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Trevor McCourt
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Let’s Talk Memoir
137. The Burden of Family Secrets featuring David Tereshchuk
David Tereshchuk joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about being drawn to journalism to help him cure the matter of unanswered questions in his own life, his early years living in the rural borderlands of Scotland, how he turned to alcohol at a very early age, going from from tea and copy boy to anchorman of a nightly news program, becoming sober in his forties, his pursuit of ironclad truth, the place uncertainty holds in our lives, and his resolution to be open-hearted and honest about his life when writing his new memoir A Question of Paternity....
2024-12-05
35 min
The Georgetown Public Policy Review Podcast
U.S. Climate Policy in 2024: A Conversation with Trevor Higgins
In a conversation on U.S. climate policy, Junior Podcast Editor Moritz Ludwig (MPP ’25) and Trevor Higgins, Senior Vice President of the Energy and Environment Department at the Center for American Progress and Adjunct Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Centering around the Inflation Reduction Act, the new approach of incentives and investments is portrayed as a promising path towards decarbonization. The interview covers both domestic and international aspects of the climate legislation while also acknowledging uncertainties about the future of the ambitious programs.
2024-04-29
28 min
AI Named This Show
Accelerating AI with superconductors 🔴 AINTS 030
This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss a potential Google-Apple AI courtship, Microsoft’s Surface AI event, NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 event, a mind-blowing OpenAI robot mashup, and more. Then we explore Extropic’s revolutionary new chip designs that claim to be “many orders of magnitude faster and more energy efficient than digital processors.” Join us as we defy Moore’s Law to power the future of AI.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSGoogle DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft as CEO of its new AI...
2024-03-22
47 min
First Principles with Christian Keil
#3: Extropic - Why Thermodynamic Computing is the Future of AI (PUBLIC DEBUT)
Episode 3: Extropic is building a new kind of computer – not classical bits, nor quantum qubits, but a secret, more complex third thing. They call it a Thermodynamic Computer, and it might be many orders of magnitude more powerful than even the most powerful supercomputers today. Check out their “litepaper” to learn more: https://www.extropic.ai/future.======(00:00) - Intro(00:41) - Guillaume's Background(02:40) - Trevor's Background(04:02) - What is Extropic Building? High-Level Explanation(07:07) - Frustrations with Quantum Computi...
2024-03-12
1h 12
Narada Radio Company Audio Drama
THE CELLAR Miniseries 3.1: Get Me Out of Here
SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Out-Here-Other-Plays/dp/B0BV49MHJC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/buy-get-me-out-of-here-pete-lutz/ OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at f6point3@gmail.com, and I'll tell you how to get one. Thanks! THE CELLAR MINISERIES 3.1: Get Me Out of Here GET ME OUT OF HERE tells the story of yo...
2023-10-15
43 min
Moonlight Audio Theatre
THE CELLAR MINISERIES 3.1: Get Me Out of Here
SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Out-Here-Other-Plays/dp/B0BV49MHJC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/buy-get-me-out-of-here-pete-lutz/ OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at f6point3@gmail.com, and I'll tell you how to get one. Thanks! THE CELLAR MINISERIES 3.1: Get Me Out of Here GET ME OUT OF HERE tells the story of yo...
2023-10-02
43 min
Livros para Pessoas Normais
Ep. 08 - Livros de não-ficção
Neste episódio falamos de não-ficção! Aqui está a lista de livros de que falamos no episódio, para vocês não perderem pitada: O voo das águias, de Ken Follet Eu serei a última, de Nadia Murad Viver para contá-la, de Gabriel Garcia Marquez Uma educação, de Tara Westover As cinzas de Ângela, do Frank McCourt O diário de Anne Frank, de Anne Frank Paula, de Isabel Allende Cisnes Selvagens, de Jung Chang ...
2022-09-02
38 min
Yes you can
My pursuit to purpose
Catherine McCourt from Canada will be sharing with us her two-part journey from moving across the country on her own without a job to build a life that resonates with her. Then suffering a terrible burnout to finding purpose.She spent most of my life uncovering what makes people tick and how some people naturally found their path to passion or, seem like natural-born leaders. An observer and futurist by nature and naturally drawn to uncover others true selves and where they thrive.
2021-09-27
53 min
This Is Awful
Paul Bateson
Sources:Esquire.comNYTimes.comThe Village VoiceWikipedia.comCriminalMinds.Fandom.comBack2Stonewall.comQueer Street: The Rise and Fall of American Culture by James McCourtCause of the Week:ACLU
2020-12-10
39 min
Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide
#4 - Google TensorFlow Quantum Researcher - Mechanical Engineer to PhD Candidate - Trevor McCourt - Part 2
Trevor explains why he turned down MIT for Caltech for his PhD, what kind of work he did in his co-op jobs and what his work is with Google's Tensorflog Quantum.
2020-10-23
27 min
Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide
#3 - Google TensorFlow Quantum Researcher - Mechanical Engineer to PhD Candidate - Trevor McCourt - Part 1
Trevor McCourt was my student at Danforth Tech (Class of 2015) and graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2020 with a degree in engineering. He is a founding team member of Google's TensorFlow Quantum project. In this interview he details the advantages of having high grades in employment, how to get 100% in 3rd year calculus and his career path to getting acceptances to MIT and Caltech for his PhD.
2020-10-21
30 min
Listen to New Releases Audiobooks in Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians
Rathcormick Audiobook by Homan Potterton
Visit https://hotaudiobook.cοm to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rathcormick Subtitle: A Childhood Recalled Author: Homan Potterton Narrator: Gerry O'Brien Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 11-15-11 Publisher: Soundings Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Set in 1950s rural Ireland, Rathcormick is an engaging tale of a large and happy family: a stern and domineering Papa, a warm and practical Mamma, their two daughters and six sons. For Homan, the youngest, life is a free-spirited awakening in an adult world of old-fashioned v...
2011-11-15
8h 27