Best Neil D Brown Podcasts (2025)

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The Week in Geek - Cinemacon Recap, Naked Gun Trailer and Atomfall Review TWIG 04-06-25 50:12

12h ago50:12

50:12

This week we are guest free and have a lot of Top Nerd News to cover. First off we review the new "Naked Gun" trailer and the new "Tron" trailer that actually looks tight. This week in Skungy's pick of the week we review "Atomfall" a very British Fallout. Finally we roll out a new segment, "Run Away or Running To" where Skungy and D2 decide wether …

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The Week in Geek - Garrett Manuel Cyphacon Showrunner & Kostya Kennedy Author of "The Ride" TWIG 03-30-25 48:29

12h ago48:29

48:29

This week we have 2 guests! First is Kostya Kennedy Author of "The Ride". Kostya talks about The Ride of Paul Revere and has some new information about the famous ride! Later we are joined by Garrett Manuel Cyphacon Showrunner to talk about this years event. Finally in Top Nerd News, Skungy and D2 discuss the character reveals for Avengers : Doomsd…

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The Week in Geek Presents - Actor David Dastmalchin of Late Night with the Devil, Dune, The Suicide Sqaud and more! 6:41

1d ago6:41

6:41

Actor David Dastmalchin of Late Night with the Devil, Dune, The Suicide Sqaud and more, joins the show! We discuss his latest film "Late Night with the Devil" and his tour of Film Festivlas promoting the movie. Later both D Squared's talk about his early influences, and love of New Orleans. Finally, D2 pitches a movie concept for a sequel to "Late …

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On Postactivism, Justice & Decolonization with BAYO AKOMOLAFE - Highlights 10:13

3d ago10:13

10:13

“So, post-activism is not ‘post-activism’ in the sense of being after activism. It is not supposed to be a through line to results or resolutions or solutions.” Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, psychologist, writer, public intellectual, and the founder of the Emergence Network. His work, which he names post-activism, marks an earth-wide effort …

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The Future of Activism: When Solutions Become Problems w/ BAYO AKOMOLAFE 41:30

3d ago41:30

41:30

“I learn more than anything else from my children. My son, he's seven, he's autistic, and I call him my prophet for a reason. He teaches me to meet myself in ways that are usually very stunning. I can get information from other people; I can read a book here and there, but it's very rare to come across such an embodiment of grace, possibility, and …

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On Postactivism, Justice & Decolonization with BAYO AKOMOLAFE - Highlights 10:13

3d ago10:13

10:13

“So, post-activism is not ‘post-activism’ in the sense of being after activism. It is not supposed to be a through line to results or resolutions or solutions.” Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, psychologist, writer, public intellectual, and the founder of the Emergence Network. His work, which he names post-activism, marks an earth-wide effort …

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The Future of Activism: When Solutions Become Problems w/ BAYO AKOMOLAFE 41:29

3d ago41:29

41:29

“I learn more than anything else from my children. My son, he's seven, he's autistic, and I call him my prophet for a reason. He teaches me to meet myself in ways that are usually very stunning. I can get information from other people; I can read a book here and there, but it's very rare to come across such an embodiment of grace, possibility, and …

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I Don’t Want To Live Here Anymore 12:36

3d ago12:36

12:36

In this episode, Neil responds to a Mom struggling with what went wrong and what to do now that her daughter has moved out and is living with her grandmother. *** Have a question for Neil? Submit it now for discussion on a future episode of The Healthy Family Connections Podcast: http://neildbrown.com/submit 📘 Buy the book: https://neildbrown.com/b…

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KATIE KITAMURA on Language, Identity & the Search for Agency - Highlights 10:04

6d ago10:04

10:04

“This novel is the third in what I see as a little set of books that all feature unnamed female protagonists who have experienced varying degrees of passivity and agency in their lives. They're all women who speak the words of other people.” Katie Kitamura is the author five novels, most recently Audition and Intimacies, which was named one of the …

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Art, Performance & the Illusion of Agency - KATIE KITAMURA on her new novel AUDITION 32:31

6d ago32:31

32:31

“I'm really interested in the formal aspect of characters who are channeling language, who are speaking the words of other people, and in characters who are aware of how little agency they actually have, who have passivity forced upon them, who perhaps even embrace their passivity to a certain extent but eventually seek out where they can enact the…

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Journalism, Digital Fragmentation, and Fact-checking, with Neil Brown 49:25

8d ago49:25

49:25

Neil Brown, President of the Poytner Institute for Media Studies, discusses the challenges facing journalism. We discuss the concept of media trust, changing revenue models, and the challenges for journalism posed by digital fragmentation. Neil also shares his thoughts on fact-checking and Politifact.com, and we end with a discussion of AI's implic…

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JARON LANIER on Tech, Music, Creativity & Who Owns the Future - Highlights 13:29

9d ago13:29

13:29

“What I meant when I said there is no AI is that I don't think we serve ourselves well when we put our own technology up as if it were a new God that we created. I think we confuse ourselves too easily. This goes back to Alan Turing, the main founder of computer science, who had this idea of the Turing test. In the test, you can't tell whether the …

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AI, Virtual Reality & Dawn of the New Everything w/ JARON LANIER, Father of VR, Musician, Author 49:13

10d ago49:13

49:13

“AI is obviously the dominant topic in tech lately, and I think occasionally there's AI that's nonsense, and occasionally there's AI that's great. I love finding new proteins for medicine and so on. I don't think we serve ourselves well when we put our own technology up as if it were a new God that we created. I think we're really getting a little …

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The Week in Geek Presents - Actor Clancy Brown aka Mr Krabs & Actor Luke Cook from the CW's Good Cop Bad Cop 9:08

13d ago9:08

9:08

Actor Clancy Brown aka Mr Krabs & Actor Luke Cook from the CW's Good Cop Bad Cop join the show to talk about their new series. D2 asks Clancy if his new character on Good Cop Bad Cop is another famous character he's played in other movies. We're also given a suprise visit from Mr Krabs himself. See Good Cop Bad Cop Wednsedays at 8pm Centtral time o…

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The Week in Geek Presents - Actor Danny Trejo 6:39

13d ago6:39

6:39

ICYMI - Danny Trejo stops by to talk about his new movie, Gracie and Pedro - Pets to the Rescue. Also we talk about his new flcik "7 Cemeteries" and Danny Trejo day in Los Angeles! Later Danny and D2 talk about how he got his start in the movie business while visiting a friend on set. All that and more on The Week in Geek with D Squared. Sunday nig…

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Why is there so much conflict over people, land and resources? AUDREA LIM - Highlights 11:37

16d ago11:37

11:37

“When I first started writing this book, it really foregrounded the problems within our land ownership system, which treats land as a commodity. The way we talk about land and issues like racial and food justice reflects this. We tend to focus on the problems, attaching big concepts to them, such as racial justice or environmental justice. I realiz…

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Why is there so much conflict over people, land and resources? AUDREA LIM - Highlights 11:37

16d ago11:37

11:37

“When I first started writing this book, it really foregrounded the problems within our land ownership system, which treats land as a commodity. The way we talk about land and issues like racial and food justice reflects this. We tend to focus on the problems, attaching big concepts to them, such as racial justice or environmental justice. I realiz…

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Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy? JAMES FISHKIN - Highlights 14:02

16d ago14:02

14:02

“The three ills of democracy that I propose to address with this method, which we've perfected over the last several decades. Democracy is supposed to make some connection with the "will of the people." But how can we estimate the will of the people when everyone is trying to manipulate it?” James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in Interna…

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Free the Land: How We Can Fight Poverty & Climate Chaos with AUDREA LIM 50:10

17d ago50:10

50:10

Why is there so much conflict over people, land, and resources? How can we rethink capitalism and land ownership to create a fairer, more equitable society? Audrea Lim is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and journalist whose work focuses on land, energy, and the environment. Her writing has appeared in TheNew Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, the N…

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Free the Land: How We Can Fight Poverty & Climate Chaos with AUDREA LIM 50:10

17d ago50:10

50:10

Why is there so much conflict over people, land, and resources? How can we rethink capitalism and land ownership to create a fairer, more equitable society? Audrea Lim is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and journalist whose work focuses on land, energy, and the environment. Her writing has appeared in TheNew Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, the N…

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How can we meet the Climate Accords thru Environmental Credit Solutions? with BILL FLEDERBACH 50:49

20d ago50:49

50:49

How can we meet the Paris Climate Accords through Environmental Credit Solutions? Bill Flederbach is the President & CEO of ClimeCo and is a respected leader in the global environmental commodities market. Following his favorite motto, “To make a difference each day and always do the next right thing,” Bill has created scalable Greenhouse Gas reduc…

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AI and Political Campaigns, with Dr. Michael D. Cohen 42:00

22d ago42:00

42:00

Dr. Michael D. Cohen, CEO of Cohen Research Group and author of Modern Political Campaigns, shares how artificial intelligence is impacting political campaigns. We discuss how AI is like an automated staffer, and what types of human involvement is still needed to craft a winning strategy. We also examine AI's role in generating copy like social med…

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Teach Your Teen Impulse Control - Part 2 9:01

24d ago9:01

9:01

In this episode, Neil follows last week’s podcast where he responds to parents struggling with their young teenager’s lack of impulse control. In this episode, Neil offers a second way to help their teenager improve and he demonstrates how to go about it. *** Hi, I'm Neil D. Brown, psychotherapist, author, and podcaster. I've evolved a model for pa…

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What is Deliberative Democracy & How Can it Serve Society? w/ JAMES S. FISHKIN 49:08

25d ago49:08

49:08

“Deliberative democracy is itself, when properly done, a kind of democracy that can speak to the interests of a community. And we need that all over the world.” James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he is Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), Se…

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The Imagination Emporium with Fmr. VP of Innovation & Creativity at Disney DUNCAN WARDLE 28:19

28d ago28:19

28:19

How can we free our minds to cultivate curiosity, innovation, and creativity in our daily lives? In this age of AI, where creative tasks are increasingly being performed for us, what is intelligence? And what is the future of education? Duncan Wardle was Vice President of Innovation and Creativity at Disney and has helped organizations like Apple, …

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Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education with JESSE HAGOPIAN 53:11

28d ago53:11

53:11

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with activist and educator Jesse Hagopian about his new book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. They talk about the assault on public education that takes the form of criminalizing the truth itself. They note both the powerful corporate forces behin…

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Teach Your Teen Impulse Control - Part 1 12:57

1M ago12:57

12:57

In this episode, Neil responds to parents struggling with their young teenager’s lack of impulse control. Neil offers a positive way to help their teenager improve and demonstrates how to go about it. This is the first of 2 podcasts on this topic. *** Hi, I'm Neil D. Brown, psychotherapist, author, and podcaster. I've evolved a model for parents of…

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Feminism in the 21st Century 17:10

1M ago17:10

17:10

How has feminism changed in light of the way we live now? DEAN SPADE (Author of Love in a F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together) on recognizing political conditions in personal relationships. MARILYN MINTER (Artist, Feminist) on sexual agency, beauty & her creative process. TEY MEADOW (Author of Trans Kids: Bein…

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The Hidden Humans Behind Artificial Intelligence & the Sociopathology of Elon Musk 59:27

1M ago59:27

59:27

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Sarah T. Roberts about the hidden humans behind Artificial Intelligence, which is reliant on executives and business managers to direct AI to promote their brand and low-level, out-sourced, and poorly paid content managers to slog through masses of images, words…

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Getting Earned Privileges Right 10:28

1M ago10:28

10:28

Do you find yourself in a cycle of giving and taking away privileges to get your teenager to simply do their work? These parents do and Neil helps them understand how to use the shift from giving kids Consequences to giving them Earned Privileges, why it works and how to apply it in real life. We talk about that and a whole lot more on this week’s …

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"Carbon is really a flow that animates everything we love, everything that's alive on this planet." - PAUL HAWKEN - Highlights 14:52

1M ago14:52

14:52

“We've lost over 70 percent, 73 percent, I think the latest data indicates, of wildlife and mammals in the last 50 years. That’s just shocking when you get that data, but then you ask, what can I do? What can I do? I wanted to move away from any guilt or compulsion because it doesn't work to talk to people that way. After 50 years of climate being …

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CARBON: The Book of Life with PAUL HAWKEN 57:10

1M ago57:10

57:10

“We have 1.2 trillion carbon molecules in every cell. We have around 30 trillion cells, and that’s us. So carbon is really a flow that animates everything we love, enjoy, eat, and all plant life, all sea life—everything that's alive on this planet—is animated by the flow of carbon. “ Paul Hawken is a renowned environmentalist, entrepreneur, author,…

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"Carbon is really a flow that animates everything we love, everything that's alive on this planet." - PAUL HAWKEN - Highlights 14:52

1M ago14:52

14:52

“We've lost over 70 percent, 73 percent, I think the latest data indicates, of wildlife and mammals in the last 50 years. That’s just shocking when you get that data, but then you ask, what can I do? What can I do? I wanted to move away from any guilt or compulsion because it doesn't work to talk to people that way. After 50 years of climate being …

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CARBON: The Book of Life with PAUL HAWKEN 57:10

1M ago57:10

57:10

“We have 1.2 trillion carbon molecules in every cell. We have around 30 trillion cells, and that’s us. So carbon is really a flow that animates everything we love, enjoy, eat, and all plant life, all sea life—everything that's alive on this planet—is animated by the flow of carbon. “ Paul Hawken is a renowned environmentalist, entrepreneur, author,…

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