Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -Exploring interesting topics with interesting people. We are geeks, entrepreneurs, and technologists. On the show, we feature our passions ranging from scifi & fantasy and literature to science and technology. With separation as our new reality, this show is our attempt to help in a world newly united by distance.
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Episodes
Hugo Finalists for Best Professional Artist - 2020, Part 2
June 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBDavid Brin, world-renowned author and public intellectual, and the Hugo Awards finalists for Best Professional Artist, joined Gadi, Karen Castelletti, and Sara Felix on the show. Tammy Coxen taught us how to mix The Hugo Cocktail. The artists who joined us on the show: Tommy Arnold, Galen Dara, John Picacio, Yuko Shimizu, and Alyssa Winans (with Rovina Cai over video). Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wond...
David Brin Interview, Reading, and Song (and NASA/SpaceX Manned Launch!), Part 1
June 06, 2020 18:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBDavid Brin, world-renowned author and public intellectual, and the Hugo Awards finalists for Best Professional Artist, joined Gadi, Karen Castelletti, and Sara Felix on the show. Tammy Coxen taught us how to mix The Hugo Cocktail. The artists who joined us on the show: Tommy Arnold, Galen Dara, John Picacio, Yuko Shimizu, and Alyssa Winans (with Rovina Cai over video). Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wond...
Worldbuilding Panel With Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner a.k.a. Leigh Perry (Masters of Urban Fantasy, Part 3)
May 30, 2020 10:30 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBCharlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner (a.k.a. Leigh Perry), joined us on Essence of Wonder with Gadi Evron with host Karen Castelletti for geeky shenanigans. Charlaine interviewed Patricia about her new Mercy Thompson book, “Smoke Bitten”, the authors shared their pets, and joined in for a panel discussion about Worldbuilding, with an emphasis on Urban Fantasy. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check...
Readings, Pets, and Alpacas (Masters of Urban Fantasy, Part 2)
May 30, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBCharlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner (a.k.a. Leigh Perry), joined us on Essence of Wonder with Gadi Evron with host Karen Castelletti for geeky shenanigans. Charlaine interviewed Patricia about her new Mercy Thompson book, “Smoke Bitten”, the authors shared their pets, and joined in for a panel discussion about Worldbuilding, with an emphasis on Urban Fantasy. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check...
Charlaine Harris Interviews Patricia Briggs on New Mercy Thompson Book “Smoke Bitten” (Masters of Urban Fantasy, Part 1)
May 30, 2020 09:30 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBCharlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, and Toni L.P. Kelner (a.k.a. Leigh Perry), joined us on Essence of Wonder with Gadi Evron with host Karen Castelletti for geeky shenanigans. Charlaine interviewed Patricia about her new Mercy Thompson book, “Smoke Bitten”, the authors shared their pets, and joined in for a panel discussion about Worldbuilding, with an emphasis on Urban Fantasy. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check...
Countering “Fake News”, Part 3 (Operations and Disinformation Community Panel)
May 24, 2020 16:30 - 10 minutes - 9.26 MBProfessionals in the field of influence operations (“Fake News”) joined Gadi Evron, Sounil Yu, Malka Older, and special guest David Weber to discuss how disinformation can be countered from an operational standpoint, as well as its effects on society and policy. Part three of the episode includes the operations and disinformation community panel moderated by Sounil Yu, with The Grugq, Dr. Rosanna Guadagno, Sara-Jayne “SJ” Terp, and .David M. Perlman. Full show notes can be found h...
Countering “Fake News”, Part 2 (Michael Morgenstern and His New Movie)
May 24, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBProfessionals in the field of influence operations (“Fake News”) joined Gadi Evron, Sounil Yu, Malka Older, and special guest David Weber to discuss how disinformation can be countered from an operational standpoint, as well as its effects on society and policy. Part two of the episode includes the interview with producer Michael Morgenstern, with David Weber and Karen Castelletti. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the E...
Countering “Fake News”, Part 1 (Society and Policy Panel)
May 24, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBProfessionals in the field of influence operations (“Fake News”) joined Gadi Evron, Sounil Yu, Malka Older, and special guest David Weber to discuss how disinformation can be countered from an operational standpoint, as well as its effects on society and policy. Part one of the episode includes the society and policy panel moderated by Malka Older, with John Rendon, Prof. Braden Allenby, Richard Marshall, and special guest David Weber. Full show notes can be found here. For more i...
Cory Doctorow and Security Experts Panel, Part 2
May 18, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBCory Doctorow joined Gadi Evron to talk on DRM, Right to Repair, and COVID-19/Med-Tech, read from “Unauthorized Bread”, and moderated a panel discussion featuring Steve Crocker, Keren Elazari, Ron Gula, Dmitri Alperovich, and Caleb Sima, discussing the challenges of digital policy when facing security and privacy realities. Karen Castelletti read “Einstein’s Dreams” by Alan Lightman. Part two of the episode includes the panel discussion. Full show notes can be found here. For more...
Cory Doctorow, Part 1 (Reading, Talk, Q&A)
May 18, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBCory Doctorow joined Gadi Evron to talk on DRM, Right to Repair, and COVID-19/Med-Tech, read from “Unauthorized Bread”, and moderated a panel discussion featuring Steve Crocker, Keren Elazari, Ron Gula, Dmitri Alperovich, and Caleb Sima, discussing the challenges of digital policy when facing security and privacy realities. Karen Castelletti read “Einstein’s Dreams” by Alan Lightman. Part one of the episode includes Cory Doctorow’s reading of “Unauthorized Bread”, his talk, and a Q...
Malka Older Part 2 (Show Corners and "I, Cthulhu" by Neil Gaiman)
May 08, 2020 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBGadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host Malka Older and discuss topics such as her book “Informocracy”, society and information, “Fake News”, Narrative Disorder. and Representation vs. Appropriation. On the show were also Tammy Coxen who taught us how to mix a drink created for “Infomocracy by Criminal Element, “Ginfomocracy”, and Stephen Llano on Information Quality, and academia in the days of Covid-19. Karen also read for us “I, Cthulhu” by Neil Gaiman. Part two of the episode inc...
Malka Older Part 1 (Interview, Reading)
May 07, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBGadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host Malka Older and discuss topics such as her book “Informocracy”, society and information, “Fake News”, Narrative Disorder. and Representation vs. Appropriation. On the show were also Tammy Coxen who taught us how to mix a drink created for “Infomocracy by Criminal Element, “Ginfomocracy”, and Stephen Llano on Information Quality, and academia in the days of Covid-19. Karen also read for us “I, Cthulhu” by Neil Gaiman. Part one of the episode inc...
Leadership in Crisis, A Panel of Event Chairs, Part 3 (Adapting in the Future)
May 02, 2020 06:10 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBGadi Evron, Vincent Docherty, and Christopher J. Garcia host past and future event chairs from fandom (Worldcon, World Fantasy Con) and hacking conferences (DerbyCon, CanSecWest) to discuss Leadership in Crisis, and not only around Covid-19 convention and conference cancellations. Part one of the episode includes a panel discussion on mistakes made and lessons learned. Part two of the episode includes an interview with Concellation 2020 non-chair, Christopher Ambler, and Karen Cas...
Leadership in Crisis, A Panel of Event Chairs, Part 2 (Concellation 2020)
May 02, 2020 06:05 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBGadi Evron, Vincent Docherty, and Christopher J. Garcia host past and future event chairs from fandom (Worldcon, World Fantasy Con) and hacking conferences (DerbyCon, CanSecWest) to discuss Leadership in Crisis, and not only around Covid-19 convention and conference cancellations. Part one of the episode includes a panel discussion on mistakes made and lessons learned. Part two of the episode includes an interview with Concellation 2020 non-chair, Christopher Ambler, and Karen Cas...
Leadership in Crisis, A Panel of Event Chairs, Part 1 (Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned)
May 02, 2020 06:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MBGadi Evron, Vincent Docherty, and Christopher J. Garcia host past and future event chairs from fandom (Worldcon, World Fantasy Con) and hacking conferences (DerbyCon, CanSecWest) to discuss Leadership in Crisis, and not only around Covid-19 convention and conference cancellations. Part one of the episode includes a panel discussion on mistakes made and lessons learned. Part two of the episode includes an interview with Concellation 2020 non-chair, Christopher Ambler, and Karen Cas...
David Farland Interviewed by Christopher J. Garcia, Part 2
April 23, 2020 13:35 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBGadi Evron and Christopher J. Garcia host David Farland (a.k.a. Dave Wolverton) for an interview and a reading. Also on the show is leadership expert Stephen Kelner looking at the leadership style of Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings, and how it would fit in the modern corporate world, and Karen Castelletti with a reading of “We Can Get Them for You Wholesale” by Neil Gaiman. Part two of the episode includes David’s interview. Full show notes can be found at: https://essenceofwo...
David Farland Interviewed by Christopher J. Garcia, Part 1
April 23, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBGadi Evron and Christopher J. Garcia host David Farland (a.k.a. Dave Wolverton) for an interview and a reading. Also on the show is leadership expert Stephen Kelner looking at the leadership style of Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings, and how it would fit in the modern corporate world, and Karen Castelletti with a reading of “We Can Get Them for You Wholesale” by Neil Gaiman. Part one of the episode includes David’s and Karen’s readings, and Stephen analysis of Aragorn. Full show...
David Weber on Warfighting in Space, Part 3
April 17, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBGadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host David Weber and friends for a discussion of Warfighting in Space. In part three, followed by a short birthday celebration for David's wife, Sharon, he is joined by three friends, Christopher Weuve, Joelle Presby, and Jacob Holo, along with Karen and Gadi, for a panel discussion on Warfighting in Space. Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website. ...
David Weber on Warfighting in Space, Part 2
April 17, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBGadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host David Weber and friends for a discussion of Warfighting in Space. In part two of the episode David reads his soon to be released short story, "Heart of Stone". Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Gadi Evron website.
David Weber on Warfighting in Space, Part 1
April 17, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBGadi Evron and Karen Castelletti host David Weber and friends for a discussion of Warfighting in Space. Part one of the episode includes an interview with David on finding our source of meaning, life, leadership, the inspiration for Honor Harrington, and even unicorns. Following the interview Karen Castelletti reads Neil Gaiman's short story, "Other People". Full show notes can be found here. For more information and updates on future shows, check out the Essence of Wonder With Ga...