Debby Bitticks

In the first half, Patricia interviews John Cheney-Lippold, author of We Are Data and Assistant Professor of American Culture and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan. His book explores how our data defines us in ways that shape how governments, advertisers, marketers, political campaigners, prospective employers, real estate brokers, and even law enforcers see us—ways that often clash with how we see ourselves and defy facts. He will discuss what identity means in an algorithmic age: how it works, how our lives are controlled by it, and how we can resist it. In the second half, Patricia interviews Debbie Bitticks, CEO and President of Vital Options International, a nonprofit cancer communication, education, and advocacy organization with a special mission: Generating global cancer conversations. She will discuss her three “G’s”: Get informed, get organized and get moving, the value of a second opinion, and how and where to find support.