As podcasting has matured as a medium, it’s grown to cover almost every genre and style imaginable, from old-school tech talk and true crime, to sci-fi and sobering historical deep dives. It’s also proven extraordinarily adept at horror, with both fictional podcasts and real-life tales offering a variety of scares, chills, and unsettling encounters. Much like traditional radio dramas, there’s a distinct intimacy to the format, one that allows talented storytellers to unnerve audiences with nothing more than sound. For Halloween, we’ve collected some of the best and scariest podcasts to grace our smartphones. They might be brand-new shows, or long-running classics, but like a great horror movie or novel, each and every one is practically guaranteed to leave you unsettled and looking over your shoulder. But don’t worry — they’re just podcasts, right? Inside the Exorcist Why we love it: Mark Ramsey’s Inside series tells the stories behind … [Read more...] about 10 scary podcasts to listen to in the dark
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Former GE and NBC exec Beth Comstock can credit much of her success to learning to ‘wallow in ambiguity’
Richard Feloni, provided by Published 11:56 am PDT, Friday, October 19, 2018 Business Insider Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Beth Comstock spent 27 years at General Electric, also working for its former NBC properties, rising to the position of vice chair. She recently wrote the memoir and career guide "Imagine It Forward." Comstock said that she owes her success to learning to exist with ambitions that can sometimes leave her uncomfortable and living with uncertainty. She developed a "three no's" rule, where she would continue pitching an idea to her boss, allowing for it to be rejected a maximum of three times. Beth Comstock initially wanted to be a journalist, but ended up one of the most powerful people at one of the world's biggest companies, General Electric. Comstock spent 27 years at GE, also working at its former NBC properties in communications and marketing roles, before ending up as vice chair. When CEO John Flannery (who is no longer in the role) took … [Read more...] about Former GE and NBC exec Beth Comstock can credit much of her success to learning to ‘wallow in ambiguity’
Transcript: Sen. James Lankford talks with Michael Morell on “Intelligence Matters”
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS - INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD CORRESPONDENT: MICHAEL MORELL PRODUCER: OLIVIA GAZIS MICHAEL MORELL: Senator Lankford, thanks for joining us today. It's great to have you on the show. SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD: Michael, it's great to be able to have this conversation. Thanks. MICHAEL MORELL: We have at least a couple things in common. One-- and most important is that your mom was an elementary school librarian. SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD: That is correct-- MICHAEL MORELL: And my wife is an elementary school librarian. It's an amazingly (LAUGH) important job, as you know, getting kids excited about reading. SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD: It is. … [Read more...] about Transcript: Sen. James Lankford talks with Michael Morell on “Intelligence Matters”
The cofounder of OKCupid says 3 lucky moments led him to run a multi-billion-dollar company
Richard Feloni, provided by Published 10:27 am, Friday, May 18, 2018 Hollis Johnson/Business Insider ShopRunner CEO Sam Yagan is the cofounder of SparkNotes and OkCupid, and was head of the dating site conglomerate the Match Group for seven years. He said that his Syrian immigrant parents passed on skills that enabled him to become an entrepreneur. Yagan credits his success to taking full advantage of lucky opportunities in his life. After having risen as high as he could in a corporate hierarchy, he wants to now focus on "mattering." Sam Yagan knows he's been lucky. He told us for an episode of Business Insider's podcast "Success! How I Did It" that one of the luckiest moments of his life was meeting his college roommates. Together, they built a study guide website called SparkNotes. Then, they built an online dating empire. They started the site OKCupid while Yagan was getting his MBA at Stanford. The idea came from one of those college roommates, and it grew into a … [Read more...] about The cofounder of OKCupid says 3 lucky moments led him to run a multi-billion-dollar company
iOS 11 review: Smarter, better, faster, bolder
iOS 11.3 brings new Animoji, Battery Health, better ARKit, Business Chat, and more! iOS 11.3 is Apple's spring update for iPhone and iPad. It features a few higher-profile new or expanded features, including fun new Animoji lions, dragons, and bears, new settings for battery health that should make every #iPhoneSlow follower happy, as well as new additions to ARKit that'll have you up the wall — ha! not sorry! — and Business Chat for iMessage, which... might do the same! ARKit gets crisper and... goes vertical Where ARKit was previously limited to understanding horizontal surfaces, Apple is now providing the ability to map and make use of vertical and irregular surfaces as well. That means you can have virtual posters, paintings, even walls and doors exist alongside the real thing. It allows for experiences like virtual museums and gateways to other words. It'll also all looks better thanks to higher resolution support and auto-focus. After spending some time with it and … [Read more...] about iOS 11 review: Smarter, better, faster, bolder