A Word with Tom Merritt

Water - Cody Soodeen

Thu, 30 May 2024 21:11:11 GMT

Tom talks to architect and founder of Kara Water Cody Soodeen about how a beetle inspired him to fix the world's supply of fresh water.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Cody Soodeen.

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Antarctica - Craig Porter

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:00:42 GMT

Tom talks to Craig Porter who just took a job in Antarctica, about what it's like to be on the least populated continent in the world.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Craig Porter.

djfission.com

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Empathy - Gary Fisher

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:00:36 GMT

Gary Fisher talks about his experiences with empathy throughout his life.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Gary Fisher.

Gary's link:

http://seniorgeek.substack.com/

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Veteran - Anthony Lemos

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:56 GMT

Editor and producer of A Word with Tom Merritt, Anthony Lemos, aka Amos talks about his perspective as a veteran, on the word veteran.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Anthony Lemos.

anthonylemos.com

@ethancaine77 on TikTok

#ask-amos in the DTNS Discord

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Improvisation - Matt Donelly

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:58:42 GMT

Matt Donnelly of Ice Cream Social joins us to talk improv. Yes and he tells us how it's done right and how it can go wrong.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Matt Donelly.

Matt and Mattingly's Ice Cream Social

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K-Pop - Gail Carriger

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:50:11 GMT

Author Gail Carriger is known for comedy-of-manners fantasy like the Parasol Protectorate or Finishing School. But she also is a huge fan of K-pop and has worked it into her Tinkered Starsong series.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Gail Carriger.

Visit Gail Carriger's site for more information about them!

My 90 Year Old Dad Likes Kpop & This Says Something About Living Long & Joyfully

10 Songs Behind the Tinkered Starsong Series & Why – The Divine Kpop Playlist (BTS, GOT7, BTOB)

10 Great Kpop Singers & Why They’re Inspiring (Tinkered Starsong Character Influences)

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Demo - Allison Sheridan

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:00:27 GMT

Allison Sheridan joins us to talk about demos. From Steve Jobs to Douglas Englebart to her own demo experience in her career. Why do we do them and why doe we enjoy watching them?

Featuring Tom Merritt and Allison Sheridan.

podfeet.com

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Career - Lamarr Wilson

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:00:00 GMT

In our first return guest, we talk to creator/influencer Lamarr Wilson about the word career. Lamarr talks about changing his career later in life from education to content creation. Why he switched and how his early interests and experiences with tech really set the stage for who he is now.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Lamarr Wilson.

https://www.lamarr.tv/

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Drone - Keenan Wyrobek

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:00:05 GMT

Zipline has been delivering medicine and other things by drone for more than a decade and just keeps on expanding. Tom talks with the CTO of Zipline, Keenan Wyrobek, about the word drone. What does it mean to him, why do they call their drones "zips" and what is the future for unmanned aerial vehicles delivery? Can it really become commonplace?

Featuring Tom Merritt and Keenan Wyrobek.

flyzipline.com

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Did You Like Season One?

Thu, 11 May 2023 13:00:11 GMT

Tom wraps up the first season of "A Word" and asks for your suggestions for season two!

Featuring Tom Merritt.

Send us your suggestions: feedback@dailytechnewsshow.com.

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Code Switching - Robb Dunewood

Thu, 04 May 2023 13:00:41 GMT

Code switching. What is it? Why does it happen? Is it necessary? Robb Dunewood shares his personal experience to help us understand what it is and what it isn't.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

Links:

SMR Podcast

The Tech Jawn

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Hawaii - Ryan Ozawa

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:00:29 GMT

Hawaii is a paradise but there's more to it than meets the postcard. Ryan Ozawa is a native and advocate and talks to us about his perspective on the island and what makes it great.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Ryan Ozawa

Links:

https://twitter.com/hawaii

https://www.instagram.com/hawaii/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hawaii/

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Humanity - Ruby Justice Thélot

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:00:45 GMT

Humanity is facing a threat and a possible replacement from machines. But is it as bad as we might think? Ruby Justice Thélot talks to us about the philosophy of the future of humanity.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Ruby Justice Thélot.

Ruby's Links:

https://twitter.com/being_on_line

https://www.instagram.com/being_on_line/

www.asterisques.com

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Danger - Rob Reid

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:00:50 GMT

Author and venture capitalist Rob Reid talks to us about danger. He's done whole books and podcasts about future dangers so it's fair to say he has some thoughts. But how do you make people take danger seriously? We'll explain.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Rob Reid.

Links:

After On Podcast

Rob Reid on Twitter

Rob Reid's Substack

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Fear - Brian Hoffman

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:00:38 GMT

Is fear the mind killer? Can we live without fear? We talk to pilot Captain Brian Hoffman about his perspective on fear. He also has some good tips for dispelling it, espeically when on a plane.

“No real Zombies were harmed in the making of this podcast.”

Featuring Tom Merritt and Brian Hoffman.

Read Brian's Substack here.

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Sports - Derrick Goold

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:00:07 GMT

Derrick Goold, baseball writer and lead beat writer for the St. Louis Cardinals at the St. Louis-Post-Dispatch talks about what makes sports so popular. Especially spectator sports. Why do so many of us care so much about what other people are doing on a field or pitch.

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Links:

@dgoold on Twitter

Best Podcast in Baseball

Bo Jackson's Wall Climb

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Manipulation - Natalia Antelava

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:00:54 GMT

Manipulation is the name of the game in tech. Is there any escape? How do we identify when we're being manipulated? Tom talks to Natalia Antelava about that and her thoughts on how to fight it.

Coda Story

Undercurrents: Tech, Tyrants, and Us

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Avoidance - Meg Sybert

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 14:00:07 GMT

Tom talks with the first guest to have also visited the actual front rooms of yore, his sister Meg, and they discuss avoiding issues with intent.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Meg Sybert.

Link:

Marios Pizza

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Authority - Tom Merritt

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 14:00:18 GMT

Tom uses the word authority to have a talk about how we don't always differentiate the medium from the message.

Featuring Tom Merritt.

https://www.tommerritt.com

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Dad - Scott Johnson

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:28:28 GMT

Scott Johnson talks about what he thinks makes a good Dad, how he tried to be that and what he learned from his Dad.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson.

https://www.frogpants.com

Twitter

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Medieval - Eleanor Janega

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:21:50 GMT

Medieval times were not stinky or even technologically backward. In fact is it possible we could have a second medical era? Historian Eleanor Janega talks to us about that and more.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Eleanor Janega.

The Middle Ages: A Graphic History

The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

Going Medieval.com

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Learn - Michael Kinney

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:00:20 GMT

How do we learn? What role does empathy play in it? How we unlearn and why that's important. We talk about learning with YouTube educator Michael Kinney. Yeah, he was also Coach Armstrong in Degrassi. Don't worry. We'll address that too.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Michael Kinney.

Youtube

Twitter

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Immigrate - Josh Grisdale

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 02:00:07 GMT

What does it mean to immigrate? We talk to Josh Grisdale who immigrated from Canada to Japan.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Josh Grisdale.

Links:

Accessible Japan

TabiFolk

@JoshGrisdale on Twitter

Turning Japanese

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Scare - Cass Khaw

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:00:52 GMT

What does it mean to be scared? Cass Khaw talks to us about what scares them, and when it's good and when it's bad to be scared.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Cass Khaw.

Breakable Things

Nothing but Blackened Teeth

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Identity - Andrea Jones-Rooy

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:00:43 GMT

What is Identity? Political scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy talks about how we decide our identities, what they mean how complex they are and whether they are as important as we think they are. Also why her neighbors keep playing New York New York!

Featuring Tom Merritt and Andrea Jones-Rooy.

Links:

http://www.jonesrooy.com/

https://twitter.com/jonesrooy

https://www.instagram.com/jonesrooy/

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Disaster - Jennifer Briney

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:00:17 GMT

Why are we fascinated by disasters/ Is it survival or superiority or both? Host of Congressional Dish, Jennifer Briney shares her love of disaster porn. If you want to hear two people explain why they like movies like 2012, this is your show folks!

Featuring Tom Merritt and Jennifer Briney.

Links:

Congressional Dish Podcast

We're Not Wrong Podcast

The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us

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Driving - Tom Merritt

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:49:31 GMT

It's just Tom this time, talking about how driving is an example of how people follow rules even if they don't really need to.

Featuring Tom Merritt.

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Transparency - Howard Mortman

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:00:31 GMT

C-SPAN Communications Director and author Howard Mortman talks about Transparency. Can you have too much transparency? What is the role of transparency in your everyday life. And why is transparency important at all?

Featuring Tom Merritt and Howard Mortman.

Links:

whenrabbisblesscongress.com

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Research - Mallory O'Meara

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:00:55 GMT

Mallory O'Meara doesn't just do research, she enjoys it. We find out about data legitimacy, filtering through multiple resources, and why Mallory has an empty shelf in her office.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Mallory O'Meara.

Links:

http://www.malloryomeara.com/

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

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Ambition - Brian Brushwood

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:44 GMT

Brian Brushwood is one of the most ambitious people we know, so we launch with he word ambition and travel through Brian’s experiences with magic, family, independence from work and more.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Brian Brushwood.

Links:

Twitter:

@shwood

Website:

World's Greatest Con

Podcast:

World's Greatest Con

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Fan - Ron Richards

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:00:18 GMT

Tom uses the word Fan to launch a discussion with Ron Richards of iFanBoy and Marvel fame. They talk a lot about what it means to be a fan in music, comics and more.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Ron Richards.

Links:

Twitter:

Website:

Podcast:

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Podcast - Brian Ibbott

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:00:08 GMT

Brian Ibbott shares with Tom the story of how his love of a niche music genre became a podcasting career and how his audience has fed his musical knowledge.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Brian Ibbott.

Links:

Twitter:

Brian Ibbott (@Coverville) / Twitter

Website:

Coverville

Podcast:

Coverville: The Cover Music Show (AAC Edition) on Apple Podcasts

Adam Curry - Daily Source Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Source_Code

Drive Time: http://ravijaindrivetime.blogspot.com/2005/10/episode-one_10.html

Evil Genius Chronicles: https://evilgeniuschronicles.org

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Categories - Annalee Newitz

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:06:25 GMT

Tom is joined by Annalee Newitz, author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, to discuss our propensity to categorize each other and ourselves and how it can be useful and detrimental depending on intent and circumstance.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Annalee Newitz.

Links:

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Annaleen

Website:

https://www.techsploitation.com

Our Opinions Are Correct Podcast:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/our-opinions-are-correct/id1359930653

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Creator - Lamarr Wilson

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 10:57:00 GMT

Lamarr Wilson has never been comfortable with the title of 'Creator', so why does he feel 'Influencer' more accurately describe what he's been doing for more than a decade? The CEO of Unboxing discusses how the terms have changed over the years and how to define your own path.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Lamarr Wilson.

Notes and Links:

Lamarr Wilson

https://twitter.com/LamarrWilson

https://solo.to/lamarrwilson

https://tiktok.com/@lamarrwilson

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Free Will - Dave Brodbeck

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:38:36 GMT

Professor Dave Brodbeck has got pigeons to categorise pictures of cats and cars and talks to us about why he’s a Wundt stan and why we don’t have free will. By the end of this conversation you’ll be craving turkey crepes.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Dave Brodbeck.

Notes and Links:

Dave Brodbeck

https://twitter.com/dbrodbeck

http://davebrodbeck.com/about-me/

The Tangential Convergence Podcast

http://www.tangentialconvergence.com

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Tribalism - Andrew Heaton

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:49:36 GMT

What is tribalism, where does it come from, and is it necessary for modern life in a global world? Host Tom Merritt discusses all this and more with comedian, writer, and podcaster Andrew Heaton.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Andrew Heaton.

Notes and Links:

Andrew Heaton:

Andrew Heaton 🎩 (@MightyHeaton) / Twitter

https://mightyheaton.com/

The Political Orphanage

Robert Putnam - Bowling Alone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone

Jason Feifer - Build for Tomorrow (formerly The Pessimist's Archive)

https://www.jasonfeifer.com/build-for-tomorrow/

Arnold Kling - The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides

https://www.libertarianism.org/books/three-languages-politics

Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Righteous_Mind

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Welcome to the Front Room

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 04:15:28 GMT

Tom Merritt introduces his new podcast bringing you conversations, not about what to think, but how to think.

Featuring Tom Merritt, Dave Brodbeck, Andrew Heaton, Annalen Newitz, and Lamarr Wilson.

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