David Epstein'Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World''The Sports Gene'Author's note: This is the final segment of Techonomics. It's been three years of discovery and I'm so grateful for it. One of the silver threads of coverag

Taking Apple to the Next Level: Tim Cook

Jun 12th, 2019 15m 21s

'Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level' Leander KhaneyCultOfMac.comBy Jason MiddletonFirst is a mea culpa. I was not a huge fan of Apple CEO and Steve Jobs' successor Tim Cook. He seems like a nice man, highly capable, et ce

Being a Late Bloomer May Be Better for You

Jun 12th, 2019 13m 59s

Rich KarlgaardLATE BLOOMERS: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement By Jason MiddletonThis one is about early-career prodigies versus late bloomers. Let's review the bidding ...Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook at ag

All Pre-Prepped for Retirement? Me Neither...

Jun 6th, 2019 10m 16s

Jean Chatzky'Women with Money'Bankrate.comhttps://www.bankrate.com/retirement/AARP's Social Security Resource CenterBy Jason MiddletonRetirement planning - the two most boring words since Featuring Sting. OK, that's a John Oliver joke, but I h

Persistent Problem: Misuse of Already Bad Data (Weaponized?)

Jun 5th, 2019 17m 51s

Prof. Cathy O'Neill: 'Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy'Her company: ORCAAProf. Shoshanna Zuboff: 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism'Prof. Scott Galloway: 'The Four'Chuck Collins: 'Is In

Building Dynamic, Diverse Downtowns for 21st Century

Jun 4th, 2019 14m 25s

Professor Alex Garvin'The Heart of the City: Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Century' By Jason MiddletonUrban planning fascinates me, the ebb and flow of people, converted spaces and new construction, the range of commutes from nuisan

Undoing the Cycle of Self-Sabotage, or, 'Stop Doing that S***!'

May 22nd, 2019 11m 51s

'Stop Doing that S***!' book'Un (Eff) Yourself' bookGary John Bishop, authorBy Jason MiddletonAlexander Pope dropped An Essay on Criticism back in 1711, and in that essay a quote for the ages: To err is human, to forgive divine. All people

Software Coders Define Our World ... Is That OK?

May 16th, 2019 22m 15s

Clive Thompson, Wired & New York TimesClive's Twitter'Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World'By Jason MiddletonSoftware may well in fact eat the world, but somebody has to write it first. All that software code come

'Savage News': Novel Approach to Covering the White House

May 9th, 2019 8m 52s

Jessica Yellin on Instagram'Savage News' novelBy Jason MiddletonThe author we're talking with next has written a new novel titled Savage News. And boy she nailed that. She could have gone with News Onslaught, Tsunami News or Daily Shitshow.

Invest Early, Often for Millennials

May 8th, 2019 14m 59s

Erin Lowry'Broke Millennial Takes on Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money.'By Jason MiddletonRetirement planning - it's the mantra of every financial advisor, planner and fiduciary you'll ever run into. And the sub mantra,

Making Money While Dodging Fake Money, Teachers & Assets

May 8th, 2019 10m 54s

Book: 'Fake: Fake Money; Fake Teachers; Fake Assets''Rich Dad, Poor Dad'Robert Kiyosaki videosBy Jason MiddletonIn 1972, President Richard Nixon decoupled the US dollar from the gold standard - the money was no longer backed by hard-assets of

Google Ups Its Hardware, Software Game at I/O

May 8th, 2019 11m 8s

Google I/O keynoteNew Pixel phone review via The VergeBy Jason MiddletonSoftware developer conferences - a staple of Silicon Valley and the source of much griping about traffic and parking. But these conferences are necessary pep rallies an

Mobility Unlocked: Academic Approach to Sustainable Transportation

May 1st, 2019 16m 29s

Dr Susan ShaheenUC-Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research CenterMcKinsey report: “Mobility’s Second Great Inflection Point.” By Jason MiddletonThis week is about mobility: angling to find a way to make the infrastructure meet the g

From Self-Driving Cars to Shipping, Our Mobility Is at Inflection Point

Apr 30th, 2019 18m 30s

McKinsey report: “Mobility’s Second Great Inflection Point.”McKinseyStefan KnupferBy Jason MiddletonIf you read the headlines or glance at the trade magazines, it seems like self-driving cars will start landing in our driveways and parking

Telling Baseball's Story, One Pitch at a Time

Apr 24th, 2019 18m 28s

NYT Columnist/Author Tyler KepnerK: A History of Baseball in 10 PitchesBy Jason MiddletonGiven that baseball has traditionally and habitually invented statistics to apply to game strategy and measuring success, I couldn't pass up the ch

Putting Civility, Grace Back in Political Conversations

Apr 24th, 2019 18m 9s

IThinkYoureWrongButImListening.comPantsuitPoliticsShow.comBy Jason MiddletonToxic political dialogue, hate-filled rants on social media, and agenda-driven news stories have become the new norm. People sitting together in pews every Sunday

Gene Editing, Startup Culture and a 'Bad Seed'

Apr 17th, 2019 10m 10s

+ 'Bad Seed' novel+ Author Richard LiebermanBy Jason MiddletonCRISPR is relatively new gene editing technology - and it's been in the news quite a bit recently. In November, a scientist in China modified twin girl embryos so they wou

Biofuels Negatively Impact Wildlife, Climate: Report

Apr 17th, 2019 10m 35s

+ 'Beyond Corn' environmental report + National Wildlife Federation+ Professor Aaron Smith, UC-DavisBy Jason MiddletonEvery time we go the pump, there’s a good chance part of that fuel is made from corn—as in corn ethanol. A 10-year

How Super-Intelligent Machines Could Optimize Human Well-Being, Enviro Stability

Apr 17th, 2019 19m 13s

+ Author Greg Kieser+ Book 'Dear Machine'+ Music bed: Claude DebussyBy Jason MiddletonOnce again this week, we're going to straddle science fiction and science reality with a discussion about Super Aware Intelligent Machines. We hav

Fighting Climate Change Financially

Apr 11th, 2019 10m 34s

+ Innovature.com+ Coffee Report from Bloomberg+ Climate Data Turned Into Sound+ Avocado Toast Under ThreatBy Jason MiddletonThis week we're hammering on a topic familiar to most Americans: brunch.Well, brunching is the inflection p

This Startup Takes the Predatory Out of Payday Lending

Apr 10th, 2019 12m 52s

+ PayActiv+ Safwan Shaw, CEO+ NPR's versionBy Jason MiddletonLet's talk about the velocity of money. The timing of pay has not been considered since before the industrial revolution, and this oversight is creating profound and unnecess

Making Good Out of Bad Reviews

Apr 9th, 2019 11m 7s

This week: bad online reviews. If you cant SAY something nice, post it online. Trolling aside, from Twitter to Yelp to corporate home pages, the one to one relationship between corporations and consumers can be a messy place. Knee-jerk nega

The Many Medical Uses for Cannabinoid (CBD) Oil

Apr 9th, 2019 9m 46s

+ Dr Patel+ The CBD Oil SolutionBy Jason MiddletonAs more and more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, the usage of cannabinoid oil will only rise. CBD oil: miracle cure-all elixir, or 21st century marketing for a new

Living an Unfiltered Life, Free of Digital Doldrums

Mar 20th, 2019 27m 8s

https://twitter.com/briansolishttps://www.lifescaling.me/By Jason MiddletonI didn't really think about it until the book hit my desk: we don't have a manual for what we're being offered when it comes to our digital lives.The social me

Living with Artificial Intelligence ... When It Has a Soul

Mar 14th, 2019 18m 50s

Author James RollingsBook: Crucible: A Sigma Force novel (which is fantastic, IMHO)By Jason MiddletonSometimes, it takes an outsider perspective to get a really good take on a topic that can seem too big to get your arms around. Arti