Latest Ramsaywrites Podcast Episodes
The Anti-Everything Inquiry
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:42 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs the Alberta government spends millions to "fight misinformation related to oil and gas", Bob wonders if it will be the Premier (and not foreign actors) that will, in the long-run, be viewed as harmful to the province. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
I'm the Best
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:41 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf your company wants to win an award for something, there are other companies who help you find, and win, that something, somewhere. All for a price. Bob talks about how they do it. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Fake News. Real Death
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:40 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob looks at the anti-vaxxer movement in the U.S., who is leading it, and how they reach their followers. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Vaccine Hesitants --and Lunatics
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:40 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThere are many reasons why people aren't getting vaccinated - Bob probes into some of those reasons. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Vaccine-nation
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:39 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis blog looks at the parallels between the poorest, Republican states and the lower rates of vaccination and higher rates of hospitalization. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
The Surly Bonds
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:39 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday's blog looks at how the pandemic changed so much for people in terms of where and how they live and work, and what good WiFi means to untethering people from their offices. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Do You Feel Lucky?
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:38 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob looks at the role of luck in everyone's life and says it's a very big factor in how things turn out for us. Here's a good story of how. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Cancelling Controversy
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:38 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn today's blog, Bob looks at what three professors' new publication, "The Journal of Controversial Ideas" brings to the table for the discussion of, well, controversial ideas. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
An iPhone for the Arts
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:37 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCould the British idea of a tax on smartphone purchases help fund the arts? Bob delves into that idea and other new ways of funding one of the hardest-hit sectors because of the pandemic. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Memory Loss and Memory Laws
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 17:37 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob's commentary on the ongoing discovery of graves of thousands of children at Residential Schools means Canadians can no longer deny the horrendous nature of what occured in these places. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
A New Take on Bad Bosses
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn today's blog, Bob suggests that in addition to "Great CEO" lists, there should be "Bad CEO" lists to help prospective and current employees and investors decide if the companies they run are where they want to spend their time and money. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Don't Tax the Rich
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:29 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob looks at the job of tax collector and why governments have been slow, or even lax, in prosecuting and convicting ultra-wealthy tax cheats. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Disown the Podium
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:29 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen a school board in Vancouver does away with its enriched and honours programs in math and science, Bob wonders if they are out of their mind? For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Writing Like Crazy
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:27 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen Donald Trump announce he was "writing" his memoir, Bob decided to explore the ex-president's past books and who actually authored them. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
A hole in 3
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:27 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this blog, Bob questions why some members of Canada's military never seem to "get it" with respect to tone-deaf words and deeds. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Re-Opening Meets Re-Awakening
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:27 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs arts organizations re-open, they also have to ensure they are providing safe spaces and environments for employees of diverse backgrounds - Bob profiles the new contractual obligations becoming the norm. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Death by Civilization
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:27 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob probes into Canada's Residential School tragedy and the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of children housed in those facilities and wonders - are there more? For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Open the Arts!
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:26 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAgainst on-going challenges to opening, various arts organizations are finding creative ways to do so. Bob profiles a few of those finding their way to open, despite the ongoing restrictions of the pandemic. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Would You All Please Just Go Away?
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:26 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen tennis player Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open due to depression, supporters slammed the tournament's organizers for fining her. Bob records the shift in public support for mental health issues. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc.com.
Feats of Clay
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:26 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen Bill and Melinda Gates announced the end of their 27-year marriage, it seemed to come as a surprise to some, but not all. Bob delves into ways technology can help dig into a person's past to decode our emotions and unpack our lies, and secret lives. For more from Bob Ramsay visit ramsayinc....
Hell is Other Robots
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:26 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis episode digs into the rise of computerized companionship. During pandemic lockdowns, people turned to virtual cats and dogs (and other "social robots" powered by artificial intelligence) to stave off the epidemic of loneliness brought about by months of isolation and the loss of human contac...
You Can't Use an Old Map to Explore a New World
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:25 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob looks at the how the maps of Terra Incognita are charting humanity's impact on the planet and finds them sad and wondrous to behold. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
The Arms Race
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:24 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob finds a whole new meaning in "The Arms Race" when it comes to getting vaccines into people's arms. How Canada is surging in its race to do so. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
A drop to drink
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:24 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Bob questions why Canada, as the top country among the world's 195 nations to live and work, cannot yet supply clean drinking water to every one of its citizens? For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Newspapers, not oldspapers
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:24 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs a writer, Bob is fascinated by how newspapers are changing and adapting to keep and build their readership. He profiles three doing so with excellence. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Old Toff. Old Tricks
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:24 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen a member of the British royal family (Prince Michael of Kent) is caught purportedly selling his access to Vladimir Putin, Bob feels he's back in school with the toffs of British society. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Love Letters
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:23 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs a writer, Bob wonders if editing and writing technology will be distinguishable from prose written by a human being? Will it be understandable and as meaningful? He digs into some early examples to test out. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Hemingway Would Weep
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:23 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBob compares Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" to the current saga of the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre, and finds eery similarities. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Feed the Nation, Grow the Arts
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:23 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Bob looks at why and how connecting the arts to tech is smart, and how "the creative industries" should be part of economic and cultural development across the country, and the world. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
The No Diva Rule
RamsayWrites Mini-Casts - September 13, 2021 16:23 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThese days, good character is seen as critical to good business, any business. It's not just in the arts that "the no diva rule" now rules. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit Ramsayinc.com.
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