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In the Groove, Jazz and BeyondIn the Groove, Jazz and BeyondHard-Bop 60s and NowIn this episode we get back to a more hard-bop oriented sound, from the 1960's to new releases with roots in that more straight ahead jazz tradition. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Hank Mobley ~ This I Dig Of You ~ Soul Station Wayne Shorter ~ Tom Thumb ~ Schizophrenia Joshua Redman ~ Era's End ~ Words Fall Short Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ The Windup ~ Belonging David Borgo ~ Tanpura ~ Cycles Brandee Younger ~ Discernment ~ Gadabout Season Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 ~ The Brahms Project 2025-07-1359 min200 Dollars a Day Plus Expenses - A Rockford Files Podcast200 Dollars a Day Plus Expenses - A Rockford Files PodcastEpisode 84 - Dave and Steve Wonder if Jon is the Queen of PeruI like this title.Some great 70s stuff this week.This is a fun one.Hey some casual racism!Isn't that the guy who took creepy pics of Andy Travis and Jennifer Marlowe?(There's a plane crash this week, so we get a Jon cameo).Pop culture is lame again.Ken Swofford is awesome.Calling all you hoosiers.....mp3 download2025-06-0600 minIn the Groove, Jazz and BeyondIn the Groove, Jazz and BeyondEpisode March 16 2025A varied playlist for this week's podcast beginning with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Artemis. Later in the set we hear from piano masters Kenny Barron, Chick and McCoy. We conclude the show with alto genius Cannonball. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Hungarian Dance No. 1 ~ The Brahms Project ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE Sullivan Fortner ~ Tres Palabras ~ Southern Nights Rob Thorsen ~ Bohemia After Dark ~ Moon Ray Kenny Barron & Dave Holland ~ In Walked Bud ~ The Art of Conversation Chick Corea ~ Folk Song ~ Three Quartets McCoy Tyner ~ Contemporary Focus ~ Today and Tomorrow2025-03-1659 minAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyPRECISION INFLATION Central Tire Inflation Systems Increasing in PopularityPRECISION INFLATION Central Tire Inflation Systems Increasing in PopularityPrecision Inflation SystemsKen Brodbeck: VP of Technologyhttps://www.precisioninflation.com/https://agtiretalk.com/2024-10-0107 minAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyPRECISION INFLATION Best Equipment Investment for Central Tire Inflation SystemPRECISION INFLATION Best Equipment Investment for Central Tire Inflation SystemPrecision Inflation SystemsKen Brodbeck: VP of Technologyhttps://www.precisioninflation.com/https://agtiretalk.com/2024-10-0105 minBroca\'s AreaBroca's AreaBroken Area - Episode 553 - Face Spider HereticLot’s of technical difficulties in the past two weeks, but we’re back. Where are we back from? We are back from Kingston where we visited Ken and Jackie! It was great. We saw some cool old rare books. We went on a tour of the old Kingston Pen. Generally we hung out with our friends and it was glorious. Thanks Ken and Jackie!2024-08-2432 minBroken AreaBroken AreaEpisode 553 - Face Spider HereticLot’s of technical difficulties in the past two weeks, but we’re back.Where are we back from? We are back from Kingston where we visited Ken and Jackie!It was great.We saw some cool old rare books.We went on a tour of the old Kingston Pen.Generally we hung out with our friends and it was glorious.Thanks Ken and Jackie!2024-08-2432 minAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologySpring 2023 - Precision Inflation Deere 7R Tractor with Planter FitmentNew Product Spring 2023Precision InflationKen Brodbeck, VP of Technologyhttps://precisioninflation.com/https://agtiretalk.com/2023-03-1418 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 60 - Limited Brutality is Still BrutalityIt's been a year since Putin started his illegal invasion of Ukraine.We here at TC are staunchly pro democracy and pro Ukraine.I wonder how people feel about this in Russia?We could ask Russian.  So we did.Daniil also told us the story of his leaving Russia in March of 22.Give to the Red Cross.Give to the UNHRC.mp3 download2023-02-2500 minThe Whiskey Wednesday ShowThe Whiskey Wednesday ShowWhiskey Wednesday S3 Ep5 - Special Guest Chris Brodbeck (See Spot Run)1) Home-Ken Tizzard2) Weight Of The World-Ken Tizzard3) 1962-Ron Hynes4) Whatta ya at? Chris Brodbeck (See Spot Run)-Part 1 of interview5) On Your Mind-Ken Tizzard6) Old Dog-Ken Tizzard7) King Is Gone-George Jones8) Whatta ya at? Chris Brodbeck (See Spot Run)-Part 2 of interview-Guest performance (Song-Terrified)9) Over You-Ken Tizzard2023-02-031h 42Tangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 59 - Unrepresentative YahoosIt's Canadian National Day of Podcasting!It's also me and Ken.Hey, remember the occupation of Ottawa?  Remember the Emergencies Act?  Well  the EA requires a commission be struck to look into the use of the EA, and well, that was our jumping off point.We talked Ottawa, the October Crisis, the Conscription Crises, Jan 6 and democracies voting themselves out of existence.We also talked DS9 and Babylon 5.Enjoy episode 592022-12-0100 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 58 - For the Glory of the EmpireWe're back.Well, Ken was for a bit, then there was a LIBRARY EMERGENCY!!Gee, what'll we talk about?  How about Putin's war of choice in Ukraine?Putin knows little of the operational. art.Deception is key.This got us thinking about a lot of things, Babylon 5, DS9, Operation Mincemeat, Romans, Barbarians, the Gulf War, General Patton etc.Oh right, it was a Russia episode, so Daniil joined us again, thanks man!Please give to the Red Cross or the UNHCR to help the people o...2022-10-2300 minThe Great Canadian Talk ShowThe Great Canadian Talk ShowOct. 16 2022 - Breaking down the latest poll; Glen Murray slides as Caledon 'fixer' questions emergeEpisode 22 opens with a little Bomber talk; then a rundown of the pending/requested replies to Marty's questions (via TheJ.ca) for Mayoral candidates Shaun Loney and Rana Bokhari about antisemitism, and for Winnipeg MP Marty Morantz about whether he thinks a tax increase by the next Mayor would improve middle class prosperity or do the opposite. 8:10 - We look at the latest Leger election poll, and take it at face value in a review of the standings. Glen Murray dropped 12 points and his 25 point lead is down to 9 since CBC reported that his firing from the...2022-10-171h 29Tangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 57 - Gorby, We Hardly Knew YeIt's been a heck of a few days.The Queen died.The Russians are rushin' away (sorry...)But a couple of weeks ago Mikhail Gorbachev died.Hey wait, now that's TC material. You know what else?  I KNOW AN ACTUAL RUSSIAN!!  His name is Daniil, and he escaped Putin's totalitarian nightmare with his family six months ago.  He now lives in Vancouver.  So why not get an actual Russian on here to talk about Goby?  OK, so we did.Give to the UNHCR.  Give to the Re...2022-09-1100 minAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyFall 2022 - Precision InflationNew Product Fall 2022Precision InflationKen Brodbeck, VP of Technologyhttps://precisioninflation.com/https://agtiretalk.com/2022-09-1020 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 56 - This Book Represents a WeaponIt's another in our ongoing coverage of Putin's war in Ukraine.Lots of weapons are coming in.Lots of war crimes are happening.We talked a bit about the history of war crimes.How can you get someone to do something evil?I talked a little Asch Line Experiment.Ken has lots of books.These show notes are getting lame.We stand for democracy, we stand with Ukraine.mp3 download2022-04-2400 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 55 - The Ken and Dave Greater Co Prosperity SphereThis one is all about propaganda.Of course we've been both thinking about the topic ever since Russia invaded Ukraine.Does Putin actually believe his own propaganda?Are we swayed by propaganda (of course we are).I've. got a lot of problems with Noam Chomsky.Oh yeah, this one was recorded live and in person.mp3 download2022-03-1900 minBroca\'s AreaBroca's AreaBroken Area - Episode 427 - Masks and Little Shots of GinI think it’s spring! The war continues, but we didn’t talk about it this week. Isabelle is working on an experience visiting her studio/gallery. Maddie and Ross are visiting. Ken is visiting and we should be doing a Tangential Convergence today! Mask mandates are lifting soon. Dunno what I think about that. Wait, I know exactly what I think…. It’s Jon’s birthday soon.2022-03-1956 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 54 - Слава Україні! Героям слава!Hey it's us!Gee, what's been in the news?  Maybe the Soviet Russian invasion of Ukraine?Is this a reboot of 1918 or 1938?  (With credit to @docpinko).  We think it's more like 1918.What is Russia's end game?  We don't know, what the hell do we know about anything?Will this lead to the end for Putin?  We can only hope.Putin has put his nukes on alert, it might be the only thing he has.The Russians are the Cardassians, not the Romulans.The book...2022-02-2700 minAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyPrecision Inflation New Product Spring 2022New Product Spring 2022Precision InflationKen Brodbeck, VP of Technologyhttps://precisioninflation.com/https://agtiretalk.com/2022-02-2616 minAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire TechnologyAG Tire Talk’s Driving Yield thru Tire Technology - Precision InflationCentral Tire Inflation Systems Yield Improving PSI Management System from Precision Inflation.Interview with Ken Brodbeck, Vice-President of Technologies, Precision Inflation https://agtiretalk.com/2021-11-1131 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 53 - Decision 2020 Pre Game Show or WhateverWe recorded this one at around 7pm EST.  Some polls are closed, some are open, some people are still in line.  I conducted a completely (scientifically) useless twitter poll.  Many of our US friends voted in advance.  Many of them didn't have lines.  That said, my twitter following probably skews kinda white.  Still, it was nice of people to respond.The lineups are a sign of a fragile democracy.  That said, a lot of people voted by mail. or in advance some other way.This got us talking about democratic norms...2020-11-0400 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 52 - The All New Honda FreebeeOriginally Ken and I were going to hop on Skype and talk about reopening economies.Then, the murder of George Floyd happened.So, we couldn't not talk about that.  So we did.  Though, really, we agree that white people ought to be doing a lot more listening and a lot less talking right now.  We of course both agree that Black Lives Matter.This of course is all happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.So, is this 1968?  Canada is doing something like a UBI that people thought about a lot back then.  There are p...2020-06-0400 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 51 - Chock Full of PlaguesActual t shirt that I'm wearing as I type thisWe're back, and better than ever.  Oh and there's a plague and we're all working from home.Also, Ken is now in entirely different city, so we're doing this over Skype for the first time.So of course we're talking COVID, we're talking bubonic plague and other stuff.  Other stuff being the 1918 Influenza epidemic for example, and AIDS in the 1980s.Babylon 5 is full of plagues.  Star Trek, every Star Trek series, is really chock full of plagues.Hey wait, that's not a bad tit...2020-04-1000 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 50 - Timely, Topical, Terrifying and TomLive from MMPR 2019, it's Tangential Convergence!Yeah, so I'm typing this up on the Sunday before we all meetup for the goodbye breakfast of MMPR. It was good fun.It was Ken's first TC, and Tom's as well. We talked about the history of military parades, what with the oddness of the recent July 4 parade.The audio is ok, there was some music playing in the background, and it was a little loud.  Apparently also the audience couldn't hear us.....We hope you enjoy the episode. mp3 d...2019-07-0700 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 49 - I Can't Even Throw Away PaintHey look, it's us!Also, we streamed this one live.  Sorta cool right?  Of course we peaked at three listeners, still...Evil Bond villain Elon Musk launched a bunch of satellites.  It's pretty crazy.SpaceX is like the British East India Company, or the Company of a Hundred Associates.Elon Musk may be odd, but, he never ran the Congo or anything.Oh these satellites might change our night sky. mp3 download2019-05-2800 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 48 - You Need Three People For PropagandaOK, we're back after a long hiatus.Ken has merged with a new kidney, and he's doing much better thank you.We started out by talking about the SNC Lavalin affair here in Canada at the request of friend of the show, Tom Merritt.  We gave our impressions on the affair.This got us to talking about fake news, and the recent BuzzFeed News Article about how the olds share more fake news.Then we got to Star Trek, Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica. mp3 download2019-04-0900 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 47 - Ward Cleaver Was Really Into Cock FightingHey, we're back!If anything gets us back to talking it is overreach by a company with a bit of copyright!I'm using too many exclamation points!So, a guy who had bought a movie from Apple went to re download his purchase, and it turns out, he didn't really buy the movie.  He bought a license to download it, depending on its availability in the iTunes store.Plus, the EU is going all crazy again.....We talked Dr. Johnson, dystopias, the future of newspapers and the Peninsular Wars.2018-09-1800 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 46 - A Warehouse Full of Minitel TerminalsYup, we're back.  Don't worry, we just took a little break.So, today is Isabelle's birthday, so there's that.Our topic though, is not birthdays, but, the recent fine the European Union has slapped on Google.  The deal here is, that if you make an Android phone, and you want to use the google play store, you can't fork Android.  I mean, you CAN, but then you don't get the play store.  The EU doesn't like this much.This brought me in mind of the unequal treaties imposed on China, Japan and Korea (by Japa...2018-07-2000 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 45 - Sending Your Scribe to John Grisham's PlaceEveryone sing along.  It's Tom Merritt's birthday.Today, or tonight really, we're tackling a topic we've spoken of before, cloud computing.  Yeah, that was back in episode 12, that file is long gone....Today at work there was a presentation about G Suite for education.  Hey the university gets google tools for free!  Also, no ads, and no data collected.  So that's cool, and that's why we're talking about this tonight.What's the deal on those things that Picard signs?  Is he accepting TOSs?  Hey, wait, in TOS Kirk was always signing things! We like...2018-06-2900 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 44 - Churchill as a ServiceLook, another episode!Look, another episode about copyrights!Look, the EU is being silly again!  Is it censorship?  I dunno.  I'm sure Ken will know much more about this than I, because of his librarianosity.What if you could make copies of people's consciousness?  Would you?  What about renting out someone's 'soul' to be used as, oh say, a university administrator.Oh, Ken's daughter graduated from grade 8, congrats to her.We hope you enjoy our ramblings. mp3 download2018-06-2200 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 43 - The Small Pencil Manufacturing Trade Association Has a GrievanceDo you have it?Can you feel it?Election fever has gripped Ontario!  OK, look, I'm not so sure I have election fever, it might just be some bad clams.  As I write this it looks like it'll be four years of bad clams.Oh for the first time we had voting machines!  The company that made them is Canadian and has no ties to Russia, that we know of....However, elections are a great podcast topic.  So, that's what we did.  Ancient Greece, Rome, the Polish monarchy, the Galactic Senate, me quitt...2018-06-0800 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 42 - Quarter PoundorAnother week, another episode of The Expanse, and, another TC.Oh remember, you heard it here first that the Expanse was going to be picked up by Amazon.Speaking of Amazon, this article on Engadget caught our eyes.  FAKES!  Apparently there's a lot of stuff on Amazon that is fake.  I remember eBay dealing with that a lot when I was a seller back in the late 90s and early 2000s. I promised my Russian friend Dan that I'd mention him, and The Warlock in Spite of Himself series.  I have now fulfilled my cont...2018-06-0100 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 41- Parking Tickets For Their ShuttlepodsI just announced on twitter that I'm currently writing this post, so I guess I ought to get to it.So, how about that Trump/Kim summit?  Yeah, no, that's not happening.  I don't know about you, but it strikes me that this was Kim's plan all along.  Try for ridiculous concessions (US troops out of South Korea) then when that doesn't happen, embarrass Trump!  Who knew a reality TV star could get pwned by a guy who, while evil, has been training for this role his whole life?This lead us into some fine discussions abou...2018-05-2500 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 40 - My Suit Wouldn't Be Pressed As Well Without RADARHey we've hit 40!  Now the podcast will buy a Corvette and think about a career change or something.  At this rate we'll hit 100 before the next Olympics!Ken and I got into it tonight about the recent tests (that failed in Quebec, and maybe got a C- in Ontario) of the Alert Ready system.  As a very rough rule, it seems that people on Rogers and Shaw or MVNOs of theirs got the alerts whereas people on Bell and Telus did not.  (It isn't quite that simple, but hey, who reads these things anyway?)  Now, it must be said...2018-05-1800 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 39 - It's The Future, Which One of These Knobs Do I Have To Blow?Follow us again dear listener as we converge tangentially.Well, we're going to watch last night's Expanse, and before it, who knows, we might record a thing! First off I'd like to thank both @acedtect and @alkebob for posting a picture of the two of them from Vegas where there was a meet up.  Great pic, which they entitled 'two thirds of the Tangential Convergence audience'.So, Tesla has an idea for an electric transport truck.  Cool.  Then Nicola Motors (yeah we get it) has decided to sue Tesla for two billion dollars.  Seems legi...2018-05-0400 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 38 - Five O'Clock NigelAs I do with Broken Area, I'm writing these show notes before we actually do a show.  Who knows if we are tonight.  That said, I do know that Baron von Hernden is coming over tonight to watch the Expanse.  I honestly have no idea why I just called him Baron von Hernden.  He's really more of a Lord.  The Lord of the Library.So, money, cash specifically.  Are we heading towards a cashless society?  This article from CNet makes the case.  Canada is the most cashless country out there according to this report.  We beat our Sweden, the USA a...2018-04-2700 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 37 - Suitably ChagrinedAs I do over at Broken Area, I'm typing this before even recording.  Hell, I'm not even sure we're recording tonight.  Anyway, it is another Thursday, another Expanse night, and another week of work.Hey!  We did record, we talked about the twitter shitstorm after Barbara Bush's death.This lead to a discussion of tenure, of yellow journalism, of social media, of Star Trek, of Babylon 5 and post scarcity economies.mp3 download2018-04-2000 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 36 - Do You Have Change For a Krugerrand?Welcome to our Expanse pre show.Well not really, but we will be watching last night's premiere after talking about Cambridge Analytica!  I don't know why that exclamation point is there.  Maybe they could use data mining to tell me.  Oh, as an aside, some yim yam friend of mine used 'This is Your Digital Life' and some of my info was shared with these weenies as you can see from the accompanying screenshot.I'm typing most of this out before Ken even comes over, but I just thought I'd drop in that I got back fro...2018-04-1300 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 35 - Harry Hopkins is My BarmanYup, two times in a one week span. Tonight, before Altered Carbon we talked a bit about the story of how Alexa is maniacally laughing at users.  As an aside, they've got a fix out.  As an aside aside, the New York Times talked about the whole thing, 21 years ago.This got us in to talking about AI, Siri, Hal, and even Kay Summersby.FDR, Steve Jobs, Harry Hopkins et al also came up.What would you do if your digital assistant actually had a real personality?(n.b. there's a...2018-03-0900 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 34 - Darth PutinHOLY SHIT WE'RE RECORDING.You know, Ken has been coming over to my place every Thursday for a few years now, we talk a lot then we watch a show.  Man in the High Castle, the Expanse, Manhattan, and now, Altered Carbon.  The thing is before every show we talk about politics and technology and history.  Sound familiar?So, we recorded tonight.It was inspired by Putin's lovely speech today where he decided to show a cool video of Florida being nuked.This got us into the Korean War, Trump, anarchists, false fla...2018-03-0200 minWise About TexasWise About TexasEp. 26: Texas Takes FlightThe first man to fly a powered aircraft was a Texan named Jacob Brodbeck.  History credits the Wright brothers but it's time to correct the record!  Learn about German immigration, a fascinating Texan, and the first airplane flight in this episode of Wise About Texas. Painting of Jacob Brodbeck's 1865 flight (photo: Cibolo Nature Center)   Jacob Brodbeck, the first pilot. Jacob Bordbeck's grave Indianola, Texas street scene An aerial view of the Herff farm where Brodbeck flew (photo Cibolo Nature Center)2016-10-1046 minWISE ABOUT TEXASWISE ABOUT TEXASEp. 26: Texas Takes FlightThe first man to fly a powered aircraft was a Texan named Jacob Brodbeck.  History credits the Wright brothers but it’s time to correct the record!  Learn about German immigration, a fascinating Texan, and the first airplane flight in this episode of Wise About Texas. Painting of Jacob Brodbeck’s 1865 flight (photo: Cibolo Nature Center)   Jacob Brodbeck, the first pilot. Jacob Bordbeck’s grave Indianola, Texas street scene 2016-10-1046 minWise About TexasWise About TexasEp. 26: Texas Takes FlightThe first man to fly a powered aircraft was a Texan named Jacob Brodbeck.  History credits the Wright brothers but it's time to correct the record!  Learn about German immigration, a fascinating Texan, and the first airplane flight in this episode of Wise About Texas. Painting of Jacob Brodbeck's 1865 flight (photo: Cibolo Nature Center)   Jacob Brodbeck, the first pilot. Jacob Bordbeck's grave Indianola, Texas street scene An aerial view of the Herff farm where Brodbeck flew (photo Cibolo Nature Center)2016-10-1046 minSpit and Twitches: The Animal Cognition PodcastSpit and Twitches: The Animal Cognition PodcastEpisode 9 - Jon CrystalJon thinking about thinkingJonathon Crystal is a professor of psychology and director of the program in neuroscience at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.Jon received his BSc in psychology at the University of Toronto in 1992 where he worked in Sara Shettleworth's lab. He also spent a lot of time working with Ken Cheng as an undergrad. He then went on to grad school at Brown where he worked with Russ Church, receiving an Sc.M. in 1994 and a Ph.D. in 1997. Jon's lab focuses on the development of animal models of memory. His laboratory documented that...2015-11-1900 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 33 - Sunny WaysWe're back!You demanded it (I mean like one guy) and we made it happen.  Yup, we decided to do an episode about the recent Canadian election.We talked about why the election turned out the way it did, when it turned out the way it did, and of course how it relates to the election of Clement Atlee.Oh, Robin's book is out!  Do you want to review it, he'll send you  a free one.  Just contact him on twitter or Facebook.We know we say this all of the time, but...2015-11-1700 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 32 - Bitcoins for PutinNo, really, we're back. Tonight we decided to talk bitcoin, Bitcoins, Quatloos, beanie babies, tulip bulbs and such. We also talked some about the crisis in the Crimea. I promised to mention Robin's blog, you should read it. You can follow Ken on twitter and me too.Listen here, and enjoy.2014-03-1500 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 30 - Four More Beers!OK, I know we had a good title in there, but I forgot it and frankly, I don't feel like going through the whole thing to find it.... Four years ago we three got together (for the first time) on episode 8 to talk politics and technology. We also, happily, had a visit from the ever popular Isabelle. We talked about the influence of social media and tech on elections and campaigns, and the current problems in the mid East that seem to have been brought on by a mix of a hateful 'movie' and a bunch of twits who don't...2014-03-1500 minDr. David Brodbeck\'s Psychology Lectures from Algoma UniversityDr. David Brodbeck's Psychology Lectures from Algoma UniversityBonus Episode - My Talk at the Conference on Comparative CognitionSo, yesterday I spoke at CO3 in Melbourne, Florida. Some of the students in Memory and Brain and Behaviour asked me to record it, so, umm, here it is. I was introduced by Ken Cheng, which is fun. Music “Hundred Times Over” by Private Joker2013-03-0800 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 31 - Silver is GoldWell, the US election has come and gone, and I for one will miss it. I won't miss the partisan attack ads, I won't miss the superPAC ads, but, I will miss reading fiverthirtyeight.com every day. In episode 31 we tackle the US election, the future of US elections and the unwillingness of some (we're looking at you pundits, and you FOX news) to accept reality. We don't mean on political opinions. We mean you know, like how polls can be accurate and Nate Silver can figure out results, or say climate change, or evolution, well, you get the idea...2012-11-1100 minTangential ConvergenceTangential ConvergenceEpisode 29 - I Know Enough Mimbari, and That Is Kind Of Sad...Yes, really, we all still exist. Seriously. So much has happened since we got together a little over a year ago. Several countries have new leaders, and Steve Jobs, on of the icons of tech, died. What do these things have in common? Leadership. So yeah, that was our topic. Robin is writing a book on leadership, so he told us about his ideas, they include the notion that leadership is different from managerial ability, and a lot of what we think of as leadership is just being a good manager. We talked Steve Jobs, Jim Kirk, Jean Luc Picard...2012-07-2900 minCommunity DivasCommunity DivasEpisode 10: Dave BrodbeckHappy New Year & welcome to episode ten!Run time: 24:02Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode: - Connie interviews Dave Brodbeck about his podcasts - Eden has a question about community builders receiving swag for blogging - We update the community calendar We know Dave Brodbeck as a podcaster, but he is also Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Algoma is considered to be one of Canada's northern universities. Dave...2009-01-0524 min