November 9, 2006
On tonight’s show, Thursday 9:00pm e.t., my guest will be former Facebook engineer, Karel M. Baloun. The show can be listened to live here.
Personally, I am fascinated by the explosion of social networking sites and aside from Myspace, Facebook is the largest. I do suggest you listen to the show to learn what goes on behind the scenes at one of the fast growing sites. Here is a link to Karel’s site.
After we chat with Karel, we will have another rendition of “open air” Thursday. From time to time, I like to open up the airwaves to the hear what you have to say about Blogtalkradio. Good, bad or indifferent, all of your comments are welcome. I plan on discussing some of the enhancements we are making to the site and I would love to hear what you would like to see on Blogtalkradio.
The call in number is 347-677-0649, the place is www.blogtalkradio.com/alanlevy and the time is 9:00pm E.T.
See you “on-air”.
Alan
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Posted by Alan Levy
November 7, 2006
We have been spending a fair amount of time talking about how Blogtalkradio is the first “social radio network”.
In our view, traditional radio is inherently flawed and that’s why it is an industry in decline. Terrestrial radio is limited among other things, by high costs, limited geographic reach, no archival capability and a declining audience and hence revenue base. Clearly another significant weakness in the nearly century old medium is that the barriers to entry are way too high for the “citizen broadcaster” to get on air.
Who is to say that there is only one Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh or Al Franken out there? Until now, the citizen broadcaster has been unable to seize the airwaves. Now finally, anyone with a phone or an internet connection can broadcast a live call-in talkshow complete with unlimited streaming, archival capability and RSS feeds.
Blogtalkradio is open and ready for business. In fact, we have been open for three months and in this brief time, tens of thousands of shows have been broadcast live and downloaded.
The movement has just begun and we are looking for you, the citizen broadcaster to check our service, listen to a show and if you dare, host your own.
Just today, we came across a post written by USC Professor Jerry Del Colliano who hits the nail right on the head.
We look forward to seeing you “on-air”
Alan
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Posted by Alan Levy
November 4, 2006
On November 5th at 9 pm EST I will be joined by author Anatol Lieven who has written - “Ethical Realism”. You can find his works at www.newamerica.net and www.pantheonbooks.com.
Anatol also co-writes a blog on The Huffington Post with with John Hulsman.
We are very excited to spend an hour talking to Anatol as he is the senior research fellow at The New America Foundation.
Here is a brief outline of what The New America Foundation is;
The purpose of New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation’s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Through its fellowships and issue-specific programs, the Foundation sponsors a wide range of research, writing, conferences and public outreach on the most important global and domestic issues of our time.
We look foward to spending time talking to Anatol regarding his groundbreaking endeavors in life.
Click here to get to the show.
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Posted by amydomestico
November 2, 2006
After interviewing Arianna Huffington on my show
last week to discuss her new book, “On Becoming Fearless”, I decided to
write a post about the most fearless person I have known. Romi, and the
folks at the Huffington Post were gracious enough to post my piece.
Its called Fearless Till The End, and I am honored to be able to share the most fearless person I have known.
I dedicate Blogtalkradio to my father because if it wasn’t for his
inspiration and strength, this new platform may not have come to be.
Alan
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