Podcast appearances and mentions of Steven J Ross

Those running a business today who have not experienced disruption due to cyber issues or attacks know it is only a matter of time. Even if their organization is not directly targeted, the  modern marketplace comprised of multiple, interconnected  supply chains, means impact is unavoidable but this episode's guest, Steven J Ross contends planning, design and clear priorities can provide mitigating resilience.Steven J Ross, executive principal of Risk Masters International, is a recognized cyber security expert, specializing cyber resilience, recovery and  business continuity.   His decades of experience come through loud and clear with a somewhat unflinching perspective on the current digital threat landscape and the impact on organizations and individuals.  In addition to leading a boutique risk management practice helping Finance, Health care, Defense and more,  Mr. Ross has been the author of one of ISACA Journal's most read columns since 1998.

For our final episode of 2021 we're going back to 1921 one more time for a look at American cinema 100 years ago! We discuss enduring classics like Charlie Chaplin's THE KID alongside other key comedies by the likes of Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Max Linder, films by D.W. Griffith (ORPHANS OF THE STORM), Henry King (TOL'ABLE DAVID) and Lois Weber (THE BLOT), the star power of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Rudolph Valentino, left-wing filmmaking, the one supposedly ‘avant-garde' American film of 1921 (MANHATTA), a plethora of lost and forgotten films, 'international cinema' in the US and much more! Recommended reading includes: Kevin Brownlow, 'The Parades Gone By…' (1968) Ibid, 'Behind the Mask of Innocence' (1990) and there are quotes read out from Steven J. Ross, 'Working Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America' (1998) Filmography: A Daughter of the Law (dir. Grace Cunard) A Sailor-Made Man (dir. Harold Lloyd and Fred C. Newmayer) Action (dir. John Ford) Dream Street (dir. D.W. Griffith) Hard Luck (dir. Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline) I Do (dir. Harold Lloyd and Fred C. Newmayer) Manhatta (dir. Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler) Never Weaken (dir. Harold Lloyd and Fred C. Newmayer) Orphans of the Storm (dir. D.W. Griffith) Seven Years Bad Luck (dir. Max Linder) The Ace of Hearts (dir. Wallace Worseley) The Blot (dir. Lois Weber) The Boat (dir. Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline) The Contrast (dir. Guy Hedlund) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (dir. Rex Ingram) The Goat (dir. Keaton and Edward F. Cline) The Idle Class (dir. Chaplin) The Kid (dir. Chaplin) The Love Light (dir. Frances Marion) The Lucky Dog (dir. Jess Robins) The New Disciple (dir. Ollie Sellers) The Play House (dir. Keaton and Edward F. Cline) The Sheik (dir. George Melford) The Sky Pilot (dir. King Vidor) The Three Musketeers (dir. Fred Niblo) The Wallop (dir. John Ford) Tol'able David (dir. Henry King) The soundtrack includes covers of ‘100 Years Ago' by the Rolling Stones and ‘Lonesome Road Blues' from Emmett, and an accordion interpretation of ‘1921' by the Who from Sam. Subscribe to Film Graze on your podcast app of choice and please give us a positive rating/review if you enjoy the show. twitter.com/FilmGraze letterboxd.com/Film_Graze instagram.com/film.graze Produced by Sam Storey

Steven J. Ross talks about his book, Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America.

No American city was more important to the Nazis than Los Angeles, home to Hollywood, the greatest propaganda machine in the world. There were Nazi plots to hang prominent Hollywood figures like Charlie Chaplin, gun down Jews in Boyle Heights, and plans to sabotage local military installations. As law enforcement agencies were busy monitoring the Reds instead of Nazis, an attorney named Leon Lewis and his ring of spies entered the picture. Acclaimed historian and USC Professor Steven J. Ross’ new book, Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America, tells this little-known story of Lewis, whose covert operation infiltrated every Nazi and fascist group in the area to disrupt their plans. Ross is joined by the Jewish Journal’s former Editor-in-Chief Rob Eshman, for a fascinating look at how a daring group of individuals banded together to confront the rise of hate.

LA Times columnist Patt Morrison speaks with author Steven J. Ross on his new book, "Hitler in Los Angeles"

How have unions been portrayed in film and TV, and why aren't there more representations of unions and class struggle on screen? The Labour Days crew attempts to answer these questions, with (mostly passing!) reference to TV shows and films including The Simpsons, The Wire, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Days of Glory, Matewan, Pride, Made in Dagenham, Newsies, Our Friends In The North, GBH, Boys From The Black Stuff, Coronation Street, Brookside, and many more. Joining us to discuss the issues was screenwriter Clive Bradley (writer of Trapped, W-Delta-Z, and much more), a veteran socialist activist and member of Lesbians and Gay Men Support the Miners (LGSM), whose story was told in the film Pride. Research referred to included the work of Steven J. Ross (Professor of History, USC) and Victor G. Devinantz (Professor of Management, College of Business, Illinois State University), and the documentary Class Dismissed: How TV Frames The Working Class (2005, dir. Pepi Leistyna). We gave shout outs to the Barts NHS Trust cleaners/porters strike, which you can read about at http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/striking-workers-from-barts-stage-protest-outside-serco-investors-meeting, and the new picturehousefour.org website, building support for sacked Bectu reps at the Ritzy cinema. We also mentioned Dead Ink Book's 'Know Your Place' project, a symposium of essays on working-class experience which you can read about and support here: https://deadinkbooks.com/know-your-place-on-kickstarter/ We don't own the rights to any of the clips featured in this episode, which are all the property of their respective creators (obviously).

 Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and UCLA Professor Emeritus Saul Friedländer returns to memoir to recount a tale of intellectual coming-of-age on three continents. In Where Memory Leads: My Life, a sequel to Friedländer’s poignant first memoir, Where Memory Comes, published forty years ago and recently reissued with a new introduction from Claire Messud, he bridges the gap between the ordeals of his childhood during the German Occupation of France and his present-day towering reputation in the field of Holocaust studies. Reflecting on the wrenching events that induced him to devote sixteen years of his life to writing his masterpiece, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945, Friedländer discusses this book and his life’s work with historian Steven J. Ross.For photos from the program, click here.