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Decisions at the FulcrumThe Peanut Butter is Smoother. Almost too Smooth: Marketing Placebo and the Risk of ReformulationPeanut butter has a remarkable ability to play well with ingredients from jelly to chocolate to chili pepper.
Reese's peanut butter cups, which have been a mainstay in lunchboxes, grocery aisles, and snack racks for more than a century, are the perfect example of this quality. However, very recently, some fans commented that the taste was not what it always, and this was highlighted in a letter from Brad Reese on Valentine's Day 2026. His letter noted several seasonal Reese's "shapes" (e.g., hearts) now being made with "compound coating" and "peanut butter crème." Although the manufacturer m...
2026-02-2520 min
Western EditionWatersheds West: The Mighty SnakeThe Snake, a one-thousand mile long river and watershed of great beauty, captured the heart of host William Deverell decades ago. The complexity of this watershed is at once historical and contemporary, and the Snake flows into an uncertain future at every point along its long journey. To see images related to this episode, please visit dornsife.usc.edu/icw.Western Edition is hosted by William Deverell and produced by Avishay Artsy, Katie Dunham, Eryn Hoffman, Jessica Kim, and Elizabeth Logan. Western Edition is a production of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
2026-02-1742 minDecisions at the FulcrumDesserts With(out) Vigilance: How “Just a Small Spill” Became a Crisis.Ice cream has a knack for comfort, trust, and pleasant moments. Yet, as you step into an ice cream establishment, the atmosphere shifts to metallic sounds, machine hums, moisture gathers on the chilled pipes, and water droplets sliding down the edges. This episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum explores the account of the 2015–2016 Blue Bell listeria outbreak, considering it as an enduring reminder of the significance of food safety and an in-depth case related to decision-making and communication. In terms of the latter, this case sheds light on what is taken into account inside organizations, what is neglected, and how le...
2026-02-1331 min
Intelligent MedicineAllergies, Candida, and Modern Medicine: A Conversation with Dr. Dean Mitchell, Part 1Unveiling the Yeast Connection: A Conversation on Candida, Allergies, and Advanced Treatments: Dr. Dean Mitchell, a board-certified allergist and immunologist, is the author of “Conquering Candida: The New 30-Day Protocol for Restoring Your Microbiome and Health.” The book updates the longstanding concepts introduced by Dr. Orian Truss and Dr. William Crook. The conversation delves into the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Candida overgrowth, including the role of the microbiome, the misuse of antibiotics, and dietary impacts. Dr. Mitchell also touches upon sublingual immunotherapy for treating food and inhaled allergies, and the emerging understanding of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). The...
2026-02-0432 minDecisions at the FulcrumUpstream Decisions, Downstream Composure: Mercadona’s Total Quality as Grocery InfrastructureWhat does a grocery retail chain look like when supply chain management is the infrastructure?
In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we go to Valencia, Spain!🇪🇸
When we look closely at Mercadona, we'll see restraint with reliability as a mature way to coordinate. Mercadona rebuilt grocery retail in Spain around routine, comprehension, and learning by considering supply chain design as infrastructure.
I talk about how the company's use of Calidad Total (Total Quality Management) from 1993 to today changed the way they operated with suppliers, warehouses, associates, and consumers. I look at TQM as a frame for decisions like SKU re...
2026-02-0222 minDecisions at the FulcrumShelf Stable Competence: Vega's perseverance in a category that keeps overpromisingThere was a time when a protein powder didn't pretend to be a personality type, thanks to history doing its irritating job. Inside a compostable wrapping, it offered no intensity, calmness, or equitable harmony. It was only a coarse, chalk-like implement for those who viewed eating as an administrative task.
So how did we get from a few bars in the latter part of the 1980s and early 1990s to today's chaotic, unending protein aisle?
We follow the sector's development via geography in this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, concentrating on the manufacturers, ideas...
2026-01-2321 minDecisions at the FulcrumDeliberately Quartered: How Maryland Learns to Live with Its HistoryThere are state flags everywhere, but they are seldom investigated. In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, I focus on Maryland's state flag, a quartered design that seems to be contrasting a lot with itself. The tension was a decision though about a state sense of place and identity.
Let's be clear: The Civil War was not a conflict of equal moral standing, and acknowledging division or later reconciliation amongst divided parties is not the same as legitimizing both positions during the conflict. The question today is how a state constructs a shared civic future without...
2026-01-2219 minIntelligent MedicineENCORE: Living to 100, Part 1Exploring the Future of Aging with Journalist William J. Cole, author of “The Big 100: Uncovering the Keys to Longevity." The discussion delves into the challenges and societal implications of increased lifespans, especially among baby boomers. They explore the interplay of genetics and lifestyle in achieving longevity, the role of positivity, and the looming financial and caregiving challenges due to an aging population. Cole emphasizes the importance of adapting society to accommodate this demographic shift and highlights the importance of sustainable and healthy aging practices.
2026-01-2128 minIntelligent MedicineENCORE: Living to 100, Part 2Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Journalist William J. Cole, author of “The Big 100: Uncovering the Keys to Longevity."
2026-01-2125 minDecisions at the FulcrumThe Rise of Invisible Risk: From Nylon to Supply Chain Materials (Part 2 1918-2020s)Part II of the DuPont episodes begins after the armistice following World War I. The episode begins in November 1918, when the explosions cease, contracts disappear, and a munitions-based firm determines what to become afterwards.
This episode follows DuPont's postwar shift from an explosives firm to a materials empire, beginning with nylon. Nylon was that material in American department shops. We start there, but the episode concludes with the lengthy and unresolved narrative of PFAS. Along the way, we look at how industrial risk shifted from a loud, visible threat to something far more difficult to perceive, assess...
2026-01-1125 minDecisions at the FulcrumOne Crate at a Time: How the Tuesday Forecast is a Wager for Produce VisibilityIn this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we look at BrightSide Produce, a produce distributor that works in impoverished parts of San Diego County, and discover that food availability isn't only a matter of supply, demand, or good intentions.
It's a complex situation with coordination, not optimization.
Let's follow BrightSide Produce through forecasting discussions, uncertain delivery trajectories, and the hushed aftermath of decisions that never prove to be right or wrong. Along the way, I explain how uncertainty in food distribution is not a mistake to be corrected, but rather a reality that organizations...
2026-01-0520 minDecisions at the FulcrumMany Maps, One Seabed Floor: Conflict Mapping Seabed Mining near NauruIn this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, I map out one of the more complex disputes in international resource policy: the seabed mining near Nauru. We'll look at the issue by going from the depth seabed floor to the brightly-lit world of international governance. I employ Paul Wehr's conflict mapping approach to comprehend how conflict arises when parties have disparate "maps" of the same terrain that have different interpretations of what constitutes proof, harm, benefit, urgency, and fairness. To start, we explore Nauru, a small Pacific country that has been influenced by the lengthy history of phosphate extraction...
2026-01-0137 minDecisions at the FulcrumEmpire by Process: From the Brandywine to Industrial Calamity (Part 1: 1799-1918)This episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum starts with the Brandywine River, instead of inventiveness, innovation, or even chemical synthesis. This is an account of how a few generations of refugees taught in European scientific disciplines morphed into an institution much bigger than a company. Instead, this institution gradually became a kind of infrastructure the United States grew to rely on, from the War of 1812 through the First World War due to timing, partnerships, regimen, and the predisposition of an emerging nation that was also unprepared to exert control over its own threats.
Following DuPont's development from g...
2025-12-1634 minDecisions at the FulcrumSoil to Oil: Vertical Integration and the Audacity of Higher Expectations (Part 2 - CBDecisions)Part II shifts focus from federal legislation to the marketplace, revealing the painful truth that, after years of expansion, the CBD business in 2025 remains fundamentally unstable, poorly regulated, and dominated by bulk isolates and white-label manufacture. Laboratory tests, including JAMA's 2020 review, continue to demonstrate considerable mislabeling, with products having considerably less or significantly more CBD than promised, as well as detectable THC that should not be present in officially compliant hemp.
Against this backdrop, a few companies stand out as exceptions, impressively! With vertically integrated, whole-plant, solvent-free extraction technology, one company called Sunsoil in Vermont shows us th...
2025-12-0816 minDecisions at the FulcrumSection 7606: Hemp in University Labs, CBD Advantages in Pediatric Care (Part 1)Part I investigates the federal hinge that enabled today's CBD scenario via a minor provision: Section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill.
This section enabled universities and state agricultural agencies to grow hemp for research purposes, unwittingly establishing the first legal road for contemporary cannabinoid study in more than 70 years.
It created the structural circumstances that would ultimately sustain a multibillion-dollar market.
This episode discusses the distinction between legality and legibility.
CBD's early legitimacy was established by clinical data arising from pediatric neurology, including efficacy evidence for Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. These reports...
2025-12-0819 minDecisions at the FulcrumModel Behavior ≠ Meteorological Behavior: What “Weird Storms” Teach About Predictive ForecastingIn this episode, we plunge headfirst into calamity from a stormy weather event. Using everything from wandering caribou herds to turbulent typhoons, we delve into how scientists truly forecast the atmosphere and why that process is more chaotic than my sleek weather apps being refreshed in a frenzy.
I explain why contemporary forecasts depend on ensembles—multiple parallel model runs that chart a comprehensive range of possibilities—rather than a singular, overly confident declaration of “it will snow tomorrow.” The episode is also a peek backward at the 2019 Amman “snowstorm that never happened,” when a forecast came to nothing e...
2025-11-2935 minDecisions at the FulcrumThe Alarms were Sounding: WaMu Through the HRO Lens
This episode is a recording of an asynchronous lecture/discussion I gave in 2025. I cover the opening narrative in "managing the unexpected" from Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe. The main theme is how we can comprehend High Reliability Organizations (HROs) using 5 principles. I also look at the airline industry in 2024 as another example. WaMu and the airline collapse in 2024 (as well as the more consequential issues in flight throughout 2025) can comprehensively highlight the five HRO principles: preoccupation with failure, reluctance to simplify, sensitivity to operations, commitment to resilience, and deference to expertise—as decision tools.
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2025-11-2223 minDecisions at the FulcrumThe Robot Makes the Latte: Task Completion, Guacamole, and a Kiosk at Changi AirportAt 4:46 a.m. in Changi Airport, a robot arm known as Ella the Barista is on the job. Behind glass, it grinds, pours, and serves coffee with unwavering precision as a traveler effortlessly pays with a flick of their smartwatch and strides confidently to their gate. From a sleek corner closet-like kiosk of Singapore's award-winning airport, this episode dives into the world of automation: from 1980s Pasadena at Two Panda, with disco spinning robots , Automats and conveyor-belt sushi lines, and the contemporary fry stations and avocado machines in U.S. fast-food chains.
Dr. William Hoffman navigates sensational h...
2025-11-1427 minDecisions at the FulcrumTrading Simplification for Reliability: MEA, Active-Monitoring, and HRO MindsetsOpening in Beiruit, but it's a simulation. We're going to fly with Middle East Airlines (MEA) in this episode as it implements the socio-technical practice of "safety first" by teaching procedures with accurate communication, collaborative sense, and active monitoring. I discuss MEA's internal program development decision, data collection techniques (documents, interviews, and event narratives), and the importance of considering communication a core competency.
I examine the misguided tendency to want simple and concise narratives. Using the reluctance to simplify principle of high-reliability organizations, I contend that it is preferable to embrace complexity in order to address issues th...
2025-11-0219 minDecisions at the FulcrumKernels of Sweet Scarcity: Candy Corn and Manufacturing DemandHappy Halloween! 🎃 Candy corn is sweet, triangular, and curiously adamant: a confection that dwells the center of Halloween rituals, from knocking of doors to collecting a sugar surplus. In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum we trace candy corn’s journey from factory floors in Philadelphia to the front steps of 1930s and 1950s neighborhoods.
The episode pieces together empirical social science and a sensory chronicle to exhibit how scarcity and everyday exchange drive holiday consumer "preferences".
Subscribe for more episodes where organizational and social decision-making affects everyday routines. Those are shaped by strategic and o...
2025-10-3021 minDecisions at the FulcrumSafe for the Aisle: Health Literacy, Reading the Labels, and Breathing EasierAllergies seem impromptu but also predictable. They come back with the changing seasons when the immune system interprets spring, summer, or fall in protective but hyperbolic ways. To manage allergies, particularly pollen allergies, humans have used steam bowls, neti pots, acupuncture, first-generation antihistamines (effective, but sleep inducing), second-generation antihistamines (non-drowsy), and, more recently, a new catalog of sprays for treating sinuses and itching. These changes are chronicled in the episode. In addition, we look at several decisions that happened between 1997 and the 2020s, including FDA's decision to allow DTC in 1997 and eventually their decision to permit Claritin, Zyrtec, and...
2025-10-2221 minDecisions at the FulcrumSafe for the Aisle: Health Literacy, Reading Labels, and Breathing EasierAllergies have a habit of coming back during the changing of seasons. Your immune system interprets spring, summer, and fall in protective but at times hyperbolic ways. To address allergies, humans have used steam bowls and "summer catarrh", neti pots, to first-generation antihistamines (effective, but drowsy), second-generation medications (useful, daily), and, ultimately, the post-2011 age of sprays that treat the sinuses and the itching. These shifts are chronicled in this episode. In addition, we tie in the FDA's quiet decision-making process that allowed Claritin, Zyrtec, and Allegra to move from the prescription pad to the counter.
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2025-10-2132 minDecisions at the FulcrumA Universe One Step Beyond Logic: When Mystery Demands Restraint in an era of excessFrank Herbert’s Dune has always been a paradox: an epic of empire written as a warning against power, a science-fiction saga about the dangers of certainty. Its world is dense, deliberate, and meditative—a novel that teaches patience while it unravels prophecy. Adapting it was never about spectacle; it was about understanding. When Lynch’s Dune premiered in 1984, the studio drowned it in its own ambition, an empire of exposition, inner monologue, and noise. Nearly forty years later, Denis Villeneuve built the same world by restraint, not endless monologues. This Dune listens where the earlier version shouted. It trusts silenc...
2025-10-0933 minDecisions at the FulcrumLetting the Unruly Culture Fizz: Ferments, Flavor Ladders, and Function of KombuchaWe're back! Open up a fridge at your local grocery store, and you'll find it: a row of bubbly tea with names that sound like they could be yoga poses. The kombucha journey didn’t start in the chilly vault. It begins with jars sitting on kitchen counters, homebrew gatherings, and this intriguing SCOBY floating around like a jellyfish diplomat. In this episode, we explore how that vibrant culture adapted to shelf life, starting with the mid-’90s natural channel, moving through the 2010 alcohol-content scare that led to improved fermentation control and labeling, and finally, the flavor shift that trans...
2025-10-0233 minDecisions at the FulcrumRooted Deep or Branching Out: RC Cola to the Moon(pie), Manila, and BackRC Cola did not follow anyone's playbook. It forged a unique trajectory: local, ceremonial, and modestly enduring. We look a Southern-derived beverage, a cultural symbol of festivals, lunch breaks, and then birthday party ads.
From traditional lunch routines in mill towns to surreal promotional advertising in Manila, these decisions highlight what it takes to create brand meaning via embeddedness rather than size.
This episode follows decisions across several decades, including as early adoption of aluminum cans, the introduction of diet soda, and a focus on regional festivals. We go to the convenience stores in the 1950s...
2025-09-1227 minDecisions at the FulcrumBehind Door Number One: Not What You Expected?Screens are everywhere. They're on gas pumps, taxi headrests, airplane seats, even department store mirrors. It was only a matter of time before retail outlets tried screens on freezer doors, imagining they should glow too. What happened instead was a series of flickering displays, mislabeled shelves, and, at one point, freezers so opaque that employees taped up paper signs reading “Drinks Inside.”
This episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum dives into what happens when innovation chases spectacle instead of substance. From a six-store pilot stretched far beyond solid evidence, to the December 2023 “blackout” where Cooler Screens pulled the plug...
2025-08-2923 minDecisions at the FulcrumA Satisficing Guarantee: How the World’s Largest Hotel Brand was Built by Being ‘Good Enough’In this episode, we settle in at the Hampton Inn for its familiarity. Hampton Inn has perfected what organizational scholar Herbert Simon termed "satisficing," or the practice of being deemed "good enough" by reaching quality thresholds.
Hilton used guest surveys to make big changes to Hampton, and one change was the waffle bar becoming a signature feature.
We go through the acquisition from Hilton in the late 1990s to their makeover in the 2000s, to the 3,000 hotels throughout the globe today that have white duvets, shared work tables, and waffle irons that beep like a s...
2025-08-2321 minDecisions at the FulcrumA Satisficing Guarantee: How the World’s Largest Hotel Brand was Built by Being ‘Good Enough’In this episode, we settle in at the Hampton Inn for its familiarity. Hampton Inn has perfected what organizational scholar Herbert Simon termed "satisficing," or the practice of being deemed "good enough" by reaching quality thresholds.
Hilton used guest surveys to make big changes to Hampton, and one change was the waffle bar becoming a signature feature.
We go through the acquisition from Hilton in the late 1990s to their makeover in the 2000s, to the 3,000 hotels throughout the globe today that have white duvets, shared work tables, and waffle irons that beep like a s...
2025-08-2319 minDecisions at the FulcrumBeyond the Daily Catch: How Modeling Decisions Spotlighted Side Dishes in the Profit NetCaplinger's Seafood has turned into a local place in Indiana, famous for offering seafood that boasts the freshness you'd find in a coastal area along the Gulf in Florida or Louisiana or somewhere in Alaska, Washington (state), or Idaho.
When the owners shifted their focus from the main dishes to the sides on the menu, they discovered exciting prospects, thanks to a clever application of linear and non-linear modeling.
In this episode, I look closely at Seidelson's (2020) case study first, to find out how Caplinger's in Indianapolis employed linear and non-linear programming to evaluate labor cos...
2025-08-1425 minDecisions at the FulcrumRune: How Pairing becomes PrevalentNot the science fiction epic, that's "Dune".
In this episode, I consider the reasons Bluetooth became ubiquitous, even though it wasn’t supposed to be a global standard. It was one of many close range options. It was also clunky, battery-hungry, and forgot your name. Yet, it did something most technologies never achieve: it stayed, and became woven into expectation. It's Bluetooth, a symbolic icon from a Dutch-inspired bind-rune and a quiet connective tissue between billions of devices.
The episode investigates how bluetooth embedded itself not through technical "superiority", but through the power of network ti...
2025-08-0228 minDecisions at the FulcrumGrape Decisions (at the Fulcrum)!A grape 🍇 can tell you its story!
We can learn about who grew it, when it was picked, how cold it stayed on the long trip, and why it made it to your supermarket.
In this episode, Dr. H. looks at the compelling case of Sahyadri Farms, India’s largest farmer-owned export enterprise. We trace how a regional grape collective transformed into a model for longevity and dignity in agriculture.
Through cold chain logistics, traceability, the GLOBALG.A.P. certification standards, producer company governance, and then pandemic-era pivots, Sahyadri Farms revisited and reworked what...
2025-07-3128 minDecisions at the FulcrumWater You Doing, Kansas?: How I-70 and the Ogallala Aquifer Went from Awkward Problems to Everyone’s ResponsibilityYou’re driving on i70. The horizon stretches wide and low. You cross the Colorado-Kansas border—and it’s like passing through a tear in time. The pavement thins. Shoulders disappear. Roads are breaking… and so is the consensus about how, and whether, to fix them. In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we pull over and raise a sobering question: Which will collapse first, our infrastructure or our institutions? This is more than simply pavement and potholes and water usage. It delves further into what occurs when ideological dogma is confronted with the realities of degraded roads and disappearin...
2025-07-2224 minDecisions at the FulcrumChunk After Chunk: The Ice Cream DecreeIn this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, Dr. William Hoffman looks into the intricate story of Ben & Jerry's, from its founding in Vermont and texture-driven food philosophy to its unexpected persistence as an ethically aware brand within one of the biggest multinational companies in the world. Edgar Schein's three layers of organizational culture permit you to look at how values are practically lived, legally defended, and functionally established in addition to being verbally expressed.
We dive into the scoop shop's role as a place for creative research and development, their independent board's legal protection, and the swirl of chunky t...
2025-07-1522 minDecisions at the FulcrumWhen The Payment Chimes In: From Magnetic Stripes to Machine Learning in 3 Seconds or LessWhat prevents someone from booking a luxury vacation with someone else's credit card? Actually, it would seem there are quite a few impediments blocking this, and keeping cards secure.
In this episode, we follow a story that starts with a negligent swipe in Tampa and unfolds into a global infrastructure of reliability, risk modeling, and the subtle movement that underpins each transaction.
We journey from the magnetic stripe period to chip-and-PIN acceptance, stopping in 2005 Stockholm, where card security had already become unseen infrastructure. We go back to the 2008 Heartland breach, examine the 2015 responsibility shift, and dive into Mastercard's fraud detection s...
2025-07-0532 minDecisions at the FulcrumFrom Bytes to Zero: The Test-Learn-Scale Feedback of Flavor FrameworksIn this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we enter the focus (groups) on taste. Through the lens of Coca-Cola’s Test–Learn–Scale methodology, we examine how an iconic beverage brand manages risk, generates resonance, and sometimes spectacularly misfires.
From the pixel-infused flop of Coca-Cola Byte to the calibrated triumph of Zero Sugar's reformulation, we explore how flavor is tested and calibrated.
Along the way, we dig into how Freestyle machines became stealth research platforms, how popular drinks in some regions, like Peach Coke, didn't make it big in the U.S., and how the fl...
2025-06-2719 minDecisions at the FulcrumTaste Prototypes and Category Confusion: When Promising Everything Gives Us a Nothing Burger (or Soda)In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we follow the symbolic changes of soda, through its early days as a societal routine at the 1950s soda fountain to its more ambiguous current iterations as liquid sugar, nostalgia, and brand fairy tale, beginning in the 1980s and carrying into the present day.
We begin at the fountain, with chrome chairs, phosphate mixers, and the common syntax of refreshment. We pivot to look into how soda lost the plot. In the 1980s, overrun marketplaces brought in an era of gimmicks. Many examples of this can be covered. Dr. Ho...
2025-06-2324 minDecisions at the FulcrumAuto-mation: A System named Efficiency Omits Judgment and PrecisionThe story of Hertz's autonomous rental system is explained in this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum. Initially meant to simplify fleet management, the technology spiraled into a mechanism for arbitrary prosecutions.
A NASA contractor held at gunpoint, a veteran arrested before his wedding, and a nurse apprehended at a border crossing years later are just a few of the striking case studies showing how a system named efficiency promised automation but reflected a deeper abandonment of human judgment.
This episode considers the outsourcing of institutional trust to opaque algorithms that mistook logistical uncertainty for cr...
2025-06-1330 minDecisions at the FulcrumReal Fact 1994: You Still Remember What Kiwi Strawberry Smells LikeSnapple went from being an unexpected select underground favorite to just sitting on a shelf, bottled up.
With Liz Moor's notion of branding as a guide, we trace the history of Snapple as it changed over the years, paying special attention to the cultural intermediaries: From the local deli in Brooklyn to Wendy the Snapple Lady, from Howard Stern to decentralized distribution networks, these were the individuals who gave it a unique, local taste.
In this episode, we follow a perpetual shift from a local ordinance in a glass bottle to a commodity in shrink wr...
2025-06-0825 minDecisions at the FulcrumLa Croix or How the Aesthetic of Flavor Signaled Good TasteThis week on Decisions at the Fulcrum, we delve into the unexpected journey of LaCroix, the sparkling water that found its niche not through its flavor, but through its inscrutability.
Before it became a meme or an iconic item, LaCroix was simply found in laid-back settings: office break rooms, workplace cafeterias, and your aunt’s second fridge. Then it made its way to Trader Joe's, appeared in your social media feeds, became your friend's Halloween costume, and turned into a daily ritual. It wasn’t seeking attention; it was just present, evoking the scent of sandalwood and bran...
2025-06-0626 minDecisions at the FulcrumSet to High, Forgot to Vent: When You Misunderstand Success as LongevityThe Instant Pot was a game-changing kitchen innovation of the digital age. Pyrex was a legendary household icon for over a century.
When a private equity firm tied them together under a single corporate roof in 2019, it seemed like alliance, but it felt like an appliance mismatch.
In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we dive into how Instant Brands incorrectly understood online popularity as a sign of lasting endurance, neglected key qualitative opportunities, and ultimately forgot to vent.
We delve into the Spiral of Silence and the consequences that ensue when nob...
2025-05-3019 minDecisions at the FulcrumDetours and Off-Ramps: Diverging Pathways to the Same FutureWhat does it mean for a company to take a detour—not as an error, but as an investment in altering its narrative? In this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, we plunge courageously into the symbolic pathways forged by two of the US's iconic automakers: Ford and General Motors. This episode takes a step back from the insights of Part One, going to the underpinning symbolic arrangement supporting their different approaches to business revival and innovation.
Ford’s comeback of the Bronco wasn’t just about launching a product; it was a revival of collective nostalgia, a showca...
2025-05-2532 minDecisions at the FulcrumDriving the Narrative: Bronco, Ultium, and the Stories We BuildIn this episode of Decisions at the Fulcrum, Dr. William Hoffman explores two startlingly different methods in the car industry—one based on memory and the other on momentum.
This episode examines how legacy corporations navigate the conflict between nostalgia and futurity, using Ford's spectacular resuscitation of the Bronco and General Motors' vast shift toward electrification as examples.
Ford's Bronco revitalization is noted as a case study in retrospective sensemaking. This uses memory and nostalgia as to look backward as a strategy for going, ironically, forward (with modifications). It's a masterclass in vintage visuals and emo...
2025-05-1623 min
William Ramsey InvestigatesTwilight Language with Author Michael Hoffman. (2022)Twilight Language with Author Michael Hoffman. (2022)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/william-ramsey-investigates--1898073/support.
2025-05-0954 minDecisions at the FulcrumTrust the Crust: Garlicky, Buttery, and Surprisingly BelievableDomino’s didn’t need the numbers to confirm there was a problem with their pizza. They already had plenty of indicators from surveys, which displayed the issues numerically, but lacked the nuance and complexity necessary to understand their causes.
This episode explores a critical moment in Domino’s turnaround: the shift from data sheets to direct dialogue, from numerical trends to qualitative understanding. It marked more than a tactical change and it redefined how insights were gathered and interpreted at an iconic organization.
By examining focus group methodology, we trace how Domino’s addressed recurrin...
2025-05-0723 minDecisions at the FulcrumA Slice of Redemption: From Cardboard to CravingThis week on Decisions at the Fulcrum, we pull a hot one out of the oven! It’s the Domino’s redemption story. It’s about pizza and how a brand researched their way back from decades of being a public embarrassment to become pizza scholars leading the delivery economy.
Note: This episode contains 2 archival advertisements, from 1984 and 1986 respectively. This archival audio is used for purposes of commentary and criticism under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. § 107).
2025-05-0423 min
PossibleLatanya Sweeney on AI, trust, and privacyHow does the rise of AI impact our sense of what’s true? How can humans maintain a degree of individual privacy and unlock the benefits of AI while mitigating potential harms? In this episode, Reid and Aria sit down with data privacy pioneer Latanya Sweeney, Professor of Government and Technology at Harvard; former Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; and founder of Harvard’s Public Interest Tech Lab and Data Privacy Lab. They discuss the future of privacy protection, technocracy vs. democracy, teaching in the age of AI, governance, content moderation, and more.
2025-02-2655 min
Leadership LeversFrom Command to Corporate - Captain Rick Hoffman on Cultivating High-Performance CulturesHave you wondered how morale & alignment can be the bedrock of combat effectiveness and business success? Join us as we explore the power of transformative leadership with Retired US Navy Captain Rick Hoffman, CEO of Orion Solutions LLC. Drawing from his remarkable career in both the military and business worlds, Captain Rick shares invaluable lessons on building resilient, mission-driven teams.Captain Rick recounts his experience revitalizing the USS Way City into a combat-ready force after 9/11, translating those lessons to his work with executives to elevate alignment and e...
2024-11-1211 min
The Managing Partners Podcast: Law Firm Business PodcastThe Managing Partners Podcast with William Hoffman and Kevin DaiseyThe Educational Interview meeting featured Will Hoffman, a seasoned expert with over 20 years of experience in retirement plans and medical insurance, as he discussed advanced retirement strategies tailored for business owners.
Kevin introduced the session, highlighting key topics such as the various ways business owners can receive compensation, including salaries, business sales, and retirement plans.
Notably, Will explained cash balance plans, showcasing their potential savings, like a doctor's group saving over $250,000 annually.
He also covered non-qualified deferred compensation plans, life insurance for tax-efficient savings, and a new 401(k) product offering a 20% hedge against market declines.
Furthermore, the discussion emphasized the...
2024-10-1829 minIntelligent MedicineENCORE: Debunking Misinformation About Vitamin D, Part 1Recently, headlines have proclaimed that vitamin D is ineffective, that we shouldn’t bother testing for it, and that most people shouldn’t bother taking it. Pushing back on those assertions is Dr. William Grant, one of the world’s foremost vitamin D researchers with over 60 published studies. His latest paper explains why research on vitamin D is plagued by methodological errors and colored by bias against nutritional supplements that might supplant pharmaceutical drugs. Dr. Grant explains how vitamin D, far from being just a “bone vitamin”, can impact a wide range of conditions ranging from dementia and Alzheimer’s, cardiovascul...
2024-07-0922 minIntelligent MedicineENCORE: Debunking Misinformation About Vitamin D, Part 2Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. William Grant, one of the world’s foremost vitamin D researchers.
2024-07-0932 min
Healthy AdvisorThe Healthy Advisor: Leaning Into a Diagnosis in the Family With Will HoffmanAt just 10 years old, William Hoffman’s son Liam was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (NF), a rare genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body. When Will and his family got the news, they could have succumbed to despair.
Instead, Will leaned into it, and has made it his mission to find a cure for Liam and set an example for his sons around overcoming the struggles that life may deal you. He and his wife have been active participants in the NF community, raising awareness and money for a cure.
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2024-03-2033 min
NPMA BUGBYTESAnt-Detecting Robots, Malaria Transmission, and Mosquito Repellent Devices with Special Guest William Hoffman of Hoffman ExterminatingIn this episode, Mike shares new breakthroughs in artificial intelligence technology used to locate invasive ants, Laura highlights research looking at how age impacts malaria transmission in mosquitoes, and Ellie reviews a recent study investigating if mosquito repellent devices impact pollinators. We're joined by special guest, William Hoffman of Hoffman Exterminators.
Be sure to check out NPMA's Pestology blog for more information on the research covered in this episode! https://npmapestology.com/
2024-02-0151 min
Foot On The RockFruit Worthy For Repentance & All InThis episode took a turn. I had initially planned only on talking about Fruit Worthy For Repentance, but God towards the end had some other things He wanted said.
2023-11-0214 minFoot On The RockFollowing at the Pace of the SpiritFollowing at the same pace as the Spirit of God is a vital part of following the Spirit of God.
2023-10-2520 min
The Crumb - Bake from Scratch100 Morning Treats with Sarah KiefferBrian Hart Hoffman talks with Sarah Kieffer about her start in the baking world at 9 years old, her successful career as the blogger behind The Vanilla Bean Blog, the recent release of her cookbook, 100 Morning Treats, and a sneak peek at her appearance on Baking School with William Sonoma. Follow Bake from Scratch: Instagram: @thebakefeed Website: bakefromscratch.com Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarah_kieffer Follow Brian on Instagram: @brianharthoffman
2023-09-2030 min
The Thinking LeaderEpisode 81: Understanding Complexity with Systems Thinking with Dr. William DonaldsonIn this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby talk with Dr. Willy Donaldson, author of 'Simple Complexity' and Professor of Management at Christopher Newport University.
They discuss the importance of systems thinking for navigating today's complex business world. Dr. Donaldson shares insights on how viewing problems through a systems lens can provide leaders with a deeper understanding.
Key Takeaways:
What is systems thinking and why does it matter for business?
The dangers of short-term thinking and how it hinders systems-oriented solutions
How culture emerges from the in...
2023-08-2151 min
Stay In Yo' LaneCurrent NFL WR Draft! | SIYL Ep. #5Host William Lane is joined by Caleb Hoffman on the show for the first time! The two take turns drafting current receivers in the NFL looking at a 2-3 year window. Things that play into these decisions include age, contract, injury history, as well as the impact they have made on their team. Many big names might have just missed the cut, maybe there are a couple surprises sneak in. This isn't a top receiver list per say, but more of a fun game where the two shed some light on some under appreciated guys.
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2023-06-191h 26
The Radiate Wellness PodcastRadiate Surrender with Kute BlacksonWith everything going on in the world, there’s never been a more important time to discuss the topic of surrender. Kute Blackson's new book, The Magic of Surrender, is a guide to move you past inner struggle to discover the power of letting go of control and how letting go leads to more. Kute wants to show people that surrender isn’t about giving up, it’s about being strong and courageous. It’s about tapping in. This inspiring book shows how surrender is a key factor in the lives of so many great people throughout history and shows ho...
2023-06-1353 min
District of ConservationEP 367: Fixing Water Scarcity in California ft. Johnny Amaral & William BourdeauIn Episode 367 of District of Conservation, Gabriella continues the conversation surrounding EP 14 of Conservation Nation with two gentlemen who starred in it: Johnny Amaral and William Bourdeau. Learn how these stakeholders are impacting the conversation surrounding food security, farming, water infrastructure, and more.
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Watch EP 14 of Conservation Nation Here
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California Water Alliance
Friant Water Authority
2023-06-1325 minThe Crumb - Bake from ScratchStuffed with Heather MubarakBrian Hart Hoffman talks with Heather Mubarak about her recently released cookbook, Stuffed, her career as the owner of Toffee Box, and her upcoming appearance on Monday Baking School with William Sonoma and Bake from Scratch.This episode wouldn’t be possible without our amazing baking partners, Ankarsrum and C&H Sugar. Learn more about their products here: AnkarsrumC&H SugarFollow Bake from Scratch: Instagram: @thebakefeed Website: bakefromscratch.com Follow Brian on Instagram: @brianharthoffmanFollow Jessie on Instagram: @brownedbutterblondie
2023-05-1739 min
Flip Flops & People Ops (w/ Christie Hoffman)Maximizing Engagement Through Better, More Effective 1:1s (ft. Eric Williams)Do your managers lack training? (I'll answer for you... YES.) Have a feeling it's probably causing your people and teams to be disengaged? (I'll answer for you again, probably ALSO YES.) In this episode, Eric Williams, a seasoned leadership coach, shares his best practices on how one-on-one (1:1) meetings between managers and their team members can help build a culture of trust, collaboration, and high performance. When managers know how to hold effective 1:1s, they can become a valuable extension of you and your leadership team's people-first philosophy. Key Topics:What makes a 1 on...
2023-03-2358 min
Made in HollywoodTake 33: Timothée Chalamet’s Hollywood Dreams and MILFs in HollywoodOn this episode of Made in Hollywood Mark and William discuss Timothée Chalamet’s Apple TV commercial. You may also hear irrelevant things in this episode about Jon Hamm, Progressive Insurance, Apple TV, Harrison Ford, Turner Classic Movies, Love is Blind, The Circle, Netflix, Wednesday, The OA, Stranger Things, MILF Manor, Ben Platt, The Politician, Dear Evan Hansen, Richard Linklatter, Paul Mescal, Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along, The Oscars, The Graduate, Simon and Garfunkel, Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Rainman, Tootsie, and Katharine Ross.
2023-01-2821 minMade in HollywoodTake 21: Surprises! Brainstorms! And Hollywood Audition TechniqueOn this episode of Made in Hollywood Mark and William surprise each other with different topics of conversation! You may also hear irrelevant things in this episode about found footage, Back to the Future the musical, Tootsie, Indiana Jones, National Treasure, horror films, As Above So Below, Nicolas Flamel, cake, audition technique, self-tapes, WeAudition, Vegan, Tender Greens, 11.22.63 on Hulu, eBay, Haunted Blanket, Cover Girls, The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Hello Darkness my old friend, playing piano, and the ultimate French betrayal.
2022-08-1246 min
The Thinking LeaderEpisode 16: The Second C - Capability - and Optimism BiasWant to find out if you’re a Red Team Thinker? Want to see if your organization has a Red Team Culture? Click here to take your free assessment and get your personalized report: https://www.redteamthinking.com/rttassessment
Welcome to another episode of The Thinking Leader podcast, brought to you by Red Team Thinking. Bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think. Each week, Bryce and Marcus bring you actionable ideas and insights that you can use to think more strategically and lead more effectively so that you can better navigate your complex world.
2022-05-2356 min
Small Market PodcastEpisode #97 w/ William MartinWe join Mr. William Martin of the 300lbs of Sports Knowledge Podcast to discuss the quarterbacks of this years NFL draft.
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2022-04-131h 01Small Market PodcastEpisode #94 w/ William Martin (300lbs of Sports Knowledge Podcast)We sit down with William Martin, host of the 300 lbs of Sports Knowledge Podcast, to discuss the 2022 MLB lock out.
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2022-02-2357 min
The Pilots Pandemic#26 Dr. William Hoffman: AME, Physician, Aeromedical Researcher, and Author.***The views expressed in this episode reflect only those of the speaker and not necessarily those of the Department of Defense, the US Air Force, or the Brooke Army Medical Center.***
This week we are discussing aeromedical reform with Aeromedical researcher, Dr. William Hoffman.
Dr. Hoffman is a physician, aeromedical examiner, and researcher who leads an aeromedical research group in the United States Air Force. He and his team are working to understand the pilot healthcare barrier and their studies are the largest to ever be conducted on pilot healthcare seeking behavior. While this issue is often common knowledge to...
2022-02-1037 min
Small Market PodcastEpisode #92 w/ William David Klemish the Midwest AnarchistThis week the guys talk with William David Klemish, also known as the Midwest Anarchist an amateur wrestler and wrestling student.
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2022-01-261h 07
The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson225 Dr. William Hoffman - Disc BulgeSpine specialist, Dr. William Hoffman shares a story of a 51-year-old, emergency room physician suffering with lower back and left leg pain. A Note from Dr. Hoffman My goal is to help as many people as I possibly can to regain and maintain their health through chiropractic care. I've dedicated my life to providing my patients with the best possible care. Each patient receives a thorough history and consultation. This is followed by a comprehensive examination and recommendation for care. All patients are given the opportunity to not only get out...
2022-01-1019 min
Small Market PodcastEpisode #88 w/ William MartinWilliam Martin of the 300 lbs of Sports Knowledge Podcast joins us this week to talk college football.
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2021-12-0844 min
The Radiate Wellness PodcastRadiate Knowledge with William WildbloodWilliam Wildblood left his life as an antique dealer in the UK to run a guesthouse in South India, then relocated to France where he occasionally guided tours at the medieval abbey of le Mont Saint-Michel. Now back in England, he has worked for BBC magazines in various capacities, including seven years as an antique columnist.
In his book, Earth Is a School, William uses his 20 years of experience with discarnate spiritual teachers and Masters to examine the material world as a spiritual school, specifically tailored to develop consciousness. He discusses how our planet serves as a t...
2021-12-071h 16
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCritically Reclaimed #20 | Before the Devil Knows You're DeadWelcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners!
This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney explore the last movie from iconic filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who also directed the classics 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, NETWORK and DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney star in BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD, and it may very well be one of the best neo-noirs ever!
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2021-11-171h 01
RecruitingDaily PodcastCallRail: The Intersection Of Best Place To Work And Hybrid Work With Whitney Hoffman-BennettOn today's episode of The RecruitingDaily Podcast, we have guest Whitney Hoffman-Bennett of CallRail here to discuss "The Intersection of Best Place to Work and Hybrid Work." Whitney has been the Vice President of Talent and Culture at CallRail for close to four years, where she and her team manage the full employee life cycle. CallRail is a business communications and analytics platform that helps businesses improve customer experience and marketing performance, with over 180,000 businesses utilizing the tech.Some of the big questions: How will we determine the best places to work in a hybrid w...
2021-08-2434 min2021-05-2508 min2021-05-2138 min2021-05-1451 minFoot On The RockJohn 1-2 The Word & The Start of His MinistryIn this episode we cover John chapter 1 and 2
2021-04-2740 minFoot On The RockThe Word of God and A Ton of Laughter with Rachel CarpenterWe talk about the beauty of the Bible, and followed some rabbit trails... okay... a lot of rabbit trails.
2021-04-201h 15
Foot On The RockClarification On Nice Guys Finish LastI just want to make sure that what I meant wasn't misunderstood.
2021-04-1603 minFoot On The RockA Conversation With Bro. GleasonI sat down with Bro. Gleason and we covered a multitude of topics.
2021-04-151h 38Foot On The RockThe Calling of God Feat: Emily MincheyEveryone is called, and today we talk about pursuing the calling on your life
2021-04-071h 12The Pilots PandemicEpisode #7 Dr. William Hoffman!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER !!!!!!!!!The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker's alone and do not represent the views of the US Government, the US Department of Defense, the Brooke Army Medical Center, or the Federal Aviation Administration. END DISCLAIMER On this weeks episode I speak to Dr. Billy Hoffman. We discuss his recent studies on pilot health care seeking anxiety, his book ‘Wings of Deceit’, and more aero-med related topics.
Billy Hoffman attended Georgetown University School of Medicine and is a neurology resident physician, aeromedical researcher, and FAA Aeromedical Examiner (AME). He is a private pilot passionate about the...
2021-04-0432 minFoot On The RockThe Knowledge of Good and EvilIn this episode we talk about restoring to God the ability to determine what is good and evil in our lives!
2021-03-3124 minFoot On The RockWalking with God Feat: Zachary MaslanikI got to sit down with Bro. Zachary Maslanik and ask some solid questions!
2021-03-241h 35Foot On The RockDon't Look Back Feat: Michael HromcikBro. Michael Hromcik shares his story of taking a step of faith to follow that call of God on his life.
2021-03-1747 minFoot On The RockWhat's Your Treasure?Do you desire the things of this world, or do you desire the things of God?
2021-03-1014 minFoot On The RockIt's a Relationship Feat: Conner FiskThis conversation was not between two people, the Lord stepped in and spoke.
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2021-03-041h 07
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2021-03-0301 min
Silicon AlleySeven Lessons From The First Year In Business | William Glass, Co-Founder of Ostrich#37 In this episode, Seven Lessons From The First Year In Business, host William Glass shares 7 key lessons he's learned through the first year of building Ostrich. Glass provides concrete examples of what has worked well for him and what has not. You’ll hear from past guests that embody the lessons learned from Andrew Holliday and William Glass's first-year starting up Ostrich.
The 7 lessons are:
Expect the unexpected - Steve Hoffman, Founder of Founders Space, Investor & Entrepreneur - Episode #26
Build a team with the right partners - Yotam Hadass, VP of Engineering at Electric.ai...
2020-07-2444 min
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCritically Acclaimed #134 | Shelf Life, Bad Boys 4 Life, Bad Education, Onward, The Painted Bird, Marathon ManCRITICALLY ACCLAIMED is playing catch-up this week! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dig back into the rest of 2020 and review some of the biggest films they missed the first time around: BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, BAD EDUCATION and ONWARD! They also review the new release THE PAINTED BIRD and explore recently unearthed Paul Bartel movie SHELF LIFE, which is being released for the first time EVER after being finished over 25 years ago. And this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney try to keep pace with the classic thriller MARATHON...
2020-07-211h 51
Silicon AlleyThe Myth of the Entrepreneur | Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space, Angel Investor, & Serial Entrepreneur26: The Myth of the Entrepreneur: The Best Ideas Come To You, host William Glass sits down with Steve Hoffman, A.K.A. Captain Hoff in a high-energy convo about his entrepreneurial and investing journey. Steve takes us from film school to gaming to investing in Silicon Valley to advising startups globally.
Bio
Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, is the Chairman & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators. He’s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of seve...
2020-05-081h 08
The Music Biz 101 & More PodcastExtreme Manager Rob Hoffman: Music Biz 101 & More PodcastMusic Biz 101 & More is the only radio show in America that focuses on the business side of the music & entertainment worlds. Hosted by William Paterson University's Dr. Stephen Marcone & Professor David Philp, the show airs live each Wednesday at 8pm on WPSC-FM, Brave New Radio.
In this episode, Extreme manager Rob Hoffman talks about managing the band, synch licensing "More Than Words," his company One Music Management, playing guitar for Voyage, his Journey tribute band (they're awesome - Philp has seen them), and much, much more. It's a must-listen. Don't be a ninny. Give it some time.
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2019-12-241h 00District of ConservationEP 47: 'Tis Hunting Season, On William Perry Pendley, 1.4 M More Acres for Fishing & Hunting Opportunities Open on USFWS LandsIn Episode 47 of District of Conservation, we've got much to celebrate! First, it's our one year anniversary of launching, so this show will be a special one to mark the start of Season II of the podcast.
Gabriella discussed the start of the 2019-2020 hunting season and why it's important to get more adult onset hunters into the field. She also discussed William Perry Pendley, the new BLM Deputy Policy and Programs Director, and his op-ed at the Denver Post hitting back at critics about his positions on public lands and news from Department of Interior opening u...
2019-09-0322 min
The Daily Question: An Entrepreneurs Guide to GreatnessDailyQ #48: What books are you actually reading right now? -- The DailyQ with Troy HoffmanWhat books are you actually reading right now? In this week’s series special, Troy Hoffman reveals which books he is currently reading and which audiobooks he is listening to. Successful people know there is always learning and growing to do. As William S. Burroughs profoundly says, “When you stop growing, you start dying.”
Ask yourself, “What books do I need to start reading?” Reading is an amazing way to learn from geniuses in any field you are looking to grow in. Grab a book, and you are instantly holding years of life lessons from the author.
Curr...
2019-05-2404 min
Image CultureEP 023: CAMILLE HOFFMANMy guest is the artist Camille Hoffman. In her work Camille rethinks the narratives embedded in traditional American landscape painting. She points out the political motivations of the romantic landscape, it’s enforcement of ideas of Manifest Destiny and Western Exceptionalism, and, in doing so, she begins a conversation about the monolithic history of painting. Looking closely at this history motived Camille to focus on her materials. In addition to traditional oil paint, she uses printed matter collected from her daily life, ranging from holiday themed plastic tablecloths to discarded medical records, from plastic bags to nature calendars. The re...
2018-11-2000 min
Turkey Book TalkMax Hoffman on Turkey's latest nationalist waveMax Hoffman of the Center for American Progress on the major recent study “Is Turkey Experiencing a New Nationalism?” based on focus groups and polling with the Metropoll research company.
The report finds that Turkey remains a deeply nationalist, conservative country, where the national mood is prickly, defensive and conspiratorial. But it also contains some perhaps surprising details about attitudes to President Erdoğan, levels of religiosity in young people, and the political opinions of Turkish women.
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2018-03-1940 minTurkey Book TalkMax Hoffman on Turkish civil society under siegeMax Hoffman discusses the report "Trends in Turkish Civil Society," a joint publication by the Center for American Progress, the Istanbul Policy Center, and the Italian think tank IAI.
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2017-08-0430 min