FMC Fast Chat

Be in the know in under five minutes: FMC Fast Chat brings you even faster commentary on media and culture. In this episode, you are the guest as Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement talks to you about a troubling trend happening inside newsrooms today. Is the art of telling the truth at odds with the modern media landscape?  Jaci Clement regularly writes on media and culture,...

How to build a company that stands the test of time is the focus of this episode of FMC Fast Chat featuring Jim McCann, Founder and Executive Chairman of 1800-FLOWERS.COM.  Starting with a single floral shop in 1976, McCann built 1800-FLOWERS.COM into a household name, and today the company includes such notable brands as Harry & David, Cheryl's Cookies and Simply Chocolate under its umbrella. McC...

In this special episode of FMC Fast Chat, Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement talks to you directly to provide tips and advice designed for you, your family, your kids and your friends for how to deal with news coverage when it is severe and upsetting, at a most timely time, while the war in the Ukraine rages on. Be in the know in less than 10 minutes. Learn more about your ad...

At 10 years old, Mary Alice Williams decided she wanted to tell news stories. Now, as she looks back on a career spanning more than 50 years, we discover two things happened: She not only reported the news stories that shaped our history, she also blazed trails everywhere she went. In this fast-moving Fast Chat, we cover the timely -- what's up with CNN, the Cable News Network Williams' helped cre...

In this episode, we Fast Chat about why those billionaires are blasting themselves into space and how today's fifth-graders are key to building a space industry -- estimated be to in the trillions -- that may ultimately save the planet earth. Our guest is the notable and ever-so-lively Janet Ivey, President of Explore Mars Inc. and Creator of the award-winning and nationally syndicated children's...

In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, America's foremost presidential historian Douglas Brinkley grades Biden's first year, offers up some advice for the Cabinet, and tells us how he really feels about The 1619 Project from The New York Times. FMC Fast Chat is the podcast of the Fair Media Council and is hosted by Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement. Douglas Brinkley is the Kather...

Often referred to as the "Pandemic Prophet," noted science journalist Laurie Garrett chats with us about the COVID 19 pandemic, the state of global health, whether or not it really is safe to wear masks, politics, and so much more. Be in the know in 30ish minutes. Laurie Garrett wrote her first bestselling book, THE COMING PLAGUE: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, while splitting...

We’re all spending too much time online, but when does too much turn into addiction? How do we create a healthy life/tech balance? We chat with one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic, Dr. David Greenfield, founder and clinical director of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. Be in the know in 30 minutes.  Dr. David Greenfield is the founder of The Center for Internet and Tec...

Just in time to save your Thanksgiving dinner from turning into a war zone, FMC Fast Chats with renowned expert Peter T. Coleman, Ph. D. who gives us an inside look at polarization, how it has developed over time, and what to do to overcome our conflicts. Be in the know in 30(ish) minutes. Street cred check: A gifted storyteller, Peter T. Coleman, Ph. D. is the author of “The Way Out: Overcoming T...

Can Twitter remove your tweet? How are current events such as Black Lives Matter and mask mandate protests challenging Americans' rights to protest? Just how much does the average American know about the First Amendment, anyway? The ongoing fight over the First Amendment, its rights and responsibilities, and common misconceptions is the focus of this chat with featured guest Gene Policinski, Senio...

In this episode, we chat with Jon Allsop, who writes a daily newsletter about the media industry for the Columbia Journalism Review, and features and columns on media and politics for magazines including the New York Review of Books, The Nation, and Foreign Policy. His award-winning investigative reporting on the global lottery industry has appeared in outlets in the United States and South Africa...

What is it about the news today that makes Americans so lose their minds? In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, we ask the expert: Dr. Benjamin Toff, Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. Dr. Toff chats with us on the latest Trust in News survey results, and what it is about the news today that polarizes American audiences. Ok, politic...

Creativity, innovation and finding your superpower is what this episode of FMC Fast Chat is all about! Our featured guest is Abigail Posner, director of Google's BrandUnit, a creative think tank for agencies and brands. As a thought leader, author, manager and corporate executive, Abigail Posner inspires people to view business challenges and everyday behaviors through a more human lens that celeb...

In this episode, we chat with NoW of Work's Rocky Ozaki, the go-to guy for what your organization needs to be doing right now to build back better than it was before the pandemic hit. Ozaki's holistic approach to work emphasizes not simply skills and technology, but culture and humanity, as keys to success in the new normal. Hosted by Jaci Clement, Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director. www....

More than 25 years in the magazine industry have taught Meaghan B Murphy how to put life through the fun filter, and it's evident in all that she does. As editor in chief of Woman's Day magazine, she ensures millions of readers learn how to "holiday hard." Her newly released book, "Your Fully Charged Life: A Radically Simple Approach to Having Endless Energy and Filling Every Day with Yay," shares...

While journalism has always been a dangerous job, two major issues -- COVID19 and social media -- are posing new challenges for those seeking to shine a light into the darkest corners of the globe. In this episode, we get an inside look at what threats journalists around the world are facing today, simply for doing their jobs. Our guest is Colin Pereira, the Chief Strategist for Journalism Safety...

As Executive Director of the Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation, Dan Shelley focuses much of his time fighting for press freedoms, which have eroded in recent years. Find out how that happened, why it happened, and what he intends to do about it in this FMC Fast Chat with host Jaci Clement. About Dan Shelley Dan Shelley is Executive Director of the Radio Television Digital Ne...

In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, Entrepreneur Magazine Editor in Chief Jason Feifer takes us for a quick ride through the history of innovation to illustrate just how bright the future looks, noting that times of great crises (COVID19 pandemic, anyone?) spurs entrepreneurship to new levels. Along the way, he offers up anecdotes and even drops a few names -- which he totally gets away with because...

In this episode, we chat with Northwell Health President and CEO Michael J Dowling and how he has risen to become one of healthcare's great leaders. His newly released memoir titled, After the Roof Caved In: An immigrant's journey from Ireland to America, provides the background for this chat -- but, so, too, is his philosophy on life, his leadership style, and how he and his healthcare team manag...

In this episode, we invite you to take a stroll through the last 50 years of radio, music and American history with the legendary Cousin Brucie Morrow, one of broadcasting's most popular and successful personalities. From how he got his start in radio, to the best and worst of technology, to the power of Motown to bridge the racial divide and how he credits the Beatles for saving the music industr...

In this episode, US Presidential Historian and best-selling author Douglas Brinkley talks history and current events to help us make sense of America today -- no easy feat, but Brinkley does it seamlessly, illustrating exactly why he's been dubbed "America's New Past Master" by the Chicago Tribune. Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice...

While we were distracted by politics, artificial intelligence advanced by leaps and bounds. Deep fake artistry is now so believable that, in the wrong hands, it can be dangerous. In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, go inside the world of computer scientist Hao Li, reputedly the best deep fake artist on the planet. (You may have seen his visual effects work in Furious 7 or The Hobbit: The Battle of t...

As we move from the “new normal” to the “next normal,” what will happen to philanthropy and the concept of giving? There’s no one better to discuss this with than our featured guest.  Timothy J. McClimon is President of the American Express Foundation and Senior Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility, American Express, where he directs the company’s global philanthropy, sustainability...

In this episode,* Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement goes Inside the Beltway with USA Today Washington Editor & Deputy Bureau Chief Caren Bohan, for a look at the challenges the Washington news media has faced through the Trump Administration and into the early days of the Biden presidency. Bohan joined USA Today in June 2018 and leads a team covering the White House and Cong...

In this FMC Fast Chat with Fair Media Council CEO and Executive Director Jaci Clement, noted U.S. Presidential Scholar Douglas Brinkley talks about America today and what history can tell us about our future. Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.  The Chicago Tri...