Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron

David Brin, world-renowned author and public intellectual, and the Hugo Awards finalists for Best Professional Artist, joined Gadi, Karen Castelletti, and Sara Felix on the show. Tammy Coxen taught us how to mix The Hugo Cocktail. The artists who joined us on the show: Tommy Arnold, Galen Dara, John Picacio, Yuko Shimizu, and Alyssa Winans (with Rovina Cai over video). Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

David Brin, world-renowned author and public intellectual, and the Hugo Awards finalists for Best Professional Artist, joined Gadi, Karen Castelletti, and Sara Felix on the show. Tammy Coxen taught us how to mix The Hugo Cocktail. The artists who joined us on the show: Tommy Arnold, Galen Dara, John Picacio, Yuko Shimizu, and Alyssa Winans (with Rovina Cai over video). Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner (a.k.a. Leigh Perry), joined us on Essence of Wonder with Gadi Evron with host Karen Castelletti for geeky shenanigans. Charlaine interviewed Patricia about her new Mercy Thompson book, “Smoke Bitten”, the authors shared their pets, and joined in for a panel discussion about Worldbuilding, with an emphasis on Urban Fantasy. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner (a.k.a. Leigh Perry), joined us on Essence of Wonder with Gadi Evron with host Karen Castelletti for geeky shenanigans. Charlaine interviewed Patricia about her new Mercy Thompson book, “Smoke Bitten”, the authors shared their pets, and joined in for a panel discussion about Worldbuilding, with an emphasis on Urban Fantasy. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner (a.k.a. Leigh Perry), joined us on Essence of Wonder with Gadi Evron with host Karen Castelletti for geeky shenanigans. Charlaine interviewed Patricia about her new Mercy Thompson book, “Smoke Bitten”, the authors shared their pets, and joined in for a panel discussion about Worldbuilding, with an emphasis on Urban Fantasy. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Professionals in the field of influence operations (“Fake News”) joined Gadi Evron, Sounil Yu, Malka Older, and special guest David Weber to discuss how disinformation can be countered from an operational standpoint, as well as its effects on society and policy. Part three of the episode includes the operations and disinformation community panel moderated by Sounil Yu, with The Grugq, Dr. Rosanna Guadagno, Sara-Jayne “SJ” Terp, and .David M. Perlman. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Professionals in the field of influence operations (“Fake News”) joined Gadi Evron, Sounil Yu, Malka Older, and special guest David Weber to discuss how disinformation can be countered from an operational standpoint, as well as its effects on society and policy. Part two of the episode includes the interview with producer Michael Morgenstern, with David Weber and Karen Castelletti. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Professionals in the field of influence operations (“Fake News”) joined Gadi Evron, Sounil Yu, Malka Older, and special guest David Weber to discuss how disinformation can be countered from an operational standpoint, as well as its effects on society and policy. Part one of the episode includes the society and policy panel moderated by Malka Older, with John Rendon, Prof. Braden Allenby, Richard Marshall, and special guest David Weber. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Cory Doctorow joined Gadi Evron to talk on DRM, Right to Repair, and COVID-19/Med-Tech, read from “Unauthorized Bread”, and moderated a panel discussion featuring Steve Crocker, Keren Elazari, Ron Gula, Dmitri Alperovich, and Caleb Sima, discussing the challenges of digital policy when facing security and privacy realities. Karen Castelletti read “Einstein’s Dreams” by Alan Lightman. Part two of the episode includes the panel discussion. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Cory Doctorow joined Gadi Evron to talk on DRM, Right to Repair, and COVID-19/Med-Tech, read from “Unauthorized Bread”, and moderated a panel discussion featuring Steve Crocker, Keren Elazari, Ron Gula, Dmitri Alperovich, and Caleb Sima, discussing the challenges of digital policy when facing security and privacy realities. Karen Castelletti read “Einstein’s Dreams” by Alan Lightman. Part one of the episode includes Cory Doctorow’s reading of “Unauthorized Bread”, his talk, and a Q&A, as well as Karen’s reading of Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host Malka Older and discuss topics such as her book “Informocracy”, society and information, “Fake News”, Narrative Disorder. and Representation vs. Appropriation. On the show were also Tammy Coxen who taught us how to mix a drink created for “Infomocracy by Criminal Element, “Ginfomocracy”, and Stephen Llano on Information Quality, and academia in the days of Covid-19. Karen also read for us “I, Cthulhu” by Neil Gaiman. Part two of the episode includes Tammy’s and Steve’s show corners, and Karen’s reading. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host Malka Older and discuss topics such as her book “Informocracy”, society and information, “Fake News”, Narrative Disorder. and Representation vs. Appropriation. On the show were also Tammy Coxen who taught us how to mix a drink created for “Infomocracy by Criminal Element, “Ginfomocracy”, and Stephen Llano on Information Quality, and academia in the days of Covid-19. Karen also read for us “I, Cthulhu” by Neil Gaiman. Part one of the episode includes Malka Older’s interview. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron, Vincent Docherty, and Christopher J. Garcia host past and future event chairs from fandom (Worldcon, World Fantasy Con) and hacking conferences (DerbyCon, CanSecWest) to discuss Leadership in Crisis, and not only around Covid-19 convention and conference cancellations. Part one of the episode includes a panel discussion on mistakes made and lessons learned. Part two of the episode includes an interview with Concellation 2020 non-chair, Christopher Ambler, and Karen Castelletti reads “Garg and Moonslicer” by u/wanderingbishoper. Part three of the episode includes a panel discussion on adapting in the future. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron, Vincent Docherty, and Christopher J. Garcia host past and future event chairs from fandom (Worldcon, World Fantasy Con) and hacking conferences (DerbyCon, CanSecWest) to discuss Leadership in Crisis, and not only around Covid-19 convention and conference cancellations. Part one of the episode includes a panel discussion on mistakes made and lessons learned. Part two of the episode includes an interview with Concellation 2020 non-chair, Christopher Ambler, and Karen Castelletti reads “Garg and Moonslicer” by u/wanderingbishoper. Part three of the episode includes a panel discussion on adapting in the future. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron, Vincent Docherty, and Christopher J. Garcia host past and future event chairs from fandom (Worldcon, World Fantasy Con) and hacking conferences (DerbyCon, CanSecWest) to discuss Leadership in Crisis, and not only around Covid-19 convention and conference cancellations. Part one of the episode includes a panel discussion on mistakes made and lessons learned. Part two of the episode includes an interview with Concellation 2020 non-chair, Christopher Ambler, and Karen Castelletti reads “Garg and Moonslicer” by u/wanderingbishoper. Part three of the episode includes a panel discussion on adapting in the future. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron and Christopher J. Garcia host David Farland (a.k.a. Dave Wolverton) for an interview and a reading. Also on the show is leadership expert Stephen Kelner looking at the leadership style of Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings, and how it would fit in the modern corporate world, and Karen Castelletti with a reading of “We Can Get Them for You Wholesale” by Neil Gaiman. Part two of the episode includes David’s interview. Full show notes can be found at: https://essenceofwonder.com/2020/04/21/show-notes-for-episode-2-david-farland-interviewed-by-christopher-j-garcia/ For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website: https://essenceofwonder.com/

Gadi Evron and Christopher J. Garcia host David Farland (a.k.a. Dave Wolverton) for an interview and a reading. Also on the show is leadership expert Stephen Kelner looking at the leadership style of Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings, and how it would fit in the modern corporate world, and Karen Castelletti with a reading of “We Can Get Them for You Wholesale” by Neil Gaiman. Part one of the episode includes David’s and Karen’s readings, and Stephen analysis of Aragorn. Full show notes can be found at: https://essenceofwonder.com/2020/04/21/show-notes-for-episode-2-david-farland-interviewed-by-christopher-j-garcia/ For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website: https://essenceofwonder.com/

Gadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host David Weber and friends for a discussion of Warfighting in Space. In part three, followed by a short birthday celebration for David's wife, Sharon, he is joined by three friends, Christopher Weuve, Joelle Presby, and Jacob Holo, along with Karen and Gadi, for a panel discussion on Warfighting in Space. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host David Weber and friends for a discussion of Warfighting in Space. In part two of the episode David reads his soon to be released short story, "Heart of Stone". Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.

Gadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host David Weber and friends for a discussion of Warfighting in Space. Part one of the episode includes an interview with David on finding our source of meaning, life, leadership, the inspiration for Honor Harrington, and even unicorns. Following the interview Karen Castelletti reads Neil Gaiman's short story, "Other People". Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.