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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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News from Tolkien

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Tolkien, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 15 stories have been published about Tolkien which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Yahoo

'Rings of Power' battle scenes left much to be desired, according to fans. What the Siege of Eregion got wrong for Tolkien heads.

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Gizmodo

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Rings of Power's Grand Spectacle Hides Its Realest Riches

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Yahoo

Yahoo

'Rings of Power' Season 2 is almost over. What a Tolkien expert has to say about the hit-and-miss series.

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Engadget

Engadget

Tales of the Shire, a cozy life sim with Hobbits, has been delayed until 2025

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Ars Technica

Ars Technica

My dead father is “writing” me notes again

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Yahoo

Yahoo

'Rings of Power' welcomes Tom Bombadil, more fan-favorite Tolkien characters to the series: How their quests serve a bigger purpose

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Gizmodo

Gizmodo

Bear McCreary Wants to Bring an Obscure Lord of the Rings Song to Rings of Power

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Upworthy

Upworthy

Nazis demanded to know if ‘The Hobbit’ author was Jewish. He responded with a high-class burn.

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Yahoo

Yahoo

'The Rings of Power' returns for Season 2, and so do its critiques. What fans and critics are saying about the new episodes.

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Mashable

Mashable

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2: Who is the Dark Wizard?

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Verge

Verge

The Rings of Power season 2 is an even stronger expansion of Tolkien’s mythos

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Mashable

Mashable

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2 review: Darkness looks good on Middle-earth

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Yahoo

Yahoo

'The Rings of Power' breaks the mold for TV. That isn't always a good thing.

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Gizmodo

Gizmodo

Rings of Power's Charles Edwards Is Relishing His Doomed Character

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Rings of Power Reveals a Mysterious New Evil Wizard

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