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Shaping Opinion

By: Tim O'Brien
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  • Summary

  • The Shaping Opinion podcast helps you see through the spin. It reveals things you may not know, and it exposes other things some may want to keep hidden. Its focus is on how your thoughts and attitudes are influenced to create change in the culture, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Host Tim O’Brien – author, senior media advisor and veteran damage control expert – empowers you with a fresh perspective. He comfortably takes you inside trending issues, stories and to the people who unravel it all through deep-dive conversations. After decades in handling high stakes and complex crisis management situations, Tim probes to uncover what’s real and what matters, and what will shape the future. Watch or listen every Monday wherever you get your podcasts.

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  • Defeating Anxiety through Courage, with Janet Jackson Pellegrini

    Defeating Anxiety through Courage, with Janet Jackson Pellegrini
    Jul 8 2024

    If you suffer from anxiety, you may be given a lot of options. Drugs, illegal or legal. Alcohol. Therapy. But one thing most may not bring up to you is something that’s inside of you. Courage. In this episode, we talk with Janet Jackson Pellegrini, one of the authors of a new book called, “You Can Overcome Anything with Courage.” The book contains 17 different stories from 17 different people. Each shares his or her personal stories and life lessons that have one thing in common – they found the courage to overcome the challenges they faced. Janet tells her story of overcoming anxiety and solving a big life problem simply be reframing her brain after a single casual conversation.

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    Links from Our Conversation

    * You Can Overcome Anything with Courage (Amazon)

    * Tambellini Restaurant Downtown Says Arrivederci! (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)



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    42 mins
  • Don't Cancel the SAT, with April Bleske-Rechek

    Don't Cancel the SAT, with April Bleske-Rechek
    Jul 1 2024

    University professor and researcher April Bleske-Rechek makes her case for standardized testing in college admissions at a time when there’s an aggressive movement to get rid of the tests. She co-authored an article recently in Skeptic Magazine where they say the standardized tests are not biased, but are in fact more fair than other measures to gauge student potential.

    April is a Professor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she focuses on Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology. She has written for many peer-reviewed journals, and is an active member of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).

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    Links from Our Conversation

    * Standardized Admission Tests Are Not Biased, Skeptic Magazine

    * April Bleske-Rechek, The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)



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    52 mins
  • How Private Companies Target & Censor You, with JP Messina

    How Private Companies Target & Censor You, with JP Messina
    Jun 24 2024
    Author and university professor JP Messina talks about how private companies and others have emerged as the new censors in society. JP wrote the new book called, “Private Censorship.” In it, he describes a new kind of censorship where there are no government-sanctioned book burnings, no prosecutions, no laws or committees. In fact, the state doesn’t publicly appear to be involved at all. Instead, the censors are social groups, employers, media companies, social media platforms and search engines, many seemingly working in concert, deciding which speech is censored and which is not.But perhaps more concerning, certain government agencies may have found a way to decide (by proxy) what speech is censored and what private citizens get de-platformed.When he’s not writing books and for journals, JP is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue. He teaches courses on political and moral philosophy, ethics, and the history of practical philosophy.Check out this FULL EPISODE at YouTube: https://youtu.be/5Hst9SxovG8Check out this FULL EPISODE at Rumble: https://rumble.com/v50v0y3-how-private-companies-target-and-censor-you-with-jp-messina.htmlLIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos as soon as they are posted: https://www.youtube.com/@shapingopinion/videosStay up to date by signing up for the Shaping Opinion Substack here: https://shapingopinion.substack.coFind the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shaping-opinion/id1371714253 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/6yOg769bSm9hJn9zhwkunlFor all episodes and to learn more about Shaping Opinion at: https://shapingopinion.comFollow the Shaping Opinion Podcast on all social platforms: Twitter/X – @Shaping Opinion, Instagram – @Shaping Opinion, on Facebook at Shaping Opinion and don’t forget to join the “Shaping Opinion Podcast Listeners” Group on Facebook.Links from Our ConversationPrivate Censorship, (Amazon)JP Messina (Substack page)Public; the Substack of Michael ShellenbergerThe Free Press; the Substack of Bari WeissRacket News; the Substack of Matt TaibbiNRA v. Vullo (Supreme Court Case)Missouri v. Biden (Supreme Court Case) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shapingopinion.com
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    51 mins
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