Shows

While I was off in Las Vegas for Blog World Expo, Andre Blackman of New Media Strategies joined the show with special guest host Jimmy Gardner.

Was one of the more interesting shows as the two discussed public health. Later, callers including Shireen Mitchell added more interestingness.

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Great show on a new night tonight. Jim Long, NBC Cameraman extraordinairre, joined us tonight and talked about a wider variety of topics surrounding Twitter, where he is a rockstar of sorts.

We also dove into the age old question about blogging and journalism and later in the show, the deeper question of relationships in the online world.

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There was a last minute change due to a personal matter that Rep. John Culberson had come up, that prevented him from being able to join the show. We will get him on for another date.

Marco Nunez joined the show instead. Marco is certainly a friend of the show and I had every intention of having him on the show, so it all worked out.

Marco ran the field operations for John McCain’s Iowa campaign and brings a wealth of insight to the show. He is a conservative and a Republican but highly bipartisan with clear thinking. It’s always fun to discuss politics with someone who refuses to be a partisan hawk.

Marco and I discussed the “Clinton Convention” and, oh yeah, Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. We then talked about John McCain’s pick for Vice President, Sarah Palin, before Marco flipped the tables on me and dug out my reasoning for voting for Obama, despite being a conservative.

All around good show.

Heads up, the next show will be on our new Tuesday night time slot at 9pm EDT. It will air live on Sept 16. Join me then.

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This evening, we welcomed Chris Baskind to the show. We discussed the pros and cons of various alternative forms of energy for cars, homes, businesses and even servers.

Chris is a compelling guest that has a lot to say about conservation, in particular. We really didn’t get into conservation until the very end, but it may be the one way we can get through the next 10-15 years while the market figures out what to do about rising energy costs.

Thanks again, Chris, for joining the show. I enjoyed it.

Listen now to episode 7.

First of all, thank you to Jimmy Gardner for filling in for me while I was in San Francisco and to Ben Yoskovitz for joining the show and being an absolute pro through technical difficulties.

What the guys don’t know is that I called in and listened to 10 minutes of the show on my phone while I was sitting in a session at WordCamp. These guys are great.

The show was multi-faceted in an interesting way. Ben described StandoutJobs, a B2B HR tool that allows hiring companies to put destination portals online for job seekers. At taking the poll that is open.

Until next week.

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I welcomed Jesse Newburn to the show tonight to get her perspective on the generational cycles. Jessie explained her philosophy on generational cycles, prophet, nomad, hero and artist - and what history tells us our future holds.

It was a fascinating conversation and quite controversial witht he chat exploding about outrageous claims. For my part, the show was great. Although very philosophical, the trends are historical fact making Jessie’s insight something more than conjecture.

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Update: Jessie followed the show by posting a list of resources for your perusal.

Another episode in the can. Thanks, Liz Strauss for joining me tonight.

In the first half hour, Liz and I talked about the 260 blog “Auto Blog” playoff where she “broke the internet”. Liz also talked about how she fought the math and ran into a few hiccups along the way. She ran 1 post a minute for 260 minutes and ended up 3 times the number of visits to her site.

Liz comments that she never does anything for the marketing aspect and does things just because she likes talking to people.

I noted that Liz is really very similar to what she was when she began blogging and I think that consistency is key to her success.

In the second half of the show, Liz discusses things that matter to her most: the gap between the virtual (internet) world and the concrete world. An example is “community” or “conversation” in the concrete world being more about Omaha, Nebraska or sitting on a patio talking.

She comments that people who haven’t experienced the internet don’t really get the full interaction of the internet.

Other topics included literacy and entrepreneurship.

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Tonight, I welcomed Dr. Philip Merrill to the program. Dr. Merrill is the author of several books and a tremendous collector of historical archives, specifically surrounding African American history.

We spent the hour with stories from the The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway, a book written from the first hand account of an black soldier who, today, is 90 years old.

We did a giveaway of a signed copy of the book during the show. Erin Kotecki Vest won the giveaway, signed by Dr. Merrill and William Grace, the soldier. Go Erin!

We also were read letters from Frederick Douglass.

Toward the end of the show, we shifted gears to discuss a seemingly lost generation and the rescue of culture, both black and otherwise.

Thank you, Dr. Merrill for sharing your insights. Follow him on Twitter.

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Fun show tonight.

Jared Goralnick, the CEO of AwayFind joins guest co-host Jimmy Gardner, joined us to talk about email management and productivity much like I’ve been talking about in my Email Ninjahood series.

Later in the show, we enjoyed an open line surrounding a segment I’ve heard over at Ron Smith’s WBAL show occasionally. The segment was “Someone Had to Say It” and gave everyone a chance to gripe about things like friends wanting free consulting services, etc.

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If you like what you hear, consider reviewing the show on iTunes as well.

Also, congratulations to Shaun Farrell for winning the one year subscription to Shuttlebus from our friends over at Freshbooks. Congratulations and thanks for listening, Shaun.

You can listen to Episode 2.