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A summary of the Nonlinear situation from a third-person perspective, by Ozy Brennan. I find it to be thoughtful, well-written, and well-researched enough to be part of the conversation. It was also posted on LessWrong. Edit: full text included below (with permission from the author). I had to reformat a lot so assume all formatting errors are done by me. About a week ago, I became one of a small, elite group—people who have read every single goddamn word of Nonlinear's Evidence: Debunking False and Misleading Claims. I read the appendix. I read the appendixes to the appendix. I have spent more time thinking about whether a complete stranger got a vegan burger than any person should. If you just want to make up your own mind, I suggest reading The General Situation and referring to Dramatis Personae when you get confused who is who. If you like drama [...] ---Outline:(02:00) How We Got Here(03:46) Dramatis Personae(05:20) Ben's Credibility(07:39) Kat Woods's Credibility(11:30) The General Situation(12:59) Enmeshment(17:44) Finances(23:22) Isolation(25:17) The Drug Situation(27:34) Specific Situations(27:37) The Vegan Burger Situation(29:21) The Driving Situation(31:21) Speculation About Drugs(32:42) Alice's Credibility(36:09) The Saga of Alice's Incubated Organization(41:58) The Saga of Emerson Spartz's Previous Business Life(45:14) Could Nonlinear Employ People?(48:50) TakeawaysThe original text contained 16 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: January 3rd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RdiQ3n8cFJBxHRnwu/practically-a-book-review-appendix-to-nonlinear-s-evidence-1 Linkpost URL:https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/practically-a-book-review-appendix --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Sharing Information About Nonlinear, published by Ben Pace on September 7, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Epistemic status: Once I started actively looking into things, much of my information in the post below came about by a search for negative information about the Nonlinear cofounders, not from a search to give a balanced picture of its overall costs and benefits. I think standard update rules suggest not that you ignore the information, but you think about how bad you expect the information would be if I selected for the worst, credible info I could share, and then update based on how much worse (or better) it is than you expect I could produce. (See section 5 of this post about Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence for more on this.) This seems like a worthwhile exercise for at least non-zero people to do in the comments before reading on. (You can condition on me finding enough to be worth sharing, but also note that I think I have a relatively low bar for publicly sharing critical info about folks in the EA/x-risk/rationalist/etc ecosystem.) tl;dr: If you want my important updates quickly summarized in four claims-plus-probabilities, jump to the section near the bottom titled "Summary of My Epistemic State". When I used to manage the Lightcone Offices, I spent a fair amount of time and effort on gatekeeping - processing applications from people in the EA/x-risk/rationalist ecosystem to visit and work from the offices, and making decisions. Typically this would involve reading some of their public writings, and reaching out to a couple of their references that I trusted and asking for information about them. A lot of the people I reached out to were surprisingly great at giving honest references about their experiences with someone and sharing what they thought about someone. One time, Kat Woods and Drew Spartz from Nonlinear applied to visit. I didn't know them or their work well, except from a few brief interactions that Kat Woods seems high-energy, and to have a more optimistic outlook on life and work than most people I encounter. I reached out to some references Kat listed, which were positive to strongly positive. However I also got a strongly negative reference - someone else who I informed about the decision told me they knew former employees who felt taken advantage of around things like salary. However the former employees reportedly didn't want to come forward due to fear of retaliation and generally wanting to get away from the whole thing, and the reports felt very vague and hard for me to concretely visualize, but nonetheless the person strongly recommended against inviting Kat and Drew. I didn't feel like this was a strong enough reason to bar someone from a space - or rather, I did, but vague anonymous descriptions of very bad behavior being sufficient to ban someone is a system that can be straightforwardly abused, so I don't want to use such a system. Furthermore, I was interested in getting my own read on Kat Woods from a short visit - she had only asked to visit for a week. So I accepted, though I informed her that this weighed on my mind. (This is a link to the decision email I sent to her.) (After making that decision I was also linked to this ominous yet still vague EA Forum thread, that includes a former coworker of Kat Woods saying they did not like working with her, more comments like the one I received above, and links to a lot of strongly negative Glassdoor reviews for Nonlinear Cofounder Emerson Spartz's former company "Dose". Note that more than half of the negative reviews are for the company after Emerson sold it, but this is a concerning one from 2015 (while Emerson Spartz was CEO/Cofounder): "All of these super positive reviews are being commissioned by upper management. That is the first thing you should know ...
Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Sharing Information About Nonlinear, published by Ben Pace on September 7, 2023 on LessWrong.Epistemic status: Once I started actively looking into things, much of my information in the post below came about by a search for negative information about the Nonlinear cofounders, not from a search to give a balanced picture of its overall costs and benefits. I think standard update rules suggest not that you ignore the information, but you think about how bad you expect the information would be if I selected for the worst, credible info I could share, and then update based on how much worse (or better) it is than you expect I could produce. (See section 5 of this post about Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence for more on this.) This seems like a worthwhile exercise for at least non-zero people to do in the comments before reading on. (You can condition on me finding enough to be worth sharing, but also note that I think I have a relatively low bar for publicly sharing critical info about folks in the EA/x-risk/rationalist/etc ecosystem.)tl;dr: If you want my important updates quickly summarized in four claims-plus-probabilities, jump to the section near the bottom titled "Summary of My Epistemic State".When I used to manage the Lightcone Offices, I spent a fair amount of time and effort on gatekeeping - processing applications from people in the EA/x-risk/rationalist ecosystem to visit and work from the offices, and making decisions. Typically this would involve reading some of their public writings, and reaching out to a couple of their references that I trusted and asking for information about them. A lot of the people I reached out to were surprisingly great at giving honest references about their experiences with someone and sharing what they thought about someone.One time, Kat Woods and Drew Spartz from Nonlinear applied to visit. I didn't know them or their work well, except from a few brief interactions that Kat Woods seems high-energy, and to have a more optimistic outlook on life and work than most people I encounter.I reached out to some references Kat listed, which were positive to strongly positive. However I also got a strongly negative reference - someone else who I informed about the decision told me they knew former employees who felt taken advantage of around things like salary. However the former employees reportedly didn't want to come forward due to fear of retaliation and generally wanting to get away from the whole thing, and the reports felt very vague and hard for me to concretely visualize, but nonetheless the person strongly recommended against inviting Kat and Drew.I didn't feel like this was a strong enough reason to bar someone from a space - or rather, I did, but vague anonymous descriptions of very bad behavior being sufficient to ban someone is a system that can be straightforwardly abused, so I don't want to use such a system. Furthermore, I was interested in getting my own read on Kat Woods from a short visit - she had only asked to visit for a week. So I accepted, though I informed her that this weighed on my mind. (This is a link to the decision email I sent to her.)(After making that decision I was also linked to this ominous yet still vague EA Forum thread, that includes a former coworker of Kat Woods saying they did not like working with her, more comments like the one I received above, and links to a lot of strongly negative Glassdoor reviews for Nonlinear Cofounder Emerson Spartz's former company "Dose". Note that more than half of the negative reviews are for the company after Emerson sold it, but this is a concerning one from 2015 (while Emerson Spartz was CEO/Cofounder): "All of these super positive reviews are being commissioned by upper management. That is the first thing you should know about Spartz, and I...
Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Sharing Information About Nonlinear, published by Ben Pace on September 7, 2023 on LessWrong. Epistemic status: Once I started actively looking into things, much of my information in the post below came about by a search for negative information about the Nonlinear cofounders, not from a search to give a balanced picture of its overall costs and benefits. I think standard update rules suggest not that you ignore the information, but you think about how bad you expect the information would be if I selected for the worst, credible info I could share, and then update based on how much worse (or better) it is than you expect I could produce. (See section 5 of this post about Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence for more on this.) This seems like a worthwhile exercise for at least non-zero people to do in the comments before reading on. (You can condition on me finding enough to be worth sharing, but also note that I think I have a relatively low bar for publicly sharing critical info about folks in the EA/x-risk/rationalist/etc ecosystem.) tl;dr: If you want my important updates quickly summarized in four claims-plus-probabilities, jump to the section near the bottom titled "Summary of My Epistemic State". When I used to manage the Lightcone Offices, I spent a fair amount of time and effort on gatekeeping - processing applications from people in the EA/x-risk/rationalist ecosystem to visit and work from the offices, and making decisions. Typically this would involve reading some of their public writings, and reaching out to a couple of their references that I trusted and asking for information about them. A lot of the people I reached out to were surprisingly great at giving honest references about their experiences with someone and sharing what they thought about someone. One time, Kat Woods and Drew Spartz from Nonlinear applied to visit. I didn't know them or their work well, except from a few brief interactions that Kat Woods seems high-energy, and to have a more optimistic outlook on life and work than most people I encounter. I reached out to some references Kat listed, which were positive to strongly positive. However I also got a strongly negative reference - someone else who I informed about the decision told me they knew former employees who felt taken advantage of around things like salary. However the former employees reportedly didn't want to come forward due to fear of retaliation and generally wanting to get away from the whole thing, and the reports felt very vague and hard for me to concretely visualize, but nonetheless the person strongly recommended against inviting Kat and Drew. I didn't feel like this was a strong enough reason to bar someone from a space - or rather, I did, but vague anonymous descriptions of very bad behavior being sufficient to ban someone is a system that can be straightforwardly abused, so I don't want to use such a system. Furthermore, I was interested in getting my own read on Kat Woods from a short visit - she had only asked to visit for a week. So I accepted, though I informed her that this weighed on my mind. (This is a link to the decision email I sent to her.) (After making that decision I was also linked to this ominous yet still vague EA Forum thread, that includes a former coworker of Kat Woods saying they did not like working with her, more comments like the one I received above, and links to a lot of strongly negative Glassdoor reviews for Nonlinear Cofounder Emerson Spartz's former company "Dose". Note that more than half of the negative reviews are for the company after Emerson sold it, but this is a concerning one from 2015 (while Emerson Spartz was CEO/Cofounder): "All of these super positive reviews are being commissioned by upper management. That is the first thing you should know about Spartz, and I...
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Sharing Information About Nonlinear, published by Ben Pace on September 7, 2023 on LessWrong. Epistemic status: Once I started actively looking into things, much of my information in the post below came about by a search for negative information about the Nonlinear cofounders, not from a search to give a balanced picture of its overall costs and benefits. I think standard update rules suggest not that you ignore the information, but you think about how bad you expect the information would be if I selected for the worst, credible info I could share, and then update based on how much worse (or better) it is than you expect I could produce. (See section 5 of this post about Mistakes with Conservation of Expected Evidence for more on this.) This seems like a worthwhile exercise for at least non-zero people to do in the comments before reading on. (You can condition on me finding enough to be worth sharing, but also note that I think I have a relatively low bar for publicly sharing critical info about folks in the EA/x-risk/rationalist/etc ecosystem.) tl;dr: If you want my important updates quickly summarized in four claims-plus-probabilities, jump to the section near the bottom titled "Summary of My Epistemic State". When I used to manage the Lightcone Offices, I spent a fair amount of time and effort on gatekeeping - processing applications from people in the EA/x-risk/rationalist ecosystem to visit and work from the offices, and making decisions. Typically this would involve reading some of their public writings, and reaching out to a couple of their references that I trusted and asking for information about them. A lot of the people I reached out to were surprisingly great at giving honest references about their experiences with someone and sharing what they thought about someone. One time, Kat Woods and Drew Spartz from Nonlinear applied to visit. I didn't know them or their work well, except from a few brief interactions that Kat Woods seems high-energy, and to have a more optimistic outlook on life and work than most people I encounter. I reached out to some references Kat listed, which were positive to strongly positive. However I also got a strongly negative reference - someone else who I informed about the decision told me they knew former employees who felt taken advantage of around things like salary. However the former employees reportedly didn't want to come forward due to fear of retaliation and generally wanting to get away from the whole thing, and the reports felt very vague and hard for me to concretely visualize, but nonetheless the person strongly recommended against inviting Kat and Drew. I didn't feel like this was a strong enough reason to bar someone from a space - or rather, I did, but vague anonymous descriptions of very bad behavior being sufficient to ban someone is a system that can be straightforwardly abused, so I don't want to use such a system. Furthermore, I was interested in getting my own read on Kat Woods from a short visit - she had only asked to visit for a week. So I accepted, though I informed her that this weighed on my mind. (This is a link to the decision email I sent to her.) (After making that decision I was also linked to this ominous yet still vague EA Forum thread, that includes a former coworker of Kat Woods saying they did not like working with her, more comments like the one I received above, and links to a lot of strongly negative Glassdoor reviews for Nonlinear Cofounder Emerson Spartz's former company "Dose". Note that more than half of the negative reviews are for the company after Emerson sold it, but this is a concerning one from 2015 (while Emerson Spartz was CEO/Cofounder): "All of these super positive reviews are being commissioned by upper management. That is the first thing you should know about Spartz, and I...
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Emerson Spartz has been building internet and media companies since starting MuggleNet, the world's largest Harry Potter fan site, when he was just 12 years old. He founded digital media company Dose which created some of the world's largest viral content sites. For the past few years, Emerson has been focused on AI, with a particular interest in AI safety, AI alignment and extinction risk. Despite being such a techno-optimist by nature that he's been yelled at for being a techno-optimist in books, he has come to have real concerns about the speed and way that AI is developing. In this sprawling conversation, Emerson provides a set of mental models he uses to try and understand AI broadly. Recommended resources: https://aisafety.info/ Robert Miles YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/robertmilesai The A.I. Dilemma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
Founder of Nonlinear.org Emerson Spartz joins me for an in-depth conversation on how to become much more efficient at the reading process, the 80/20 rule, and finding your unique niche that you can be the best at.GUEST: Emerson's Website: https://www.emersonspartz.com Emerson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmersonSpartzPODCAST: Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYIOutline: 00:00:00 Coming up 00:01:12 “What is Money?” Intro Music 00:01:20 “What is Money?” Intro Message 00:02:46 Do More with Your Digital Assets with Ledn 00:03:30 Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with The iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:04:27 Introducing Emerson Spartz 00:06:31 Learning To Learn Faster 00:11:36 Establishing a Learning Practice 00:17:56 Increasing Your Reading Speed 00:21:02 Helpful Speed Reading Tools 00:29:44 10% Comprehension Rate 00:34:03 How to 6x Your Comprehension 00:37:41 Measuring Comprehension 00:43:07 Difference Between Comprehension and Retention 00:44:54 Increasing Retention 00:48:32 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 00:49:34 A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 00:50:09 A Chance To Win Discounted Tickets to The Bitcoin 2023 Conference and 10M SATS 00:51:06 Replenish Your Body's Electrolytes with LMNT 00:51:57 Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 00:52:45 Reviewing and Seeing Your Notes More Often 01:01:04 Value of Audio Notes 01:07:56 Actively Comprehending and Analyzing 01:11:51 Finding the Most Critical Information 01:17:26 Looking for The 80/20 Rule in Everything You Learn 01:20:47 Feedback Loops and Testing Yourself 01:22:18 Why Writing Helps You Understand 01:26:11 Travel Tips and Learning on The Road 01:29:14 Building Your Own Niche 01:34:31 Where to Find Emerson's Work 01:35:03 "What is Money?" OutroSOCIAL: Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?l...All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22WRITTEN WORK: Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE: Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBree...Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=178435...The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=328431...RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES: Ledn lets you do more with your digital assets: https://www.ledn.io/Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with The iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/CrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet is a Bitcoin wallet with privacy built-in by default: https://wasabiwallet.io/Join Me At Bitcoin 2023 in Miami, and use discount code BREEDLOVE for a chance to win 10M sats: https://b.tc/conferenceReplenish Your Body's Electrolytes with LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/breedloveCasa is the most secure way to custody your Bitcoin (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Buy High Quality Bitcoin Apparel Here (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/?sca_ref=2744763.jDn5JzDZxSTry Feel Free Tonics, a Great Alternative to Alcohol and Caffeine (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comThe Only Snack Bar I Will Eat—The Carnivore Bar: https://the-carnivore-bar.myshopify.com/?sca_ref=3135331.u66L01muXY
Today Greg is joined by Emerson Spartz, the founder of the viral media company Dose and the founder of MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fansite. In this episode, Greg and Emerson talk about how to become a super-learner and a high-impact billionaire. ►►Subscribe to Greg's weekly newsletter for insights on community,creators and commerce.You'll also find out when new and exclusiveepisodes come out from Where it Happens. And it's totally free.https://latecheckout.substack.comFIND ME ON SOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregisenbergLINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:Production Team:https://www.bigoceanpodcasting.comEmerson Spartz:https://twitter.com/EmersonSpartzSHOW NOTES0:00 - Intro0:56 - Become a Super-learner12:53 - Finding leverage points for new businesses16:57 - How Emerson sees AI29:19 - The AI effect on individual identity and culture39:24 - How to make money with AI
The resources for members of the EA community in light of the FTX situation (Minute 34:24) are the following: Open Phil is seeking applications from grantees impacted by recent events by Bastian_Stern Announcing Nonlinear Emergency Funding by Kat Woods, Emerson Spartz, Drew Spartz AI Safety Microgrant Round by Chris Leong, Damola Morenikeji, David_Kristoffersson Up to $2K USD grants, with total available funding of $6K. Effective Peer Support Network in FTX crisis (Update) by Emily, Inga Includes a table of supporters you can contact for free, as well as a peer support network slack. Thoughts on legal concerns surrounding the FTX situation by Molly Thank you all for listening, you can follow Coleman on Twitter at @SnellColeman for any updates on the EA Forum Weekly and also his interview-based podcast, 21st Talks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ea-forum-podcast/message
The resources for members of the EA community in light of the FTX situation (Minute 34:24) are the following: Open Phil is seeking applications from grantees impacted by recent events by Bastian_SternAnnouncing Nonlinear Emergency Funding by Kat Woods, Emerson Spartz, Drew SpartzAI Safety Microgrant Round by Chris Leong, Damola Morenikeji, David_KristofferssonUp to $2K USD grants, with total available funding of $6K.Effective Peer Support Network in FTX crisis (Update) by Emily, IngaIncludes a table of supporters you can contact for free, as well as a peer support network slack.Thoughts on legal concerns surrounding the FTX situation by MollyThank you all for listening, you can follow Coleman on Twitter at @SnellColeman for any updates on the EA Forum Weekly and also his interview-based podcast, 21st Talks.
Founder of "Non-Linear" Emerson Spartz joins me for an in-depth conversation on how to become most efficient in your learning process and how to motivate yourself to find a new passion for learning.Be sure to check out Swan Private, the trusted Bitcoin financial services provider for high-net-worth individuals and businesses worldwide: https://www.swanprivate.com/breedloveGuestEmerson's Website: https://www.emersonspartz.comEmerson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmersonSpartzPODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:Outline00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro Music00:00:08 “What is Money?” Intro Message00:00:54 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com00:01:48 Do More with Your Digital Assets with Ledn00:02:33 Introducing Emerson00:06:26 Becoming the “World's Best Learner”00:14:13 Learning To Learn: Creating Habits To Push Yourself Intellectually00:21:34 Exponential Growth of Learning New Information00:50:35 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth00:51:38 A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet00:52:12 Invest in the Fine Art Market with Masterworks00:52:49 Hold Bitcoin is the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa00:53:37 Tools That Help You Learn Faster 01:00:54 Selecting Books01:16:25 Motivating Yourself to Learn01:26:09 Compounding Learning For Exponential Knowledge01:40:18 Scheduling Your Day Preparing to Learn01:47:11 Where to Find Emerson's Work01:48:20 “What is Money?” Outro MusicSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESSwan Private guides high-net-worth individuals and businesses in all areas of Bitcoin strategy: https://www.swanprivate.com/breedloveLedn lets you do more with your digital assets: https://www.ledn.io/CrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet is a Bitcoin wallet with privacy built-in by default: https://wasabiwallet.io/Okcoin is an innovative and education-focused cryptoasset exchange platform—earn $50 in free Bitcoin by signing up at: https://okcoin.com/breedloveMasterworks let you access the fine art market at more affordable price points (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://www.masterworks.comCasa is the most secure way to custody your Bitcoin (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buys and Withdrawals: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
What's the best way to learn? Why is learning how to learn "the most important skill"? When should we explore, and when should we exploit? What are the merits and demerits of various models of governance? How should we think about the problems around free speech? Named "King of Viral Media" by Forbes, Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including CBS, CNBC, CNN, and hundreds more. Spartz was named to both Forbes' and Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" lists. Spartz is the founder of Dose, a top digital media company with $35 million in funding. Dose's videos generate billions of video views, and the company's broadcast TV show, Morning Dose, airs on CW stations nationwide. Previously, Spartz created 20+ of the world's largest viral content sites, including OMG Facts, attracting 50 million visitors monthly. At age 12, Spartz founded Mugglenet, the #1 Harry Potter site and one of the internet's largest communities. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book. Find out more about Emerson at his website: emersonspartz.com
What's the best way to learn? Why is learning how to learn "the most important skill"? When should we explore, and when should we exploit? What are the merits and demerits of various models of governance? How should we think about the problems around free speech?Named "King of Viral Media" by Forbes, Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including CBS, CNBC, CNN, and hundreds more. Spartz was named to both Forbes' and Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" lists. Spartz is the founder of Dose, a top digital media company with $35 million in funding. Dose's videos generate billions of video views, and the company's broadcast TV show, Morning Dose, airs on CW stations nationwide. Previously, Spartz created 20+ of the world's largest viral content sites, including OMG Facts, attracting 50 million visitors monthly. At age 12, Spartz founded Mugglenet, the #1 Harry Potter site and one of the internet's largest communities. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book. Find out more about Emerson at his website: emersonspartz.com[Read more]
What's the best way to learn? Why is learning how to learn "the most important skill"? When should we explore, and when should we exploit? What are the merits and demerits of various models of governance? How should we think about the problems around free speech?Named "King of Viral Media" by Forbes, Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including CBS, CNBC, CNN, and hundreds more. Spartz was named to both Forbes' and Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" lists. Spartz is the founder of Dose, a top digital media company with $35 million in funding. Dose's videos generate billions of video views, and the company's broadcast TV show, Morning Dose, airs on CW stations nationwide. Previously, Spartz created 20+ of the world's largest viral content sites, including OMG Facts, attracting 50 million visitors monthly. At age 12, Spartz founded Mugglenet, the #1 Harry Potter site and one of the internet's largest communities. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book. Find out more about Emerson at his website: emersonspartz.com
What's the best way to learn? Why is learning how to learn "the most important skill"? When should we explore, and when should we exploit? What are the merits and demerits of various models of governance? How should we think about the problems around free speech?Named "King of Viral Media" by Forbes, Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including CBS, CNBC, CNN, and hundreds more. Spartz was named to both Forbes' and Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" lists. Spartz is the founder of Dose, a top digital media company with $35 million in funding. Dose's videos generate billions of video views, and the company's broadcast TV show, Morning Dose, airs on CW stations nationwide. Previously, Spartz created 20+ of the world's largest viral content sites, including OMG Facts, attracting 50 million visitors monthly. At age 12, Spartz founded Mugglenet, the #1 Harry Potter site and one of the internet's largest communities. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book. Find out more about Emerson at his website: emersonspartz.com
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In episode #1411, we talk about how marketers have adapted their business model to the new norm! Consumer behavior has changed so you’re going to have to adapt if you want to survive through this time. Listen in and hear about changing business trends, luring customers using no-commitment offers, and more! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: How Marketers Have Adapted Their Business Model to the New Norm. [00:34] What the new norm means; social distancing, online shopping, etc. [01:10] Changes in payment options to match new consumer behavior. [02:47] Getting people to try what you’re selling without committing much. [03:50] Learning post COVID business trends from Emerson Spartz. [04:59] How to be more resilient by reading Antifragile. [05:04] That’s it for today! [05:06] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Shopify Peep Laja CXL Sam Ovens Content Decay Orabrush Emerson Spartz Peloton Antifragile Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu
Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips
In episode #1411, we talk about how marketers have adapted their business model to the new norm! Consumer behavior has changed so you're going to have to adapt if you want to survive through this time. Listen in and hear about changing business trends, luring customers using no-commitment offers, and more! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today's topic: How Marketers Have Adapted Their Business Model to the New Norm. [00:34] What the new norm means; social distancing, online shopping, etc. [01:10] Changes in payment options to match new consumer behavior. [02:47] Getting people to try what you're selling without committing much. [03:50] Learning post COVID business trends from Emerson Spartz. [04:59] How to be more resilient by reading Antifragile. [05:04] That's it for today! [05:06] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Shopify Peep Laja CXL Sam Ovens Content Decay Orabrush Emerson Spartz Peloton Antifragile Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu
Highlights from some of the most interesting conversations on The Breakdown from the last two months. 4/1 - Peter Zeihan on why the world we’ve known for 30 years is changing forever 4/6 - Emerson Spartz on a moment of punctuated equilibrium 4/17 - Jared Dillian on the political football of stock buy backs 4/21 - Joe McCann on how financial engineering came to dominate Wall Street 4/22 - Luke Gromen on the genesis of the global monetary order and why the US switched off the gold standard in 1971 5/1 - Danielle DiMartino Booth on how the Federal Reserve moved from incompetent to corrupt 5/9 - Niall Ferguson on a shift back to a multipolar, multi-currency world 5/14 - Jeff Booth on why technology deflation competes with inflationary monetary policy 5/20 - Lyn Alden on the negative impacts of a too-strong dollar 5/22 - Tuomas Malinen on why dismantling the Euro may be the only way to save the European Union
Second order effects are things that happen as unexpected outcomes of something else happening. These effects can create surprising causal chains. Take this for example: A pandemic makes everyone need to work from home leads to an increase in video calling leads to Walmart reporting that people are buying more shirts, but not pants. Emerson Spartz is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on virality and the internet. He founded Mugglenet - the world’s biggest Harry Potter fan site - as a middle school drop out, and would later found and raise tens of millions for Dose. In the past weeks, Emerson started an open crowdsourced document on the Coronavirus’ second order effects that has, itself, gone viral, especially among venture capitals and other investor circles trying to understand what the world looks like on the other side of this. Emerson brings a surprisingly optimistic perspective on where this could lead a generation of people who are now more fully plugged in to the internet than ever before.
Second order effects are things that happen as unexpected outcomes of something else happening. These effects can create surprising causal chains. Take this for example: A pandemic makes everyone need to work from home leads to an increase in video calling leads to Walmart reporting that people are buying more shirts, but not pants. Emerson Spartz is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on virality and the internet. He founded Mugglenet - the world’s biggest Harry Potter fan site - as a middle school drop out, and would later found and raise tens of millions for Dose. In the past weeks, Emerson started an open crowdsourced document on the Coronavirus’ second order effects that has, itself, gone viral, especially among venture capitals and other investor circles trying to understand what the world looks like on the other side of this. Emerson brings a surprisingly optimistic perspective on where this could lead a generation of people who are now more fully plugged in to the internet than ever before.
Episode 204 is here with the latest in Fantastic Beasts news, a breakdown of Peter Pettigrew, and more, brought to you by Patreon producer Sydney! Terrance likes the Half Blood Prince movie now. Yay Terrance! Saturday 7/21 is the Fantastic Beasts panel at San Diego Comic Con. We ARE expecting a trailer! If it drops to the public, we will release a special trailer reactions episode. This week in Wrock, Luke listened to Ministry of Magic’s Magic is Might. Tweet @Lukaferocious and @HogwartsRadio with #WROCKList for suggestions on what Wizard Rock album Luke should listen to next, and check out the Spotify playlist to listen along! https://open.spotify.com/user/1223097650?si=hZ32bfg-QLm8VyMXgHRZOg This week in Potter History: MuggleNet’s Emerson Spartz and The Leaky Cauldron’s Melissa Anelli met with J.K. Rowling for an exclusive interview following the release of Half Blood Prince on July 16, 2005. In the news: J.K. nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize (vote for her here: https://dennyaakademien.wishpondpages.com/literature-prize_2018/), new items at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood (join our Patreon so we can buy $375 Hermione Yule Ball gowns), new Fantastic Beasts photos (young Newt, ahh!), and Jude Law breaks his silence on Dumbledore (he’s NOT the Transfiguration teacher??). Announcements: Thank you to those who have supported us on Patreon! Patreon.com/HogwartsRadio Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes. The About Us page of HogwartsRadio.com has been updated with a complete hosts Wall of Fame. The second Hog’s Head Radio will be released later this month! Terrance will be at LeakyCon 2018 as part of the Keeping It Fresh: Potter Podcasts in 2018. This week we begin our series on the Marauders with an in-depth discussion on Peter Pettigrew. Was he meant to be in Gryffindor? Why did he become a Death Eater? How did he live as a rat for 12 years without going crazy? WHY didn’t Fred and George see him on the Marauder’s Map?? Smarmy Lukehart receives a letter from “Secretly in Love.” Send your letters in to slukehart@hogwartsradio.com to have Smarmy Lukehart help you on air. Smells of Hogwarts returns! Thank you Jessica Bray for this wonderful series! The hosts have some fun with a game of Would You Rather. See you next week for episode 205, if we don’t see you earlier for a Crimes of Grindelwald trailer reactions episode!
In this week's Small Business with Steve Strauss powered by Microsoft podcast, we discuss the art of creating content. Getting the right post, noticed by the right people, can seem like an enigma these days. Often times you can end up wondering why no one likes your content. Well today, we have one of the world's foremost experts Emerson Spartz, to share some of the secrets of his viral content success.
Named "The Virologist" by The New Yorker, Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including the Wall Street Journal, Inc, CBS, CNBC, CNN, and many more. Spartz was named to both Forbes' and Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" lists. Spartz is the CEO of Dose, one of the world's fastest-growing digital media companies with a monthly audience of 50 million people. Dose, the company behind Dose.com and OMGFacts.com, has raised $35 million in funding. At the age of 12, Spartz founded Mugglenet, the #1 Harry Potter site and one of the internet's largest communities. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book.
Emerson Spartz has hunted down and capitalized on patterns in business since he was 12 years old. Fast-forward 18 years, and Spartz is the CEO of Dose, a digital media company that reaches 200 million Millennials every month with content designed to provide fresh ideas, knowledge and perspectives. Spartz is also one of the world’s leading experts on virality, having extensively studied its patterns and used what he learned to build his media company that was onced composed of more than 30 unique websites. In our interview, Spartz lets me in on his secrets for effectively learning new information, his best strategies for negotiating deals, the power of doing “comfort zone challenges,” and of course, how virality really works. He’s an extremely well-read guy who’s practically bursting at the seams with knowledge, and I’m grateful that he’s more than willing to share some of his insights. Head over to Spartz’s personal website to connect with him and learn more about his journey, and please enjoy the interview to learn about virality and the power of patterns in business. In this episode with Emerson Spartz, you’ll learn: — The secret to making any business project a success — How you can learn to be successful by studying the lives of successful people — Strategies you can use to get better at learning — The two best tactics for becoming a better negotiator — Why doing “comfort zone challenges” will make you a better businessperson — The art and science behind virality Please enjoy! ---- Download show notes and transcripts at www.powderkeg.co This episode of Powder Keg is brought to you by DeveloperTown. If you’re a business leader trying to turn a great idea into a product with traction, this is for you. DeveloperTown works with clients ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 companies who want to build and launch an app or digital product. They’re able to take the process they use with early stage companies to help big companies move like a startup. So if you have an idea for a web or mobile app, or need help identifying the great ideas within your company, go to developertown.com/powderkeg. Thanks again to everyone who has shared an episode of Powderkeg, subscribed to us on iTunes, or left us a review. It’s the only way we’re going to spread this message and reach new people and we could do it without you. We’re coming out with new episodes every Tuesday, so make sure you subscribe on iTunes or at powderkeg.co/itunes
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Leading expert in internet virility, a New York Times bestselling author, and CEO of Dose and OMG Facts, Emerson Spartz. Listen as how Emerson explains how he started as a 12-year-old and dropped out of middle school to become the CEO of a leading virility content website today. Famous 5Favorite Book? – 80 20 Sales and MarketingWhat CEO do you follow?— Tony HsiehWhat is your favorite online tool?— IntentlyDo you get 8 hours of sleep?— NoIf you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— Spend way more time developing the skill set Time Stamped Show Notes:01:01 – Nathan’s introduction01:43 – Welcoming Emerson to the show01:59 – The story behind MuggleNet’s 50 Million viewsLink SwapsLooked for ideasRecruiting04:29 – Negotiating with writers before Dose05:25 – 50 content pieces per day for Dose05:53 – Raised $35M07:56 – Team size of 5008:37 – Start of A-B TestingUse FacebookHeadlines and Thumbnails09:57 – Keppler Technology11:05 – 1 hour to 1 day execution to distribution11:47 - $5-10 for testing headlines and thumbnails14:30 – Behind the article seeding process15:52 – How Dose makes $$$17:26 – 15M unique website views17:38 – www.emersonspartz.com19:05 – Famous 5 3 Key Points:You have to be good at recognizing top talent.When you find talented talent, find a way to add it to your organization. First obtain a compelling vision, then obtain a compelling pitch. Resources Mentioned:Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.Leadpages – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.MuggleNet’s – The Top Harry Potter fan website on the planet Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries. Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop
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Ep 159 Eric Siu, the CEO of the digital marketing agency Single Grain, which has helped companies such as Salesforce, Yahoo, and Intuit scale their revenues online. Listen as Nathan and Eric talk about how Single Grain went from having negative cash flow to profiting 30K a month. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive Top Entrepreneurs join Nathan Latka daily inspired by, Art of Charm, Pat Flynn, John Dumas, Entrepreneur on Fire, Chalene Johnson, Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, HBR Podcast, the StartUp podcast, Mixergy, Andrew Warner, AskGaryVee, and the great hosts of BiggerPockets! Bio Eric Siu has worked with various startups, non-profit organizations, and co-founded an online marketing agency. He was formerly the Growth lead at Treehouse, an online coding education business and is currently the CEO of Single Grain, a digital marketing agency. Eric has a podcast based on growth hacking at http://growtheverywhere.com/. 3 Key Points: Often it’s beneficial for a business to expand its main money making channel instead of investing in new ones. Previous expertise shouldn’t be underestimated as it can lend itself to current ventures. Watching the numbers of one’s business’s rise and fall is a more involved process and can be more insightful than reading a report. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:12 – Eric joins the show 01:22 – Single Grain is a marketing agency that helps with search engine optimization and paid advertising. 02:08 – Single Grain made 30K in monthly revenue from making nothing eight months ago. 02:29 – Eric was first brought on to help the agency for a 10% stake. Later he bought the other 90% for only two dollars. 03:25 – The company was struggling when Eric bought it out – losing money at negative 27K in net profit despite generating 1.5 million dollars in annual revenue. 04:32 – Eric sat down with the original founder and was able to negotiate owning the entire company by leveraging his expertise. 05:42 – Single Grain also generates money by referring to other agencies for services the company no longer fulfills. (Such as search engine optimization) 06:28 – Eric’s previous expertise hiring marketers allows him to vet agencies and determine their quality of work. 06:53 – Nathan and Eric discuss the latter’s earnings from Single Grain. 07:42 – For his newer business Care Sprout, Eric is delving into the senior living industry. 08:33 – Care Sprout has whittled its lead cost to 60-70$ per individual signing up for services. 10:05 – Nathan and Eric break down how Care Sprout makes money. 11:09 – A lot of businesses tend to neglect their main money making channel in favor of creating new ones. 11:27 – Eric talks about Care Sprout’s current money making channel, phone calls. 12:17 – Care Sprout spends about 30K a month for lead acquisition channels. (420 new leads per month.) 13:02 – Eric likes to look at his company’s numbers personally, but also uses a dashboard tool called Cyfe. 15:27 – Famous Five Resources Mentioned: Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects Single Grain – Eric’s current business Care Sprout – Eric’s newer business Cyfe – Dashboard software Eric uses GrowthEverywhere – Eric’s Podcast @ericosiu – Eric’s Twitter LinkedIn – Eric’s LinkedIn Bill Gates – CEO Eric follows Emerson Spartz – CEO Eric follows Nathan Latka – CEO Eric follows TextExpander – Eric’s favorite online tool The Billionaire Who Wasn’t – Book Eric stands by Famous 5 Favorite Book?— The Billionaire Who Wasn’t – by Conor O’Clery What CEO do you follow?— Bill Gates, Emerson Spartz, Nathan Latka What is your favorite online tool?— Text Expander Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Keep going; those who persist will eventually succeed. Credits Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries. Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop
Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, CBS, CNBC, Fox News, and CNN. As the CEO of Dose, the company behind Dose.com and OMG Facts, he runs one of the world's fastest-growing digital media companies with 50 million unique visitors per month. Growth Hacking course for free at https://www.growthhackingpodcast.com/freecourse For more information and resources, visit https://www.growthhackingpodcast.com
Emerson Spartz is a middle school dropout. Not because he was forced to work on a family farm, or because he moved to a foreign country, but because he wanted to homeschool himself - and his parents permitted the transition. In addition, the 12-year old was already in business and didn't want to wait any longer. In 2009, the 22-year-old Spartz founded Spartz Media, creator of - among dozens of other successful websites - www.OMG-Facts.com, which by itself receives 30 pageviews per month. Virality became Emerson's focus, and his company of content creators and data scientists continue to pump out successful site after successful site, all based on psychological and empirical notions of "virality." In this episode, Emerson goes through a number of quick and immediately useful tips for any startup or organization looking to add "virality" into their marketing efforts. For More Information, Visit the HUB of Startups / Business in Emerging Technology. From Robotic Limbs to Getting Angel Investment, from Biotech to Intellectual Property: http://www.TechEmergence.com Interested in the Future of Humanity and the Ramifications of Emerging Tech? Sentient Potential Covers the Ethical Considerations and Future Projections at the Crossroads of Technology and Consciousness: http://www.SentientPotential.com
Emerson Spartz is Founder and CEO of Spartz. Emerson kicks things off by telling us how he dropped out of the traditional school system to homeschool HIMSELF at age 12 and build one of the most successful blogs of all time, www.mugglenet.com. From here he's launched a wave of profitable websites based on his homegrown formula for Virality. At 26 years old today, he's just getting started...listen in. We also feature (Chicago) music from the band JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound.
Episod 2 av EC var inte helt smärtfritt, då det var massa strul när det gällde klippning och att krympa ned filerna. Därför kanske klippningen inte är den bästa, och detta ber jag (Hanna) om ursäkt för. Dessutom finns det ett litet eko... ha överseende med ljudkvaliten! Vi blir bättre och bättre på det här och det kommer nog ta ett tag innan saker blir... ja, så bra som de borde vara.- Veckans cohosts berättar lite om sig själva.- Ebba, Anna, Elin och Hanna diskuterar det svenska omslaget.- Avslöjandet om en viss Albus Dumbledore diskuteras också.- Alla är överens om att Dumbledore och Harrys förhållande inte förändras av detta- Severus Snape är i fokus!- Nästa veckas cohosts och nästa veckas ämne presenteras.- Lite smaskigt extramaterial...... och mycket, mycket mer som allt handlar om Harry Potter.Ladda ned direkt genom att klicka här eller gå till iTunes och ladda ned där genom att klicka här (ser du inte det nya avsnittet? klicka då på subscribe och gå sedan till Podcaster i ditt "iTunesbibliotek", och högerklicka på ExpelliarmusCast och klicka sedan på "uppdatera podcast" tills det att det nya avsnittet visar sig). Vi ber om ursäkt för den långa nedladdningstiden. Förhoppningvis blir detta bättre med tiden. Och snälla, rösta på oss på Podast Alley!Länkar till saker som omnämdes:MugglenetLeaky CauldronMuggleCastIntervjun med Emerson Spartz, Mugglenets grundareThe Swedish Rowling FanclubDumbledoreisgayDumbledoreisnotgayLåten som spelas i slutet av programen är ett stycke ur låten The Snape Song med The Swedish Shortsnouts (där bland annat vår cohost Anna ingår)