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Today I'm going to talk about software and software as a service items that I use. I probably forgot some because there's going to be 42 on this list. Okay. Now, I don't want you to get all whacked out and think, oh my God, I got to have 42 different things to be successful online. Well, remember, I've been doing this for 32 years, and a lot of stuff has gone by the wayside and been replaced with new stuff. But you don't have to do everything that I'm talking about today. But there's a lot of good stuff here that maybe you didn't know about. Launch Team - https://www.ScrewTheCommute.com/launchteam Please watch this short trailer to the end and leave a comment - https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEntrepreneurFilm/videos/558575401181955 AI Hacks - https://www.ScrewTheCommute.com/aihacks AI Hacks Video Masterclass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJed0mCFHQ Professional Speaking Masterclass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFLR1MLTnf0 Email Marketing Masterclass - https://youtu.be/_wlvw073xP0 How Podcasting Got Me Invited to the White House - https://www.screwthecommute.com/pod Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 1149 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars See Tom's Stuff – https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates 00:23 Tom's introduction to Software & SaaS 03:00 ChatGPT, Claude, QuillBot, CapCut, Captions, HeyGen 04:43 Hydra, Opus Clips, Eleven Labs, Google Alerts, Outlook, Aweber, Savicom 06:19 Kartra, Elgato StreamDeck, Adobe Premier Pro, Audition, and Creative Cloud, Libsyn 08:59 Roadcaster app, iPICCY.com, fal.ai, Roboform, Keyboard Maestro, Mouse Pose 12:14 Zoom, OBS live stream, Dropbox, iCloud, Chrome browser, Google Maps, Notes/Notepad 13:20 Microsoft Word, Google Sheets/Drive, Kindle Create, Logi Tune, Meetup, Camtasia Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ Screw The Commute Podcast Producer - https://screwthecommute.com/larryguerrera/ College Ripoff Quiz - https://imtcva.org/quiz Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - orders@antion.com Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ This is the shopping cart system Tom uses! Kartra - https://screwthecommute.com/kartra/ Copywriting901 - https://copywriting901.com/ Become a Great Podcast Guest - https://screwthecommute.com/greatpodcastguest Training - https://screwthecommute.com/training Disabilities Page - https://imtcva.org/disabilities/ Tom's Patreon Page - https://screwthecommute.com/patreon/ Tom on TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@digitalmultimillionaire/ Email Tom: Tom@ScrewTheCommute.com Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Gadgets - https://screwthecommute.com/1148/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://screwthecommute.com/wordpressecourse/
MRKT Matrix - Monday, July 20th S&P 500 closes slightly lower on Monday, weighed down by rising oil prices (CNBC) Chinese AI Sensation Moonshot's Gamble on Big Models Pays Off (Bloomberg) What to Know About the Chinese AI Models Rattling U.S. Stocks (WSJ) The AI revolution takes on the world's most cyclical industry (FT) Google Shares Gain on Report of Chip to Boost AI Efficiency (Bloomberg) AMD launches Helios, its first rack AI system to rival Nvidia, adding Microsoft as newest buyer (CNBC) BlackRock Leads $12 Billion Financing for New Meta Data Centers in Texas (WSJ) Government-Owned AI Is a Terrible Idea (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Alex Holt, Field CTO at ElevenLabs, about what separates successful enterprise AI initiatives from those that never move beyond the proof of concept. Alex explains how ElevenLabs combines cutting-edge AI research, enterprise-grade products, and forward-deployed engineering to help organizations deploy voice AI at scale. He also discusses why AI success depends on tying every implementation to measurable business outcomes, how voice agents are transforming customer engagement, and why enterprises must rethink implementation if they expect real ROI. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why AI projects should begin with business KPIs—not technology How forward-deployed engineering accelerates enterprise adoption What makes enterprise voice AI production-ready How ElevenLabs balances innovation with safety and governance Why the best AI organizations measure outcomes, not experiments This episode is presented by ElevenLabs — Modern Email Delivery for developer & product teams. Learn more at elevenlabs.io
¡Hola Borja!. Hoy la clave no es trabajar más. Tu ecosistema automatizado ya es una máquina potente. Tu acción con mayor impacto para hoy es optimizar el cierre de tus ventas.Debes auditar hoy mismo las llamadas a la acción automatizadas de tus tres newsletters diarias. Cambia el enfoque usando el principio de las botas de Isra Bravo. Deja de vender la cima de la montaña. Vende las botas para el camino.Tus lectores de hoy no entienden el valor profundo de tu comunidad de pago o de tu libro. Ellos solo quieren resolver un problema inmediato y doloroso. Redacta una promesa ultra concreta para tu pie de firma. Por ejemplo, no vendas transformar su negocio con inteligencia artificial. Vende el prompt exacto para ahorrar dos horas de trabajo hoy mismo. Esta pequeña variación aumentará tus conversiones de forma masiva sin añadirte más trabajo.Además, aplica la regla de Ben Settle. El verdadero propósito de tus newsletters no es solo informar. Es servir como vehículo para vender tus otros productos. Tus correos diarios deben ser el puente directo hacia tus libros en Amazon y tu comunidad.Aquí tienes el resumen de lo más destacado del día:El dilema del calzado: Isra Bravo nos recuerda que no puedes vender la gran transformación inicial. El cliente solo compra lo que entiende antes de pagar.Vender en el backend: Ben Settle insiste en que las publicaciones existen para promocionar tus otras ofertas. Todo tu contenido debe redirigir al usuario hacia tu embudo principal.El error del experto: Esto Crece analiza cómo el especialista Kyle Poyar cobró menos por miedo. Debes fijar precios según el valor aportado, no según tu comodidad.La trampa del juego: Luis Ramos advierte sobre los juegos que se ganan no jugando. Identifica qué redes o tareas haces por inercia y elimínalas hoy mismo.IA de voz humana: IA Proactiv destaca el avance de ElevenLabs. Las voces sintéticas ahora logran respuestas en menos de cuatrocientos milisegundos.Implementa este cambio en tus automatizaciones antes de que termine el día. Verás el impacto de inmediato.Nos escuchamos muy pronto en el podcast Noticias Marketing. ¡A por todas, Borja!.Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/noticias-marketing--5762806/support.Newsletter Marketing Radical: https://marketingradical.substack.com/welcomeNewsletter Negocios con IA: https://negociosconia.substack.com/welcomeMis Libros: https://borjagiron.com/librosSysteme Gratis: https://borjagiron.com/systemeSysteme 30% dto: https://borjagiron.com/systeme30Manychat Gratis: https://borjagiron.com/manychatMetricool 30 días Gratis Plan Premium (Usa cupón BORJA30): https://borjagiron.com/metricoolNoticias Redes Sociales: https://redessocialeshoy.comNoticias IA: https://inteligenciaartificialhoy.comClub: https://triunfers.com
MRKT Matrix - Friday, July 17th S&P 500 falls 1%, heads for losing week, led by chipmakers; Netflix plunges (CNBC) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: July 17, 2026 (FactSet) Russia roils global market for diesel (Axios) Economic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey finds (CNBC) The Inside Story of IBM's Shocking Profit Warning (WSJ) IBM's Warning Is a ‘Hammer' Slamming Down on Tech's AI Outsiders (Bloomberg) China's Moonshot Unveils AI Model That Narrows Gap With US Firms (Bloomberg) Lettuce Grower Taylor Farms to Pull Parasite-Linked Products (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 16th Dow falls 200 points, tech selling picks up as chip stocks and Alphabet decline (CNBC) US Launches New Strikes on Iran as Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls (Bloomberg) Google Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal Goals (Bloomberg) Here's why the housing market is hurting so much this summer (CNBC) Trump suspends teleprompter operator over Kalshi bets allegations, White House says (CNBC) MLB cracks down on using AI via dugout iPads to help shape in-game decisions (The Athletic) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 15th Stocks rise on Big Tech gains, encouraging inflation signs (CNBC) 1 big thing: Top economists' AI warning (Axios) Anthropic Plans IPO Investor Meetings as Mega-Listing Nears (Bloomberg) Wall Street banks are AI stocks now (FT) Warren Buffett on the market today: ‘It's tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling' (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reveals how preventable failures, absent emergency responders, and political priorities allowed the 2025 Los Angeles fires to become a devastating catastrophe. Subscribe for free to our podcast: https://nlupod.com/subscribe SPONSORS: ElevenLabs: Thanks to ElevenLabs (https://elevenlabs.io) for supporting this episode and powering Tim's voice. SOCIAL: Website: https://nlupod.com/ X: https://x.com/nlutimgreen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NLUpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nlupod PERSONAL: Tackle ALS: https://www.tackleals.com Tim Green Books: https://authortimgreen.com Tim's New Book - ROCKET ARM: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062796895/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, July 14th S&P 500 gains after light inflation data, bounce in chip stocks (CNBC) ‘We Faltered': IBM Plunges Most Since 1968 on Sales Miss (Bloomberg) Wall Street banks smash records on stock trading boom (FT) Big Banks' Profits Surge After a Red-Hot Quarter on Wall Street (WSJ) US CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge Flat (Bloomberg) Warsh Tells Congress the Fed Has ‘No Tolerance' for High Inflation (WSJ) Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone (CNBC) New York becomes first U.S. state to impose AI data center ban (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
(0:00) ElevenLabs' $600M ARR Ramp, 600 Employees & Life Without PMs (15:34) Celebrity Voice Deals, Deepfake Impersonation & Racing OpenAI and Anthropic (31:42) Legora's Hypergrowth, Disrupting Law Firms & the Billable Hour (42:31) LexisNexis Decline, Legal Data Moats & Legora's Narrow AI Models Thanks to our partners for making this possible! Airwallex is a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, treasury, and spend management to embedded finance. https://airwallex.com/allin Oracle powers AI at every scale—from frontier labs to enterprise production. Your data. Leading models. No lock-in. One platform, architected for AI. Built for business. Visit https://www.oracle.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-experience/?source=:ex:sn:::::AllIn&SC=:ex:sn:::::AllIn&pcode= Follow Mati: https://x.com/mati Follow Max: https://x.com/MaxJunestrand Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@allin Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg And a special thank you to Raise Summit for hosting us in Paris
MRKT Matrix - Monday, July 13th Stocks drop after Trump reimposes Strait of Hormuz blockade, SK Hynix leads chip stocks lower (CNBC) Wall Street Banks Set to Pull In Almost $39 Billion From Trading (Bloomberg) Think the S&P 500 Looks Cheap? Read the Fine Print (WSJ) Top Federal Reserve official warns ‘hot' inflation could trigger rate rise (FT) Businesses brace for years of inflation as new costs pile up (The Washington Post) K Hynix plunges after Nasdaq debut as memory chip euphoria cools (Reuters) Companies turn to Chinese AI models to cut costs (FT) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Watch as a full video episode on YouTubeMarco is in a bad mood this week, and doesn't hold back when discussing the march of AI into audiobooks…! Plus, we chat about the depressing reaction to a book piracy site being taken down, and wonder if Canongate's new approach to paying authors more regularly will catch on (we aren't optimistic…)00:00 Intro00:54 Here Come The Robots - AI voices taking over?20:21 A Pirate's Life For You? How Piracy Hurts Authors29:38 Opening the (Canon)Gates - Will The Big 5 Follow?35:50 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine's Idea FactoryLinks:Bolinda creates AI cloned voice of Barbara Cartland[Not linking to the Piracy story as it names the site]Canongate moves to quarterly royalty paymentsAdventures in Publishing-land is brought to you by STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing podcast needs, featuring Page One - The Writer's Podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson and more! Find all our shows here!Follow us on BlueskyFollow us on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Watch as a full video episode on YouTubeMarco is in a bad mood this week, and doesn't hold back when discussing the march of AI into audiobooks…! Plus, we chat about the depressing reaction to a book piracy site being taken down, and wonder if Canongate's new approach to paying authors more regularly will catch on (we aren't optimistic…)00:00 Intro00:54 Here Come The Robots - AI voices taking over?20:21 A Pirate's Life For You? How Piracy Hurts Authors29:38 Opening the (Canon)Gates - Will The Big 5 Follow?35:50 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine's Idea FactoryLinks:Bolinda creates AI cloned voice of Barbara Cartland[Not linking to the Piracy story as it names the site]Canongate moves to quarterly royalty paymentsAdventures in Publishing-land is brought to you by STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing podcast needs, featuring Page One - The Writer's Podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson and more! Find all our shows here!Follow us on BlueskyFollow us on InstagramPre- Order 'The Shadow Carver' PbBuy me a cup of coffee ☕️ | Buy books by my guestsFollow Me Bluesky | Substack | Instagram | Facebook | Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MRKT Matrix - Friday, July 10th S&P 500 rises as index heads for winning week (CNBC) Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Over But Talks on Deal to Continue (Bloomberg) Meet SK Hynix, the trillion-dollar South Korean chipmaker debuting on U.S. markets (CNBC) SK Hynix CEO Expects Memory Crunch to Last Into Next Decade (Bloomberg) Secretive China Chipmaker Is Built to Dodge US Curbs (Bloomberg) Trump Says He Won't Sign Landmark Housing Bill (WSJ) Stablecoin issuer Circle just got the greenlight to operate as a bank. The shares are up 5% (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
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MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 9th Stocks gain as chipmakers rise, oil prices fall (CNBC) Micron Boosts US Spending to $250 Billion to Feed Memory Boom (Bloomberg) The SK Hynix ADR listing is coming Friday. What it means for U.S. memory stocks (CNBC) Zuckerberg Pledges ‘Aggressive' Pricing With Meta's First Pay-to-Use AI (Bloomberg) Five Bank Earnings in a Day Has Even Mike Mayo Skipping the Gym (Bloomberg) The economy's K-shaped dynamic could be changing (Axios) June home sales disappoint as prices reach an all-time high (CNBC) An Impending IPO Boom Has Sparked FOMO Among San Francisco Home Buyers (WSJ) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 8th Dow tumbles 500 points as oil jumps with Trump saying attacks on Iran to continue (CNBC) Dollar Gets Safe-Haven Flows as US-Iran Ceasefire Under Threat (Bloomberg) Fed meeting minutes to show ‘family fight' over rates. The squabble could drag on for a while (CNBC) China Plans to Let Top AI Firms Buy Limited Amount of Nvidia H200 Chips (The Information) Blue Origin to Raise $10 Billion at $130 Billion Valuation (The Information) Bezos' Space Venture Blue Origin Seeks $10 Billion in Funding Round (WSJ) Delta launches ‘basic business' fares without lounge access, seat selection (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Dr. Gail Saltz reveals how fear, shame, denial, and the stories we repeat to ourselves can quietly shape our choices, relationships, health, and sense of identity. Subscribe for free to our podcast: https://nlupod.com/subscribe SPONSORS: ElevenLabs: Thanks to ElevenLabs (https://elevenlabs.io) for supporting this episode and powering Tim's voice. SOCIAL: Website: https://nlupod.com/ X: https://x.com/nlutimgreen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NLUpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nlupod PERSONAL: Tackle ALS: https://www.tackleals.com Tim Green Books: https://authortimgreen.com Tim's New Book - ROCKET ARM: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062796895/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Episode 672 of the New Media Show, host 2017 Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee welcomes Leo Laporte, founder and owner of the TWiT Podcast Network, longtime technology broadcaster, and 2015 Podcast Hall of Famer. He launched TWiT in 2005 and built one of the earliest independent technology media networks around a simple idea: make strong shows, distribute them everywhere the audience wants to watch or listen, and build a real relationship with the people who return every week. Leo has spent decades at the center of the shift from broadcast radio and cable television into online shows, podcasts, livestreams, video, and creator-led media. This conversation looks at where that model is heading now. The word “podcast” helped define an era of downloadable audio, RSS feeds, and iPods. Today, audiences find shows through YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Netflix, social platforms, livestreams, clips, newsletters, and communities. Most viewers or listeners do not care how a show is technically delivered. They care whether it is easy to find, worth their attention, and made by people they trust. Rob and Leo discuss why the technical barrier to starting a show has fallen so far, while the challenge of creating meaningful content has never gone away. Anyone can publish. Building a show that earns repeat attention takes perspective, consistency, subject knowledge, and a genuine relationship with an audience. Leo reflects on TWiT's early video strategy, its experiments with live 24/7 programming, and the importance of creating a sense of place around a media brand. Video can deepen audience connection, while audio remains one of the most personal forms of media because it travels with listeners through daily life. The discussion also explores the growing complexity of distribution and measurement. Audio and video are increasingly becoming one media experience, yet advertisers still face fragmented metrics across RSS, YouTube, streaming platforms, and social video. Rob and Leo talk about Apple HLS video, the gap between download metrics and actual consumption, the limitations of existing IAB measurement standards, and why advertiser confidence still often comes down to audience fit and trusted host-read relationships. A strong audience relationship has more long-term value than a number on a dashboard that may not fully reflect who watched, listened, responded, or bought. Leo also shares his view that AI is a major structural technology transition. TWiT has expanded its coverage through Intelligent Machines, looking at AI, robotics, and the impact these tools will have on work, media, and daily life. AI can help creators research, edit, generate visuals, improve production workflows, translate content, and extend the usefulness of existing media. It can also generate massive volumes of generic content, clone voices, and make it harder for audiences to know what is real. Rob and Leo discuss whether clearly identified and certified human-led media may become more valuable as synthetic content becomes harder to distinguish from authentic work. They agree that human perspective, lived experience, spontaneity, and community will continue to matter deeply in a media environment crowded with automated output. The episode closes with a look at the next generation of media habits. Leo points to the rise of short-form scrolling, social video, and new creator business models, while also making the case for long-form conversations and communities that bring people together instead of pushing them further apart. For creators and media companies, the path forward is still clear: build work that people value, meet the audience where they are, stay flexible as platforms change, and create relationships strong enough to survive the next technology shift. Topic Chapter Time Stamp Markers: 00:00 — Welcome to The New Media Show Episode 672 Rob Greenlee introduces Leo Laporte and sets up the episode around online new media, podcasting, video, AI, and where media is heading next. 02:15 — Leo Laporte Joins the Conversation Leo reflects on how long he and Rob have been part of the early era of podcasting and online media. 02:45 — Is It Still New Media? Rob and Leo discuss whether “new media” still works as a term, and why podcasting may now be part of a much larger media category. 03:30 — Why Leo Wanted to Call Podcasts “Netcasts” Leo explains why he resisted the term “podcast” early on and why he still thinks creators are really making shows. 04:35 — Podcasting Beyond the Download The conversation moves into YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, RSS, streaming, and why the audience cares more about access than the delivery format. 05:25 — Be Everywhere the Audience Wants You Leo explains one of TWiT's core decisions: distribute content wherever listeners and viewers want to consume it. 06:10 — Discovery Is the New Challenge Podcasting is easier to access than ever, but harder to discover because audiences now have millions of choices. 07:35 — Why Starting Is Easy but Building a Show Is Hard Leo explains that technical barriers have fallen, but the real challenge remains content, authenticity, and audience connection. 09:20 — Talent, Audience, and the Return of Media Gatekeeping Rob and Leo discuss whether attention is consolidating again around fewer large creators and channels. 10:25 — Audience Size vs Real Business Value Leo separates building an audience from building a media business and explains why YouTube monetization still requires scale. 11:05 — Radio, Podcasting, and the Early TWiT Model Leo talks about his radio background, his first podcast from 2004, and how broadcasting and podcasting share the same core idea. 12:05 — The Brick House Studio and Legitimacy Leo explains why TWiT built a large studio: to show advertisers and audiences that online media could be a serious media business. 13:05 — Video Was Always Part of the Plan Rob and Leo talk about how TWiT was doing video years before the current “video podcasting” push. 13:40 — Audio Intimacy vs Video Presence Leo explains why radio creates intimacy, while video adds place, presence, and a different kind of audience relationship. 16:05 — TWiT as a Lean-Back Media Network Leo describes his early vision for TWiT as a low-cost version of CNN or CNBC for technology coverage. 17:00 — 24/7 Streaming and Live Community The conversation covers TWiT's 24/7 stream, live programming, behind-the-scenes feel, and why raw authenticity helped the brand. 18:40 — Why Technology Was the Right Beat Leo explains why covering technology kept TWiT relevant through major shifts from the iPhone to AI. 20:35 — AI as the Next Major Technology Shift Leo compares AI to structural technology changes and explains why he sees it as a major long-term shift. 22:20 — From This Week in Google to Intelligent Machines Leo discusses rebranding a TWiT show around AI and robotics as the center of technology coverage moved. 23:15 — Can AI Create Real Media? Rob asks Leo about AI-generated content, and Leo explains why he still believes humans will remain central to media creation. 24:20 — AI Tools, Voice Cloning, and Advertising Leo talks about using AI tools, ElevenLabs voice cloning, and the potential for AI-generated ad reads. 25:25 — Why Human Spontaneity Still Matters Rob and Leo discuss whether AI clones can capture the same timing, originality, and human presence as real creators. 26:35 — Zune, Apple, Siri, and AI Adoption A lighter segment on Zune leads into Apple's AI plans and how mainstream users may begin to understand AI's practical value. 27:45 — AI Backlash, Jobs, and Human Value Rob and Leo discuss AI anxiety, job disruption, retraining, and why people need to understand where their human value lies. 29:30 — Will the Word Podcast Survive? Rob asks whether “podcast” will remain the right term as audiences define the medium more than creators or platforms do. 30:40 — Shows, Creators, and Human Creation Leo argues that “show” may be the better word and reflects on why humans are naturally driven to create. 33:05 — Apple HLS and the Audio-Video Merge Rob and Leo discuss Apple HLS, streaming formats, video RSS, audio RSS, and the shift toward combined audio-video experiences. 37:05 — Measurement Across Audio, Video, and Platforms The conversation turns to the challenge of consistent measurement across RSS, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and other platforms. 38:20 — Host-Read Ads, Video Ads, and Dynamic Insertion Leo explains how TWiT handles baked-in host reads, dynamic ad insertion, and the coming shift toward video ad insertion. 39:10 — The Problem with Podcast Metrics Leo explains why measuring podcast consumption remains messy, especially across corporate networks, mobile listening, and YouTube. 41:10 — Why Attribution Still Falls Short Rob and Leo discuss why promo codes, attribution links, and dashboards do not fully capture real audience behavior. 43:15 — Trust as the Real Advertising Asset Leo explains why TWiT's value to advertisers comes from trusted hosts, engaged audiences, and long-term sponsor relationships. 45:00 — Podcasting 2.0 and Shared Economic Models Rob introduces the idea of shared value between advertisers, apps, creators, and listeners, and Leo reacts to the concept. 46:15 — Oxford Road, Dan Granger, and New Metrics Rob brings up Dan Granger's work around new podcast measurement standards and the 30-second vs 60-second listener discussion. 47:35 — Why Creator-Side Metrics Matter Leo explains why he is skeptical of advertiser-driven measurement systems and why inflated podcast numbers damaged trust. 49:15 — Subscriptions, Membership, and Reducing Ad Dependence Leo explains why audience-supported media would be ideal and how TWiT's paid club fits into the business model. 50:20 — The Art of the Host-Read Ad Rob and Leo discuss why Leo's long-form host reads worked, including the value of making ads useful and content-like. 52:45 — Where Media Consumption Is Heading Rob asks Leo what may come next in media, and Leo points to short-form scrolling, TikTok, Instagram, and changing audience behavior. 54:00 — Leo's Son, TikTok, and the Next Generation of Media Leo shares how his son built a major food audience through short-form video and turned it into a restaurant and cookbook business. 55:35 — Long-Form Still Has a Future Leo argues that long-form shows can still matter if they create value, community, and real connection. 56:45 — Community as the Core of Media Leo explains why connection and community remain the most important part of media, no matter how platforms change. 57:30 — The Risk of Doom Scrolling Rob and Leo discuss short-form addiction, dopamine loops, and how constant scrolling can disconnect people from real community. 58:35 — AI Slop and Synthetic Video The discussion moves to AI-generated video content, fantasy media, and the question of whether audiences will tire of low-quality synthetic output. 59:35 — Human Clones, AI Presence, and Authenticity Rob asks whether AI versions of creators could extend their presence, and Leo reflects on voice clones, soul, and human perspective. 1:00:35 — Human-Made Media May Become More Important Rob suggests that labeling human-made content may become more valuable as AI content grows more convincing. 1:01:20 — Remembering Todd Cochrane and Podcast Hall of Fame Rob and Leo reflect on Todd Cochrane, the Podcast Hall of Fame, and the early podcasting community. 1:03:10 — The Hall of Fame, Dave Winer, and Joe Rogan Leo and Rob talk about the Podcast Hall of Fame, Dave Winer, Joe Rogan, and recognizing major contributors to podcasting. 1:04:45 — Closing Thoughts and Where to Find the Show Rob thanks Leo and closes the episode with where to find past episodes and future New Media Show content. Guest Links: Leo Laporte, Founder and Owner, TWiT Podcast Network TWiT Podcast Network: https://twit.tv/ Leo Laporte Website: https://leo.fm/ Leo Laporte on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-laporte-8aa224309/ Leo Laporte on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoLaporte Intelligent Machines: https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines This Week in Tech: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Rob Greenlee and New Media Show Links Rob Greenlee Website: https://robgreenlee.com/ New Media Show: https://newmediashow.com/ New Media Show Audio on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-media-show-audio/id392545649 New Media Show on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TheNewMediaShow Rob Greenlee on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@RobGreenlee Podcast Hall of Fame: https://podcasthall.com/ AI Disclosure Note: I used AI tools to help organize and edit this episode, description, and generate show notes from the episode transcript. The views, clarifications, responsibility, and industry perspective are mine and my guest's. This article reflects my editorial direction and the substance of the conversation.The post The Future of Media | Leo Laporte, TWiT.tv #672 first appeared on New Media Show.
MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, July 7th Dow falls back below 53,000, Nasdaq loses 1% as chip stocks tank, oil spikes (CNBC) The bond market's new bet on interest rates (Axios) SK Hynix US Listing Said to Be Multiple Times Oversubscribed (Bloomberg) Traders Are Dumping Tech Bonds to Make Room for Amazon Debt Deal (Bloomberg) Microsoft Replaces OpenAI, Anthropic With Own AI in Some Apps (Bloomberg) JPMorgan, Bank of America and Other Banks Explore a Deal to Shake Up Payments World (WSJ) Private-Equity Firms Are Sitting on a Nine-Year Backlog (WSJ) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
MRKT Matrix - Monday, July 6th Nasdaq jumps to start new week led by chip stocks, Dow briefly tops 53,000 for first time (CNBC) Software Markdowns at Mutual Funds Hint at Private Markets' Pain (Bloomberg) David Tepper rides AI memory boom to 32% first-half return (Bloomberg) Small businesses are starting to replace Salesforce with AI-built software (The Information) Microsoft Is Cutting More Than 3,000 Jobs in Xbox Division (WSJ) Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario (WSJ) Trump Accounts boost? Here's how much money will flow into stock market from the new program (CNBC) Measurement tweaks will make inflation data look better (Axios) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Idag ringde jag Olof Palme. På riktigt, typ.Någon i AI-partiet (som jag knappast delar politik med) har vibe-kodat ihop en sajt: paketera ″Ring Olof Palme″ till ett ord och flytta punkten in i namnet, mellan Pal och me, så har du RingOlofPal.me. Där sitter en röstagent byggd på ElevenLabs. Du trycker på en knapp och tar ett samtal med Palme. Charmigt, lite kusligt, förvånansvärt bra.Men det är inte poängen. Poängen är vad det säger om var vi är. För i samma avsnitt pratar jag om det som verkligen tänder mig just nu: pluralism. Svaret på ″är vi för beroende av USA?″ är inte att vänta på att EU eller någon svensk regering ska bygga ett AI åt oss. Det är att sprida ut det. Kör flera modeller mot varandra, specialtjänster som Perplexity eller Elicit, en liten modell direkt i telefonen (Gemma 4), eller bygg ditt eget kluster. Jag räknade på det: en seriös on-prem-uppsättning i Volvo Trucks-skala landar på runt 10 miljoner i hårdvara och 30 000 i månaden i el. Dyrt för en, fullt möjligt för många tillsammans. Hör ni det, Helsingborg?Och Fable 5 är tillbaka ett par dagar till innan den låses in bakom API:t den 7 juli, så passa på.Men mest av allt: bygg något. Carin Winberg satte sig med Lovable och löste sin egen förrådsrensning. Det räcker. Det är så vi kommer igång.Kom igen nu. Bygg något i helgen, gör en Carin. Men om inget annat ring Palma, snacka AI, och berätta i en kommentar vad ni kommer fram till.CC-BY 4.0
Digital photographer, Ant Pruitt, is here to talk about his 30-day personal photography challenge and how it made him a better photographer. Plus Netflix, ElevenLabs and the Gene Wilder estate recreated the voice of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka to use as the narrator for its new reality show “Wonka's The Golden Ticket.” We discuss the implications and what it really means for the afterlife of well-known actors likenesses being used after their death. Sony announced it would end production of physical game discs starting in January 2028. Roger shares how he feels about losing physical game discs. And we end the week on a sweet note as we test everyone's knowledge of SODA! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Ant Pruitt, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!
MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 2nd Dow hits record, Nasdaq falls again as chipmakers struggle (CNBC) Industry Analysts Project 21% Increase in S&P 500 Price Over the Next 12 Months (FactSet) Fed's Daly Says Inflation Should Cool But Warns of Uncertainty (Bloomberg) July 4 gas prices will be the highest since 2022 (Axios) Tesla Sales Jumped in Second Quarter (WSJ) Microsoft commits $2.5 billion and 6,000 employees to new AI implementation unit (CNBC) One Leveraged ETF Is Reshaping Trading in World's Top AI Memory Stock (Bloomberg) Two Blue Owl Private Credit Funds Impose Caps After Redemption Requests (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Este podcast está patrocinado por Qonto.Si tienes una empresa, sabes que uno de los principales retos es poder mantener el control y ver claras tus finanzas. Pagos por un lado, cobros por otro, facturas en otra plataforma…Con Qonto, centralizas todas las finanzas en un solo lugar: cuenta de empresa remunerada, tarjetas para ti y para tu equipo, gestión de gastos y facturación integradas.Crear tu cuenta, aprobar un gasto, emitir una factura… todo rápido, en una misma solución.Obtén la claridad y el control financiero que necesitas.Abre tu cuenta hoy y empieza gratis.https://qonto.com/esEn esta tertulia de Itnig hablamos de una de las ideas más potentes que está dejando esta nueva ola tecnológica: el paso de los chatbots a los agentes personales de IA. Bernat y Jordi entran a fondo en cómo están evolucionando estas herramientas, qué papel pueden jugar productos como los agentes con memoria, por qué el contexto empieza a ser más valioso que el propio modelo y hasta qué punto la IA local, ejecutada en tu propio dispositivo o infraestructura, puede cambiar por completo la relación entre utilidad, coste y privacidad.La conversación también aterriza en ejemplos muy concretos: Apple Silicon, modelos open source en local, WhisperFlow, wearables de voz, agentes que “sueñan”, reorganizan memoria y empiezan a actuar de forma proactiva en tu día a día. Más allá del hype, la tertulia plantea una pregunta muy seria: si un agente necesita saberlo todo sobre ti o sobre tu empresa para multiplicar tu productividad, ¿dónde debería vivir ese contexto? ¿En la nube, en Europa, en Estados Unidos o lo más cerca posible del usuario y sus datos?En la segunda mitad, el episodio gira hacia otro tema igual de interesante: el rol de chief of staff, cómo encontrar talento excepcional en perfiles generalistas y qué diferencia hay entre alguien que maximiza opcionalidad y alguien que realmente genera impacto dentro de una organización. A partir de la experiencia de Factorial, Bernat y Jordi discuten sobre procesos de selección, ambición, especialización, aprendizaje y por qué muchas veces un buen proceso de hiring sirve también para descubrir talento que puede acabar aportando valor en otros roles clave.Además, la tertulia deja una reflexión muy potente sobre equity, compensación y negociación profesional, a raíz del caso compartido sobre ElevenLabs y cómo algunos perfiles plantean su valor no solo pidiendo más, sino comprometiéndose más. Una conversación sobre agentes de IA, privacidad, contexto, liderazgo, compensación y el futuro del trabajo que conecta producto, talento y tecnología de una forma especialmente útil para founders, operadores y cualquiera que quiera entender hacia dónde se mueve el mercado.
MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 1st Dow closes little changed after touching record; Nasdaq slides to start July (CNBC) Fed Chief Kevin Warsh declines to hint at July rate decision, but says inflation ‘too high' (CNBC) US Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling Talks (Bloomberg) U.S. auto industry faces increased uncertainty without extension of USMCA trade deal (CNBC) Meta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing Power (Bloomberg) Microsoft Plans Thousands of Layoffs in Sales, Engineering, Xbox (The Information) Trump's $1.4 Billion Haul Makes Him Biggest US Crypto Moneymaker (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
-In its report, the panel discussed how quickly AI capabilities have evolved over the past few years. The complexity of tasks AI models can accomplish has been doubling every few months. -Conversation Focus, in particular, is only accessible at no cost for three hours per month. If you want to use it for longer than that, you'll have to pay for a $20-a-month Meta One Premium plan. -Netflix has worked with ElevenLabs to develop a recreation of Gene Wilder's voice for use in an upcoming unscripted reality show inspired by Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mitch Albom joins Tim Green to revisit the guilt that brought him back to Morrie Schwartz, the dying ALS professor whose joy exposed the emptiness of Mitch's own success. Their conversation moves through ambition, regret, faith, grief, and the lesson that giving can make us feel alive when achievement is not enough. Subscribe for free to our podcast: https://nlupod.com/subscribe SPONSORS: ElevenLabs: Thanks to ElevenLabs (https://elevenlabs.io) for supporting this episode and powering Tim's voice. SOCIAL: Website: https://nlupod.com/ X: https://x.com/nlutimgreen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NLUpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nlupod PERSONAL: Tackle ALS: https://www.tackleals.com Tim Green Books: https://authortimgreen.com Tim's New Book - ROCKET ARM: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062796895/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to another installment of the ChinaTalk radio show! Today, we're diving into Taiwan's war on green energy. Shenanigans abound in this episode, including: The lights-out scenario — Taiwan only holds 11 days of LNG reserves, and 97% of the island's energy is imported, but the ruling party phased out nuclear and botched the renewable rollout anyway. The offshore wind graveyard — how made-in-Taiwan components drove developers to abandon the world's best offshore wind sites, The Taipower unbundling reversal — and the Kafkaesque system that keeps electricity prices dirt cheap despite the Iran war. “Green energy cockroaches” — why corruption is Taiwan's dirtiest secret, and how the Taiwanese public came to associate renewables with scandal, The nuclear U-turn — How President Lai Ching-te walked back forty years of "Non-Nuclear Homeland" orthodoxy to restart Taiwan's nuclear reactors. A transcript of this show with embedded source links is available on the ChinaTalk substack. This episode was produced by Lily Ottinger and Aqib Zakaria. Special thanks to "Jason Feng," Angelica Oung, Ricky Huang, Tsaiying Lu (DSET), and Yu-Hsuan Yeh (formerly of CSIS and DSET) for their time and expertise. Everyone's views are their own and don't represent any organization. If you want to learn more, check out Angelica's ongoing work on her two Substacks, Taipology and Elemental Energy. You can also check out Ricky's two podcasts, where he hosts cross-partisan debates about energy policy and more. "Jason's" voice was anonymized with ElevenLabs' text-to-speech tools. Finally, we know Angelica is a controversial figure, but we decided to interview her because, on energy policy specifically, her views are shared by a not-insubstantial portion of the Taiwanese public. [See: this poll which reported that 59% of the Taiwanese public didn't feel confident that Lai's administration could protect Taiwan from power outages, and this poll from June 2025 that shows a near-even split in public opinion for and against the non-nuclear homeland policy.] Outro song lyrics: 「燈火 Taiwan」 (Lights of Taiwan) [Verse 1] The AC stopped humming on August day eight Aunties in the market, no fan on their face Eleven days of gas, forty-two of coal Then the island goes dark, and the story gets old O-lóng-mn̂g, o-lóng-mn̂g (黑黑暗暗, pitch black) We knew this would come, but we looked away [Pre-Chorus] Forty years they said hūi-hi̍k (非核, non-nuclear) Forty years of dreaming we could wish it all away But the strait is a wind tunnel, and the sun still shines While we burned the future for cheaper times [Chorus] Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí kám ū thêng-thāu? (我的故鄉, 你敢有聽著? — My homeland, can you hear?) The Franken-reactor sleeps beneath the hill Crystal Yang drank the water, but the people got ill Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí ài kiàⁿ-khí-lâi (我的故鄉, 你愛起來 — My homeland, you must rise) Not nuclear OR green — we need both to survive [Verse 2] Round 3.1, Round 3.2, localization chains RWE went home, EnBW felt the pain Yunlin's turbines turning, three times the cost While the lūi-chhù (綠能蟑螂, green cockroaches) ate what we lost Behind the meter, batteries wait Zero price auction — we sealed our own fate [Pre-Chorus] Taipower's black box, CPI's lie TSMC pays more so the auntie don't cry But the data centers can't grow, AI waits at the door While we argue if nuclear is sin or chó͘ (善或惡, good or evil) [Chorus] Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí kám ū thêng-thāu? The Franken-reactor sleeps beneath the hill Crystal Yang drank the water, but the people got ill Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí ài kiàⁿ-khí-lâi Not nuclear OR green — we need both to survive [Bridge] (Spoken, over soft piano) March 22nd, 2026 Lai Ching-te said the words nobody wanted to hear Kò͘-hiong needs power Not slogans, not pride, not forty years of fear [Final Chorus] Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí kám ū thêng-thāu? The blockade is coming, the Hormuz is closed Spot market gas at 140% — who knows? Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí ài kiàⁿ-khí-lâi Distributed and hardened, let the sun and wind rise With nuclear beside them — open both your eyes [Outro] O-lóng-mn̂g, mài koh o-lóng-mn̂g (黑黑暗暗, 莫閣黑黑暗暗 — Darkness, don't be dark again) Kiàⁿ-khí-lâi, Tâi-oân (起來, 台灣 — Rise up, Taiwan) Kiàⁿ-khí-lâi... ChinaTalk is an audience-supported publication. If you'd like to help us produce more content like this, please consider a paid subscription on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, June 30th Dow rises as index heads for best first half in 5 years, Nasdaq set for best quarter since 2020 (CNBC) US Consumer Confidence Inches Up, Helped by Lower Gas Prices (Bloomberg) Why Wall Street Bulls Aren't Worried About Sky-High Stock Prices (WSJ) Mag 7 value shrinks by $2.3 trillion amid AI spending jitters — but investors are still backing chipmakers (CNBC) AI: The ROI Runway Could Be Long Outside the Tech Sector (Apollo) ASML, Chip-Tool Stocks Soar as Samsung, SK Plan Investments (Bloomberg) AWS puts $1 billion into new AI unit to embed engineers with customers, joining growing wave (CNBC) Bitcoin Slides Below $60,000 as Strategy Selloff Refuels Anxiety (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about ElevenLabs, Porter Square Books, Tinder, and ThriftBooks. Then, stick around for a chat with Maurice Broaddus! Maurice Broaddus: An Award-Winning Afrofuturist, editor, and librarian, Maurice Broaddus has had over a hundred short stories published in such places as Lightspeed Magazine, Black Panther: Tales from Wakanda, Out There Screaming (edited by Jordan Peele), The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand, Asimov's, Weird Tales, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Apex Magazine. With over a dozen novels in print, his latest include Sweep of Stars, Breath of Oblivion, A City Dreaming, Black Panther: T'Challa Declassified, & Unfadeable. Some of his short stories have been collected in The Voices of Martyrs. Learn more at MauriceBroaddus.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this episode, Dan and Lauren are joined by Dr. Cris Wildermuth, Professor of Leadership and Program Director for the Master of Science in Leadership and Innovation and the B.S. in Organizational Leadership at Barry University. Cris is also a member of the ILA Leadership Education Academy facilitation team and brings more than two decades of experience as a leadership educator, researcher, and consultant. The conversation explores how generative AI and technology-enhanced tools are changing what is possible in the leadership classroom — not by replacing good pedagogy, but by dramatically expanding the range of experiences educators can design and deliver. Cris shares how she uses vibe coding tools like Lovable and AI voice platforms like ElevenLabs to build immersive branched scenarios, simulations, and themed course experiences that would have been impractical or impossible before. She walks through concrete examples: an ethics course built around Game of Thrones, an online simulation using John Rawls' theory of justice played out through a dukes-knights-and-peasants game, and an alien-invasion metaphor for leading change. Dan and Lauren reflect alongside her on what it means for educators to be willing to fail, to stay curious, and to use AI as a lever for the kind of creative teaching that has always been at the heart of good leadership education. Resources and works mentioned in this episode include: ----more---- Lovable — AI-powered vibe coding platform for building apps, simulations, and interactive learning tools through natural language prompts; used by Cris to create branched scenarios, board games, and logic simulations ElevenLabs — AI voice and video generation platform; used by Cris to create character voices and short video segments for immersive course scenarios Mollick, E. (2024). Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. Portfolio/Penguin. — referenced by Dan in connection with teachers as skilled prompt engineers; Mollick is an associate professor at the Wharton School and directs the Generative AI Lab John Rawls' Theory of Justice — discussed in connection with Cris's dukes-knights-and-peasants simulation, used to teach ethical leadership and systems of fairness Mentimeter — audience engagement and polling tool referenced among technologies that support both in-person and virtual learning spaces Slido — live polling and Q&A platform referenced alongside Mentimeter and Kahoot as part of the technology toolkit for interactive facilitation Kahoot! — game-based learning platform referenced in the same context Barry University — Leadership Programs — Cris's institutional home; she directs the B.S. in Organizational Leadership and the M.S. in Leadership and Innovation ILA Leadership Education Academy — Cris serves on the faculty facilitation team; Dan also collaborates with her through LEA
Welcome to another installment of the ChinaTalk radio show! Today, we're diving into Taiwan's war on green energy. Shenanigans abound in this episode, including: The lights-out scenario — Taiwan only holds 11 days of LNG reserves, and 97% of the island's energy is imported, but the ruling party phased out nuclear and botched the renewable rollout anyway. The offshore wind graveyard — how made-in-Taiwan components drove developers to abandon the world's best offshore wind sites, The Taipower unbundling reversal — and the Kafkaesque system that keeps electricity prices dirt cheap despite the Iran war. “Green energy cockroaches” — why corruption is Taiwan's dirtiest secret, and how the Taiwanese public came to associate renewables with scandal, The nuclear U-turn — How President Lai Ching-te walked back forty years of "Non-Nuclear Homeland" orthodoxy to restart Taiwan's nuclear reactors. A transcript of this show with embedded source links is available on the ChinaTalk substack. This episode was produced by Lily Ottinger and Aqib Zakaria. Special thanks to "Jason Feng," Angelica Oung, Ricky Huang, Tsaiying Lu (DSET), and Yu-Hsuan Yeh (formerly of CSIS and DSET) for their time and expertise. Everyone's views are their own and don't represent any organization. If you want to learn more, check out Angelica's ongoing work on her two Substacks, Taipology and Elemental Energy. You can also check out Ricky's two podcasts, where he hosts cross-partisan debates about energy policy and more. "Jason's" voice was anonymized with ElevenLabs' text-to-speech tools. Finally, we know Angelica is a controversial figure, but we decided to interview her because, on energy policy specifically, her views are shared by a not-insubstantial portion of the Taiwanese public. [See: this poll which reported that 59% of the Taiwanese public didn't feel confident that Lai's administration could protect Taiwan from power outages, and this poll from June 2025 that shows a near-even split in public opinion for and against the non-nuclear homeland policy.] Outro song lyrics: 「燈火 Taiwan」 (Lights of Taiwan) [Verse 1] The AC stopped humming on August day eight Aunties in the market, no fan on their face Eleven days of gas, forty-two of coal Then the island goes dark, and the story gets old O-lóng-mn̂g, o-lóng-mn̂g (黑黑暗暗, pitch black) We knew this would come, but we looked away [Pre-Chorus] Forty years they said hūi-hi̍k (非核, non-nuclear) Forty years of dreaming we could wish it all away But the strait is a wind tunnel, and the sun still shines While we burned the future for cheaper times [Chorus] Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí kám ū thêng-thāu? (我的故鄉, 你敢有聽著? — My homeland, can you hear?) The Franken-reactor sleeps beneath the hill Crystal Yang drank the water, but the people got ill Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí ài kiàⁿ-khí-lâi (我的故鄉, 你愛起來 — My homeland, you must rise) Not nuclear OR green — we need both to survive [Verse 2] Round 3.1, Round 3.2, localization chains RWE went home, EnBW felt the pain Yunlin's turbines turning, three times the cost While the lūi-chhù (綠能蟑螂, green cockroaches) ate what we lost Behind the meter, batteries wait Zero price auction — we sealed our own fate [Pre-Chorus] Taipower's black box, CPI's lie TSMC pays more so the auntie don't cry But the data centers can't grow, AI waits at the door While we argue if nuclear is sin or chó͘ (善或惡, good or evil) [Chorus] Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí kám ū thêng-thāu? The Franken-reactor sleeps beneath the hill Crystal Yang drank the water, but the people got ill Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí ài kiàⁿ-khí-lâi Not nuclear OR green — we need both to survive [Bridge] (Spoken, over soft piano) March 22nd, 2026 Lai Ching-te said the words nobody wanted to hear Kò͘-hiong needs power Not slogans, not pride, not forty years of fear [Final Chorus] Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí kám ū thêng-thāu? The blockade is coming, the Hormuz is closed Spot market gas at 140% — who knows? Góa ê kò͘-hiong, lí ài kiàⁿ-khí-lâi Distributed and hardened, let the sun and wind rise With nuclear beside them — open both your eyes [Outro] O-lóng-mn̂g, mài koh o-lóng-mn̂g (黑黑暗暗, 莫閣黑黑暗暗 — Darkness, don't be dark again) Kiàⁿ-khí-lâi, Tâi-oân (起來, 台灣 — Rise up, Taiwan) Kiàⁿ-khí-lâi... ChinaTalk is an audience-supported publication. If you'd like to help us produce more content like this, please consider a paid subscription on Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MRKT Matrix - Monday, June 29th Dow rises 300 points, heads for record close as U.S. and Iran halt hostilities; Alphabet climbs (CNBC) RBC lifts S&P 500 price target, but warns that it could be a volatile ride higher (CNBC) AI ‘exuberance' risks ending in lengthy investment bust, BIS warns (FT) The Trillion-Dollar Borrowing Binge Lifting the Stock Market to Risky Heights (WSJ) Google caps Meta's Gemini use as AI demand strains capacity (FT) AI fuels record $200bn M&A boom in US power sector (FT) The AI boom is colliding with a new threat: Severe weather (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Sophia is one of my best friends, the officiant of my wedding, and one of the most cracked marketers I know. She's led campaigns at Airbnb, Databricks, and ElevenLabs. She won Best Dance Film at the LA Film Awards. She's also going through her biggest plot twist yet: leaving tech to pursue her art. Full time. For good.
Join our mastermind community: https://www.skool.com/apparel-success-mastermindTry the best Ai design platform: https://www.design.com/rob88AI video generators are getting insanely realistic, and in this video I show how clothing brand owners can use tools like Kling AI, Seedance, Google Veo, Sora, Runway, Adobe Firefly, Poyo.ai, Higgsfield AI, ChatGPT, ElevenLabs, CapCut, and Premiere Pro to create realistic ads, TikTok videos, Instagram Reels, product videos, and social media content without spending thousands on photoshoots, models, or videographers.I tested the biggest AI video tools to see which ones worked best for clothing brands using real product reference images. I break down why Google Veo, Sora, and Runway struggled, why Kling AI created some of the most realistic results, and why Seedance 2.0 might be one of the best AI video generators for accurate clothing brand content, fabric, logos, product details, and lifestyle scenes.If you run a streetwear brand, gymwear brand, hoodie brand, outdoor brand, or apparel business, this video shows how AI can help you create better ads, Meta ads, TikTok ads, Instagram content, UGC-style videos, and product marketing faster than ever.
MRKT Matrix - Friday, June 26th S&P 500 heads for losing week, chip stocks add to their losses on Friday (CNBC) Industry Analysts Project 21% Increase in S&P 500 Price Over the Next 12 Months (FactSet) Citi cuts tech stock weighting: ‘Difficult to see how everyone in AI/Tech path wins' (CNBC) The Long-Term Threat to the Memory Chip Boom Is Innovation (WSJ) SpaceX Bears Brace for Billions in Passive Index-Fund Buying (Bloomberg) Bond Traders Stunned as Losses on SpaceX's New Debt Keep Growing (Bloomberg) OpenAI hasn't held pre-IPO investor meetings or set timeline yet, sources say (CNBC) OpenAI Limits Access to New Model, Citing Government Security Concerns (WSJ) AI Is Already Reshaping US Politics at Every Level (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
MRKT Matrix - Thursday, June 25th Nasdaq falls for a fourth day as a drop in Apple overshadows Micron's booming earnings (CNBC) Hot inflation, strong economy: the Fed's new test (Axios) Chicago Fed President Goolsbee says inflation is too high, calls Warsh ‘a serious guy' (CNBC) Apple Shares Sink After Sweeping Price Hikes Hit iPads and Macs (Bloomberg) Microsoft lifts price of Xbox consoles due to soaring component costs (CNBC) How much compute does the world really need? (FT) Google Revamps New AI Coding Strike Team Amid Struggle to Catch Up With Anthropic (The Information) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
In this episode, I'm showing you how to clone your voice with ElevenLabs and use it to create content faster, save time, and scale your business with AI. I walk you through how entrepreneurs, coaches, and business owners can use AI voice cloning with tools like ElevenLabs and HeyGen to create an automated version of themselves that still sounds on-brand and authentic. You'll learn what kind of audio to record, how to set up your voice profile, what settings to test, and how to connect your AI voice clone to an AI avatar. This is about building leverage, creating more content without burning out, and using AI to stay visible even when you're not recording. If you want to grow your business, create more marketing content, and use AI like a smart business asset, this video is for you.
MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, June 24th Nasdaq closes lower as chip sell-off resumes; Micron shares extend losses (CNBC) Trump, Frustrated With High Gas Prices, Channels Biden's Criticism of Big Oil (WSJ) A Return to $3 Gasoline? Here's What It Will Take (Bloomberg) Bitcoin hits 20-month low as market sentiment sours (FT) As AI Companies Race for Power, Amazon and Google Have the Lead (WSJ) Google Poised to Lose Two More High-Profile AI Staffers to Anthropic (Bloomberg) Memory Chipmaker SK Hynix's $29 Billion US Listing Seizes on AI Demand (Bloomberg) Cerebras CEO says margin forecast was ‘misunderstood' as stock plummets after earnings (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!Welcome to the where shall we meet podcast. Our guest this week is Xavier Collins who is the CEO and Co-founder of Wonder Studios, an AI-native creative studio redefining how film, advertising, and music video content is made. Based in London, Xavier founded Wonder alongside CCO Justin Hackney with a clear thesis: that the most valuable creative work in the AI era lives at the intersection of human taste and intelligent production — what the studio calls “crafting jewelry from AI gold.”Wonder has raised $15M from investors including LocalGlobe and Blackbird, with angels from ElevenLabs, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind — and is building toward becoming the A24 of the AI generation.Before Wonder, Xavier held senior roles scaling some of the world's fastest-growing consumer platforms, including Uber and Deliveroo.We talk about:Who is the maker when we use AI?Does what we value change when things don't require effort?Is the box office truly reflective of what care about?Will AI tools empower the unskilled?How will we adjust to fakery?Is Inga Rose a watershed moment?Will artisanal always resonate more AI?Can AI create novelty?Let's wonder!Web: www.whereshallwemeet.xyzTwitter: @whrshallwemeetInstagram: @whrshallwemeet
MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, June 23rd S&P 500 falls on global chip rout with Nasdaq off 2%, led by Micron (CNBC) Korean Stocks Tumble 10% as Extreme Volatility Rattles Investors (Bloomberg) ‘FOMO Really Got Me': Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100% Stock Rally (Bloomberg) Dollar Jumps to Highest Since November on Fed Rate Hike Bets (Bloomberg) The labor market's quiet upgrade (Axios) Oracle Sheds 21,000 Jobs as It Sharpens Focus on AI (WSJ) After $86 billion IPO, SpaceX to borrow $20 billion (Axios) SpaceX's Shortest-Dated Debt Is Biggest Lure in $25 Billion Sale (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
במשך שנים עלתה ב-Startup for Startup השאלה למה לא להנגיש את התכנים והניסיון שנצבר בפרקים לקהל הגלובלי בכלל, ולעובדי מאנדיי ברחבי העולם בפרט. בעוד שהקלטה מחדש באנגלית דרשה משאבי זמן יקרים, והניסיונות להשתמש בשחקני קול אנושיים לא ממש עבדו, פריצת הדרך המשמעותית הגיעה בחודשים האחרונים כשיכולות ה-AI השתפרו פלאים. בפרק השבוע, דריה ורטהיים ורוני הרניב מציגות איך הן לקחו את הפודקאסט צעד אחד קדימה וגייסו את התוכנה Eleven Labs כדי לבצע לוקליזציה מלאה לתוכן, ישירות לתוך הגרסה הבינלאומית, Startup for Startup Global. האתגר המרכזי בפרויקט היה בעיקר טכנולוגי, אבל גם השמירה על האותנטיות, הטון והכוונה המקורית של השיחה מבלי שהתוצר יישמע מכני ומרוחק היוו משוכה. רוני ודריה מפרקות את הדילמות שליוו את התהליך, החל מהעלויות הגבוהות של הכלים והעבודה הסיזיפית של זיקוק התרגום, דרך התמודדות עם באגים, ועד להחלטה לוותר זמנית על שכפול קולות מסויימים למען יעילות תקציבית. מעל כל זה, הדגשנו שגם בעידן שבו ה-AI עושה קפיצות מטורפות, ה-human in the loop הוא המרכיב שקובע אם הפרק יצליח להעביר את הפאשן, הסאבטקסט והניואנסים המקצועיים. האזינו לפרקים שלנו באנגלית כאן או חפשו - Startup for Startup Global. איך הפרקים באנגלית נשמעים? כתבו לנו מה חשבתם! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What if the real secret to a lasting writing career isn't talent or luck, but learning to thrive in the mess? Why are in-person events worthwhile even if the maths doesn't add up? How do you protect your creativity when the machines never sleep and the community is at one another's throats? With Mark Leslie Lefebvre In the intro, Has AI Already Killed Non-Fiction [Tim Ferriss]; 9 ways that AI would disrupt authors and the publishing industry over the next decade; Pivoting towards The Transformation Economy; and Who do you serve? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Mark Leslie Lefebvre is the author of horror and paranormal fiction, as well as non-fiction travel and books for authors. He's also an editor, professional speaker, and the Director of Business Development at Draft2Digital. His latest book is Stark Realities: Stacked Up Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know About the Business of Writing and Publishing. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why print and in-person events are making a comeback for indie authors The case for (and against) licensing your voice clone through ElevenLabs Why we keep selling books in person when the numbers rarely add up Measuring success by creative satisfaction rather than money Being honest about author earnings and the fear of being truly seen Managing stress, divisiveness, and the noise around AI You can find Mark at MarkLeslie.ca. Transcript of the interview with Mark Leslie Lefebvre Jo: Mark Leslie Lefebvre is the author of horror and paranormal fiction, as well as non-fiction travel and books for authors. He's also an editor, professional speaker, and the Director of Business Development at Draft2Digital. His latest book is Stark Realities: Stacked Up Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know About the Business of Writing and Publishing. Welcome back to the show, Mark. Mark: Oh, hey, Jo. It's always an awesome time chatting with you. Jo: You've been on the show lots of times over the years, but the last time was in September 2024, when we talked about selling books in person. So give us a bit of an update. What does your writing and publishing business look like at the moment? How do you manage it alongside the day job and everything else you do? Mark: Oh my God. Well, sleep is—no rest for the wicked, maybe. I'll sleep when I'm dead. It's so funny, it was just this last weekend in Waterloo. I was at Waterloo Book Fest, and somebody came up to my table—another author from one of the other tables—and said, “I heard you on the The Creative Penn Podcast. And then when you mentioned something about Waterloo, I said, ‘He can't be from Waterloo.' And then when you mentioned the skeleton, I said, ‘I know where he lives.'” Jo: That's scary. Mark: So I love the fact that there are so many of your listeners all over the world, and that's usually how people know me. No matter what else I've done, it's like, “Oh, you've been on Joanna Penn's podcast.” I'll say, “Yes, I have.” You know what's really funny? The last time I was on the podcast, we were talking about A Book in Hand, which I was supposed to release that year. Jo: Yes. Mark: I just added another 5,000 words to it this morning. Jo: Wait, it's still not published? Mark: No, and it's so funny. I actually have the first 60,000 words of it with an editor right now, and I told her I'd get her the rest of it, which I thought would be another 20,000 words, by the end of June. But I think it's going to hit 100,000. Here's the weird thing that happened with this. This is trying to accumulate my life of book selling, as well as doubling down on doing in-person events in the last several years. I thought I was going to have the book done in 2024. I ran into some issues where I didn't back it up properly. It was an old version, and I accidentally overwrote the only version I had. Jo: So, for everyone listening, Mark—how many decades have you been an author and a publisher? How come you're still missing deadlines and still not backing up your work properly? Mark: Yes, this is a lesson: no matter how long you've been doing something, you can still make boneheaded errors. So if you, dear listener, have made mistakes, just know that this old guy who's been doing this since the mid-'80s still makes mistakes like that. Don't beat yourself up. I probably did something worse. Anyway, that book I thought was going to be maybe 40, 45,000 words, it's going to be bigger than Wide for the Win—close to 100,000 words. Here's a really important lesson I learned in that, Jo. I thought the book would be something. It became something else. Through my own experiences of doing more in-person events, book signings, and library event. Also in talking to awesome folks like Johnny B. Truant, Katie Cross, Todd Fahnestock, and so many other authors I know, and seeing what Ben Wolf is up to, and a whole bunch of different people who are doing in-person events. In creating case studies for how they interact specifically with a bookstore or library, or how they do in-person selling—I really think the book wasn't ready then. It's like the recipe wasn't ready. I still needed to play with some things. I do sincerely have faith, since I got it into the editorial process, that this will be the year the book actually gets released. Jo: As you said, there are some really good lessons there around sometimes the book not being quite ready. I'd bought an early version from the StoryBundle, which is how I got this book as well, actually. Mark: Yes. Jo: That's another tip for people—storybundle.com. You can go and find some great bundles there. I was also thinking, as you were talking, that maybe one of the reasons this book about in-person events has got so big is because that's a real trend in the community. It feels like indies, we've moved… Back in the day, I said, “I'm not doing print. No way.” This was the early days of digital, because print was really hard back then. So I was like, “Oh, and we've got all the advantages doing digital, so I'm just going to focus on that.” It feels like the pendulum has swung, perhaps even more with the ease of mass production of digital with AI. The focus on print and in person is getting stronger and stronger. Do you think that's happening? Mark: Oh, yes, 100%. I did print in 2004. It was really hard back then, so that's gotten easier. I think there are a few reasons. One of the reasons is, yes, digital made it so much easier for indie authors to get out there and break into the community. But the reality is that print books still outsell e-books in general—overall—despite the fact that indie authors can make six and seven figures a year from selling e-books alone on a single platform. So print has never really gone away. It was just never something indie authors attended to. They were in a different business than traditional publishers were in. And second, obviously I've got these gorgeous books that you've created on Kickstarter, because I like the beautiful books. I've never stopped buying print books. I actually buy more print books. I read more because of audiobooks and e-books, but I buy more print books, especially when I can get a nice signed copy. Then the other reason comes back, again, to your advice—something I've been following for the longest time, and you've long been saying. I do repeat this, and I try my best to offer attribution to you every time I use it: to double down on your humanity, particularly in this age of digital generation and the ability for even non-writers to leverage tools to create content. I think it's so much more important for me, as a creative who will never be able to catch up with the machines, to exploit my humanity. I mean, we both have digital voices of ourselves, right? There's a digital Mark Leslie Lefebvre voice that people can use, and I'm making money off it because people are able to license it through ElevenLabs. But when I'm there in person, so far the holograms aren't good enough to fool people. I think I'm not just selling a book to somebody; I want to create an experience where, “Oh, I'm talking to the author, and we're signing a book together, and we're taking a selfie together.” For me, there's that tactile experience that's really enriching. And it may not be something that lines my pockets as easily, because the investment is more significant. For every $10 I make, it costs me six or seven dollars, as opposed to an e-book, where the cost is amortised in the most beautiful way over millions of copies. Jo: There are a few things there. First of all, let's talk about that ElevenLabs voice licensing, because, as you say, I also have a voice clone. Bones of the Deep, the latest book, that's my voice clone. I haven't gone with the licensing, partly because you don't have control over what someone can do with it. So, for example, someone could create Nazi content, or content that I might not agree with, in my voice. So how have you got over that? Because part of me really does want to license my voice, and the other part doesn't. Mark: This is a great question, Jo, and I'm glad you asked it. It's the same reason I don't worry about people stealing my books—adding DRM onto my e-books and things like that. I may as well make some money off it, because let's be honest: you and I, our voices are out there. Thousands of hours of our voices, right? In your podcast, my podcast, in various interviews we've done over the years. The technology exists for someone to make a copy of my voice themselves anyway. The tools exist. They can do it easily, so why not do it myself and at least make money? I'm actually getting money deposited into my account. Not a lot—maybe $30, $18, something like that every week. Again, I've taken a lot of my non-fiction books that I haven't had the time to record myself, as I like to do, and I can at least load those to ElevenLabs and make my voice the default voice. But wouldn't it be great to be able to listen to my book in your voice? It would sound so much better. Because you can do that. When you listen to a book on that platform, you can choose my voice if you'd rather hear it in my voice, or you can choose Burt Reynolds' voice, or some other folks who've licensed theirs. Again, for me, the whole concept of wide publishing has always been important. It's another small revenue stream that's adding to my numerous revenue streams. So I guess that's how I've justified just licensing the voice. If someone's going to do something with my voice that I can't control, they can do it regardless of whether or not I put it out there myself. Jo: I agree with you. That could happen, and neither of us is famous enough that it's likely to happen anyway. I do quite like the idea of people using our voices, say, for other books for authors, because that would make sense—that's where we fit in the niche. I will rethink that, because I think it's interesting. I wanted to come back to print books. You said sometimes there are easier ways to line your pockets, and I think that's funny. So, getting into the book, this leapt out at me quite near the beginning: Why do we keep doing this when the maths almost never adds up? Mark: Oh, I have a perfect example of that from an event I did a couple of weekends ago in Burlington, Ontario. I think it was a $60 table fee. It was a new event. I believe I made $90 or $95 in sales. So even after the costs of printing and all that stuff, I really didn't make money. I made my table back, which is always a good thing. There were a few encounters I had with people who were really excited to find my Canadian Werewolf series of books, and just so thrilled to get started. Among the four of them, they bought one copy, but they were going to pass it amongst each other. You know what? Okay, they bought a single copy, and I was like, “Well, the e-book is permanently free online. You don't even have to buy a copy”—which is anti-selling. I just want them to read the book and enjoy it. But if they read it and pass it along and start talking about it, they could become readers for a long time. It's an eight-book series, with the ninth book coming out later this year. There was another encounter I had that day. A woman and her teenage daughter came in, and they were looking at my traditionally published books that I buy at a reduced price from a local bookstore and resell. They were looking at these true ghost story books I had, and they were pointing: “Do you have that one?” “Yes, I have this one, I have that one.” And the mother's like, “Well, she collects all your books, and she wants to make sure she has them.” We had this conversation, and she was so excited to meet me in person and to get a signed copy of the book. That experience was such a vanity moment for me as an author. We're lonely. I'm a big loser. Nobody's buying my books. We're always down on ourselves. So that investment of time and energy, in order to get that little pat on the back or that feeling of, “Wow, I really connected with someone who likes my stuff”—those moments are really precious. They're difficult to explain if you only look at the world in a financial way. I guess I'm fortunate enough that I do have enough income from numerous streams, including the consulting I do part-time, that it's okay if not every bookish endeavour leads to more money in my pocket at the end of the day. I can still have these authentic connections with people, which I think is one of the reasons I'm a storyteller. Yes, it's the stories I have to tell, but it's also putting the story into somebody else's hands and eyes and heart and mind. Jo: You're very giving like that. You have that sense about you, whereas I'm just a curmudgeon in the corner. Mark: That is not true. Jo: It is, generally. I don't do events like you do for readers. Mark: But that's because it takes a lot out of you. Jo: Yes, but that doesn't matter. Why do I write? I write for me. Mark: Ah, very good. Jo: At the end of the day—just being entirely selfish about this—when people say, “Oh, if you won the lottery, what would you do?” I'm like, “Well, I'd do pretty much what I'm doing now.” Mark: Yes, I'd just do the same. Of course, I'd write more books. Jo: I'd write more books. So this is where I'm trying to get to for people as well: measuring success in a different way. You were talking about measuring success by how that girl loved your books, and how you feel when someone says they love your books. With Bones of the Deep, this thriller I've just done, I feel like I had the benefit of that book before anyone even read it. As soon as it was finished, I made a nice proof copy from BookVault, and I held it in my hand and said, “I made this. I'm proud of the story, I wrote the story, and it's outside my head now.” I feel like I'm creatively satisfied in that moment. Then, of course, the Kickstarter was great, and I love that the books are going out around the world, but— I think the happiest I felt was that moment of finishing—that creative satisfaction of holding the book in my hand. You know what I mean? Mark: 100%, Jo. I cannot agree with you enough. I love so many aspects of writing. Yes, the connection with people is amazing. But I often say this when I'm doing my one-on-one consulting with authors: focus on the projects that mean the most to you, those passion projects. The process of writing, and the painful rewriting and editing and all the things you go through—when you finish that book, like you said, you hold it in your hands and it is a thing of beauty. It's a huge achievement. You've won. Whether or not you sell a single copy, you've won by doing it. Everything else is gravy: the sales, the money in your pocket or not, the reviews, positive or not, the people who say, “Oh my God, Bones of the Deep, thank you for writing this book. I'm so glad you introduced this into the world and into my life.” Anything beyond the creation itself, which is a pure joy—I love it so much. It's just why I get up at 5:30 every morning and write for hours before the rest of my day begins. I try to get stuff done before the rest of the world wakes up. I want to get the writing done first, when I have the most energy to give myself to the page. Then the rest of the day is kind of gravy for me too. Jo: You talk there about giving yourself to the page, but in Stark Realities— You talk about the fear of truly being seen. What do you mean by that, and how do you manage that feeling? Mark: For anyone who has written anything—fiction, non-fiction, memoir in particular, since it's a bit more closely tied to reality—it's exposing yourself to the world. I'll never forget an interview I did with Canadian science fiction author Julie E. Czerneda, who, before being a fiction writer, was writing biology textbooks, but her real passion was science fiction and fiction. When her first novel came out, she said, “It's like standing naked on the front lawn.” When you release a book, even a novel, people look at it and they're going to judge you and rate you. I remember early on, Jo—we knew each other through Twitter, I think, where we initially met, and then interacted with and finally met in person at London Book Fair. I think you and I have a very similar reaction. When people know us as positive and upbeat and out there helping authors in the community, and then they read our fiction, they go, “Well, Jo, you burned a nun alive on page one.” Or, “Mark, what kind of… they're drinking from the skulls of dead people? What the heck is going on with you two?” We are exposing parts of ourselves in our fiction and non-fiction. That's a fear I embrace, but also never get over, if that makes any sense. I write scary stories because I'm a big chicken. So maybe the entire process is just cheap therapy for me. Or not cheap, because it's an expensive pastime, isn't it? Jo: It certainly can be, but I agree. I struggle with fear of judgment still. I think it's also because we do this in public, which comes back to the financial side of things. We do a lot of this in public, and then people judge us on our author businesses too. You could look at Bones of the Deep, which was just on Kickstarter, and compare my Kickstarter to another author's Kickstarter for a fiction book, and judge one or the other person based on numbers. I feel like this is because you and I have done so much in public—for me, almost 20 years, and for you, like 40 years or whatever. Maybe 30 years. You look that old. Mark: Listen there, dearie. Get off my lawn. Jo: Yes, get off my lawn—with those skeletons you have on your lawn. Mark: Yes. They're no longer in my closet. Jo: They're not in your closet. I wonder if that also plays a part of it—the pros and cons of doing this business in public. Mark: Yes, that is a part of it. One thing I try to be very clear about, because there's so much FOMO and so much out there about people thinking that everyone else is making a million dollars from their books and “I'm the only loser who's not”—I try to be clear that I have never made more than a mid-five figures as an author from my author earnings, ever. I haven't yet hit six figures. One of the reasons I try to be transparent in sharing that is I don't want people to think that everyone else is a six- and seven-figure success story, and they're the only one who's only made $100 last year on their books. The reality is, 90 to 99% of the people who are writing and publishing are not going to earn a significant amount of money. I realise I'm also very, very lucky that I've earned this much, and it's taken a long time. I just shared this in a Substack post I posted yesterday: it was 10 years of rejections before I got $5 for my first short story that was published in '92. It wasn't until 2001 that I finally made pro rate, six cents US a word, for a short story that, ironically, Julie Czerneda bought from me back in the day. For me, I've been lucky that it's always been a long, slow slog. It's been a marathon, and I've never instantly sprinted across any dramatic finish line. I've had some really phenomenal moments—doing a book signing in a Costco, walking into Walmart and seeing my books there. Even last night at the Burlington Public Library, going, “Wow, they have eight of my books here—four of my self-published books and four of my traditionally published books, in two different sections.” I was like, “That's kind of cool.” So I've had these amazing moments as a writer, but I've never had the blockbuster—the Brandon Sanderson, or even the Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman, kind of moments. I still think I've had a very fortunate and lucky journey. Even if I wasn't making the money I'm making, I'd still be writing, and I'm sure you would be too. Jo: Oh, yes, for sure. I actually think the thing most of us would probably let go is the marketing. If we won the lottery, we'd carry on with all the creative stuff, the writing, the community stuff, and we'd just literally do no marketing at all. Mark: Well, yes, of course. Or potentially say, “Oh, here, ad agency, here's some money. You just run it, whatever. Let me know if it works or not. I don't care.” Jo: That's a much better idea. Mark: At least I've got the extra disposable income, so I may as well, because I'm helping the world when my books are out there. I know my books will help people. I really honestly think that as storytellers—whether it's fiction or non-fiction, we're still storytellers—what we do in writing and podcasting and all the things we do, the re-sharing on social media, is really helping connect people. I think that is one of the most profound things we can do as writers. And I mean that the writing, in and of itself, is a reward. Jo: Like you said, we met on Twitter when Twitter was what it was back in the day. I do very, very little social media now. But you just mentioned your Substack, and you also have your podcast, Stark Reflections. So how are you balancing what you put on each? I only do this podcast now. I don't even blog. I write books, obviously, and then I do the podcast. So what are you doing differently on Substack to the podcast, and what part do they play in income and marketing? Mark: Great question. I realise most people have never heard of me, or read or listened to the things I put out into the world. And I've been a longtime fan of “reduce, reuse, recycle my IP.” My podcast is not as long-running as yours, but I'm in my ninth year, and I've not missed a single Friday in the full eight years, or eight and a half by now, that I've been doing this. Every week I reflect on what I learned from an interview, or I'll reflect on something you've posted and say, “This episode is not an interview, but Jo said this last week, and I'm going to talk about it.” The podcast itself takes a lot of work. I still do all of it myself, and I know I probably shouldn't, but I like doing it, so it's one of those tasks I enjoy. I also have reflections that aren't going to come out vocally but might come out in writing. Sometimes in the morning I'm not in the mood to write the novel or the non-fiction book I'm writing, but I'm writing some tangent. I just let the creative monster go. I find that re-sharing… I might have reflected on something for a couple of minutes at the end of an interview, but I really want to expand upon it, so I write the Substack article. I try to reuse some of that content. Someone's going to enjoy seeing it on a short video clip I share on YouTube, or whatever the platform is. Someone else is going to listen to it on a podcast, wherever they listen to podcasts, and someone else is going to want to read it. It could be the same information, just shared in a slightly different way, to potentially get it out to other people. So for me, it's part of that wide publishing mentality. I'm trying not to completely duplicate the work, although I am duplicating some of it. I'll give you an example. Hey, Canadian listeners—if you have not registered for Public Lending Right in Canada, please put something in your calendar for February 2027, because the deadline's over. It was May 1st of 2026. Put it in your calendar for next year. I even had somebody at this writers' event I was at this last weekend say, “You mentioned something in a presentation you did for the Canadian Authors Association about Public Lending Right, and thank you, because now I get thousands of dollars a year from this.” So just look up Public Lending Right. I've been saying stuff about Public Lending Right for at least 10 years now. Every time I get my beautiful multi-four-figure cheque from them in February every year, I post on social media and remind authors to check it out. I know it exists in the UK, and it exists in 36 countries in the world—just not the US. Jo: Not the US. Mark: They don't have a programme like this, probably because the big publishers—and probably one of the authors' associations—think that libraries are cannibalising book sales, which is not true. It's been proven time and time again, and that lobbying has prevented it from happening. Whereas here in Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Writers' Union of Canada worked hard to make this happen. Anyway, I talk about something like Public Lending Right and I feel like I must have said this so much that people are sick of it, but every single time I mention it, someone goes, “Oh my God, thanks for saying that. I never heard it.” That's a good reminder, especially for folks like you and me. We know the basics. We know what an ISBN is. We know KDP Select means you can't put the e-book on any other retailer, or even sell it on your own website. We know all these things, but it's hard for us to remember that there are folks coming to this for the very first time who've never heard it, even though we feel like, “Oh my God, I've said this till I'm blue in the face.” I think I got that from retail. When I worked in retail, I recognised that somebody's going to come in and ask for “that blue book that Reese Witherspoon was talking about,” or Oprah was talking about, or whatever. And you do your darn best to help them figure it out rather than mock them. I try to take the same approach when people ask me those questions, because I'm trying to remember what it was like when I honestly did not know the answer, and having someone take the time to help me. I've been very, very lucky that I've had a lot of people take the time to help me. I'll never forget—God rest her soul—Nancy Kilpatrick, a horror writer here from Canada who passed away a few years ago. She gave me a blurb for my very first book in 2004 because she'd acquired one of my short stories for an anthology she'd edited. I was trying to call my short story collection an anthology, and she very kindly took me aside and said, “It's not an anthology if it's a single author. An anthology is a…” Jo: I didn't know that until, like, last year. I got that wrong as well. There are lots of words like that. I want to circle back, because you didn't really answer earlier about the time management. You just mentioned YouTube, on top of Substack and all the things you do. You also have a day job at Draft2Digital—it's part-time, right? You also do part-time at the university, teaching publishing, right? You do all kinds of things. How do you manage your time with all of that? Mark: Well, I mismanage my time more than I manage it, Jo. That's the God's honest truth. Fortunately, most of the things I have that aren't scheduled—like, scheduled to do this lecture at this time, or scheduled to have this meeting at this particular time with Draft2Digital—most of my work is very flexible. I do not work a regular 9:00 to 5:00, Monday to Friday. Well, I never did. I always worked way more. But I have a very flexible schedule. Every single day is a work day, and every single day is a play day for me. So I'm very, very lucky. I do schedule in the very important things, particularly where somebody else is reliant upon me—meetings and connections and stuff like that. Then I make the time first thing in the morning to get the writing done. Everything else is not as important, and it's part of… I guess it's part of playing. You know, like the social media sharing. I don't look at social media as marketing. I just look at it as another way to connect with people, with other creatives, and with readers potentially, all six people who read my stuff. I probably could do a better job of managing my time. I've tried several times over the years to adapt processes to make it better, but I consistently default back to what I do, and so far I guess I've been getting away with it. So I was like, “Do I want to waste more time trying to come up with a process, or do I just want to roll with it?” Because so far I haven't killed myself doing it, and I've been enjoying the journey. So, if it ain't broke… Jo: I think that's the point, if it doesn't feel like it's broken. Having known you for a long time now, and we work together—obviously we co-wrote The Relaxed Author—you do work very, very differently to me. You definitely are a little bit more chaotic. I'm chaotic in some ways too. Mark: Oh, you're very generous. “A little bit chaotic.” Thanks. That was generous, Jo. Jo: You're chaotic in your work practices and scheduling and all that, which I couldn't cope with very well. Even though I feel like a part of my brain is very chaotic—the creative side, I guess, can be quite chaotic—I think I'm actually quite controlling and very scheduled in my work practices. As you say, for someone else on the outside, it might feel to me like you have too many balls in the air. But if you don't feel that, then that's the way of working that works for you. So this is another important thing, isn't it? You can't adapt to what other people say your life should look like. It's what feels good to you. Mark: Oh, for sure. One thing I know about my procrastination tendency is that panic and fear motivate me. So, a deadline—”I have to get this into a publisher by this date, I have to get this manuscript to an editor by that date”—I'm motivated by fear. And I'm afraid of everything, so I guess I'm always motivated. Jo: But I also know that when you hear the word “deadline”—and I know a lot of people who do this—the deadline means you get it in on the deadline, or the day before the deadline. To me, a deadline means I have it ready a month earlier. Mark: I love that. I've done that a few times and shocked myself. I actually had a pre-order up—with the audiobook, the print, and the e-book—a month in advance, and I didn't know what to do with myself. I was like, “Well, what am I going to do now in the next month?” Jo: Work on the next thing. Mark: But I'm so used to working on it up to the last second that I was kind of like, “What do I do?” That actually caught me by surprise, and I honestly felt weird. I was like, “I've never felt this before.” I'm really lucky. I know you have a very supportive and amazing partner, and so do I. My partner, scarily enough, is maybe a bigger procrastinator than me, so she never gives me a hard time. She supports me, and I do the same thing with her own work. I'm up all night with her at the last minute so we can get something turned in. So, fortunately, we really understand one another, and we don't give each other a hard time. We just go, “Well, got away with it again. I guess I'm not going to change my ways.” Jo: We made it. And again, that's the point. You and I could stand up in front of people, both hold up the last book we wrote, and say, “We made this,” and our processes are completely different. Our brains are completely different. We come from different countries. There are lots of things that are different, and yet we both made a book. So hopefully that encourages people. You don't have to do anything that we're telling you, or anyone else tells you. But if you want to be an author, at some point you have to produce a book. Mark: Exactly. As Brian in the classic Monty Python film gets them to say: “Yes, we are all different.” Embrace that difference. I think that's such a powerful reminder that there is no one process for getting anything done. Jo: Given that we co-wrote The Relaxed Author back in 2021—and we did that because we had another show, and we were talking, and we said, “Oh, everyone's stressed and the anxiety levels are really high, and we think there's a better path”—we co-wrote that book, which I think is still a very good book. Definitely people should get it. Interestingly, I think the stress and anxiety might actually be higher now than it was. So what do you think the main stresses are in the community now? You also see a lot with Draft2Digital, I guess, as well. Mark: Oh, for sure. Honestly, Jo, I'm so glad we wrote that book, because I actually pick it up every once in a while to remind myself of the things we tried to help others with. Again, it's therapy for me as well, so I'm so glad we did it. I think we're 10, if not 100, times more stressed. The world events and things going on, the divisiveness—not just in the world in general, in politics and everything else, but the divisiveness in the author community. The witch-hunting that happens, people trying to tear down other authors either because they're successful, or because, “Oh my God, you dared use a new technology.” All of these things are happening, and everyone's at one another's throats. I need to pick that book up and reread it. I'm a lot more stressed than I was. I'm just getting over shingles, which is… Jo: Oh. Which is actually related to stress as well, isn't it? Mark: It is, yes. I was in LA for Writers of the Future—I'm a judge for that science fiction and fantasy conference. I went right from LA, like a week in LA, which was a phenomenal experience getting to mentor the winners. And I mean, come on, it's a free trip to Hollywood, hanging out with Kevin Anderson, having beers and stuff like that. Then I came back to the Toronto Indie Author Conference, run by Tao Wong, here in Toronto. I went right from the airport—didn't even go home—straight to the hotel, because I kicked into another conference. We did a display on how to set up an in-person booth, so I ended up having to hand-bomb boxes, blocks down the street from where I was parked. My chest was really sore when I got home on the Monday, and I thought it was because I hadn't used these muscles, because I'm not in the best shape. Then I took my shirt off and went, “Oh, there's a rash there.” Liz goes, “You have shingles.” Because the pain in my chest, which I thought was the muscle, was actually underneath. I'm one of those lucky people that it's taken the full five weeks, and I'm still in pain even afterwards. So, again, public notice: if you're an older person like me, and there's a vaccine available for shingles, you may want to consider it. Jo: Yep, get it. Mark: Oh my God, it hurts. But, yes, the stress, I think, is higher—even though I didn't know I was feeling it. It was happy stress, right? I was stressed out because I'm there in Hollywood, helping people and doing some good things, and then I'm doing the same thing, interacting with some amazing authors at the Toronto Indie Author Conference. I didn't feel anxious stress. I was happy stress. Is that a thing? Jo: I think possibly… your physical body masks stress, physical stress, because you enjoy all of that stuff. Whereas someone like me, I'll feel it quicker and withdraw. Although I say that, back probably a decade ago, Jonathan would say to me, “You're going too fast, and you're going to hit the wall. And when you hit the wall, it's not going to be fun.” And I did hit the wall. Then, probably in 2021—I mean, that was when I just started going into menopause, and obviously we had the pandemic, and I wrote Pilgrimage, and I was doing all those walks, which I think really helped me. I learned a lot about maybe stopping that before it happened. Becca Syme obviously talks a lot about this too. But I find it interesting with you, because I think you're so positively happy with these events you do that it might mask your physical symptoms in a different way. That's really hard to watch out for. I'll give a tip to you and everyone else listening: schedule the calendar, and look at your calendar and go, “I can't go back-to-back-to-back. I have to put in some rest days.” Mark: Well, thank you. You know, Jo, you and Becca Syme are two of my best unpaid therapists. I appreciate that. Jo: You just don't listen, Mark. Mark: Or sometimes I do. Jo: Just coming back to the community, and the divisiveness there is primarily over AI at the moment, I think that's one of the biggest things. And the arbitrary lines as to what you're allowed to use it for and what you're not allowed to use it for, which is just kind of crazy. Obviously, you know I've opted out of that whole discussion now. How do you think we can move through this [divisiveness over AI], move on? We remember when it was trad versus indie, and then it was wide versus KU. So this will pass—it's just hard, when you're in it, to know when it might pass. Mark: Yes. I think the more generic advice—for whatever may come, whatever has come—is: why are you doing this? Why are you a writer? Heads down, focus on what gives you pleasure, and do that, because everything else is noise. All the marketing tactics and strategies, and all the people yelling at one another. Write your books. Do the things that motivate you. Do the things that give you that intrinsic reward. It's hard to ignore. I get it, it is hard to ignore. I have difficulty ignoring the haters and the yelling and the screaming that happens, but I do my best. Like this morning, when I was in the throes of my manuscript and I looked up and went, “Oh my God, I've got to shower. I'm going to be talking to Jo soon, I should comb my hair”—which I have none of. Because I was so in my book that everything else melted away. That, for me as a storyteller, as a writer, is one of the most beautiful places to be. Jo: I think you're absolutely right. I have a little thing that pops up in my calendar sometimes which says, “If you're feeling all of these things, just go create something.” The moment you refocus on creation—whatever that means to you—things change. It changes the energy. That, or go for a walk. That's my other tip. Mark: Outside. And I have to say, Jo, Pilgrimage is still one of the most profound and powerful books you've written, and you've written a lot of amazing ones. Jo: Oh, you're very sweet. Mark: That one really resonates, not just for me, but with Liz. Because one of the things we often do when we get stressed is go for a walk, ideally in nature. The vitamin N. I think there's something really profound in that, and it really helps me a lot. And again, sometimes going for a walk listening to your podcast, or an audiobook, or sometimes just attending to the environment. A tip I picked up years ago from Brooklyn author Denis Hamill was: go for a walk with your character. Listen to what they see. What do they comment on? How do they approach this environment that you've seen a million times? How do they see it? What do they notice that you don't notice? That's such an incredible experience of creativity—when you're not writing, but writing. That really helps me a lot. Jo: Oh, nice one. Okay, so your latest book is Stark Realities, but you have so many more. Where can people find you and your books and your podcast online? Mark: Jo, you can find everything you want to know about me—and stuff you don't want to know about me—over at MarkLeslie.ca. It links to all the other places from there. Jo: Brilliant. Thanks again for your time, Mark. That was great. Mark: Thanks so much, Jo. Bye-bye. 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