Podcast appearances and mentions of Veronica Belmont

Tech layoffs have been a common occurrence over the past several months. But what is it like after you've been laid off and where do you go from there? Plus OpenTable is informing members that all reviews on the platform will now show members' profile pictures and first names starting May 22nd. And a roundup of the latest Chatbot stories. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nicole Lee, Veronica Belmont, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Tech layoffs have been a common occurrence over the past several months. But what is it like after you've been laid off and where do you go from there? Plus OpenTable is informing members that all reviews on the platform will now show members' profile pictures and first names starting May 22nd. And a roundup of the latest Chatbot stories.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nicole Lee, Veronica Belmont, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.

We start 2024 off with a bang, as we welcome podcasting legend Veronica Belmont. We tackle her all time favorite movie, Michael Crichton & Stephen Spielberg's classic, Jurassic Park! Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:10:03) Jurassic Park Roundtable (00:16:53) Your Letters (01:37:45) Notes and Links Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now. Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we've watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch's Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who'z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited and produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

This week we say, ‘as you wish' and make your dreams come true, with the triumphant return of the co-host of Sword & Laser, Veronica Belmont! We cover her (and a lot of our) favorite fairytale movie of all time, The Princess Bride. Plus an exciting announcement about the new Blade Runner 2037 RPG Haitch is running for our patrons in the discord! Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:10:13) The Princess Bride Roundtable (00:16:57) Your Letters (01:25:13) Notes and Links Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now. Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here. Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!. See the movies we've watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Escape Hatch's Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram. Music by Scott Fritz and Who'z the Boss Music. Cover art by ctcher. Edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio. Produced by Haitch. Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Award winning journalist, writer, and podcaster Tom Merritt joins us this week to first help us recall the most memorable fictional space disasters pop culture has to offer. We look at films like Gravity, The Martian, Lost In Space, and more. Let us know your picks in the comments! Then we talk with Tom about his start into broadcasting and his many podcasts. Tom hosts Sword and Laser, a science fiction and fantasy podcast, and book club with Veronica Belmont. He also co-hosts Daily Tech News Show, covering the most important tech issues of the day with the smartest minds in technology. Tom also hosts Cordkillers with Brian Brushwood, bringing people the news they need to watch the TV shows and movies they want when they want and how they want them. That's not all! There's also It's a Thing with Molly Wood, A Word with Tom Merritt with some of the smartest most interesting people on the planet, and Know A little More. Find out more about Tom and his projects at TomMerritt.com! @acedetect @joshua.bellas.art CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you'd like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join award-winning podcaster Tom Merritt on a tech journey from his Atari 2600 obsession to his insights on the latest tech innovations and the process of putting together a daily news tech show My guest, Tom Merritt, and I discuss: Tom Merritt is an award-winning independent tech podcaster and host of regular tech news and information shows. Sword and Laser, a science fiction and fantasy podcast, and book club with Veronica Belmont, is also hosted by Tom Merritt. Tom is the co-host of the Daily Tech News Show, where he covers the most important tech issues of the day with the smartest minds in technology. Bill Merritt, Tom's father, was part of the team that created Coffee Mate. Tom's tech obsession started with TI-99 and the Atari 2600. Tom discusses his journey to CNET. Tom Merritt shares insights into the process of putting together a daily news tech show. Tom also discusses topics such as Twitter, NFTs, Vinyl, and his book-writing process. and SO MUCH MORE! You're going to love my conversation with Tom Merritt Website (Tom's) Daily Tech News Show Website Tom's book store Twitter Linkedin YouTube SPONSOR: Morgan and Morgan: For more information go to https://ForThePeople.com/CLASSIC Follow Jeff Dwoskin: Jeff Dwoskin on Twitter The Jeff Dwoskin Show podcast on Twitter Podcast website Podcast on Instagram Yes, the show used to be called Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show has a 17 min news recap and then I talk to Professor Schwartz starting at 17 mins and Tom Merritt and I begin at 49 mins    Thanks so much for listening. Please give the show 5 stars and a review on Apple and Spotify Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls.   SHIELDED :HOW THE POLICE BECAME UNTOUCHABLE “A must-read for anyone who wants to understand why we lack an effective system of legal accountability for police violence and misconduct in our country. Once you understand how we got here, Schwartz's smart, pragmatic proposals for change ring clear and true.” –Sherrilyn Ifill, Former President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Joanna Schwartz is Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. She teaches Civil Procedure and a variety of courses on police accountability and public interest lawyering. She received UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2015, and served as Vice Dean for Faculty Development from 2017-2019. Professor Schwartz is one of the country's leading experts on police misconduct litigation. Professor Schwartz additionally studies the dynamics of modern civil litigation. She is co-author, with Stephen Yeazell, of a leading casebook, Civil Procedure (10th Edition), and her recent scholarship includes articles empirically examining the justifications for qualified immunity doctrine; the financial impact of settlements and judgments on federal, state, and local law enforcement officers and agency budgets; and regional variation in civil rights protections across the country. Professor Schwartz is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School. After law school, Professor Schwartz clerked for Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York and Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She was then associated with Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, in New York City, where she specialized in police misconduct, prisoners' rights, and First Amendment litigation. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Merritt is an award-winning independent tech podcaster and host of regular tech news and information shows. Tom hosts Sword and Laser, a science fiction and fantasy podcast, and book club with Veronica Belmont. He also co-hosts Daily Tech News Show, covering the most important tech issues of the day with the smartest minds in technology. Tom also hosts Cordkillers with Brian Brushwood, bringing people the news they need to watch the TV shows and movies they want when they want and how they want them. That's not all! There's also It's a Thing with Molly Wood, A Word with Tom Merritt with some of the smartest most interesting people on the planet, and Know A little More. All his shows are listed on the subscription page. From 2010 until 2013, Tom hosted the award-winning Tech News Today and weekly cord-cutting show Frame Rate on the TWiT network. He created, developed and produced both shows. From 2004 until 2010 Tom was executive editor for CNET TV at CNET.com. He hosted the daily Buzz Out Loud podcast and a weekly how-to show called The Real Deal. In addition, Tom hosted regular segments on CNET TV like Top 5, How-to, Hacks, and more. Tom served as executive producer for TechTV's website until 2004. He started at ZDTV as Producer of The Screen Savers website in 1999. Tom has run SuBBrilliant.com since 1996. It is a collection of Web experiments including SuBBrilliant News, a parody news blog, and the East Meets West podcast which features Roger Chang. You'll also find Tom as a guest or interviewed as an expert on many TV, radio and Internet shows like ABC's Good Morning America, CBS Radio, NPR, This Week in Tech, The Phileas Club and more. Tom is @acedtect@mstdn.social on Mastodon Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

Veronica Belmont, Product & Evangelism leader at Adobe (and Disco's first hire!)  joins the show  to share some insight into:How we convinced her to join as our first product hire.How values, culture, and company mission played into her selection criteria when joining our startup.  The value of onboarding employees through the lens of customer support to gain empathyRecommendations on how to build and foster community at the earliest stages.

About Veronica: Veronica is a product manager, podcaster, and technology evangelist living in San Francisco. At Adobe, she is a senior product manager and evangelist on the Creative Cloud Express team, where she works to help social media creators, marketers, and influencers bring their brands and creative ideas to the masses. Veronica has also worked extensively as a public speaker, startup advisor, and presenter for companies of all sizes, including IBM, Intel, Sony, AOL, Discovery Digital, and more.Connect with VeronicaFacebookTwitterInstagramMentioned on the ShowAdobe ExpressUrban DecayGlossierDr. BeckyDiscordFavorite Quotes“All brands have a story to tell. It might be what their mission is, who they're trying to help, what problem they're trying to solve, or even what products they're trying to advertise. Having that consistency, both visually and in the brand voice, is gonna really help customers understand who you are, what you're trying to do, and what you're trying to put out there.” “Knowing where your customers are is a big thing. Depending on what story you're trying to tell, a different platform might be better suited for that particular conversation. Your customers will tell you where they want to engage with you the most.”“The one thing that stays consistent across all social platforms is finding a niche, sticking to it, and having that be what you're known for. It's almost like the smaller, the better because you're always going to find your people on social. You're always going to find people who love hearing or relate to that story.  So being consistent there is going to really help.”In This Episode You'll Learn:Mistakes we're constantly committing in creating contentWhy telling your brand story helps reign people inThe disconnect in creating vs. sharing contentCreating a visual that lends itself to your brand storyVideo trends that make it oh-so-easy to put out contentShareable assets to create for your podcastHow having a content plan (and sticking to it) makes life easy  Love the show? Then why don't you:Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to the show.Tag us on Instagram @go.to.gal or Jaclyn @jaclyn_mellone and let us know what you think or what and who you'd want to hear on the show!Want to become a Gal Pal? Head on over to this link to Become a Go-To Gal Podcast Insider

In our latest episode, regular hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by podcasting legend and host of Sword & Laser, Veronica Belmont. We discuss Terry Gilliam's 1981 classic sci-fi/fantasy film, Time Bandits. We cover the struggle between seemingly all powerful beings, try to figure out what Gilliam's problem is with wrapped plastic, and Veronica sings! Twice. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Dune News (00:06:48) Roundtable Discussion (00:18:26) Your Letters (01:12:35) Notes and Links Free IMAX Preview on Wednesday 7/21! Jason and Haitch will be at the Metreon in SF to meetup with other Duneheads, and then we'll drop an emergency pod on Thursday. Runtime definitely confirmed! Maybe! Johnny Sobczak had the scoop: per Denmark, 155 minutes (2 hours, 35 minutes). Read more here. Timmy & Tilda Rock Cannes! There with Wes Anderson for The French Dispatch. They looked amazing! Read the episode transcript! Our transcript is available here. Join the Dune Pod Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, guest hosts, and other friends of the pod. New members this week: eli.show, Ogrover, DnHorgn, Edan Carr, Zakal, KeithJF82, MattC, Piasma TBird, and Brother Mark! Check out the invite here. Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Dune Pod is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, a collaboration of podcasts, featuring tons of talent you have heard on Dune Pod, including: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers comics and movies), Will Run For (obsessing about running), and Film Hags (a podcast about movies hosted by four hag friends). Check these pods out!. Tim O'Reilly's 1977 biography Frank Herbert See the movies we've watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd Dune Pod's Breaking Dune News Twitter list Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@dunepod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211. Dune Pod: your one stop shop to get fully prepared for the new Dune movie by delving into the books, as well as the films directed by Denis Villeneuve and featuring the cast and crew of the new film. Dune neophytes and historians alike are welcome to join our tribe. Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music Cover art by @ctcher Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn Dune Pod is a production of Haitch Industries

Brian's guest is podcaster, host, and all around media personality, Veronica Belmont. Reading listeners will know Veronica from her from her book club podcasts Sword and Laser and Vaginal Fantasy, while the more tech savvy will know her as the speaker, host, and presenter of a number of shows for CNET, Gizmodo, Sony, and more. Brian spoke with Veronica about her career, her love of books, emotional burnout, motherhood, and of course the pandemic.Follow Veronica on Twitter and Instagram.Find Brian at his website, on Twitter and Instagram, or find his books on Amazon. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #490 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download.   The crew recorded this episode of the show right after appearing on Sword and Laser with Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt as Rod filled in as guest host with Tom while Veronica is out on mat-leave.  Robb and Chris joined the discussion and you'll […]

POP into a parking spot at any point in time?! What The If there were a time travel TRAFFIC Jam?! Prep your flux capacitors, set your clocks to 1985, and get ready for a time BACK IN TIME! On this weeks episode we are joined by the ever talented Tom Merritt. 
 Tom is an award-winning independent tech podcaster and host of regular tech news and information shows. Tom hosts Sword and Laser, a science fiction and fantasy podcast, and book club with Veronica Belmont. Tom is also a writer, his latest book called “Trigor” which we've featured before, and can be found on his website http://www.tommerritbooks.com Tom's podcasts: Daily Tech News Show Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane deliver the top stories in tech combined with analysis from regular contributors and guest perspectives from the top names in technology. https://dailytechnewsshow.com Sword & Laser A science fiction and fantasy-themed book club, video show and podcast, started by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt http://swordandlaser.com Let's Talk About Star Wars Garrett Weinzierl, Jennie Josephson, and Tom Merritt talk Star Wars theories, predictions, and more! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-about-star-wars/id1074592854 Work In Sanity Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt have worked from home for decades and share their experiences and insights in helping you stay sane and productive when you work from home. Work Insanity? No! Work In Sanity! https://play.acast.com/s/work-in-sanity — Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at feedback@whattheif.com and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big! --- Special thanks to Kyle Crichton for his help with the show. --- Want to support the show? Click a rating or add a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 Don't miss an episode! Subscribe at WhatTheIF.com Keep On IFFin', Philip & Matt

In our fourth episode, we continue our look at why Denis Villeneuve is the perfect choice to direct Dune (2020) by studying his very first science fiction outing: 2016's Arrival. Regular hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by podcasting legend Veronica Belmont, as they explore: free will vs. predestination, wise regal whales, and Fermat's principle of least time. Enjoy! Dune Pod: your one stop shop to get fully prepared for the new Dune movie by delving into the books, as well as the films directed by Denis Villeneuve and featuring the cast and crew of the new film. Dune neophytes and historians alike are welcome to join our tribe. Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@dunepod.com. Follow @dunepod on Twitter and Instagram Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music Cover art by @ctcher

GitHub plans to replace tern "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references. What other terms could come up for consideration and how will that change look?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Veronica Belmont, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GitHub plans to replace tern “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references. What other terms could come up for consideration and how will that change look? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Veronica Belmont, Roger Chang, Joe MP3 Download Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Subscribe through Apple Podcasts. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 10 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Become a Patron! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to Anthony Lemos of Ritual Misery for the expanded show notes! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Send to email to feedback@dailytechnewsshow.com Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here!

Small Biz Buzz hosts Crystal Heuft and Derek Harju are joined by Veronica Belmont, product manager and evangelist at Adobe Spark, who divulges how those two roles at her company align in an effort to expand her brand, make decisions around products and how small businesses can leverage brand evangelists to supercharge their companies on social media.     “We use Airtable within our own organization to keep track of all the content that we're posting to social or on the blog to make sure that we are getting ahead of our publishing schedule and [having content] in the pipeline. That's one of the biggest tips that I can give to small companies,” said Belmont. “Understand that it's going to make it harder for you if you're posting off the cuff–have a plan, know what kind of engagement you want to drive, know what kind of voice you want to have on social and starting with those building blocks before you start working on campaigns is really crucial.” Belmont also suggests seeking those who may not have achieved the full evangelist level yet; they don't necessarily need to have a huge audience of their own but if they're already having conversations with other people about your product, you can find them by searching your hashtag on Twitter, replies or looking into other conversations on other platforms about the kind of work you're doing. Tune in for more. 

They're tracking what you're buying, in the GROCERY STORE! We're back to our regular scheduled programming this week with fellow podcaster and Science Fiction author, Tom Merritt as our guest! His latest novel, Trigor, the second book in the Pilot X universe is out now on Amazon! Tom brings a wild and FANTASTICAL IF to us this week, based loosely on the latest experiment by the eye of AMAZ-AURON, the Amazon Go stores. WTiF You never had to go to the cashier again? You could just WALK OUT with all your toilet paper and Frosted Flakes! But WTiF this idea expanded to the entire WORLD?! You could just walk into a DMV and get your drivers license without talking to a single LIVING PERSON! Maybe it'd get rid of those crazy wait times! --- Tom is an award-winning independent tech podcaster, author, and host of regular tech news and information shows. Tom hosts Sword and Laser, a science fiction and fantasy podcast, and book club with Veronica Belmont. He also co-hosts Daily Tech News Show, covering the most important tech issues of the day with the smartest minds in technology. He's written such books as Pavaria, Citadel 32, Lot Beta and the Pilot X series. Visit his website at: http://www.tommerritt.com Check out Trigor, the second book in the Pilot X universe on Amazon --- Special thanks to Kyle Crichton, Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show. --- Like the show? Share your love for the IF by dropping a review on Apple Podcasts! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 Have you subscribed? Grab one (always free!) at pod.link/1250517051 and never miss an episode! Keep On IFFin', Philip & Matt, WhatTheIF.com

Star Trek is one of the most iconic shows to ever grace television, not just for its contributions to the genre of science fiction, but also for its inspirational message about the potential for technology to build a positive future. There are many examples of technologies in the show inspiring actual tech that exists today. We dive into some of those examples (along with other illustrations of Star Trek's impact) today on the podcast with Veronica Belmont and Joe Betts-LaCroix.   Show notes Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher  Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.  Snow Crash is a novel by Neal Stephenson that takes us into the Metaverse, where a computer virus also has the capacity to harm people in the physical world.   Conversation with Veronica Belmont Veronica is a Product Manager at Adobe Spark and host of the Sword and Laser podcast.   Conversation with Joe Betts-LaCroix Joe is the inventor of the world's smallest computer, and his work in biophysics aims to optimize medical research priorities in the U.S.   We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

In the Metaverse, a shared virtual reality space, a character wrestles with a computer-crashing virus that also causes harm in the real world. Thus begins Snow Crash, a Neal Stephenson novel that, when written in 1992, described futuristic systems that eventually became reality. Snow Crash's impact is so significant that this episode has a record number of guests who wanted to discuss it: Dr. Christine Corbett Moran, Veronica Belmont, Peter Eckersley, Joe Betts-LaCroix, and Sophia Brueckner.   Show notes Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher  Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.  Snow Crash is a novel by Neal Stephenson that takes us into the Metaverse, where a computer virus also has the capacity to harm people in the physical world.   Conversation with Dr. Christine Corbett Moran Dr. Moran is a cybersecurity engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.   Conversation with Veronica Belmont Veronica is a Product Manager at Adobe Spark and host of the Sword and Laser podcast.   Conversation with Peter Eckersley Peter is the Director of Research at the Partnership on AI.   Conversation with Joe Betts-LaCroix Joe is the inventor of the world's smallest computer, and his work in biophysics aims to optimize medical research priorities in the U.S.   Conversation with Sophia Brueckner Sophia is artist and computer scientist.She is also a professor at the University of Michigan where she teaches Sci-Fi Prototyping, a class on building prototypes inspired by sci-fi and technology ethics.      We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

If you or someone you know might be a good guest for the Are You Happy? podcast please contact me at areyouhappypodcast@gmail.com Be sure to follow me on twitter at twitter.com/@drew_tomlinson Subscribe to this show at: 
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AT&T wants screensaver ads, money can buy Friends, and Avengers 4 trailer dropped. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Veronica Belmont. Subscribe to and support Cordkillers at http://www.cordkillers.com. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading Cordkillers 247 – Don’t Be Doug (w/ Veronica Belmont) →

AT&T wants screensaver ads, money can buy Friends, and Avengers 4 trailer dropped. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Veronica Belmont. Subscribe to and support Cordkillers at http://www.cordkillers.com. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading Cordkillers 247 – Don’t Be Doug (w/ Veronica Belmont) →

AT&T wants screensaver ads, money can buy Friends, and Avengers 4 trailer dropped. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Veronica Belmont. Subscribe to and support Cordkillers at http://www.cordkillers.com. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading Cordkillers 247 – Don’t Be Doug (w/ Veronica Belmont) →

AT&T wants screensaver ads, money can buy Friends, and Avengers 4 trailer dropped. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Veronica Belmont. Subscribe to and support Cordkillers at http://www.cordkillers.com. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading Cordkillers 247 – Don’t Be Doug (w/ Veronica Belmont) →

AT&T wants screensaver ads, money can buy Friends, and Avengers 4 trailer dropped. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Veronica Belmont. Subscribe to and support Cordkillers at http://www.cordkillers.com. If we get to 1850 patrons or $1850/episode, we can begin the Spoilerin’ Project and give you show-based Spoilerin’ Time feeds. Find out more … Continue reading Cordkillers 247 – Don’t Be Doug (w/ Veronica Belmont) →

The 2016 U.S. presidential election blew up our ideas about influence campaigns in the age of screens. Two years later, Veronica Belmont and Baratunde Thurston examine how the internet is changing our minds, our votes, and our democracies – all over the world. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Scott Shane details the United States' long history with election meddling. Paris correspondent for the Washington Post, James McAuley, shines a light on how other countries are managing the changing dynamics of online political campaigns. And speculative fiction authors Malka Older and Genevieve Valentine describe what elections may look like in the future, with advances in technology. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Baratunde Thurston has worked for The Onion and produced for The Daily Show. He’s the host of the iHeartMedia podcast Spit, and wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. Scott Shane is a reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times. Have a look at his recent reporting, The Plot to Subvert an Election. Malka Older is a writer and humanitarian aid worker. Her latest fiction book State Tectonics is about how the future of democracy can be purchased. Go here to check out Candidate Y, her speculative fiction that premiered on this episode of IRL. Genevieve Valentine is a novelist. Her most recent book is a near-future political thriller called ICON. Go here to read her short story “Hello, I’m Your Election” featured in this IRL podcast episode. For more on telling fact from falsehood leading up to election cycles, watch Mozilla’s original short film, Misinfo Nation: Misinformation, Democracy, and the Internet. This article discusses how fair elections require responsible tech. Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Lead Ashley Boyd suggests that for democracy to thrive in the internet era, we need technology that respects privacy. And, really: it shouldn't be hard to participate in politics. Mozilla is out to make it a little easier. Go to mozilla.org/vote to get Firefox features to help you counter misinformation as you browse the Web and lessen the ability for those behind political ads to microtarget you on Facebook. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

Today’s teens are the first humans who have spent their entire lives online. Join Veronica Belmont and Manoush Zomorodi as they explore what kids are facing on the interwebs, how they’re using social media for good, how they’re handling cyberbullying, and how parents can keep up. Parkland, Florida’s Cameron Kasky discusses how he uses social media as a platform for activism; tech journalist Alexandra Samuel talks about Lil Tay and and the the role parents can play as they help their children navigate the internet; and Common Sense Media's Sierra Filucci gives us an exclusive look at data from a new study about technology's impact on our youth. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Manoush Zomorodi is the co-host of ZigZag, a podcast about changing the course of capitalism, journalism, and women’s lives. She's also the author of Bored an Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self. Cameron Kasky is a co-founder of March For Our Lives. Use your vote. If you live in the U.S., here are are some resources to help you register. Jeff Kasky is the President of Families vs. Assault Rifles, a political action committee founded by parents of Parkland, Florida Douglas High students working to restrict access to assault rifles. For a detailed summary of Common Sense Media’s findings on technology and teens, check out this summary of their Social Media, Social Life study. Also, check out this commentary from Common Sense about supporting research on tech's impact on the health and well-being of kids. There are a number of Firefox extensions that can help parents guide their children's internet experiences, such as Parental Control: Family Friendly Filter, which blocks certain websites deemed inappropriate for kids. You can find this extension and more in our Parental Controls collection. Finally, here’s a short film by Darren Pasemko and Mozilla’s Brett Gaylor demonstrating just how much technology has come into family life. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

Veronica Belmont is an Internet superstar and San Francisco resident. She also just got a tattoo. We talk to Veronica about everything San Francisco - from scooters to philanthropy to who our benevolent dictator should be. Veronica is a true Internet native. She was podcasting before it was a thing, and she was one of the first social media superstars. We talk to Veronica about virtual connections vs. 'real' connections and if it's even possible to draw a distinction anymore. What's it like to make friends online, and meet someone in real life after years? Are those relationships any less authentic? We talk about a wide variety of civic issues, including the amount of money big tech has. And everyone's favorite discussion - the 'scooter' problem, and what we should do with them. Veronica spends some time talking about the mayoral race (this was recorded just prior to the mayoral election), and gives her vote as to who would could fix San Francisco. We hear about Veronica's new tattoo, and her favorite social media follows. Enjoy this lighthearted episode of 'This is Your Life'!

It’s a problem when tribalism divides us, online or in real life. Join Veronica Belmont and Franchesca Ramsey as they meet the people working to make the web — and world — friendlier places. Jhamel Robinson discusses how he used social media to organize a massive BBQ in Oakland after a racial altercation went viral; Dr. Meredith Clark sheds light on the need for social media platforms to hire members of vulnerable communities; Jon Ronson talks about snap judgements; Professor Kip Williams speaks to the effects of ostracism online and off; and recent high school graduate Natalie Hampton shares her story of surviving extreme bullying and what she's doing now to help others. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Here is material on digital inclusion from Mozilla. We also recommend reading this article from Mozilla's head of Diversity & Inclusion, Larissa Shapiro, on inclusive and exclusive culture. Find Franchesca Ramsey's new book Well That Escalated Quickly on her personal site, and check her out on MTV's Decoded. Jon Ronson's book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, is available here. Follow Jon as he tries his hardest to be an expressive (but respectful) online citizen on Twitter. And, learn more about Natalie Hampton's Sit With Us app here. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

:'-) Ever wonder why emoticons exist? They popped up in the 1980s to make online connections feel a little less digital and a little more personal :D. In this episode of IRL, host Veronica Belmont and special guest Peter Rojas explore how the Internet is both building and also confusing our relationships every day. Chloe Stuart-Ulin gives a first-hand account of her life as a “closer” for an online-dating service; we hear a dramatic, real-life story about a woman who finds her biological parent online; and Emma Brockes talks about how we can all maintain humanity while interacting with others on the internet. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Read more about Chloe Rose's experience as a "closer" for hire on online dating apps here. Emma Brockes writes a column for the Guardian called How to be Human Online. She's just written a book too called, An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood. To read Ingrid Burrington's essay mentioned in the podcast about CorrLinks, the email service providing connection for inmates at U.S. prisons, go here. Check out this article about how the internet has changed dating forever. Online dating coach Laurie Davis Edward shares her thoughts on the good, bad and ugly that comes with finding love on the web. And, for more about human connection, and what our innate desire for it means for us as we — more and more — love, do business, and find our tribes online, read this piece by cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell. Finally, for some bonus audio on how technology interfered with a marriage proposal — and commentary on new relationship norms — head over to Mozilla's blog. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

There’s a new currency in town (and no, we’re not talking about Bitcoin). We’re talking about attention. In this episode of IRL, Veronica Belmont and special guest Jane Lytvynenko explore all the ways your attention has become worth money on social media. Meet Hamlet the Piggy, an Instagram star who is helping her owner cope with epilepsy and also build a business; Lisette Calveiro, whose quest for fame online left her spending beyond her means; and media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, who discusses what’s behind the emerging attention economy. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. When does attention online turn into addiction online? Here’s a perspective from Mozilla’s Heather West. Imagine a world where social networks weren’t necessarily designed to capture your attention, but instead were built to benefit you and your community. Here are some thoughts by Katharina Nocun on what this would look like. And, here’s a piece by Nick Briz about how attention merchants online use your digital fingerprints to target you with content. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

One of the most successful recruitment tools the U.S. Army ever made was…a video game? Sometimes without even knowing it, gaming elements in technology — often designed for addiction — are incentivizing you to think certain ways and do certain things. Join Veronica Belmont and co-pilot Ashley Carman as they explore the rise of gamification in our everyday lives, its positives and negatives, and its future. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org Ashley Carman is the co-host of the tech podcast, "Why’d You Push That Button?" Natasha Dow Schüll has written several books including Keeping Track and Addiction by Design. She uses the Freedom App to lock herself offline. Long before the Internet, games were a source of entertainment, comradery, and learning. The rise of technology-enabled games to take on video form, and gaming as we know it became popular. Big Tech now gamifies most elements of our online life. The more you know about the evolution of games and why we are all so connected to them, the more you can see how they’re used to sometimes make online experiences better and sometimes more addictive. Here's more on the games we play online, from Mozilla. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

We’re told from a young age to “accept the things we cannot change.” But should this be the case online as well? We click “Accept” every day, but often don’t know what we’re giving away. Is it a fair trade, and should we demand a better bargain? Veronica Belmont and special guest Dave Pell explore if what we get for what we give online is a good deal. We hear how one man’s HIV status was exposed without permission, how a massive data-mining company is using our information to predict how we'll behave, and why on earth our email inboxes are filling up with privacy policies. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org Tom Hayes works for an organization called Beyond Positive. Learn more. Nora Young discusses the GDPR in this episode. Here are 13 more things you need to know about the GDPR. Beyond GDPR, check out what else is changing your online rights. The rest of Jaron Lanier's talk can be heard on TED Talks Daily. Find Dave Pell's NextDraft newsletter here. And, click here for Mozilla's take on privacy and the trade-offs we make online. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

In Season 3 of IRL, we're exploring the bargains we make online every day, and how we might approach striking better deals with the powers that be. You'll find out what happened when the U.S. Army got into the video game business, what it's like to be a professional flirter on Tinder (for real), and how a super cute pig transformed a person's life one Instagram post at a time. Episode 1 launches July 2nd. Subscribe via Apple podcasts or Spotify, or wherever you get your ear candy. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org For behind-the-scenes video of IRL Trailer production, and a bit more about why we're making this podcast, check out our blog.

We’ve long heard that the ways the web is tailored for each user—how we search, what we’re shown, who we read and follow— reinforces walls between us. Veronica Belmont investigates how social media can create, and can break our filter bubbles. Megan Phelps-Roper discusses the Westboro Baptist Church, and the bubbles that form both on and offline. B.J. May talks about the bubbles he encountered every day, in his Twitter feed, and tells us how he broke free. Rasmus Nielsen suggests social media isn’t the filter culprit we think it is. And, within the context of a divided America, DeRay McKesson argues that sometimes bubbles are what hold us together. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Read B.J. May's How 26 Tweets Broke My Filter Bubble. To grab a cup of coffee and Say Hi From the Other Side go here. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

From Google search to Facebook news, algorithms shape our online experience. But like us, algorithms are flawed. Programmers write cultural biases into code, whether they realize it or not. Author Luke Dormehl explores the impact of algorithms, on and offline. Staci Burns and James Bridle investigate the human cost when YouTube recommendations are abused. Anthropologist Nick Seaver talks about the danger of automating the status quo. Safiya Noble looks at preventing racial bias from seeping into code. And Allegheny County’s Department of Children and Family Services shows us how a well-built algorithm can help save lives. Algorithms aren’t neutral. They’re really just recipes; expressions of human intent. That means it’s up to us to build the algorithms we want. Read more on how we can make algorithms more accountable. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

HR Happy Hour 312 - HR Tech Startup Spotlight: Disco Host: Steve Boese Guests: Justin Vandehey, Veronica Belmont from Disco This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve kicks off a new series, the HR Tech Startup Spotlight with Justin Vandehey and Veronica Belmont from Disco, an AI-based engagement and recognition platform based team collaboration tools like Slack and MS Teams, On the show, Justin and Veronica shared the story of Disco, how the idea to create a new kind of employee engagement and recognition based on collaboration tools that employees were already using to get work done came to be, and how making recognition easy, real-time, in context of normal workflows, and tied back to company values is proving to be so powerful. Disco has been developed in a way where it can be enabled and adopted inside organizations so easily and in a grassroots kind of manner that it served to democratize HR tech, in a way that legacy platforms for recognition and feedback can't really match, which is really novel and cool. Additionally, Justin and Veronica shared the benefits adopting organizations are seeing from Disco, how HR leaders can leverage the solution in their organizations, the benefits of an integrated recognition solution, and how some customers are driving improvements in engagement and business outcomes like NPS and customer satisfaction from leveraging increased and measureable recognition programs, We also learned a new term 'Fart App', Steve previewed next week's HR Happy Hour Oscars Show, and that Veronica has a highly coveted 'first name only' Twitter handle. Learn more about Disco at http://justdisco.com. Thanks to Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com

On the Internet no one knows you’re a dog, as the old joke goes. But does anonymity truly exist on the web anymore? And when it’s taken from us, what else do we lose? So Sad Today talks about the value of anonymity for women and self-care. Jonathan Hirshon shares his personal battle to keep his face off the Internet. New Yorker cartoonists Peter Steiner and Kaamran Hafeez discuss the evolution of memes and digital anonymity, in dog years. And Alison Macrina and Morgan Taylor reveal what’s underneath the surface of the searchable web. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. The most famous cartoon in New Yorker history is about a dog on the Internet. Makes sense. Cartoonist Kaamran Hafeez revisits the OG doggo meme, with an update for the post-privacy era. Check out his latest work here. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

From Snapchat filters to Google’s art selfies, biometric technology plays a growing role in our everyday lives. What do we actually give up when we upload our face to these apps? Steven Talley shares his experience as the victim of mistaken identity. Artist Adam Harvey investigates how racial bias seeps into big data sets. Emily Kennedy and Glynnis MacNicol talk about the power and risks of recognition for marginalized communities. Joseph Atick, a forefather of facial recognition technology, reckons with its future. And we head to China, where you’ll need your face to use the bathroom. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org. Today, more than half of US adults are recorded in police facial recognition databases. For more on the far-reaching impact of facial recognition tech, check out our blog.

What does it mean to grow up online? Veronica Belmont investigates how the www is changing us: our personalities, our bodies, and our brains. A college student shares his experience at rehab for Internet addiction. Bestselling author Nir Eyal breaks down what apps borrow from gambling technology. Writer Heather Schwedel talks about taking a cue from Kanye and breaking up with Twitter. Blogger Joshua Cousins talks about the Internet as a lifeline, in the wake of recent natural disasters. And we challenge a group of brave volunteers with a no-smartphone challenge. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org Looking to reset your relationship with the Internet? Check out our digital detox kit. And if you still need something to stop your phone’s constant beep boops, we have the next best thing: an IRL ringtone.

Most website visitors aren’t human. They’re bots. And these automated accounts are having serious, real-world impact; from the 2016 election to the FCC’s recent, controversial net neutrality vote. Veronica Belmont investigates the rise of social media bots with Lauren Kunze and Jenn Schiffer. Lisa-Maria Neudert measures how bots influence politics. Butter.ai’s Jack Hirsch talks about what happens when your profile is stolen by a political bot. Ben Nimmo teaches us how to spot and take down bot armies. And Tim Hwang explores how bots can connect us in surprising, and meaningful, new ways. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla. For more on the series go to irlpodcast.org Bots, they’re just like you and me. Except easier to find, especially on Twitter. :) Here’s a handy guide to spotting bots in social media, plus the answers to the bot-or-not quiz you heard on the episode. Leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts so we know what you think.

This week's guest Veronica Belmont shares wisdom and tips from more than a decade of podcasting and recounts her journey to product manager of Growbot. Hosts Phil Libin, Jessica Collier, and Blaise Zerega speak with Belmont about privacy and anonymity, AI and chatbots, communication and diversity, and the importance of authentic company values. They also discuss the many, many reasons to be polite to your voice assistants. Your hosts revisit the role of AI in battling information asymmetry and reveal two AI products they'd like to see made next year. Show notes Information Asymmetry (1:16) Previous discussion of information asymmetry in All Turtles Podcast Episode 3 (27:04)(iTunes) E.F. Hutton: Stock broker with access to exclusive information (YouTube) Phil Libin on historical asymmetries of information (Quora) Interview with Veronica Belmont, product manager of Growbot (6:55) Veronica Belmont Veronica Belmont bio (Wikipedia) Growbot  IRL (Podcast) Sword and Laser (Podcast) Tor (The Tor Project) Jad Abumrad (Radiolab) Veronica Belmont's podcasting protips (19:45) Phil Libin on fart apps and crap bots How to outrun a bear (Backpacker) Listener questions (39:47) Does All Turtles work with teams that are not on the West Coast? (39:59)  What AI products would you like to see developed in 2018? (40:55)  

Tribe of Mentors is a new short-form podcast from bestselling author and early-stage investor, Tim Ferriss. This episode features Veronica Belmont, a bot-obsessed product manager. She works for Growbot, helping to make sure employees get the recognition they deserve on their teams. She also helps to admin Botwiki.org and Botmakers.org, a huge community of bot creators and enthusiasts. As a writer, producer, and speaker, her primary goal has been to educate audiences of all types about how technology can enhances their lives. She is also a podcaster and hosts IRL for Mozilla and Sword & Laser.

TJ wraps up the week with a Box Office update battle between ‘Les Miserables' and ‘The Hobbit' (spoiler, ‘The Hobbit' is winning), a scientific analysis of the ‘Star Trek Into Darkness', TJ's movie picks of 2012, the upcoming, horrible looking film, ‘Mega Spider', Veronica Belmont's ‘Fact or Fictional' on ‘Skyfall', ‘The MovieByte Podcast' 25 with special guest Liz Darnell, Hayley Atwell won't be appearing in ‘Captain America 2', Netflix's original drama ‘House of Cards' gets new trailers, ‘Die Hard 5' trailer 3, ‘Wreck-it Ralph' comes to home entertainment on February 12, ‘Jobs' gets an April release date, Ashley Tisdale joins the cast of the ‘Left Behind' reboot, ‘Hansel and Gretel' gets a red band trailer, and what you should see this weekend.

An AI has turned rogue, and will stop at nothing to achieve its goal, including murdering a child or even a Plague Bird!  Find out what happens next in the thrilling conclusion...Also Big and Rish forget what time of year it is, and rather talk green beer and leprechauns, they spend the episode giving thanks.Speaking of thanks. special thanks to Bryan Lincoln for producing today's story, to L. "Scribe" Harris, Veronica Belmont, Paul Kuhr, James David Jackson, and Bryan Lincoln for lending their voices to today's episode, and to Gino Moretto for today's episode art.

In a sequel to his story "Plague Birds" that appeared on the Dunesteef on episode 92, Jason Sanford tells the story of Plague Bird Christina de Ane's further adventures in the future earth that has been driven toward the brink of insanity by gene manipulation.  She arrives in a new village, where the Alderman's son has been brutally murdered, and is duty bound to dispense justice.  But something just doesn't seem right...Also, Big and Rish talk about how much better The Dark Knight is than its predecessor Batman Begins.  They also talk about how much better Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan is than its predecessor Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  And that's before the story even begins.  You'd think we were in for a long show, but surprisingly, they reign it in after the story ends.  You may not be searching for a way to deafen yourself by the end of the show after all.Special thanks to Bryan Lincoln for producing today's story, to L. "Scribe" Harris, Veronica Belmont, Paul Kuhr, James David Jackson, and Bryan Lincoln for lending their voices to today's episode, and to Melissa Hills for today's episode art.

Veronica Belmont co-hosts a space-themed talk show with Astronomy Anemone, a carnivorous man-eating sea polyp. WARNING: contains scenes of cartoon violence and scientific jargon.

Veronica Belmont co-hosts a space-themed talk show with Astronomy Anemone, a carnivorous man-eating sea polyp. WARNING: contains scenes of cartoon violence and scientific jargon.

The host of Qore steps off the PlayStation Network and into the studio.