Triangulation (Audio) - Triangulation 421: John Hodgman: Medallion Status - True Stories and Complimentary Upgrades

Triangulation 421: John Hodgman: Medallion Status - True Stories and Complimentary Upgrades

11/08/19 • 69 min

Famed writer, comedian, and actor John Hodgman (though not nearly as those two corgis from Instagram) returns to join Mikah Sargent to discuss his latest book Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms. They examine status, fame, and identity; and dive into how to make the perfect hard-boiled egg, how a nude scene with an oboe relates to vulnerability, and how celebrity has evolved.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

Guest: John Hodgman

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Host: Mikah Sargent

Guest: John Hodgman

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Triangulation 420: Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler - This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World

Yancey Strickler is the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter and joins Jason Howell to talk about his new book, This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World. They discuss the crowdfunding platform's transition into a public-benefit corporation, leading to Yancey's book, which details a philosophy and framework for building a society that looks beyond "financial maximization" and more towards other values like community, purpose, and sustainability.

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Guest: Yancey Strickler

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Brett Frischmann is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, Villanova University and joins Denise Howell to discuss his book, co-authored with Evan Selinger, 'Re-Engineering Humanity.' They talk about what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments.

Host: Denise Howell

Guest: Brett Frischmann

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