Internet Security, Nepal, Vocal Fry

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 5, Episode 82

Apr 5, 2016 1:00 pm
2:07:15 mins

Internet Security (11:08) Adam K. Levin has an AB in Political Science from Stanford University and a JD from the University of Michigan, School of Law. He is a consumer advocate with more than 30 years experience in personal finance, privacy, real estate and government service. An expert in personal finance, credit, identity management, fraud and privacy. Author of "Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves." Levin is the chairman and founder of Credit.com and former director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Today he talks about the importance of internet security and how we can protect ourselves. Nepal Recovery (56:05) Bishnu Adhikari, is an in-country director in Nepal for Choice Humanitarian USA. The Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange’, is a strategic non-governmental agency (NGO) currently working all over the world to end extreme poverty and improve quality of life through a bottom-up, self-developing village-centered approach. Adhikari has two master degrees in Civil Engineering and Environmental Policy. He works with remote villages in the Himalayan Mountains to build roads, schools and water systems. Since the April magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, where more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 his work and our help is needed more than ever. Vocal Fry (1:34:44) Dr. Mark Liberman is an American linguist. He has a dual appointment at the University of Pennsylvania, as Trustee Professor of Phonetics in the Department of Linguistics, and as a professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. He is Faculty Master at Ware College House, Director of Linguistic Data Consortium and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Linguistics. His recent publications include: “Development of Pitch Contrast in Korean Prosody: A Corpus Study” and “Vocal Fry: ‘Creeping in’ or ‘still here’?” Dr. Liberman talks about the phenomenon of "Vocal Fry" and why it is used.

Episode Segments

Episode Segments

Internet Security: MT Show

45m

Adam K. Levin has an AB in Political Science from Stanford University and a JD from the University of Michigan, School of Law. He is a consumer advocate with more than 30 years experience in personal finance, privacy, real estate and government service. An expert in personal finance, credit, identity management, fraud and privacy. Author of "Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves." Levin is the chairman and founder of Credit.com and former director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Today he talks about the importance of internet security and how we can protect ourselves.

Nepal Recovery

1h 1m

Bishnu Adhikari, is an in-country director in Nepal for Choice Humanitarian USA. The Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange’, is a strategic non-governmental agency (NGO) currently working all over the world to end extreme poverty and improve quality of life through a bottom-up, self-developing village-centered approach. Adhikari has two master degrees in Civil Engineering and Environmental Policy. He works with remote villages in the Himalayan Mountains to build roads, schools and water systems. Since the April magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, where more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 his work and our help is needed more than ever.

Vocal Fry

11m

Dr. Mark Liberman is an American linguist. He has a dual appointment at the University of Pennsylvania, as Trustee Professor of Phonetics in the Department of Linguistics, and as a professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. He is Faculty Master at Ware College House, Director of Linguistic Data Consortium and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Linguistics. His recent publications include: “Development of Pitch Contrast in Korean Prosody: A Corpus Study” and “Vocal Fry: ‘Creeping in’ or ‘still here’?” Dr. Liberman talks about the phenomenon of "Vocal Fry" and why it is used.