Again,' An Analysis of the Italian Cultural Property Model," George Washington International Law Review 44:3 (2012), 539-571. Niels Christian Pausch and Christoph Kuhnt, "Analysis of Facial Characteristics of Female Beauty and Age of Mona Lisa Using a Pictorial Composition," Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research (2017), 1-7. Donald Capps, "Leonardo's Mona Lisa: Iconic Center of Male Melancholic Religion," Pastoral Psychology 53:2 (2004), 107-137. Joseph A. Harris, "Seeking Mona Lisa," Smithsonian 30:2 (May 1999), 54-65. Simon Kuper, "Who Stole the Mona Lisa?", Slate, Aug. 7, 2011. Terence McArdle, "How the 1911 Theft of the Mona Lisa Made It the World's Most Famous Painting," Washington Post (online), Oct. 20, 2019. Jeff Nilsson, "100 Years Ago: The Mastermind Behind the Mona Lisa Heist," Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 7, 2013. Sheena McKenzie, "Mona Lisa: The Theft That Created a Legend," CNN, Nov. 19, 2013. "Unravelling the Mona Lisa Mystery," Irish Independent, Aug. 5, 2017, 20. John Timpane, "'Mona Lisa' Theft a Century Ago Created Modern Museums," McClatchy-Tribune Business News, Sept. 7, 2011. "Noah Charney: Art Theft, From the 'Mona Lisa' to Today," Lima [Ohio] News, Aug. 23, 2011. "Mona Lisa Thief Honored With a Play in Italian Hometown," [Beirut] Daily Star, Aug. 22, 2011. Mary Orms, "Steal My Painting!", Toronto Star, Aug. 21, 2011, IN.1. Jori Finkel, "Little-Known Facts About the 1911 Theft of Famed 'Mona Lisa,'" [Charleston, W.V.] Sunday Gazette-Mail, Aug. 21, 2011, F.9. Alastair Sooke, "A Century of Mona Lisa, Superstar," Daily Telegraph, Aug. 20, 2011, 21. "100 Years Ago, the Mona Lisa Vanishes," Times of Oman, Aug. 20, 2011. "Mona Lisa: Still Smiling 100 Years After Being Stolen," Saudi Press Agency, Aug. 19, 2011. "Mona Lisa Mystery," Atherton [Queensland] Tablelander, Jan. 5, 2010, 13. Greg Callaghan, "A Short History of ... the Mona Lisa," Weekend Australian Magazine, Oct. 10, 2009, 8. Jonathan Lopez, "The Tale of an Unsophisticated Criminal Convicted of Single-Handedly Stealing the Mona Lisa," Boston Globe, May 17, 2009, K.6. Dwight Garner, "No Smiley Faces the Day the Lady Left the Louvre," New York Times, April 30, 2009. Nick Morrison, "The Art of Lifting a Masterpiece," Darlington [U.K.] Northern Echo, Aug. 29, 2003, 12. Helen Holmes, "Jodie Foster Will Direct a Movie About the Famous 'Mona Lisa' Heist," Observer, Jan. 31, 2020. Miriam Berger, "Theft of German Treasures Joins Ranks of Brazen Museum Heists — From the 'Mona Lisa' to a Solid Gold Toilet," Washington Post (online), Nov. 28, 2019. Terence McArdle, "How the Mona Lisa Became World-Famous," [Nairobi] Daily Nation, Nov. 2, 2019. "Italy Alarmed by Art 'Sales,'" New York Times, Jan. 24, 1926. "'Mona Lisa' Thief Gets a Year in Jail," New York Times, June 6, 1914. "Trial of Perugia Begun," New York Times, June 5, 1914. "Tried to Sell 'Mona Lisa,'" New York Times, Dec. 27, 1913. "Three More Held in 'Mona Lisa' Theft," New York Times, Dec. 22, 1913. "'Mona Lisa' Goes to Rome," New York Times, Dec. 20, 1913. "Thinks Perugia Had Aid," New York Times, Dec. 17, 1913. "Florentines in Riot Over 'Mona Lisa,'" New York Times, Dec. 15, 1913. "Perugia's Eye to Business," New York Times, Dec. 15, 1913. "Perugia Loved Girl Like 'Mona Lisa,'" New York Times, Dec. 15, 1913. "Reading Mona Lisa's Riddle," New York Times, Dec. 15, 1913. "Mona Lisa' on View to Public To-Day," New York Times, Dec. 14, 1913. "Find 'Mona Lisa,' Arrest Robber," New York Times, Dec. 13, 1913. "Thief's Story of His Crime," New York Times, Dec. 13, 1913. Listener mail: Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Daniel Keith Ludwig" (accessed May 23, 2020). Anderson Antunes, "Was Eike Batista's Dream of Becoming the World's Richest Man Just That, a Dream?", Forbes, April 17, 2013. Eric Pace, "Daniel Ludwig, Billionaire Businessman, Dies at 95," New York Times, Aug. 29, 1992. Brian Nicholson, "End of U.S. Owner's Dream in the Amazon Jungle," UPI, Jan. 23, 1982. Wikipedia, "Jari Project" (accessed May 23, 2020). Jim Brooke, "Billionaire's Dream Founders in Amazon Jungle," Washington Post, May 31, 1981. "Seahawks' KamQuake Rattled Seattle, but Beast Quake Still Rules," NBC News, Jan. 9, 2015. Wikipedia, "Beast Quake" (accessed May 23, 2020). Mike Triplett, "Beast Quake Remembered: Epic Run by Marshawn Lynch Still Reverberates in Seattle," ESPN, Dec. 24, 2019. John Vidale, "One Year Ago, Seattle Seahawks 12th Man Earthquake," Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Dec. 31, 2011. Greg Bishop, "NFL Odd Jobs: The Seismologists Who Measure 'Fanquakes' at Seahawks Games," Sports Illustrated, Jan. 10, 2017. Alan Boyle, "Seismologists Register 'Fan Quakes' From the Seattle Sounders' Stadium Crowd," GeekWire, Nov. 10, 2019. Steve Malone, "SoundersFC Soccer Shake Experiment," Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Nov. 8, 2019. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Ian Hauffe. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

NASA and SpaceX are keeping a close eye on the weather in Florida and beyond as they get set for a second attempt to launch two NASA astronauts in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule this weekend. Read more on GeekWire.  What’s the significance of this launch? What does it mean for the commercial space race and the future of space exploration? On this special episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we’ll do a deep this historic mission with GeekWire photographer Kevin Lisota on the scene in Florida, and aerospace and science editor, Alan Boyle.

This week, Whitney and Dani creep themselves out as they discuss 10 serial killers still at large today.    Links Used This Episode: 10 Terrifying American Serial Killers Still at Large by Radu Alexander - https://listverse.com/2017/06/28/10-terrifying-american-serial-killers-still-at-large/ 10 More Evil Serial Killers That Are Still on the Run by Alan Boyle - https://listverse.com/2014/04/07/10-more-evil-serial-killers-that-are-still-on-the-run/   Things to Check Out This Week:  Oxenfree (Video Game) - http://nightschoolstudio.com/oxenfree/ Nancy Drew (TV Show on CW) - https://www.cwtv.com/shows/nancy-drew/   If you’re interested in sharing your creepy stories, email us at creepycaffeine@gmail.com   For more about us and links to all of our social media, visit our podcast page at https://creepycaffeine.podbean.com/   Check out our Goodreads account to see what books we’re reading: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/104922822-creepy-caffeine   To reach us by snail mail: Creepy Caffeine PO Box 12665 Oklahoma City, OK 73157  

A consortium of tech leaders — including Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft — today unveiled an AI-enabled database that’s meant to give researchers quicker, surer access to resources relating to coronavirus and how to stop it. GeekWire science editor Alan Boyle explains the initiative on this special episode of the GeekWire Health Tech Podcast.Read his story here.

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. PBS’s Frontline profiled the Amazon empire and painted a complicated picture of unrelenting ambition. Frontline spent a year examining Amazon’s impact on commerce, technology and society, and landed interviews with several current executives and former employees. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t sit for an interview, however. Though the documentary didn’t cover much new ground, it did provide a striking narrative, highlighting new voices and perspectives. The definitive account of Amazon’s perilous ambition: Key scenes from PBS’s epic investigation Watch: Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos Speaking of Bezos, he made a big splash this week when he announced plans to donate $10 billion to nonprofits fighting climate change. We discuss the Bezos Earth Fund, and how experts in philanthropy and climate change are reacting to it. Plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders takes a swing at tech fortunes during a campaign stop in the Seattle area. Jeff Bezos launches $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund, kicking off his own effort to fight climate change Jeff Bezos wants to curb climate change via $10B fund — but is money his most powerful tool? Bernie Sanders takes on the ‘billionaire class’ at rally near Seattle, home to Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates Finally, we caught up with our resident space and science geek, Alan Boyle, to discuss the mega-earthquake predicted to hit the Seattle region. Boyle also caught us up on how technologists are thinking about what happens to our remains — physical and digital — after we die. Earthquake experts lay out latest outlook for the ‘Really Big One’ that’ll hit Seattle Tech after death: Researchers work on new ways to handle your remains, in the flesh and online With GeekWire’s Monica Nickelsburg, Taylor Soper and Alan Boyle. Audio editing and production by Curt Milton. Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.

To understand the future of space, it helps to start with the past. On this special edition of the GeekWire Podcast, marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we’ll hear from Alan Boyle, GeekWire's aerospace and science editor, and listen in on his conversations with three unsung heroes of the Apollo era: NASA flight directors Gerry Griffin and Milton Windler, and flight controller Poppy Northcutt. They each reflect on the historic mission and share the sentiment that America should go back to the moon and beyond. This episode of GeekWire is part of the Destination Moon podcrawl, organized by Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Look for other episodes about the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in the coming days from other participating podcasts: Flight Deck from the Museum of Flight; Sound Effect from KNKX Radio; The Truth from Radiotopia; and Stuff You Missed in History Class.

Amazon gave a detailed look at its new warehouse robots and delivery drones, discussed its plans for a satellite constellation, and talked about the future of artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation during a multi-day conference in Las Vegas this week. GeekWire's aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle was in Las Vegas to cover it all, and he joins us with a recap and analysis.

How does Jeff Bezos plan to get to the moon, and what will he do after that? On this special bonus edition of the GeekWire Podcast, aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle calls in from Washington, D.C., where he covered the Amazon founder's unveiling of the new Blue Moon lunar lander from his Blue Origin space venture, aiming to put humans back on the moon by 2024 as part of a broader plan to colonize space. Plus, audio highlights from Bezos's talk.

Every year, Amazon and Jeff Bezos hold an elite, invitation-only conference called MARS, for Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space, which doubles as an excuse for the Amazon founder to test out the latest in autonomous vehicles, robots and personal aircraft. GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle joins us with a rundown. Plus, 15 years after Google started a wave of engineering outposts in the Seattle area, the region's startups are figuring out how to co-exist with Silicon Valley tech giants. And how DNA is inspiring the next generation of data storage technology at Microsoft and the University of Washington.

Alan Boyle from Geekwire on the latest mission to Mars // Hanna Scott on further changes to WA laws on prosecuting police // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Cougs on Facebook help search for a kidney // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Mike Leach's present and future // Major Mike Lyons live on Russia's battle with Ukraine // David Fahrenthold live on Paul Manafort/ the Trump Foundation investigation // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- using your horn

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- DOT aims to slow down dangerous Hwy 524 with roundabouts // Alan Boyle from Geekwire on Jeff Bezos' plans for humanity in space // Col Jeff McCausland live on how much money we're spending on stabilization in Afghanistan // Marshall Allen from ProPublica on the absence of health insurer transparency // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- compassion for a tip jar thief // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the NHL Commissioner's comments on Seattle/ Mariners keep winning // David Fahrenthold live on the NKorea summit/ WaPo Puerto Rico hurricane report

Nearly a half-century after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of billionaire entrepreneurs, jocularly referred to as the “Space Barons,” are pouring their fortunes into the resurrection of the American space program. Washington Post staff writer Christian Davenport brought to our stage the remarkable accounts of risk and high adventure by these four billionaires—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Paul Allen—sharing excerpts collected in his book The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos. Drawing on years of investigation and exclusive interviews with all four of the “Barons,” Davenport brought us a report on the birth of a new Space Age, fueled by some of the world’s richest men as they struggle to end the governmental monopoly on the cosmos. Davenport was joined for an onstage conversation with award-winning science writer and editor Alan Boyle. Davenport and Boyle discussed the Silicon Valley-style innovation at work to dramatically lower the cost of space travel, and the potential for these programs to send humans even further than NASA has ever achieved. Together they outlined the hardships facing this new space movement: startups warring with established contractors and the entrepreneurs’ personal clashes which threaten to scuttle their private projects before they come to fruition. Join Davenport and Boyle for a comprehensive look at the spacefaring projects funded by the founders of some of the biggest brands in the world, and the potential for these industry-upending titans to aim for the moon, Mars, and beyond. Christian Davenport is a staff writer at the Washington Post covering the space and defense industries for the financial desk. He is a recipient of the Peabody award for his work on veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and has been on reporting teams that were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize three times. Before joining the financial staff, Davenport was an editor on the Metro desk, overseeing coverage of local government and politics. As a frequent radio and television commentator, he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, PBS NewsHour, and several NPR shows, including All Things Considered and Diane Rehm. Alan Boyle is an aerospace and science editor at Geekwire.com, creator of Cosmiclog.com, and award-winning science writer and space reporter. Formerly the science editor of NBCNews.com, MSNBC, and MSNBC.com, he is the author of The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference. Recorded live at Museum of Flight on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Todd Bishop Todd Bishop and his colleagues at GeekWire have strategically blended business journalism with leading-edge media business practices to create a regional tech publication with worldwide readership. Todd is convinced that content marketers and other content strategists could benefit from bringing a journalistic approach to their content. With a research-based, journalistic approach "you're not just telling people what you want them to hear because it aligns with your business interests, but you're finding things that are really valuable out there that people would not have known otherwise." Even as GeekWire models modern media practices, Todd remains enthusiastic about old-fashioned shoe-leather journalism - filing FOIAs, digging through corporate IPO filings, and exposing business scams. We talked about: GeekWire's blend of editorial content and event production how journalists are to content strategy as fish are to water, completely immersed in it how GeekWire developed its position as an international source for tech news even as it stays regionally focused his approach to balancing the editorial needs and expectations of his readers with GeekWire's business goals GeekWire's own HQ2 experiment how GeekWire turns fun and engaging internal team-development activities into engaging stories the power of research - finding and sharing information that's in plain sight Todd's Bio Todd Bishop is co-founder and editor of GeekWire, a longtime technology journalist who covers subjects including cloud tech, e-commerce, virtual reality, devices, apps and tech giants such as Amazon.com, Apple, Microsoft and Google. A native of Orland, Calif., he has worked as a reporter for publications including The Philadelphia Inquirer, Puget Sound Business Journal and Seattle P-I. Video Here's the video version of our conversation (we spoke in-person and didn't record a Zoom video as I usually do, so this is just a YouTube version of the audio recording): https://youtu.be/2-xdsAFXNH0 Show Notes/"Transcript" [Not an actual transcript - just my quick notes on first listen-through] 0:20 - my intro 0:40 - Todd intro - longtime newspaper reporter and views content through that lens, with a modern twist - GeekWire is a national/international tech publication 1:40 - founding of GeekWire - origins in Seattle P-I - Jonathan Spasato sole invester and co-founder - bootstrapped from initial investment, and now profitable, has grown based on the business - big portion is events -10-14 a year - but also make money off of advertising and sponsored content - maintains news and advertising divide 3:#6 - content is the starting point for all - events, news, etc - people read GeekWire for all kinds of reasons - insights, tips, recruting, job hunting - reporters traditonally think of what they write as changing the world - not always Watergate or Pentatgon Papers - can be more local - would love to win a Pulitzer, but happy where they are now 5:00 - used Google satellite maps to find Amazon's secret drone testing site - also exposed a scam by Order Ahead, fake ordering service - try to do that kind of civic journalism - but also a lot of practical 5:45 - demise of enterprise journalism? 6:00 - everyone's a pulisher now, content marketing, establishing expertise - content marketers ofte struggle - as a journalist, my hypothesis is that you're so immersed in it (content strategy) that it is to you as water is to a fish 7:00 - did you take a strategic approach to, say, the beats that you choose to cover? 7:05 - yes, in some ways, more, though, about what they know is important - fascinating stuff happening here [in Seattle] - Amazon, MS resurgence, now, space - SpaceX and Blue Origin, due to Boeing aerospace heritage - Alan Boyle one of best reporters in the country on that beat - stumbled on to fact that local stuff resonates nationally and internationally - broke Amazon Fresh story with old-fash...

Todd Bishop Todd Bishop and his colleagues at GeekWire have strategically blended business journalism with leading-edge media business practices to create a regional tech publication with worldwide readership. Todd is convinced that content marketers and other content strategists could benefit from bringing a journalistic approach to their content. With a research-based, journalistic approach "you're not just telling people what you want them to hear because it aligns with your business interests, but you're finding things that are really valuable out there that people would not have known otherwise." Even as GeekWire models modern media practices, Todd remains enthusiastic about old-fashioned shoe-leather journalism - filing FOIAs, digging through corporate IPO filings, and exposing business scams. We talked about: GeekWire's blend of editorial content and event production how journalists are to content strategy as fish are to water, completely immersed in it how GeekWire developed its position as an international source for tech news even as it stays regionally focused his approach to balancing the editorial needs and expectations of his readers with GeekWire's business goals GeekWire's own HQ2 experiment how GeekWire turns fun and engaging internal team-development activities into engaging stories the power of research - finding and sharing information that's in plain sight Todd's Bio Todd Bishop is co-founder and editor of GeekWire, a longtime technology journalist who covers subjects including cloud tech, e-commerce, virtual reality, devices, apps and tech giants such as Amazon.com, Apple, Microsoft and Google. A native of Orland, Calif., he has worked as a reporter for publications including The Philadelphia Inquirer, Puget Sound Business Journal and Seattle P-I. Video Here's the video version of our conversation (we spoke in-person and didn't record a Zoom video as I usually do, so this is just a YouTube version of the audio recording): https://youtu.be/2-xdsAFXNH0 Show Notes/"Transcript" [Not an actual transcript - just my quick notes on first listen-through] 0:20 - my intro 0:40 - Todd intro - longtime newspaper reporter and views content through that lens, with a modern twist - GeekWire is a national/international tech publication 1:40 - founding of GeekWire - origins in Seattle P-I - Jonathan Spasato sole invester and co-founder - bootstrapped from initial investment, and now profitable, has grown based on the business - big portion is events -10-14 a year - but also make money off of advertising and sponsored content - maintains news and advertising divide 3:#6 - content is the starting point for all - events, news, etc - people read GeekWire for all kinds of reasons - insights, tips, recruting, job hunting - reporters traditonally think of what they write as changing the world - not always Watergate or Pentatgon Papers - can be more local - would love to win a Pulitzer, but happy where they are now 5:00 - used Google satellite maps to find Amazon's secret drone testing site - also exposed a scam by Order Ahead, fake ordering service - try to do that kind of civic journalism - but also a lot of practical 5:45 - demise of enterprise journalism? 6:00 - everyone's a pulisher now, content marketing, establishing expertise - content marketers ofte struggle - as a journalist, my hypothesis is that you're so immersed in it (content strategy) that it is to you as water is to a fish 7:00 - did you take a strategic approach to, say, the beats that you choose to cover? 7:05 - yes, in some ways, more, though, about what they know is important - fascinating stuff happening here [in Seattle] - Amazon, MS resurgence, now, space - SpaceX and Blue Origin, due to Boeing aerospace heritage - Alan Boyle one of best reporters in the country on that beat - stumbled on to fact that local stuff resonates nationally and internationally - broke Amazon Fresh story with old-fash...

From a law-making perspective 'soft-law' is simply a convenient description for a variety of non-binding, normatively worded instruments used in contemporary international relations by states and international organisations. The paper begins by examining the considerations that have encouraged the use of 'soft' law instruments in UN law-making. The literature identifies at least four reasons. First, it may be easier to reach agreement when the form is non-binding. Secondly, soft law instruments are more flexible. They will normally be easier to supplement, amend or replace than treaties, since all that is required is the adoption of a new resolution by the relevant international institution. Thirdly, it may be easier for some states to adhere to non-binding instruments because they can avoid the domestic treaty ratification process and perhaps escape democratic accountability for the policy to which they have agreed. Last, soft law instruments may provide more immediate evidence of international consensus on an agreed text than a treaty whose impact is qualified by reservations and the need to wait for ratification and entry into force. The bulk of the paper reviews the purposes for which soft law has been employed by the UN: declaratory law-making, codification and progressive development, facilitating treaty negotiation, interpretation of treaties, and subsidiary rules and standards. The paper concludes by observing that soft law is not the paradox portrayed in some of the literature. It is the product of an increasingly sophisticated legal system. It needs to be understood, not simply dismissed as something that is not law. Alan Boyle was Professor of Public International Law at the University of Edinburgh School of Law from 1995 until 2017. He taught international law, international environmental law, and law of the sea. Publications include International Law and the Environment (with Catherine Redgwell) (4th edn, OUP, 2018) and The Making of International Law (with Christine Chinkin) (OUP, 2007). He is a barrister and continues to practise international law from Essex Court Chambers, London. Professor Boyle has appeared as counsel before the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and UNCLOS arbitral tribunals.

Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research Interview starts at 11:17 and ends at 36:16 “I don't think they [Amazon] really expect the fashion angle to be a big driver of these [Echo Look] devices. They needed a pretext. They needed a reason to put a camera in your home, to see how comfortable you are with that idea, to test whether or not there's a big social outcry about putting cameras in people's homes, whether they can start connecting what they see with what they know... Eventually that kind of visual intelligence will be a very crucial part of how Amazon builds a deeper relationship with you. But they had to start somewhere, and the closet, I think, was a pretty safe place to start.” News “Exclusive: This is Amazon's new Echo with a built-in touchscreen” at AFTVnews - May 5, 2017. “The first photo of Amazon's Echo with a touchscreen may have just leaked” by Antonio Villas-Boas at Business Insider - May 5, 2017 “Amazon's touchscreen Echo leaks again, in two colors” by Ashley Carman at The Verge - May 5, 2017 “Amazon Echo with a built-in screen may be on deck next month” by Ben Fox Rubin at CNET - April 27, 2017 “How eBooks lost their shine: ‘Kindles now look clunky and unhip'” by Paula Cocozza at The Guardian - April 27, 2017 Book Riot Podcast episode 207 with Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Joines Schinsky “Get Ready for Amazon Phone Take 2” by Daniel B. Kline at The Motley Fool - May 4, 2017 “Amazon patent shows how Alexa-powered devices could turn into extension phones” by Alan Boyle at GeekWire - May 2, 2017 Small Business Phone Systems - Voice and Data Cabling patent at Free Patents Online Tech Tip “Kindle iOS app gets all-text bold: Can help iPad and iPhone owners, even those with good eyes” by David Rothman at TeleRead - May 2, 2017 Amazon Advertising Preferences page Interview with James McQuivey Echo Look Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey The Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition by Eric Kandel, James Schwartz, Thomas Jessell et al Nuance Communications Comments “This is what fraud looks like in the age of Artificial Intelligence” by Ben Dickson at The Next Web - May 3, 2017 Next Week's Guest Peter Costanzo, digital & archival publishing manager at The Associated Press Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Mars missions and the Curiosity landing anniversary

Mars missions and the Curiosity landing anniversary

Former NASA astronaut and planetary scientist Tom Jones and Alan Boyle preview Asteroid Day, an occasion that highlights the threats and opportunities posed by near-Earth objects. Scores of Asteroid Day events are scheduled around the world on Tuesday,  which marks the 107th anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska asteroid explosion. Jones is the chairman of the Committee on Near-Earth Objects of the Association of Space Explorers, a supporter of Asteroid Day and signerr of the 100X Declaration. 

Former NASA astronaut and planetary scientist Tom Jones and Alan Boyle preview Asteroid Day, an occasion that highlights the threats and opportunities posed by near-Earth objects. Scores of Asteroid Day events are scheduled around the world on Tuesday,  which marks the 107th anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska asteroid explosion. Jones is the chairman of the Committee on Near-Earth Objects of the Association of Space Explorers, a supporter of Asteroid Day and signerr of the 100X Declaration. 

In a dramatic episode of The Archers at the end of last week, Ruth Archer had a miscarriage and sought comfort from her mother Heather. The moment occurred in Friday's broadcast and was repeated during the omnibus on Sunday - Mothering Sunday. Many Feedback listeners felt the timing of the repeat was inappropriate. But others felt the storyline sensitively explored an issue that affects many women. On Saturday, The Archers broke out of Ambridge when Lynda Snell was heard on the phone to Any Answers presenter Anita Anand and David Archer burst into Radio 4 continuity. They were just two of the characters that popped up in the Radio 4 schedule as part of Character Invasion. Other fictional interrupters included Big Bird on Tweet of the Day and Roy of the Rovers on Today. But for some listeners mixing fiction with Radio 4's factual output fell flat. We put listeners' comments to Jeremy Howe, Radio 4's Commissioning Editor for Drama. We'll also be hearing listeners' reaction to a report published on Wednesday by the House of Commons Science and Technology committee. It criticises the BBC's coverage of the Climate Change debate for creating 'false balance' in some of its reports. These findings come as no surprise for some listeners. Also this week, we try to find out why Radio 4 Long Wave has been disappearing at just after 10 o'clock every morning and returning seven hours later. The answer comes from Alan Boyle, who has the intriguing title of Head of Spectrum and Investigation for BBC Distribution. And we hitchhike with director Dirk Maggs as we go behind the scenes at the live Radio 4 broadcast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. On Saturday morning it came home to Radio 4, 36 years after the first series landed, with earth-shattering effect. We'll join the original cast of characters - Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford Prefect, Trillian - and the new Voice of the Book, John Lloyd. Producer: Will Yates A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Jim Harold of the Paranormal Podcast and Jim Harold’s Campfire joins Darren and Graham tonight in Grimerica. For years Jim has provided an open forum for people to comfortably talk about their strange and unexplained experiences. Jim is partly responsible for the fading of the ridicule factor and allowing people to open up. They chat about the Genesis of Jim Harold Inc, skeptics, podcasting, the strange of all sorts and lots more. http://jimharold.com/category/jim-harolds-campfire/  http://jimharold.com/category/the-paranormal-podcast/  http://jimharold.com/category/the-paranormal-report/  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jim-Harold/198890408017  http://jimharold.net/  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074007/  http://www.fatemag.com/  http://www.dancarlin.com/  Alan Boyle, Cosmic Log at NBC http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space    Red Pill Junkie joins the guys for this Intro. Can humans and their bodies sense future events? What about alien bio evidence in martian meteors?  Mike Clelland interview with Richard Dolan http://hiddenexperience.blogspot.ca/p/audio-podcasts.html  http://www.dailygrail.com/2014/3/Scientific-Research-Suggests-We-Unconsciously-React-Events-10-Seconds-They-Happen  http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/tiny-blobs-tunnels-meteorite-revive-debate-over-life-mars-n38431      MUSIC   Grimerica Theme - Lock & Key X Files Dub - Dubway Beatfresh Giraffage - All That Matter Amphetamine - PRODillstatus Auditory Canvas - The Quickening    Climax - Sir CRKS southside edit

Recorded April 3. Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle and CalTech astrophysicist George Djorgovski discuss education in cyberspace: the challenges, opportunities and value.   http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588730-internet-takes-education-to-new-level-will-universities-make-the-grade?lite Djorgovski is Professor of Astronomy; Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Computing Research at Caltech; Director of the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics; a founder of the Virtual Observatory concept; and one-time Chair of the US Nat'l Virtual Observatory Science Definition Team. His e-Scientific interests include definition and development of the universal methodology, tools, and frameworks for data-intensive and computationally-enabled science. His astrophysical interests include digital sky surveys, exploration of observable parameter spaces, formation and early evolution of quasars, galaxies, and other cosmic structures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosmology-Class/250886471707052

This week we talk about the new moon discovered orbiting Pluto (P5), New Horizons doing science in it's sleep, a southern polar vortex on Titan, and Pluto moon orbits, et cetera. We are joined by Robert Nemiroff, Jason Major, Alan Boyle, Michael Wall, Amy Shira Teitel and special guest Mark Showalter of SETI. Hosted by Fraser Cain.

This week we talk about: Black Holes as particle detectors, New advances in Chinese space exploration, Asteroid research, History of women in space. We're joined by Amy Shira Teitel, Alan Boyle, Ian O'Neill, and Michael Wall. Hosted by Fraser Cain

In this week's Weekly Space Hangout, we talk about the Transit of Venus, the transfer of the space shuttle Enterprise, the future of commercial space exploration, and the new movie Prometheus. We're joined by Alan Boyle from http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/ and Amy Shira Teitel from http://www.amyshirateitel.com/

In this episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, we're joined by special guest Robert Nemiroff from Astronomy Picture of the Day. We also talked about the return of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, a manned mission to Venus, nomadic planets and the announcement of the Square Kilometer Array. Our team included: Amy Shira Tietel, Jason Major, Alan Boyle, Nicole Gugliucci and Robert Nemiroff

This is a Google+ Hangout we did to discuss the announcement of Earth-sized planets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. Moderated by Fraser Cain from Universe Today/Astronomy Cast, with Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today, Dr. Phil Plait from Bad Astronomy, Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society and Alan Boyle from MSNBC's Cosmic Log.

8PM- Join Ed and Maryann- can you Buy spells that are effective, is it okay, and do you think kits are useful? 9pm-Join Mark & Shauna for tonight's topic on Christian and Pagan Interfaith work. We will talk with Alan Boyle who has run "Christian & Pagan" Interfaith nights and has a degree in religious studies, and talk about what how these two religions can not only exist, but support each other. Pagans Tonight is the world's leading nightly pagan show bringing you news, information, interviews, entertainment and ideas from across the globe! Guests and regular listeners are encouraged to call in and share ideas and experiences at 1-347-308-8222. 

You might have seen: CosmicLog, "Fossils Shake Up Our Family Tree," by Alan Boyle, April 8, 2010, http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/08/2260581.aspx