Great Reads Podcast Selections

I wanted to share this great interview I recorded this week with one of my favorite writers, Jonathan Taplin. Jonathan Taplin is a writer, producer, and Director Emeritus of the ⁠Annenberg Innovation Lab⁠  at the University of Southern California. He's had an amazing career as outlined in his book ⁠The Magic Years⁠ and recently published a new book, ⁠The End of Reality⁠ , about the failure of our...

In this episode we talk to writer Peter Cohen about his take on connected health and how to stay optimistic in awful times. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Jason Kneen is a developer and Dad who has been working and thinking about IoT for kids and families. In this episode, we talk about the future of the smart home. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Author Lindsay Goldwert has written a new book on BDSM, power, and growth ( https://www.amazon.com/Bow-Down-Lessons-Dominatrixes-Everything-ebook/dp/B07TFB5339/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=goldwert&qid=1576168541&sr=8-1 ) . It's an amazing read and she joins us to talk about her experiences and the women she talked to as she built it from concept to finished product. Get full access to Great Reads By John...

This week we have Ryan Cousineau, an amateur futurist with some interesting ideas on energy and future cities. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

In honor of our 200th episode please enjoy the first episode, an interview with Mark Stevenson writer of An Optimist's Tour Of The Future and a reluctant futurist. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Boldan, founder of YaJoe, talks to us about the future of undies. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to patent attorney Krista Contino Saumby who talks to us about patents, the Godly Powers, and the future of international inventors. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Josh Fruhlinger is an editor at ThinkNum and in this interview he talks about the changes in media over the past decade. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Pamela McCorduck has written a new book about her experience writing about and researching AI. ( https://www.amazon.com/Machines-Who-Think-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1568812051 ) She joined us to talk about what has changed and where things are going. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Nima Asghari is already thinking about a world of abundance. What that means - and where we're headed - is anyone's guess. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Economist Taha Arvas doesn't think the current crop of cryptocurrencies will survive the next 20 years. He explains why. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Jason Kneen is a developer and Dad who has been working and thinking about IoT for kids and families. In this episode we talk about the future of the smart home. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Entrepreneur and general Renaissance man Arlo Gilbert is joining us to talk about the future of health, robots, and why Google got out of the Big Dog industry. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Dr. Aleksander Poniewierski is an author and consultant for EY. In this episode he talks about his work and his new book, SPEED. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we learn about AI from Jana Eggers, CEO of Nara Logics and creator of smart tools for big data. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

IoT PhD Vasileios Nasis ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAAvlMwBOwVlG-ot8mR0UqFUbrChi8wTt6A/ )  talks about the future of connectivity. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Jorim Holtey-Weber is a life coach and a lecturer. In this episode we talk about meditation and mindfulness. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This time we talk to Bitcoin entrepreneur Haseeb Awan who is a little bearish on finance but bullish on the rise of the East and the changes afoot globally Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

If you've ever wanted a crash course in quantum computing, this is it. Jim Clarke is in charge of QPU research at Intel and he runs down exactly how we should all be thinking about this amazing new tech. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Mark Burstiner ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUqZE3MpxMYKrfgvZ2qzsOw ) is the founder of  Baeond.com ( https://t.co/SgYnt0Mg90 ) , a fascinating blockchain card game. In this podcast we talk about getting into the game and how it feels to see the world unravel. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Tiger Tyagarajan is the CEO of Genpact and employs 86,000 people. He knows a thing or two about the future of work. In this episode we go deep on the problems of human replacement and pessimism. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Richard Clarke's latest book is called the Fifth Domain and it outlines what has change - and not changed - since his first book on cyberwar written a decade ago. Clarke is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism under President Clinton. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Mitch is the founder of ScanMyPhotos and has never been one to back down from a fight. In this early episode Mitch talks about his experience taking on big business. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to Jameson Lopp, a bitcoin/blockchain expert who tells us about the future of trust. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe