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York Campbell, author, sound editor, producer, poet, and host of Welcome To Earth Stories (a Sci-Fi Anthology) joins us to talk about censorship, equity, empathy, and what it means to simply be a good Earthling. To learn more about York and to listen to his show, visit https://poeticearthlings.com This episode contains promotion for: Dacayin With The Boys - linktr.ee/decayinwtb Be sure to listen and subscribe to this great podcast! Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

On this episode, we talk with actor turned self-taught filmmaker Bo Roberts about everything from psychology, life and filmmaking during to COVID lockdown era, self discovery, and his new film "The Great Awakening", which was acquired by Filmhub and is currently available on multiple streaming platforms, including tubiTV. This Indiana-born model/actor turned self-taught was driven to filmmaking through his interest in psychology. On the heels of 17 short films, Roberts took the opportunity during 2021 to make the feature film, "The Great Awakening". Named one of the "50 Sexiest Men Alive," he transitioned from modeling to acting. He has appeared in various projects including Legendary Pictures/Noam Murro's "300: Rise of an Empire"; Fox's "The Mindy Project" and USA Network's "Burn Notice" and most recently in Lionsgate/Kevin Carraway's "Change of Command" with Michael Jai White and Steve Austin. Connect with Bo on Twitter - @mrboroberts Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MrBoRoberts YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBoRoberts and LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bo-roberts-67134698/ This episode features promotion for: Doom Generation - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod Be sure to listen and subscribe to this great podcasts where ever you listen to podcasts! Voluntary Input records exclusively via Melon - https://melonapp.com?ref=voluntaryinput Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

We seem to hear about data on a day-to-day basis. However, the things we hear about it tend to revolve around Social Media and the likes of Google. But is there more to data than the gloom and doom tech stories we tend to get from the media? On this episode we are joined by Kevin Hanegan to talk about Data Literacy. Kevin is currently the Chief Learning Officer at Qlik, a data and analytics company. He is also the chair of the advisory board for The Data Literacy Project and author of multiple books, including "Turning Data Into Wisdom: How We Can Collaborate with Data to Change Ourselves, Our Organizations, and Even the World." To learn more about Kevin and his book, visit kevinhanegan.com Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

Expert Sam Kamani joins us to talk about the current and future impact of Web3. Sam is the Chief Web3 Strategist for Moonstream.to, Moonstream is the Web3 engine for Blockchain based games. Moonstream has handled over $2.5 Billion in transaction volume to date. Sam is also the founder and host of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, a top 20 Web3 podcast globally and author of the Amazon Best selling "The 30 Day Startup". To learn more about Sam, visit his website - https://samkamani.com Be sure to listen and subscribe to his podcast - https://web3pod.xyz Featuring promotions from: Talking SMAC Podcast - linktr.ee/TalkingSMAC and The Movie Wire Podcast - linktr.ee/Moviewireshow Be sure to listen and subscribe to these great podcasts as well! Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

On this final episode in our A.I. series, we speak with Kate Dudzik about one of the most fascinating aspects in the field - Cognition. Kate has been researching, writing, and exploring themes in Cognitive Science since 2014. She earned both her Bachelor Degree (Honours) and Master’s Degree in Cognitive Science from the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University, where she specialised in the Biological Foundations of Cognition (2017) and Agent-Based Cognitive Modelling (2019). Kate is a peer-reviewed, published scientist with work spanning multiple disciplines, from Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (Springer), to Computer Science (Elsevier); published at both academic conferences in Cognitive Science and the Digital Humanities. In addition to her scientific research, Kate has designed Artificial Intelligence products in private industry, has written multiple articles for industry about digital technology and human interaction, and presented to multiple groups including CIMA/CGMA about understanding digital technology, how it impacts thoughts and behaviour, and best practices in the field. This episode features promotions for: Doom Generation - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod Latin Jukebox - anchor.fm/latinjukebox and Middle Aged Gaming - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/middle-aged-gaming/id1530133996 Be sure to listen and subscribe to those great podcasts as well! Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

In this episode, we learn a bit more about the foundations of AI, data collection, and the future of AI from Babak Hodjat. Babak Hodjat is a serial entrepreneur behind several Silicon Valley companies as main inventor and technologist, and currently serves as CTO - AI at Cognizant. Babak is the former co-founder and CEO of Sentient, responsible for the core technology behind the world’s largest distributed artificial intelligence system, and he was also the founder of the world's first AI-driven hedge-fund, Sentient Investment Management. Babak is widely credited as the main inventor of the natural language technology used in Apple’s Siri. He is an Iranian-American inventor with a passion for storytelling, soccer, and Artificial Intelligence. Born in London, Babak went to kindergarten in Idaho, attended middle school in London, completed high school and undergraduate studies in Iran, and obtained his PhD in Japan. He has been living and working in California since the late nineties. Babak Has published more than 50 peer reviewed academic papers, and is the inventor on more than 30 US patents. Get your copy of Babak's memoir "The Konar and the Apple" here - https://dastaanpublishing.com Connect with Babak on Twitter - @babakatwork Or on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/babakhodjat Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Leave us a message at podinbox.com/voluntaryinput This episode features promotions for: Middle Aged Gaming - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/middle-aged-gaming/id1530133996 and Casting Views - linktr.ee/CastingViews Be sure to listen and subscribe to those great podcasts as well! Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

On this episode, Leon Kuperman talks Cyber Security and the role artificial intelligence can play in it. Co-founder and CTO at CAST AI, formerly Vice President of Security Products OCI at Oracle, Leon’s professional experience spans across tech companies such as IBM, Truition, and HostedPCI. He founded and served as the CTO of Zenedge, an enterprise security company protecting large enterprises with a cloud WAF. Leon has 20+ years of experience in product management, software design, and development, all the way through to production deployment. He is an authority on cloud computing, web application security and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), e-commerce, and web application architecture. Connect with Leon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/itexecutivecto Learn more about Cast AI - https://cast.ai Featuring podcast promotion from Micro Break Podcast (@Micro_Break) - https://app.redcircle.com/shows/96506357-ec30-402b-95ff-ed5de0879a51/exclusive-content and Beer In Front (@BeerInFront) - linktr.ee/BeerInFront Check out Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark - https://tinyurl.com/5n8w39u5 and Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg - https://jubb.ly/852229 Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Leave us a message at podinbox.com/voluntaryinput Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

Neuroscientist Keiland Cooper joins us to talk about the work he and other researchers are doing to try to build AI that is as smart as the human brain. Learn how this can be beneficial to us all. He also helps clear up some common misconceptions about AI and technology in general. Connect with Keiland on Twitter - @kw_cooper Learn more about the work he's doing by visiting his website - kwcooper.xyz or Learn more about ContinualAL, a non-profit research organization and the largest open community on Continual Learning for AI at continualai.org Read their most recent paper combining AI with neuroscience - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28057-6 Featuring promotions Talking SMAC (@TalkingSMACpod) - linktr.ee/TalkingSMAC and The Movie Wire (@MovieWireShow) - linktr.ee/Moviewireshow Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

China specialist Jason Szeftel returns to talk about China's significance in the war in Ukraine, the fate of the communist party in China (and China as a whole), and why other nations including the United States actually share the same concerns as China in regards to aging population and low birth rates. Featuring promos a great podcast you should listen and subscribe to!: Doom Generation - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod Want a new way to listen to web articles and podcasts like Voluntary Input? Go to www.newsly.me, use promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT, and receive a 1-month free premium subscription! Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq Questions, comments, or show ideas? Please be sure to visit https://voluntaryinput.com and select Contact. We'd love to hear from you!

It is an issue that continues to plague the tech space, and often in high profile ways. Friend of the show Romer Nortarfrancesco @RetweetableN14 joins us to talk about Fighting Bro Culture. Dubbed "The Mr. Rogers of infosec" by @snipethesnipers, and "A Positivity Warrior" by @ush1c, Robert is always willing to lend an ear and help anyway he can! Featuring promos from two great podcasts you should listen and subscribe to!: Talking SMAC - https://linktr.ee/TalkingSMAC and FMWL - https://linktr.ee/fmwlpod Visit https://voluntaryinput.com to learn more!

There is no denying that many of us are practically emerced in tech 24/7 - especially on our smart phones. On this episode, Rob Kecak offers his humans first perspective for us to take control of tech as opposed to letting tech take control of us. He talks about having tech mindfulness, as well as how he helps companies adopt a 4 day work week. To find out more about the work Rob does, visit https://www.humansfirst.us To redeem your FREE 30 minute call with Rob, be sure to use the subject line he mentions in the episode and send it to - rob@humansfirst.us Please consider donating to The National Kidney Foundation as they strive to provide all patients with access to the care, treatment and guidance they need to cope with a kidney disease diagnosis - https://streamlabscharity.com/@voluntaryinput/national-kidney-foundation This episode feature promotion from THE CULTWORTHY PODCAST. Be sure to listen and subscribe, and check out https://thecultworthy.com ! Want a new way to listen to web articles and podcasts like Voluntary Input? Go to www.newsly.me, use promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT, and receive a 1-month free premium subscription!

As we journey through life, we all pick up baggage along the way. Some baggage is heavier than others. Special guest Keyonna Cox joins us to talk about how we can unpack that baggage, leading to a healthy and fulfilling life! Keyonna is the author of Unpacked Baggage: Getting to Know Keyonna Cox from A to Z. in which she illustrates how she unpacked the baggage of her own life, leading to a life of joy and entrepreneurship! Connect with Keyonna on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/keyonnakccox Please consider donating to The National Kidney Foundation as they strive to provide all patients with access to the care, treatment and guidance they need to cope with a kidney disease diagnosis - https://streamlabscharity.com/@voluntaryinput/national-kidney-foundation Want a new way to listen to web articles and podcasts like Voluntary Input? Go to www.newsly.me, use promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT, and receive a 1-month free premium subscription!

Women have made great strides over the years in many fields - including tech. But, there is still lots of work to be done for them to continue to move into leadership positions. Limor Bergman joins us to tell us how she helps women do just that! From personal branding, to building confidence, she helps ambitious women in tech who want to find the next level in their careers and achieve more through result-oriented coaching. To learn more and to connect with Limor, visit https://limorbergman.com/ Also be sure to connect with her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/limorbergman Connect with Power To Fly - https://www.powertofly.com/ Questions, comments, show ideas? Visit https://voluntaryinput.com/ and select "Contact Us" - we would love to here from you! If you would like to be a guest on the show, be sure to select "Register As A Guest" - we are always looking for great guests like you! This episode features a promotion from Doom Generation. Be sure to listen and subscribe to their show! - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod

Tech is in everything. From our healthcare, to our cars, TVs and music. But some say tech has no place in music. But does it? On this episode we're joined by producer, musician, and host of Micro Break Michael J. Maione, to talk about it! Listen and subscribe to Sugar Coated Murder wherever you listen to podcasts! Be sure to check out Newsly at https://newsly.me and use the promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT to get a 1-month free premium subscription!

The world of podcasting has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years!.But how long will it last? Does podcasting have a future? If you have a podcast, what are some helpful strategies to help you sustain and grow your audience? On this episode, podcast producer and marketer Hector Santiesteban joins us to talk about these things and more! Check out and subscribe to Hector's podcast "Marketing Your Podcast" - https://pod.link/1552722252 Tune in and support Live Stream For The Cure https://allmylinks.com/livestreamforthecure Be sure to check out Newsly at https://newsly.me and use the promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT to get a 1-month free premium subscription!

Many men struggle with what it means to "be a man". But can the faces we wear to appear to be "man enough" actually be masks hiding issues underneath? Corey Hilton joins us to talk about it, and his new book "Take It Off". Take It Off Website - https://www.coreylainehilton.com/take-it-off Take It Off Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1778014704/ref=oxscactimage1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1 Use promo code: leocode Be sure to check out Newsly at https://newsly.me and use the promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT to get a 1-month free premium subscription!

What if your trauma could become your triumph? What if the first step was to simply stop trying to hide it? Altovise Pelzer joins us to tell us we can do just that! She shares how using her own life story has helped to uplift and empower other women, as well as herself. She encourages women (and us all) to simply become Unmuted. To connect and learn more about becoming unmuted, visit her website - https://iamunmuted.com Connect with Altovise on Twitter and Instagram - @altoviseunmuted And be sure to visit her Amazon Storefront - http://www.amazon.com/shop/altoviseunmuted Also be sure to visit livestreamforthecure.com to donate and register. Together, we can all make a difference in the fight against cancer. Questions, comments, show ideas? Or would you like to register as a guest? Visit https://voluntaryinput.com . We'd love to hear from you!

After spending several weeks in an "End Of Life Room", Daniel was determined to make significant changes to his health. He shares his journey with us, which has ultimately brought him back to life. From speaking at a Cardiologist conference, to developing a simple yet practical tool that may even help save the lives of others! To learn more and to contact Daniel, visit https://fastingdice.com Questions, comments, show ideas? Please visit voluntaryinput.com - we'd love to hear from you! For all the ways you can connect to Voluntary Input as well as support the show, visit dope.link/voluntaryinput

Never forced. Never coerced. Open discussions about things in life that matter to you most. Questions, comments, show ideas? Or would you like to be a guest on the show? Visit https://voluntaryinput.com and select Contact, or feel free to email voluntaryinput@voluntaryinput.com. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, select Register as a Guest - we're always looking for great guests like you! We would love to hear from you! Voluntary Input is produced and hosted by Leo Allen. Find all the ways you can connect with us here - https://dope.link/voluntaryinput

When we speak about equality, the conversation is almost always centered around pay. We tend to talk about how women still earn roughly 84% of what men earn, and how the median income of Black families still hovers around $41,000 whereas White families have a median household income of more than $70,000. But is the focus on pay gaps really what's most important, or should we be looking at something far more significant? On this episode of Voluntary Input, I speak with William Adams about this very thing. With a tech career spanning some 30 plus years, he was one of the first Black entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, was recently profiled by the Computer History Museum, he is co-founder of Microsoft's LEAP apprenticeship program, is currently the Technical Advisor to the CTO at Microsoft, and quite frankly one of my heroes in tech. Connect with William - Website: https://www.william-a-adams.com/ Linkedin: thewilliamaadams Twitter: @LeapToTech The EV3NT: https://www.theev3nt.com/ And be sure to check out parts 1 & 2 of "Oral History of Stephan and William Adams" on the Computer History Museum YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQsxaNhYv8daKdGi7s85ubzbWdTB36-_q --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voluntary-input/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voluntary-input/support