Thought Leaders
Black Women in Fandom: Kat Monroe on One Direction, Taylor Swift, and Turning Fangirl Culture Into a Career
What if the very thing people told you to tone down became the foundation of your career? In this edition of Black Women in Fandom, we spotlight Kat Monroe - journalist, NYU and Georgetown alumna, and founder of Fan Fave Media and Fangirl Forward whose lifelong love of pop culture helped shape her path in media and entertainment. From late-night television studios to nationally syndicated newsrooms, Kat never left behind the fan identity that first inspired her.
By Tammy Reese8 days ago in Interview
Golden Globes' Podcast Play, The Most Unique Podcast Jobs of 2025 and the Hall of Fame Inductees Revealed.. AI-Generated.
Behind the Awards: Coming Soon I've connected with many of the audio and podcast awards featured in this issue and I'm looking to speak with more to bring you insider perspectives on recognition.
By recognized.fm12 days ago in Interview
Matthew Scillitani on Measuring the Extreme Right Tail with a Supervised Timed High-Range Ability Test
Matthew Scillitani is a psychometrics practitioner at Neurolus Psychometrics focused on developing supervised, time-limited high-range ability examinations. He co-launched The Mental Inventor with Paul Cooijmans as an empirical testbed for a central measurement question: whether performances can be validly differentiated in the extreme right tail under proctored conditions. His approach emphasizes procedural integrity—identity verification, approved proctoring, and rule enforcement—alongside cautious claims about interpretation until reliability and validity evidence is established. He highlights emerging threats to unsupervised testing, including AI-assisted responding and large-scale collaboration, and advocates peer review before formal reclassification.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen16 days ago in Interview
Dov Tiefenbach
Dov Tiefenbach is an actor and a musician. He appears in The Umbrella Academy as Keechie, Klaus's acolyte in six episodes. On Broadway, he played opposite Judd Hirsch in A Thousand Clowns and on TV he appeared in Robo Cop (when he was a kid). More TV roles followed as did movie parts and now he also teaches acting.
By Marie Wilson17 days ago in Interview
Why Nobody Remembers Your Business (and How to Fix It)
You think about your business constantly, before that first cup of coffee, in the middle of the night when you can’t sleep, and definitely while you’re hard at work throughout the day. So it can feel shocking that people — including your target audience and consumers — don’t easily recall your business’s name, let alone the value it can provide them.
By Lynn Tickner18 days ago in Interview
Claus D. Volko on Symbiont Conversion Theory: Reprogramming Bacteria and Tumors to Counter Antimicrobial Resistance
Claus D. Volko, M.D. (born 1983) is an Austrian software engineer and medical scientist in Vienna. He holds degrees in medicine (M.D.), medical informatics (B.Sc.) and computational intelligence (M.Sc.). In the demoscene he is known as “Adok” and served as main editor of the electronic magazine Hugi. Volko formulated Symbiont Conversion Theory in 2018. He founded and leads the Prudentia High IQ Society, and joined Mensa in 2002. In 2018 he published “Volko Personality Patterns,” a Jungian-inspired extension of MBTI typology. In 2025 he posted “Reprogramming Bacteria for Symbiont Conversion: A Review” on Prudentia’s blog, and maintains Prudentia’s journal and blog.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen18 days ago in Interview
Rabbi Sarah Hronsky, Interfaith Cooperation and Social Justice: Hunger, Homelessness, and Durable Partnership
Rabbi Sarah Hronsky is Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth Hillel, serving since July 2003 after ordination at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. She holds master’s degrees in Hebrew Letters and Jewish Communal Service and is a Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Leadership Initiative. She is the President of the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders and Immediate Past President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. Honored with the 2023 Los Angeles Pioneer Women Award, she focuses on interfaith dialogue and social justice, including homelessness, and serves on the North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry Board.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen19 days ago in Interview
Summitfall: Andreas Szakacs Explores Leadership and Survival in a New Himalayan Drama
By andreasszakcsproductions Coming Soon Extreme environments have a way of exposing character. In the thin air of the Himalaya, decisions are made quickly, consequences arrive faster, and leadership is tested without mercy.
By Andreas Szakacs19 days ago in Interview
Mommi Live: The Norwegian Operator Redefining Cross-Industry Coordination
In an era where professional specialization has become the norm, Mommi Live operates differently. The Norwegian business coordinator has built a reputation across fashion, technology, and automotive sectors—not by founding traditional companies, but by orchestrating complex projects that require seamless coordination between creative talent, technical teams, and commercial infrastructure.
By Lucy Evans19 days ago in Interview
Don Jr., Influence-Peddling, and the Ethics of Power Proximity
Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 2009. She operates a boutique national security law practice. She serves as President of Scarab Rising, Inc., a media and security strategic advisory firm. Additionally, she is the Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Outsider, which focuses on foreign policy, geopolitics, security, and human rights. She is actively involved in several professional organizations, including the American Bar Association's Energy, Environment, and Science and Technology Sections, where she serves as Program Vice Chair in the Oil and Gas Committee. She is also a member of the New York City Bar Association. She serves on the Middle East and North Africa Affairs Committee and affiliates with the Foreign and Comparative Law Committee.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen24 days ago in Interview
