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Many patients with epilepsy are unable to acheive optimal seizure control with medical therapy. Palliative surgical procedures, neurostimulation devices, and other nonpharmalogical treatments can lead to a meaningful reduction in seizures and improved outcomes. In this episode, Teshamae Monteith, MD FAAN, speaks with Daniel Friedman, MD, MSc, author of the article “Surgical Treatments, Devices, and Nonmedical Management of Epilepsy,” in the Continuum® February 2025 Epilepsy issue. Dr. Montieth is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and an associate editor of Continuum® Audio and an associate professor of clinical neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Friedman is a professor (clinical) of neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Director of NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone Health in New York, New York. Additional Resources Read the article: Surgical Treatments, Devices, and Nonmedical Management of Epilepsy Subscribe to Continuum: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @headacheMD Guest: @dfriedman36 Full episode transcript available here Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum, the premier topic-based neurology clinical review and CME journal from the American Academy of Neurology. Thank you for joining us on Continuum Audio, which features conversations with Continuum's guest editors and authors who are the leading experts in their fields. Subscribers to the Continuum Journal can read the full article or listen to verbatim recordings of the article and have access to exclusive interviews not featured on the podcast. Please visit the link in the episode notes for more information on the article, subscribing to the journal, and how to get CME. Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith. Today, I'm interviewing Dr Daniel Friedman about his article on surgical treatments, devices, tools, and non-medication management of epilepsy, which appears in the February 2025 Continuum issue on epilepsy. Welcome to the podcast. How are you? Dr Friedman: I'm well, how are you? Dr Monteith: Thank you for your article. Dr Friedman: Thank you for the opportunity to talk today. Dr Monteith: Why don't you introduce yourself? Dr Friedman: So yeah, so I'm Dan Friedman. I am a professor of neurology here at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and I am the director of the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. I'm primarily an adult neurologist and I treat teens and adults with hard- difficult-to-treat epilepsy, including surgical treatments for epilepsy. Dr Monteith: And I know you see a lot of patients because I did my residency there. And so, when you graduate, you get a lot of it, like I think many, many residents. What inspired you to choose epilepsy as a profession? Dr Friedman: I came to neurology through my interest in neuroscience. I was a neuroscience undergraduate. I was very interested in the brain and brain function. Particularly, I was interested in how neurons communicate and organize to entrain and rhythms and that encode information. And through that interest and through my experiences in the laboratory, I actually became interested in how they do that in pathological circumstances like seizures. And so, I started reading about epilepsy, and then when I started seeing patients with epilepsy, you know, I decided this is the specialty for me for a lot of reasons. One is it combines inpatient and outpatient care. You get to establish long-term relationships with patients. For many of my patients, I'm probably the doctor that they see most often. You see people across the lifespan. And what I'm going to talk about today is for some people, you actually get to cure their disease, which at the time I was coming into neurology was something pretty rare. Dr Monteith: Yeah, that's great. Why don't you tell us, what were you thinking when you started writing the article? What did you set out to do? Dr Friedman: What I really wanted to do is to educate neurologists out there about the options that they have for their patients with epilepsy, especially those with difficult-to-treat or drug-resistant epilepsy, and give them the tools to communicate those options. Especially for them to understand the rationale, why we choose the interventions that we do as epileptologists, how to appropriately refer patients and have them be partners in that discussion with patients and families. One of the things that we have known for a long time is that the time to referral for things like epilepsy surgery is too long. You know, the average patient with drug resistant epilepsy who undergoes epilepsy surgery waits about twenty years. And for patients who could have curative therapy, you know, become seizure free, that's a lot of life years lost. If we can get patients to that potentially life-altering therapy earlier, that'd be great. Dr Monteith: Yeah, that is really impactful as you think about it. So why don't you tell us what the essential points of your article? Dr Friedman: The central point of my article is really that when patients have drug-resistant epilepsy, which means that our available anti-seizure medicines are not controlling their seizures to the degree that they need, there are other treatment options. Some of those are what we call curative, which means that they could stop their seizures entirely; and some of them are palliative, they could reduce the frequency or severity of seizures and improve quality of life and other outcomes. The other thing that I wanted to highlight was, in addition to these types of therapies, there are other tools we have at our disposal that can improve the quality of life and safety of our patients with epilepsy, including devices for seizure monitoring. Dr Monteith: And how do you define drug-resistant epilepsy? I feel like that could be a moving target. Dr Friedman: The International League Against Epilepsy actually set out to define it about a decade ago, and they defined it as patients who fail at least two appropriately selected anti-seizure medicines due to lack of efficacy. Then they're still having ongoing seizures. What does that mean? So, that means that the medicine that was chosen was appropriate for the type of seizures that they have, whether it's focal or generalized, and that it didn't work because of a lack of efficacy and not because of side effects. And we know from multiple studies that once patients fail two medications, the likelihood that the third, fourth, fifth, etcetera, medicine will control their seizures becomes smaller and smaller. It's not impossible, but the rates fall below five percent. And so we call those patients drug-resistant. Dr Monteith: So, it sounds like despite newer therapies, really things haven't changed in ten years. Dr Friedman: Yeah, unfortunately, at least when the concept was first investigated back in 2000 by Quan and Brody, they found that a third of patients were drug-resistant. When they went back in the mid-2010s to relook at these patients, despite the introduction of many new medications, the rate of patients who were drug-resistant was essentially unchanged. There may be therapies that are emerging or in development that may have better odds, but right now we don't really understand what makes people drug resistant and how we can target that. Dr Monteith: But you do raise a good point that this is about efficacy and not tolerability. And at least for some of the newer medications, they're better tolerated. If you stop the medicine because you had some side effect, that might change how that person has classified better-tolerated treatments. Dr Friedman: It's true. And better-tolerated treatments, you can potentially use higher doses. One of the things that is not in the definition of drug-resistant epilepsy, but as a practicing neurologist, we all know, is that the patients have to take the medicine for it to be effective. And unfortunately, they have to take it every day. And if the medicine makes them feel bad, they may choose not to take it, present to you as drug-resistant, when in reality they may be drug-sensitive if you got them on medicine that doesn't make them feel bad. Dr Monteith: So why don't we talk about patients that are ideal candidates for epilepsy surgery? Dr Friedman: The ideal candidates for epilepsy surgery… and I'll start by talking about curative epilepsy surgery, where the goal of the surgery is to make patients seizure-free. The best candidates are patients who have lesional epilepsy, meaning that there is a visible MRI abnormality like a focal cortical dysplasia, hippocampus sclerosis, cavernoma in a part of the brain that is safe to resect, non-eloquent, and where you can safely perform a wide margin of resection around that lesion. It helps if they have few or no generalized tonic-clonic seizures and a shorter duration of epilepsy. So the ideal patient, the patient that if they came to my office, I would say you should get surgery right now, are patients with non-dominant temporal lobe epilepsy of a few years' duration. So as soon as they've shown that they're not responding to two medicines, those are the ideal patients to say, you would have the most benefit and the least risk from epilepsy surgery. We know from studies that patients with temporal lobe epilepsy do a little better with surgery. We know patients who have a visible lesion on MRI do better with epilepsy surgery. We know that patients who have infrequent secondarily generalized seizures do better. But all patients with drug-resistant epilepsy should be considered for some form of surgery because even if they're not candidates for a curative surgery, there may be some palliative options, whether it's surgical resections that lessen the severity of their seizures or neurostimulation devices that reduce the frequency and severity of seizures. Ideal candidates, the ones that you would push through sooner rather than later, are those who have the likelihood of the best outcomes and the least risk of neurocognitive decline. Dr Monteith: So, you mentioned that there may be other candidates that still benefit, although maybe not ideal. You mentioned neuromodulation. What other interventions are available? Dr Friedman: For patients who are not candidates for resective surgery, there are several neurostimulation options. There's vagus nerve stimulation, which has been around the longest. It is a device that is implanted in- under the skin near the clavicle and has a lead that goes to the left vagus nerve and delivers stimulation, electrical stimulation to the nerve. For reasons we don't fully understand, it can reduce the both the frequency and severity of seizures. Seldom does it make people seizure free, but the reduction in seizure frequency for many patients is associated with improved quality of life, reduced risk of injury, and even reduced rates of SUDEP. We also have two intracranial neurostimulation devices we use for epilepsy. One is the responsive neurostimulator. So, this is a device that- it has leads that are implanted directly into the seizure focus and sense electrocortical brain activity and deliver electrical stimulation to attempt to abort abnormal brain activity. So functioning kind of like a cardiac defibrillator for the heart, but for seizures in the brain. And because these devices have two leads, they can be used to treat people with more than one seizure focus---so up to two---or be used in patients who are not candidates for resection because their seizure focus is in language cortex, motor cortex, things that would be unable to resect. And the RNS has somewhat better efficacy in terms of percent reduction in seizures compared to the VNS, but obviously because it's an intracranial device, it's also a little riskier. It has more potential for neurosurgical adverse effects. There's also a deep brain stimulator for epilepsies, the same exact device that we use to treat movement disorders. We can implant in the thalamus, in either the anterior nucleus of the thalamus or now, for some patients, into the central median nucleus of the thalamus, and deliver open loop stimulation to treat epilepsy and reduce the frequency and severity of seizures as well. Unlike the RNS, you don't have to localize the seizure focus, so you don't need to know exactly where the seizures are coming from. And you could treat patients with multifocal epilepsy with seizures coming from more than two locations or even generalized seizures. Dr Monteith: So, it sounds like there are a lot of options available to patients. I think one of the things I find challenging is when we have patients that may have some cognitive dysfunction, especially in the hospital, and they've had some seizures that are very obvious, but then there are these, maybe, events that you wonder are seizures. So, what is the utility of some of these seizure detection devices? Dr Friedman: The development of seizure detection devices started out primarily with the observation that a majority of cases of sudden unexpected death and epilepsy, or SUDEP, occurred following tonic-clonic seizures. And there was a need to be able to monitor for convulsive seizures, especially that occur at night when people were otherwise unattended. And so, the first generation of devices that were developed came on the market, essentially detected convulsive seizures, and they alerted caregivers nearby who are able to come to the bedside, provide basic seizure first aid, turn people on the side. And theoretically all this---this hasn't been shown in studies---prevents SUDEP. And so, the ones that are currently available on the market are focused on the detection of convulsive seizures, mostly generalized tonic-clonic seizures, but some devices can also detect other seizures with very prominent motor components. What we don't have yet available to us, and what people are working on, are devices that detect nonconvulsive seizures. We know that patients who have focal impaired aware seizures are often amnestic for their seizures. They don't know they had a seizure if family members aren't there to observe them. They may never report them, which makes treating these patients very difficult. How do you quantify disease burden in your headache patients, for instance? You say, how many headache days did you have since we last met in the clinic? Your patients will be able to report on their calendar, this many days. Well, imagine if the patients had no awareness of whether or not they had a headache day. You wouldn't know if your therapy is working or not. In epilepsy, we need those types of devices which can tell us whether patients are having seizures they're unaware of, and that may be more subtle than convulsions. Dr Monteith: Oh, that'd be great for headache, too. You just gave me an idea, but that's the next podcast. So, you mentioned SUDEP, really important. How good are surgical interventions at reducing what we would think the prevalence of SUDEP? Dr Friedman: For me that is one of the primary motivations for epilepsy surgery in patients who are drug-resistant, because we know that if patients who are candidates for epilepsy surgery have high SUDEP rates. Estimates range from six to nine per thousand patients per year. If surgery is successful, their mortality rates go down to the general population level. It literally can be lifesaving for some patients, especially when you're talking about curative epilepsy surgery. But we also know that the biggest driver for SUDEP risk is tonic-clonic seizures and the frequency of those tonic-clonic seizures. So even our palliative interventions, which can reduce the frequency and severity of seizures, may also reduce the risk of SUDEP. So, we know in study- observational studies of patients with VNS and with RNS, for instance, the rates of SUDEP in patients treated with those devices are lower than expected for the drug-resistant epilepsy population. Dr Monteith: Let's talk a little bit about some of these prediction models. And you have a lot of great work in your article, so I don't want to get into all the details, but how do you use that in the real world? Do you communicate that with patients? How do you approach these prediction factors? Dr Friedman: There are two places where, I think, clinical prediction tools for epilepsy surgery have a role. One is, for me, in my clinic where I'm talking to patients about the risks and benefits for surgery, right? You want to be able to accurately communicate the likelihood that the surgery is going to give you the desired outcome. So patients and their families can make educated decisions, be weighing the risks and benefits. I think it's important to be realistic with patients because surgery, like- you know, any surgery is not without risk, both acute risks and long-term risks. You're removing part of the brain, and, you know, every part of the brain is important. That's where I use prediction tools. But I think it's also important for the general neurologist, especially trying to triage which patients you are going to be aggressive with referring to a comprehensive epilepsy center for evaluation. Where you may use your limited time and capital with patients to counsel them on surgical treatments. Where a healthcare system with limited resources prioritizes patients. So, there's a significant need for having prediction tools that only take the input that a general neurologist seeing a patient in the clinic would have at hand. You know, the history, an MRI, an interictal EEG. Dr Monteith: I guess part of that prediction model includes adverse outcomes that you're communicating as well. Dr Friedman: Certainly, for me, when I'm discussing surgery for the patient in front of me, I will use prediction models for adverse outcomes as well that are informed by the kind of surgery we're proposing to do, especially when talking about things like language dysfunction and memory dysfunction after surgery. Dr Monteith: So, you mentioned a lot of great advances, and certainly since I was a resident, which wasn't that long ago. Why don't you tell me how some of these interventions have changed your clinical practice? Dr Friedman: Thinking about epilepsy surgery, like other surgical specialties, there's been a move to more minimally invasive approaches. For instance, when I started as an epilepsy fellow fifteen years ago, sixteen years ago, most of our surgeries involve removing a large portion of the skull, putting electrodes on the brain, doing resections through big craniotomies which were uncomfortable and risky, things like that. We now do our phase two or intracranial EEG monitoring through small burr holes in the brain using robotically placed electrodes. For many of our patients, we can actually treat their epileptic focus with a laser that is targeted through a small catheter and MRI guidance. And patients are usually home in two days with, you know, a lot less discomfort. Dr Monteith: Well, that's great. I didn't expect that one, but I do think that translates to many areas of neurology. Really just this idea of meeting their goals and personalizing their care. My last question is, what out of these advances and what you know about the future of epilepsy, what makes you the most excited and what gives you the most hope? Dr Friedman: I think there are a lot of exciting things in epilepsy. Last count I heard, there's something like over a hundred biotech companies developing epilepsy therapies. So that gives me hope that people are still interested in meeting the unmet needs of patients with epilepsy. And some of these therapies are really novel. For instance, there's a trial of stem cell treatments for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy that's ongoing now, where inhibitory interneuron progenitor cells are implanted in the brain and kind of restore the brain circuit disruptions that we see in some of these epilepsies. There are combinations of drug and device therapies or gene therapy and device therapies that are in development, which have a lot of promise, and I think we'll have much more precise and targeted therapies within the next decade. Dr Monteith: Awesome. I really appreciate our conversation, and thank you so much for your wonderful article. I learned a lot reading it. Dr Friedman: Thank you. Dr Monteith: Today I've been interviewing Dr Daniel Friedman, whose article on surgical treatments, devices, tools, and non-medication management of epilepsy appears in the most recent issue of Continuum on epilepsy. Be sure to check out Continuum audio episodes from this and other issues. And thank you to our listeners for joining today. Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshmae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use this link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. AAN members, you can get CME for listening to this interview by completing the evaluation at continpub.com/audioCME. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.
Frank talks about the perfect hard boiled egg as well USAID funding. He then talks with Dr. Dan Friedman, a pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Northwell-Hofstra University Medical School. He's also an author, his latest book is Doyle's World: Lost & Found: The Unknown Histories of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They discuss the identity of Jack the Ripper. Frank later gives the UFO Report on Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Rep. Jared Moskowitz working hard to get more transparency for UAPs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Frank starts the show like he always does on Fridays: With Ask Frank Anything. Frank talks about the perfect hard boiled egg as well USAID funding. He then talks with Dr. Dan Friedman, a pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Northwell-Hofstra University Medical School. He's also an author, his latest book is Doyle's World: Lost & Found: The Unknown Histories of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They discuss the identity of Jack the Ripper. Frank later gives the UFO Report on Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Rep. Jared Moskowitz working hard to get more transparency for UAPs. Frank starts the third hour with denunciations for the week. He then talks about Carmine's names for his friends, dementia, Miss Sweden and much more. Frank wraps up the show talking about comedian Howie Mandel setting up comedian Bill Burr and his alleged half-brother musician Billy Corgan to meet for the first time. He is also joined by Noam Laden for News You Can Use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this episode, Lyell K. Jones Jr, MD, FAAN, speaks with Jennifer L. Hopp, MD, FAAN, FAES, FACNS, who served as the guest editor of the Continuum® February 2025 Epilepsy issue. They provide a preview of the issue, which publishes on February 3, 2025. Dr. Jones is the editor-in-chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology® and is a professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Hopp is a professor in the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Additional Resources Continuum website: ContinuumJournal.com Subscribe to Continuum: shop.lww.com/Continuum More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @LyellJ Guest: @JenHopp71 Full episode transcript available here Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum, the premier topic-based neurology, clinical review and CME journal from the American Academy of Neurology. Thank you for joining us on Continuum Audio, a companion podcast to the journal. Continuum Audio features conversations with the guest editors and authors of Continuum who are the leading experts in their fields. Subscribers to the Continuum Journal have access to exclusive audio content not featured on the podcast. If you're not already a subscriber, we encourage you to become one. For more information, please visit the link in the show notes Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum, Lifelong Learning in Neurology. Today I'm interviewing Dr Jennifer Hopp, who recently served as Continuum's guest editor for our latest issue on epilepsy. Dr Hopp is a professor and executive vice chair in the Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she's also director of the Epilepsy Center. Dr Hopp, welcome. Thank you for joining us today. Why don't you introduce yourself to our listeners? Dr Hopp: Hi, Dr Jones. Thank you so much for having me on this podcast. I really had so much fun working with you and other authors of this issue and serving as editor. I feel like it was yesterday that I was author of an article in the past. And so, it's really a pleasure to take on this new role and create the content for the issue of Continuum for Epilepsy and really particularly to work with the stellar group of experts and authors that we were able to have us join this year. Dr Jones: I want to thank you for, really, it's a remarkable issue. And we usually don't get into this a lot with our guest editors, but our last issue on epilepsy came out in 2022. Fantastic issue, guest edited by Dr Natalie Jette. When you were designing the table of contents and article topics for this issue, you had some great ideas. Walk us through your thought process on what was most important to convey in this issue. Dr Hopp: Sure, I'm happy to do so. I think one of the things about Continuum that is so accessible to everybody is that it really is, to me, preeminent format of updating and educating, whether it's epileptologist, neurologist, trainees in every area of epilepsy, which is obviously an enormous task to really pull together all of these data to make updates and then to make it accessible to all of these different levels of learners as well as people like myself. I really read and always look forward to all the Continuum issues outside of my field. I use it to update my knowledge base, get ready for boards. I also read it as an educator because I want to know what my trainees are reading during their rotations and I want to be able to share materials with them. So, I really tried to go back and look at other issues and think about how we could make it fresh. So, I think one of the first challenges is just making sure that we're updating the content of each article based on the literature and the data we have. That really becomes the task of the authors. And so first of all, selecting the authors was both fun but also really important to me. But the second aspect of it to me was really the question of, how could we make this fresh this year? I think Continuum is always fresh and that it has new data, but I wanted to really think outside the box and I appreciate being able to take a few risks. One of them was really headed by Dave Clarke, who provides this incredibly thoughtful and comprehensive review of access to care and epilepsy. I think for anyone who wants a primer on the issues and language used in discussions of diversity or social determinants of health---you first of all do not have to be in the field of epilepsy to read this. So, you should check that out. But I also thought it was really critical to shed more light on these issues. So, we tried to be mindful of this in threading that through as best as we could each article, but also have a stand-alone section that he headed. And so, he addresses issues of how to think about access to care for people with epilepsy, but actually, interestingly, also thinking about the investigators, providers, and researchers, and how we think about diversity in those viewpoints as well. I think we can always do better. Dave concludes with a wonderful focus on hope in this area with next steps for our community. So, I think that that was certainly one area that I wanted to take a risk and I think it was quite successful. Dr Jones: Totally agree. I very much enjoyed that article. We have an article on implementation of guidelines and quality measures by Dr Christina Baca. I thought that was a great choice from your perspective, not only because Dr Baca is an expert on this, but it felt very practical, right? Dr Hopp: Exactly. Exactly. And that was the other area that I thought really is always covered so well by the Academy of Neurology. There's so much work in updating the guidelines, whether it's the guideline that just was updated on people with epilepsy of childbearing potential or others outside of the field of epilepsy. And I thought that we could use Continuum to help educate all of the readers on how to take those guidelines and measures and then really bring them into practice. I think there's a whole field of implementation science that I think shines a light on the gap between the guidelines and the measures and then really what we do with them in practice. And that's actually what's most important for our patients and for the providers. And so Christine does just an amazing job as an expert, not only walking us through the guidelines that are relevant for epilepsy, but then helping us and providing, essentially, a toolkit to take those measures and guidelines and use them in a very feasible, accessible way in day-to-day practice. And I would suggest that it's relevant for anyone from a student level resident to an epileptologist who's been in practice, like me, for many years. And so I hope that's relatable and useful to the reader. Dr Jones: I think it will be. And let's get right into it. So, I always enjoy talking to the guest editor. You're already an expert and now you've just read a bunch of articles and edited a bunch of articles from people who are really the premier experts in their area of the field, right? They're niche within epilepsy. So, as you've read these articles across the issue, if there were one biggest practice-changing recommendation that you would want to convey to our listeners, what would that be? Dr Hopp: I think that's a fabulous question because again, each of these articles, I think, is designed and written by the author to stand alone. But ideally, they need to all be incorporated in practice. And I think what each author was able to really successfully do is not only review the data, but really take us to the next level with practice of epilepsy. For example, I think as we embark on the next couple of decades, clearly increased technology, AI, personalized medicine are all buzzwords and taking the lead. In reality, with advances, we still have to make sure our care is personalized. And we have to remember seizures are really the symptom, but epilepsy is the disease. What I think our authors do well is make sure that our care is personalized to the patients. You could take that from the first article that Roohi Katyall writes about how to approach the patient with epilepsy, which is still, I think, the seminal way to start to think about these patients. But we need to ask issues pertaining to people with epilepsy of childbearing potential; screen for mood, other comorbidities. Mark Keezer does a great job talking about these. And then as we discussed, Christine Baca, PCU, talks about how to then incorporate those practical considerations into practice. Each author also, I think, emphasizes the need to utilize technology and testing and evaluation to make sure that our care is personalized for our patient. For example, we have a focus on certain special populations. Some patients who we see from the diagnosis of epilepsy end up not having seizures. They may have nonepileptic events. And so, Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle and her co-author talk about how to address those patients. Well, Meriem Bensalem-Owen talks about gender based issues in epilepsy as well. And, and that particular article also was updated and refreshed to really address gender and sex-based issues beyond treating the woman with epilepsy. So, I think in summary, each of them really helps us make sure that we're personalizing the care for patients by emphasizing a very thorough and individualized approach to each of our patients that we see with seizures. Dr Jones: Now that you put it that way, that really did come across as a consistent theme essentially in every article, right? All the way from the evaluation of the patient suspected of having epilepsy to the treatment options to the context of care. Personalization is really kind of a continuous thread throughout the issue. So, I think that's a great one. Dr Hopp: I think it's still aspirational in some sense, but hopefully practical in another. For example, we certainly are going to make a medication selection when we see each individual patient based on their comorbidities, perhaps genetic considerations, and how they may respond to medications or have risks of rash. But there are certainly still guidelines that we need to approach and think about when thinking about populations of people who have epilepsy as a whole. I think that what's interesting in the field of epilepsy is that we still don't have as much consensus as I think we could on the best way to treat, for example, a drug-resistant patient with epilepsy. One of, I think, the biggest areas of opportunity in terms of personalized medicine as we move forward is that there's such variability on patient care based on the epilepsy center, the tools that we have on how to treat these patients. And I think an aspiration is for us to, in the future, be able to see a patient who has seizures or a person who has seizures, maybe put an FDA-approved device, as Dan Friedman talks about in his article, to help detect the seizures. Use AI with EEG to detect abnormalities in their studies. And then use imaging processing and genetic or metabolic markers to really end up stratifying the risk and creating a treatment plan much akin to what's done in the world of cancer care. I think what's so exciting in epilepsy is that we have made so many advances in terms of our treatments, but I think there's so much to do to really stratify and personalize care for our patients that we really could take a lot of lessons from the world of cancer and in other fields of medicine to really be able to apply to our area of specialization. Dr Jones: And I guess that's one of the common tensions in neurology---and medicine, really---is the pull between standardizing and protocolizing. And usually we do better when we're standardized in our care versus that personalization, doing the right thing for that individual person. And I guess expertise lies in the middle, which is why we want people to read these articles, right? Dr Hopp: Exactly. I think you've hit the nail on the head, and I think the takeaway here is really that we need to do both. There's no question that we can't reinvent the wheel for every person who we see in the office who has epilepsy and not apply the knowledge that we've gained based on all of the research and work that's been done in the field of epilepsy. So, for example, we know that if someone is almost 25 years old, Quantum Brody published that shows that if someone does not respond to a few drugs, anti-seizure medicines, the likelihood that they're not going to respond, it is quite high. So, we need to apply data that we have to patients as a whole. But then, I think, what has changed and evolved over the past twenty-five years is our ability to potentially personalize some of that decision making. And that's where I think the field of epilepsy is right now, and hopefully where it's going to go in the next decade or so. Dr Jones: So, what do you think the next big thing in epilepsy diagnosis or management will be? Dr Hopp: I think that technology is really going to play a role. Technology, I think, will take many forms. We hear a little bit about some of the new advances in technology in several articles in this issue. One, for example, is in the ability to manage even emergent seizures or clusters of seizures in patients. The ability to provide a nasal spray that works very quickly is so different than the tools that we had to treat seizures even 10 years ago. I think that technology will likely thread through many different areas of epilepsy care, whether it's in the treatment and availability of different medications or in the ascertainment of epilepsy itself. I think that one of the very exciting areas in technology is in pharmacogenomics and genetics, which hopefully will allow us to close the gap in selecting one of the better medications or best medication for a patient earlier in their diagnosis and in their treatment plan. If we are able to get patients treated more quickly, whether it's with medication or in selection of the best surgical treatment, hopefully we will close the gap in reducing the possibility of drug resistant epilepsy, but also have impact in quality of life and getting patients and people with epilepsy and doing that, doing the things that they want to do such as driving, going to work, getting engaged in the things that make them happy. And so, I think our ability to use technology, whether it's in using a watch to make a diagnosis of seizures or pharmacogenomics to make a good medication selection, hopefully this will allow us to speed up our algorithm in making a diagnosis and getting an effective treatment plan for patients earlier. And ultimately that's our goal. Our goal for patients is ideally to have no seizures and no side effects with a good quality of life. Dr Jones: Yeah, the technology has really been breathtaking. You know, one of the commonalities between your practice and my practice is electrophysiology. I do neuromuscular electrophysiology, which is much simpler than what you do with cerebral electrophysiology. And whenever I sit down next to a colleague who is about to review forty-eight hours' worth of EEG recordings, I always think what a massive amount of data and I always feel sympathy for them. What, about AI? What about automated processing tools? Is that something that our listeners should look forward to in the future? Dr Hopp: I think so. And I hope it's a blend. I hope that---and I always actually talk about this with trainees because I love EEG so much and I love translating the principles of physics and neurophysiology when we're sitting in front of an EEG with our trainees. I am excited about AI and technology. I will admit that I hope that it doesn't replace human readers because I do think that there is an importance in threading history and semiology and thoughtfulness in a human way with the interpretation of EEG. However, you're absolutely right that the amount of data is just becoming overwhelming for epileptologists and for EEG-ers to be able to synthesize in a reasonable and feasible amount of time. So, we already are seeing the applicability of the AI to, for example, prescreen large, large amounts of EEG data and try to at least give us tools for the ability to screen EEG in a more efficient way. I think some of the more exciting areas of EEG that are coming are in the background, which is in the network analysis in high-density EEG. There are very, very smart mathematicians that currently I'm collaborating with in utilizing network analysis of EEG that will hopefully allow us to apply these algorithms to EEGs that even look normal to the naked eye, but actually may have signals that help us predict who may or may not have seizures. I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think there's so much to come and our collaboration and integration with engineers and mathematicians, I think, is going to be paramount. Dr Jones: Dr Hopp, what was your path to epilepsy? Dr Hopp: Dr Jones, that is a great question. It was not linear and it really evolved over time, but basically went something like this. I majored in behavioral biology in college, and I was fascinated by the brain and how behavior was controlled by either physiology or anatomy or abnormalities in brain function. And as I moved along in my career and education, I really had a passion for neurology and for behavioral science. But I went to medical school and absolutely loved most of the rotations I did. And in fact, I loved OBGYN so much that I changed my entire career path with the goal of becoming an OBGYN and delivering babies. And I was really torn between two specialties of going into neurology or OB. And I went to a very sage advisor, Greg Kane up at Jefferson. And I said, I really don't know what field to go into. I love aspects of both. I like doing testing. I like making immediate impact. But I also love neurology. And he gave me some of the best advice, I think, that I have ever heard. And I try to share with our trainees all the time. He said, Jenny, I think you'll be successful at either, but which do you like reading about? And I had a relative epiphany at the time, and it was no question that I loved reading about neurology. It was very clear to me that reading about neurology and learning about the brain was just fascinating and led me to do a neurology residency where I was exposed to patients with epilepsy. And it really just continued to pique my interest to read about a field that I felt I could have such an impact. I really could help patients make a diagnosis relatively quickly and have a significant impact, maybe as I would in OBGYN but in a little bit different way. And it really has been, to me, the best choice that I could have made. And on a day-to-day basis, I still love reading about neurology. So, it was some of the best advice that I was given and I try to share that with others. Dr Jones: What a great question for a mentor to ask. And I wonder if he was really thinking, if she likes to read, she probably should be a neurologist to begin with. You like to read, don't we? Dr Hopp: I think so. I think he was spot on. I think he knew the answer before he asked the question. Dr Jones: Dr Hopp, thank you for joining us today. Thank you for such a thorough and fantastic discussion on caring for patients with epilepsy and our recent issue on epilepsy for Continuum. Dr Hopp: My pleasure. Thank you for having me. Dr Jones: Again, we've been speaking with Dr Jennifer Hopp, guest editor of Continuum 's most recent issue on epilepsy. Please check it out. And thank you to our listeners for joining today. Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use this link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.
Hometown Radio 01/14/2025 3:30p We welcome the new owner Laticia Winery as well as wine writer Dan Freidman
The San Diego, California-based Imagine Brave Spaces does just that—imagine brave spaces. This performance activist organization, founded in 2021, uses play, performance, theatre, and other arts to help children, young people, and adults create spaces and engage in activities through which, in the words of Co-founder and Director of Programs Catherine Hanna Schrock, they can, “see what is not yet there, to picture the possibilities of what can be.” In this in-depth interview conducted by Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman, she asks, “Isn't it a courageous thing to dream, to hope that things could get better?” and shares how Imagine Brave Spaces uses Forum Theatre, Playback Theatre, Interview Theatre, and creative community conversations to empower people to ask, “What if?” www.imaginebravespaces.com Instagram- @imaginebravespaces ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect, and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers, and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world. ----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.
Larry Kirwan, the creative force behind Black 47, the Irish American political rock band, which for 25 years brought its energetic, joyous hybrid of rock and roll and Irish traditional music to the world, joins co-hosts Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman for an expansive conversation about his life, his creative evolution and the politic that informs them both. In addition to leading Black 47, Kirwan is the author of 21 plays, 3 novels and a memoir. One of his musicals, Paradise Square, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards during its Broadway run. Kirwan is also a columnist for the Irish Echo, host of the “Celtic Crush” show on SiriusXM Radio, the President of Irish American Writers and Artists, and the winner of the 2022 Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award. Don't miss the chance to hear from this great storyteller and one of the most prolific artivists in the U.S.A. www.black47.com Facebook Larry Kirwan For Books: Amazon Author's Page Larry Kirwan https://www.amazon.com/stores/Larry-Kirwan/author/B001K8NX96?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect, and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers, and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world. ----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund. ----more----
FEATURED ARTIST Independent recording artist, singer/songwriter, producer, and musician, Lina Cooper, joins Team Derringer from her Los Angeles studio to talk about her music, her lyrics, and her experience participating in the recent Planting for the Future livestream concert. Lina was born and raised in the country of Ukraine. When she was 17, she moved to the US. Now she pursues her music career in Los Angeles, California, along with her musician boyfriend Ryan Clure who performs as XNK. Besides discussing her recent livestream performance, Lina delves into her effective use of social media to promote her music and weighs the pros and cons of participating in livestream concerts. Throughout the conversation, she shares the stories behind some of her hit songs and opens up about her inspirations and influences, including Matchbox 20, Maggie Rogers, The 1975, and Taylor Swift. A devoted listener of Derringer Discoveries, Lina has contributed multiple voiceovers for the podcast in both English and Ukrainian. Team Derringer welcomes anyone reading this message to submit voiceovers—you may even hear your own voice in upcoming episodes. GREEN MUSIC PROGRAM To follow-up on Dan Friedman's message at the beginning of this episode, please visit the Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. LISTENERS, ADD YOUR SONG TO A PLAYLIST! The songs featured in this episode are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future. Contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com to add your song! The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. If you enjoyed this episode, please "Follow" our podcast and tell others about Derringer Discoveries. Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. You can also follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X. You can also keep up with all things Derringer by signing up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
FEATURED ARTIST Independent recording artist, singer/songwriter, producer, and musician, Lina Cooper, joins Team Derringer from her Los Angeles studio to talk about her music, her lyrics, and her experience participating in the recent Planting for the Future livestream concert. Lina was born and raised in the country of Ukraine. When she was 17, she moved to the US. Now she pursues her music career in Los Angeles, California, along with her musician boyfriend Ryan Clure who performs as XNK. Besides discussing her recent livestream performance, Lina delves into her effective use of social media to promote her music and weighs the pros and cons of participating in livestream concerts. Throughout the conversation, she shares the stories behind some of her hit songs and opens up about her inspirations and influences, including Matchbox 20, Maggie Rogers, The 1975, and Taylor Swift. A devoted listener of Derringer Discoveries, Lina has contributed multiple voiceovers for the podcast in both English and Ukrainian. Team Derringer welcomes anyone reading this message to submit voiceovers—you may even hear your own voice in upcoming episodes. GREEN MUSIC PROGRAM To follow-up on Dan Friedman's message at the beginning of this episode, please visit the Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. LISTENERS, ADD YOUR SONG TO A PLAYLIST! The songs featured in this episode are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future. Contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com to add your song! The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. If you enjoyed this episode, please "Follow" our podcast and tell others about Derringer Discoveries. Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. You can also follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X. You can also keep up with all things Derringer by signing up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE Dan Friedman, a full-time environmentalist, part-time musician, and fan of Derringer Discoveries, has established and coordinated a worldwide livestream concert scheduled for October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 10 PM ET. This event, titled the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert," is part of his Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. The Green Music Program is a volunteer-led effort whose mission is to provide artists, venues, and all others involved in the industry with the resources, knowledge, and implementation support to reduce the environmental impacts of their operations and inspire a more sustainable and ecologically sound community of music listeners, followers, and fans. Access to the full virtual concert is available with a donation of just $10 (US). The Green Music Program will donate the entire amount to two charities: Keep Durham Beautiful in North Carolina [US] and Little Free Trees in Devon, UK. Alton, Laura, and Paul of Team Derringer hope you will support of this noble cause. To obtain ticket access, please proceed to the GoFundMe page for the event. DAN FRIEDMAN - GREEN MUSIC PROGRAM Team Derringer welcomes full-time environmentalist and part-time musician Dan Friedman to the podcast. Dan discusses the inception of The Green Music Program and his collaboration with Nick Cheshire, founder of Little Free Trees of Devon, England, to conceive the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert." Derringer Discoveries is the proud sponsor of the forthcoming livestream concert series. Leading up to the concert on October 5th, we will feature a series of mini-episodes, each highlighting a distinct artist from the live global event covering three continents. The songs featured in this episode (and all episodes connected to the October 5th livestream concert) are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future Livestream Concert - 5th October 2024. If you are a recording artist who has obtained ticket access to the concert, we will add a song of yours to the playlist. Contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com for more information. The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. If you enjoyed this episode, please "Follow" our podcast and tell others about Derringer Discoveries. Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. You can also follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE Dan Friedman, a full-time environmentalist, part-time musician, and fan of Derringer Discoveries, has established and coordinated a worldwide livestream concert scheduled for October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 10 PM ET. This event, titled the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert," is part of his Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. The Green Music Program is a volunteer-led effort whose mission is to provide artists, venues, and all others involved in the industry with the resources, knowledge, and implementation support to reduce the environmental impacts of their operations and inspire a more sustainable and ecologically sound community of music listeners, followers, and fans. Access to the full virtual concert is available with a donation of just $10 (US). The Green Music Program will donate the entire amount to two charities: Keep Durham Beautiful in North Carolina [US] and Little Free Trees in Devon, UK. Alton, Laura, and Paul of Team Derringer hope you will support of this noble cause. To obtain ticket access, please proceed to the GoFundMe page for the event. DAN FRIEDMAN - GREEN MUSIC PROGRAM Team Derringer welcomes full-time environmentalist and part-time musician Dan Friedman to the podcast. Dan discusses the inception of The Green Music Program and his collaboration with Nick Cheshire, founder of Little Free Trees of Devon, England, to conceive the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert." Derringer Discoveries is the proud sponsor of the forthcoming livestream concert series. Leading up to the concert on October 5th, we will feature a series of mini-episodes, each highlighting a distinct artist from the live global event covering three continents. The songs featured in this episode (and all episodes connected to the October 5th livestream concert) are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future Livestream Concert - 5th October 2024. If you are a recording artist who has obtained ticket access to the concert, we will add a song of yours to the playlist. Contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com for more information. The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. If you enjoyed this episode, please "Follow" our podcast and tell others about Derringer Discoveries. Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. You can also follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
Dan Friedman, a recording artist and fan of Derringer Discoveries, has established and coordinated a worldwide livestream concert scheduled for October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 10 PM ET. This event, titled the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert," is part of his Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. In this episode (EP67), Team Derringer (Laura, Alton, and Paul) interviews a second artist who will perform at the Planting for the Future Livestream Concert. Her name is Gabrielle Ornate from the United Kingdom. She is an energetic ethereal rocker with classic pop sensibilities, embodying female empowerment and deep introspection. Gabrielle crafts unique fairy tales and fables that weave into her bohemian universe. Tom Robinson of BBC Radio 6 is quoted as saying "Remember that name. With luck, we'll be hearing a lot more of it in the future." During our interview, Gabrielle reveals and discusses one of her signature songs "Phantasm" while Team Derringer probes with questions and plays snippets of her music. Gabrielle also agrees that she will play a Team Derringer favorite called "Delirium" during the livestream concert. We hope she does! Gabrielle takes the stage at 1:00 PM ET on October 5th. Access to the full virtual concert is available with a donation of just $10 (US). The Green Music Program will donate the entire amount to two charities: Keep Durham Beautiful in North Carolina [US] and Little Free Trees in Devon, UK. To obtain ticket access, please proceed to the GoFundMe page for the event. Derringer Discoveries proudly sponsors the upcoming livestream concert series. Up through October 5th, the day of the concert, we are featuring a series of mini episodes, each spotlighting a unique artist from the live, global event that spans three continents. The songs featured in this episode (and all episodes connected to the October 5th livestream concert) are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future Livestream Concert - 5th October 2024. If you are a recording artist who has obtained ticket access to the concert, we will add a song of yours to the playlist. Contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com for more information. The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. If you enjoyed this episode, please "Follow" our podcast and tell others about Derringer Discoveries. Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. You can also follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
Dan Friedman, a recording artist and fan of Derringer Discoveries, has established and coordinated a worldwide livestream concert scheduled for October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 10 PM ET. This event, titled the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert," is part of his Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. In this episode (EP67), Team Derringer (Laura, Alton, and Paul) interviews a second artist who will perform at the Planting for the Future Livestream Concert. Her name is Gabrielle Ornate from the United Kingdom. She is an energetic ethereal rocker with classic pop sensibilities, embodying female empowerment and deep introspection. Gabrielle crafts unique fairy tales and fables that weave into her bohemian universe. Tom Robinson of BBC Radio 6 is quoted as saying "Remember that name. With luck, we'll be hearing a lot more of it in the future." During our interview, Gabrielle reveals and discusses one of her signature songs "Phantasm" while Team Derringer probes with questions and plays snippets of her music. Gabrielle also agrees that she will play a Team Derringer favorite called "Delirium" during the livestream concert. We hope she does! Gabrielle takes the stage at 1:00 PM ET on October 5th. Access to the full virtual concert is available with a donation of just $10 (US). The Green Music Program will donate the entire amount to two charities: Keep Durham Beautiful in North Carolina [US] and Little Free Trees in Devon, UK. To obtain ticket access, please proceed to the GoFundMe page for the event. Derringer Discoveries proudly sponsors the upcoming livestream concert series. Up through October 5th, the day of the concert, we are featuring a series of mini episodes, each spotlighting a unique artist from the live, global event that spans three continents. The songs featured in this episode (and all episodes connected to the October 5th livestream concert) are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future Livestream Concert - 5th October 2024. If you are a recording artist who has obtained ticket access to the concert, we will add a song of yours to the playlist. Contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com for more information. The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. If you enjoyed this episode, please "Follow" our podcast and tell others about Derringer Discoveries. Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. You can also follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
Dan Friedman, a recording artist and fan of Derringer Discoveries, has established and coordinated a worldwide livestream concert scheduled for October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 10 PM ET. This event, titled the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert," is part of his Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. Access to the full virtual concert is available with a donation of just $10 (US). The Green Music Program will donate the entire amount to two charities: Keep Durham Beautiful in North Carolina [US] and Little Free Trees in Devon, UK. To obtain your ticket, please proceed to the GoFundMe page for the event. Derringer Discoveries proudly sponsors the upcoming livestream concert series. From this episode through October 5th, we're featuring a series of mini episodes, each spotlighting a unique artist from the live, global event that already spans three continents. This episode highlights the music project DUEL NATIVE, originating from Australia with connections to the UK and the Caribbean. DUEL NATIVE is the creation of Stephen Choi. He is set to open the livestream concert from the UK on October 5th at 12 noon ET (5:00 PM UK time). In this episode, while presenting three of his outstanding songs for the concert, DUEL NATIVE, also known as Stephen, discusses his contribution to developing an eco-friendly substitute for the plastic in vinyl records. Additionally, he incorporates audio samples from the GreenPeace organization into one of his new tracks. Curious about the sound of an ant amplified to the maximum? Tune in to this episode for the reveal! The songs featured in this episode (and all episodes connected to the October 5th livestream concert) are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future Livestream Concert - 5th October 2024. If you are a recording artist who has obtained ticket access to the concert, we will add a song of yours to the playlist, if you contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com. The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. Derringer Discoveries episodes are usually released bi-weekly. However, September will be different! Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. If you enjoyed this episode, please click "Follow" on your favorite digital-streaming platform to support the Derringer Discoveries podcast (it's free). In addition, you can follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
Dan Friedman, a recording artist and fan of Derringer Discoveries, has established and coordinated a worldwide livestream concert scheduled for October 5, 2024, from 12 PM to 10 PM ET. This event, titled the "Planting for the Future Livestream Concert," is part of his Green Music Program, a non-profit organization. Access to the full virtual concert is available with a donation of just $10 (US). The Green Music Program will donate the entire amount to two charities: Keep Durham Beautiful in North Carolina [US] and Little Free Trees in Devon, UK. To obtain your ticket, please proceed to the GoFundMe page for the event. Derringer Discoveries proudly sponsors the upcoming livestream concert series. From this episode through October 5th, we're featuring a series of mini episodes, each spotlighting a unique artist from the live, global event that already spans three continents. This episode highlights the music project DUEL NATIVE, originating from Australia with connections to the UK and the Caribbean. DUEL NATIVE is the creation of Stephen Choi. He is set to open the livestream concert from the UK on October 5th at 12 noon ET (5:00 PM UK time). In this episode, while presenting three of his outstanding songs for the concert, DUEL NATIVE, also known as Stephen, discusses his contribution to developing an eco-friendly substitute for the plastic in vinyl records. Additionally, he incorporates audio samples from the GreenPeace organization into one of his new tracks. Curious about the sound of an ant amplified to the maximum? Tune in to this episode for the reveal! The songs featured in this episode (and all episodes connected to the October 5th livestream concert) are included on the following playlist: Planting for the Future Livestream Concert - 5th October 2024. If you are a recording artist who has obtained ticket access to the concert, we will add a song of yours to the playlist, if you contact us at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com. The theme song for Derringer Discoveries is Your Sister's Room by Ho Jo Fro. Derringer Discoveries episodes are usually released bi-weekly. However, September will be different! Find all Derringer Discoveries episodes on our website: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/episodes. If you enjoyed this episode, please click "Follow" on your favorite digital-streaming platform to support the Derringer Discoveries podcast (it's free). In addition, you can follow us on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X and sign up for our newsletter. We appreciate every listener! Thank you for listening to Derringer Discoveries!
We discuss the most popular movie in the world on this week's podcast, and also discuss two...books. We are BOOK and Film Globe, after all. You can't pigeonhole us.Frequent sci-fi and fantasy reviewer Dan Friedman joins Neal Pollack on the podcast to discuss 'The Bright Sword,' a very modern retelling of the Arthurian legend from Lev Grossman, who wrote The Magicians series. Did you know Sir Bedivere was gay? Lev Grossman does! In any case, The Bright Sword is quite engaging and fun to read, and both Dan and Neal reserve praise for this book, which injects fresh life into a moldy mythology.'The Book of Elsewhere,' by China Mieville and, we guess, Keanu Reeves, is a bit more of a lift, despite being half the length. Based on an ultra-violent comic book series by Reeves, this is the story of 'B,' an 80,000-year-old immortal warrior who cannot die, or who at least comes back to life after he dies. Think John Wick meets Highlander. It's not as much fun as it sounds, if it sounds fun at all. Mieville fills the pages between grisly action sequences with philosophical rumination on the meaning of identity, approach at your own risk. Both Dan and Neal found this book to be a bit much.Stephen Garrett crosses over from another realm in the multiverse to discuss 'Deadpool & Wolverine' with Neal. They both found this meta-entry in the MCU to be kind of cheap and a load of fun. There's not much else to say about the #1 movie in the world, other than "Marvel is back," and nothing is going to stop it from reasserting its dominance over the pop-culture landscape. They also discuss, along those lines, the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU. The years of Dr. Doom are in front of us. It's Marvel's multiverse, and we just live in it.Enjoy the show, people of The Gambia!
La Transplanisphère, based in Paris, France, has been doing cutting-edge political theatre for two decades bringing artists, students, and “ordinary people” together to explore the political and cultural challenges facing Europe as it becomes more diverse. In residence, since 2018, at the Lycée Albert Schweitzer in Le Raincy, a working-class suburb of Paris, La Transplanisphére has, among many other things, developed methods for teachers who want to use play and performance to explore political issues and the challenges of cross-cultural dialogue with their students. In this episode, Bruno Freyssinet, founder and artistic director of La Transplanisphère, shares the theatre's history and discusses how, “through play you find the kid in you, you find the openness, the lightness which has the power to totally change your relationship with the ‘Other.'” This episode is hosted by Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman. https://latransplanisphere.com/ https://www.instagram.com/latransplanisphere/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruno-freyssinet-55200062/ ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect, and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers, and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world. ----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.
In this episode we continue our conversation with David Christiansen, he wrote the books Functional Programming in Lean and the Little Typer. He has also worked as the Executive Director of the Haskell Foundation, at Galois and did his PhD developing a bunch of cool stuff for Idris. In today's episode we talk about the story behind writing The Little Typer together with Dan Friedman, and we get more technical by talking about Equality, Bidirectional Type Checking, Quotation and Quasi Quotation. Some links: David's Website David's X Lean Zulip Chat Truth of a proposition, evidence of a judgement, validity of a proof
Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman co-host this episode with guest Ramsey Kanaan, publisher of PM Press, the most impactful publisher and distributor of anarchist, Marxist, and radical literature in the United States. The conversation touches on the history of anarchism (“reviled, mocked, ignored”) Kanaan's own embrace of radical politics at the age of 13, his years touring Europe with the punk band, Political Asylum, his founding of AK Press in the UK and PM Press in the USA, the general crisis in publishing, and how PM has been able to survive and thrive in a hostile political and economic environment. “It is important,” Kanaan emphasizes, “to build structures and institutions to control the means of production and distribution of our ideas.” www.pmpress.org https://www.tiktok.com/@pmpress https://twitter.com/PMPressOrg https://www.instagram.com/pmpress https://www.facebook.com/pm.press/ https://www.youtube.com/user/PMPress ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect, and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers, and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world. ----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.
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Wondering how to convert your cluttered space into a voiceover success story? Let Anne Ganguzza and the ever-resourceful Tom Dheere, be your personal guides in the transformative journey of setting up a home studio that screams professionalism but whispers in costs. Starting with the bare bones of our make-do booths fashioned from closets and basements, we'll share how to shield your sound from the noisy world outside, using everyday materials to master the art of sound absorption. Our candid conversation is a treasure trove of relatable anecdotes and practical wisdom, perfect for any voice actor eager to refine their recording environment and captivate their audience with crystal-clear audio. 00:01 - Intro (Host) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss, a VO BOSS. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza. 00:20 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Hey everyone, welcome to the V-O Boss podcast in the Real Bosses series. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and I am so excited to be back again with Real Boss guest co-host Tom Dheere. Hey, tom. 00:33 - Tom Dheere (Host) Hey Anne, I'm feeling very bossy today, but not in a mean to tell people what to do today. I'm just feeling bossy, but in a good way. 00:38 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) You got good boss colors on. 00:40 - Tom Dheere (Host) Yeah, and I got some good boss vibes going today too. Yeah, and you sound good, Tom. I do sound good today. It's funny, so do you, as always Well thank you. 00:49 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I'm going to be speaking next week at a conference to podcasters who are interested in becoming voice of artists. Part of my conversation is going to include the equipment they need, the skills they need and, of course, what's so important to us as voice actors our environment, our studios. 01:08 And you know it's so funny because we are on opposite coasts and I feel like we also have opposite type studios, but yet they both work amazingly well for our businesses. So I wanted to talk to you about your studio and our differences so that this could be a good reference for those bosses. Just starting out that you don't necessarily need a $20,000 recording studio, because when I first started I certainly didn't have one, and I know that Tom has the same story. As a matter of fact, when I first started, I was in my basement in New Jersey, because basements are a good place where you don't have to deal with, let's say, external noises as much because you're half underground. 01:50 It was a closet for me that I started off with, and, tom, I mean talk to me about when you first started. What was your first studio like? 01:58 - Tom Dheere (Host) Okay, my first studio was also in New Jersey, parcipany, new Jersey. I'm sorry, where were you in New Jersey? 02:04 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I don't remember Northern Jersey. I was in North Haldon, oh, right, by Wayne. Okay, I know exactly where that is. 02:10 - Tom Dheere (Host) I was in the 20, 25 minute drive west of North Haldon, so I lived in a garden apartment. For those of you who don't know New Jersey, garden apartments are these sets of apartment buildings. 02:21 They're almost always red brick, they could be white or other colors, and there's usually there's anywhere from like three to 50 of them. And I lived on a second floor and my first home recording studio was the front closet which was over the steps that would lean to the door that would let you go outside. So what I did was I went to Home Depot and I got carpet remnants on the cheap. I had a quilt that I think my mother-in-laws aunt made. It's a lovely quilt but like oh, this is a good use for it, I wove it into, you know, like the bar that you'd hang your coats on. Sure. 02:56 I would weave it through there. 02:57 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So it's like a little tent. 02:59 - Tom Dheere (Host) Yeah, actually it was even better than a tent, because the shelf that was above the bar rested on wooden blocks in this apartment so you could lift it up. So I actually threaded it through, threaded it back and folded it under so it completely encapsulated the shelf that was above the bar and that was that. So the quilt was around there. The carpet remnants from Home Depot were on the ground and in front of me and behind me and I made a point to, since the closet was a square box instead of having be an angle, I wouldn't push the corner of the carpet remnant all the way into it, so it would be curved. 03:32 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So all of the corners, so it would be like square, sharp corners Right. 03:36 - Tom Dheere (Host) So I would put it in with penny nails. And then I had, you know, those football blankets, the kind that you roll up to take a football game. I had one of those and I nailed that into the closet door and that was it. And then I had a little snack tray with a desktop mic stand and my mic was there. And then I got a monitor which I drilled into the well, no, that back then I didn't drill it into the wall, it was on a stand which was on the snack tray. And then I got a splitter, so the monitor that I would sit at at my desk would show the same exact stuff that it would show inside the booth. And then I would bring my air mouse into the booth and sit down and I would just, and then it's. 04:14 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Well, you were actually advanced because you had a monitor in your booth and you had an air mouse. 04:20 So, for me. I'm gonna tell you, my first experience was when I moved from one place in New Jersey to the next and I had my second studio in the basement. Was really cool, because you don't know what you don't know. And so for those bosses just starting out and I've done multiple audio episodes, just a real quick recap you need to really have a good environment before, I think, you even make a decision on your microphone and within that environment you have to make sure that you're not having any kind of echo or noise. So there's internal noise of your studio and there's external noise that might be trying to come into the studio and you certainly don't want any of the noise that you're making, right as you're voicing, to be echoing off of walls or hard surfaces. So it's important to kind of have yourself surrounded with some sort of material that can absorb that sound rather than have it be reflected back into the microphone. So when Tom talks about having his blankets and his carpet remnants up above him, to the left, to the right, keep in mind you wanna have some form of absorbing material that's in front of you, to the left, to the right, behind and above you and that will help curb any type of reflective sounds that might come back into the microphone. And then, of course, there's always sounds that come in from outside of the studio that we can't always control. I mean, studios have a recording sign for a reason. So even in a real studio, right where this is what they do for a living, you can't run down the hall screaming at the top of your lungs while people are recording, because not everything is completely soundproof. 05:53 However, getting yourself in an environment where you're not gonna get that much reflective sound and sound that might come in is best, and so one thing that that proves, tom, is that for both of us, when we started, we didn't really have to invest a lot of money into our studios to get good quality sound. 06:12 You just have to be a little bit educated about where you're gonna place those materials, and I think it takes a lot of experimentation. I do know when I first started, I didn't know what kind of sound I was supposed to have, and so really helpful to me was getting an engineer on the line and kind of assessing my sound and assessing my studio. However, in the beginning I didn't know anybody, and so I basically it was trial and error, trial and error, and sometimes you can place a blanket and it doesn't do any good. And sometimes you can put another blanket and it still doesn't do any good, and at that point it's helpful to maybe have somebody come and assess your studio sound. And with that I've got multiple places that I recommend. I know, george, the Tech is one of the best. 06:57 That's the first one came to my mind and I think both of us recommend him and bosses will put that link in the show notes for you. But it really can help to have a trained ear, assess what your studio sounds like but also know that you don't have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars. Now I remember back when I moved right from New Jersey to California. Then I had a town home and I was up on the second floor and then I had an office. Well, I had a second bedroom which was right outside of the kitchen and I had a closet and I said, oh great, I've got a closet, I'll make a studio out of that. 07:31 Well, that closet had no clothing in it, right? And that became a whole different set of circumstances where I thought, oh, it'll be easy, I'll just hang carpet, or I've got some old carpet, I'll hang some blankets. Well, it was actually more difficult to create a good sound with an empty closet than it was to actually build. My father actually built me a structure, so it was a little four by four by eight foot room in a room which actually works better than my closet which had nothing in it, like no clothes. So I feel like a clothing closet with clothes in it is really something that can help and can be better in a lot of cases than a clean closet. 08:10 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, I think I don't remember who was it said it, but sound functions like water and you have to understand where the sound flows and it always has to go somewhere. It's gonna go down, it's gonna go towards you or behind you, it's gonna get bounced around and moved around. So, under a standing, how and where the sound goes will help you figure it out Whether that involves getting bass traps or whether you gotta get Aurelix. 08:35 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Now people are going what? Or some people buy pool noodles. What are bass traps? 08:39 - Tom Dheere (Host) Aurelix is a form of acoustic foam. I don't even know if I can properly define bass traps are. They're usually in the corners of the room, corners of the room, padding the corners there. 08:47 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I think what you're trying to do is not have any. The other thing, if you can, because of reflection, right, Sound bouncing If you have walls that are perpendicular to one another or parallel. 08:59 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, you don't want angles, you want curves. 09:01 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Curves or angles, or if you do and I'm gonna get to our studios in just a moment if you do, you wanna make sure that you've got adequate coverage for sound absorption in there. 09:11 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right, but at the same time you don't want a dead space either. Too much acoustical treatment can be a bad thing, because your space has to have some kind of texture too. Not like a signature texture that is like oh, I could tell I listened to that commercial. I know Ann did it in her booth. It's not like that, but just something that doesn't sound like you're talking in a safe. You know what I mean. 09:29 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Absolutely, absolutely so. Ultimately, tom, it wasn't until I moved and this is after 14 years of actually being a full time doing voiceover and making money and so I had to have a booth that created good audio that people didn't reject. And, trust me, I did have a time when people rejected my audio, and that was when I didn't have an ear for what I needed to know, and that was very distressing. 09:53 By the way, all I can say is that once you figure out how to get your sound where it needs to be, it is a big load off your shoulders. But once I decided to move, I actually was able to kind of plan and really think because, okay, I'm 13, 14 years into my full time business, I wanna actually have a space that is created just for recording. And so I was fortunate and I researched, I researched a lot of different things. I thought, well, I can't bring the booth. My father had constructed a booth for me at my town home in Irvine and I couldn't really deconstruct it and reconstruct it again to have the same properties and everybody. I love that booth, by the way, and it was really wonderful and I had had that assessed and blessed by George the Tech, by the way, at the time. But now that I had an opportunity to actually have some time to sit down and think about it, I decided and I looked into researching, I looked into buying a Studio Bricks and it was gonna be really expensive at the time and at the time they were shipping it from Spain, I believe. There was no timeframe as to when I would get it and I thought, oh God, I can't move to a new home and not have a place to record, and so I said, well, let me look into something different. I spoke to George the Tech, who said you know, you might consider having this built for you a custom booth built for you and I started looking into that and fortunately I was able to find someone and, of course, everybody that's ever followed me or I definitely have a podcast on this with Tim Tippetts who designed and built my booth a custom built booth for me and I'm going to tell you that it was a luxury, but it was also something that it was great, because everything was custom tailored just for me and I'm sitting in it now. So if you're watching this podcast on YouTube, you can see my studio. 11:36 I've got sound panels in here. I actually have something that's not quite 90 degrees to one another, but you wouldn't know it by looking at it. It's just very slightly angled, but I do have ceiling acoustic tiles. I have acoustic tiles on my left, to my right, behind me, and I've got a double door, and so that cost me some dollars. I'm gonna say my first studios were a few hundred. Once I upgraded the studio that my father built for me, I would say that cost me about $1,000 with all the treatment and improvements to that, and this one was in the thousands of dollars. 12:09 But it's kind of set it and forget it and done, and so, comparatively, I live in a very quiet area to you, tom, and we'll make that comparison Cause, right, I'm West Coast. I live in a home, I'm in a studio that is dedicated and built custom for me, with double walls, green glue, acoustic panels. I live in it over 55 retirement community, on a cul-de-sac. There's not people racing around here. Well, if there are, that's some other issue. And so I have all the blessings of being able to sit in here and very rarely have to stop recording because there's something noisy happening outside. But, tom, tell me about yours because, again, mine cost thousands of dollars and I'm not saying it was super expensive, because I think for a custom built booth I got a really great deal. But, tom, talk about your studio because, again, you have an amazing studio that you've been working out of for years and just producing broadcast quality like beautiful stuff, one after the other. 13:05 - Tom Dheere (Host) Well, it's funny because I lived in that apartment in New Jersey for 12 years, so I was recording from that space for 12 years and it was regularly a pain in the butt because there was landscaping going on, there was a lot of cars driving by, there was Snow shoveling, there was kids going to school, coming home from school because the high school was right across the street, so there were a lot of problems with that one. Now I live in Midtown Manhattan. For those of you who don't know, there are certain cross streets in New York City 9th Street, 14th Street, 23rd Street, 34th Street and then higher. I live on 34th Street, which means it's one of the two-way streets. Also the Lincoln Tunnel entrances just stones throw away. So I am literally living in the second floor of an apartment building over one of the most heavily trafficked Streets in Manhattan, if not the country. 14:01 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Wow, not the world. 14:02 - Tom Dheere (Host) Wow. So what's crazy is that when I moved in here about five and a half years ago, there was a front closet, just like I had in New Jersey, and I'm like, well, let's not try to reinvent the wheel, let's just do what I did there and do it here and see what happens. It turns out that it's even better. The sound is even better than the one in New Jersey, and here's why is that. I'm sitting here at my desk and the front door to my apartment is like literally right here. I can't quite touch it, but it's pretty close and then there's a closet front closets right here, so I sit in it. When I'm sitting, my back is to the hallway and behind me this wall separating the hallway from the apartment is concrete, so that's yeah, concrete is always good. 14:45 And I using my Sennheiser 416, which is facing the concrete now. 14:50 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Why is that important that it's a 416? 14:53 - Tom Dheere (Host) the 416 is great because it has a very, very tight field. It doesn't pick up a lot outside of here, which is why, if you get a Sennheiser 416, your angle to the microphone makes a very, very big difference. So you need to find that sweet spot where you're sitting, how it's angled up like this and where it is like this, and where you are seated In relation to it to kind of get into that very tight Right and that's what makes that an ideal microphone for, let's say, a less than ideal Space right and it's also one of the reasons why I use it for travel as well, because of the pickup pattern, is very Concentrated and you don't have to worry so much about. 15:32 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Like I also have a TLM 103, which is a beautiful microphone. However, it picks up when you breathe because the pickup pattern is much broader than a 416. So yes, I think in terms of studio spaces, if you have less than idea, 416 or a shotgun type of mic that has a smaller pickup is much more ideal for that right. 15:51 - Tom Dheere (Host) The other thing is that the windows this is a 60-something year old apartment building here in New York City, but the windows are very new. They're very, very tightly sealed. 16:02 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Are they double-pained? 16:03 - Tom Dheere (Host) They are double-pained. 16:04 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I think most apartment buildings that are in in cities are double-pained anyways, right, A lot of them are double-pained yeah and I used the same exact carpet remnants and and Bessie's quilt. 16:14 - Tom Dheere (Host) From there I said everything I love it. 16:16 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) You got Aunt Bessie with you, see I ban out Bessie's quilt. She's with us, ann always she supports it. 16:22 - Tom Dheere (Host) Yes, and the monitor. Actually my wife, who's actually more mechanically inclined than I, and she actually drilled the monitor into the wall, so we set up all the acoustical treatment. She drilled it right in there and then it's still. It's a new set of monitors since the ones I had in New Jersey, but they're also networked the same way, with a splitter I bring the earmouse into the booth and so I just scroll, scroll, scroll. So I haven't printed a script in years, in years. And the quality it's even better than it was in New Jersey and I attribute it to a more solid floor and the concrete wall and better treated windows, so I actually didn't spend anything on the new booth actually. 16:58 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Right. And the other thing, too, is you probably have to be concerned A lot of times, like an inside wall or a wall that has concrete on the other side of, or a wall that isn't near plumbing is very helpful, and so if you're too close to a window, sometimes you don't have the protection I mean because that's yet another medium that can allow sound in or out or be reflective. I, literally right outside of this door, probably five feet away, is my front windows, and so I've got double windows there. But because I've got double doors here, if the waste removal trucks come right, actually I don't hear it through this, which is really fantastic, but if I've wanted the doors open, or if I have both these doors open, or if I'm sitting outside, yes, obviously I won't be able to record. 17:42 - Tom Dheere (Host) I've had jackhammers outside. 17:44 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Wow, that's fantastic. 17:46 - Tom Dheere (Host) The only thing that really really gets through is if my upstairs neighbor is vacuuming. That's the only thing that makes it impossible to record. 17:53 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So you're talking about the closet, then your actual studio is the closet behind you. 17:57 - Tom Dheere (Host) Right now that I'm seeing right, there's a front closet right here and then these other doors actually leading to the kitchen. 18:02 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And how big is that closet? 18:03 - Tom Dheere (Host) Three, by three maybe. 18:05 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Okay, and do you have anything else in it besides your recording equipment and or absorption material? 18:10 - Tom Dheere (Host) Not really. I mean, there's two shelves above it which we use for storage of various things. This time of year I've got two winter coats in there, but the rest of the year they're not in there. 18:20 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So actually, the two winter coats actually make it even a little more insulated, absolutely Especially if they're puffer jackets, right, I mean you can-. 18:26 - Tom Dheere (Host) One's puffy and then one's like a really nice one, like when we go out out. Actually, the only thing I did buy was the cable. I needed to make sure that the cable can run. So I'm sitting here and it runs and it runs across the floor right all the door and then I've got a rug that covers that and just snakes into the booth. I think that was the only additional investment and I live it by B&H, so it was like 20 bucks. I just went across the street, got it. Whatever, this is a 15-20 foot cable. I think that was the only additional expense to moving here from the old department and that was it. I also want to say this, ann, is that I was ashamed of my studio setup for a very, very long time. I thought that I wouldn't be regarded as a true professional, much less the VO strategist, if I didn't have a $5,000 booth. I am proud of my space. 19:07 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) You should be. 19:07 - Tom Dheere (Host) I am proud of the work that I do in it and the work that me, and with the a lot of help from my wife, did to get it to where it is. No, it doesn't cost a lot. No, it isn't pretty, but your job, bosses, is to be effective as voice actors on a performance level, on a logistical level, on a financial level and on a technical level. 19:25 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So I don't care if it ain't pretty Well again, nobody's necessarily looking, and even if they are looking at you and your studio, really what comes out of that studio is what's important, right? It's not what the studio looks like, and I know a lot of bosses out there. I think it becomes complicated to them and sometimes a pre-built studio solution or a studio solution like Studio Bricks or Vocal to Go or LA Boos or whichever is out there, it becomes a solution that's simple to them. Well, you don't necessarily need to spend that kind of money. If you have it, of course I think that's great, but I think if you're just starting out in the industry and you're just trying to see if this is something that is going to be good for you, and if you're going to really make a go at it and have a successful voiceover business, I don't think you need to invest a lot in a studio right away. 20:15 I mean, gosh, I always talk about when we are traveling and on the road. Tom, we certainly don't have optimal recording situations in a hotel room, because a lot of times you've got the ventilation system, you've got fans running, you've got people out in the hallway in your hotel room, you've got windows and what's happening outside of windows to deal with. And so for us again, what's important is that we protect ourselves to the front, to the left, to the right, behind and above. And so a lot of times when we are away and traveling, I do the old pillow fort, the non-glamorous pillow fort, and that is literally put the pillows in front of you, to the left, to the right, above you. I take the actual luggage rack and put it on top of the desk. 21:01 And then I take the extra comforter and I make a tent out of it and then I take my 416 and that's what we do. Now I also have a tri-booth, which is great. A tri-booth, love the tri-booth, and I've got a review of the tri-booth on my blog for any of you that are interested in it. That is a PVC kind of put together constructed booth with moving blankets and a stack that has been created by George the Tech so that you can recreate your home studio on the go, and so I absolutely love my tri-booth. If I decide that I want to take that, I can check that right on the plane. It comes in its own suitcase and it's super, super easy to assemble, and so you can do that. 21:42 It's not always necessary, though. I say Create a studio, try to get yourself acclimated to what sound it is that you're looking for, great sound. If you are somewhat into audio today, if you're a podcaster, make sure that that studio really does have your acoustics properly set up and oriented, because sometimes a podcast I mean I know that when I first started podcasting I would listen to other podcasts and go why are they not concerned about their room, their sound? Because I would hear echo, sometimes the sound quality just wasn't there. But if you are coming in from another segment of the industry or another part of the industry, understand that your environment is important so that you can create good quality audio Does not have to cost a lot of money. 22:29 And, tom, I love our conversation because you are proof that you can have an amazing sounding studio and not have to invest a lot of money. You can be in a crazy city with tons of traffic, not a lot of space, and create an environment that you can do work and excel at over and over again and you don't have to invest lots of money. So thank you so much for talking to me today about your studio. Any other tips that you have for, let's say, bosses, maybe just starting out, or investigating what kind of studio to get or things to do to create a great studio. 23:07 - Tom Dheere (Host) Well, I do at vostratagescom. I also have blogs and videos that talks about gear, and I also have a gear section on my site. 23:13 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I believe you do too right, I do Absolutely Studio gear. 23:16 - Tom Dheere (Host) Check out both, because I guarantee there are some gear recommendations I have on my site that Ann doesn't, and then she has some on her site that I don't. So definitely check them out. There's different price points and I've talked about this stuff for many, many years, just like Ann is. But do your research. Harlan Hogan's Guide to Home Recording Studios is a great book. Sound Advice by Dan Friedman is another great book those who can be a very, very big help. And you can always book a free consult. I believe George the Tech has free consults, or at least you can contact him through the George the Tech website, because he's got an army of great engineers and that between all of them they know every microphone, they know all the hardware, they know all the software, they know all the acoustical treatment secrets. 23:57 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I have an affiliate page with him too, so do I VO Boss can get you a discount as well, so there you go, whether you come to Tom or VO Boss, absolutely you can get a discount ona consult with George I don't promote that because I am an affiliate with him, but literally George has been with me from the beginning. I mean, he is the one who and I have blog articles written on that who literally took my father and my homemade booth and when we were like, okay, what else can we do? There's something missing, he was the missing key. He was the one that was able to take what we had done and make it sound. 24:31 And I used to get complimented all the time by audio engineers saying what is your studio? 24:36 It's amazing and in reality it's hysterical, because if you saw what my studio looked like, it certainly wasn't glamorous or elegant, but it really did the job and just like Tom's. I mean absolutely. And I think you can be proud and it's important for you to feel proud and feel good in the space that you're in, because it is our personal voice and it is our performance that needs to excel in a booth or in a space that we feel good in, and so you want to make sure you create that space. And so if Ant and I'm sorry, your Ant's name again, bessie, so if Ant Bessie is fully supporting you in your booth. I mean, I cannot tell you the affection and how good I felt being in a studio that was designed and built by my father and my father, by the way, had a lot to do with this studio as well and it does help. I sit in the studio and I feel good, and when you feel good, you can produce good audio, and I think that that's super important. And what a fun conversation today. 25:29 Tom, thank you so much for sharing your space and talking about studios with me today. Bosses, I want to invite you to imagine a world full of passionate and empowered, diverse individuals giving collectively and intentionally to create a world that you want to see. You can make a difference. Visit 100voiceshukerorg to learn more and, of course, our sponsor, ipdtl. I love IPDTL and use it on a day-to-day basis. I just love it. Use it for all my coaching students. Find out more at IPDTLcom. You guys have an amazing week and we'll see you next week. Thanks, guys, bye. 26:10 - Intro (Host) Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, Ann Ganguzza, and take your business to the next level. 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In this interview, Dan Friedman, the CEO and Founder of ZenGate and Palmyra, joins me to update us on the project and what has happened over the past few months.Dan answers some important questions about the ongoing ISPO, upcoming IDO token sales and other key aspects of the project from the token utility and revenue models from the business.You can find out more about the Palmyra ecosystem at:https://palmeconomy.io/You can try out and see the Palmyra App at: https://palmyra.app/and even started trading tea and other commodities.Be sure to read the whitepaper and other related materials to educate yourself before participating in any token sales. https://palmtoken.gitbook.io/palm-token/important-documents/palm-tokenomicsDisclaimer: I'm not paid for this interview, I am not participating in the token sale, but I do stake less than 1000 ADA to the PALM1 stake pool.https://www.gomaestro.org/marketplace/35Check through further documentation:https://palmtoken.gitbook.io/palm-token07:04 Next year at the World Tea Expo08:17 Certifying the Product for Authenticity13:31 Palmyra ISPO16:11 Community support18:32 Upcoming IDO token sale on TMinusOne21:19 IDO with VLaunch24:03 Token utility & abstraction of Web329:34 Injecting value into the ecosystem31:22 Revenue model for Palmyra, Business Development Treasury35:32 Network oracles38:20 Decentralise financing with Palmyra
We are finally clear of the Oscars, and host Neal Pollack leads off this week's podcast with an audio version of his rant we published early this week. The Oscars are for the special people, not for the regulars of life. And yet we keep falling into their trap, because we love to watch movies.We do not, however, love to watch 'Spaceman' starring Adam Sandler. Omar Gallaga reviewed Spaceman for us and just does not buy Adam Sandler as a sad Czech astronaut in an alternative 1980s. Dan Friedman actually read the book upon which Spaceman is based, and he says the movie doesn't even come close to approximating the book's satire of post-Cold War Czech identity. Dan also had trouble with the Carey Mulligan wife character, who's stuck back on Earth with nothing to do. They both kind of liked the odd imaginary space spider, voiced by Paul Dano, but this movie is a big miss overall.Not missing is 'The Tourist,' whose second season is on Netflix right now. Jenny Parrott joins Neal to talk about The Tourist, a show that she likes and that our dad likes. It's a deep dive into identity and consciousness, and also a great adventure show and a surprisingly moving romance. Neal senses comic elements of the Coen Brothers in The Tourist, and he thanks Jenny for bringing this fun show to our attention.And we hope you enjoy this podcast as well!
We start our conversation with some fun Chaos! Jozlyn is definitely directionally challenged, Angela has door issues, Dan is early & shares his recent chaos with us while dropping off his son at Grad School in NYC. Jozlyn shares how she met Dan at VOA 2023 and a fun story about how they connected in the midst of a competition! We learn more about how Dan dived into audio & sound engineering, becoming a producer, a voice over actor, a voice over coach and an author of two books! He shares how finding your creative spark can propel your voice over and creative journey and career. How communication and learning how to convey emotion is key. Dan's Website - https://sound4vo.com/Book Links - https://store.bookbaby.com/book/zen-and-the-art-of-voiceoverhttps://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/BookDetails/292116-sound-adviceSupport the showThis is a shareable podcast with a group of creatives documenting their creative voice over & on-camera journeys to inspire not educate! This pod is not meant to be an educational podcast, even if their are golden nuggets of wisdom from guests or shared chaos by us along the way! Follow all the Chaos - Website - https://www.keepingupwithchaos.net/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcastIG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/
On this week's Shoe-In, Caleres' Chief Sourcing Officer, Dan Friedman, stops by to explore the modern complexities of the footwear supply chain and the ways he's guiding Caleres through such an interesting sourcing landscape. Listen in to hear Dan's amazing shoe industry journey and his philosophy on company culture, the importance of agility, and his unique approach to decision-making, rooted in active listening and continuous learning. With special guest: Dan Friedman, Chief Sourcing Officer, Caleres Hosted by: Matt Priest and Andy Polk
It's gotten so absurd that a reporter spoke with a woman at a Trump rally sporting a crucifix & tee-shirt that said “Hang Joe Biden For Treason.” She essentially said Jesus would watch the execution. Also who profited from J-6? Guest Interview: Dan Friedman, Senior Reporter - DC Bureau, Mother Jones. Crazy Alert! Oklahoma GOP files a bill to ban the very very scary "furries" from schools. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast
Today, we continue our NeurIPS series with Dan Friedman, a PhD student in the Princeton NLP group. In our conversation, we explore his research on mechanistic interpretability for transformer models, specifically his paper, Learning Transformer Programs. The LTP paper proposes modifications to the transformer architecture which allow transformer models to be easily converted into human-readable programs, making them inherently interpretable. In our conversation, we compare the approach proposed by this research with prior approaches to understanding the models and their shortcomings. We also dig into the approach's function and scale limitations and constraints. The complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/667.
Check out part 2 of my fun interview with VO Talent, audio engineer and VO coach Dan Friedman!!! :) He's fantastic! For more info about Dan, check out his website at Dan Friedman | Voice Over Coach & Demo Producer (sound4vo.com)"Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO Tech "Uncle" Roy Yokelson of Antland Productions. For more info about the MAVO2023 "Get Inspired" Conference visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show
Check out my fun chat with superstar voice actor, audio engineer and VO coach Dan Friedman! Dan Friedman is highly regarded for his comprehensive approach tovoiceover training. He provides personalized coaching to each student,focusing on their individual strengths and weaknesses. He covers everythingfrom script interpretation to audio engineering, ensuring that his students havea well-rounded education.In addition, Dan's extensive experience as a coach, producer and audioengineer gives him a unique perspective on the industry. He has worked withsome of the biggest names in voiceover, providing him with insights andknowledge that he shares with his students.Dan Friedman is known for his honest yet supportive and encouragingteaching style. He is a renowned voice coach and is a certified master coachin the “Roger Love Perfect Voice” method as well as vocal health, recoveryand stamina.Dan has over two decades in the voiceover industry and more than 25 yearsas a professional audio engineer, he has produced, directed or provided hisvoice to thousands of audio productions. He is the founder of Sound4VO,providing training and resources for aspiring and professional voice actors.I've known Dan for quite a few years now!! He has worked as the audioengineer on several MAVO events and he's fantastic!! For more info about Dan, check out his website at https://sound4vo.com/ and follow him on social media @dan4voFor more information about the MAVO2023 "Get Inspired" Conference, check out our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com/ and register today for this event today because it's coming up on November 10-12! Register at Eventbrite HERE! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC and Antland Productions. "Live with Squacky" is mixed and mastered by Roy Yokelson of Antland Productions. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show
Today on The Other Side of Midnight Frank talks about School Districts implementing clear backpack policies. Frank then interviews Dr. Dan Friedman, a pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Northwell-Hofstra University Medical School on his books about Jack The Ripper. Frank discusses President Biden not being at one of the attack sites to honor 9/11. Frank then talks about his methods of procrastination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Dan Friedman, a pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Northwell-Hofstra University Medical School. He's also an author, his latest book is “Doyle's World: Lost & Found: The Unknown Histories of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So, what was on "bottom of the box?" Do we know? Could it have been two things? A Wildcat Community Theater of the Air double feature: Two cold-case detectives several hundred miles away make an eerie discovery. Dr. Dan Friedman, Jack the Ripper researcher, puts the finishing touches on what we thought we knew. But then, just as we thought the story is resolved, the true, horrible meaning of “The Bottom of the Box.” Check your answer sheet, did you see this surprise ending coming?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Book and Film Globe Editor in Chief Neal Pollack is taking a well-deserved Memorial Day jaunt across America. Pinch-hitting as host this week — and doing a swell job — is frequent BFG contributor Scott Gold, who's written for the site about The Mandalorian, Moon Knight and tons of other Disney and Star Wars and adjacent properties.This week, Scott talks to Jonpaul Guinn about Fast X, whose Dominic Toretto character has provided Vin Diesel and crew with a lifetime of speedy chasecraft. "Dom sticks that landing and many fiery, infrastructure-puncturing other ones while racing to save his family," concludes Guinn's article and the podcast goes into depth befitting a 10-chapter cinematic universe.Next up is Jeopardy expert (and 0ne-time contestant) Daniel Cohen, who talks to BFG about Jeopardy Masters, the new sort of playoffs for past champs. They dive deep in the weeds here, but the big question on the minds of most will be "Who the hell authorized the disclosing of Daily Double locations to the audience before play begins?"Finally, Scott talks to Dan Friedman about Silo, the new Rebecca Ferguson dystopian mystery on Apple TV+. We learn that barely anything has survived the apocalypse, except for Apple II computers and badass leather jackets.
Get ready for an exciting episode of Mission Audition featuring the veteran voice over coach and live sound engineer, Dan Friedman! In this episode, Dan discusses the important of balance in one's voice over regime – drawing from his latest book “Zen and the Art of Voiceover”. Discover how understanding your emotions can enhance your […]
Join this month’s Voices’ coach Dan Friedman and learn how to give a “surgical breakdown” or “Dan analysis” on your script. Dan also covers how the brain processes a script and how to break down those barriers to allow your read to flow naturally. Learn all that and more on this special episode with Dan […]
Some soccer fans intend to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which begins next Sunday in the gulf state nation of Qatar, over concerns about the country's human rights and labor records. Dan Friedman, writer, digital consultant and former Executive Editor of the Forward, tells us the history of this World Cup and why it matters. → Why I'm Boycotting the World Cup in Qatar and So Should You
Some soccer fans intend to boycott the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which begins next Sunday in the gulf state nation of Qatar, over concerns about the country's human rights and labor records. On Today's Show:Dan Friedman, writer, digital consultant and former Executive Editor of the Forward, tells us the history of this World Cup and why it matters.
Maria and Julio discuss the racist comments made by some Latino Los Angeles City Council members in a leaked audio recording. They also get into the move to subpoena former President Trump during this week's January 6th hearing, and discuss charges against former San Antonio police officer James Brennand for the shooting of 17-year-old Erik Cantu. ITT Staff Picks: “As the Latino population increases and diversifies, the persistence of racism threatens to dissolve hard-won Latino political and civil rights gains and fracture delicately balanced coalitions with other racial groups,” write Suzanne Gamboa and Edwin Flores in this analysis for NBC News. Dan Friedman reports about the latest House Committee hearing investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, which showed new evidence that former President Trump admitted he had lost, but publicly declared victory in part to rile up his supporters, for Mother Jones. Andrea Blanco and Gino Spocchia report for The Independent about 17-year-old Erik Cantu, who remains in critical condition after being shot by former San Antonio police officer, James Brennand. Photo credit: AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
Traveling to North Carolina today to visit with voice talent and coach Dan Friedman, who also happens to be the author of one very popular voiceover book called "Sound Advice" (written 10 years ago and still going strong!) Dan describes his early audio days behind the scenes in promotions and engineering at several radio stations including 96 Rock in Atlanta; spending time with legendary vocal coach Paul Armbruster; being a pro in the recording booth; the everchanging world of audiobooks and voiceover gigs; plus why Eddie Van Halen continues to inspire Dan's new music career and all things creative. Join us!
Guests: Ali Vitali, Donald Ayer, Dan Friedman, Michele Goodwin, Marc Elias, Danya Perry, Matt MillerWho did the ex-president call? And will there be legal consequences? Tonight: New reporting that the Jan. 6 committee might try to call Trump as a witness and subpoena Mike Pence. Then, on the eve of his trial, new audio of Steve Bannon laying out Trump's 2020 plans. Plus, as the Senate tries to Trump-proof American democracy, will it be enough?
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Dan Friedman interviews BFG editor Neal Pollack about his new novel satirizing pandemic policies.I helped Book and Film Globe mark the release of ‘Edge of Safety,' a new satirical novel by its editor in chief Neal Pollack by reading the book and talking to him about it!Pollack titled “Edge of Safety” after a ubiquitous edutainment soap opera that dramatizes the dangers of veering from health ministry edicts in the near-future Canada where the novel mostly takes place. The book traces the adventures of happily bourgeois Amelia Stewart and her dog Little Miss Daisy as Amelia evades and engages her employer, an autocratic Health Ministry that mandates lockdowns and markets social distancing regardless of any actual epidemics. She crosses the closed border to the United States, visiting a fourth-term Snoop Dogg-like President and enjoys the ongoing White House parties in the new capital– a domed Phoenix, Arizona.Neal and I chatted about his experience of “lockdown” in Austin, Texas, where a 15-minute drive one way from his home led to a locked-down ghost town while a similar drive the other way led to a Texas suburb where the pandemic barely disturbed normality. We discussed satire, pandemic rules and how he portrays the leadership of the United States as well as the “Canada of the mind” in a book subtitled “The Very True Story Of How The Citizens Of Canada Had The Courage To Stay Home So No One Ever Died.”
In this episode of Shift, I chat with Andy Lipshultz - Voice Talent & Entrepreneur - we talked about his journey to being an independent voice talent, as well as how his creativity has led the way throughout his career path from early college days to present times. His journey in his work is one that can shine light on others who might be wondering - "how do I create my own career path" and what it takes to successfully create an independent business. This was not only insightful chat about his field of work but also a very entertaining one as I got to see his different voices throughout the conversation. Tune in for a light hearted and informational chat! About Andy: Voice Talent Friendly, techie, warm and authoritative, Andy's voice has been featured in ads for national brands like Amazon and AT&T; he provides fast turnaround, broadcast quality and a flexible working style for Commercials, Animation, eLearning and Corporate Narration. Andy knows it He understands a product, service or lesson just like yours. His product, sales and marketing background ranges from start ups to Fortune 50 companies across a variety of industries including entertainment, telecom, healthcare, technology and financial services. He also volunteers for multiple charitable organizations. Andy teaches it Andy's created classes for an online university (Kaplan) as well as mentors K-12 students. He's also spoken at industry conferences like CES, CTIA and the Philadelphia Music Conference. Andy says it Andy honed his craft with years of training with the best of the Voice Over industry (Elley Ray Hennessey, Deb Munro, Anne Ganguzza, Dan Friedman, Art Bruder) to better persuade, educate and say what your audience needs to hear - how they need to hear it Website: https://www.andysaysit.com/ About your host: Elena Agaragimova is the co-founder of Bessern (https://www.bessern.co/)
“It bothers me so much to see companies out there that are taking advantage of people or, you know, preying on their hopes and dreams. I mean, I have never, ever told anybody that this was easy, as being a voice actor, and I never told them that it was fast. I've always said that it's a crock-pot career, it's not a microwave meal." -- Dan Friedman This episode is the second half of my interview with audio engineer, voiceover coach, and author Dan Friedman as we talk about voice performance, the changes the pandemic has brought to the voice recording industry, and how his family helps inspire him as a voice teacher. As always, if you have any questions for my guest, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, just visit http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) where you'll find all sorts of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter (on the http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) webpage) will let you know when the new podcasts are available. An Expressive Job We start the episode with Dan's practical vocal advice on everything from breathing through your diaphragm to staying hydrated, and a look at the differences between voice and television acting, something he's particularly familiar with after filming a television pilot. “It's expressive,” Dan says about voice performance. “This is an expressive job, so it doesn't really work so well on camera, but it works really well for voiceover.” Dan also talks about how he's working to preserve some of the unique qualities of voiceover that might get lost in the age of new media and streaming video. "I'm old enough that I can certainly help teach a new generation how to be the best that they can be at this and help communicate more effectively because we really are losing a lot of that in our society." Communicating Your Intentions Dan tells us about some of the more memorable clients that he's helped with communicating their intentions, and how a good performance brings the words on the page to life. “When you're not communicating that and you're just reading the words off the page,” he says, “obviously it's not really moving anybody. But when you're trying to present these things, let's present them in a way that people want to connect with it emotionally.” We also look at how the pandemic has changed the home studio market and made the technical aspects of voiceover, from soundproofing to microphones, more accessible than ever before. “Now it really comes down to talent and the environment they're in,” he explains, “and to how they ultimately sound and whether they'll be able to do all that.” No Day is the Same As the interview comes to a close, we share anecdotes about how, in voiceover, no two days are the same, and Dan takes the opportunity to tell us more about his family. “I've got the platform,” he jokes, “so I'm going to brag on my kids for a second.” He tells us about his wife and children, and how their support has inspired him as a voice coach, “If I can turn out kids that are this good,” he says, “I must be able to teach somebody something.” We end the show with a look at some of his upcoming projects and how you can get in touch with him. As he puts it, “I love seeing great people being successful.” Episode Summary The distinctive challenges of video and audio performances How streaming video and social media are changing voiceover Effective audio communication and bringing a script to life How Dan's family has inspired him and how to reach out to him Connect with the Guest: Website: https://sound4VO.com (www.Sound4VO.com) Follow Dan Friedman on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dan.friedman.sound4vo (https://www.facebook.com/dan.friedman.sound4vo) Connect with Dan Friedman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfriedmanvo/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfriedmanvo/)...
“But we do have to remember that when we are communicating, when words are coming out of our mouths and reaching somebody's ears, that's a connection, that's a strong connection, and if we are not really believing in the things that we are saying, or feeling the things that we are saying, or able to create a feeling that's strong, then that connection won't be strong enough. And that's really important in both communicating and advertising and providing information, and all of the things that we do as voice people. We are communicators first and foremost, always.” -- Dan Friedman This episode's guest has been in the voiceover industry for nearly two decades, voicing projects for Crowne Plaza Hotels, Hulu Plus, Walmart, Hardees, Aetna, and many more, and a professional audio engineer for twenty-five years. He's produced, directed, and provided his voice to thousands of audio productions, and in 2010 he published a book called Sound Advice: Voiceover From an Audio Engineer's Perspective. A first of its kind in the industry, the book covers audio engineering and studio session etiquette as it relates directly to voiceover talent. He continues to write a popular blog on his website, Sound4VO.com, and he's a well-known voiceover coach, teacher, and home studio consultant., as well as a certified coach in the Roger Love Voice Method. His name is Dan Friedman, and I'm looking forward to sharing his perspective on how we can learn to better communicate. He's seen it all, from both sides of the glass, so I know he has lots of golden nuggets to share. As always, if you have any questions for my guest, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, just visit http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) where you'll find all sorts of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter (on the http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) webpage) will let you know when the new podcasts are available. Hearing and Getting It We start things off with a look at Dan's earliest memories of sound. He tells us about the first song he ever fell in love with and the chills that Mary Clayton's voice in "Gimme Shelter" still gives him. He recalls his early career, and how a surprise job opportunity as an audio engineer inspired him to pursue a deeper understanding of the science of sound. "Here I was," he says, "working for these big acts at times, and just thinking 'I get it, but I don't get it. I can hear it, but I don't get it." An Emotional Connection Dan tells us about his experience becoming a certified Roger Love Voice Method coach, how he discovered an unexpected talent for singing, and the further insight it gave him into the different elements of voiceover and voice performance. “All of these things,” he explains, “are interesting nuances that I can add to my repertoire of coaching and direction, and that's just really been transformational.” But the most important aspect of voiceover is something less tangible: “To be successful,” Dan says, “you have to have an emotional connection in some way.” We Are Communicators We continue as Dan elaborates on the emotional core and personal connection that voice can provide between the speaker and listener. He explains how a voice coach can help with forging that connection, and talks about some of the mistakes that even highly trained professional voiceover artists can make. As he puts it, "people don't hear their own voices that way. So when you work with a coach, when you work with a director, they're able to steer all this so that it's a cohesive package." All the Pieces of the Puzzle The first half of our interview ends with a look at how a flexible tone and sense of nuance can bring a script to life, how experienced performers can sometimes find the process even more of a challenge than artists who are just starting out, and...
VO Atlanta has been so much more than a voiceover conference over the years. It has been a space full of love and support. A place to learn, grow and make long lasting friendships while learning about voiceover. And, as we say goodbye to this era of VO conferences filled with so much love and support, we all wanted to say thank you to the man who started the beloved VO Atlanta. Gerald Griffith not only built a wonderful community for people in voiceover but has always gone above and beyond to make sure voice actors of all levels felt safe and welcome at every conference. Thank you will never be enough, Gerald but we ALL want you to know how extremely grateful we are for you creating such a beautiful community for all of us to learn, grow and make such great memories and friendships over the years! Thank YOU for creating VO Atlanta - the voiceover conference where greatness was truly made in all of us! Featuring: Christi Bowen, Scott Chambers, Elaine Clark, J. Michael Collins, Jack Daniel, Dave Fennoy, Tim Friedlander, Dan Friedman, Steve Henderson, Troy Holden, Jeff Howell, James Linere-White, AJ McKay, Emma O'Neill-Harte, Jas Patrick, Thom Pinto, Steve Pogatch, Eric Romanowski, Randall Ryan, Celia Segal, Dave Walsh, Cliff Zellman Special thanks: Brian Castle, Lacey Deline, Allison Graber, Jessica Holtan, Emily Lepore, Patricia M. Smith, Madison Taylor and Colleen White
In this week's exciting edition of the BFG Week in Review, Dan Friedman endures Neal Pollack's rants about how bad most pandemic novels are. Emily St. John Mandel's ‘Sea of Tranquility‘ is, Friedman says, kind of a weak “étude” in COVID anxiety (in sci-fi form), but he doesn't find it offensive. Pollack does find it offensive, but somehow the conversation remains friendly.Meanwhile, Stephen Garrett comes into the pod barn to listen to Pollack make fun of the Fantastic Beasts franchise. Pollack revels in the relative decline of the Harry Potter universe, whereas Garrett calls the new ‘Secrets of Dumbledore‘ a “nothingburger.” It's all just intellectual property anyway. There are no more good Harry Potter stories.Ryan Kallberg makes his podcast debut to talk about ‘Halo,' a show that only exists on Paramount Plus for a small number of people. It's weird to make a TV show about a sci-fi shooter game that doesn't contain much shooting. As a ‘Halo‘ fan, ‘Halo' disappoints Kallberg because it doesn't contain enough Halo.‘Tokyo Vice' on HBO Max doesn't disappoint him at all, and even though Pollack hates Ansel Elgort, Kallberg reassures him that Tokyo Vice mostly mutes his Elgortitude. However, there is one narrative convention that Kallberg doesn't like, and that leads to another Pollack rant.It's the rantiest episode of the BFG podcast yet! Check it out.
“You set the tone for your podcast by how you sound and how you interact with the audience. So there are a lot of elements to it, you know, obviously preparation and planning and practice, all those things." -- Dan Friedman This week continues our Clubhouse discussion as voiceover artist and sound engineer Dan Friedman answers questions about voice training, keeping listeners engaged, and overcoming stage fright. As always, if you have any questions for my guest, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, just visit http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) where you'll find all sorts of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter (on the http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) webpage) will let you know when the new podcasts are available. An Audio-Driven World We continue the Clubhouse chat by talking about how subtle changes to pitch and tone can change a listener's impression of your voice, and the challenges and successes that artists coming from different audio industries, such as radio and lecturing, can find in voiceover work. “Because we are in such an audio-driven world now,” Dan says, “it is really important that if, especially if you're running a podcast and you want more listeners, or you want listeners to stick with you, you have to be compelling enough that they are going to want to continue to listen and to tune in every week.” Getting Out of a Rut Dan warns us about some of the traps of voice rehearsal, how easy it can be to get stuck in a loop of negative self-criticism when listening to your own voice, and some creative ways to break out of that vicious circle. "One of the most fun and extreme things to just really get out of your rut," he suggests, "if you realize you're in a rut, is to do your script as a cartoon character." He explains that once you've done so and then immediately switch back to your regular voice, you'll probably find that the performance feels fresh again and you can jump back into it with a different energy. They Want to Hear You “If you think about it,” Dan says, “communication is a connection between somebody making sound and somebody listening to sound, and if you're trying to make sound and spread that connection out to a hundred people, that connection's going to be pretty weak.” We wrap the Clubhouse chat up with a look at the challenges of public speaking and different strategies for overcoming stage fright, such as imagining an individual that you're speaking to or even focusing on one person in the audience rather than trying to talk to everyone at once. “Most of the time when you are up there speaking to a roomful of people,” he assures us, “those people are there because they want to hear you.” Episode Summary How inflection can change the impression you make Keeping your listeners engaged Tips for breaking out of a voice performance rut Public speaking and overcoming stage fright Connect with Dan: Website: https://sound4vo.com/ (https://sound4vo.com/) Connect with Dan Friedman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfriedmanvo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfriedmanvo) Follow Dan Friedman on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sound4VO/ (https://www.facebook.com/Sound4VO/) Follow Dan Friedman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanFriedmanVO (https://twitter.com/DanFriedmanVO) The Power of Sound club on Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/the-power-of-sound/ (https://www.clubhouse.com/club/the-power-of-sound/) Connect with the Audio Branding Podcast: Book your project with https://voiceoversandvocals.com/ (Voice Overs and Vocals) https://voiceoversandvocals.com/ (https://voiceoversandvocals.com) Tweet with me on https://twitter.com/JodiKrangle (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/JodiKrangle (https://twitter.com/JodiKrangle) Watch the Audio Branding Podcast on...
“When we're talking about audio-only formats, it's especially important that you capture your audience using your voice and it should be impactful so that they tune in and want to continue listening. It only takes seven seconds for somebody to decide they want to change the station, whether that be a song they like or don't like or something that they're hearing that they're not liking." - Dan Friedman Using your voice to communicate isn't as easy as it sounds. So what do you do if you feel your voice is letting you down? Would you like some personal techniques to help you improve how you sound and your confidence in speaking? Then this is the right podcast for you. I recorded an excellent Clubhouse discussion with Dan Friedman, an expert in the field of public speaking who's certified in the Roger Love Voice Method. Those of us in the voice-over industry already know Dan as an accomplished audio engineer, but he's also a singer, voice actor, and voice coach, and I'll be having a more in-depth interview with him a little later on. So settle back and let yourself be a fly on the wall as we discuss the power of using your voice for more effective communication. A few things to note. First, I was hearing and answering people a little ahead of when the audio was being recorded. That's why my occasional comments are slightly out of sync: it didn't sound that way at the time. And, just so you know, everyone in the room was aware that it was being recorded and would be released in a future podcast episode. To those who raised their hands to participate in the conversation: thank you. When you asked for advice, you helped everyone understand the issues better. So well done! I'll have more of these types of discussions in the future – they're on Wednesdays at 2 PM Eastern Time – so keep a lookout for the schedule of upcoming events in the Clubhouse club, The Power of Sound. As always, if you have any questions for my guest, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, just visit http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) where you'll find all sorts of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter (on the http://www.audiobrandingpodcast.com/ (www.audiobrandingpodcast.com) webpage) will let you know when the new podcasts are available. The Sound of Your Voice We begin the chat with a talk about ways to build confidence in our speaking, and how awkward just hearing our own voice can be at first. “The lack of confidence,” Dan explains, “usually comes from people hearing their recorded voice for the first time and not really realizing how they actually sound.” He suggests ways of breaking out of a monotone, such as singing just a little, and listening carefully to the natural rhythm of your voice so you'll know how to change things up. “Everybody needs to be able to communicate effectively these days,” he says, “especially through audio only.” Going Over the Top “Voiceover,” Dan tells us, “is really kind of you at your very best in whatever emotion you're in.” We discuss the value of tone and pitch, and how well a monotone voice can work (or NOT work) without visual cues. Dan notes that in audio directing, emotions are often a little over the top, and he answers questions about improving your voice, becoming comfortable with it, and the trick to understanding how you're being perceived by your listener. “Getting to like the sound of your voice really does take time.” Imagine You're a Balloon Dan takes a question from Lisa about the importance of matching your listener's tone, and tips on how to avoid the glottal stop that many of us have when it comes to vowel sounds. We also talk about how to overcome vocal fry by breathing and speaking through your diaphragm, as if you're a balloon. “When you breathe, you should be breathing in through your nose as often as possible and not through your...
25 plus year in comic Phill Perrier has made a fascinating documentary on the trials of being a road comic called One Nighters on Amazon EVERY comic should watch and even if you are not a comic it's a fascinating look into the life of one you will enjoy. Follow Phil on Twitter @Phil_Perrier as well as on Facebook under Phil Perrier and www.philperrier.com Follow me as well on all social media @EarlSkakel and please RATE,REVIEW,SUB on Apple Podcasts!! Phil Perrier produced and created the newly released documentary film One Nighters, which chronicles Phil and Dan Friedman doing a massive comedy tour of the Pacific Northwest. Including interviews with Jay Leno, Billy Gardell, Judy Tenuta, Tim Wilson, Chris DiPetta, Jerry Farber, David Tribble and Darryl Rhoades. A true labor of love, One Nighters is the only film that shows the real experience of being a road comic; low pay, long drives and gigs in small towns across America… welcome to the small time.
Meet Ben Fink and Tiffany Turner— virtuoso community organizers mining the rich heritage of communities from the coalfields of East Kentucky and the ash pits of Alabama, to the sidewalk stoops of Baltimore and Milwaukee — and helping working class Americans tell their stories of hard work, love and abandonment. Their Performing Our Future empowerment coalition (spearheaded by the famed Roadside Theatre along with Black Belt Citizens United, Arch Social Club and Rural/Urban Flow) organizes diverse, cross-community ensembles in which locals can create with strangers and, in so-doing, re-imagine themselves and their communities. “Performance builds trust and power — it helps us own all we are and all we make.” Ben and Tiffany talk to cultural/political historian Dan Friedman about a tradition of community organizing tracing back to the populist movements of the 1890s. https://www.performingourfuture.com/ https://roadside.org/asset/secular-communion-coalfields-populist-aesthetic-and-practice-roadside-theater ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world.----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.
In this week's edition of the BFG Week in Review Podcast, our loud editor Neal Pollack welcomes sci-fi correspondent Dan Friedman to review the year's best science-fiction novels. Not only was it a good year for sci-fi, but it was also a diverse year for sci-fi, a genre that keeps expanding its reach. Neal expresses skepticism about reading a sci-fi verse novel in the dialect of the Orkney Islands, but Dan encourages him to eat his vegetables.From vegetables straight to dessert, Stephen Garrett pops in to talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home. He enjoyed the latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You'd have to be dead inside not to enjoy it. But Stephen wonders if this is how it's going to be from now on, endless iterations of the same character played by interchangeable actors in an infinite number of interchangeable settings. “Welcome to comic books,” Neal says.Finally, Kathy O'Neill makes an appearance to warn about the new Sex and the City episodes, titled ‘And Just Like That.' She's more than faintly embarrassed that she and her girlfriends once thought this show was cool. No one is thinking that anymore, that's for sure. “It's so bad,” Kathy says, as we all mourn what we've lost.Enjoy the show!
Where have we been, you ask? We've been making a movie. Yup, we spent the summer in the great state of Rhode Island making the romantic comedy adventure, Poor Paul, starring none other than the Voice of Reason himself, Adam Carbone in the title role and his bestie sidekick, Clyde, was played by Nick Pasqual. Of course your host Sean Michael Beyer couldn't just direct the movie, he had to play Paul's Dad, Mr. Ted. But enough about us, enjoy this holiday Christmas fruit cake. A Christmas, Carol Carol was a tight-wad, grumpy, you-know-what. On Christmas eve, after tossing back her fair share of dirty martinis, she gets a visit by some ghosts that teach her a thing or two about being such a bitch. Hosted by Sean Michael Beyer and starring the voices of Nick Pasqual, Adam Carbone, Michael Richard Thrasher and Angela Hicks as Carol; featuring Dan Friedman, Susan Pasqual, Kat & Rocco Smith, H. Paul Pasqual, and Christian Miller. Written & Produced by Sean Michael Beyer. Audio Engineer, Sound Mix & Design by Shadow Mercury. ©2019-2021 Eye Scream Films & Media http://www.nationaldayriff.com Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Help us make more National Day Riffs by giving us a 5-Star Review, Subscribing and, Sharing on Social Media. Want a quick fix of even more National Day Riff with pictures and stuff? Check out them Micro-Dose videos on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-IOn18W3KLSpZz_twGvzPZzYWbGE_N6 #sketchcomedy #sketch #dysfunctional #family #holidays #turkey #christmas #achristmascarol #carol #charlesdickens #bahhumbug #bah #humbug #ghost #ghosts #past #future #present #bobcratchit #tinytim #funnyshit #lol #lmao #holidays #santa #presents #snl #saturdaynightlive #satire #parody Rudy, the Red-Nosed Strange Deer You know Dash, Dance, Prance, and Vix. Commie, Blitzed, and we forget who's next. But do you recall, the Strangest Reindeer of all? Rudy, the Red-Nosed Strange Deer tells the tug-on-your-heartstrings tale of Rudy, a freak-of-nature reindeer born with a shiny red nose that squeaks when he breathes. After being ostracized by Ms. Claus-Johnson, who's in charge while Santa's in rehab, relentless bullying, and a stint in juvi, Rudy decides to go it alone. Along the way he befriends Percy, a disgruntled elf who wants to become a doctor, and Yukon Jack, the self-proclaimed Greatest Smuggler this side of the North Pole. But when Rudy's parents are held hostage by the Abdominal Snow Creature, he and his friends must take on the gassy bitch, to not only save Rudy's family, but Christmas itself. This special holiday dose of National Day Riff includes performances of original and traditional Christmas songs and features special guest voice, stand-up comic and 2020 America's Got Talent semi-finalist, Alex Hooper as Yukon Jack. Available wherever you get your podcast fix on December 15th, 2020 from your warm & fuzzy friends at National Day Riff. ©2020-2021 Eye Scream Films & Media www.nationaldayriff.com https://youtu.be/vrn-5hzICZM #sketch #sketchcomedy #podcast #riff #politically #incorrect #inappropriate #funnyshit #lol #lmao #nationaldaycalendar #national #day #calendar #saturdaynightlive #SNL #Christmas #Rudolph #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #red #nosed #rednosed #red-nosed #santa #santaclaus #claus, #rehab #reindeer #northpole #north #pole #winter #abominable #snowman #snowcreature #yukon #yukonjack #dwarves #dwarf #elves #elf #hooperhairpuff #alexhooper
In this week's record-setting 29th episode of the Book and Film Globe Week in Review podcast, Neal Pollack talks about Neal Stephenson (no relation) with Dan Friedman (also no relation). Stephenson tackles the subject of climate change in his latest semi-speculative novel ‘Termination Shock.' One of the results of climate change, Stephenson posits, will be the evolution of man-eating feral hogs in Texas. Pollack says “that's just another Saturday night at the bars down here.”Stephen Garrett and his terrible Irish accent stop by to talk about ‘Belfast‘, Kenneth Branagh's artsy black-and-white Oscar contending film. Stephen praises the movie for Branagh's subtle character writing and ability to work with actors, not so much for the cinematography.Finally, Sara Stewart talks about Kristen Stewart (no relation) playing Princess Diana in the new art-house movie ‘Spencer‘. From Twilight to Lady Di, Kristen Stewart has come a long way. The camera loves her in this movie, and so did both Sara and Neal.Goodbye, England's rose. Hello, podcast! Thanks for listening.
Maria and Julio get into the Senate confirmation hearing for Chris Magnus, President Biden's pick to lead Customs and Border Protection. They also debrief the latest developments from the House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. And, they talk about a Senate committee investigation in Brazil to hold President Jair Bolsonaro accountable for the failures in his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Staff PicksPresident Biden's pick for Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Chris Magnus, supports two Trump-era border tactics, reports Ryan Devereaux for The Intercept. The public already knows that Steve Bannon, an ally to former President Donald Trump, played a role in the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, reports Dan Friedman for Mother Jones.In his latest column, Julio writes “Brazil's president has been all-in on what has become an apparently effective strategy for modern-day authoritarians,” for MSNBC.Photo credit: AP Photo/Eraldo Peres See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another edition of Fig Night At The Tavern...the audio version! This week we are joined again by Dan Friedman of Squared Circle Toys as we talk about the launch of his Kickstarter for the Ringside Chaos line that launched on Friday! Visit squaredcircletoys.com for all of the information and lets get this thing funded. You can even find out how to get a figure sculpted of yourself! Please visit The Turnbuckle Taverns YouTube page for the video version of this release!
Many datasets have been created for training reading comprehension models, and a natural question is whether we can combine them to build models that (1) perform better on all of the training datasets and (2) generalize and transfer better to new datasets. Our approach is to model multi-dataset question answering with a collection of single-dataset experts, by training a collection of lightweight, dataset-specific adapter modules (Houlsby et al., 2019) that share an underlying Transformer model. We find that these Multi-Adapter Dataset Experts (MADE) outperform all our baselines in terms of in-distribution accuracy, and simple methods based on parameter-averaging lead to better zero-shot generalization and few-shot transfer performance, offering a strong and versatile starting point for building new reading comprehension systems. 2021: Dan Friedman, Ben Dodge, Danqi Chen https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.13880v1.pdf
What if young people ruled the world? What would that world look like? Applied Theatre educator and ESI Associate Alex Sutherland talks to Dan Friedman about a performatory, whole-body, arts-based approach she and colleagues have developed at the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education in Cape Town that helps young social activists find their social and political voice. http://www.tshisimani.org.za https://www.ru.ac.za/search/?q=Alex+sutherland https://eastsideinstitute.org/about/our-people/institute-associates/alexandra-sutherland/ ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world. ----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.
Raquell Holmes is a Harvard-trained cell biologist, computational scientist and social activist. Founder of ImprovScience and Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education, Raquell is recognized for her organizing prowess in bringing improvisation, performance and social therapeutics to fellow scientists and educators. In this intimate conversation with Dan Friedman, she recounts her innovative approach to introducing the wonders of physics and biology to working class adults, and describes her most recent project — Uncomfortable Independent Conversations — a series she's organized with friends and colleagues shaken by racial injustice in America and seeking new ways to come together to develop. https://www.cultivatingensembles.org http://www.improvscience.org/welcome http://improvscience.org/UIC ----more---- Welcome to All Power to the Developing, a podcast of the East Side Institute. The Institute is a center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect and partner with committed and creative activists, scholars, artists, helpers and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we're all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world. ----more---- The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world. To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/ Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.
Ian Punnett and Dr. Dan Friedman discuss the possibility that the identity of Jack The Ripper is Conan Doyle. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The VO Meter is proud to be back as Official Podcast of The eVOcation Conference 2021. We'll be brining you great previews from the presenters, as well as live interviews during the conference. Stay Tuned!
On this week's exciting BFG Week In Review podcast, nine of our contributors join editor Neal Pollack to discuss what's going on in the culture. Katie Smith talks about Bookstagram and BookTok, Neal argues with Sharyn Vane about cancel culture and censorship in the publishing industry, and Dan Friedman stops by the Clubhouse to discuss the new Andy Weir novel, 'Project Hail Mary.' We also discuss the new Guy Ritchie/Jason Statham movie, Sara Stewart reviews the new Dutch movie 'The Columnist', Lily Moayeri savages the Iranian-American sitcom 'Chad,' Kevin L. Jones talks about a VICE TV wrestling documentary series, and Omar Gallaga can't recommend 'Made For Love' highly enough. Check out the most informative cultural podcast ever created!
Join us for the 1 year anniversary of the Industrial Marketing Show! On episode 52, we welcome Dan Friedman, the VP of Marketing at Eagle Crusher. We explored their recent implementation of BAM! Sales for managing distributor and sales enablement material. For Eagle Crusher, getting the right product information to their customers is critical. How did they select a platform to help get the job done? And what was the implementation like? Can you really align sales and marketing on the same tool? Stream the episode to find out. BAM! Sales: https://bamsales.io/ Eagle Crusher: https://eaglecrusher.com/
Carol was a tight-wad, grumpy, you-know-what. On Christmas eve, after tossing back her fair share of dirty martinis, she gets a visit by some ghosts that teach her a thing or two about being such a bitch. Hosted by Sean Michael Beyer and starring the voices of Nick Pasqual, Adam Carbone, Michael Richard Thrasher and Angela Hicks as Carol; featuring Dan Friedman, Susan Pasqual, Kat & Rocco Smith, H. Paul Pasqual, and Christian Miller. Written & Produced by Sean Michael Beyer. Audio Engineer, Sound Mix & Design by Shadow Mercury. ©2019-2020 Eye Scream Films & Media www.NationalDayRiff.com Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Help us make more National Day Riffs by giving us a 5-Star Review, Subscribing and, Sharing on Social Media. Want a quick fix of even more National Day Riff with pictures and stuff? Check out them Micro-Dose videos on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-IOn18W3KLSpZz_twGvzPZzYWbGE_N6 #sketchcomedy #sketch #dysfunctional #family #holidays #turkey #christmas #achristmascarol #carol #charlesdickens #bahhumbug #bah #humbug #ghost #ghosts #past #future #present #bobcratchit #tinytim #funnyshit #lol #lmao #holidays #santa #presents #snl #saturdaynightlive #satire #parody
The VO Meter is the Official Podcast of The Mini MAVO 2020 conference! We'll be bringing you great content both before, during and after the show so stay tuned!
Voiceover coach and producer Dan Friedman shares how he got started, advice for established and new actors, and how he's coping in these interesting times, plus a few bonus stories of meeting heroes.
Dan Friedman is the Co-Founder of Thinkful, a coding bootcamp that provides online courses Software Engineering, Design and Data Science courses. Dropping out of Yale, Dan is proof that you don't need a college degree or certain qualifications to find your way to success. Thinkful is the first coding bootcamp that came out and created offerings for people impacted by the COVID-19. Listen in to find out more about their initiatives. Another thing Dan emphasized today is the principle of reversibility.
Carol was a tight-wad, grumpy, you-know-what. On Christmas eve, after tossing back her fair share of dirty martinis, she gets a visit by some ghosts that teach her a thing or two about being such a bitch. Hosted by Sean Michael Beyer and starring the voices of Nick Pasqual, Adam Carbone, and Angela Hicks as Carol; featuring Dan Friedman, Susan Pasqual, Michael Richard Thrasher, Kat & Rocco Smith, H. Paul Pasqual, and Christian Miller. Written & Produced by Sean Michael Beyer. Audio Engineer, Sound Mix & Design by Shadow Mercury. ©2019 Eye Scream Films & Media http://www.nationaldayriff.com Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @nationaldayriff Help us make more National Day Riffs by giving us a 5-Star Review, Subscribing and Sharing on Social Media. Oh, and don’t forget to support our sponsors! Sponsored by: Flatiron Pepper Co http://www.flatironpepper.com Use promo code RIFF10 for 10% off your first order. You'll never go back to generic red pepper flakes.
For today's episode I'm sitting with a chocolate shop owner local to me in North Carolina. This isn't just any old chocolatier - this is also a place specifically started to hire employees with disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder. Dan Friedman is the owner of Special Treats located in Chapel Hill, NC, and he's also an autism dad. Special Treats sells products created by small businesses led by or consisting of employees with disabilities as well as creates and sells their own special treats. Learn more below and click through to buy some of their products! AUTISM GROWN UP COMMUNITY: https://community.autismgrownup.com/ AUTISM GROWN UP INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/autismgrownup/ AUTISM GROWN UP SHOWNOTES: https://www.autismgrownup.com/agupodcast/ AUTISM GROWN UP PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/autismgrownup --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/autism-grown-up-podcast/support
For today's episode I'm sitting with a chocolate shop owner local to me in North Carolina. This isn't just any old chocolatier - this is also a place specifically started to hire employees with disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder. Dan Friedman is the owner of Special Treats located in Chapel Hill, NC, and he's also an autism dad. Special Treats sells products created by small businesses led by or consisting of employees with disabilities as well as creates and sells their own special treats. Learn more below and click through to buy some of their products! AUTISM GROWN UP COMMUNITY: https://community.autismgrownup.com/ AUTISM GROWN UP INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/autismgrownup/ AUTISM GROWN UP SHOWNOTES: https://www.autismgrownup.com/agupodcast/ AUTISM GROWN UP PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/autismgrownup
With comparisons dating back to both Clinton & Nixon, one Conservative, Dan Friedman and one Progressive, Solomon Gibson, III respectfully discuss the Impeachment Inquiry. Both political perspectives are represented well in this episode, with very different opinions and perspectives. Both Dan and Solomon have been down this road with me before, discussing controversial topics from their respective political perspectives. Today, their discussion was lively, presenting a general populous view point of both the Impeachment proceedings and whether or not the Senate would remove the President. Solomon & Dan presented their thoughts on the impact that Impeachment is having now. They also talked about the impact Impeachment will have on the 2020 election, including potential Democratic front runners & whether Trump will be the nominee.
Bob talks with Judge Dan Friedman about his career as a judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday afternoon announced plans to launch formal impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. In recent days, a growing number of Democrats have argued that Trump's efforts to pressure Ukrainian leaders to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son could be grounds for removing the president from office. “This is a violation of his constitutional responsibility,” Pelosi said in televised remarks on Tuesday evening, accusing Trump of betraying his oath of office. “This is a violation of law." Washington DC bureau chief David Corn, and foreign influence and national security reporter Dan Friedman join host Jamilah King to discuss how a secret whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump rapidly transformed from a trickle of news into a full blown torrent that finally broke the dam.
July 24th - Dr. Dan Friedman, Beats the Intern
July 24th - Dr. Dan Friedman, Beats the Intern
--Blurb #1: Author: Dan Friedman Title: Don't Dare to Dream: A Gripping Thriller A successful million-dollar startup is David Pascal's dream. But some people would kill to get a piece of it. David didn't want much: a successful startup, a wife, and a family. But a series of bad encounters, partnerships, and a failed relationship drove him to attempt suicide. Rick, a good-looking life coach desperate to become the next Tony Robbins, moves in next door and offers to help David get back on his feet, in exchange for help developing a new app. Rick's wife Angela, a beautiful psychology student haunted by her past, becomes David's best friend. But he can't help falling in love with her--which might hurt his relationship with Rick. An investor pays them millions--but some people would murder for that much money. After it disappears, David's world shatters as he races to stay alive and find the money--before it's too late. Even the FBI can't tell David who to trust, or who wants him dead. Don't Dare to Dream is Dan Friedman's debut crime thriller. If you like gripping suspense, twists and turns, and unpredictable characters - you'll love Dan Friedman's thrilling ride. --Blurb #2: Author: Jamie Davis Title: The Charm Runner: The Broken Throne Series (book one) Smuggling Black Market Magic Can Get You Killed With magic banned, one chanter has a spell that could change everything Winnie Durham just wants to make an honest living selling magical items at her beloved store, Charmed, so she can afford to take care of her mother. But when Resolution 84 outlaws magic, Winnie must find a new way to make a living—and fast. Caught between the law, her mother's escalating medical bills, and a vow to never deal in the dark magic of the Sable trade, Winnie is given an opportunity that's too good to refuse...and hurled into a world that puts her at odds with everything she thought she stood for. Can Winnie stay ahead of the law long enough to discover the real reason magic was banned? --Abigail's Targeted Tip: Make your first character intro sentence short and sweet. --Question of the Week: How do you feel about adjectival subtitles? Yay or nay, and why? Ready to learn about time management and mindset for authors? Visit www.thejugglingauthor.com Pick up The Juggling Author book on sale for the next few days! Get it on Amazon here. Want to submit your own blurb for consideration? Fill out the form at www.bestpageforward.net/podcast or send an email to BestPageForwardShow@gmail.com
Recorded on October 17th, 2018. We have a quarter of a band in with Neville’s Quarter today. Together we all make a half, which is nice for a change! The band is normally Zach Drill and the Bits, but for limited spatial reasons we are hanging out with just a drill and one bit today: Zach Driland Dan Friedman . We have constructed a good show for y’all with “Never Stop Singing” (NQ), “Sunny Day Dreams” (ZD), “Grand Theft Heart” (ZD), and “Storybrook Window” (ZD), and to finish “Plenty of Nothing” (NQ). We chose to finish the show with this because it is International Eradication of Poverty Day. May poverty troubles lessen throughout all the world! Donate to a hunger relief program today! Help the poor in whatever you can today.Dan and Zach want you to reach out to them if you are an aspiring recording artist. Studio Z is an extremely well outfitted room, and they know their stuff. Contact for info: zachdrill@aol.com Hosted by Lex Headley and Brian Moyer.
This week, we take a hard look at the strange, swampy saga of President Donald Trump and a Florida spa entrepreneur. Li “Cindy” Yang is the former owner of the Jupiter, Florida, massage parlor where New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft was busted in February for allegedly soliciting prostitution. (She sold this location around 2012, and Kraft has denied the allegations.) Yang landed in the news after the Miami Herald published photos of Yang posing with President Trump and other Republican notables. But there was more to the story. In 2017, Yang and her husband had formed a business, GY US Investments LLC, that offered clients opportunities to “interact with the president…and other political figures” at Mar-a-Lago. Host Jamilah King chats with Dan Schulman, our deputy bureau chief in Washington D.C., and Dan Friedman, our foreign influence and national security reporter, about what know so far.
Dan Friedman from The Hot Tub Store joins us on the podcast to talk about reviews. He was recently interviewed for a story on Yelp, and we talk about that as well as Google reviews. Jeff and Dan’s stores both use Broadly to help them manage reviews, but there are
We all craved a clear resolution after special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr over the weekend. No such luck: We are left untangling what the combination of "no collusion" and "no obstruction" actually means, and the jury's out on obstruction of justice. Nonetheless, Trump has turned the result into an inevitable victory lap, with characteristic Trumpian vengeance. Speaking in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said he had been victimized by Mueller's investigation, and, ominously, he'd be taking "a look" at those he deemed responsible. So, where are we right now? Put simply, we are in a kind of political wilderness, without a roadmap, or an actual report to read, and lots of unanswered questions. In the podcast studio with host Jamilah King this week, David Corn, Washington, DC, Bureau Chief, and national security and foreign influence reporter, Dan Friedman help sort things out in the post-Mueller investigation world.
A special breaking news edition of the Mother Jones Podcast: On Friday morning, the FBI arrested Roger Stone, the longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Stone was charged with seven counts that include witness tampering, false statements, and obstruction. So, who is Roger Stone? What was his connection to Wikileaks and the hacking of the DNC during the 2016 campaign? And, most importantly, how close do these new charges get to the President of the United States? Joining us is Washington DC bureau chief, David Corn, and Dan Friedman, who covers foreign influence and national security for Mother Jones.
Mr. Dan Friedman is a business development expert at IOHK, software engineer, and blockchain enthusiast. He joins the hosts of the Cardano Effect to talk about the success and challenges of business development in the world of cryptocurrencies. Watch Episode 12 and view more information on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UElOtHpQnCo
We had the distinct pleasure of recording at MAVO 2018...over 2 hours worth of gold! So, we are going to release out the interviews in full over the next few weeks until we can compile the highlights into our next episode. Here is interview number 11, Dan Friedman. https://www.vometer.com https://www.paulstefano.com http://www.dailyvo.com/ https://www.vocalboothtogo.com/ https://www.jmcvoiceover.com/demo-production/ https://www.voiceactorwebsites.com/ https://www.audiopub.org/ https://globalvoiceacademy.com/ https://timpaige.lpages.co/podcast-demos/
It happened: The Attorney General of the United States has been fired. This news came with a giant Trumpian thump Wednesday morning—while votes are still being counted in an election that handed the House back to Democrats for the first time in eight years. The implications of Jeff Sessions' ouster could be enormous. President Donald Trump is now installing a loyalist, Matthew Whitaker, and serious questions now hang over the future of the Russia Investigation. D.C. bureau chief David Corn joins Dan Friedman, MoJo's foreign influence and national security reporter, to tackle these questions and give us the very latest on Russia, Robert Mueller, and more.
Dan and Dan Friedman and Frigolette sit down at the green room of Parker's Comedy Club in Johannesburg South Africa and talk comedy life and more.
Our #BusinessSpotlight today is on the founder of Tall Order. Standing tall at 6’11" and 6’9", Mike and Dan Friedman were often referred to as the Twin Towers growing up. Sadly, Dan and Mike’s nickname became tragically ironic when they lost their beloved father, Andrew, in the World Trade Center attacks. With towering heights come large feet, and as adults they often had trouble finding quality, stylish dress socks that fit comfortably. Being entrepreneurs, they began engineering fashionable socks for ALL men, sizes 9–20. In addition, a percentage of TallOrder’s proceeds is donated to non-profits like Tuesday’s Children, which provides services to families affected by terrorism and disaster. Tue 9/11 at 1pmET/10amPT or anytime in the archives. #WoMRadio is committed to raising awareness about bullying and we are sharing David Carraturo's heartfelt PSA in honor of his daughter, Julianna who tragically committed suicide this year. Thanks to our sponsors Safety Bags, Inc., StadiumBags.com and Traci's Healthy Habits. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, Thank you Smith Sisters Bluegrass for our closing song! Email Traci at traci.womradio@gmail.com for information on how to become a guest or sponsor!
Dan Friedman’s The Little Typer is coming out in September. I’m very excited about this book. It’s about dependent types, and it claims to “demonstrate the most beautiful aspects”. I can’t wait!
On this episode of Forever Blueshirts Radio, Host Russell Hartman is joined be 4B Editor in Chief Zak Chiger and 4B Writer Kevin Crupi as they answer some questions from listeners and discuss some topical NHL news. They are also joined by sports writer Daniel Friedman and discuss John Tavares' move to Toronto, updates on the Erik Karlsson saga and more. Follow Russell @russellhartman1 Follow Zak @Zak4b Follow Kevin @spacEARTHbender
Dan Friedman of NYIslesBlog.com joined the guys to discuss the NHL Trade Deadline and the moves made by both the Islanders and Rangers. Dan also discusses the future of John Tavares, Henrik Lundqvist, and much more!
LaFern Cusack speaks with the Co-Founders of TallOrder Mike and Dan Friedman about 9/11, support and carrying on the legacy of their father.
The microphone is the centerpiece of any voice actors studio setup and this week on the VO School Podcast we put this piece of technology front and center. Join us as we geek out about an exalted but often misunderstood piece of technology! Do you need an expensive microphone to be a professional voice actor? How much better is a $3k mic compared to a $200 model? How do you use a microphone to get the best out of it? Do they require maintenance? And how long should a mic last? Joining me this week are Dan Friedman and Emmett Andrews. Dan is an audio engineer, producer, voice talent and author from the mountains of Asheville, NC. With nearly two decades in the voiceover industry, he has produced, directed or provided his voice to thousands of audio productions. In 2010 he published SOUND ADVICE- Voiceover From An Audio Engineer's Perspective. A first of its kind in the industry, the book covers audio engineering and studio session etiquette as it relates directly to voiceover talent. Emmett’s background includes over 20 years in commercial radio, with much of the time spent in St. Louis and Indianapolis. Additionally, he has worked for Sweetwater as both a Sales Engineer and Tech Support Specialist. He is also a national voice talent, with clients like Dell, Long John Silvers, Spalding, Lexus, and Pandora. He offers technical design services for home studio owners and ad agencies. Emmett currently serves as Production Director for Emmis Communications.
"Special Treats" proprietor, Dan Friedman will address controversy regarding for-profit businesses in partnership with charitable entities (and render the rundown on business basics)! Chocolate Spectrum Chocolatier, Valerie Herksowitz and Highland Chocolates General Manager, Amy Welch are also featured to lend their savvy/credentialed perspective on this niche endeavor. Dan Friedman, Chapel Hill, NC boutique gourmet chocolate retailer dissolves discrepancies pertaining to business collaborations between nonprofits and for-profit organizations. Brace yourself for an exclusive interview unveiling the rationale/incentive behind spearheading, "Special Treats," a unique establishment housing intricate delicacies, exclusively crafted by people with disabilities in conjunction with the aforementioned affiliated organizations governed by Valerie Herksowitz and Amy Welch. They will also lend their expertise on business basics for thriving and aspiring entrepreneurs! Additional information pertaining to our featured guests : Dan Friedman Special Treats Proprietor www.specialtreatsnc.com Facebook: Valerie Herksowitz The Chocolate Spectrum http://www.thechocolatespectrum.com Amy Welch General Manager https://highlandchocolates.org
In this episode I talk with Dan Friedman. Dan gives shares stories of his history working with Lisp, including topics such as the power of Lisp, and tips for introducing a language.
As the largest rental car provider in North America, Enterprise Rent-A-Car publishes its quarterly length of rental (LOR) data for the collision repair industry as a tool to help repair businesses increase operating efficiencies, enhance customer service and streamline communications with insurance companies and customers. Dan Friedman, assistant vice president of collision repair industry relations and sales at Enterprise, discusses the latest length-of-rental trends, what's impacting those numbers and how shops can take advantage of length-of-rental reporting to increase efficiency and boost customer service.
Join Mike as he interviews producer, audio engineer, author, and voice talent Dan Friedman. Dan is a man of many talents. With over a decade in the voice-over industry, he has produced, directed, or provided his voice to thousands of audio productions. In 2010 he published a book, SOUND ADVICE - Voiceover From An Audio Engineer's Perspective. A first of its kind in the industry, the book covers audio engineering and studio session etiquette as it relates directly to voiceover talent. Dan continues to write a popular blog at his website, SOUND4VO.com. Dan was chosen to be among the top 10 "Most Influential Voice-Over Writers in 2011" in a Voice123 online survey. He is a home studio coach with Voicebank and Edge Studios and is also a voiceover teacher and coach for the Screen Artists Co-op in Asheville, NC. For more information about this and other episodes head over to mikelenzvoice.com.
Hey Change Nation we are back with part 2 of our interview with Dan Friedman of Thinkful! In this half of our talk with Dan we discuss some of the key motivators to spark a change in his life and his decision to join the Thiel Fellowship as a college student under 20 years old. Though the University experience was great, Dan and friends still had an itch to do something more for the world despite their academic endeavors. Dan realized he was studying the broader world but not being a part of it and wanted to do something that had a bigger impact. Another great insight discussed is the important aspects of what the future of higher education will look like from Dan's perspective, and how he is using Thinkful to give students real worl --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dollaranddifference/support
A Forbes 30 under 30 Entrepreneur who is transforming Higher Education through Thinkful, a social venture he founded in 2012 as part of the Thiel Fellowship. This fellowship encourages bright college students to take time off from school and start disruptive ventures. Today Thinkful is reaching tens of thousands of students and teaching them skills in technology, programming, data science, and design all through their unique one-on-one teaching system! Thinkful targets students who are looking to start a new career, want to grow in their current career, and who are interested in starting their own companies. Listen in as we talk with Dan about new and exciting developments within the field of education! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dollaranddifference/support
Dan Friedman is the co-founder of Thinkful, a company on a mission to reinvent education, Thinkful trains people to advance their careers.
Hola Digheads! We have the hilarious Dan Friedman on the show this week! Josh and Dan will be co-hosting CHUCKLESTORM: LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW EDITION on Tuesday October 9, 2012 at the Ottobar in Baltimore, Md. COME ON OUT! We're flipping things on their head. Alex Braslavsky can't make this Chucklestorm or podcast because he's having his spine removed, so Dan's hosting solo and we're going late night style, with a live house band!Featuring comedians BRANDON WARDELL + MICKEY FREELAND, filmmaker CHRIS LAMARTINA, performer PERTH O'DUIBHDIORMA and movie critic SEAN VAN HORNER.$5, 18+, FRIENDS WELCOME.Check out www.chucklestorm.com for more info and to join our mailing list! Have something to say about this ep? Or do you have anything else Digression Sessions related / unrelated to say? Should we start distributing powerpoints with every pod?! DigressionSessions.com !! PLEASE rate, subscribe, and provide a nice comment on the iTunes!! It'll help the podcast climb the charts! Follow us on the Twitters: @DigSeshPod @BetterRobotJosh @MichaelMoran10
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