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Reframing Reality 2: How We Know What We Know | Peter Duke | The Ripple Effect Podcast #576

Reframing Reality 2: How We Know What We Know | Peter Duke | The Ripple Effect Podcast #576

Peter Duke is a Creative Director, Technologist, and Photographer with a diverse background in technology, games, communications, and marketing. His clients include 20th Century Fox, Virgin Entertainment, Sega GameWorks, Universal Studios, SHOAH Foundation Institute, The United States Army, The National Security Agency, Microsoft, Lions Gate, Capitol EMI, IMAX, Vanity Fair, and Glamour magazines.

Reframing Reality: Behind The Curtain of Control | Peter Duke | The Ripple Effect Podcast #575

Reframing Reality: Behind The Curtain of Control | Peter Duke | The Ripple Effect Podcast #575

Peter Duke is a Creative Director, Technologist, and Photographer with a diverse background in technology, games, communications, and marketing. His clients include 20th Century Fox, Virgin Entertainment, Sega GameWorks, Universal Studios, SHOAH Foundation Institute, The United States Army, The National Security Agency, Microsoft, Lions Gate, Capitol EMI, IMAX, Vanity Fair, and Glamour magazines.

THE A.I. DEBATE: Oracle or Overlord | Alex Tsakiris vs Ricky Varandas | Ripple Effect Podcast #572

THE A.I. DEBATE: Oracle or Overlord | Alex Tsakiris vs Ricky Varandas | Ripple Effect Podcast #572

Alex Tsakiris is a technology entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. He is best known as the founder of the A.I. company MindPath Technologies back in 1986, and the host of the long-running podcast Skeptiko, a popular podcast that explores the intersection of science and spirituality. With a background combining a strong technical background information systems and artificial intelligence along with a scientific curiosity and a deep interest in spirituality, Alex Tsakiris has become a significant voice in debates surrounding the nature of consciousness and its relation to the physical world. Alex is also a best selling author who’s work includes WHY SCIENCE IS WRONG…: About Almost Everything, and Why Evil Matters: How Science & Religion Fumbled a Big One, and his newest book Why AI? Is Smartest… Is Dangerous… Is Divine.

War On Whistleblowers: The High Cost of Speaking Truth To Power | Ex-CIA John Kiriakou | Ripple Effect #571

War On Whistleblowers: The High Cost of Speaking Truth To Power | Ex-CIA John Kiriakou | Ripple Effect #571

John Kiriakou, from a decorated high-ranking CIA counter-terrorism chief who led the 2002 capture of al-Qaeda’s Abu Zubaydah, to a federal inmate, John Kiriakou’s life is a masterclass in the high cost of speaking truth to power. In 2007, he became the first CIA official to publicly confirm the agency’s use of waterboarding, explicitly calling it torture—an act of whistleblowing that eventually led to him being the only person imprisoned in connection with the torture program. After serving 23 months, he reinvented himself as a sharp-witted author and commentator, hosting the Deep Focus podcast and penning books like The Reluctant Spy, and the gritty survival manual Doing Time Like a Spy, effectively using his intelligence background to critique the very systems he once served.

Music & Meaning | Jeff Warnock | The Ripple Effect Podcast #566

Music & Meaning | Jeff Warnock | The Ripple Effect Podcast #566

Jeff Warnock is a multimedia marketing specialist based out of Denver, CO. He owns & operates “Empath Eyes Studio”, where his work spans the creative spectrum of video production, photography, audio engineering, graphic design, and more. Jeff produces the “Macroaggressions” Podcast for Charlie Robinson, and spearheads the digital marketing efforts for Activist Post. He also makes music under the “Empath Eyes” moniker, available on all streaming platforms.

The Rise of A.I: The Wait Is Over | Alex Tsakiris | The Ripple Effect Podcast #563

The Rise of A.I: The Wait Is Over | Alex Tsakiris | The Ripple Effect Podcast #563

Alex Tsakiris is best known as the founder and host of Skeptiko, a popular podcast that explores the intersection of science and spirituality. With a background combining a strong technical background information systems and artificial intelligence along with a scientific curiosity and a deep interest in spirituality, Alex Tsakiris has become a significant voice in debates surrounding the nature of consciousness and its relation to the physical world. Alex is also a best selling author who’s work includes WHY SCIENCE IS WRONG…: About Almost Everything, and Why Evil Matters: How Science & Religion Fumbled a Big One, and his newest book Why AI? Is Smartest… Is Dangerous… Is Divine.

My Life in The Thrill Kill Medical Cult | Zowe Smith | The Ripple Effect Podcast #562

My Life in The Thrill Kill Medical Cult | Zowe Smith | The Ripple Effect Podcast #562

Zowe Smith worked in the medical coding industry in management, education, and training for over a decade. While working on an EMR implementation program, she caught the attention of recruiters at Oxford and Stanford. Zowe’s bachelors degree in science and her university laboratory expertise proved invaluable for investigating Covid-19 testing fraud. Zowe began to have a crisis of conscience as she witnessed the hospital was incentivize to kill patients and then bury Covid-19 vaccine injuries. She finally walked out over the vaccine mandate. Compelled to warn others, she began to document the Covid-19 fraud she witnessed from a unique insider perspective. She is now an whistleblower and author of The Covid Code: My Life in the Thrill Kill Medical Cult.

The STILL REMAINS Story: Trauma, Influences, Break-Ups & Reunions | TJ Miller | Ripple Effect ep.561

The STILL REMAINS Story: Trauma, Influences, Break-Ups & Reunions | TJ Miller | Ripple Effect ep.561

T.J. Miller is the vocalist and one of the founding members of iconic & revolutionary metalcore bands, STILL REMAINS. Still Remains is an American Metalcore band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They formed out of previous local bands Shades of Amber and Unition. They have released three studio albums, Of Love and Lunacy, The Serpent and Ceasing to Breathe. T.J. shares some personal stories about his upbringing, trauma, touring, influences, inspirations, parenting and how these experiences have impacted the way he looks at the world.

Learning From Life Lessons | Richard Grove | The Ripple Effect Podcast #550

Learning From Life Lessons | Richard Grove | The Ripple Effect Podcast #550

Richard Grove is a historian, author, filmmaker, podcaster, whistleblower, educator & lifelong student . He is the founder of TragedyAndHope.com, creator of the Peace Revolution Podcast, and host of the GrandTheftWorld.com podcast. Richard joins us to talk about life, liberty and our pursuit of happiness and how his new project, The University of Reason, can help better understand it all.