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Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media. I'm Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.We talk a lot about the economic challenges, not to say cataclysm, that news media has been through in recent decades. Even the most storied brands have found themselves striking advertising deals they'd never have considered a decade before, or scrambling for scraps of revenue in dark corners like Award programs? Branded content?  Paywalls? Today's guest, Cindi Leive, former editor in chief of Glamour and Self has ridden the media revenue roller coaster from the big-spending peak of women's glossies through the grueling disruption of the digital era. Now she's starting over in this new environment leading The Meteor, a feminist-forward for-profit collective focused on storytelling for social change, where she needs every bit of her revenue gathering skills. In this interview, recorded live at the University of Chicago's Graham School, Cindi and Eric dive into the unraveling of legacy business models, the rise of programmatic advertising, and the existential question of who owns the future of journalism. As she jokes at the beginning of the session she expected to be talking about easy questions like freedom of expression and the First Amendment. Instead we're dealing with a much more wicked problem: How media companies can make money today.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media with Eric Schurenberg, a longtime journalist, now executive director of the Alliance for Trust in Media.Have you ever thought about what you are really doing when you scroll for news, or click on a headline that pops up in your feed? The quick answer is, “I want to know what's happening in the world.” Or, more pompously, I'm seeking the truth.Sure. But when you're honest you have to admit that you're mostly sucked in, like the rest of us, by unthinking instinct -- by news that lights up your emotions, that confirms your prior beliefs, or especially news that warns you of a threat. Today's guest has spent her research career trying to divine how our media affects our view on the world and vice versa. She's Dannagal Goldwaithe Young, Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Delaware, and author of Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation.She argues that much of modern media - sometimes deliberately more often unconsciously - reinforces political division and intensifies what she calls people's mega identities, the set of beliefs that define our political allegiance and our sense of who we are. There's a lot to unpack here about the perverse incentives in news media, about the differences in how conservatives and liberals consume news, and about the need for us news audience members to consume news consciously, deliberately, not instinctively. The conversation was recorded live in my class at the University of Chicago.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media. I'm your host Eric Schurenberg, long time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in MediaThe news business has been in freefall, as every listener to In Reality is aware. The plunge has been steepest in local journalism. We lose two local news outlets a week, on average. Half the counties in America have only one news outlet or none at all. Dousing that five alarm fire is the mission of today's guest, Mackenzie Warren, director of the Local News Accelerator at Northwestern University's Medill School, hands down one of the premier journalism schools in the country. Mackenzie is a long-time local newspaper executive himself; at Medill, he now helps local newsrooms in Illinois discover innovations aimed at putting themselves on a path to sustainability. Mackenzie joined Eric recently at his class on the future of media at the University of Chicago. They discussed the role of local news in counteracting polarization, the incoming class of new journalists and how they view their careers, as well as a few bright stars in the local news firmament, like the Minnesota Star Tribune, Chicago's hyper-local Block Club and Atlanta Journal Constitution.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Americans have long had a conflicted attitude about political news. On the one hand, most Americans, Republicans and Democrats, see the press as an essential watchdog on government. This is not a new idea: The founders of the country singled out the press for protection from government interference for just that reason. At the same time,  sizable majorities of Republicans and independents today--and a good many Democrats besides--have little to no trust in professional media to report the news accurately. And audiences and advertisers are not willing to spend enough money to support it.Evaporating trust. Collapsing business models. Along with an ever more obvious need for an independent press. These are the existential contradictions facing journalism today, a topic that we come back to continually here on In Reality. However, we've never had a chance to discuss them with Norman Pearlstine, one of the most significant figures in institutional journalism of the past 50 years. Norm has crowned the editorial masthead at the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg News, Time Inc. with its hundreds of magazine titles and, most recently, the Los Angeles Times. He has been in the room where journalism happened.  Norm recently joined Eric as a guest speaker at his University of Chicago course on the Future of Media. This evening's class was called, Where We Are and How We Got Here.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media hosted by Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.Among the many forces unravelling institutional media is the relatively recent ability of journalists to become mini-institutions on their own, thanks to social media and especially newsletter platforms like Substack and Ghost.  For journalists with a following or a novel approach, going indy can yield a much better living than they could earn in a traditional newsroom. Eric Newcomer was one of the early movers in this parallel media universe and has proven to be one of the most successful. Having cut his teeth as a tech writer for Bloomberg, he was one of the first writers to join the groundbreaking digital newsletter, The Information. Four years ago, he branched out on his own, and now has a newsletter and podcast, two million in revenue, employees, and a highly regarded tech conference, Cerebral Valley AI summit. Eric S met up with Eric N at the first HumanX conference in March. That's accounts for the background noise, if you hear it. Among other things, they covered how to build a one-man media empire in the modern era, the questions of building trust, and whether and how institutional newsrooms fit into the new media ecosystem. To join Eric's Substack: Newcomer.coWebsite - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about Truth, Disinformation, and the Media hosted by Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media exec, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.Media overall is in dire straits financially, as In Reality listeners are well aware. Local journalism has been the hardest hit: We've lost a third of the papers we had twenty years ago and continue to lose, on average, two a week. Most of the rest have been hollowed out. Which makes today's guest particularly interesting. Andrew Morse is the president and publisher of the 150-year-old Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While the AJC is not immune to recent turbulence, it is expanding rather than contracting, going regional rather than doubling down on the Atlanta metro area.  What makes Morse even more intriguing to me is that he's not a local paper guy: He comes to the role as the former head of CNN digital, Bloomberg TV and ABC digital. Eric asks why he was attracted by the challenge of revitalizing a legacy institution like the AJC, what it takes to rebuild trust in a brand like that, and whether his digital subscription strategy could offer a blueprint for the future of local news. He's a persuasive guy. You'll like this one.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about Truth, Disinformation and the Media with Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media exec, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.  In Reality is dedicated to the proposition that there is such a thing as objective truth and that the pursuit of it is a noble effort, one that over the centuries has increased human well being. Some objectively verifiable claims are the source of division in the US right now: the 2020 Presidential election was, in fact, legitimate. The covid pandemic was real, not a hoax. But that doesn't mean everyone accepts those facts. And if we are going to thrive as a democracy, if we are going to rebuild trust in the institutions crucial to that form of government, including media, we need to be able to get past differences. Not just on facts, but also on the matters of opinion, or faith, or moral judgment that divide us. That's where today's guest comes in.Monica Guzman is the senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels, an organization devoted to sparking civil conversations across the political divide, also author of a book Eric enjoyed: I Never Thought of it That Way. How to Have Fearless Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. They talk about the search for commonality even in our most divisive issues and the power of curiosity. Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about Truth, Disinformation, and the Media. I'm Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media exec, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.Just when you thought it could not get harder to recognize truth in your newsfeed, along comes artificial intelligence. Now it's child's play for bad actors to create fake news, fake videos, fake pornography at digital scale and in quality all but impossible to detect. As deepfakes multiply, reality itself becomes just one of several options your algorithm can serve, and not necessarily the most convincing one. Our guest today leads a company that offers an intriguing defense to this dystopia. Ben Colman is CEO of Reality Defender, whose technology exposes deepfakes in real-time across voice, images and text. I've seen the demo, and it's impressive. Ben's background is in cybersecurity. We've seen this in other disinformation fighting technologies: Cybersecurity is a logical foundation in many ways for information security. Ben and Eric cover some chilling real-world examples of deepfakes, Ben explains how Reality Defender's technology works, and why usability is critical to scaling truth's defenses. They'll also discuss whether deepfake detection could strengthen trust in traditional media. Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth and the media with Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media exec, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.It's not exactly news that the traditional news business is in decline. Most distressing to those of us who grew up in the profession: that audience levels of trust in the work we do has dropped to the lowest levels ever recorded. Today's guest, Julia Angwin, back for a second time on In Reality, is like Eric a product of the traditional news business. She worked at the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and also founded startup newsrooms like the Markup and, most recently, Proof News. But that's not why she's here today though...Julia recently penned research for Harvard's Shorenstein Center about what traditional newsrooms can learn from online influencers about trust. According to her paper, you earn trust by convincing others that you are competent to do what you say; that you have integrity and that you have their best interests in mind. Julia and I discuss how influencers support those beliefs about themselves, without benefit of institutional brand names; how traditional newsrooms squandered trust; and ,what journalism needs to do about it.Read Julia's Paper! The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators TakeawaysTrust in media has reached a historic low.The creator economy is significantly larger than traditional journalism.Content creators often have a closer relationship with their audience.Integrity and accountability are crucial for rebuilding trust.Journalism needs to engage more with its audience.The concept of objectivity in journalism is outdated.Benevolence is about serving the audience's needs.Transparency in journalism can enhance trust.The future of journalism may be more about practice than profession.Holding power to account is the core mission of journalism.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media with your host Eric Schurenberg, a long time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. On In Reality, we talk a lot about the supply side of the information ecosystem, about journalism and social media and how disinformation gets spread. We talk less about the demand side—how we readers and viewers of news can trustworthy information. We'll fix that imbalance a bit today, with a special guest, Michael Caulfield. Caufield is a former professor at University of Washington and researcher at the Center for an Informed Public. He's the author with Sam Wineburg of Verified, a book with the highly explanatory subtitle How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online. The book introduces what I have found to be a highly useful, easy to remember and very quick way to quickly vet a claim you come across online. Caulfield and Wineburg call that technique by its acronym SIFT. I hope you'll find it as handy as Eric does.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast on truth, disinformation and the media. I'm your host Eric Schurenberg, a former journalist and media exec, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.At the front lines of the battle for truth in the information ecosystem are the social media platforms' trust and safety teams. Trust and safety teams are the data-science professionals who make sure that social media content conforms to the platforms' standards. It's a finger-in-the-dike kind of task, because of both the volume of content—34 million videos uploaded on TikTok every day, for one example--and the judgment needed to distinguish merely obnoxious content from the truly harmful. And lately, the whole idea has run into significant headwinds, some political, from Republicans who say that trust and safety is just a code word for censorship; And some economic, from platforms leaders, who have been cutting back their trust and safety teams as cost centers and generally more trouble than they're worth. Today's guest, Jeff Allen, is very much part of this world. Jeff's a former trust and safety executive at Meta, now the founder of the Integrity Institute, which is both a community for trust and safety professionals and an advocacy group for a kinder gentler social internet. Jeff and I discuss what trust and safety professionals really think about free speech; why Instagram search tends to harm young people and Google's does not; why Mark Zuckerberg doesn't like trust and safety, in Zuck's own words; and where those hoping for an internet that does better at fostering human well-being, might find reason for optimism.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media, with Eric Schurenberg - the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. This week…Everyone with a keyboard and Internet access has weighed in with their opinion about why the Trump campaign won and Harris's lost. That's fine. But here at In Reality, we're not so interested in campaign strategy, but we really care about the role that disinformation and the media played in how people made up their minds. In a less polluted information environment, would there have been a different outcome? In Eric's class at the University of Chicago, he put that question to three highly regarded journalists from different corners of the media world who were good enough to show up as guest speakers. Paul Farhi, the award-winning former media reporter at the Washington Post; Nayeema Raza, co-host of the media podcast Mixed Signals at the innovative news site Semafor; and Isaac Saul, the political reporter and founder of the successful newsletter Tangle.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

We've seen social media disrupt elections before, but this time feels louder, angrier. Maybe it's the retreat of content moderators, maybe the metamorphosis of Twitter into X, and maybe the growing sophistication of adversaries from Russia, China and Iran. Today, we are lucky to have two key veterans of the social media battlescape join us on In Reality. They are Nina Jankowicz, the founder of the American Sunlight Project, an expert on Russian disinformation and the head of the Department of Homeland Security's short-lived Disinformation Governance Board. And Yoel Roth, now the VP of trust and safety at Match Group and the former head of content moderation at Twitter. We'll cover what makes social media in this election feel so disturbingly different; how foreign countries are trying to sow chaos; and why X in spite of Musk, is still culturally relevant.Like some previous episodes, Eric recorded this live in his class at the University of Chicago. It was October 14th, when the floods in North Carolina unleashed a dam break of rumor and lies on social media.Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

In Reality is taking a summer break, so this is an episode we've posted before, but I thought that in the middle of a US Presidential campaign, it might be a good idea to review my conversation with Glenn Kessler, editor of the Washington Post's Fact Checker column and arguably the creator of the fact checking industry. In the Post, Glenn and his team have been holding both campaigns to account with equal intensity. Thanks to them, Post readers are now aware, for example, of Tim Walz's exaggerations of his military record, as well as the barrage of conspiratorial falsehoods coming from the Trump campaign. In the conversation, Glenn makes the point that fact-checks can only take us so far. You the reader have to be willing to accept facts that don't conform to your beliefs. That last mile, if you will, of factuality, is not easy to travel. But it's our responsibility as voters in a consequential election, and ours alone. After all, one way to make your vote count—and the only way you control entirely—is to make sure it's based on truth. Website - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Meg Wolitzer presents three stories in that explore the idea of “fitting in,” and whether it's worth the effort.  In “Reality,” by Diana Spechler, a woman longs for the ephemeral glory of a reality show. It's read by Kirsten Vangsness. “Long Hair,” by Uche Okonkwo, performed by Karen Pittman, explores hair as a form of power.  And “A Sacrifice,” by Simon Van Booy, performed by Joanna Gleason, explores social dynamics and family secrets in a small Irish village. A brief interview with Van Booy is included. 

In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is virtual reality just escapism? In a highly original work of 'technophilosophy', Chalmers argues categorically, no: virtual reality is genuine reality. Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality - and increasingly, we will. What is reality, anyway? How can we lead a good life? Is there a god? How do we know there's an external world - and how do we know we're not living in a computer simulation? In Reality+, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of philosophy, using cutting-edge technology to provide invigorating new answers to age-old questions. David J. Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science at New York University, as well as co-director of NYU's Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. Chalmers is best known for his work on consciousness, including his formulation of the "hard problem of consciousness." Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy https://amzn.to/3RYyGD2 https://consc.net/ https://x.com/davidchalmers42 00:00:00 Reality+ Intro 00:12:02 GPT conscious? 10/10 00:14:19 The consciousness processor thought experiment (11/10) 00:20:34 Intelligence and Consciousness entangled? 10/10 00:22:44 Karl Friston / Meta Problem 10/10 00:29:05 Knowledge argument / subjective experience (6/10) 00:32:34 Emergence 11/10 (best chapter) 00:42:45 Working with Douglas Hofstadter 10/10 00:46:14 Intelligence is analogy making? 10/10 00:50:47 Intelligence explosion 8/10 00:58:44 Hypercomputation 10/10 01:09:44 Who designed the designer? (7/10) 01:13:57 Experience machine (7/10)

Erkan & Stefan Podcast 52 - Sylt & Co ist die krassere Parallelgesellschaft Alle Politiker tun immer voll warnen vor Parallelgesellschaften, und dass die nicht entstehen sollen und Zeug und Gezeter. In Reality haben wir aber schon lauter Justus und Clara-Sophies, die meinen, dass sie halt voll die Elite sind und der Rest halt Schmutz. Wer braucht solche Leute? Erkan & Stefan zerreißen sich schon wieder total inkompetent die Meinungsfreiheit aufs Probe Exempel. Außerdem Sexy Videogames und Online Gaming vs Single Player als Thema. Werdet Teil unserer Steady Community und supportet schon ab 4€ im Monat. Als Steady Abonnenten bekommt ihr je nach Babo Level auch krasse Fan Extras wie zB Acrylglas Schlüsselanhänger mit original Zelluloid Filmmaterial aus "Erkan & Stefan - Der Tod kommt Krass". Schaut es einfach mal an unter https://steady.erkanstefan.de Für Live Termine und alles checkt https://erkanstefan.de Auf Twitch streamen wir regelmäßig unter https://twitch.tv/erkanundstefan Krasse T-Shirts, Stefans Handtuch, Ehrenmann Kaffeebecher und all so Zeug unter https://shop.erkanstefan.de Krasse Spar Link Angebote und Empfehlungen: Plüsch Dönertier unter doenertier.erkanstefan.de Verisure Alarmanlage für dein Home: https://verisure.erkanstefan.de Grußvideos von uns bestellen: https://wewave.erkanstefan.de Bluebrixx Affiliate Link: https://bluebrixx.erkanstefan.de --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erkanstefan/message

The guests who come on In Reality come prepared to talk about big issues. Truth, polarization, the information ecosystem: these are not exactly niche issues. Today's guest though, may have the biggest embrace of anyone I've had on the show... You may know Frank McCourt as the billionaire real estate magnate and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. However, for the past few years he has turned his focus to running the non-profit Project Liberty, the enormously ambitious goal of which is to rebuild the internet with a new pro-social infrastructure. His new book, 'Our Biggest Fight', documents the dysfunctions of the current network—the spread of disinformation and polarization and the concentration of power in a few Big Tech Companies--and argues for a new blockchain based system that returns ownership of personal data to us.  Frank and Eric will discuss how the digital landscape got to this point, why it can't be sustained, his belief that change is urgent and why he is hopeful it's possible. Frank's book - 'Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age' - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743398/our-biggest-fight-by-frank-h-mccourt-jr-with-michael-j-casey/Websitewww.in-reality.fmProduced by Sound Sapiensoundsapien.com

For decades, America's foreign adversaries have used disinformation to undermine American democracy, to sow division and create confusion about what is even true. But who needs foreign adversaries when so many Americans, for whatever reason, have embraced the same tactics and same apparent goal? Today's guest, Barbara McQuade, is a professor at University of Michigan Law School who previously served as vice chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. In her new book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America, she makes it clear that then same kind of disinformation campaigns she saw originating in Russia or Iran are now homegrown. Barb and Eric talk about why Americans are particularly susceptible to disinformation; about the authoritarian playbook that leaders like Hungary's Victor Orban or Donald Trump employ to seize power by ostensibly democratic means; about the right wing's embrace of violent rhetoric and the dangers of stochastic terrorism; and the importance of media literacy in a chaotic information environment. This is not perhaps the most optimistic episode to air on In Reality, but stay with us. This needs to be heard.TopicsThe Murthy v. Missouri CaseImplications of a Decision in Murthy v. MissouriGovernment Communication with Social Media PlatformsChilling Effect on Government InterventionTrump's Allies and the War on DisinformationThe Decline in Trust in MediaThe Authoritarian PlaybookMuzzling the PressMedia Literacy and Critical ThinkingChanges in Media PracticesThe Importance of Media Literacy TrainingBringing Media Literacy Training to AdultsWhy Americans are Susceptible to DisinformationStochastic TerrorismThe Risk of AuthoritarianismThe Risks of Artificial IntelligenceAmending Section 230Demand Side Solutions: Media Literacy and Civics EducationOptimism for the FutureWebsitewww.in-reality.fmProduced by Sound Sapiensoundsapien.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media with Eric Schurenberg, a long time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. There are two ways to fight misinformation: One is to debunk falsehoods after they have surfaced. The other is to help create media literate news audiences, who can recognize false claims before they take root. Debunking, necessary though it is, inevitably hands the initiative to manipulators and propagandists. Media literacy, on the other hand, helps news consumers debunk their own news feed. It simply scales better. Today's guest has spent the past decade and a half engaged in the media literacy cause. A former educator, Peter Adams is the research director of the News Literacy Project, a 15-year-old non-profit that trains middle-school and high-school teachers to impart the media literacy and critical thinking skills their students need to navigate today's incredibly challenging information ecosystem. Peter and Eric discuss the penetration of news literacy training in school systems, how to deal with bias in news sources, the impact of collapsing media business models on the news environment, and the responsibility of news consumers to curate their own media diet. TopicsOrigin Story of the News Literacy ProjectRole of the Research and Design TeamPenetration of NLP's Curriculum in School SystemsDefinition of News Literacy and Its ComponentsEvaluation of Non-Traditional Sources of NewsUnderstanding Bias in News CoverageChallenges Faced by Mainstream MediaPolitical Bias in News CoverageImpact of Changing Business Models on News CoverageAddressing Partisan Bias in News Literacy EducationResponsibility of News Consumers in Curating a Healthy News DietDiscovering News Outside of Filter BubblesPeter Adams' News SourcesOverview of NLP's Products and ResourcesWebsitewww.in-reality.fmProduced by Sound Sapiensoundsapien.com

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media hosted by Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.A lot of people, Eric included, are working to figure out what exactly happened to facts, trust in institutions like science and the news, and to the shared reality we used to enjoy in this country. There is no shortage of research about the depth of the problem but very little about what really might reverse it. Which is where today's guest comes in. Talia Stroud is the director of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas. More than 10 years ago, she was one of the first to document how Americans were retreating to news that confirmed their pre-existing beliefs—now well known as the filter bubble phenomenon—and she has since gone on to bust popular myths about social media and to research practical actions that journalists can take to re-engage with audiences. Talia and I talk about recent medical misinformation emanating from, of all people, the surgeon general of Florida; about how newsrooms inadvertently feed polarization; about bringing audiences and newsrooms closer together; and why a popular silver bullet solution to algorithmic polarization won't work. Please reach out to let Eric know your thoughts on the episode at eric@alliancefortrust.comTopics02:00The Impact of Media on Democracy03:11The Challenge of Media Polarization05:30The Influence of Social Media Algorithms08:28Research Collaboration with Meta11:29The Effectiveness of Algorithm Changes15:16Promoting Civil Conversations on Social Media19:16The Role of Professional Journalism24:41The Business Model of News Organizations29:55Rebuilding Trust in Journalism34:36Understanding Election MisinformationThis episode was produced by Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comWebsite: www.in-reality.fm

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media. I'm Eric Schurenberg, a long time journalist and media executive, now the executive director of the Alliance for Trust in Media. An awful lot of the heat in today's polarized political landscape arises from vastly different interpretations of history. In the US, we fight over how to deal with slavery in our history books. Donald Trump's Make America Great Again slogan is a shout-out to a historical golden era that may or may not have existed.  Today's In Reality guest, Otto English, is the pseudonymous author of the books Fake History and Fake Heroes. He has made a study of the gap between history as it was lived, and history as it was remanufactured by powerful people generations hence. Otto and I discuss the abiding attraction that authoritarian leaders from ancient Greece to modern Russia have for creating a mythical golden age in their past; the role that fake history played in Britain's economically disastrous Brexit vote; and how we remake the stories of politicians from Winston Churchill to Donald Trump to conform to archetypes, rather than reality. This episode was produced by Tom Platts

How Marketing Can Be an Ally for Truth” with Eric Schurenberg   In our previous episode 76 with Charlene Li, we discussed how intentional marketing leaders share three habits: courage, curiosity, and discipline. Those qualities are needed more than ever: across every institution, facts are under attack. Some media and tech leaders stoke polarization. AI hallucination and nefarious bots are not the only sources.   A zealous quest for market dominance and ad revenues also squanders trust.   What can we do to earn it back to preserve our brand, cultivate customer trust, and restore civil discourse?   Former Inc. and FastCompany CEO Eric Schurenberg joined Lisa in the studio for this important conversation. He currently leads the Alliance for Trust in Media.   Episode 77 is packed with practical strategies to improve your search for the truth and cultivate wisdom, including: How to apply the Wisdom Pyramid in your daily decisions. (credit to Chip Conley from Episode 67) The three questions every leader needs to ask to verify information: Is this designed to trigger an emotional response? How likely could this be true? What if I pause before sharing it? The danger of “talking your book” – tooting a customer's or partner's horn without fully disclosing the nature of your relationship. (some analysts are shameless about this). How to design your news feed wisely, and Eric's daily “truth training” habits. BONUS: fun pilot stories from Eric and Lisa (31:20). A hearty THANK YOU to our superstar production team: Alex Connolly,  

One reason that falsehoods flourish online is that major advertisers fund them—but usually unwittingly. The opaque nature of automated online ad delivery means that advertisers don't actually know where most of their digital ads appear. On a high-quality news site? Maybe. On a trashy clickbait farm? The ad-tech doesn't care. Today's In Reality guests argue that quality journalism needs a more transparent market to prosper, that's what they aim to provide. Vanessa Otero is an IP attorney turned entrepreneur, the founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media. In Latin, the name means “To the Source.” Vanessa is joined by her CSO Lou Paskalis, who among other roles was a senior VP of media investment at Bank of America. For the two, the work of steering ad dollars back to quality starts with a unique media bias chart, which ranks thousands of news sites, television, podcasts, and newsletters by quality of journalism and degree of political bias. Ad Fontes Media bias chart: https://adfontesmedia.com/This episode was produced by Tom Platts

Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media. I'm Eric Schurenberg, a longtime journalist, now executive director of the Alliance for Trust in Media.One of my long-held assumptions is that everyone seeks the truth. They may be derailed in that quest by false information, but the ultimate goal is factuality. Today's guest begs to differ. Dannagal Goldwaithe Young is Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Delaware, a frequent voice in the poplar press, the author of scores of academic articles and two books, most recently Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation, available for pre-order on Amazon. Professor Young, who also goes by Danna, argues that people's goal in consuming media isn't understanding exactly, rather, it's feeling like we understand feeling like we are part of a like-minded community. We'll discuss that distinction, along with why our political and media institutions highlight outrage and division, about why Republicans are more susceptible to empirically inaccurate information, about the virtue of intellectual honesty, the role of trust, and what media and everyone else should do differently to get along in a diverse democracy. This episode was produced by Tom Platts

When I talk to people about the mission of In Reality, I frequently am told, “Media is so corrupt. Why do you bother.” In some circles, it seems that hating professional media is just a reflex, like saying “Bless you” when someone sneezes. Nothing personal.Today's guest is one of the best living rebuttals I can think of to this kind of blanket condemnation of the media.  He is Nick Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic and one of journalism's most distinguished practitioners. Before The Atlantic, he was the editor-in-chief of Wired, a writer and editor at The New Yorker, and co-founder of The Atavist, a digital magazine that told long-form stories in graphic formats. Publications under his leadership have won numerous National Magazine Awards and Pulitzer Prizes, and one Wired story that he edited was the basis for the movie Argo, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2012. Nick is now co-founder of a Saas company, Speakeasy AI, formerly Narwhal, a software platform designed to foster constructive online conversations about the world's most pressing problems.  Nick and I talk about truth and objectivity as a journalistic goal, about the gulf in background and worldview between journalists and some audiences, about how The Atlantic does its best to make sure its stories are fair, and about how Nick curates his own news feed and his own writing to minimize bias.  And now, here's Nick ThompsonThis episode was produced by Tom Platts

A SIMPLE QUESTION WE CAN ASK OURSELVES IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE AS FERVENT AS FISHERMAN PETER AND JOHN AND TAX COLLECTOR MATTHEW. THESE PEOPLE WERE JUST COMMON PEOPLE, NOT EDUCATED IN SCHOOLS OF DIVINITY, YET GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL? IF NOT WHY NOT? HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? IN REALITY, NO THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED. JESUS HAD TO GO OUTSIDE THE CHURCH FOR THE FASTFOOD FREEWILL PHARISEES DOMINATED NOT ONLY THE CHURCH BUT WERE THE RULING CLASS. TODAY IN AMERICA THE FASTFOOD FREEWILL THEOLOGIANS MASSIVELY DOMINATE THE OVER 300,000 CHURCHES IN AMERICA. AGAIN AS WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES IF WE THINK OF THE CHURCH AS THE SUN AND THE NATION AS THE MOON, AMERICA IS SIMPLY A REFLECTION OF THE STATE OF THE CHURCH. WHEN THE FALSE JESUS IS DOMINANT, THE NATION GOES INTO A MORAL MELTDOWN. THUS AT THE TIME OF JESUS, JESUS CONFRONTED THE RELIGIOUS RULERS OF THE DAY AND BEGAN HIS OWN CHURCH. Mat. 23: [27] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. [28] Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. THE FASTFOOD FREEWILL CHURCHES HAND OUT EASY SALVATION LIKE THE BANKS HANDING OUT EASY LOANS, PRECEDING THE 2008 BANKING COLLAPSE, TO CLIENTS WHO COULD NOT AFFORD THEM. EVENTUALLY THE BANKS WENT BANKRUPT OR HAD TO BE BAILED OUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN THE CHURCH, THE CHURCHES BECOME FILLED WITH COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANS AND THUS THEY ELECT COUNTERFEIT PASTORS TO LEAD THEM. THE PHARISEES WERE MORALISTS AND JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES THAT THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST EXCEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE FAKE FASTFOOD FREEWILL PHARISEES AND THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BONDAGE OF THE WILL DOCTRINE IS PREACHED, WITH ORIGINAL SIN BEING SIN ON THE FRONT BURNER. WE HAVE SPOKEN OF THIS AT LENGTH BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IN JESUS' CHURCH 11 OUT 12 WERE TRUE BELIEVERS AND WERE SO FERVENT THAT WENT ON AFTER JESUS' DEATH TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND LEGEND HAS IT WERE ALL MARTYRED EXCEPT JOHN WHO WAS EXILED IN HIS 90'S ONTO THE ISLAND OF PATMOS. THIS IS WHAT MUST HAPPEN TODAY IN AMERICA, WE MUST GO OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO OUR PEOPLE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIAN AND TRUE CHRISTIAN AND KEEP THE CHURCH AS PURE AS POSSIBLE WHICH IS PURE SPIRITUAL WARFARE AND THAT IS WHY FORMER MR. MORALITY WRITES TO HIS CORINTHIAN BRETHREN THAT HE RUNS TO WIN: 1 COR. 9: [24] Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. [25] And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. [26] I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: [27] But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Good dog food and the dog's name: two of the most important decisions a pet owner needs to make. Their name will last a lifetime and their food will determine how long that is.I trust that naming your dog was a fun, thoughtful exercise, but most dog owners still seem to be in the dark when it comes to confidently knowing what to feed their furbabies. Not only is the choice overwhelming, but now there's so much mystery and hidden truths surrounding the “perfect dog food,” that makes choosing the best options even more challenging. In this blog, I'm sharing with you the truth about what brands popularly market as the “perfect dog food,” and why variety is king when it comes to feeding dogs. Key Takeaways: Giving one food to your dogs may not be the best for their health. Dogs give cues on what they want to eat. Take their cues and use it as a guide on what to feed them. Variety is king when it comes to a healthy dog diet. DOGGY DAN'S DOG CALMING CODE™️: HOW TO RAISE CALMER, WELL-BEHAVED DOGS Table of Contents: The Truth About Good Dog Food That the Pet Food Industry Does Not Want Dog Owners to Know Why I Don't Believe That There's Only One Good Dog Food For Our Pets Best Dog Food: How to Tell If You're Choosing the Best Food for Your Dogs How to Start Incorporating Good Dog Food to Your Dog's Diet The Benefits of Giving The Right Dog Food for Your Dogs Conclusion: The Best Dog Food is the One Your Dog Needs at a Given Moment   The Truth About Good Dog Food That the Pet Food Industry Does Not Want Dog Owners to Know When I was younger, I loved eating spaghetti bolognese that I'd often say “I can eat this everyday!” Spaghetti bolognese looks like a decent daily meal — it has protein, carbs, and delicious tomato sauce. I could probably eat pasta everyday, but can you imagine what could have happened to me if I ate only that?   Just like us, our pets are complex, and every dog comes with unique needs in nutrition. Here's the truth: despite the fancy marketing from giant companies, calling a formulated product “the only healthy dog food you will ever need” just doesn't make sense. In Reality, There Are BIG Reasons Why a Dog Diet Without Variety Can Affect a Dog's Health Every type of dog food has a different nutrient profile, and feeding the same thing continuously can cause a dog to miss out on essential nutrients that are present in other types of food. Let's take the raw food diet for dogs, as an example. It has loads of benefits (here's an article about the benefits of feeding raw dog food) but it's not always a common choice among pet owners. A one-food diet can decrease interest in food, making it challenging to get them to eat or to try new foods. Giving a variety not only ensures a diverse nutrient intake, but it also makes mealtime more enjoyable for the dog. Additionally, dogs becoming overly familiar with ingredients are more prone to intolerances or allergies. Relying on one option alone can actually be risky. Why I Don't Believe That There's Only One Good Dog Food For Our Pets Even for someone who loves pizza and pasta, a chicken soup becomes appealing when they're feeling under the weather. Bodies are programmed to crave for nutrients — even for dogs! This is the exact reason why I don't believe on giving one dog food for your pet their whole life. I believe that for different life stages, there are also different nutrient needs. The reason we have all kinds of dog food — wet, dry, mixed — and even a dog food diet with just lean, fresh meat is because our dog's diet needs are complex! I do understand that having one food option sounds more convenient. But if we want to give a healty dog diet for our beloved pets, giving our dogs nutrion-packed meals based on their needs can make a difference. CALMER PUPPIES TURN INTO CALMER DOGS TRAIN RIGHT WITH PUPPY COACH™️ How to Tell If You're Choosing the Best Food for Your Dogs Creating a diet for your pet can be a daunting task, but there are several things you can do to become more confident the best dog food you have chosen. #1 Consult with a Veterinarian Your veterinarian can provide valuable insight into your dog's nutritional needs based on factors such as their breed, age, weight, and health status. They can also recommend specific brands or types of dog food that may be best for your dog. #2 Read the Ingredient List Look for high-quality protein sources, such as meat or fish, listed as the first ingredient. Avoid dog foods that contain a lot of fillers, such as corn or wheat, as these can be difficult for dogs to digest and provide little nutritional value. You can also consider going for an all-natural meal. Adding natural ingredients like vegetables can bring big health benefits for your dogs. #3 Look for Food Certifications Refer to certification for products that meet nutritional requirements. Look for dog foods that have been certified to ensure they provide a complete and balanced diet. #4 Consider your Dog's Preferences Even if a dog food meets all the nutritional requirements, if your dog doesn't like the taste or texture, they may not eat it. Try different brands or flavors to find one that your dog enjoys. #5 Monitor your Dog's Health Keep an eye on your dog's weight, coat condition, and overall health. If you notice any changes, such as weight gain or loss, digestive issues, or a dull coat, it may be time to reconsider your dog's food and consult with your veterinarian. Additionally, taking these steps and being mindful of your dog's specific needs, you can make an informed decision about the best dog food for your pet. WELL-BEHAVED DOGS IN NO TIME: THE PROMISE OF THE DOG CALMING CODE™️ How to Start Incorporating Good Dog Food Into Your Dog's Diet #1 Be Careful When Introducing New Treats The best way to introduce new dog food to dogs is to be cautious and avoid abruptly switching from their current food to a new one. Doing the latter can cause digestive upset, such as diarrhea. Instead, consider conducting a gradual transition by mixing a small amount of the new food with their current food and gradually increasing the amount over a week or two. This will help your dog adjust to the new food and reduce the risk of digestive problems. #2 Start a New Dog Diet with Small Servings Served as Treats If you want to test whether your dog likes a new food, you can offer small amounts of treats such as biscuits, wet food, or meat. You can place it on top of their regular food or offer it next to their bowl. Many dogs love new treats and it can add variety to their diet. However, it's important to ensure that the new food is appropriate for your dog's nutritional needs and doesn't cause any digestive problems. It's always best to consult with your veterinarian before introducing new foods to your dog's diet. NO MORE PUPPY TRAINING OVERWHELM WITH DOGGY DAN'S PUPPY COACH™️ PROGRAM #3 Introduce Different Safe Dog Food Options One thing you can do is conduct a dog food test using dry food, wet food, and fresh meat to determine which ones your dogs prefer. Although you might already have an idea of the outcome, it would still be an interesting experiment to conduct. Taking cues from your pet on what to feed him can ensure that you're giving him food he actually likes. The Benefits of Giving The Right Dog Food for Your Dogs Better Nutrient Intake Your dogs can receive more essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, which can help meet their nutritional needs. Improved Digestion A varied diet can help promote healthy digestion and reduce the risk of digestive issues, such as constipation or diarrhea. Reduced risk of Food Intolerances or Allergies Feeding dogs different dog food reduce the risk of developing food intolerances or allergies. Better Dental Health Some types of food, such as raw bones or hard vegetables, can help promote dental health by reducing plaque and tartar buildup and strengthening teeth. DOG CALMING CODE™️ THE BETTER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ANXIOUS, AGGRESSIVE DOGS. More Enjoyable Mealtimes Providing dogs with a varied diet can keep their meals exciting and enjoyable, which can increase their appetite and make it easier to get them to eat. Better Weight Management A balanced dog diet promotes healthy weight management by providing dogs with the necessary nutrients without excess calories. Dog obesity comes with major health risks so it's important to make meals packed with nutrients and not with empty calories. Reduced Risk of Chronic Diseases Dogs won't be prone to obesity, heart disease, or diabetes, which can be caused by an unbalanced or inadequate diet. Conclusion: The Best Dog Food is the One Your Dog Needs at a Given Moment No marketing stunt can tell you otherwise. With the help of your trusted vet, you can come up with a complete, complex, and enjoyable food options that's great for your dog. Like what I always say: it's you, dog parent, who will be able to know what's best for your dog. Not the promises of a popular dog food brand. Not the influencers telling you to go for one dog food forever. It's you and your dog's journey to finding the best food that actually is good and delicious for them. So don't hesitate to try out new things. Start with small changes because in time, you'll be in tuned with what your dog really wants and really needs. Let the food tasting begin!

While a Business Might Look Successful, In Reality, it Might Be Falling Apart & Bleeding Money Behind the Scenes. It is only a matter of time before the entire thing falls apart and fails. I don't want you to become a statistic. Let's talk about what is often happening behind the curtain of these small businesses.   Here is the link to the book I mentioned: The Millionaire Next Door _____________________  

Often times the question arises whether or not other religions are good or do they have truth in them. This episode deals specifically with Buddhism and how the answers to the questions raised in Buddhism can be found in the Bible. Some of the main problems that Buddhism attempts to address is the fact that there is suffering in the world and WHY is there suffering and how do we deal with it. Buddhism by itself cannot fully answer these questions and that is why they explain the need for constant rebirth until one finally understands and reaches the state of Nirvana. Unfortunately this is not the complete truth. The Bible holds the answers and ultimately the TRUTH that Jesus Christ is the only way to reach the idea of Nirvana. Buddhism does not have this concept correct. In REALITY, because there is objective reality despite what your perception is, Nirvana is not nothingness, it is a place called Heaven where GOD reigns and there is no more suffering. You can find JOY and PEACE in this life, and have the promise of eternal joy and peace in Heaven. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pastor-steven/support

One of the goals of In Reality is to introduce our listeners to people who are on the front lines of the battle against disinformation. But battles have casualties, and Nina Jankowicz is one of them. Nina is a highly respected expert on Russian disinformation strategies and the author of two books, How to Lose the Information War and How to Be a Woman Online. In the spring of 2022, the Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of what it called the Disinformation Governance Board to coordinate the department's defenses against networked propaganda, and named Nina as director. Disinformation forces attacked instantly. Social media was swamped by figures inside and outside of government  who deliberately mischaracterized the role of the board and Nina's qualifications to run it. After two weeks of unrelenting attacks, the D.H.S. dissolved the board, and Nina resigned. In this episode, Eric and Nina talk about how it felt to go through that, why the D.H.S. was so helpless in the face of a homegrown disinformation attack, and about the personal attacks that besiege Nina to this day. They also cover the failures of the social media giants to police their own sites, the true meaning of free speech, and what the U.S. can learn from European democracies about countering disinformation.

On this episode of The Thought Dawgs podcast, the gang gives a huge shout-out to those who have been listening. The Thought Dawgs ask who they would take to torture on an island until they, themselves, expire. They do the popular segment “would you rather” which leads to an ethical dilemma; for science, should Mr. Beast have a 10,000 third-grader army fight 2 silver-back gorillas? They have a new segment called “In Reality” which has the Thought Dawgs discuss plot holes and reality checks on popular family movies. They finish their episode with a Draft of the worst animals to take into space. If you love the episode, share it with a friend. If you hate it, share it with your enemies! 

New Year is a global time of celebration and self-reflection. We let go of what's worn out and cheer on what's new and emergent. Here at TJL, we raised our glasses in gratitude. We crested 8 million downloads, implemented major enhancements to your Dream School experience, started crafting our first book, The Key Dreams, and expanded our creative team. It's been a year of dynamic growth, and we couldn't have done it without you! Our mission to share Jung's life-enhancing wisdom is advancing through your patronage, soulful participation, and kind-hearted enthusiasm. Your experiences are important to us, and we noticed the 2022 episodes you liked best. So to honor that, we're sharing some gems from those conversations. In Reality as Medicine, we explore the task of adapting to the truths of our inner and outer worlds. Finally, in Vocation: Answering the Call, we deepen Jung's comment, “In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not embody that, life is wasted.” In Amor Fati: Love of One's Fate, we discuss the transformational shift that occurs when we embrace our fate and say the great “YES!” to our lives.  In Forgiveness or Fury: Finding a Way Forward, we offer a psychological definition of forgiveness and suggest that we can accept apology and remorse—if it's accompanied by introspection and greater self-understanding. We clarify that forgiveness is less about the other than self-liberation from the victim paradigm. When Jungian analyst Donald Kalsched joined us, we discussed Trauma and the Informed Heart. Don's wisdom, depth of understanding, and kindness move all of us. Connie Zweig led us through a profound exploration of The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul. She lifted up the archetypal transition from Hero to Elder or role to soul. We learned this begins by releasing the ego's over-identification with doing and reorienting toward the transpersonal center Jung called the Self. REFERENCES: Donald Kalsched Connie Zweig  GIVE US A HAND! Hey folks, We need your help. Please become our patron and keep This Jungian Life podcast up and running: https://www.patreon.com/ThisJungianLife JUMP IN THE POOL - THE WATER'S FINE! We've created Dream School to teach others how to work with their dreams. A vibrant community has constellated around this mission, and we think you'll love it. Check it out: https://thisjungianlife.com/enroll/ RESOURCES: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisJungianLife/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisjungianlifepodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisjungianlife/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThisJungianLife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe8QSBLNlv765pT097FDeLA  Enroll in the Philadelphia Jungian Seminar and start your journey to becoming an analyst: https://www.cgjungphiladelphia.org/seminar.shtml 

Shopping for your wedding dress can come with lots of mixed emotions - both good AND not-so-good - and that's 100% normal.  It's OK to go into wedding dress shopping feeling some confusion and doubt!  In pop wedding culture, saying “YES TO THE DRESS” is a once-in-a-lifetime milestone full of princess moments, fancy dress boutiques, and champagne. In REALITY, dress shopping might come along with feelings of ... self-consciousness, pressing overwhelm, conflicting thoughts about who should come along, discomfort over being the center of attention, feeling lost in a totally uncomfortable situation, ... just to name a few. In the first half of today's show, we run through some quick guidelines that will help demystify the wedding dress shopping process, and put you in full control of the way your experience unfolds. In the second half of the show, we're heading inside David's Bridal to try on dresses.  You'll hear live snippets of conversation on the pro's, the con's, the do's and the don'ts of finding your dream wedding dress.   You can find a full recap of today's show in a blog post that's at www.weddingplanningpodcast.co/dress.   FREE ENGAGEMENT STARTER KIT BONUS SERIES Redeem at allnew.wedding There's an ALL NEW WAY to plan your dream wedding ... ... and you won't find it on any free wedding checklist or generic planning timeline. In the FREE Engagement Starter Kit BONUS SERIES, we unlock exactly how to align your WEDDING PRIORITIES with your PLANNING STRATEGY, so that you can confidently design an unforgettable wedding celebration - minus the crushing stress & overwhelm felt by so many engaged couples. SIGN UP TODAY for this incredibly valuable (totally free!) 4-day wedding planning workshop by visiting allnew.wedding FREE Wedding Websites designed by independent artists?  Yes please!  Get started building your wedding website today with Minted Weddings & take advantage of exclusive listener perks on save the dates, invitations & more. Get professional help planning your dream honeymoon for FREE when you email susan@susanstravelservices.com . Don't forget to mention the Wedding Planning Podcast for $50 off your booking! Shop Etsy for one-of-a-kind wedding day details, personalized just for you >>> www.weddingplanningpodcast.co/etsy  

Polarization has reached such a fever pitch in the United States that each side of the political divide sees the other as an existential threat to democracy. Partisans use the same pejoratives to describe the other's beliefs: arrogant, uninformed, incomprehensible. But what if people are wrong about what the other side thinks? What if we've actually got more in common? This idea has come up before on In Reality with the survey firm Populace, but its best-known support derives from work done by the global research firm, More in Common. Today, host Eric Schurenberg joins the co-founder and CEO of More in Common, Mathieu Lefevre, to discuss the gaps in perception between what people think the other side thinks and what they really do, why those gaps persist, whether More in Common is subject to its own confirmation bias, and why content moderation is a losing game.

The Sumerian civilization existed from 4100 B.C.E. until around 1750 B.C.E. The name “Sumer” meant “land of the civilized kings.” The Sumerians were one of the first groups to divide time into hours and minutes. They also had a complex religion that involved gods called the Anunnaki. The Anunnaki were believed to be in charge of Sumerians' fates. Many myths involved members of the Anunnaki passing judgment on humans. Additionally, the gods were described as children of the Earth and sky. Most people attribute these stories up to mythology, the same way they do the Greek Pantheon  However, others wonder whether there's more to the story. Some researchers believe the Anunnaki may have been actual beings. In Reality they came to Earth from another planet. Some believe they came from the mysterious Planet X, which they say passed close to Earth thousands of years ago.

If you are a Democrat, have you ever espoused the slogan “Defund the Police?” If you're a Republican, do you agree with politicians who claim that 2020 presidential election was stolen? If you said yes, you may well be operating under a “collective illusion,” a widespread mental phenomenon in which people take positions in public they privately don't actually believe, because they think that everyone else in their group does believe it. The implications for the spread of disinformation these days are obvious. In this episode of In Reality, host Eric Schurenberg talks with Todd Rose, co-founder of the think tank Populace and the author of a fascinating book called ‘Collective Illusions.' The conversation covers a mind-boggling range of common public beliefs that almost no one privately believes (who knew?). Todd also explains why it's so important for your own mental health and the health of democracy to speak your own authentic truth – and how to do that without getting yourself shunned by your in-group.

Eric Schurenberg is a successful media executive and award-winning journalist now dedicated to fighting the tide of toxic misinformation and polarization. Among other efforts in this area, he co-hosts a podcast called In Reality, with Joan Donovan of Harvard's Shorenstein Center. Most recently, Eric was the CEO of Mansueto Ventures, the owner of Inc. and Fast Company media properties. During each of his four years in that role, the company recorded its best financial performance to date, as the brands expanded beyond print and digital into live and digital events, video, data, and recognition programs. Eric's tenure culminated in his leading the company to the first profitable year in its history, 2021. For the three years before becoming CEO, he was the editor-in-chief of Inc., during which time the magazine was twice a National Magazine Award finalist for general excellence, winning once. Before joining Inc, Eric was the founding editor of CBS MoneyWatch.com and the editor in chief of BNET.com for CBS Interactive; the sites together won more than a dozen awards for design and journalism during his tenure. Outside of work, Eric is a private pilot and club tennis player, member of a tennis team that once won the Northern California Sectional Championships in its category. https://www.in-reality.fm/about/

Check My Ads Institute is an organization that is taking aim at purveyors of conspiracy theories, hate speech and disinformation. The Institute describes itself as “an independent watchdog” whose goal is to prevent digital advertisers from inadvertently monetizing the spread of falsehoods.In this episode of In Reality, host Eric Schurenberg sits down with the co-founder of Check My Ads Institute, Claire Atkin, to unpack how the digital advertising industry works to support disinformation and perpetuate ad fraud despite its claims to do the opposite. Claire delves into programmatic advertising and explains how third-party ad-serving companies keep brands unaware of where their digital ads are being placed, allowing propagandists to earn revenue from advertisers who would never intentionally support them. Finally, she specifies the steps that Check My Ads Institute is taking to hold the digital ad industry to account, as well as who the company is targeting next.

In this episode of In Reality, Eric Schurenberg hosts Brittany Kaiser, best known as one of the whistleblowers at Cambridge Analytica, the British political consulting firm that worked on the disinformation-laden 2016 campaigns behind Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Having disavowed her former employer, she is now a much sought-after expert on data privacy, blockchain technology, and legislative reform meant to counter disinformation campaigns. Much of the conversation focuses on Brittany's tenure as director of business development at Cambridge Analytica. Brittany describes the firm's techniques of creating psychological profiles of voters and then micro-targeting false or misleading messages to them. She explains how her former employer's voter suppression strategies were categorically different–morally, legally and tactically–from commercial targeted advertising campaigns. Finally, they delve into Brittany's Own Your Data Foundation, a not-for-profit dedicated to raising the DQ (Digital Intelligence) of lawmakers, students, parents and voters and minimizing the existential risks of fake news, cyber attacks, disinformation and polarization–the demons that Cambridge Analytica helped unleash to the detriment of democracy in 2016. 

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In this episode of In Reality, recorded at the Collision conference in Toronto, host Eric Schurenberg joins Melanie Smith, Head of the Digital Analysis Unit at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue–an independent non-profit dedicated to reversing the tide of polarization, extremism, and disinformation worldwide.The topics in this episode: how the threat of radicalized violence has shifted from foreign actors to domestic ones; why (at least before January 6th) it was so difficult to convince policymakers that domestic extremism was the more serious threat; how domestic extremists prey on the same set of human insecurities to radicalize their targets as Islamic extremists; why Instagram is a favorite tool of disinformation promoters and Pinterest isn't; and which demographic groups are most likely to spread harmful false information unwittingly. From Smith: “I am optimistic that we can contain disinformation over a 10-year time frame, but I am concerned that things will get worse in the next five years. Elections tend to inflame disinformation, and that, in some places, can easily lead to violence. You have to realize that there are interests that want to seize the opportunity to deepen the divisions in our society.” 

In this episode of In Reality, host Eric Schurenberg sits down with Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large for the Financial Times, US. Gillian is also trained as an anthropologist, which gives her a unique perspective on the tribal divides within American society.  If you believe that your grasp of reality is the only legitimate one, prepare to be challenged. Anthropologists, Gillian explains, view sub-cultures as self-contained. The belief in conspiracies may seem incomprehensible to most In Reality listeners, but it makes sense to groups who feel abandoned and belittled by elites. All of us have trouble seeing our biases as anything other than ground truths. For example, elites in media, government, entertainment, academe, and so on, regard command of language as an indisputable sign of seriousness and status. For other tribes in America, articulateness is irrelevant. What matters instead is loyal adherence to the tribe's fears and grievances.  For members of those groups, the facts presented by institutions like the media and legal system are suspect on their face. The only information that is really trustworthy is what's conveyed by other members of the tribe.Gillian and Eric take the anthropologist's view of a wide range of contemporary news events: Why the best way to understand Trump supporters is to attend professional wrestling; what Trump's use of the neologism “bigly” reveals about professional media's blind spots; and why whistleblowers are disproportionately women. Listen, and prepare to confront your own blind spots. 

In the fight against disinformation, the last line of defense between audiences and malicious falsehoods are the “trust and safety” teams, also known as content moderators. Some of them are employed by social media platforms like Facebook and Spotify, but increasingly the platforms outsource the work of identifying and countering dangerous lies to fact-checking organizations like the fast-growing Irish company, Kinzen.In this episode of In Reality, host Eric Schurenberg sits down with Áine Kerr, co-Founder, and COO of Kinzen. Áine is a serial risk-taker with extensive experience in the intersection of journalism and technology, most recently as the global head of journalism partnerships at Facebook. Kinzen helps platforms, policymakers, and other defenders “get ahead and stay ahead” of false and hateful content in video, podcast, and text platforms. The company uses artificial intelligence to sniff out objectionable content and then when needed, invites human readers to judge for context and nuance. What Kinzen calls  “human in the loop technology” minimizes errors while still allowing for fact-checking at social media scale. In the recent Brazilian elections, for example, Áine explains that disinformation actors came to realize that phrases like “election fraud” and “rigged election” were alerting content moderators who could take down their false claims. So, the actors began substituting seemingly innocuous phrases like “we are campaigning for clean elections.” Kinzen's human moderators spotted the changes and helped authorities intercept the false messages. Áine and Eric also dive into the many reasons that someone may participate in sharing harmful content online, ranging from sheer amoral greed to ideological commitment. She ends with a warning that the spreaders of disinformation currently have the upper hand. It is always easier to spread lies than to counteract them. The allies of truth–researchers, social media platforms, entrepreneurs, and fact-checking organizations like hers–need to get better at coordinating their efforts to fight back, or democracy will remain an existential risk around the world. 

Vacation home buying will never be the same. There's no other way to say that. The government is changing a policy so that buying a second home (aka VACATION HOME) is more difficult. What should you know about the new switch? LISTEN UP. The real estate game is changing - screw that - it already has and no-one is REALLY talking about it....until now. Real Estate of Tomorrow holds conversations on crucial topics needed to successfully navigate the shifting real estate industry. In this bi-weekly podcast we break down the massive shifts in real estate and tell you the specific steps you need to take to kick a$$ in the coming years, just like we are. We're your hosts, Edgardo Balentine and Scott DiGregorio, giving you the rundown on real estate from decades of experience and the new generation. Look, we hate to be the ones to tell you, but you need to rethink any vacation home plans. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (aka the government) plans to bump up interest rates. Bumping interest rates is directly related to the Loan Level Pricing Adjustments (LLPAs), which is everything that impacts your rate. The policy changes won't affect all areas in the country, but the areas it does impact are areas popular for vacation homes. Most real estate is being purchased by institutions (aka WALL STREET). The policy changes are meant to slow down institutions from buying up all the real estate, and help fix the inventory crisis in America. In REALITY, the restrictions aren't impacting the big players. It's only squeezing the MIDDLE CLASS. By the time this episode is out, the policy will be happening already. Today's episode is giving you the mindset of where to focus to keep your rapport with your clients. We're lenders and real estate professionals working together as a team to guide people from point A to point B. Our focus is on delivering what the client needs to know no matter what changes try to flip the market. What are you doing today to be relevant tomorrow? What are you doing today to be successful tomorrow? success@realestateoftomorrow.com  Hit us up. Time stamps: [00:36] - What's going on with vacation homes? [03:14] - This is not going to fix the inventory crisis in America. [05:49] - The rent price crisis is worse than the housing price crisis. [07:28] - Why should real estate agents care about these changes? [09:47] - Which numbers do you need to be familiar with for dealing with the policy change? [12:15] - Sit with your clients to go over their options. [13:52] - How can people build a real estate portfolio without a lot of capital? Find out in the NEXT EPISODE. Links: Real Estate of Tomorrow Edgardo Balentine  Scott DiGregorio

If you are actually serious about building your personal assets or business to millions of dollars, there is ONE mindset roadblock you are GUARANTEED to come face to face with. You are going to need to make many decisions in order to get to your dream. And it is in the decision making stage that so many people trip up and choose poverty. So if you're a business owner, or a career professional… And you want to know exactly how to start creating the dreams and goals you have listed on your vision board IN REALITY without sabotaging yourself over and over again... Watch this episode now and find out the biggest poverty magnet you must avoid to become a millionaire!

Waiting on God is putting our hope, faith and total trust that HE is going to do what HE said HE would. But it is not sitting idly by and doing nothing. Waiting on the Lord is being In His service doing what we know to do and being faithful in HIS kingdom as we expectantly wait on HIM to move! We don't Stop living, working, striving or serving in the kingdom of God! In Reality, it means that we dig in and do more! It's also better when we Wait/Serve Together! For more info about us, you can visit www.rlmacon.com or if you would like to support ministry by giving. You can visit www.rlmacon.com/give

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes writer/producer/actress Ann Lupo to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her new film IN REALITY. 

One of my favorite things about business is marketing, and I'm so excited because this week we're diving into a marketing concept known as the unique selling proposition. What is a Unique Selling Proposition? It is one feature or benefit you want to highlight about your product or service. This concept dates back to the 1940s and was used to get people to switch from one brand to another. For examples of this, just Google "1940s soap advertisements," and you'll see some brands touting "lovelier skin" and others promising to "stop BO!" Don't most soaps do both? Yes, but each brand chose to highlight a different feature of its soap. I've taught y'all about this before in many places, including my Business Boutique book, where I call it your unique position. It's the angle you want to take in all of your marketing that lets your customers know why they need to buy from you. In Reality in Advertising, author Rosser Reeves explains the purpose of your unique selling proposition so well. He says, "Each advertisement must say to each reader: 'Buy this product, for this specific benefit.'" He also says, "The proposition must be strong enough to move the masses." Related: Ep. 52-Market Research: How to Know What Your Customers Want So focus on just one feature or benefit of your product-something you want to be known for that is strong enough to move the masses-and highlight that in all your marketing, even if that thing seems obvious. In fact, in this episode, I'll tell you how my college professor taught our class how to sell a toaster by highlighting a feature as basic as its electric cord. But here's another example. FedEx has an advertising campaign right now that grabs my attention every time I see the commercial. In the ad, you see a woman standing in her art studio waiting on a delivery. In another scene, a package is hand-delivered to an elderly man sitting in a nursing home cafeteria. Then there's a little boy peering with wonder at a FedEx box in his living room. A voice-over asks, "What's inside?" Then you see the artist, the senior and the little boy light up as they open their boxes-and the answer comes: "Possibilities." Here FedEx reminds us that receiving a package in the mail is exciting! And if they've done their job right, maybe they've even convinced you that when you send or receive a parcel via FedEx, anything is possible. Doesn't UPS offer a very similar service? Yep. If you use UPS for your shipping and handling, can you send and receive the same things and have it done in the same amount of time? Probably. But FedEx hooked me with their commercial because they chose to highlight the excitement that comes with anticipating a package. What result can you highlight about your business that will make your potential customers feel something? In this episode, I'll challenge you to answer these questions about your business: What makes your product unique? What makes your services unique? Why should someone buy from you instead of your competition? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you're missing out on sales. You're missing sales because if you don't answer these questions in your marketing, your customers sure won't know the answers, either! Claiming Your Unique Value Proposition Now, your unique selling proposition doesn't have to be something unique to only you-in fact, it probably won't be. My guest this week understands that and has marketed her business brilliantly. Megan Tamte is the co-founder and co-CEO of Evereve, a retail fashion and styling company and one of my favorite stores. Evereve's tagline is "Dress like a mom." Just think about that for a minute. How many stores and boutiques and online clothing companies sell clothes for women? How many sell for moms, specifically? There are probably thousands or even millions, right? But Megan chose to claim it. Her marketing lets people know that...

Beauty, to borrow a cliché, is in the eye of the beholder. But what if your beholder's eyes could be hacked? What if yours could? In Reality+, they can be. The short film—from Revenge writer-director Coralie Fargeat—imagines a future where people can buy an implant that allows them to live in an alternative reality where they can be seen as they want to be seen. Reality+, which you can watch in full above, is set in Paris in the future.