Does grilling meat increase your risk of getting cancer? Maybe. But it isn’t that simple. This episode begins with a discussion on the link between grilling meat and cancer and how you can minimize that risk. (http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/does-grilling-really-cause-cancer)
If you look at episodes of the original Star Trek TV series, Scotty talks to the computer to get it to perform tasks on board the Starship Enterprise. Today we are doing something similar with Siri and Alexa and other voice computing apps. So, is voice computing the beginning of a big change in computing that will make typing on a keyboard obsolete? Or will voice computing really just be for setting a timer, finding a restaurant nearby and playing music on a speaker in the kitchen – and that’s about it? Journalist James Vlahos joins me to discuss this. James is a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Popular Science, Scientific American, the Atlantic, GQ, and National Geographic – and he is author of the book Talk to Me: How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live, Work (https://amzn.to/2YinseC)
What do brands such as Adidas, Ikea, Nutella, Porsche and Hermes have in common? They are all name brands that many of us mispronounce. Listen to hear if you’ve been pronouncing them correctly or not. http://www.businessinsider.com/brand-names-mispronounced-2016-5
Anyone who has worked for an incompetent boss has likely wondered – how did they get that job? There are some fascinating reasons why so many leaders in key positions seem to be totally incompetent and in over their head. And the topic has been researched by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at University College in London and Columbia University in New York. He is also author of the book Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders. (https://amzn.to/2Jxqk37). Listen as he explains how and why this happens and how to stop it.
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