Podcasts about Nick Bilton

Tigran Gambaryan⁠ spent 8 months in grueling conditions in a Nigerian prison. But that's not what made him famous.Episode 52 of Beyond the Code dives into Tigran's incredible journey. For those of you who don't know, Tigran started off as an IRS special agent, where he used a simple Excel spreadsheet to reverse engineer the Bitcoin blockchain and track major crypto criminals such as those responsible for the Mt. Gox hack, Welcome to Video, Alpha Bay and Silk Road —earning him the nickname, “the man who broke Bitcoin”. After a decade in Government law enforcement, Tigran took up a pivotal role at Binance leading their financial crimes unit and fostering global regulatory ties. Tigran's story is one of innovation and grit, as chronicled in Andy Greenberg's Tracers in the Dark. But things took a turn for the worse for Tigran when he made a trip to Nigeria last February and what was supposed to be a simple training session spiraled into detention, interrogation, and bribes and imprisonment, exposing systemic corruption. After 8 grueling months in Nigeria's Kuje prison, through media pressure and U.S. diplomatic efforts, Tigran's release was finally secured and thankfully he is now home with his family. Links to videos and articles:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Caa4X7GqTkQ https://www.wired.com/story/tigran-gambaryan-us-congress-resolution-hostage-nigeria/https://fmino.gov.ng/disregard-falsehoods-being-peddled-by-tigran-gambaryan-against-nigerian-government-officials-fg/https://www.wired.com/story/tigran-gambaryan-us-congress-resolution-hostage-nigeria/https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/02/14/nigeria-used-binance-as-scapegoat-wanted-150-million-bribe-tigran-gambaryan/ https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1832182160918503643 For those interested, you can buy Andy Greenberg's book, Tracers in the Dark, on Amazon: https://a.co/d/3umNV17If you want to do it right (chronologically), start with Nick Bilton's book, American Kingpin (https://a.co/d/hTRVY2C), which tells the story of Ross Ulbricht and the Silk Road. These books are imperative to understanding how the space migrated from basically a hub for libertarians, Cypher punks and criminals, into what it is today.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigran-gambaryan-0852679a/ X: https://x.com/TigranGambaryan

Episode 680: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Nick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal mind (12:57) Getting people to open up (20:49) The real story behind Twitter (29:40) The auras of Trump, Bezos, Musk (33:13) Becoming a journalist (37:24) Steve Jobs' reality distortion field (43:16) Who has it all in Silicon Valley? (49:43) Being a professional asshole (57:56) Nick's next story (1:03:38) Storytelling — Links: • American Kingpin - https://tinyurl.com/yckc6smh  • Hatching Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/3ah2j9ym  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it's called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam's List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Garbage Day’s Ryan Broderick details how Democrats are navigating the new governing order, while Vanity Fair’s Nick Bilton examines Trump’s pardon of Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a time, not long ago, in which most people might have scoffed at the idea that Elon Musk, an entrepreneur with aspirations to save the world from climate change, would become a right-wing folk hero. And yet, that's precisely the transformation he underwent this year. The billionaire CEO of Tesla—now known for his ardent support of Donald Trump and his endless philippics against the “woke mind virus”—has become a major power player in the MAGAverse, and is set to head up a new initiative in Trump's second administration, so called the "Department of Government Efficiency." In the latest episode of Inside the Hive, VF special correspondent Nick Bilton and New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger unpack what brought Musk into the MAGAverse, how he plans to gut the regulatory state under Trump, and why the duo's ego-fueled bromance may be destined to blow up. “I think we are on a collision course of personalities with these two,” Conger predicts. “[Musk is] going to want complete control...and I don't think Trump is going to be willing to give him that."

O tym, jak nie porzucać herbaty, spać w pociągu i o ściganiu wirtualnego przestępcy.Rzeczy o których mówię: Apki: Structured, Balance, Stoic Isolated Hario Server V60 600ml "Król darknetu" Nick Bilton, Wydawnictwo Czarne 

Welcome to 74-minutes of storytelling strategy that's better than all of your English classes combined. Nick is a journalist who has written for The New York Times and Vanity Fair. He's a screenwriter, an author, a murder mystery enthusiast. In other words, he knows how to push a story through a brick wall. And he's going to show you how you can, too.  This episode is the ultimate storytelling toolkit. Cliffhangers. Tension. Dialogue. Character. Motifs. You'll learn it all.  And here's the thing: if you can tell great stories, then you will succeed in life. Stories make up our entire world — from a politician's speech to the back of a cereal box to a dinner party with friends. Good storytellers always have the upper hand. So, if you want to tell fast-paced and dizzying stories, this episode is for you.  SPEAKER LINKS:  Website: https://www.nickbilton.com/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nick-Bilton/author/B003UP0RIM Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/nick-bilton Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickbilton Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickbilton WRITE OF PASSAGE:  Want to learn more about the next class for Write of Passage? Click here: https://writeofpassage.com/ PODCAST LINKS:  Website: https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel/videos Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 39 Unthreading the Silk Road: A Conversation With Author Nick Bilton A marketplace of drugs, guns and murder for hire. Journalist and author Nick Bilton explored the illicit web-based market the Silk Road in his page-turner, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. In this engaging episode, he joins host Matt Adams to dig into how he conceptualized, researched and wrote this book. They also forecast where internet-based crimes are potentially headed thanks to artificial intelligence. Nick and Matt's conversation takes listeners back in time to the early 2000s—the early days of internet-based crime—and provides a legal and practical perspective on how federal agencies altered their tried-and-true processes to confront and catch criminals committing crimes via the web. The episode also explores how the acceptance of responsibility—or lack thereof—by a defendant can affect sentencing decisions.

If you've ever wondered why there are so many annoying people on Twitter, you've got Tumblr to thank for that. Tumblr, the microblogging site that reigned supreme in the 2010s, was like Facebook's cool cousin who has blue hair and goes to art school. It was the cradle of identity formation for lonely teens and adults, and it was also a happy home to lots and lots of porn. Tumblr's NSFW content made it a search-engine-friendly way to consume porn without your mom finding out. But its alternative edge made it an easy victim to much more powerful companies - which is why, in this episode, Hannah and Maia discuss the Tumblr porn ban and its consequences on society. Tangents including but not limited to: the “free nipples for sale” movement, Hannah's Addison Rae addiction, and Maia's misanthropic middle school blog: “Who the Poo Cares”.  Hannah's Tumblr: https://acidrain-e.tumblr.com/ Maia's Tumblr: https://takemybadge.tumblr.com/ Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast⁠ Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills: ⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic Leah Collins, “How Tumblr went from a $1 billion Yahoo payday to a $3 million fire sale.” CNBC (2022). https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/15/how-tumblr-went-from-1-billion-yahoo-payday-to-3-million-fire-sale.html Josh Holiday “David Karp, founder of Tumblr, on realizing his dream” The Guardian (2012). https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/29/tumblr-david-karp-interview Michael J. de la Merced, Nick Bilton and Nicole Perlroth “Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion.” The New York Times (2013) .https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/technology/yahoo-to-buy-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html Allison McCrcken, Alexander Cho, Louisa Stein, Indira Neill Hoch “You Must Be New Here: An Introduction” a tumblr book: platform and culture, Chapter 1, (2020). Chris Isidore, “Yahoo buys Tumblr, promises to not ‘screw it up'”, (20/05/13), CNN Buisness. https://money.cnn.com/2013/05/20/technology/yahoo-buys-tumblr/?iid=EL Sarah Perez, “Tumblr's Adult Fare Accounts for 11.4% Of Site's Top 200K Domains, Adult Sites Are Leading Category of Referrals” (20/05/2013), Tech Crunch https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sites-top-200k-domains-tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts-for-11-4-of-sites-top-200k-domains-adults-sites-are-leading-category-of-referrals/ Shannon Liao, “Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th” (03/12/2018), The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/3/18123752/tumblr-adult-content-porn-ban-date-explicit-changes-why-safe-mode Shannon Liao, “Tumblr's adult content ban means the death of unique blogs that explore sexuality” (06/12/2018), The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18124260/tumblr-porn-ban-sexuality-blogs-unique  Community Guidelines, Tumblr. https://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/community Jason Koelber and Samantha Cole, “Apple Sucked Tumblr Into Its Walled Garden, Where Sex Is Bad” (03/12/2018), Motherboard. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3mjxg/apple-tumblr-porn-nsfw-adult-content-banned Kyle Chayka, “How Tumblr became popular for being obsolete” The New Yorker (2022). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-tumblr-became-popular-for-being-obsolete  Ned Hepburn, “I'll Tumblr For Ya” Vice (2009) https://www.vice.com/en/article/aeem3a/tumblr-david-karp-interview Allison McCracken, “Tumblr Youth Subcultures and Media Engagement” Cinema Journal, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Fall 2017) https://www.jstor.org/stable/44867867 Danah Boyd, “Am I a Blogger?” Biography, Vol. 38, No. 2, ONLINE LIVES 2.0 (Spring 2015) https://www.jstor.org/stable/24570362 Photomatt (tumblr's CEO), “Why ‘Go Nuts, Show Nuts' Doesn't Work in 2022”, Tumblr (2022) https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/696629352701493248/why-go-nuts-show-nuts-doesnt-work-in-2022

Host Brian Stelter chats with special Vanity Fair correspondent Nick Bilton about the Apple Vision Pro, which hit shelves last week, as well as his sit-down with CEO Tim Cook at the company headquarters. They discuss how the long-awaited product is the future of spatial computing, why Cook isn't betting so big on AI, and whether augmented reality can really enhance the human experience in the years to come. 

By 2012, undercover DEA agents had cracked holes in an underground criminal conspiracy. It was the “Amazon.com of Drugs” – the Silk Road. But to take down its shadowy founder, they'd have to team up with a surprising number of federal agencies – and go to criminal lengths themselves. The audiobook edition of American Kingpin by Nick Bilton is available for Spotify Premium Subscribers in our Audiobook catalog, where you can check it out after listening to this episode. Conspiracy Theories is now on Instagram @theconspiracypod and TikTok @conspiracy.pod! Follow us to keep up with the show and get behind-the-scenes updates from Carter and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Secret societies have long been the subject of conspiracy theories. But this one was very real, just a few keystrokes away – if you knew where to click. Carter explores the Silk Road — a “shadow Amazon.com” — and its founder, who used it for a secret double-life. The audiobook edition of American Kingpin by Nick Bilton is available for Spotify Premium Subscribers in our Audiobook catalog, where you can check it out after listening to this episode. Conspiracy Theories is now on Instagram @theconspiracypod and TikTok @conspiracy.pod! Follow us to keep up with the show and get behind-the-scenes updates from Carter and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“The QUESTION CIRCULATING around Silicon Valley isn't if such a scenario is worth it, even with a 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF ANNIHILATION,” writes Nick Bilton in Vanity Fair, “but rather, if it is really such a bad thing if we build a machine that CHANGES HUMAN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.” Bilton joins us to share his research on Artificial Intelligence and its implications for politics and society. Nick Bilton is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair, and his new article is: Artificial Intelligence May Be Humanity's Most Ingenious Invention—And Its Last? at VanityFair.com and in Vanity Fair's October issue, also on newsstands as of September 19.

The Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank talks UFOs and our upcoming impeachment theater. The Washington Post's Will Sommer painfully explains a Ron DeSantis staffer sharing Nazi imagery in a pro-DeSantis post. Plus, Vanity Fair's Nick Bilton talks about the disastrous Twitter rebrand.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm delighted to welcome Daniel Doyon to the pod this week, co-founder of one of my favorite software services, Readwise. Every morning while I have my coffee, I look forward to checking out the daily email roll-up of five serendipitous snippets pulled from my entire library of Kindle highlights. In this conversation, we cover: how Dan and his cofounder handled the famous “hug of death” from Tim Ferriss recommending their service in his 5-Bullet Friday newsletter; the perils of premature optimization and why you should do things that don't scale; what to do when you do slam against a scale ceiling; the benefits of running a mission-oriented business; how we're handling the progressive atrophying of our attention for reading books, and our favorite page-turners that spark joy and as Dan says, “whisk you to the end.” More About Daniel: Daniel Doyon is the cofounder of Readwise, a reading tool that helps readers revisit the highlights from their ebooks by synchronizing and then sending a daily email resurfacing the best highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, iBooks, and more. He is also an expert in creative real estate acquisitions and partnerships, bibliophile, oenophile, and sailor.

Nick Bilton talks to author Zach Carter about SVB, Credit Suisse, and whether or not a total meltdown is on the horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR's Roben Farzad talks to us about the latest economic news and the hidden economic indicators he's seeing. Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter, gives us insight into the chaos at Twitter. And crypto researcher Molly White tells us what she's seeing with the government's newfound interest in crypto oversight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist for The New York Times, and author of American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Nick Bilton: How does a merit badge-bedecked Eagle Scout become the head of a thriving online black market worth a billion dollars? What are the costs of maintaining a double life? What’s the real reason Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was caught? What is Nick Bilton’s unique research process for covering a story like this? Is everyone susceptible to the level of Ross Ulbricht’s mix of ambition, hubris, and self-deception, or does it require a certain personality type? And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/764 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Miss our two-parter with Bridgewater Associates founder and world-famous investor Ray Dalio? Start catching up with episode 389: Ray Dalio | Principles of an Investing Pioneer Part One here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

In the short but long weeks since Elon Musk took over Twitter, it seems like the platform, along with the social media class, has been put through the spin cycle. Between debates over who could be verified and how much that might cost, employee layoffs, and, of course, the lingering question of whether and when Donald Trump might be replatformed, there have been many questions about the fate of Twitter.    Vanity Fair's Nick Bilton, who literally wrote the book on Twitter, joins this week's episode of Inside the Hive, taking listeners inside his notebook to lay out the problems that Twitter faces as both a company and a barometer of the mindset of the country.    “Jack Dorsey and all the folks at Twitter used to say that Twitter is a reflection of society,” Bilton tells ITH listeners. “I think that it is a reflection of the extremes in society, and it brings out the best and, a lot more times, the worst in people because of the way it is designed.” What will happen to the platform given the political atmosphere, and can it help propel someone into the White House—or keep them out? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The co-directors of “The Lincoln Project,” a new five-part docuseries about the eponymous anti-Trump operation, talk to Emily Jane Fox about what it was like to embed at the peak of the 2020 election cycle, as the Lincoln Project's star rose, then combusted amid scandal. Plus, Joe Hagan and Nick Bilton go deep on Elon Musk's latest Twitter twist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Vanity Fair tech correspondent Nick Bilton speaks with cohost Joe Hagan about the recent leaks from Facebook that reveal the company knew of the toxic impact of their platforms, including Instagram, on users, especially teenage girls. In a world in which the social media giants—FAANG, or Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google—are too rich and powerful to be contained by limp political and regulatory systems, “we're left to the wolves,” says Bilton. After covering the social media world for a decade, Bilton says the only way to beat the media giants is to hack the system—ourselves—by reprogramming our behaviors, which are the literal coins of the social media realm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Parr is the creator of The Hustle – a media company that has sold for tens of millions by the time he turned 32. In this conversation, we spoke about why Sam was nervous to talk to Ariel Helwani, how he met his wife, some of his spiciest tweets, what he really thinks about psychedelics, how to get rich before your 32nd birthday, and why getting sober was the key that set him free. (0:00) Hasan Minhaj (3:45) Ted Turner (4:37) Sacrifices worth it? (5:44) Anti MBA (first blog) (8:32) Big cities (9:50) Individual sports (11:10) Ariel Helwani (13:13) Cross-country motorcycle trip (16:16) Seeking out new experiences (17:33) How to manifest (19:53) Quitting (20:24) Energy (21:03) Living in Austin/NYC (23:38) Sober (26:45) Almost hired Airbnb (29:03) Chip on shoulder (31:14) Early days of The Hustle (33:33) Copywork (35:28) Hypnotherapy (38:01) Ross Ulbricht (41:20) Crypto (42:50) $10,000,000 by 30 (46:31) Craigslist office (48:50) Manifestation of $20m by 30 (52:49) Online vs. offline balance (53:50) Getting jacked (58:22) Meeting Shaan Puri (1:00:50) Successful people (1:04:19) Sam's weird habits (1:08:01) Psychedelics (1:11:10) Getting knocked out (1:12:29) Modern cigarettes (1:15:20) Big Restaurant Energy (1:16:30) How Sam met his wife (1:19:11) Successful people (1:23:45) Sam as a criminal (1:25:20) The right spouse (1:30:05) Asking questions (1:32:09) Less is more (1:38:36) USA (1:42:40) 80-year-old Sam's advice to present-day Sam (1:45:45) Outro - Resources Mentioned https://trycopythat.com/ https://gracesmithtv.com/ American Kingpin by Nick Bilton – https://www.amazon.com/American-Kingpin-Criminal-Mastermind-Behind/dp/0143129023 Instagram post – https://www.instagram.com/p/sRM0m3g9Ul/?hl=en 30 Lessons For Living by Karl Pillemer – https://www.amazon.com/30-Lessons-Living-Advice-Americans/dp/0452298482 - Sam on Twitter – https://twitter.com/thesamparr Sam's Podcast – https://www.mfmpod.com/ - Continue the conversation with me...

This week's episode of Inside the Hive first dives into the latest revelations from the January 6th committee, and explores what could happen next as the panel draws to a close Then Chrysta Bilton, along with her husband Nick Bilton, join Emily Jane Fox to discuss “Normal Family,” Chrysta's memoir that recounts her discovery of more than 35 biological siblings from the same sperm donor. She describes her colorful upbringing, the shock of a lifetime in finding out that she was perhaps unknowingly dating her half brother, and how this experience shaped her views on nature versus nurture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

W dzisiejszym odcinku Karoliny rozmawiają o serialach i filmach, które ostatnio oglądały a także o książce "Król Darknetu" - koniec dygresji (39:42). Następnie pierwsza Karolina opowiada o przeklętym statku wycieczkowym Viking Sally, a druga Karolina (01:13:40) o morderstwie niedoszłej panny młodej Molly Watson. Spis treści: (01:40) Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, Netflix Ofiary proroka - film dostępny na Canal+ https://www.canalplus.com/pl/dokumenty/ofiary-proroka/h/12499325_70089 (08:55) On The Rocks, AppleTV+ (10:35) Fantastyczne zwierzęta, HBO Max (12:50) The King of Staten Island, Prime Video (15:03) „Book lovers” Emily Henry (17:43) Klub książki: „Król Darknetu. Polowanie na genialnego cyberprzestępcę” Nick Bilton (39:42) Koniec dygresji, początek pierwszej historii Karolina opowiada o statku wycieczkowym Viking Sally, na którym zginęło 855 osób. https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/viking-sally https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57669846 https://theferry.fandom.com/wiki/MS_Estonia https://forenseek.app/murder-on-the-upper-deck-an-unsolved-crime/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/seabed-rock-may-have-caused-holes-estonia-ferry-that-sank-officials-say-2021-11-16/ (01:13:40) Początek drugiej historii Karolina opowiada o morderstwie Molly Watson, która za 2 dni miała brać ślub z Glenem McSparrenem. Nie zapomnij sprawdzić zdjęć z tego odcinka na naszym instagramie @prawdziwezbrodnie! Instagram Karoliny 1 @acecaroline + instagram Karoliny 2 @karolinagawr Możesz też nas symbolicznie wesprzeć na Patronite https://patronite.pl/prawdziwe-zbrodnie

On this week's episode of Inside the Hive, Nick Bilton--who literally wrote the book on Twitter--returns to dissect why Elon Musk is trying to buy the company, what employees and investors are talking about behind closed doors, and whether or not he thinks the deal will even go through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of Bitcoin starts to get a lot spicier! After looking last time at some of the unsung heroes who were so pivotal in Bitcoin's early days, it's time to gauge the impact of some rather more controversial characters.  To many, Bitcoin is still synonymous with hacking, scandal and crime - perceptions that are hard to shift. Much of this bad press is down to two ill-fated projects that wereinspired by Bitcoin but ultimately ended up staining its reputation.  So, in this episode, we take a look at the sorry tale of the Mt Gox exchange and the even darker story of the Silk Road marketplace. For a long time, Mt Gox was the place to buy bitcoins and Silk Road was the place to spend them. The rise and fall of both are stories that still haunt the crypto space to this day. Understanding the role both played in the story of Bitcoin - and vice versa - helps make sense of a lot of today's cryptocurrency landscape.  The stories of Mt Gox and Silk Road are rich in detail, so if you want to dig further into what happened in both cases, the following resources may be of use: Books: American Kingpin (2017) by Nick Bilton (all about Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road) Bitcoin: The Future of Money? (2014) by Dominic Frisby Digital Gold (2015) by Nathaniel Popper A great documentary about Mt Gox by Vincent Gonon and Xavier Sayanoff can be found on YouTube at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-8-oVXV9A There's also a short piece from The Guardian on Silk Road here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FknwWMzc96A  We hope you enjoy the show. Producer for iHeart Media: Noel Brown Editor: Sam Moult Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Good morning everybody! Welcome back to the Motivated Entrepreneurs podcast. Today we have a book review and it's called "American Kingpin" by Nick Bilton. In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything—drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons—free of the government's watchful eye. It wasn't long before the media got wind of the new Web site where anyone—not just teenagers and weed dealers but terrorists and black hat hackers—could buy and sell contraband detection-free. Spurred by a public outcry, the federal government launched an epic two-year manhunt for the site's elusive proprietor, with no leads, no witnesses, and no clear jurisdiction. All the investigators knew was that whoever was running the site called himself the Dread Pirate Roberts. Hope you enjoy this episode. Please give a listen. Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2VkXGHq Listen on Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/39TYebQ Motivated Entrepreneurs Website: https://motivatedentrepreneurs.co.uk/ Please Like, Share, and Subscribe to Motivated Entrepreneurs Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/3eA64u5   Cheers, Dean

On episode 89 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Jessica Lee and Kris Dunn come together to discuss gifted book recommendations, letting employees hire for new roles, and helping your children negotiate job offers.  Listen below (click this link if you don't see the player) and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (Apple Podcasts) and follow (Spotify)! SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 2:30 - Shoutout to JLee's brother-in-law, Eugene! 5:00 - Tim is on yet another vacation with his wife and family to Hawaii! He bought a few books for this trip and he asked the crew if they were going to give a book to someone for the holidays, what book would they give? 6:30 - KD's recommendations include Conspiracy by Ryan Holiday and American Kingpin by Nick Bilton.  8:00 - JLee recommends Plant Therapy for the plant lovers and Act like a leader, Think like a leader by Hereminia Ibarra for the business folk. Tim recommends Living, Loving, and Learning by Leo Buscaglia.  13:00 - Lots of great book recs this episode! KD recommends fiction writer Douglas Copeland 14:20 - Tim recently wrote a blog post asking “what if we let our normal employees make a hire?”. This would involve almost none of the normal application process; no interview, no resumes, no filler.  17:00 - KD says that to an extent, companies already do this with the adage “everyone's a recruiter”.  19:45 - Tim thinks that small orgs can test this hiring practice and do it on a much smaller scale rather than a huge scale at a major corporation.  23:45 - JLee tells a story about her first interview at Marriott. JLee wasn't a typical hire since she didn't come from a huge brand and a prestigious university.  26:00 - Tim says you have to be careful on who you hand this hiring responsibility too but notes that some companies that are struggling to find employees have nothing to lose. 27:00 - Tim's son and podcast producer, Cam, just recently accepted a new job offer. He asked Tim if he should negotiate his job offer and Tim said of course. Tim was super nervous that as soon as he negotiated, that his offer would get pulled.  31:30 - KD asks JLee about how many managers would step away from an offer if someone tried to negotiate with them. JLee thinks less than 10%.  ---------------Jessica Lee, Kris Dunn and Tim Sackett Kinetix HRU Tech Jessica Lee on LinkedIn Tim Sackett on Linkedin Kris Dunn on LinkedIn The Tim Sackett Project The HR Capitalist Fistful of Talent Boss Leadership Training Series

در این اپیزود در مورد مستند مشهور تقلبی صحبت کردم. کارگردان مستند، نیک بیلتون، قصد داره یک آزمایش اجتماعی را اجرا کند. یعنی چند شرکت  کننده را در شرایطی طراحی شده قرار دهد و از عکس العملهای شرکت کننده ها و نتایج آزمایش فیلمبرداری کند . هدف از آزمایش این بوده که آیا میشود با استفاده از تکنیکهای افزایش فالوور، یک نفر که معروف نیست را تبدیل به یک اینفلوئنسر کرد؟ در این اپیزود در مورد فالوور فیک، خرید فالوور فیک و همینطوراینفلوئنسرهای قلابی صحبت کردم. Fake Famous, Nick Bilton, HBO, 87 min اسپانسر این اپیزود، انتشارات مهرگان خرد

This week, Vanity Fair tech correspondent Nick Bilton speaks with cohost Joe Hagan about the recent leaks from Facebook that reveal the company knew of the toxic impact of their platforms, including Instagram, on users, especially teenage girls. In a world in which the social media giants—FAANG, or Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google—are too rich and powerful to be contained by limp political and regulatory systems, “we're left to the wolves,” says Bilton. After covering the social media world for a decade, Bilton says the only way to beat the media giants is to hack the system—ourselves—by reprogramming our behaviors, which are the literal coins of the social media realm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joshua and Ryan discuss how we must strive to treat one another appropriately both online and off with director Nick Bilton and artist Chris Bailey of HBO's Fake Famous. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/theminimalists

Joshua and Ryan discuss the perils of pursuing fame, clout, and attention in today's insta-world with director Nick Bilton and artist Chris Bailey of HBO's Fake Famous, and they answer the following questions: Why did Nick make a film about fake fame? (00:00) What constitutes actual fame? (07:01) What impact is social media having on our children? (09:24) How has Chris's life changed since the film? (13:04) Why do the people who just post photos of themselves in skimpy outfits and pouts get five million followers, yet the people who actually have something meaningful to say get only a handful of followers? (21:27) What is the number one photo opportunity in L.A. for influencers? (26:49) What is an “Instagram vacation”? (27:55) If maintaining social media accounts is part of our daily work, how do we incorporate minimalism to ensure our use is intentional, appropriate, and valuable? (28:38) What value have you gotten from social media? (32:19) Has the experience of the global pandemic actually helped us get away from our glowing screens? (32:57) What is the prime purpose of social media? (35:52) Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast Support The Minimalists: minimalists.com/support

This week, Vanity Fair special correspondent Nick Bilton returns to Inside the Hive to help cohost Joe Hagan (finally) understand what cryptocurrencies are — how they came to be, how they work, and where they're headed. From Bitcoin to Ethereum, from Elon Musk's favored Dogecoin to the dreaded “shitcoin," Bilton, who has covered technology for over a decade, links cryptocurrencies to the evolution of an Internet culture driven by speculators, conspiracists and opportunists — and then answers the $33,000 question (the current price of Bitcoin): Should we actually invest in these things? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode we talk about Nick Bilton's HBO documentary Fake Famous. A documentary about a social experiment where three ordinary people are casted to try to become famous instagramers/influencers. Using tactics like buying followers and likes, we give you our take and honest opinion about one of the things a lot of young people want to become. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/guillermo-caracheo-jr/support

在 520 这一天，谈谈社交媒体时代的爱情。 其实不过是五月的寻常一天，但在谐音梗与消费主义的「合谋」之下，今天我们会看到各种以爱之名的营销说辞。而社交媒体助推了这种爱情表达——有人会给伴侣转账520，也有人在朋友圈发表爱的宣言。 当然除了这些，社交媒体会在更多层面影响我们的行为，比如交友和分手的方式。我们好奇的是，它还会影响我们的爱情观念/伦理吗？人们交往的方式是不是因为社交媒体越来越快餐化了？ 本期节目的对话嘉宾是董晨宇，一位不喜欢给技术唱赞歌的传媒学者。节目中我们谈到了许多有趣的观点和研究，但并未给出什么社交媒体时代的爱情指南。一言以蔽之，社交媒体和算法都不会让爱变得更难或更简单，经营亲密关系的重点，永远在于人本身。 【主播】 徐涛，声动活泼联合创始人 【嘉宾】 董晨宇，中国人民大学新闻学院讲师，微博@董晨宇RUC (https://weibo.com/masspersuasion?topnav=1&wvr=6&topsug=1&is_hot=1)；豆瓣@mlln (https://book.douban.com/subject/34908331/?dt_dapp=1) 【主要话题】 [02:06] 社交媒体的恋爱与分手，是自我展示/表演的延伸 [11:28] Web 2.0 统治了社交媒体的基本逻辑 [26:53] 线上的亲密关系其实比线下发展得更慢 [32:16] 是社交媒体改变了我们，还是我们改变了社交媒体？ [39:19] 虚拟式的恋爱是不需要反思的 [50:25] 加速快餐化的不是爱情，而是整个世界 【延伸阅读】 - 董晨宇的论文：反向自我呈现:分手者在社交媒体中的自我消除行为研究 (https://gb.global.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?dbcode=CJFQ&dbname=CJFDLAST2020&filename=XWJZ202005003&v=MzAwMTk4ZVgxTHV4WVM3RGgxVDNxVHJXTTFGckNVUjd1Zll1ZG1GeURoVmJ6QVBUckJkTEc0SE5ITXFvOUZaNFI=)、反思“孤独社交”:社交媒体真的让我们更加疏离吗 (https://gb.global.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?dbcode=CJFQ&dbname=CJFDLAST2019&filename=XWXZ201906010&v=MDM2NjFUclRkTEc0SDlqTXFZOUVaSVI4ZVgxTHV4WVM3RGgxVDNxVHJXTTFGckNVUjd1Zll1ZG1GeURoVmIzT1A=)、我该选择哪种媒介说分手 复媒体时代的媒介意识形态与媒介转换行为 (https://gb.global.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?dbcode=CJFQ&dbname=CJFDLAST2018&filename=XWXZ201805009&v=MzA0MjJyVGRMRzRIOW5NcW85RmJZUjhlWDFMdXhZUzdEaDFUM3FUcldNMUZyQ1VSN3VmWXVkbUZ5RGhXNy9LUFQ=) - 董晨宇参与的辩论活动：交友APP上能找到真爱吗？ (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1154y1s7Az?from=search&seid=634754853816961583) - 纽约时报专栏作者 Nick Bilton 的文章：Tangled Web of Memories Lingers After a Breakup (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/fashion/on-social-media-memories-linger-after-a-breakup.html) - 电视剧黑镜： Black Mirror S2E02 White Bear (https://movie.douban.com/subject/11502153/episode/2/) - 电影：电子情书 (https://movie.douban.com/subject/1293555/) - 痞子蔡的书：第一次的亲密接触 (https://book.douban.com/subject/1024217/) - 书籍：他們的世界 (https://book.douban.com/subject/4066532/) - 书籍：Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/artificial-unintelligence) - 书籍：交往在云端 (https://book.douban.com/subject/34908331/) - Web2.0： 指以最终用户为目标，强调用户生成内容、易用性、参与文化和互操作性的网站。 【相关节目】 - 算法这只温柔的巨兽 (https://etw.fm/153) 【音乐】 - You Set My World On Fire-Loving Caliber feat. Selestine - Let Me Tell You a Story-Raymond Grouse - In Our Days-Raymond Grouse - New Beginning-Raymond Grouse - Palms-Ennio Máno - Quest for the Skies-Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen 【Staff】 后期：陈太太、Luke 监制：Amanda 运营：Yao 【关于我们】 网站：etw.fm 社交媒体：@声东击西ETW (https://weibo.com/etwstudio?topnav=1&wvr=6&topsug=1&is_all=1#1611112722881) 邮件：etwstudio@gmail.com 国内/外支持我们：https://www.etw.fm/donation (https://www.etw.fm/donation) Special Guest: 董晨宇.

Brad Stone in conversation with Nick Bilton at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his new book, “Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire“ The talk aired on May 17, 2021 from the Live Talks Los Angeles studios.  For more information on Live Talks Los Angeles-- upcoming talks, videos, podcast or our online store -- visit us at livetalksla.org and subscribe to this podcast.

On this very special episode of Inside the Hive, dear friend of the podcast Nick Bilton is back to interview author and reporter Brad Stone, whose new book on Jeff Bezos and his earth-shaking company—Amazon Unbound—is out this week from Simon & Schuster. In it, Stone traces the evolution of Amazon as a company, as well as the progression of Bezos himself from startup engineer to one of the most powerful men in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Interview starts at 9:33 and ends at 51:30 Note: I will be discussing my James McQuivey interview Saturday April 24, 2021 at 4 pm EDT on Clubhouse. If you are a member of Clubhouse, please click here to join me. I've also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon updates Echo Buds (CNBC) Pre-order Echo Buds (2nd Gen) here at reduced price Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Stone - available for preorder with delivery May 11, 2021 James McQuivey's blog posts at Forrester.com Jeff Bezos's last letter to shareholders as CEO - April 15, 2021 The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich The “Big Five” human personality traits (Psychology Today) “The Clubhouse Party is Over” by Nick Bilton at Vanity Fair - April 23, 2021 Next Week's Guest Kjersti Egerdahl, senior editor at Amazon Original Stories Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you'd like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Chris & Alexei talk all-nighters at work, influencer economics, and our video production bracket tournament! Send us a voice note: https://anchor.fm/sizzlereelgang/message send yr questions to @sizzlereelgang on ig and twitter follow @shishkinproductions on tiktok Show Stringout: Alexei wrangles his podcast back from Chris's clutches We announce our new VOICE NOTES program Nick Bilton's Fake Famous documentary Chris comes up with his next idea: “Crazyman” Travels During Covid We unveil our next big idea: The Sizzle Reel March MAD-ness Bracket! Our first podcast client! Introducing the Ask Not Me Anything Podcast with Jeremy Cohen! American slang vs Australian slang Shrimp talk Our new upcoming hockey job with the NHL, but first... We started THE FLIP! “All-nighters” at work What happens when you get caught up on small things in the edit Chris's cheap t-shirt fiasco courtesy of Red Giant Airport talk Why can't Chris be an influencer? Did Mike Bliss film a cat in a canoe??? Chris gets mad that a hockey team not in Florida calls themselves the Hurricanes Adobe MAX 2021 -- virtual and FREE -- Oct 26-28 (possibly) Treefort Music Fest finally coming back! Send us your VOICE NOTES! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

3 de febrero | Nueva YorkHola, maricoper. Filibuster y reconciliation.El podcast de La Wikly también está disponible en iTunes, Spotify y iVoox.Añade el podcast a tu plataforma favorita haciendo click en el botón “Listen in podcast app” que aparece justo debajo del reproductor.Si te haces suscriptor premium, recibirás dos newsletters extra. Los viernes, el maricóctel, un podcast y una serie de enlaces recomendados para ponerte al día de algún tema destacado. Y los lunes, el maricoffee, un repaso de cuatro titulares para empezar la semana bien informado (y un test de actualidad para ponerte a prueba).Leer esta newsletter te llevará 28 minutos y 23 segundos.Porque es un placer fastidiar a los críos (sorry, padres). Bienvenido a La Wikly.🧑🏻‍🦳 Obstáculos y atajosLo importante: Joe Biden tiene que afrontar las crisis que azotan a Estados Unidos de dos formas: desde el ejecutivo con decretos como los que lleva aprobando estas semanas y/o con la ayuda de las cámaras legislativas.Por si hace falta que te refresquemos la memoria.Cámara de Representantes, con mayoría demócrata ajustada de tan solo 10 congresistas (222-212).Queda un escaño en Nueva York por decidirse.Senado, con mayoría demócrata muy ajustada (50-50) gracias a la función que la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris ejerce para deshacer empates.En la Cámara de Representantes es posible pasar muchos proyectos de ley ambiciosos por mayoría simple. Es decir, 218 congresistas y los demócratas solo se pueden permitir cuatro fugas.El Senado es otra historia.Es por eso que en esta edición de La Wikly queremos explicar los dos mecanismos que permiten pasar o bloquear leyes en el Senado y que pasarán a formar parte del lexicón de esta newsletter en los próximos meses.EL FILIBUSTERQué es. Se trata de una técnica específica de obstruccionismo parlamentario mediante la cual se pretende retrasar o enteramente bloquear la aprobación de una ley o acto legislativo a través de las intervenciones de los congresistas.Como el sistema estadounidense es uno que no contempla un tiempo límite para las intervenciones de los congresistas, un filibuster puede implicar largos discursos, mociones dilatorias y una cantidad ingente de proposición de medidas.Regulación en el Senado. Tras más de cien años de prácticas de filibuster, se han desarrollado leyes reglamentarias para controlarlo e impedir que el mecanismo frene en su totalidad la actividad del Capitolio.Hasta 1970, el obstruccionismo en un debate frenaba por completo la actividad del Senado, pero con la adopción del sistema de dos vías se permitió tener dos o más leyes/nominaciones pendientes en simultáneo.¿Cómo? Designando períodos específicos durante el día para que cada una sea considerada. Ejemplo:La nominación judicial de Pepito será considerada por la mañana y hasta la hora de comer.La ley de transición patológica será considerada a lo largo de la tarde.Es decir, que el filibuster permite de facto bloquear una ley porque un partido puede alargar un debate ad infinitum al tiempo sin frenar la actividad del Senado porque en paralelo se van aprobando otras leyes.La excepción. El Senado puede poner fin a un obstruccionismo invocando la Cloture Rule, una regla que desde 1975 permite terminar el debate con el apoyo de las tres quintas partes del Senado (60 senadores).Sin embargo, no es una regla que se invoque con regularidad debido a que suele ser necesario el apoyo bipartidista para obtener la supermayoría requerida.Por otro lado, la minoría de votos requerida por esa Cloture Rule, o regla de clausura, no es la misma si el debate gira en torno a modificar las leyes del Senado; para esos fines es necesario el apoyo de dos tercios de la cámara.En ocasiones, se ha propuesto la "opción nuclear", un procedimiento parlamentario que permite al Senado anular una regla permanente del Senado por una mayoría simple de 51 votos —si es que los 100 senadores están presentes.Eso incluye la regla de clausura de 60 votos necesarios para cerrar el debate.Con el tiempo, las prácticas de filibuster, que solían estar reservadas para problemas controvertidos, empezaron a afectar a casi todos los debates caldeados del Senado y se normalizó requerir los 60 votos para esquivar el obstruccionismo.¿Cuáles son las opciones para los demócratas teniendo el control de la Casa Blanca y del Capitolio pero sin una mayoría a prueba del potencial obstruccionismo del Senado?Crear más excepciones mediante la opción nuclear, como ha sucedido un par de veces en los últimos años, aunque para ello necesitarían el apoyo de senadores como Joe Manchin y Krysten Sinema, que no están muy convencidos.En 2013, una mayoría demócrata en el Senado puso fin al obstruccionismo para las nominaciones a los tribunales federales, así como a las nominaciones del poder ejecutivo.En 2017, un Senado controlado por los republicanos puso fin al obstruccionismo para las nominaciones a la Corte Suprema.Con la administración de Biden, gran parte de las políticas de la agenda demócrata están fuera de su alcance a menos que diez republicanos del Senado las respalden.Es de ahí que los demócratas lleven meses proponiendo a debate si el partido debería eliminar el obstruccionismo parlamentario con la llamada opción nuclear.Si la activaran, podrían aprobar muchos proyectos de ley sobre cambio climático, derecho al voto, ampliación de Medicare o subida de impuestos a los ricos con solo 50 votos (+Kamala) en lugar de 60.RECONCILIATIONQué es. Reconciliation o reconciliación es un procedimiento parlamentario del Capitolio estadounidense que facilita la aprobación de determinadas leyes presupuestarias.Es de especial utilidad en el Senado, pues permite evitar el filibuster y salvar el requisito de los 60 votos a favor necesarios para poder pasar la mayor parte de la legislación.Los mecanismos de control del debate ya existentes en la Cámara de Representantes hacen que este mecanismo no sea tan útil en esa cámara.La reconciliación permite al Senado, por mayoría simple de 50 senadores, aprobar por lo menos una ley al año que afecte a gastos, impuestos y límites de deuda como parte del proceso presupuestario.Existe la posibilidad de aprobar una ley que afecte a gastos e impuestos por un lado y otra ley que afecte a límites de deuda.Pero sí, solo uno de esos tres términos (gastos, impuestos y límites de deuda) al año.Este mecanismo fue creado por la Ley de Presupuestos del Congreso de 1974 y se puede utilizar para abordar aquellos gastos “obligatorios” o de derecho. Es decir, aquellos gastos determinados por las leyes de autorización vigentes.Eso incluye cambios a gastos que afecten a programas públicos de sanidad como Medicaid y Medicare, a pensiones civiles y militares a nivel federal o a cupones de alimentos y programas agrícolas.Eso sí, la conocida como Regla Byrd impide que por reconciliación se hagan cambios a la Seguridad Social o se aumente el déficit federal después de un periodo de 10 años, entre otros. La reconciliación fue utilizada por primera vez en 1980, y desde entonces se ha utilizado en otras 21 ocasiones. Entre los ejemplos históricos más reseñables:La reforma de ayudas sociales de 1996 (PRWORA).Las bajadas de impuestos de George W. Bush en 2001 y 2003.Como parte del proceso de aprobación de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA), mejor conocida como Obamacare, en 2010.La bajada de impuestos de Trump en 2017.Los republicanos, con su mayoría en el Senado, también intentaron utilizar la reconciliación en 2016 y 2017 para derogar Obamacare.Ambos intentos fracasaron: el primero porque fue vetado por Obama, y el segundo, ya durante la presidencia de Trump, porque no logró su aprobación en el Senado.A destacar el hecho de que el veto presidencial a una ley de reconciliación no permite reiniciar la tramitación de otra ley por ese procedimiento, lo que implica la exigencia de un nuevo proceso presupuestario.La de 2017 fue especialmente controvertida puesto que se intentaron aprobar dos leyes de reconciliación: una para el año fiscal 2017 (utilizada para intentar tumbar Obamacare; fracasó) y otra para el año fiscal 2018 (la que aprobó la bajada de impuestos de Trump).¿Y cómo pueden utilizar los demócratas la reconciliación?En teoría, los demócratas podrían aprobar una sola de reconciliación en 2021, aunque es posible que se puedan permitirse aprobar una extra del año fiscal 2020.Dado que en 2020 no se aprobó una ley presupuestaria correspondiente al año fiscal 2021, los demócratas podrían aprovechar este año para aprobar las leyes correspondientes a 2021 y a 2022.Eso permitiría la generación de una ley de reconciliación extra que los demócratas podrían utilizar para aprobar sus medidas legislativas más ambiciosas.¿Qué medidas? Los líderes demócratas ya han anunciado que utilizarán las leyes de reconciliación para aprobar algunas de las principales medidas legislativas del programa de Biden. Destacan:Los paquetes de estímulo para hacer frente a la situación económica dejada por la crisis de COVID-19 en caso de que no se llegue a un acuerdo con los republicanos.Legislación en materia de cambio climático e infraestructuras.Subida del salario mínimo a 15 dólares por hora, si bien esto no tiene precedentes de aprobación mediante reconciliación.¿Qué no pueden hacer? En esencia, no puede aprobarse por ley de reconciliación cualquier medida que no afecte a gastos, impuestos o límites de deuda. Entre las medidas que no se pueden aprobar por esta vía se encuentran:Reformas en los sistemas electorales, plazos de votación y procedimientos de redistrito.Convertir a D.C. y Puerto Rico en estados.Aumentar el número de jueces en los tribunales de distrito, de circuito o del Tribunal Supremo.Protección o extensión de derechos como el aborto, medidas o regulaciones medioambientales o restricciones en la tenencia de armas.No obstante, la decisión final dependerá de lo que decidan los propios parlamentarios, pues la Regla Byrd no deja de ser una norma sujeta a reforma o derogación.Los demócratas podrían tratar de eliminar esta norma para que las leyes de reconciliación puedan abarcar la reforma de cualquier materia legal.¿Desea saber más? En el podcast, Anita Pereyra y yo (hola, soy Emilio) hablamos de ambos mecanismos y de cómo encajan en el contexto político actual. The Daily, el podcast diario de The New York Times, publicó hace unos días un programa sobre el debate en torno a poner fin al filibuster.🤓 Qué están leyendo en…Washington D.C.: ‘77 días: la campaña de Trump para revertir las elecciones’ por Jim Rutenberg, Jo Becker, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin, Matthew Rosenberg y Michael S. Schmidt en The New York Times. (en inglés; 46 minutos).The New York Times vuelve a juntar a muchas de sus estrellas para esta exhaustiva crónica desde dentro sobre cómo Trump y sus aliados construyeron una narrativa falsa sobre el fraude electoral. El reportaje es ilustrativo de la magnitud de la empresa de Trump y la complicidad de gran parte de la infraestructura republicana, así como de los baches que se encontraron por el camino (mi preferido, el repartidos reconvertido a cazafantasmas). Pero lo más revelador quizá quede en esta frase sobre el equipo legal del que se rodeó el ahora expresidente: “Por cada abogado del equipo de Trump que silenciosamente se echó atrás, había otro preparado para impulsar las demandas propagandísticas que pasaban por alto la ética legal y la razón”.For every lawyer on Mr. Trump’s team who quietly pulled back, there was one ready to push forward with propagandistic suits that skated the lines of legal ethics and reason.Silicon Valley: ‘La locura de la extrema derecha con las sobras de QAnon’ por Kelly Weill en The Dialy Beast (en inglés; 6 minutos).Si hace unos años eran los grupos privados de Facebook donde se lanzaron avisos de que ‘aquí está pasando algo realmente peligroso’ con la teoría de la conspiración QAnon, ahora el foco se va a centrar en plataformas de mensajería como Telegram, donde los medios tienen mucho más difícil hacer un seguimiento de la toxicidad que se da en algunos de sus canales. En The Daily Beast se hacen eco de las estrategias de reclutamiento por parte de grupos de extrema derecha o ultrareligiosos que están captando a seguidores de QAnon desencantados con la falta de resultados en las últimas semanas. Y lo peor es que podría estar funcionando.Hollywood: ‘11 películas atractivas a la venta en el Festival Virtual de Cine de Sundance’ por Brent Lang, Rebecca Rubin y Matt Donnelly en Variety (en inglés; 8 minutos).Con el COVID-19 haciendo imposible una cita presencial en Park City, Utah, el Festival de Sundance de cine independiente se celebra este año de forma virtual. Y aunque la pandemia ha frenado el estreno de numerosas producciones, la edición sigue teniendo en ristra algunos títulos destacados que repasan en este artículo de Variety. En Sundance siempre suele haber sorpresas de última hora (¡Whiplash! ¡¡Beats of the Southern Wild!!), pero algunos títulos a tener en cuenta: Passing, el por ahora aclamado debut en largometraje de la actriz Rebecca Hall con Tessa Thompson como protagonista; How It Ends, una comedia sobre un Los Ángeles postapocalíptico que parece ser una de las mejores respuestas al mundo postpandemia que viviremos dentro de poco; y Land, el también debut en largometraje de la actriz Robin Wright que no aparece en el artículo de Variety porque ya tiene distribución de Focus Features (el sello indie de Universal). Por cierto, Apple compró los derechos de la potencialmente lacrimógena CODA por 25 millones de dólares, récord histórico de venta del festival. Apuntad el nombre de la joven protagonista: Emilia Jones.😆 Quitándole la graciaWall Street Bets sigue siendo una de las noticias del momento a nivel global gracias a la narrativa del David vs. Goliath que tiene la historia. Lo explicamos en profundidad en la newsletter de la semana pasada y después en el noticiario de Twitch cuyo resumen editó mi compañero Mario aquí.Si ya habéis vuelto con el contexto, ahora podréis entender mejor algunos de los memes que se han hecho virales en Reddit en la última semana. Ahí está el de arriba en referencia al meme ‘go brrr’ que entró en nuestro ranking del 2020. Pero detrás de todo ese fenómeno hay un nombre que ha pasado desapercibido en muchos de los análisis de los últimos días: el de Keith Gill aka /deepfuckingvalue aka Roaring Kitty, un redditor que lleva meses hablando de Gamestop. The Wall Street Journal lo entrevistó:Todo empezó con este vídeo del pasado julio que ya es parte indispensable de la historia de internet:Os cuento esto para que podáis entender mejor los memes de DFV que vais a ver mucho en los próximos años. Ejemplo claro:Y este otro nivel icónico con la palabra Hold. Esto es, aguantad, en referencia a la estrategia de los redditors de seguir manteniendo sus posiciones en Gamestop para que los fondos de cobertura continúen ahogándose en su propia mierda:Conocido el contexto, se os hará mucho más fácil entender la presencia de DeepFuckingValue en versiones épicas del Hold the line! enmarcadas en películas como El caballero oscuro: la leyenda renace, Vengadores: Endgame, El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey y, por supuesto, 300:Y en vídeos e imágenes que te alegrarán el día:Un buen meme nostálgico sobre el apoyo a GameStop.Un gran meme sobre apoyar la cabeza en la ventana del autobús.Un buen meme wholesome sobre la cola del supermercado.Un buen meme para recordar a Harambe.Un buen meme de Trump:🤩 Un vídeo para celebrar la vuelta de SNLSaturday Night Live volvió este pasado sábado a NBC con un episodio que dejó algún momento memorable como el que encabeza este párrafo, en el que Cecily Strong interpreta a la congresista republicana Marjorie Taylor Greene (QAnon Lady). Es parte del cold open de la última entrega del programa de sketches en la que curiosamente quien estuvo desaparecido es Joe Biden, que en episodios anteriores fue interpretado por Jim Carrey (ya retirado del rol) y Alex Moffat (parte del elenco de SNL).El programa tuvo algunos sketches muy flojos, pero tanto el cold open como el retrato de la Georgia Azul, un estado de repente megaprogresista, cuentan con ideas y gags cojonudos. Y ahí estará la clave. Sin Trump, es posible que SNL pierda mucho material fácil con el que levantar programas, pero también para que los guionistas arriesguen más que nunca y la sátira política sepa estar a la altura de un momento político que no debería tener que ser más aburrido.Haré muchas menciones a SNL en los próximos números de La Wikly, pero ya aviso que los vídeos de YouTube con los sketches completos suelen estar capados por localización, con lo que aquí solo podré compartir las versiones recortadas que la cuenta oficial del programa cuelga en Twitter. Si quieres verlo todo, tendrás que activar un VPN.Os dejo con un último extracto del otro sketch que más me ha hecho reírme esta semana:👋 Y para terminar...Una recomendación. HBO ha lanzado una serie documental sobre jóvenes que quieren ser famosos en Los Ángeles. Se llama Fake Famous y es una radiografía del universo influencer de la mano del periodista Nick Bilton y el sello de la cadena de cable, lo cual es un aliciente bastante potente. Las primeras críticas son buenas, como estas de The Hollywood Reporter y de Wired, así que parece un gran plan para el fin de semana.Hasta la semana que viene, This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.lawikly.com/subscribe

We've all heard stories about the dangers that can lurk on the internet, but have you heard about what's on the Dark Web, a corner of cyberspace that needs a special browser to access? After today's episode, the way you think about shopping online will never be the same. For more information on this week's case, check out these resources: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/silk-road-and-buying-drugs-online-a-q-and-a-with-nick-bilton.html https://online.pointpark.edu/criminal-justice/silk-road-busts/

SYNOPSIS In this episode of Marketing RV with Ranalli & Volpe, we discuss personal branding as not only a strategy for individual momentum, but also a strategy for moving an entire organization forward, depending upon how its executed. Lorraine begins by discussing a valuable presentation she recently attended with keynote speaker Kate Shields, CEO of Vault Communications. Gene, our digital architect, responds to the nuggets of information Lorraine shares from Kate's presentation. The concept of personal branding leads to a discussion of the state of social media. Find out which platforms are most popular, which are best for your industry, and how even a Neanderthal can navigate Social to successfully build his brand. To Lorraine's query about Social collapsing beneath its own weight, Gene responds, “The concept of Social Media is not going to change. It's going to be what we have the patience to consume.” While many are familiar with the Facebook movie that reveals how Mark Zuckerberg developed a concept and turned it into one of the world's largest publicly traded companies, Gene recommends reading “Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal” by Nick Bilton, to understand Twitter's growing pains. Shout out to Rey Azteca Mexican Restaurant, West Chester ...just because Gene likes it and he doesn't mind being an organic Influencer, which is another topic you'll hear about in this podcast. Enjoy this episode, share it with your network, and please follow Marketing RV, Gene, and Lorraine on your favorite social platform. If you'd like to be a guest on the show or if your business would like to sponsor and host Marketing RV, contact us here. HIGHLIGHTS 00:45 Defining personal brand 05:50 Why a blanketed approach to social media works 06:54 Owning the Google search 07:56 Facebook still rules the social media channels 08:40 The mathematics behind social media platforms 12:40 Turning your Facebook profile into a page 14:40 Marketing through influencers 17:50 What happens to advertising on Facebook if it takes away likes? 20:08 All media is about making money. Period. 21:10 Social media will adapt to consumer habits. 23:29 Personal branding helps drive business revenue. 25:21 Warning: Gene drops a bomb! 25:50 PR is not dead, it's more alive than ever!

Critically acclaimed journalist and Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Nick Bilton has been exposing the inner-workings of the technology sector for years—from breaking stories for The New York Times, to unearthing the betrayal behind Twitter's creation story in his book "Hatching Twitter," and beyond. He joins David-Michel Davies to discuss his latest work which traces the manhunt for Silk Road's founder ("American Kingpin"), how he reports on Silicon Valley, and more.For more from Nick, grab a copy of "American Kingpin" and "Hatching Twitter." They are both impressive works of journalism that take readers through two true stories of Silicon Valley and its complexities. Follow Nick on social media at @nickbiltonFollow us on social @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Sebastian AdeOur Editorial Director is Nicole FerraroResearch and writing by Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist and reporter for The New York Times, and author of Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal and American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. "I don't believe we have crossed the line. I think we've just moved it." -Ross Ulbricht The Cheat Sheet: How does a merit badge-bedecked Eagle Scout become the head of a thriving online black market worth a billion dollars? What are the costs of maintaining a double life? What's the real reason Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was caught? What is Nick Bilton's unique research process for covering a story like this? Is everyone susceptible to the level of Ross Ulbricht's mix of ambition, hubris, and self-deception, or does it require a certain personality type? And so much more... SmartMouth is the only activated oral rinse clinically proven to eliminate existing bad breath and prevent it from returning for a full twelve hours per rinse. Visit SmartMouth.com to get an in-depth, scientific analysis of how SmartMouth is able to deliver such incredible results! Want to wash two loads and dry two loads of laundry at the same time? The new Wi-Fi enabled Samsung FlexWash and FlexDry washer and dryer pair can do it -- and you can get it now at The Home Depot! Save money on travel and get a free Amazon gift card every time you use Upside! Enter the code FORBES at checkout here and you're guaranteed a free $200 Amazon gift card your first time (minimum purchase required)! To truly thrive in all areas of your life, you can't ignore the importance of good health. Try Organifi Green Juice for 20% off using code "charm" when checking out at organifi.com! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/624/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

Charlie oDonnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. His fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of Canary, Orchard Platform, Tinybop, Hungryroot, Clubhouse, Ringly, and goTenna among others. He previously had investment roles at Union Square Ventures and First Round Capital. Charlie has a reputation for being early to identifying important companies. Nick Bilton identifies him as an influence on early Twitter investors in his book, Hatching Twitter. Dennis Crowley credits him as having helped kick off the first funding of Foursquare before other VCs had said yes. At First Round Capital, he sourced the firm's investments in Singleplatform (sold to Constant Contact) and GroupMe (sold to Skype).  Charlie discovered GroupMe at the hackathon where the service had been built. He also sourced investments in Backupify (which was an idea he had tweeted to the founder, a friend of his), chloe + isabel, and Refinery29.   Charlie bikes to work, has done four triathlons, the NYC marathon, and runs the kayaking program in Brooklyn Bridge Park.  The longest he has consecutively been outside of the five boroughs of New York City is three weeks.   During This Show We Discuss… What stage of growth a company should consider raising Venture Capital (VC) The common attributes of companies that VCs look for to fund a deal The importance of a business plan when it comes to getting an investment How important the experience of the owner is to obtaining successful funding The amounts of money VCs commonly lend Which industries best attract venture capital How your industry impacts your evaluation What tools and services VCs use to evaluate the value of a company The common mistakes made when founders start their companies The common mistakes business owners make when trying to raise VC Things that are an absolute turn off to lending money The factors that make a company the most attractive to want to lend money The types of systems or processes that should be in place before a company seeks venture capital The percentage of ownership are VCs typically looking for The level of involvement in the company VCs typically want to have How long the process typically takes for a VC investment to take place The metrics and analytics VCs track after investing The changes that take place when a business brings in outside investors

Fluffly and indulgent as they might be the tiny dispatches and status updates of social media are a narrative gold mine for writers. Nonfiction writing will never be the same again.  This came up, oddly enough, when we had Nick Bilton of the New York Times on our show to talk about how Silicon Valley tech executives raise their kids -- many of them are low tech parents as it turns out. While he was in the studio, he dropped a few fascinating tidbits about how he reported his book, Hatching Twitter, which was just released in paperback. We were so intrigued, we decided to share the previously-untold backstory to how Bilton used Twitter to report on the founders of Twitter. And before you say, "well, duh." It goes way beyond what you'd expect.    Bilton scraped data from thousands of emails, Twitter handles, Flickr and Instagram photos to cross reference background information, fact check his off-the-record sources, and to find the crucial little telling details that make the book read an intimate insider account. For example, he would use a tweet to learn when someone's meeting happened and their Instagram photo to see the coffee shop where it took place.  While Bilton is one of the first to employ this type of big (social) data investigation for the use of nonfiction storytelling, he will most certainly not be the last.  Subscribe to New Tech City's podcast to get all our future episodes automatically downloaded onto your device via iTunes here, or on Stitcher,TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or our RSS feed if you are into that kind of thing.

In a world of screens, parents face some tough questions: To limit or not to limit? By how much and when? How different is Candy Crush from Codeacademy? And what is all the new tech doing to our children? In this episode, we dive into the conundrum with the techies themselves -- the parents who code the apps and create the devices on your desk or in your pocket. We want to find out if they know something the rest of us civilians don't. We'll hear from Sameer Ajmani, a Google software engineer, who deployed some evidence-based parenting and experimented with screen time extremes for his seven year-old. It didn't go so well as you might imagine, but the lessons were probably worth it. “The reality is that [tech execs] actually have a better understanding of where tech can go wrong than most non-tech parents do,” Nick Bilton. Nick Bilton, tech columnist for the The New York Times, joins Manoush to swap stories after informally surveying tech execs in Silicon Valley about their family rules. It seems the parents most entrenched in the tech world are the ones most weary of what they've created.  This episode will leave you thinking about your own house rules, whether or not you have kids. If you've figured it out, even just a little bit, we'd love to hear from you in the comment section below. If you like this episode, why not subscribe on iTunes here, or on Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or anywhere else using our RSS feed. It only takes a few clicks and helps us a bunch. Thanks.     Resources mentioned in this episode:  OpenDNS is the tool Nick Bilton mentions to control what websites work in your house and at what hours is. Here are those rules Manoush mentions from the American Academy of Pediatrics about screen time for kids. Heard in this episode:  “Anything that you do in excess is probably not good for you,” Nick Bilton. “No parents in history have ever had to cope with the unprecedented convergence of a ubiquitous sophisticated alluring habit-forming screen technology and unfettered unregulated advertising," Susan Linn, founder of The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. “Addiction in the 60s was about sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. The response in the 80s was safe sex education, say no to drugs, and the commoditization of popular music. This generation, the addictions are games, social media, and upbuzzclickbaitworthy articles.  What's the response?” Sameer Ajmani, parent and programmer.   

#Twitter! A conversation with Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter: A Story of Money, Power, Friendship and Betrayal; plus several locals share their thoughts about Twitter. #crosscurrents #kalw #podcast #listenersupportedradio

Nick Bilton is the New York Times technology and business columnist and lead reporter for the Bits Blog. He's the author of, "Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship and Betrayal."   Bilton tells us about the betrayed friendships and high-stakes power struggles as Twitter's four founders—Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Noah Glass—went from everyday engineers to overnight celebrities.    He explains the zeitgeist and global influence of Twitter, which has been used to help overthrow governments in the Middle East and disrupt the very fabric of the way people communicate.    He also shares a story of Al Gore getting drunk and trying to buy Twitter in 2009.    Given Twitter's recent IPO, Bilton describes how effective Twitter really is in marketing, branding, and sales conversion.   Find out more about Nick Bilton at www.nickbilton.com.

9 AM - 1 - Late COW; Clearance Rack. 2 - Nick Bilton from the New York Times talks about his new book "Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal". 3 - Marshall's News. 4 - CR.

As Twitter's lawyers prepare to take the company public, they aired some of the company's financial dirty laundry in a regulatory filing this week, confirming that the social media service continues to lose money. For dirty laundry of a more personal nature, we can expect details in Nick Bilton's forthcoming book Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal. New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi spoke to the New York Times technology columnist about why none of Twitter's original founders continue to work at the company and how a service built on connections ended up driving four friends apart.