Best Pete Pachal Podcasts (2025)

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Island Chat (Interviews from Long Island Who 2025) 56:33

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What’s it like to work on Doctor Who and Torchwood when you’re not in the spotlight—but still right there among the monsters, costumes, and chaos? In this very special live episode recorded at Long Island Who, Pete and Chris chat with two veterans of the Whoniverse: Mickey Lewis, a monster actor and novelist with stories to spare (including some ve…

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Master of the Moment (Ingesting “The Time Monster”) 1:34:32

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TOMTIT jokes. Chronovores. Diapers. That one time the Doctor ran interference with a cork and a fork. Welcome to The Time Monster — a Pertwee six-parter that throws everything into the vortex, including Atlantis, bird gods, and a TARDIS nesting doll. Is this Jon Pertwee’s “so bad it’s good” masterpiece? Or just a cautionary tale about letting the M…

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From Startup to Scale: Jerry Li’s Playbook for the Next Economy 51:03

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In this episode of Revenue Room™, Jerry Li shares his hard-won lessons on building, scaling, and thriving in the age of AI. From navigating the leap from startup scrappiness to sustainable scale, to reshaping work and leadership for the next economy, Jerry’s playbook is equal parts visionary and practical. You’ll learn how to: Rethink growth strate…

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Rex and the City (Regressing “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”) 1:28:37

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Dinosaurs in Doctor Who? Always a risky proposition—especially when they’re on a BBC budget in 1974. Invasion of the Dinosaurs tries to roar, but often just… stands there looking sleepy. Still, there’s more to this six-parter than claymation T-rexes. Sarah Jane gets her best early outing as a journalist, UNIT is (mostly) back together, and Mike Yat…

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Mission Creep (Silencing "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon") 1:34:10

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Memory, manipulation, and moon landings collide in one of the most audacious season openers in Doctor Who history. In The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, Steven Moffat unleashes the Silence — a monster so terrifying, you forget them the moment you look away — and dares viewers to keep up with a non-linear plot packed with space-suited chi…

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Can You Build AI Without Bias? | John Pasmore 42:56

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John Pasmore, thinks the answer is yes — but not if we keep doing things the old way. In this episode, the CEO and founder of Latimer AI lays out the company’s strategy for inclusive AI: replace scraped social content with vetted academic material, digitize underrepresented history, and build guardrails with purpose. Charna and John also explore th…

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Branded or Buried: Pete Pachal on Why AI Will Expose the Real Value of Media 56:24

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In this episode of The Revenue Room™, Pete Pachal, founder of The Media Copilot and longtime tech journalist, joins Heather Holst-Knudsen for a sharp, future-forward conversation on how AI is reshaping the media landscape. From the decline of brand trust to the rise of zero-click content, Pete unpacks the brutal clarity that AI brings—and why it ma…

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Terrie Noland Explains Literacy Education - Rolli Experts Explain Everything Podcast 22:25

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Terrie Noland is a Certified Academic Language Practitioner and a nationally recognized leader in education and literacy. In this episode of Rolli’s Experts Explain Everything podcast, Terrie unpacks why literacy is one of the most powerful predictors of an individual’s success and well-being, and why it matters for society at large. She dives into…

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The Fifteenth Element (Look Back: The Ncuti Gatwa Era) 1:16:13

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We park the Randomizer for a moment of reflection on the Ncuti Gatwa era — an time of goblins, gods, wish worlds, and controversies that may have rewritten more than canon. From reshoots and reality wars to Billie Piper’s surprise return and Disney’s uncertain handshake, we dive deep into what worked (hello, 73 Yards), what didn’t (Robot Revolution…

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Owning the Room: Samantha Skey on AI, Imposter Syndrome, and Leading with Intention 47:00

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In this episode of The Revenue Room™, Samantha Skey, CEO of SHE Media, shares her bold, human-centered take on leadership, AI disruption, and the future of digital publishing. From reframing imposter syndrome as a systemic issue to building a diversified media model grounded in authenticity, Samantha offers a masterclass in leading with courage, cl…

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How Open Data and AI Are Transforming Environmental Monitoring | Gracie Ermi 35:49

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Machine learning scientist Gracie Ermi joins Charna Parkey to explore how AI and open-source satellite data are changing the way we understand land use, climate impact, and environmental risk. At Impact Observatory, she helps create high-resolution, publicly available maps used by educators, researchers, and global organizations alike. A conversati…

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Playing It School (Sweeping “The Caretaker”) 1:20:49

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When the Twelfth Doctor trades the TARDIS for a mop at Coal Hill School, awkwardness is bound to follow. Join us as we revisit The Caretaker, an episode packed with high-stakes parent-teacher nights, questionable robot threats, and a love triangle that quickly goes off the rails. Can Clara balance dating Danny Pink and running down corridors with t…

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Multi-Agent Systems and Human-Agent Collaboration | Rodrigo Nader 58:55

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In this episode, Charna Parkey welcomes Rodrigo Nader, the founder of Langflow, an open-source, low-code app builder for multi-agent AI systems. Rodrigo and Charna dive into his beginnings in a small Brazilian town to the future of AI and the emergence of multi-agent systems. Discover how these systems will enable human-agent collaboration, increas…

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Zero-Click Futures and AI Truths: How Tag Digital is Redefining Event Marketing 46:42

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What do hamster photos, AI-powered marketing, and global event domination have in common? In this episode, Heather Holst-Knudsen sits down with Laura Davidson, CEO and co-founder of Tag Digital, to uncover how she turned a scrappy startup into a global performance marketing powerhouse for events. From their first client win with UBM to building AI-…

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Reinventing Event Revenue: Michelle Troop on Customization, AI Tools, and Selling Beyond the Booth 49:51

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In this episode of The Revenue Room, host Heather Holst-Knudsen speaks with Michelle Troop, Chief Revenue Officer of Ai4, the world’s largest artificial intelligence event. Michelle shares how she helped scale Ai4 from boutique gatherings into an 8,000+ attendee juggernaut—and how her entrepreneurial mindset has led to multiple successful event acq…

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Nothing but Double (Replicating “The Android Invasion”) 1:35:29

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Terry Nation returns! But not with Daleks — this time it’s androids, clones, and possibly the most ill-advised eyepatch in Who history. The Randomizer has pulled us into The Android Invasion, a UNIT-adjacent tale with a suspiciously quiet pub, some surprisingly trigger-happy fingers, and a plan so convoluted, it makes a Moffat finale look grounded.…

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Why AI Can’t Scale Without Infrastructure Fixes | Darrick Horton 50:55

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From energy bottlenecks to proprietary GPU ecosystems, the CEO of TensorWave, Darrick Horton explains why today’s AI scale is unsustainable—and how open-source hardware, smarter networking, and nuclear power could be the fix. QUOTES Darrick Horton “The energy crisis is getting worse every day. It’s very hard to find data center capacity—especially …

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From Legacy to Tech-Enabled: How MEDQOR is Transforming Healthcare Media 50:28

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In this episode, Heather sits down with Brian Weaver, the innovative mind behind Chronicle, MEDQOR's proprietary data platform that is redefining how B2B media companies deliver performance and prove ROI. Brian shares the story of acquiring MEDQOR in 2009—then a traditional print publisher—and turning it into a data-powered marketing engine that de…

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Diplomatic Disunity (Negotiating “The Curse of Peladon”) 1:36:31

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Is it a medieval space opera or a green-skinned fever dream? The Curse of Peladon has it both ways, complete with a courtly Pertwee, a princess-posing Jo, and the most phallic alien ever approved for Saturday tea time. Join us as we decode this gothic interstellar allegory about joining galactic federations (or maybe the European Economic Community…

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Building Open-Source LLMs with Philosophy | Anastasia Stasenko 57:45

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Join Charna Parkey as she welcomes Anastasia Stasenko, CEO and co-founder of pleias, through her unique journey from philosophy to building open-source, energy-efficient LLMs. Discover how pleias is revolutionizing the AI landscape by training models exclusively on open data and establishing a precedent for ethical and socially acceptable AI. Learn…

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Cynthia Griffin Explains Family Law - Rolli Experts Explain Everything Podcast 19:25

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Cynthia Griffin is a Partner at Modern Family Law and an expert in divorce, child support, and custody matters. In this episode of Rolli’s Experts Explain Everything podcast, Cynthia breaks down why the field of family law is growing so rapidly, and what makes it fundamentally different from criminal law. She also explores the delicate points where…

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Ends with Benefits (HOT TAKE: "The Reality War") 59:58

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How do you stick the landing for a story about a fake world that’s made of wishes? You let your villain shine, sprinkle in some glorious cameos, and insert a twist that dials the emotional resonance to 11. Somehow, between all the fourth-wall-breaking and nonsensical plot twists, Russell T. Davies wraps up Ncuti Gatwa’s second season of Doctor Who …

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Twist and Doubt (HOT TAKE: “Wish World”) 40:21

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The Doctor’s stuck in a surreal 1950s fever dream, UNIT’s been rebranded as a life insurance agency, and wish-granting gods are running amok. What is even happening in Wish World?! Pete and Chris dive headfirst into RTD’s mind-bending, logic-challenged spectacle that dares to connect the Rani, Poppy, Conrad, and possibly Susan through some extremel…

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Democratizing Cloud Infrastructure | Kevin Carter 59:19

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Discover how Rackspace Spot is democratizing cloud infrastructure with an open-market, transparent option for cloud servers. Kevin Carter, Product Director at Rackspace Technology, discusses Rackspace Spot's hypothesis and the impact of an open marketplace for cloud resources. Discover how this novel approach is transforming the industry. TIMESTAMP…

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Bigeneration Gap (HOT TAKE 2: "The Interstellar Song Contest" Post-Credits Scene) 29:18

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It turns out our dress rehearsal of The Interstellar Song Contest was missing one extremely important reveal! In this emergency analysis of the post-credits scene, we tackle the surprise regeneration of Mrs. Flood into a new Time Lady villain—Archie Panjabi’s take on the classic Rani. Is this just a nostalgia throwback, or are we in for a legit cos…

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Idol Threat (HOT TAKE: "The Interstellar Song Contest") 38:00

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The Interstellar Song Contest is a full-on sensory overload: galactic glam, massive stakes, and more killer hooks than a Skybox full of Hellions. In this hot take, we break down the Doctor’s most bombastic outing yet — complete with AI cameos, shocking twists, and one jaw-dropping moment that might just redefine the Doctor’s moral compass. Has Russ…

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Rightful Hair (HOT TAKE: "The Story & the Engine") 46:38

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In The Story & the Engine, the Doctor finds himself in a Nigerian barbershop… on a spaceship… on the back of a spider… in the realm of living stories. You with us so far? Good — because the story’s just getting started. Join Pete and Chris as they dissect one of the most surreal, ambitious episodes in Doctor Who history, from map headgames to moral…

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AI and the Future of Media Consumption | Pete Pachal 1:03:58

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In this episode of Open Source Data, Charna Parkey interviews Pete Pachal, founder of The Media Copilot. With over two decades of experience covering technology, Pete shares his insights on how AI is transforming media, journalism and discusses how journalists can embrace AI as a tool to enhance their work to adapt and thrive in this new environmen…

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The Lies that Blind (HOT TAKE: “Lucky Day”) 38:22

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It's a Lucky Day… or is it? Is this a bold stand for truth in the age of misinformation, or an unsubtle lecture about trusting the deep state? Can conspiracy theorists exist in a world where UNIT is canon? And what’s the deal with Conrad’s podcast? From shrieks to lip gloss, Mrs. Flood to memory worms, we unpack all the continuity—and the politics.…

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The Revenue Room™ with Anne Lafère, Group CEO, Easyfairs 42:33

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In this episode of The Revenue Room Podcast, Heather Holst-Knudsen sits down with Anne Lafère, Co-CEO of Easyfairs, to explore how the company is transforming the events industry through deep digital integration, centralized technology, and a fiercely data-driven culture. Anne shares how Easyfairs uses AI to improve personalization, predict attende…

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Fright of Your Life (HOT TAKE: "The Well") 42:51

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Doctor Who has plunged into The Well — and trust us, you’ll want to keep your back covered. Pete and Chris tackle the chills, thrills, and high-stakes mystery of Season 2’s most intense episode yet. How does the Doctor face the unknown when it stares right back at him? How is the future of humanity suddenly more fragile than ever? And what clever c…

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Your AI Roadmap: Building a Career, Revenue and a Future in AI | Dr. Joan Bajorek 55:36

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In this episode, Dr. Joan Bajorek—AI entrepreneur, author of Your AI Roadmap, and founder of Clarity AI—joins Charna Parkey to talk about what it really takes to build a future in AI. From career pivots and layoff anxiety to financial transparency and finding joy in your work, Joan shares practical advice and personal stories navigating fear, burno…

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Heavy Meta (HOT TAKE: “Lux”) 40:28

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RTD just gave us Alan Cumming as a cartoon god named Mr. Ring-a-Ding, and that’s not even the weirdest part of “Lux.” This episode has 2D-animated monsters, film reel body horror, meta commentary on fandom, and the Doctor using regeneration energy to treat a boo-boo. Pete and Chris are here to unwrap it all — from Mrs. Flood’s nuclear foreboding to…

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Day of the Nurse (HOT TAKE: "The Robot Revolution") 46:32

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It's the future, and your star registry gift just triggered a robotic uprising. Welcome to Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution, where RTD goes hard on visuals, soft on substance, and maybe too far on consent. The Pull To Open crew picks apart everything from glitchy AI metaphors to Belinda Chandra’s underbaked debut — and Pete almost expected a Robots…

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Cooperative Systems, Data Transparency & Quality and the Year of Small AI | Dr. Jason Corso 1:03:09

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Dr. Jason Corso joins Charna Parkey to debate the critical role of data quality, how its transparency shapes AI development and the rise of smaller, domain-specific AI models - making 2025 the year of small, specialized AI. QUOTES Charna Parkey "Knowing the right data is incredibly important, because it'll save you money, but predicting the impact …

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Invade for TV (Discharging “Aliens of London and World War Three”) 1:38:49

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Say it with us now: it’s not just Slitheen fart jokes. Aliens of London/World War Three is the Ecclestone-Piper powerhouse that firmly established how NuWho would grow beyond the old-school kind of Earth invasion. It would be smart, twisty, full of “real” fake media and political references. It would stuff the Prime Minister in a closet. And it wou…

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Building the Future of Streaming Data | Alex Gallego 55:48

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In this episode of Open Source Data, Charna Parkey talks with Alex Gallego, CEO and founder of Redpanda Data, about his journey as a builder, the evolution of Redpanda, and the company's new agent framework for the enterprise. Alex shares insights on low-latency storage, distributed stream processing, and the importance of developer experience to t…

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The Reich Stuff (Vivisecting “The Sontaran Experiment”) 1:31:48

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Sontar-what now? An odd little two-parter squished between two titanic Tom Baker classics, The Sontaran Experiment manages to downgrade its clone army villain — with a flimsy mask that makes him look more like a bald white dude amid a bunch of South African “colonials”, plus evil experiments that … don’t seem very science-y? We had fun concocting t…

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Sargon Donabed Explains Assyrian History and the Middle East Today - Rolli Experts Explain Everything Podcast 40:20

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Doctor Sargon Donabed is a Professor of History at Roger Williams University and the author of the books Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century and Assyrians of Eastern Massachusetts. In this episode of Rolli’s Experts Explain Everything podcast, Dr. Donabed explores how ancient civilizations like Assyria and…

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The Revenue Room™ with Orson Francescone, Managing Director, FT Live 52:46

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In this episode of The Revenue Room, host Heather Holst-Knudsen sits down with Orson Francescone, Managing Director of FT Live—the global events division of the Financial Times. Under Orson’s leadership, FT Live has delivered record-breaking growth, producing over 240 events in 2024 alone. Join us as we explore Orson’s 20-year journey in the B2B ev…

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The Companion Falls (Impacting “Earthshock”) 1:38:41

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Adric’s fate, an unexpected "asteroid," and the triumphant return of the Cybermen—Earthshock is the definitive Doctor Who game-changer. From its big-budget action sequences to its brutal emotional gut punches, this Davison classic gave us one of the show’s most shocking cliffhangers and its most heart-wrenching companion exit. But does all the spec…

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What is Neuro-Symbolic AI? | Emin Can Turan 56:22

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In this episode, we dive deep into the world of neuro-symbolic AI with Emin Can Turan, CEO of Pebbles AI. Learn how this technology combines neuroscience, behavioral economics, and AI to revolutionize B2B go-to-market strategies. Emin explains how neuro-symbolic AI bridges the gap between human logic and machine learning, enabling smarter, context-…

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Breaking Dad (Reliving “Father’s Day”) 1:33:27

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When Doctor Who returned in 2005, timey-wimey twists like Rose saving her dad in Father’s Day had rarely been seen on screen. But one entire Moffat era later, audiences are more sophisticated. So how does this small-scale Tyler tale land 20 years later? Do we still fear the Reapers? Grab your chunky carphone and make it to the church on time as we …

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How to Empower Non-Technical Teams with Data Insights | Suzanne El-Moursi 55:23

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Learn how BrightHive's AI-powered platform is democratizing data insights, making them accessible to non-technical teams across organizations. Suzanne El-Moursi discusses the importance of data fluency and how BrightHive is helping businesses harness the power of their data. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background 00:02:30 - Journey to Br…

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Zhouhan Chen Explains Science Disinformation - Rolli Experts Explain Everything Podcast 26:12

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Zhouhan Chen is the founder of Safelink Network. He builds technologies to detect abuse on the Internet, such as project Malware Discoverer and Information Tracer (available on Rolli). In this episode of Rolli’s Experts Explain Everything podcast, Zhouhan explains how this technology helps find and flag disinformation on social media. Dive into rea…

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Electric Screams (Shipwrecking “Horror of Fang Rock”) 1:36:36

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Just this once, Leela … everybody dies! Horror of Fang Rock may be a kind of bottle episode (well, a tall bottle with a big electric light on top), but no Doctor Who story has a higher percentage of guest cast killed. And with this bunch of refugees from an Agatha Christie play, who wouldn’t be rooting for a Rutan to off ’em? Join us as we peer int…

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Pete Pachal Explains How AI is Changing the Media Industry - Rolli's Experts Explain Everything Podcast 32:05

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Pete Pachal is the founder of The Media Copilot and formerly served as Chief of Staff for Content at CoinDesk. He has also held senior editorial positions at Red Ventures, Mashable, and NBCUniversal. In this episode of Rolli’s Experts Explain Everything podcast, Pete explains why the long-standing relationship between search engines and journalism …

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The Revenue Room™ with Tina Hannagan, EVP/GM, Fusable 54:33

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In this episode, Tina Hannagan, EVP & GM of Asset Intelligence at Fusable, shares how she led the transformation of Fusable from a traditional media business into a data powerhouse. Tina discusses the journey from siloed brands to a unified data strategy, the importance of strategic partnerships, and how data integration enhances customer value. Sh…

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Open Source AI and Copyright: Building Ethical Models | Kent Keirsey 1:10:19

7M ago1:10:19

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Kicking off Open Source Data Season 7, Charna Parkey welcomes the CEO and Founder of Invoke, Kent Keirsey to discuss his thoughts on licensing, copyright in generative AI, and the role of communities in building ethical, free-to-use technologies that can democratize technology and inspire global innovation. Quotes Kent Keirsey "When we look at open…

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Slave New World (Liberating “Planet of the Ood”) 1:19:51

8M ago1:19:51

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How do the Ood serve Doctor Who? Are they more interesting as harbingers of doom, pawns of the literal devil, or rabid victims of capitalist greed? Planet of the Ood takes the latter approach, and the result is a tale so dark even Donna Noble can’t lighten it up. Still, she (and we) can at least get on the Doctor’s case for his heavy-handed analogi…