Podcasts about Ziya Tong

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible award-winning broadcaster, journalist, and environmental advocate Ziya Tong - what we loved, what we learnt and what we're taking away from her guest for hope.If you haven't listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us…Follow us on InstagramZiya Tong - Plastic People DocJayda GMia Zur-SzpiroHere's Hoping Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wrapping up Earth Month, we're revisiting Jann's conversation with Ziya Tong and her incredible work on the documentary Plastic People. In case you're not familiar, she is an award-winning author and broadcaster, best known for her work with Discovery's flagship science show, Daily Planet, and NOVA ScienceNow on PBS. She is the author of the best-selling book ⁠The Reality Bubble⁠, which was shortlisted for Canada's most prestigious non-fiction literary prize, and won the Lane Anderson Award for best science writing. Ziya served as the Vice Chair of WWF Canada and currently serves as a trustee of WWF International. Ziya co-directed a new documentary called Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics with Ben Addelman, and she stars alongside Executive Producer Rick Smith. Jann, Caitlin and Ziya discuss the dangers of microplastics in our bodies and the environment. Ziya shares that microplastics are found everywhere, including in our blood, placenta, and even the human brain. They discuss the impacts to our health such as increased risk of stroke, heart attack, and cancer. Ziya emphasizes the need for individual and collective action to reduce plastic consumption and advocates for joining organizations that are working towards solving the plastics crisis. Ziya and her team are still raising money for the documentary's impact campaign and they plan to release a podcast to delve deeper into the dark secrets and stories of the plastics industry. You can support the campaign ⁠HERE⁠. Watch Plastic People on CBC Gem: https://gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-of-things/s64e11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Here's Hoping, host Jada G. sits down with award-winning broadcaster, journalist, and environmental advocate Ziya Tong to explore the intersection of hope, science, and environmental activism. They trace Ziya's journey from discovering a love for nature through David Attenborough documentaries to becoming a leading voice in climate science. The conversation spotlights her film Plastic People, which investigates the microplastics crisis, and her bestselling book The Reality Bubble, which reveals our environmental blind spots. Ziya shares inspiring stories—from meeting Jane Goodall to swimming with belugas—and offers thoughtful reflections on turning despair into action, using beauty to fuel resistance, and the power of community in driving change. Listen for an uplifting and urgent conversation on joyful resistance, collective action, and finding real hope in the face of environmental crisis.Follow Plastic People DocFollow Jayda GFollow Here's Hoping PodcastMore on our guestZiya Tong is an award-winning broadcaster best known for hosting Daily Planet on Discovery Channel. Her bestselling book The Reality Bubble was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize and won the Lane Anderson Prize for science writing. She has also hosted shows on CBC and PBS, including ZeD, Wired Science, and NOVA scienceNOW with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Her latest documentary, Plastic People, premiered at SXSW, earning critical acclaim from The New York Times and Variety, which called it one of the best documentaries of 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Science broadcaster and author Ziya Tong sits down with Andrew Mueller to discuss her new documentary film, ‘Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics', her stint as one of Canada's top encyclopaedia salespeople and the struggle to communicate important science issues to the public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ziya Tong returns to the show this week! In case you're not familiar, she is an award-winning author and broadcaster, best known for her work with Discovery's flagship science show, Daily Planet, and NOVA ScienceNow on PBS. She is the author of the best-selling book The Reality Bubble, which was shortlisted for Canada's most prestigious non-fiction literary prize, and won the Lane Anderson Award for best science writing. Ziya served as the Vice Chair of WWF Canada and currently serves as a trustee of WWF International. Ziya co-directed a new documentary called Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics with Ben Addelman, and she stars alongside Executive Producer Rick Smith. "We live in a time where some of our greatest threats are invisible. Like the climate crisis, microplastic pollution cannot be: it spans the globe, chokes up rivers and animals, and insidiously infiltrates the human body. As a science journalist and author, I have been reporting on the threat of plastic for almost two decades and believe that now more than ever, we need to reveal the connection between planetary health and human health, which is why I've put my own body on the line for the “Plastic People” project. As part of my journey, I will test my own home, my own food, and even my own feces for microplastics. We are very fortunate to also have a world-first for this project, as we meet surgeons and scientists who are probing the human brain to reveal whether microplastics can cross the blood-brain barrier. The results of testing here will be incredibly significant." Jann, Caitlin and Ziya discuss the dangers of microplastics in our bodies and the environment. Ziya shares that microplastics are found everywhere, including in our blood, placenta, and even the human brain. They discuss the impacts to our health such as increased risk of stroke, heart attack, and cancer. Ziya emphasizes the need for individual and collective action to reduce plastic consumption and advocates for joining organizations that are working towards solving the plastics crisis. Ziya and her team are still raising money for the documentary's impact campaign and they plan to release a podcast to delve deeper into the dark secrets and stories of the plastics industry. You can support the campaign HERE. You can even plan your own screening for this important documentary HERE. Find an upcoming screening near you: Vancouver May 24 - VIFF Centre May 25 - Rio Theatre May 25 - VIFF Centre May 26 - VIFF Centre May 29 - VIFF Centre Toronto May 28 - The Royal Theatre June 1 - Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema June 2 - Revue Cinema June 11 - Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema St. Catherine's, Ontario June 25 & 30 - The Film House Stream the documentary HERE. Jann also wanted to share the link to the donut shop she mentioned in this episode, Donut Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's guest is Ziya Tong, an award-winning author and broadcaster, best known for her work with Discovery's flagship science show, Daily Planet, and NOVA ScienceNow on PBS. She is the author of the best-selling book The Reality Bubble, which was shortlisted for Canada's most prestigious non-fiction literary prize, and won the Lane Anderson Award for best science writing. Ziya served as the Vice Chair of WWF Canada and currently serves as a trustee of WWF International. Ziya co-directed a new documentary called Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics with Ben Addelman, and she stars alongside Executive Producer Rick Smith. "We live in a time where some of our greatest threats are invisible. Like the climate crisis, microplastic pollution cannot be: it spans the globe, chokes up rivers and animals, and insidiously infiltrates the human body. As a science journalist and author, I have been reporting on the threat of plastic for almost two decades and believe that now more than ever, we need to reveal the connection between planetary health and human health, which is why I've put my own body on the line for the “Plastic People” project. As part of my journey, I will test my own home, my own food, and even my own feces for microplastics. We are very fortunate to also have a world-first for this project, as we meet surgeons and scientists who are probing the human brain to reveal whether microplastics can cross the blood-brain barrier. The results of testing here will be incredibly significant." Ziya discusses her experience premiering the documentary at South by Southwest and the positive reception it received. She explains that the threat of microplastics is similar to the climate crisis in that it is invisible to the naked eye. She also shares some shocking findings from her research, including the presence of microplastics in the human body and the intentional spread of microplastics in the food chain. She also talks about her experience as a first-time filmmaker and the challenges she faced as a director. Ziya also discusses the challenges of dealing with misinformation online, the experiences of women in the media industry, and the importance of supporting upcoming female journalists. Ziya mentions Sarika Suzuki and Severn Suzuki (David Suzuki's daughters) as women she admires in the media. Ziya and her team are still raising money for the documentary's impact campaign and they plan to release a podcast to delve deeper into the dark secrets and stories of the plastics industry. You can support the campaign HERE. Stream the documentary HERE. You can even plan your own screening for this important documentary HERE. Find an upcoming screening near you: Vancouver May 22 - Rio Theatre May 24 - VIFF Centre May 25 - Rio Theatre May 25 - VIFF Centre May 26 - VIFF Centre May 29 - VIFF Centre Toronto May 28 - The Royal Theatre June 1 - Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema June 2 - Revue Cinema June 11 - Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Kitchener-Waterloo May 21 - Princess Cinemas Hamilton May 22 - Playhouse Cinema Guelph May 21 & 22 - Bookshelf Cinema Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks former Daily Planet host Ziya Tong (co-director, "Plastic People") explains how microplastics are polluting everything in the environment, including our bodies. "Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics" makes it Canadian screening premiere at the DOXA Film Festival. Recorded: May 6, 2024

Join Marc Caron as he speaks with Ziya Tong about her most recent documentary “Plastic People”.  ZIYA TONG is an award-winning author and broadcaster, best known for her work with Discovery's flagship science show, Daily Planet, and NOVA ScienceNow on PBS. She is the author of the best-selling book The Reality Bubble, which was shortlisted […] The post Plastic People with Ziya Tong appeared first on Conscious Living Radio.

Kendra is a professor at Huron University and a fellow of the OxfordCentre for Animal Ethics. She is a leading expert on animals and work, animal protection organizations and policy, and gender equity. Kendra has led multiple research projects enriching our understanding of human-animal work and animals' own forms of labour in important new directions including through development of the concepts of humane jobs, interspecies solidarity, and ecosocial reproduction. Kendra's latest book is Defending Animals: Finding Hope on the Front Lines of Animal Protection. She is the author of dozens of scholarly articles, book chapters, and public reports, as well as the path-making Animals, Work, and the Promise of Interspecies Solidarity. She is the co-editor of Animal Labour: A New Frontier of Interspecies Justice? Kendra has also published more than sixty columns including for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Salon, Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press, Edmonton Journal, The Conversation, iPolitics, and National Observer. Her work has so far been translated into French, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, German, and Bahasa Indonesia. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We discuss: 00:00 Clips! 01:17 Welcome - 3 previous guests did blurbs for Kendra's new book: Ziya Tong, Marc Bekoff, Jeff Sebo  03:02 Kendra's Intro - "I'm not related to Ann Coulter... we have slightly different worldviews" :) - "The primary purpose of my life is to improve and save animals' lives" - "Cultivating empathy and compassion" - Discriminatory "isms" and proactive, agitational, generative "isms" - "Foregrounding sentient beings is a very powerful mobilising way of thinking about the positives... trying to find unity and common cause" - JW: "Just rejecting the negative isms isn't quite enough... we also some sort of positive stance about what we do care about... who should matter." - "We need to critique the problems... we also simultaneously need to be developing and proposing alternatives and solutions" 05:55 What's Real? - Riding horses before walking, "learning how to be kind to animals" - Raised by left-wing atheists - "To this day I maintain a very progressive worldview... however... I have become less ideological" - "Crucial to have an ethical core... but that the process of inquiry... evidence gathering and analysis... is absolutely essential" - Dialogue with groups who have different views "while recognising that certain worldviews are antithetical to justice and equity for humans and other beings" - Field research "experiencing things with your body... being out engaging... not reclining into the ivory tower" - Amplifying and communicating with broad audiences "Public intellectual is one of the best compliments you can give someone... your ideas matter... using ideas to inspire action" - Open mindedness based on evidence and data "but never losing those core commitments... equity... solidarity... justice" - Lisa Kemmerer episode 15:11 What Matters? 26:36 Who Matters? 49:10 A Better World? 01:02:04 Follow Kendra - https://twitter.com/DrKendraCoulter - https://huronatwestern.ca/profiles/faculty/kendra-coulter-phd/ - https://www.instagram.com/gifted.horse/ ...and much more. Full show notes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"I'm a Sentientist" wall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠this simple form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here on FaceBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Come join us there! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sentientism/message

This week's guest is award-winning broadcaster Ziya Tong. She is best known as the anchor of Daily Planet, Discovery Channel's flagship science program. Her book The Reality Bubble won the Lane Anderson Prize for best science writing in Canada and was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize. The book has been translated into multiple languages, and has earned praise from luminaries including Naomi Klein and David Suzuki who calls Tong's book, “required reading for all who care about what we are doing to the planet.” Tong also hosted the CBC's Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS's national prime-time series, Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson on PBS.  Ziya served as the Vice Chair of the World Wildlife Fund Canada and is now on the board of directors of WWF International. She is currently working on a new documentary called Plastic People, looking at the frightening impact of microplastics on human health. Twitter: @ziyatongBlue Sky: @ziyatong.bsky.socialMastodon: @ziya@journa.host http://ziyatong.com/

We are blind to most of reality, or so says our special guest award-winning science broadcaster & author, Ziya Tong. This week, Kyne and Ziya discuss the climate crisis, plastic in the ocean and in our bodies, and living in a bubble. Kyne goes through some common climate change denial arguments and asks why individuals should take responsibility for problems caused by corporations. Ziya shares her advice on staying optimistic during an existential threat. Connect with Ziya Tong on Twitter.Connect with Kyne on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Follow us on Instagram for information and updates about future episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ziya Tong is an award-winning science broadcaster who hosted Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel until it wrapped in 2018! She was also a correspondent for scienceNOW, where she worked with Neil deGrasse Tyson, was a field producer for Wired Science and hosted the Emmy-nominated series, ZeD. In 2019, Ziya published her bestselling book, The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World. Additionally, she promotes activism within media and participates in "Media that Matters." Earthling, Ziya's Twitter account, is a wealth of information regarding neat facts about creatures, promising green innovation and wake-up calls to what's threatening the planet we call home. Author, activist and media master Ziya Tong joins Earth Care to explain the reality bubbles humans have created. She also shares how media can enhance conversations about the climate crisis and teases her upcoming project on microplastics.   Don't forget to hit FOLLOW or Subscribe to the Earth Care podcast!   Let's connect online: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3AEJ5KW TikTok: https://bit.ly/3KwXwoT Website: earthcareshow.com  

Ziya is a television presenter, producer, author and board member. She was the co-host of Discovery Channel's long-running primetime science magazine, Daily Planet. In 2019 she wrote the book “The Reality Bubble“. Ziya serves on the boards of a range of NGOs and charities, including PEN Canada, We Animals Media and WWF International. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 00:00 Welcome 01:46 Ziya's Intro - Science broadcasting @discoverycanada - Author of "The Reality Bubble" exposing human blind-spots - NGO board roles including @WeAnimalsMedia (animal photojournalism led by Jo-Anne McArthur) - Tweeting about earthlings: https://twitter.com/ziyatong 03:32: What's Real? - "Being a bi-racial person gives you a sort of split view... Chinese... Eastern European" - Communism & capitalism, eastern & western - "I never really... took one true dogmatic reality" - "I consistently shed layers of what I previously thought of as reality" - Yoda: "You must unlearn what you have learned" - A science journalist career "naturalistic in one sense" - "With science you can reveal a lot... the whole book [The Reality Bubble] is about that... but it always puts a lens between you and the subject" - Black holes & mites on our eyelashes - "The humanities are much more subjective" - Polymaths spanning humanities & the sciences "that blend is what's interesting to me" - "Indigenous perspectives... have so much to share with us about how we perceive reality" - Swimming sea wolves in British Columbia "new to science - but indigenous peoples had known about these wolves for their entire histories" - The Consilience Model: Science and indigenous perspectives "Two eyed seeing" - Plant medicines like #ayahuasca "which open up an entirely new door to reality" - "I don't believe reality stands on firm ground... I'm happy to run around the ice flow as it shifts... reality should never be solid" - Science & indigenous perspectives "are both based on observation" - "To a neutrino this mug wouldn't be here at all" - "We have to question our every-day common sense notions of reality" - Humilty & error-correction - Risks of dogma within science "we looked at animals as if they were machines" - Brought up Roman #catholic , dabbled with #buddhism / #sufiism - Rumi: "There's a hundred ways to kiss the ground" - #Vipassna #meditation - a 10 day silent retreat "you are really guided by yourself" - Feeding ants & saving an ant "I promised not to kill anything" as part of the 10 Buddhist precepts ...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Come join us there!

Jann, Sarah & Adam look back on some of their favourite moments from 2022 including conversations with Ziya Tong, Tessa Virtue, and The First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid.

On this week's episode, award-winning host and author Ziya Tong is back sharing her passion for science, nature and technology. Jann and Ziya talk about her upcoming documentary on micro-plastics, Sarah asks about the changes she's noticed in the environment since she hosted Discovery Canada's Daily Planet, and the gang gets into a Twitter discussion surrounding Elon Musk.  For more information on Ziya Tong: https://www.speakers.ca/speakers/ziya-tong/. Learn more about the new petition Jann spoke about for the Horseshit Campaign: https://horseshit.ca/

Jann chats with Robyn Doolittle, Meredith Shaw, Mary Berg and Ziya Tong

One of Canada's most acclaimed Holocaust survivors, Max Eisen, died Thursday of cancer at the age of 93. A Holocaust educator and author, Eisen was a prolific speaker who appeared in documentaries and toured the country to spread messages of tolerance and confronting evil. He earned four honorary doctorate degrees, went on 18 March of the Living trips, was one of 25 survivors to be recorded for holographic posterity by the USC Shoah Foundation and, last year, was named to the Order of Canada. Today you'll hear from Eisen himself, in a never-before-released clip he shot for the documentary The Accountant of Auschwitz, as well as from several of his colleagues and friends: Ziya Tong, who championed his book during the CBC's Canada Reads competition in 2019, and Ric Esther Bienstock, who produced The Accountant of Auschwitz. What we talked about: Watch Max Eisen's funeral on YouTube Watch The Accountant of Auschwitz on CBC Gem (free) Hear Max Eisen discuss the effectiveness of mandatory Holocaust education on Bonjour Chai Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Victoria Redden is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To learn how to support the show by subscribing to this podcast, please watch this video.

Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episodeSelected References:2:43 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 10 - Craft Beer Culture: A Personal History from January 20215:10 - Athletic Brewing Company6:43 - Listen the Beautiful Illusions Episode 19 - How We Learn Like A Scout: Critically Thinking About Critical Thinking from October 2020, which is centered around a discussion of two books: The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef and How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine...for Now by Stanislas Dehaene7:36 - Listen and read “This is Water” (Farnam Street Blog) by David Foster Wallace8:18 - In his book, The Happiness Hypothesis, psychologist Jonathan Haidt characterizes the human mind as a partnership between separate but connected entities using the metaphor of the rider and the elephant - the rider represents all that is conscious and is the director of actions and executor of thought and long term goals, while the elephant represents all that is automatic, and often acts independently of conscious thought. According to Haidt, our problem is that we overemphasize the power and importance of our conscious verbal thinking and neglect the other components of our mind. In his book, he argues that we must improve our understanding of these divisions and learn to let them operate in harmony, not compete for control.8:33 - For more on “System 1” and “System 2” see  “Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice” from Scientifc American, excerpted from Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman15:46 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 08 - System 2, Superman, & Simulacra: Jeff's Amateur Philosophy from December 202017:59 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 11 - Darwin & The Dude: Darron's Journey to Poetic Naturalism from February 202119:38 - Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett21:58 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 03 - The Examined Life from September 2020 and see the “I know that I know nothing” Wikipedia entry24:09 - The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt27:50 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 06 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics from November 2020 and Episode 13 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics Part 2: Just the Facts from April 202130:35 - See “Why Chimpanzees Don't Hold Elections: The Power of Social Reality” by Lisa Feldman Barrett (Undark, 2021) - “We all live in a world of social reality that exists only inside our collective human brains. Nothing in physics or chemistry determines that you're leaving the United States and entering Canada, or that an expanse of water has certain fishing rights, or that a specific arc of the Earth's orbit around the sun is called January. These things are real to us anyway. Socially real.”32:38 -  See “Moral Foundations Theory” (Conceptually), the Moral foundations theory Wikipedia page, read chapter 7 of The Righteous Mind which outlines Haidt's 6 moral foundations of politics, “Liberals and Conservatives Rely on Different Sets of Moral Foundations” (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2009), and watch Haidt's 2012 TED Talk on “The moral roots of liberals and conservatives” (YouTube)35:13 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 12 - A New Enlightenment: The Age of Cognitivism from March 202135:38 - Watch the Statue of Liberty, Higher and Higher scene from Ghostbusters 2 (YouTube)37:54 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 15 - The Mind of Gatsby: A Look Through the Cognitive Lens from June 202141:19 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 17 - BI Book Club 1: The Reality Bubble from August 2021 where we discuss The Reality Bubble by Ziya Tong, and then follow that up with Episode 18 - Making Progress Better where we continue to explore themes raised in the previous episode45:29 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 04 - Too Cultured from October 202045:43 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 05 - It's Alive! from October 202046:46 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 16 - Partisan Pizza from July 202147:50 - We ate the Cheeseburger Pizza from Tipsy Tomato in Derby, CT, along with the Loaded Mashed Potato and Baked Stuffed Shrimp pizzas50:52 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 09 - Lying About Santa: Naughty or Nice? from December 202052:37 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 01 - Why It's Pointless to Start a Podcast in a Pandemic from September 202052:48 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 02 - Our Back Pages from September 2020, which was actually recorded in 2019 with the intention of becoming the first episode of Beautiful Illusions53:55 - Listen to “My Back Pages” by Bob Dylan and read the lyrics54:16 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 07 - Boxing Aristotle from November 202054:38 - Listen to the Brain Science podcast1:03:58 -  See Apple Podcasts Statistics and  “Why there really aren't 2 million podcasts” (Amplifi Media, 2021)1:07:05 - The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Heinrich1:07:43 - Slaughterhouse-Five  by Kurt Vonnegut This episode was recorded in October 2021The “Beautiful Illusions Theme” was performed by Darron Vigliotti (guitar) and Joseph Vigliotti (drums), and was written and recorded by Darron Vigliotti

Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episodeSelected References:2:12 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 17 - BI Book Club 1: The Reality Bubble from July 2021, where we discuss Ziya Tong's 2019 book The Reality Bubble4:07 - Published in 1739, book 3 of philosopher David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, “Of Morals”, articulates what has come to be known as the “is-ought problem” which arises when someone makes claims about what ought to be that are based solely on statements about what is. Hume found that there seems to be a significant difference between positive statements (about what is) and prescriptive normative statements (about what ought to be), and that it is not obvious how one can coherently move from descriptive statements to prescriptive ones. While Hume was dealing with moral philosophy, a related epistemological concept derived from Hume's thought is the fact-value distinction, in which statements of fact based upon reason and physical observation, and which are examined via the empirical method, are separate from statements of value, which encompass ethics and aesthetics. This barrier between 'fact' and 'value' implies it is impossible to derive ethical claims from factual arguments, or to defend the former using the latter. 5:44 - James Madison lays out his views on a large diverse republic in Federalist No. 10, see the Wikipedia entry as well10:33 - See the great “Cognitive bias cheat sheet” and “What Can We Do About Our Bias?” by Buster Benson writing for Better Humans12:49 - Listen to Season 2, Episode 18 of Conversations With Coleman: The Myth of Climate Apocalypse with Michael Shellenberger (YouTube), more on Coleman Hughes and Michael Shellenberger13:27 - From the Season 2, Episode 22 show notes of Conversations With Coleman (YouTube): "My second announcement today is about my interview with Michael Shellenberger from a few weeks back. It seems that Michael made some very misleading or outright false claims about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events. Specifically, he said that climate change did not contribute to the intensity of wildfires in California and Australia. It was a surprising claim to me at the time, but I didn't push back in the moment. Although in retrospect, I should have because it turns out this is not the consensus of the climate science community. Some of his other claims, including that we're not in a sixth mass extinction are at the very least far more controversial than he indicated. So to rectify this, I'm going to get a mainstream climate scientist on the show very soon, and cover all of these topics in detail."13:34 - Factfulness by Hans Rosling22:04 - In his 2018 book Stubborn Attachments economist Tyler Cowen argues that “[t]he lives of humans born decades from now might be difficult for us to imagine, or to treat as of equal worth to our own. But our own lives were once similarly distant from those taking their turn on Earth; the future, when it comes, will feel as real to those living in it as the present does to us. Economists should treat threats to future lives as just as morally reprehensible as present threats to our own.”23:11 - See “The Brain Isn't Supposed to Change This Much” (The Atlantic, 2021)25:25 - Watch “Louis CK Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy” (YouTube)27:53 - See “How much plastic actually gets recycled?” (Live Science, 2020), “Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not” (New York Times, 2018),and “Is This The End of Recycling?” (The Atlantic, 2019)28:12 - See “Biden's fake burger ban and the rising culture war over meat” (Vox, 2021), and “Eating meat has ‘dire' consequences for the planet, says report” (National Geographic, 2019)29:24 - In Factfulness, author Hans Rosling lays out 10 “dramatic instincts” that often lead us astray, the first three of which he refers to as “mega misconceptions.” The first of these is what he calls “The Gap Instinct” or the mega misconception that the world is divided into two, to paraphrase Rosling he says we have a tendency to “divide all kinds of things into two distinct and often conflicting groups with an imagined gap...in between...the gap instinct makes us imagine a division where there is just a smooth range, difference where there is convergence, and conflict where there is agreement...in most cases there is no clear separation of two groups...the majority is to be found in the middle, and it tells a very different story.” To combat this instinct Rosling suggests recognizing when a story is about a gap and realizing that reality is often not polarized at all, and furthermore to beware of extremes, that although the difference between extremes is dramatic, the majority is usually in the middle where the gap is supposed to be.” For more useful information on the gap instinct and the other 9 dramatic instincts, see Factfulness at Gapminder31:50 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 06 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics from November 2020, and see Difficult Conversations by by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen34:18 - See Super Duper Food Trucks Catering, the spin off of Super Duper Weenie42:28 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy44:38 - As well meaning as we might be, it goes without saying that Jeff and I are hardly the first humans to engage in this kind of exercise, in fact, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1948, as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It was drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, and was it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected, and is widely recognized as having inspired, and paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels. The Declaration comprises 30 individual articles, the first of which states “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” and the 25th of which states “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” For the other 28 Articles see the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (United Nations)46:31 - Watch the benefit song “U.S.A. For Africa - We Are the World (Official Video)” (YouTube) and read the Wikipedia entry, Bob Dylan appears at 3:4646:38 - See “We Already Grow Enough Food For 10 Billion People -- and Still Can't End Hunger” (Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2012) and “Can we feed the world and ensure no one goes hungry?” (United Nations, 2019)50:28 - See “Building New Renewables Is Cheaper Than Burning Fossil Fuels” (Bloomberg Green, 2021), “Majority of New Renewables Undercut Cheapest Fossil Fuel on Cost” (International Renewable Energy Agency, 2021), and “Solar power got cheap. So why aren't we using it more?” (Popular Science, 2021)52:14 - See Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, “Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago” (Scientific American, 2015) and “How the oil industry made us doubt climate change” (BBC, 2020) 53:30 - Former Vice President Al Gore released his climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth in 200655:22 - See “Why you think you're right, even when you're wrong” (TED Ideas, 2017)58:18 - The Progress Network1:00:24 - In his 1971 book Theory of Justice, philosopher John Rawls presents the thought experiment of the Veil of Ignorance, which allows us to test ideas for fairness when thinking about setting up a just society. For more see “The Fairness Principle: How the Veil of Ignorance Helps Test Fairness” (Farnam Street Blog) 1:00:43 - See “The Ship Breakers” (The Atlantic, 2014), “Inside the Shady, Dangerous Business of Shipbreaking” (Atlas Obscura, 2016), watch “Where Ships Go to Die, Workers Risk Everything” (National Geographic YouTube Channel), and see the Wikipedia entry on ship breaking1:02:35 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 12 - A New Enlightenment: The Age of Cognitivism from March 2021This episode was recorded in August 2021The “Beautiful Illusions Theme” was performed by Darron Vigliotti (guitar) and Joseph Vigliotti (drums), and was written and recorded by Darron Vigliotti

Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episodeSelected References:2:23 - Listen to Mindscape Episode 133: Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See for an overview and discussion of ideas Tong presents in her 2019 book The Reality Bubble4:36 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 04 - Too Cultured from October 20206:10 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 01 - Why It's Pointless to Start a Podcast In a Pandemic from September 20207:52 - Factfulness by Hans Rosling8:00 - Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker9:39 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 12 - A New Enlightenment: The Age of Cognitivism from March 20219:56 - Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway10:35 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 13 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics Part 2: Just the Facts from April 202116:40 - See “Chickens have gotten ridiculously large since the 1950's” (Vox, 2014)18:50 - See the Wikipedia entry on the “environmental impact of meat production” and “Meat's Sustainability Problem” (The Good Food Institute, 2018)19:48 - Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett - “An organization called Seeds of Peace tries to change predictions by bringing together young people from cultures that are in serious conflict, like Palestinians and Israelis, and Indians and Pakistanis. The teens participate in activities like soccer, canoeing, and leadership training, and they can talk about the animosity between their cultures in a supportive environment. By creating new experiences, these teens are changing their future predictions in the hopes of building bridges between the cultures and, ultimately, creating a more peaceful world.”26:06 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 15 - The Mind of Gatsby: A Look Through the Cognitive Lens from June 202130:22 - The 2008 documentary Food, Inc. is an “unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.”30:27 - For more on Chinese surveillance see the “Mass surveillance in China” Wikipedia entry, “Facial Recognition And Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China's 'Surveillance State'” (NPR, 2021), “China's Surveillance State Should Scare Everyone” (The Atlantic, 2018), and “The Panopticon Is Already Here” (The Atlantic, 2020)30:30 - The 2020 documentary The Social Dilemma “[e]xplores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.”31:33 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 08 - System 2, Superman, & Simulacra: Jeff's Amateur Philosophy from December 202031:03 - See “Can Prairie Dogs Talk?” (New York Times Magazine, 2017) and “The Linguistic Genius of Prairie Dogs” (Animal Cognition) which discuss the work of animal biologist Con Slobodchikoff, who among other things claims that many animals have language and can talk33:08 - See the “Pain in animals” Wikipedia entry and “Animals can feel pain. A biologist explains how we know.” (Vox, 2017)35:22 - The Origins of Creativity by E.O. Wilson40:17 - The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich40:42 - Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari 42:15 - See The Secret of Our Success website43:09 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 16 - Partisan Pizza from July 202148:44 - 1491 by Charles C. Mann51:44 - Slight correction - the evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago, see the “Evolution of fish” Wikipedia entry for more54:20 - Watch a hilarious compilation from legendary comedian Mitch Hedberg and see “21 of the Funniest and Most Unforgettable Mitch Hedberg Jokes” (Vulture, 2020)1:02:30 - Candide by Voltaire1:03:15 - James Stockdale was a candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1992 presidential election, on Ross Perot's independent ticket.1:03:35 - Jim Collins discusses what he calls The Stockdale Paradox, which is based on the experience of James Stockdale who was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War for over seven years, in his 2001 business classic Good to Great1:03:58 - In his 2018 book Stubborn Attachments  economist Tyler Cowen argues that “if we want to flourish, do what's best for the maximum amount of people and create a more pluralistic society. One of the most important building blocks of such a society is to have a stubborn attachment to economic growth (in its Cowen variety of Wealth Plus).Cowen defines Wealth Plus as “the total amount of value produced over a certain time period. This includes the traditional measures of economic value found in GDP statistics, but also includes measures of leisure time, household production, and environmental amenities, as summed up in a relevant measure of wealth.”” See “The Clear and Comprehensive Case for Growth” (Archbridge Notes, 2018)This episode was recorded in July 2021The “Beautiful Illusions Theme” was performed by Darron Vigliotti (guitar) and Joseph Vigliotti (drums), and was written and recorded by Darron Vigliotti 

Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Jann Arden shares her love of gardening—and connecting with Mother Earth. Plus, green thumb David Kahane talks about his Edmonton food forest. Topics in this episode: Kohlrabi, also known as German turnip. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The Over Story, a Pulitzer Prize winning book about trees by Richard Powers. Science and nature broadcaster Ziya Tong. Listen to an interview with her on The Jann Arden Podcast. For more gardening tips and tales, join AMA Good to Grow. It's a down-to-earth, online community where Albertans can connect with likeminded enthusiasts, share success stories, and get advice from experts and Good to Grow members.   Want to be part of our podcast? Share your gardening stories or questions with us and you might be featured in an episode. We want to hear about what you're growing, what you like about gardening and/or any burning questions you might have about growing food or flowers in Alberta. Send an email, audio recording (Voice Memo on iPhone) or video message to goodtogrow@ama.ab.ca. Happy gardening! Music composed by: Doug Hoyer

Jann and special guest host Ziya Tong talk about living in solitude, religion, our relationship with plants and trees and trying to understand cryptocurrencies.

Jann and special guest Ziya Tong talk about vaccines, healthy eating and going to Mars.

Extremely excited to share this insightful episode with Ziya Tong, former host of the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet and currently on the board of WWF. She talks about growing up in Hong Kong, her Chinese-Macedonian background and all things STEM. From breaking the myth that environmentalism is rooted in whiteness, Asian collectivism values vs. Western capitalist societies, to the dichotomy of Chinese people vs. China, the empire, Ziya takes us on a journey of understand perspectives from all lenses. Also on the docket, Bling Empire. Recently she's re-released a hardcover copy of her book, The Reality Bubble, exploring blind spots, hidden truths, and the dangerous illusions that shape our world (find it on our site.)Thank you again Ziya for such a great thought-provoking conversation. Follow Ziya on Twitter @ziyatong and us at @immadein_ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/immadein/message

We were right in front of PNC Park and almost got carjacked. Living near the city is a blast. I am telling you, having options keeps things fresh. Around Slippery Rock, we only have so many options on things to do. Maybe I am just not looking hard enough or participating in the activities that are going on around me. I like museums, but I like people to be in the museum with me. I do not like it when I am alone or semi alone in large rooms like that. Its weird but freaks me out a little. I am also the nerd who has the headphones and actually listening to the story behind the paintings. My family gets so annoyed with me because when I go into the museum and get the headphones I am into it for hours on end. The artist spent so many hours on this and poured their soul into it. How can we just blow by it. I do not know if I like it, but I know if I like their story or not. The painting can suck, but its worth is in the creation story. This thought process is the same as I used for my marriage proposal. That story will wait for another day. One time we went to Moma, the Museum of Modern Art which is in New York City. This place has real Van Gogh paintings are there. They do not just have paintings though. There was a display that had mirrors, a projector, and a dark room. The theme was depending on which side of the room you were in the art was completely different. The play on perspective. Moma also has a whole section devoted to furniture and inventions. There are thousands of renditions of the chair. I was in that section for a long time. I think after that I had a new appreciation for the creativity that can be shown with a standard design. Due to the pandemic, they had to start selling off some of their artwork to pay for their rent. It's sad and if you push out this pandemic and lack of people in the museums, it will be hard for this art to survive. Our trips to New York City are always fun. The drive is not that bad and our hotel is very close to the Lincoln Tunnel so it is hard to get lost on the way in. We park the car, pay for the in and out service which we never use, check in, and then we are off. We log so many miles on foot when we are there. We walk all over the place, ride the subways, take taxi, ride uber, eat at Hells Kitchen, travel by Hyde Park, and have done all the touristy things. We have been to China town and Queens as well. We were never harassed or hustled or anything. Rewind back to Pittsburgh. Yes, we love the museums but we love casinos even more. We love casinos so much that we took our honeymoon to the mecca of casinos, Las Vegas. My wife and I decided that we wanted to try our luck at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. It was literally 10 minutes away with traffic from our place in Shaler. We both got $100 bucks out and started to play. During the night we were up, we were down and ultimately cashed out with a couple hundred bucks. It was fun. Our strategy is to pick the same numbers all night. We do not chase numbers. Some of the best payouts. Put on 2 chips and you get 70. Always play middle 00 and 0 and play 26. I don't know why, but it has worked for us. We always play at LEAST 2 chips on the board also. Like I said we were feeling good and it was getting late. Like 2am late. Time to head home. We get to the car, get in, and start out of the casino. We get to PNC park and hit a red light. Out of nowhere two guys flank our car and begin to attempt to open the car door. I ran the red light and sped home. They could sell me a car the next day and I would have no idea if it was them or not. My wife and I both couldn't talk until we got home after the "go go go go go". It doesn't matter where you are or how comfortable things are. Bad things can happen everywhere. Evil is everywhere. Just because we didn't experience that evil in NYC doesn't mean it's not there. Same for the flipside, there is GOOD everywhere too. We just have to look. We see what we want to see, all the time. We decide before we have all the facts. We can't help it. I listened to Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See on Sean Carrolls Mindscape podcast. The studies he reviews basically shows that we have biases and fears during each and every interaction. Think "internal dialogue" when you're in front of the class giving a presentation. That internal dialogue for everyone can and is usually dependent upon the circumstances. Take for example the white basketball player. That player may think because basketball is dominated by African Americans, that he must fit in to be taken seriously amongst the group. Now Mr. Tong is an African American with a black father and white mother. He grew up in a racist America and lived through the struggles of separation. He tells a story of a time when he was allowed to swim in the "white pool". They were only allowed to swim in that pool on Wednesday afternoons. They would literally line up on Wednesdays in their swimming trunks to go swim in the white pool. I find this realization repulsive and I am very thankful for The Civil Rights movement for their part to eradicate that from our way of living. I disagree with Mr. Tong. I disagree that we must fit in to be taken seriously. Yes, it will take longer to be genuine. It will take longer to be successful when you are bare naked in front of the crowd, but you have no secrets. You can redefine what it means to be whatever it is you want to be. If you're a man and want to be a makeup model, do it. If you're a woman and you want to be a mechanic, do it. Do not let society box you up. Do not let people around you destroy your identity. Our identity is the only thing we get to CREATE. Be creative, and don't feel like you need to fit in. Just be you and fitting in will happen around you. #EnjoyTheJourney

It’s a truism that what we see about the world is a small fraction of all that exists. At the simplest level of physics and biology, our senses are drastically limited; we only see a narrow spectrum of electromagnetic waves, and we only hear a narrow band of sound. We don’t feel neutrinos or dark matter at all, even as they pass through our bodies, and we can’t perceive microscopic objects. While science can help us overcome some of these limitations, they do shape how we think about the world. Ziya Tong takes this idea and expands it to include the parts of our social and moral worlds that are effectively invisible to us — from where our food comes from to how we decide how wealth is allocated in society.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Ziya Tong received a B.A. in psychology and sociology from the University of British Columbia, and an M.A. in communications from McGill University. She has served as host, writer, director, producer, and reporter from a number of science programs, most notably Daily Planet on Discovery Canada. She is a Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund, and served on the Board of WWF Canada. Her book The Reality Bubble: How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World was published in 2019.Web siteIMDb pageWWF pageWikipediaAmazon author pageTwitter

Science journalist Ziya Tong shares her insights into the hidden worlds that exist beyond the limits of the human senses, how illusions contribute to our understanding of reality, and how our collective blind spots are at the core of our current environmental crisis. Ziya Tong is the Vice-Chair of WWF Canada. She anchored Daily Planet, Discovery Channel’s flagship science programme, until its final season in 2018. Tong also hosted the CBC’s Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS’ national prime-time series, Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW. Find out more: futurespodcast.net CREDITS Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason FOLLOW FUTURES PODCAST Twitter: @FUTURESPodcast Instagram: @futurespodcast Facebook: @FUTURESPodcast

Stuart Knight has written, produced & starred in shows that have been seen by over one million people and each year speaks around the world helping some of the planet’s biggest companies reach new levels of success. Stuart proudly identifies as an ‘expert communicator’ & was a great sparring partner, as together we tackled some of the most-complex topics I’ve ever discussed on this podcast. The global pandemic has cast a new light on resilience & familiar with his reputation for addressing difficult subjects head-on, I was eager to ask Stuart how he balances conveying a sense of urgency, while also deploying empathy in times like these. And you won’t want to miss the answer.And I’d encourage you to check out Stuart’s own wildly-successful podcast, “A Powerful Conversation with…”, where he’s interviewed award-winning journalists, authors & filmmakers; including Ziya Tong, Terry O’Reilly & Mike Downie. You can find that here:https://www.stuartknight.com/category/podcast/Stuart KnightStuart Knight has written, produced and starred in shows that have been seen by over one million people and each year speaks around the world helping some of the planet's biggest companies reach new levels of success. You may have seen or heard him on many TV and Radio shows where he is often asked for his expert opinion on high level communication. As an international traveller, Stuart Knight writes a sought after blog, hosts a hit podcast and shares videos that are seen by over twelve thousand people every week. As a critically acclaimed author of two books, Stuart Knight encourages people to boycott what they thought and join a new revolution in thinking. LinkedInWebsiteThinking Inside the BoxConstraints drive innovation. Each week we tackle the most complex issues related to work & culture.LinkedInInstagramTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPocket CastMatt BurnsMatt Burns is an award-winning executive, social entrepreneur and speaker. He believes in the power of community, simplicity & technology.LinkedInTwitter

Do we own our stuff, or does our stuff own us? Jann is joined by special guest Ziya Tong to discuss our relationship with the things we own. 

It's been over two years since host Ben Charland kicked off this podcast in a basement in Kingston, Ontario. After nearly 100 fascinating conversations about everything from the mafia to the water supply, from science to philosophy, we're revisiting some of the best moments. Author, science broadcaster and previous guest Ziya Tong (Episode 85) interviews Ben with questions from listeners about what on earth is going on behind the scenes. Enjoy this very special centennial episode! About the Guest Host Award-winning host Ziya Tong has been sharing her passion for science, nature and technology for almost two decades. Best known as the co-host of Daily Planet, Discovery Canada’s flagship science program, she brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to the stage. Tong speaks on leadership, how to shift perspective, and the role of science and technology in society in her riveting and eye-opening talks. Before co-hosting Daily Planet, Tong served as host and field producer for PBS’ national primetime series, Wired Science, produced in conjunction with Wired magazine. In Canada, Tong hosted CBC’s Emmy-nominated series ZeD, a pioneer of open source television, for which she was nominated for a Gemini Viewer’s Choice Award. Tong also served as host, writer, and director for the Canadian science series, The Leading Edge and as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson on PBS. In the spring of 2019, she participated in CBC’s annual “battle of the books.” After a national four-day debate, she won Canada Reads. In May 2019, Tong released her bestselling book The Reality Bubble. Called “ground-breaking” and “wonder-filled”, the book has been compared to The Matrix. It takes readers on a journey through the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways. Tong received her Masters degree in communications from McGill University, where she graduated on the Dean’s Honour List. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the World Wildlife Fund and is the founder of Black Sheep. Learn more about Ziya or follow her on Twitter (@ziyatong). Mentioned in this Conversation Episode 85: The Reality Bubble with Ziya Tong Episode 1: Populism with Keith Banting Episode 52: Science with Bob McDonald Episode 56: Men and Gender Equality with Michael Kaufman Episode 38: The Mafia with Antonio Nicaso Episode 93: Politics and its Future with Kent Hehr Episode 2: The Digital Age with Carlos Prado Episode 25: Water with Pascale Champagne Episode 52: Science with Bob McDonald Episode 42: Live Performance in the Digital Age with Colleen Renihan, Craig Walker and Michael Wheeler Episode 66: Acting and Storytelling with Andy Curtis Jake Adelstein, a US journalist with a focus on crime reporting in Japan Eric Hobsbawm, a British historian The Ezra Klein Show, a podcast In Our Time, a BBC radio program and podcast

Paris Marx is joined by Ziya Tong to talk about how COVID-19 is helping us to see the world in a new way, and how that might open the door to reimagining how we organize society. Our "reality bubbles" about work, the food system, technology, and our relationship to nature are being severely challenged, but the question remains whether we can seize this moment to build a better world in the pandemic's aftermath.Ziya Tong is the author of "The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World", a former co-host of Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel, and sits on the board of World Wildlife Fund International. Follow Ziya on Twitter as @ziyatong.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)

Jann catches up with Caitlin from afar & welcomes special guest Ziya Tong who shares how positive change could be waiting for us on the other side of the COVID-19 crisis.

On Moment of Truth this evening at 7pm our guests include CANDACE SCOTT MOORE who tells us about her personal encounter and connection with her family farm in Australia that was destroyed by wildfires. Then RBC Taylor short list author Ziya Tong, The Reality Bubble that looks at our human blind spots and narrow perspective of reality but that science can open our eyes to. Don't miss it.

Looking for a clever woman? Well, lucky you, we've four of them for you and that doesn't even include us. This week, Mick catches up with photographic artist Mandy Barker to talk about her exhibition Our Plastic Ocean, a retrospective of her work addressing the global crisis of marine plastic pollution. Jen talks to science journalist Ziya Tong about her book The Reality Bubble and society's blindspots. And Hannah's chatting to Dr Suzi Gage about her new book Say Why To Drugs and what the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special can teach us about attitudes to recreational drug taking. In Jenny Off the Blocks, Jen's speaking to Kait Borsay, one of the hosts of The Offside Rule, about how the podcast's new sponsor has saved the day, and in Dunleavy Does Disaster we watch Independence Day. America! Fuck yeah! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Science writer Ziya Tong explores the blind spots and illusions that warp our sense of reality, and lays out a new way of understanding the world that can equip us to face our biggest challenges. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 6th February 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/02/how-to-burst-the-reality-bubble

Discussing the subjective nature of consciousness and its various forms. Also discussed this episode: The Universe, Ziya Tong's "The Reality Bubble," Michael Ward, and Kobe Bryant.  https://www.insightfulthinkersmedia.com

Ziya Tong is "one of the world's most engaging science journalists" and after co-hosting Discovery Canada's Daily Planet television program for ten years, she wrote her first book, The Reality Bubble. It's a veil-removing tour-de-force, filled with wonder, rigour and a powerful thesis about our role in the world and how we are often blinded, sometimes by our own choice, from what on earth is really going on. Ben is in Toronto to chat with Ziya about The Reality Bubble and so much more. About the Guest Award-winning host Ziya Tong has been sharing her passion for science, nature and technology for almost two decades. Best known as the co-host of Daily Planet, Discovery Canada’s flagship science program, she brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to the stage. Tong speaks on leadership, how to shift perspective, and the role of science and technology in society in her riveting and eye-opening talks. Before co-hosting Daily Planet, Tong served as host and field producer for PBS’ national primetime series, Wired Science, produced in conjunction with Wired magazine. In Canada, Tong hosted CBC’s Emmy-nominated series ZeD, a pioneer of open source television, for which she was nominated for a Gemini Viewer’s Choice Award. Tong also served as host, writer, and director for the Canadian science series, The Leading Edge and as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson on PBS. In the spring of 2019, she participated in CBC’s annual “battle of the books.” After a national four-day debate, she won Canada Reads. In May 2019, Tong released her bestselling book The Reality Bubble. Called “ground-breaking” and “wonder-filled”, the book has been compared to The Matrix. It takes readers on a journey through the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways. Tong received her Masters degree in communications from McGill University, where she graduated on the Dean’s Honour List. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the World Wildlife Fund and is the founder of Black Sheep. Learn more about Ziya or follow her on Twitter (@ziyatong). Mentioned in this Conversation Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian writer Lebenswelt, a German word roughly translating to "lifeworld" Tom Robbins, American novelist Extinction Rebellion, a global climate movement Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist Galileo Galilei, Renaissance Italian scientist Yuval Noah Harari, Israeli historian The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt The Animal People, a 2019 documentary The Matrix, a 1999 film The Interpreter, a series and newsletter from The New York Times "Irony poisoning", an emerging social concept Nav Bhatia, the Toronto Rapots "superfan" The "Beer Summit", a 2009 White House meeting arranged by US President Obama between Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and the police officer who arrested him, Sgt. James Crowley, allegedly because of racial profiling Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French stage actress Ghostbusters, a 1984 science fiction comedy film Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher The Quote of the Week "We have the technological lenses to see into vast distances of outer space, to see the tiniest microscopic organisms, to see right through the human body, to see the very atoms that make up the material world. But there is one fundamental thing that we do not see. When it comes to how our species survives, we are utterly blind." - From The Reality Bubble by Ziya Tong

Kobo CEO, Michael Tamblyn, speaks with the Canadian broadcast personality and writer Ziya Tong about her debut nonfiction book, The Reality Bubble. Hear more from Kobo in Conversation. And subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

The chaos surrounding the Iowa caucuses continues and Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address. Plus: why has Algeria pardoned more than 3,000 prisoners? And author Ziya Tong on her book ‘The Reality Bubble’.

Kobo CEO, Michael Tamblyn, speaks with the Canadian broadcast personality and writer Ziya Tong about her debut nonfiction book, The Reality Bubble. Hear more from Kobo in Conversation. And subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

Ziya Tong is on the board of WWF International and was formerly the Vice Chair of WWF Canada. She presented Daily Planet, Discovery Channel's flagship science programme, until its final season in 2018. Tong also hosted the CBC's Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS' national prime-time series, Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW. She is the author of The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With 2020 just a few days away Jann and Caitlin discuss New Year’s Eve celebrating, the subsequent recovery & resolutions. Ziya Tong returns as Jann’s special guest and shares exciting possibilities for positive change in the decade ahead.

On this Christmas Day edition of the Mother Jones Podcast, we replay our August conversation between veteran science journalist Ziya Tong and Mother Jones' D.C. bureau chief, David Corn. Tong explains exactly how—despite the many wonders of the human brain—our minds can be hardwired to melt in the face of vast global problems by only allowing us to see what's right in front of us. When considering tectonic movements of the global financial system, or the complex dynamics of climate change, humanity suffers from “scale blindness,” Tong writes in her book, "The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World." She calls it a “warped perspective,” preventing us from seeing the enormity of what's coming “until it's a little bit too late.” But there is hope for busting out of the powerful systems we take for granted. A way to do this is to design a new “mental blueprint” for how we view the world, she says. 

With four days left until Christmas Jann talks advent calendars and last minute shopping with producer Caitlin.  Jann's special guest this week is TV presenter and author of The Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong.

GUEST: Ziya Tong, Author and TV Broadcaster

Science journalist Ziya Tong joins Mother Jones D.C. Bureau Chief David Corn to explain how, despite the many wonders of the human brain, we suffer from "scale blindness", a dangerous state that hardwires us to melt in the face of vast global problems. Her new book, "The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World," is about our many in-built inabilities to combat complex issues like climate change—and what we can do to bust out of the powerful systems we take for granted. “I want to start from scratch," Tong tells Corn. "I want to start thinking about things in a way that is a little bit more focused and clear-headed—once you're able to see through the reality bubble, that is.”

Lewis H. Lapham talks with Ziya Tong, author of The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World. Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

Hey everyone welcome back! Today I had a chance to chat to my old friend Ziya Tong. Ziya anchored Daily Planet, Discovery Channel's flagship science program until its final season in 2018. She also hosted CBC's Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS' national primetime series Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for Nova ScienceNow alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson on PBS. Ziya has a new book out called “The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape our World”. This is the summary of the book: From one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways. Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through the skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence. And we are blind compared to the animals that can see in infrared, or ultraviolet, or in 360 degree vision. These animals live in the same world that we do, but they see something quite different when they look around. With all of the curiosity and flair that drives her broadcasting, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world and takes us on a journey to examine ten of humanity's biggest blind spots. During this interview we dig into all of those topics - we talk about global warming, science, curiosity, and just have a great conversation about these ideas and what really defines our reality. So I hope that you enjoy this conversation with Ziya Tong! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dr-greg-wells/support

Is our planet past the point of restoration? Brought to you by Vanbex TV Personality Author Ziya Tong, Comedian Craig Gass, Author and Hostage Negotiations Consultant J. Paul Nadeau, Author Armin Brott, Lawyer Ari Goldkind.

The universe is an unending source of beauty but most of us in our daily lives tend to miss out on the wonders that exist. On this week’s show, we’re going to explore how we are blind to the beauty of the world around us and what we can do to improve our senses. We start off the show with Ziya Tong. She was the longtime host of Daily Planet and has written a book about our inability to see our universe. It’s entitled, The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, And The Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World and we discuss both her journey as she wrote this book and also learn of some of the blind spots that prevent us from truly enjoying the world in which we live. In our SASS class, we’re going to explore how we can better appreciate beauty by talking with our guest teacher, Aenne Brielmann. She’s a doctoral student at New York University and has been merging the worlds of philosophy and neuroscience to help us better understand how we perceive something beautiful. She also may be able to identify how we determine what is beautiful by using not a tenet, but an equation. If you enjoy The Super Awesome Science Show, please take a minute to rate it on Apple Podcasts and be sure to tell a friend about the show. Thanks to you, we’ve been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award as Outstanding Science and Medicine Series. Let’s keep the awesome momentum going together!   Twitter: @JATetro Email: thegermguy@gmail.com Guests: Ziya Tong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziya_Tong Twitter: @ziyatong Aenne Brielmann https://aennebrielmann.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @aabrielma

Our guest this week is Ziya Tong. Ziya is an award-winning science broadcaster, best known for her work with Discovery's flagship show, Daily Planet, as well as NOVA ScienceNow and Wired Science on PBS. She is the author of the forthcoming book The Reality Bubble, the Vice Chair of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, and a supporter of the Extinction Rebellion. For show notes visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/ziya-tong-author-of-the-reality-bubble

It's close to Shark Week! Dan Riskin and Ziya Tong from Discovery join Mike Hogan in-studio to discuss Michael Phelps racing a shark! Chris Cotillo from SB Nation chats MLB trade deadline rumours as well

I think Ziya Tong might be a scientist. Not sure if I confirmed that or not…but if she isn’t a scientist - then she’s the next thing to one. Ziya cohost Discovery Canada’s flagship show, Daily Planet with our friend Dan Risken (the second guest to appear on our podcast). But Ziya, as you will quickly learn when listening to this podcast, is a whole lot more than just a smart, entertaining, congenial host of a science news magazine show. Ziya has some pretty strong and clear views on environmental issues and those opinions come through in her choice of films for her double bill - and the audience loves her for it.

Matt Olson of Lift Innovations provides an update on the daily grind of producing grinders following product development at North Forge Fabrication Lab and a successful crowdfunding campaign. Radio host and all-around Winnipeg-booster Ace Burpee shares in the excitement for our tech future. Premier Brian Pallister and Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet host Ziya Tong join Mike Legary. Scam Skate and Trap Tap share their stories of innovation from the ground up.

From Discovery Canada, the host of "Daily Planet" it's Ziya Tong, who joins us to talk about SHARK WEEK! Todd and the team discuss recent changes to Hockey Night In Canada, and we get a great live performance from Allen Stone

From Discovery Canada, Ziya Tong joins us to offer us a mind blowing look at what Discovery Camera people go through, to get the perfect shot. TSNâ??s Gareth Wheeler joins us to talk about The Toronto Blue Jays. Todd and team make big plans for the playoffs. Roddy Colmer brings us Nuit Blanche highlights and an Angry French Art Monitor stops by to talk about the all night art festival.

Ziya Tong from The Daily Planet hangs with us! Katja Glieson has 65 million hits on her youtube video, find out why! And the premiere of The Drug News!!!!!

Ziya Tong is host and producer of the television program Daily Planet, Canada's daily science show, which airs on Discovery Canada. Before that, Ziya was host and field producer for Wired Science, produced in conjunction with Wired Magazine and NOVA ScienceNOW on PBS. She is on the board of WWF Canada and the founder of Black Sheep.

Discovery Channelâ??s Ziya Tong joins us to talk about Lion hunting in Africa, animal rights, and how we can all do more to help. The team debates ways to get offline more. And Micheal Mcrudden shows up and a YouTube beef begins.

Discoveryâ??s Ziya Tong talks to Todd and Jay about Shark Week, in a conversation thatâ??s guaranteed to change how you view Sharks forever. Elias Theodouro is an undefeated UFC Middleweight who talks about his beef with Fighter Uriah Hall, and his upcoming appearance on CTVâ??s Amazing Race.

On this Episode: Discovery Channelâ??s Ziya Tong, Comedian Dom Irrera and the Very Talented Alysha Brilla

On this Episode: From The Discovery Channelâ??s Dailey Planet Ziya Tong! Also, Front Row Brian and The Cast of The Wingmen which premiers January 18th on Global!!

On this Episode: Ziya Tong, Dan Riskin and Erika from Cougarlife.com!

Todd Shapiro welcomes Ziya Tong.