S28 Ep1: SUMMER LISTENING Sir Bob Geldof — Challenging Orthodox Thinking

For our special Summer Listening series, we revisit some favorite listens: episodes that cover some of the most important, and current, issues in cyber.  In this episode, Steve speaks with a guest whose focus includes human culture, behavior, and storytelling: singer/songwriter and activist Sir Bob Geldof, lead singer of the Boomtown Rats and founding member of Band Aid, famous for raising money for Ethiopian famine relief. Steve and Sir Bob discuss the effect of the Covid19 pandemic on creativity, the political turmoil facilitated by rapidly advancing digital technology, Sir Bob’s hope for fresh ideas, the courage to embrace change, and more. Learn more about Sir Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats. Mentioned in this episode: Pete Briquette Simon Crowe Garry Roberts Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping Recep Tayyip Erdogan Boris Johnson Donald Trump Charles Darwin Sigmund Freud Karl Marx Live Aid Live 8 QAnon Thomas Piketty Shoshana Zuboff Marshall McLuhan Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock Richard Branson Bill Gates Steve Jobs Mark Zuckerberg Jack Ma Larry Page Sergey Brin Winston Churchill Alan Brooke George Bernard Shaw Tim Berners-Lee Johannes Gutenberg Colin Wilson The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Keith Richards Billie Holiday John Lennon Paul McCartney Paul Allen Steve Wozniak Gaia Theory Read the transcript of this episode Subscribe to the ISF Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts Connect with us on LinkedIn From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.