Episodes

The Buzz 1: It’s easier to write about a period you’ve lived through, but what do you do when everyone who lived during that time is long gone?…The obvious first place to start is with non-fiction books. (Kat Clay) The Buzz 2: Historical nonfiction is a broad category that depicts historical, real-life events…literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, creative nonfiction overlap with historical nonfiction. (Masterclass staff) The Buzz 3: Historical fiction can be a tricky genre to master. If you...

The Buzz 1: Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword, but an environmental, economic and social driver that’s changing our day-to-day lives… committing to sustainable practices is no longer a “nice to have” but a “must do”…. (forbes.com) The Buzz 2: The fully circular shoe brand Thousand Fell launched in 2019 embracing the circular economy, but the linear ‘take-make-waste’ system continued to drive fashion. In 2020, France's new anti-waste law prevented the destruction of unsold items and in ...

The Buzz 1: Today’s female reader is pressed for time, demanding as hell, and both scared and excited about the future…Female detectives, athletes and presidential candidates were rule breakers simply for trying … Today’s heroine has declared herself her own authority. www.writersdigest.com The Buzz 2: The best literary heroines are worth imitating… (mostly) fictional, but they have a great deal to teach us about ourselves and the real-life stories we find ourselves in. teaandinksociety.com The ...

The Buzz 1: “Music is the shorthand of emotion” (Leo Tolstoy). “Hell is full of musical amateurs” (George Bernard Shaw). “The only truth is music” (Jack Kerouac). The Buzz 2: In 1930, Albert Einstein met with Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore in Caputh, Germany, to discuss the nature of music… Einstein served as the vice president of the Princeton Symphony from 1952 until he died in 1955… During a 1929 Saturday Evening Post interview, Einstein said that, had he not been a scientist, he would ...

The Buzz 1: The term 'Great Resignation' was likely coined by Anthony Klotz, a psychologist and professor at Texas A&M, in May 2021. He told Business Insider that events like the pandemic make people step back and rethink their lives. In some cases, that can cause people to change up careers — and companies will have to adjust. The Buzz 2: Kerry Brown asks, Should We Resign Ourselves To The Great Resignation? and offers evidence for Yes. (www.forbes.com) The Buzz 3: Arianne Cohen wrote tips on h...

The Buzz 1: “Ten years ago, e-books made up less than 1 percent of the trade book market… traditional publishers have lost their former iron grip on the industry…Successful major authors are even choosing to self-publish.…” (izzardink.com) The Buzz 2: Recent research from Global English Editing and Written Word Media reveals … 66% of readers across the globe say print offers “a more fulfilling and unique reading experience * 1.5+M book titles were published in 2021, with printed book sales incre...

Algorithms are buzzing all around us, but exactly what and where are they – and how will they continue to impact each of us – for good or not so good? The Buzz 1: “Algorithm: Word used by programmers when they don’t want to explain what they did.” (Book title on amazon.com) The Buzz 2: “The algorithms that orchestrate our ads are starting to orchestrate our lives.” (Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org) The Buzz 3: An algorithm is a set of step-by-step procedures, or a set of rules to follow, for completing ...

The Buzz 1: “My first customer was a lunatic. My second had a death wish.” (Carl “Karl” Friedrich Benz, whose 1885 Benz Patent Motorcar was the first practical automobile in series production) The Buzz 2: “I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.” [Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the Porsche AG, Volkswagen Beetle, Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK) The Buzz 3: “The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.” [Herbert Marshall McLuhan C...

The Buzz 1: “The book is better. Book adaptations have become must-see TV, from Game of Thrones to The Handmaid’s Tale and beyond…. [and] classic series like the 1995 Pride and Prejudice still standing up to today’s viewing.” (stylist.co.uk) The Buzz 2: “A new take on Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones spin-offs, plus plenty of mystery, drama, and superheroes.…Shadow and Bone, The Queen’s Gambit, The Walking Dead and Game Of Thrones…Some of the most talked-about TV series of the past few years a...

Today’s “The Buzz” comes from vintage classic movies. * Buzz 1: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” (Marty McFly, Back To The Future, 1985 sci-fi film) * Buzz 2: “What are we gonna do?”. “The question isn't 'What are we going to do?' The question is 'What aren't we going to do?’” (Sloan and Ferris, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986 teen comedy film) * Buzz 3: “To infinity and beyond!” (Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story, 1995 computer-animated comedy film) * Buzz 4...

The Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” (Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 film) The Buzz 2: “Shut up and deal.” (Miss Fran Kubelik, played by Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment, 1960 romantic comedy film) The Buzz 3: “To infinity and beyond!” (Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, Toy Story, 1995 film) The Buzz 4: “As if!” (Cher Horowitz, played by Alicia Silverstone, Clueless, 1995 teen comedy film) The Buzz 5: “You actually were telling the tru...

Today's The Buzz comes from vintage classic movies. Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” [Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 drama film] Buzz 2: “Do, or do not. There is no try.” [Yoda, voiced by Frank Oz, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 sci-fi adventure film] Buzz 3: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” [Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, Back To The Future, 1985 sci-fi film] Could you have...

Today's Buzz is from Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future, 1985– 1990 sci-fi movie trilogy. ** Buzz 1: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” ** Buzz 2: “Whoa, this is heavy!” ** Buzz 3: “1.21 gigawatts!?! 1.21 gigawatts?!?” ** Buzz 4: “Your future is whatever you make it.” ** Buzz 5: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” Could YOU have predicted that we'd still be quoting Marty and Doc Brown today – 30+ years later? Hmmm… If y...

The Buzz 1: "Someday, somewhere we'll find a new way of living." ('Somewhere' lyrics, West Side Story, 1957 Broadway play) The Buzz 2: "Anything you want to do, do it, want to change the world, there's nothing to it." ('Pure Imagination' lyrics, 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) The Buzz 3: "You can't start a fire without a spark." (Dancing in the Dark, 1984 lyrics by Bruce Springsteen) Would you have predicted in 1957 that we'd be quoting West Side Story [or re-adapting the play] t...

The Buzz: Top five quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 sci-movie trilogy: * "Nobody calls me chicken." * "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." * "1.21 Gigawatts!?!" * "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." * "This Is heavy!" Would you have predicted in 1990 that we'd still be quoting the characters in Back to the Future today, 30+ years later? If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your indust...

Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” (Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 drama film) Buzz 2: “What are we gonna do?”…“The question isn't 'What are we going to do?' The question is 'What aren't we going to do?’” (Sloane, played by Mia Sara, and Ferris, played by Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986 teen comedy film) Buzz 4: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming…”(Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGenere...

The Buzz 1: “Someday, somewhere we'll find a new way of living.” ('Somewhere' lyrics, West Side Story, 1957 Broadway play) The Buzz 2: “Anything you want to do, do it, want to change the world, there's nothing to it.” ('Pure Imagination' lyrics, 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) The Buzz 3: “You can’t start a fire without a spark.” (Dancing in the Dark, 1984 lyrics by Bruce Springsteen) Would you have predicted in 1957 that we'd be quoting West Side Story [or re-adapting the play] t...

The Buzz: Top five quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 sci-movie trilogy: * “Nobody calls me chicken.” * “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” * “1.21 Gigawatts!?!” * “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” * “This Is heavy!” Would you have predicted in 1990 that we'd still be quoting the characters in Back to the Future today, 30+ years later? If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your indust...

The Buzz 1: “Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the troublemaking individual.” (Natalie Clifford Barney) The Buzz 2: “You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.” (Tina Fey) The Buzz 3: “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” (Roseanne Barr) The Buzz 4: “Being a successful female entrepreneur is hard work and comes with a unique set of challenges.” (Female Entrepreneur's Playbook: Secret Strategies from 20+ Women f...

The Buzz 1: “Smart cities are the intelligent cities of positivity and happy-energy, not the junkyards of technologies but cities of diversity, love, life, beauty, dignity, freedom, tolerance, and equality.” (Amit Ray, author: Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity) The Buzz 2: “The banning of bullfighting in Catalonia was controversial and hard won and has now been replaced by the vacuous global consumption of the mall. I'm sure that is an advance for the bulls but I'm not sure ho...

The Buzz 1: “Even without the modern neurological research that proves storytelling is the best way to capture people’s attention, bake information into their memories, and forge close, personal bonds, humanity has always inherently known that people crave and seek out great stories almost as much as food and water.” (blog.hubspot.com) The Buzz 2: “From fireside folk tales to Netflix dramas, narratives are essential to every society…Scholars specialising in ‘literary Darwinism’ are asking what e...

The Buzz 1: “#Hashtags aren’t as cool as they once were…A Next Web study found that more than half of consumers don’t search for hashtags or use hashtags on their own content.… Spammers and bots are targeting popular hashtags at high rates, even if the hashtag isn’t relevant to the content. This adds “noise” to the social sphere.” (sellerschoice.digital) The Buzz 2: “It’s been 13 years since the founding of the hashtag and marketers are now questioning if hashtags are still relevant…When we aske...

The Buzz 1: “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” (Dave Thomas, Wendy’s founder) The Buzz 2: “The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.” (Michael Arrington, TechCrunch founder and co-editor) The Buzz 3: “Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad.” (Kevin Rose, Digg co-founder) The Buzz 4: “Ignore the hyp...

The Buzz 1: The future promised by self-driving car companies — in which the streets would be filled with autonomous vehicles — has yet to arrive. In May 2021, The New York Times reported that the cars are still unable to manage the multitude of scenarios they may encounter while driving…if it’s drizzling, all the cameras are so strong that they can capture the tiniest water drop in the atmosphere. In a category called atmospherics, workers may be asked to label each individual drop of water so ...