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Shaping Opinion

By: Tim O'Brien
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  • The Shaping Opinion podcast helps you see through the spin. It reveals things you may not know, and it exposes other things some may want to keep hidden. Its focus is on how your thoughts and attitudes are influenced to create change in the culture, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Host Tim O’Brien – author, senior media advisor and veteran damage control expert – empowers you with a fresh perspective. He comfortably takes you inside trending issues, stories and to the people who unravel it all through deep-dive conversations. After decades in handling high stakes and complex crisis management situations, Tim probes to uncover what’s real and what matters, and what will shape the future. Watch or listen every Monday wherever you get your podcasts.
    O'Brien Communications, 2024
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Episodes
  • Bursting the Overpopulation Myth, with Marian Tupy

    Bursting the Overpopulation Myth, with Marian Tupy
    Jun 10 2024
    Marian Tupy joins Tim to burst the myth that the world is overpopulated. Through his work, he has demonstrated that as the world’s population has grown, humankind has actually become more abundant. Marian is the founder and editor of HumanProgress.org, and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity at the Cato Institute. He is the coauthor of: The Simon Abundance Index, Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting, and Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet. https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/shapingopinion/Marian_Tupy_Interview_auphonic.mp3 Check out this FULL EPISODE at YouTube: https://youtu.be/yyxWWDkbdck Check out this FULL EPISODE at Rumble: https://rumble.com/v4u8jxw-bursting-the-overpopulation-myth-with-marian-tupy.html LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos as soon as they are posted: https://www.youtube.com/@shapingopinion/videos Stay up to date by signing up for the Shaping Opinion Substack here: https://shapingopinion.substack.co Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shaping-opinion/id1371714253 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/6yOg769bSm9hJn9zhwkunl For all episodes and to learn more about Shaping Opinion at: https://shapingopinion.com Follow the Shaping Opinion Podcast on all social platforms: Twitter/X - @Shaping Opinion, Instagram - @Shaping Opinion, on Facebook at Shaping Opinion and don’t forget to join the “Shaping Opinion Podcast Listeners” Group on Facebook. Links from Our Conversation: HumanProgress.org – https://humanprogress.org Marian Tupy, Cato Institute – https://www.cato.org/people/marian-l-tupy Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet, Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Superabundance-Population-Innovation-Flourishing-Infinitely/dp/1952223393/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LA5I10BFSH2J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.n2d_vjnwl9rz1t1YWR2Dv0i4zh5fWgUkXZSRVG8fX6JrMK6l8B-KNVfMFr8Nq6YVf-ko06gV6sqBhsUAvbp3d6WSyEsVbdVG_FDAlReTy0KC7npPru28e8xLW7qcpL1GKIratT2TM-k-vtAdwHomOJzZjzEAEqdb7JazmMP_djsPkz_gEO795XnSYu8Bx9ug12B4H4982n8CDJM73Z15eev-QqM0GKhT7QkYOj1vtzc.t_HJvrvGkySzcfhFB1ABmtN5rZWDLGHdRFw_5jijVwQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=superabundance&qid=1715299541&sprefix=superab%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1 Julian Simon Was Right: A Half‐​Century of Population Growth, Increasing Prosperity, and Falling Commodity Prices, Cato Institute – https://www.cato.org/economic-development-bulletin/julian-simon-was-right-half-century-population-growth-increasing
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    50 mins
  • Why Isn’t ESG Living Up to the Hype?, with Sanjai Bhagat

    Why Isn’t ESG Living Up to the Hype?, with Sanjai Bhagat
    Jun 3 2024
    Author and university professor Sanjai Bhagat joins Tim to talk about his research findings on ESG investing and what he calls “an inconvenient truth” about it. According to Sanjai, ESG investing is simply not living up to the hype, and he knows why. If your retirement funds are invested in ESG funds, or if your financial advisor wants you to invest in ESG funds, you need to listen to Sanjai. https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/shapingopinion/ESG_Audio_Podcast_auphonic.mp3 Sanjai Bhagat is Provost Professor of Finance at the University of Colorado, and he’s the author of the book, “Financial Crisis, Corporate Governance, and Bank Capital.” But what caught my attention was something he wrote for the Harvard Business Review. In March of 2022, he wrote an article entitled, “An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing.” Check out this FULL EPISODE at YouTube: https://youtu.be/i5MZc569a98/ Check out this FULL EPISODE at Rumble: https://rumble.com/v4tuoor-why-isnt-esg-living-up-to-the-hype-with-sanjai-bhagat.html LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos as soon as they are posted: https://www.youtube.com/@shapingopinion/videos Stay up to date by signing up for the Shaping Opinion Substack here: https://shapingopinion.substack.co Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shaping-opinion/id1371714253 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/6yOg769bSm9hJn9zhwkunl For all episodes and to learn more about Shaping Opinion at: https://shapingopinion.com Follow the Shaping Opinion Podcast on all social platforms: Twitter/X - @Shaping Opinion, Instagram - @Shaping Opinion, on Facebook at Shaping Opinion and don’t forget to join the “Shaping Opinion Podcast Listeners” Group on Facebook. Links from Our Conversation: An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing, Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2022/03/an-inconvenient-truth-about-esg-investing/ Sanjai Bhagat, Ph.D., on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaibhagat/ Why Do ESG Funds Underperform? https://ssrn.com/abstract=3725828 Companies that Issue Green Bonds Do Not Lower Their Carbon Emissions - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4492883/ U.S. Carmakers EV Plans Hinge on Batteries, Wall Street Journal - https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-car-makers-ev-plans-hinge-on-made-in-america-batteries-11675640784?page=1 Should the U.S. Courts Allow the SEC to Enforce Mandates to Disclose Compliance with Climate Goals, Columbia Business School Paper - http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3800193
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  • What is Going On with Vatican Art?, with Eric Armusik

    What is Going On with Vatican Art?, with Eric Armusik
    May 27 2024
    Catholic artist Eric Armusik joins Tim to talk about the current trend at the Vatican to embrace ugly art at the expense of so much beauty it could showcase. Eric paints classical figurative art. His work is reminiscent of the old masters. His works are inspired by grand and vivid murals that he first saw in Gothic cathedrals as a child. But what caught my attention was a social media post from Eric that highlighted something we all may have noticed but may not have thought much about, which is how the Vatican seems to have gotten away from this sort of beauty and realism in its own art. https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/shapingopinion/Vatican_Art_II_auphonic.mp3 Check out this FULL EPISODE at YouTube: https://youtu.be/St9f7UwZe3U Check out this FULL EPISODE on Rumble: https://rumble.com/v4u5wll-whats-going-on-with-vatican-art-with-eric-armusik.html LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos as soon as they are posted: https://www.youtube.com/@shapingopinion/videos Stay up to date by signing up for the Shaping Opinion Substack here: https://shapingopinion.substack.co Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shaping-opinion/id1371714253 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/6yOg769bSm9hJn9zhwkunl For all episodes and to learn more about Shaping Opinion at: https://shapingopinion.com Follow the Shaping Opinion Podcast on all social platforms: Twitter/X - @Shaping Opinion, Instagram - @Shaping Opinion, on Facebook at Shaping Opinion and don’t forget to join the “Shaping Opinion Podcast Listeners” Group on Facebook. Links from Our Conversation: Erik Armusik’s Website - https://www.ericarmusik.com Vatican Proud of Ugly Sculpture in Audience Hall - https://www.oliverduerr.de/en/society/vatikan-zeigt-sich-stolz-auf-haessliche-skulptur-in-audienzhalle/ Contemporary Catholic Art Doesn’t Have to be Ugly. Just look at this new cathedral, Catholic Herald - https://catholicherald.co.uk/contemporary-catholic-art-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly-just-look-at-this-new-cathedral/ The Vatican’s Cosmic Nativity Scene, Tradition in Action - https://www.traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/A915-Pre.htm Pope Welcomes Artists, Including Andres Serrano, Artnet - https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pope-francis-artists-andres-serrano-vatican-2328251
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    43 mins
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