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TMO Background Mode Special Edition #5 With Former Apple Executive Michael Gartenberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Gartenberg spent three years as Apple’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, reporting directly to Senior VP Phil Schiller. In his fifth encore appearance on Background Mode, Michael and I...
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John on Charlotte's New Podcast - Media+ Interview from 2020-12-17T16:01:19
John moves to the guest chair for a change and sits down with Charlotte Henry on her podcast Media+, where they discuss new shows on TV+.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Jessica Hebert from 2020-11-16T23:19:55
Dr. Jessica Hebert is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University. She earned a Ph.D. in Biology from Portland ...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#14) from 2020-11-09T23:46:42
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, and a tech support guru. In her 14th appearance, Ke...
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Former Apple Software Engineer David Shayer from 2020-11-02T23:55:23
David Shayer worked as an Apple software engineer for 18 years. He worked on the Apple Watch, iPod, and Radar, Apple’s bug tracking system, among other projects. He was an independent Mac softwa...
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Archaeologist and Author Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes from 2020-10-26T21:46:13
Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, writer and creative professional. She earned her Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 2010. She is the author of the just pu...
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Paleoanthropologist Dr. John Hawks from 2020-10-19T22:56:43
Dr. John Hawks is a Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, associate chair, and undergraduate advisor. He earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the U...
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Astronomy Professor Dr. Mario Juric from 2020-10-12T22:24:23
Dr. Mario Juric is professor of astronomy at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Washington. He holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University. His research is at...
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Best Selling Science Writer Steve Silberman from 2020-10-05T23:58:48
Steve Silberman is an award-winning science writer, award-winning book author, public speaker, TED talk speaker, sometime record album producer, and a life-long Mac user. His writing on science,...
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Astrogator and CEO Mike Loucks from 2020-09-28T21:30:19
Mike Loucks is the CEO of Space Exploration Engineering (SEE), which he co-founded in 1995. He received a BA in Physics/Astronomy from Whitman College, WA in 1985 and an MS in Aerospace Engineer...
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The Mac Observer Co-founder Dave Hamilton from 2020-09-21T23:17:03
Dave Hamilton is the co-founder of The Mac Observer, publisher, and co-host of the legendary Mac Geek Gab (MGG) podcast, having done over 800 shows with our John Braun. He’s an Apple—an...
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Ice Age Ecologist Dr. Jacquelyn Gill from 2020-09-14T23:38:03
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill is an Associate Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology, School of Biology, Ecology and Climate Change Institute, the University of Maine. Her research interests include: ...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#13) from 2020-09-08T22:38:52
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, and a tech support guru.
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TMO UK Associate Editor Charlotte Henry (#7) from 2020-09-02T20:39:36
Charlotte is the Mac Observer’s UK Associate editor, based in London. A self described media junkie, she has also written for City A.M. (London’s daily business tabloid,) Computer B...
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Astronomy Professor Dr. Emily Levesque from 2020-08-24T22:42:16
Dr. Emily Levesque is a professor in the University of Washington’s astronomy department. Her research program is focused on improving our overall understanding of how massive stars evolve and d...
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Tidbits Managing Editor Josh Centers (#7) from 2020-08-17T21:26:46
Josh Centers is the managing editor of TidBITS, as well as the author of many Take Control Books: Notes, Home Automation, Apple TV, co-author of Take Control of Preview. He also publish...
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Physics Professor Dr. Brad Marston from 2020-08-10T22:43:48
Dr. Brad Marston is a professor of physics at Brown University and Associate Director of the Brown Theoretical Physics Center. A graduate of Caltech, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton Univers...
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H.S. Principal Dr. Amy Fast from 2020-08-03T23:20:23
Amy Fast is a high school principal in the McMinnville School District in Oregon. She holds a Ed.D. degree. Previously, she’s been an elementary teacher, instructional coach, and assistant princ...
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IT Security Manager, NIST, Bob Gendler from 2020-07-27T23:00:26
Bob Gendler is an IT Specialist in the Apple world and a Jamf guru. He holds a B.S. degree in Information Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is now part of the Mac Managem...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#12) from 2020-07-20T22:15:39
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, and a tech support guru.
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Physics Professor and Jazz Musician Dr. Stephon Alexander from 2020-07-13T22:09:45
Dr. Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist specializing in cosmology, particle physics and quantum gravity (String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity). He received his BSc from Haverford Coll...
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Partner, Many Tricks Software Rob Griffiths from 2020-07-06T21:21:02
Rob Griffiths worked for Apple (1990-95), founded macosxhints.com in 2000, went on to write for Macworld Magazine, has done some podcasting, and is currently a partner at Many Tricks So...
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Former Apple Senior Director Michael Gartenberg (#11) from 2020-06-29T21:26:35
Michael Gartenberg spent three years as Apple’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, reporting directly to SVP Phil Schiller. He is currently a freelance writer and has become a regular guest h...
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Science Communicator Dr. Kiki Sanford (#9) from 2020-06-23T23:02:01
Dr. Kiki Sanford makes her ninth appearance on Background Mode. Kiki is a neurophysiologist with a B.S. in conservation biology and a Ph.D. avian neurophysiology from the University of Californi...
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TMO UK Associate Editor Charlotte Henry (#6) from 2020-06-15T22:12:47
Charlotte is the Mac Observer’s UK Associate editor, based in London. A self described media junkie, she has also written for City A.M. (London’s daily business tabloid,) C...
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Apple Industry Analyst Rene Ritchie from 2020-06-08T22:28:05
Rene Ritchie has been covering personal technology for over a decade. He currently hosts his own YouTube channel where he provides news analysis and insight on Apple and related technologies and...
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Writer and Podcaster Antony Johnston from 2020-06-01T23:29:39
Antony Johnston is a New York Times bestselling writer and podcaster. The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde is based on his graphic novel; his Brigitte Sharp thrillers are c...
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Parallels Dir. of Sales Engineers Victor Fiss from 2020-05-26T23:14:16
Victor Fiss has had a distinguished career leading teams to implement, integrate, and manage enterprise wide systems. As Director of Sales Engineers, he oversees coordination of pre-sales and po...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#11) from 2020-05-18T22:41:33
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, and a tech support guru.
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Technical Columnist Chris Matyszczyk from 2020-05-11T22:20:19
Chris Matyszczyk is the President of creative consultancy Howard Raucous LLC. He advises corporations and individuals on content creation, advertising and marketing. For the last 13 years, he ha...
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Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Jud Brewer from 2020-05-04T22:16:12
Dr. Jud Brewer is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, as well as a research aff...
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NASA Aerospace Engineer Dr. Craig Hunter from 2020-04-27T23:46:07
Dr. Craig Hunter is an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia with research experience in experimental, theoretical, and computational fluid mechanics, aerodynam...
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Programmer, Author, Podcaster Rosemary Orchard from 2020-04-20T21:05:11
Rosemary Orchard describes herself as a geek, nerd, and programmer. She works full time as a developer of web applications, but her real loves are automation and productivity. She’s also a book ...
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Novelist Christopher Moore from 2020-04-13T22:36:34
Christopher Moore is the author of 17 novels, including Lamb, Coyote Blue, The Serpent of Venice, The Stupidest Angel, and NOIR. Chris published his first novel, Practical ...
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Writer and Raconteur Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus (#2) from 2020-04-06T21:39:06
Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus is a writer, book author and raconteur. He writes for the Houston Chronicle and The Mac Observer, and he specializes in the “Dummies” books about Apple pr...
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TMO UK Associate Editor Charlotte Henry (#5) from 2020-03-30T23:16:03
Charlotte Henry is a London-based technical journalist. A self-described media junkie, she writes about Apple — and now for the Mac Observer as well as our UK Associate Editor. She has ...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#10) from 2020-03-23T20:38:50
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, and a tech support guru.
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Musician and Programmer John Nastos from 2020-03-17T22:56:53
John Nastos is a multi-instrumentalist, music composer and improvisor, saxophonist, an iOS app developer, book author and is currently on faculty at Portland State University as a Jazz Saxophone...
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Founding Director, End Climate Silence Dr. Genevieve Guenther from 2020-03-09T21:30:14
Dr. Genevieve Guenther is a scholar and author. She is affiliate faculty at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School in New York and the founder and director of End Climate Si...
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PCMag Lead Mobile Analyst Sascha Segan from 2020-03-02T22:40:04
Sascha Segan is PCMag.com’s Lead Mobile Analyst. He has reviewed more than 1,100 smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 15 years with PCMag. Sascha is also a multiple award-winning ...
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TMO Editor-in-Chief Bryan Chaffin (#2) from 2020-02-24T23:43:42
Bryan Chaffin is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of The Mac Observer. He is also our Editor-in-Chief. He’s been working lately as co-author of a new edition of iPad For...
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TMO Contributor John Kheit (#4) from 2020-02-17T21:52:03
John Kheit is a New York attorney and a regular contributor to The Mac Observer. We share many common interests, including the 4K/UHD/HDR TV revolution, 8K TV and displays, Wi-Fi/5G tec...
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TMO UK Associate Editor Charlotte Henry (#4) from 2020-02-10T23:19:57
Charlotte Henry is a London-based technical journalist. A self-described media junkie, she writes about Apple — and now for the Mac Observer as well as our UK Associate Editor. She has also writ...
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Science Communicator Dr. Kiki Sanford (#8) from 2020-02-03T21:05:32
Dr. Kiki Sanford makes her eighth appearance on Background Mode. Kiki is a neurophysiologist with a B.S. in conservation biology and a Ph.D. avian neurophysiology from the University of Californ...
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Eclectic Light Company Founder Dr. Howard Oakley from 2020-01-27T23:00:05
Dr. Howard Oakley is currently a developer of Mac software and is the founder of The Eclectic Light Company. Howard started life keenly interested in medicine, attended Oxford, and spent most of...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#9) from 2020-01-20T23:08:52
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, and a tech support guru.
In...
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Tidbits Managing Editor Josh Centers (#6) from 2020-01-13T20:55:53
Josh Centers is the Managing Editor of Tidbits.com and has published many Take Control (TC) books. He’s the author of Take Control of Apple TV and Take Control of Home Automation. He’s been writ...
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Cosmologist Dr. Andrew Friedman (#2) from 2019-12-24T04:20:35
Dr. Andrew Friedman is an astronomer, cosmologist, and data scientist. He’s currently an NSF funded Assistant Research Scientist at the University of California at San Diego Center for Astrophys...
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Smile TextExpander Evangelist Jeff Gamet from 2019-12-17T01:08:28
Jeff Gamet the former managing editor of The Mac Observer, a position he held for 13 years. He’s also a book author and noted podcaster. About a year ago, Jeff left TMO to bec...
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TMO UK Associate Editor Charlotte Henry (#3) from 2019-12-10T00:33:46
Charlotte Henry is a London-based technical journalist. A self described media junkie, she writes about Apple – and now for the Mac Observer as well as our UK Associate Editor. She has also writ...
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Wall Street Journal Special Writer Gregory Zuckerman from 2019-12-03T23:36:25
Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal, a 23-year veteran of the paper and a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb award—the highest honor in business journali...
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Fermilab Cosmologist Dr. Dan Hooper from 2019-11-25T22:39:13
Dr. Dan Hooper is a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. He is also a Professor in the Department of Astr...
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Former Apple Director of Federal Sales David Sobotta from 2019-11-18T23:58:38
David Sobotta joined Apple in 1984. His career there lasted until July 2004. During that time David went from being an entry-level sales representative based in Halifax, Nova Scotia covering Atl...
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Tech Columnist and Author Mike Elgan from 2019-11-11T21:38:19
Mike Elgan writes a popular weekly column for Computerworld, contributes news analysis pieces for Fast Company and SecurityIntelligence and also writes special featur...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont (#8) from 2019-11-05T01:10
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, a tech support guru, and a Foundin...
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GRUBBRR CEO Bhavin Asher from 2019-10-28T23:24:42
Bhavin Asher is a technologist and entrepreneur. After graduating college with a computer science degree, he went to work for IBM. Later, Bhavin transitioned to a position at Deloitte as a CRM S...
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Former Apple Engineering Director Don Melton from 2019-10-21T23:39:08
Don Melton is probably best known as the person who started the Safari and WebKit projects at Apple and his rise to Apple Engineering Director of Internet Technologies. These days he’s an aspiri...
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Productivity Coach Brittany Smith from 2019-10-14T22:46:46
Brittany Smith is a productivity coach who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer, that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity ...
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Astrophysicist Dr. Brian Keating (#2) from 2019-10-08T00:04:38
Dr. Brian Keating is an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. His specialty is cosmology, and he is the father of the origi...
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NASA Chair, Lib. of Congress Dr. Susan Schneider from 2019-09-30T23:49:31
Dr. Susan Schneider is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at The University of Connecticut. She writes about issues in philosophy, AI, cognitive science and astrobiology....
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Thriller Novelist Carter Wilson from 2019-09-24T19:55:50
Carter Wilson is the USA Today and #1 Denver Post bestselling author of six critically acclaimed, standalone psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories. He is an ITW Thriller Awa...
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Journalist&TMO Contributor Charlotte Henry (#2) from 2019-09-16T20:10:18
Charlotte is a London-based technical journalist. A self described media junkie, she writes about Apple—and now for the Mac Observer as well. She has also written for City A.M. Listen
Former Apple Senior Director Michael Gartenberg (#7) from 2019-09-12T19:57:12
Michael Gartenberg spent three years as Apple’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, reporting directly to Senior VP Phil Schiller. In his seventh appearance on Background Mode, Michael and I a...
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Tidbits Managing Editor Josh Centers (#5) from 2019-09-09T21:12:24
Josh Centers is the Managing Editor of Tidbits.com and has published many Take Control (TC) books. He’s the author of Take Control of Apple TV and Take Control of Home Automation. He’s been writ...
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Astronomer Dr. Clay Sherrod (#2) from 2019-09-03T22:24:53
Dr. Clay Sherrod’s astronomical studies began, soon after his Ph.D. work, in 1970 with the Arkansas Sky, Inc., his private non-profit and educational research and educational program. Although n...
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Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Parcak from 2019-08-26T23:53:02
Dr. Sarah Parcak is an archaeologist, anthropologist, Egyptologist, and remote sensing expert who has used satellite imaging to identify potential archaeological sites in Egypt, Rome, and elsewh...
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Science Communicator Dr. Kiki Sanford (#7) from 2019-08-19T21:04:31
Dr. Kiki Sanford makes her seventh appearance on Background Mode. Kiki is a neurophysiologist with a B.S. in conservation biology and a Ph.D. avian neurophysiology from the University of Califor...
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TMO Contributor Kelly Guimont from 2019-08-12T21:44:59
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, a tech support guru, and a Foundin...
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ZDNet Sr. Technical Editor Jason Perlow from 2019-08-05T21:08:22
Jason Perlow is a a well-known technical journalist. He is also also a technologist with over two decades of experience in cloud computing, IoT, mobility, security, open source, enterprise syste...
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Future Historian Steve Carper from 2019-07-29T21:10:26
Steve Carper is a Future Historian, researching how the dazzling future that dominated the Golden Age of science fiction was created—starting with the technological frenzy of the late 19th centu...
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Theoretical Physicist Dr. Jim Gates from 2019-07-22T21:43:50
Dr. Jim Gates is a theoretical physicist and currently the Brown Theoretical Physics Center Director, Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, Affiliate Mathematics Professor, and a Watson Institut...
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Science Fiction Author Darren Beyer from 2019-07-15T21:13:51
Darren Beyer is a former NASA Space Shuttle engineer at Kennedy Space Center who worked on launching and recovering more than a dozen missions. He also conducted astronaut training and had the h...
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Director, Vatican Observatory Br. Guy Consolmagno from 2019-07-08T21:35:03
Br. Guy Consolmagno earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Planetary Science from MIT and his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. He’s been at the Vatican Observato...
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Founder Bombich Software, Mike Bombich (#2) from 2019-07-01T20:49:13
Mike Bombich is the founder and president of Bombich Software, the developer of Carbon Copy Cloner. That’s a backup app for the Mac that has saved the day for many users. He’s a former Apple emp...
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TMO Contributor John Kheit (#3) from 2019-06-24T19:29:03
John Kheit is a New York attorney and a regular contributor to The Mac Observer. We share many common interests, including the 4K/UHD/HDR TV revolution, 8K TV and displays, Wi-Fi/5G tec...
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Former Apple Senior Director Michael Gartenberg (#6) from 2019-06-17T21:01:19
Michael Gartenberg spent three years as Apple’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, reporting directly to Senior VP Phil Schiller. In his sixth encore appearance on Background Mode, Michael an...
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Professor of Astrophysics Dr. Jo Dunkley from 2019-06-10T19:55:01
Dr. Jo Dunkley is a professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. Her research is in cosmology, studying the origins and evolution of the universe. She holds a Ph.D. i...
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Professor of Space Resources Dr. George Sowers from 2019-06-04T20:25:24
Dr. George Sowers holds an undergraduate degree in physics from Georgia Tech and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado in Quantum Field theory. He has worked for Lockheed Martin and...
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TMO Background Mode Interview #2 with TMO Contributor John Kheit from 2019-05-28T23:24:33
John Kheit is a New York attorney and a regular Contributor to The Mac Observer. We share many common interests, including the 4K/UHD/HDR TV revolution, 8K TV and displays, Wi-Fi/5G tec...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with iCEO of the Electronic Transactions Association Amy Zirkle from 2019-05-20T20:05:20
Amy Zirkle is the interim CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA). Prior to joining ETA, she spent 17 years working as a Senior Economist focusing on technology matters including mo...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Science Historian Dr. Matthew Stanley from 2019-05-13T21:00:01
Dr. Matt Stanley is a teacher and researcher in the history and philosophy of science. He holds degrees in astronomy, religion, physics, and the history of science and is interested in the conne...
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TMO Background Mode Special Edition Chat #6 with Kelly Guimont from 2019-05-06T22:07:58
Kelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, a tech support guru, and a...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Cosmologist Dr. Andrew Friedman from 2019-04-29T21:58:01
Dr. Andrew Friedman is an astronomer, cosmologist, and data scientist. He’s currently an NSF funded Assistant Research Scientist at the University of California at San Diego Center for Astrophys...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Author and Artist Michael Benson from 2019-04-22T20:42:42
Michael Benson works at the intersection of art and science as both a writer and artist. His new book, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece Listen
TMO Background Mode Interview with Technical Journalist Lance Ulanoff from 2019-04-15T21:43:57
Lance is a technology journalist, on-air expert, consultant, and influencer. He’s been a senior editor at Online Windows Magazine, editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, and Chief Cor...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Takeoff Technologies President Max Pedró from 2019-04-08T22:42:50
Max Pedró is an eCommerce and financial services entrepreneur. Today, Max is the Co-Founder and President of Takeoff Technologies Inc.
Takeoff Technologies aims at transforming on-line gr...
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TMO Background Mode Interview #2 with Producer Rod Roddenberry from 2019-04-01T22:16:04
Rod Roddenberry is a media producer. The son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, he’s following in his father’s footsteps. Today, Rod is carrying on his father’s work as a producer,...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Astronomer Dr. Clay Sherrod from 2019-03-26T22:31:19
Dr. Clay Sherrod’s astronomical studies began, soon after his Ph.D. work, in 1970 with the Arkansas Sky, Inc., his private non-profit and educational research and educational program. Although n...
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TMO Background Mode Interview #4 with Tidbits Managing Editor Josh Centers from 2019-03-18T19:52:48
Josh Centers is the Managing Editor of Tidbits.com and has published several Take Control (TC) books. He’s the author of Take Control of Apple TV and Take Control of Home Automation. He’s been w...
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TMO Background Mode Special Edition Chat #5 with Kelly Guimont from 2019-03-11T22:00:59
Kelly Guimont is a long-time pro podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, a tech support guru, and a Founding...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with TMO Podcaster and Journalist John Braun from 2019-03-04T22:14:05
John Braun is a software engineer, multiple patent holder, a Mac Observer Contributor and co-host of the Mac Observer’s podcast Mac Geek Gab (MGG). That podcast launched in 200...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Houston Chronicle Technology Editor Dwight Silverman from 2019-02-26T21:50:02
Dwight Silverman is the technology editor for the Houston Chronicle. He manages the TechBurger website, and writes about personal technology for HoustonChronicle.com, Chron.com and the print edi...
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TMO Background Mode Encore #6 Interview with Science Communicator Dr. Kiki Sanford from 2019-02-18T22:41:23
Dr. Kiki Sanford makes her sixth appearance on Background Mode. Kiki is a neurophysiologist with a B.S. in conservation biology and a Ph.D. avian neurophysiology from the University of Californi...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Princeton Theoretical Physicist Dr. Paul Steinhardt from 2019-02-11T21:57:01
Paul Steinhardt is the Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, where he is on the faculty of both the departments of Physics and of Astrophysical Sciences. He co-founded th...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Science Writer&Skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer from 2019-02-04T22:11:53
Michael is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic Magazine, a former monthly columnist for Scientific American, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skep...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Veteran Technology Reporter John Markoff from 2019-01-28T22:00:41
John is a former New York Times reporter reporting nationally on science and computing. He’s been an adjunct faculty member of the Stanford Graduate Program on Journalism. In 2013 he was awarded...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with the CIO of CoSN Susan Bearden from 2019-01-22T00:10:36
Susan is the Chief Innovation Officer for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) in Washington D.C. From 2016 to 2017 she was a Senior Education Pioneers Fellow for the U.S. Department of E...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with TMO Contributor Andrew Orr from 2019-01-14T21:32:27
Andrew is a Contributing Editor at The Mac Observer assigned to the morning news desk. He is also a science and nature lover, with a special interest in botany, as well as an amateur n...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Journalist&TMO Contributor Charlotte Henry from 2019-01-07T23:05:44
Charlotte is a London-based technical journalist. She writes about Apple — and is now The Mac Observer’s newest regular contributor. She has also written for City A.M. (London’...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with Astrophysicist Dr. Jill Tarter from 2018-12-31T22:44:56
Jill is a Ph.D. astrophysicist known for her work in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She’s the former director of the Center for SETI Research (2000-2012) and Adjunct Professor, De...
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TMO Background Mode Interview with CNET Journalist Shara Tibken from 2018-12-17T22:08:14
Shara Tibken is a senior reporter/journalist for CNET News, focused on Samsung and Apple. She previously wrote for Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal.
She g...
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