Hosted by Tim O'Brien · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 127 episodes
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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. www.shapingopinion.com
Tim O'Brien hosts Shaping Opinion, a news show with 127 episodes published.
Our guest is Bishop Joseph Stirckland. He is a Roman Catholic Bishop, the Biship Emeritus of Tyler, Texas. He he’s the Chairman and the Founder of a nonprofit organization called Pillars of Faith. He’s developed a reputa
Our guest is Timothy Sandefur. He is the vice president for legal affairs at the Goldwater Institute’s Center for Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation. What I wanted to talk with Tim about was something he
Our guest today is Patrick Breyer. He is a self-described freedom fighter and a former member of the European Parliament. He served on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. I wanted to talk with Pat
Our guest is Bunni Pounds. She is the Founder and President of Christians Engaged as well as the Senior Vice President for Family Policy Alliance and Family Policy Alliance Foundation – both founded by Dr. James Dobson.
Our guest is Ingrid Jacques. She is a columnist at USA Today. She wrote a column recently about those late-night comedy shows. She argues that the reason Stephen Colbert got fired had everything to do with ratings and bu
Our guest is Jennifer Huddleston. She is a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute. In her work, she focuses on the law in relation to emerging technology. What caught my attention was something she wrot
Our guest is Carole Lieberman. She is an accomplished psychiatrist and a forensic expert witness. Board certified in both psychiatry and neurology. She’s been a leading voice on the psychology of terrorism and its impact
Our guest is Ari Paparo. He is the CEO of a company called Marketecture Media, which is a network of podcasts, newsletters and events covering the digital media sector. He is a writer, a podcaster and an expert on all fo
Our guest is Aaron Bandler. He’s an investigative journalist who is based in the Bay Area. He’s written for several leading national news organizations. In today’s interview, we’ll talk with Aaron about something he’s in
Our guest is David Smokler. He’s the executive director of the K-12 Fairness Center, which is a division of an organization called StandWithUs. StandWithUs is a 24 year-old international nonpartisan education organizatio
Our guest is Mark Joseph. He is Litigation Director at a group in Canada called The Democracy Fund. It’s widely considered the leading voice in the battle for free speech in Canada. I wanted to talk to Mark about a speci
Our guest is David McGarry. He is Research Director at an organization called the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. He is a pundit and a frequent contributor to magazines and news sites on a wide range of topics. He usually
What you don’t know can hurt you. Our guest today is Stacy Malkan. She’s the co-founder and the managing editor at a nonprofit public health research group called, U.S. Right to Know. The group covers public health scien
We are back after a long hiatus, and we’re ready to go! As before, this is a video and an audio podcast. We’re on Substack at ShapingOpinion.com, YouTube, Rumble, and all of the audio channels, from Apple to Spotify. If
One of the nation’s leading trial attorneys Brent Wisner talks about his role in current litigation against several big pharma companies who’ve all been manufacturers of the popular heartburn drug called Zantac, which ha
One of the co-authors of a groundbreaking academic paper, Michael Hicks, makes the case that “ChatGPT is bullshit.” That’s not only the title of his paper, but a compelling point of view that we dig deep into in this con
The head of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO), Mo Canady joins us to talk about a self-inflicted safety crisis at many American schools because school boards are terminating their in-school pol
If you suffer from anxiety, you may be given a lot of options. Drugs, illegal or legal. Alcohol. Therapy. But one thing most may not bring up to you is something that’s inside of you. Courage. In this episode, we talk wi
University professor and researcher April Bleske-Rechek makes her case for standardized testing in college admissions at a time when there’s an aggressive movement to get rid of the tests. She co-authored an article rece
Author and university professor JP Messina talks about how private companies and others have emerged as the new censors in society. JP wrote the new book called, “Private Censorship.” In it, he describes a new kind of ce
Bunni Pounds
Author of Jesus and Politics · Family Policy Alliance
1 appearance on this show
Jennifer Huddleston
Senior Fellow in Technology Policy · Cato Institute
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Carole Lieberman
America's Psychiatrist and Host of the 'Terrorist Therapist Podcast'
1 appearance on this show
Ari Paparo
1 appearance on this show
Michael Hicks
Professor of Economics at Ball State University · Ball State University
1 appearance on this show
Marian Tupy
fellow · humanprogress.org
1 appearance on this show
Brooke Siem
Chopped Champion Chef and author of 'May Cause Side Effects'
1 appearance on this show
Evan Nierman
1 appearance on this show
Aaron Brown
Two Time Olympic Medalist, Canadian Sprinter · Outdoor Living Unlimited
1 appearance on this show
Charles Rose
Business Coach · King’s College London
1 appearance on this show
Kashmir Hill
journalist and author of "Your Face Belongs to Us" · New York Times
1 appearance on this show
Seth Shostak
Senior Astronomer · SETI Institute
1 appearance on this show
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