Influencers Cafe

Wyn is living the dream, Rides for GT Factory Racing and does do wheelies all over the

I first learned of Howard when I was listening to lots of retro music for the Sega Genesis, including Sonic and knuckles and Sonic Spinball. He has worked in over 25 movies and is a super talented composer.During the Cafe, I learned a lot from this master of the trade which helped me a lot in my own musical activities.You can see a video of his time at Sega in this documentary.

Alan is a prophetic minister, travelling the nation's helping Churches receive prophetic messages.I was so fascinated by this topic of Secular Humanism in the last show we had with Alan on I had to get. him to come in to talk specifically about it.Music by my friend David:  [https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylor](https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylor)  

Michael wrote a smashing novel I read around 2016 called Seeds of Earth. A fascinating book with so many interactive alien species with intergalactic political issues and huge scope and interlocking plots.Mike told me this to describe himself:I'm half Scottish, half-English science fiction and fantasy writer, living and working in Ayrshire, Scotland. Born 1959, went to Clydebank High School, then on to Strathclyde University, studying production engineering (didnt graduate) - also wrote for the student paper, and volunteered as a DJ at the students union between 1979 and 1983 so I got all the punk and new wave stuff first hand! Started writing fiction seriously in 1985, first professional publication in the 'Other Edens' anthology in 1988, then a big gap until my first novel, Shadowkings, in 2000. That was volume one of my big bleak dark fantasy trilogy (grimdark before there was grimdark!), after which I switched to SF, leading to the publication of my space opera books, the Humanitys Fire trilogy. I wrote a

Jack is a Criminal defence lawyer at the Public Defence Service, practicing at the Manukau District Court. He has also served at the U.S. Department of State as a diplomat.Music by my friend David:  https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylorFancy something more tech focused? Why not check out my software podcast called Learn With Us.

During the day Kyle is a technologist, focusing on bringing clarity to complicated problems. He has worked in finance, technology startups, music, public radio, film, and advertising.During the night he writea and perform with the band Echo Bloom. They've released 6 albums, gone on 3 world tours, and have driven countless miles in cramped tour vans.Kyle's song we played on the show: Music by my friend David:  https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylorFancy something more tech focused? Why not check out my software podcast called Learn With Us.

Clem operates in the office of Prophet which is a core theme of the New Testament. He is a modern prophet, in that he has a prophetic ministry that takes him to various places around the world today and now, where he encourages people with words that God shows him.He also has a YouTube channel.Alan also operates in the office of Prophet and travels around the world extensielyHe also has a YouTube channel.

Molecular biologist Anjeanette “AJ” Roberts writes and speaks about harmonizing science and the Christian faith. AJ completed her BS in chemistry (graduating with honors) at the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Tulsa in 1988 and her PhD in molecular and cell biology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. From 1997 to 2001, she conducted postdoctoral research in viral pathogenesis and “proof-of-concept” vaccine studies in Dr. John Rose’s lab at Yale University. She then spent two years in Samara, Russia, in Christian mission work and public health lecturing.In 2003, AJ joined Dr. Kanata Subbarao’s lab at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). There she co-led a SARS research team until 2006. From 2006 to 2013, she served as an assistant professor of graduate education for the University of Virginia’s microbiology faculty and directed the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program in Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases. From 2013 to 2015, she was a visiting fellow w

Daniel is a Policy Liason at the Family Leader.The family leader is a fascinating and influential organisation in the USA. Their aims are to strengthen families, by inspiring Christ-like leadership in the home, the church, and the government.Live videos from Daniel's church are posted here: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdOfTheValleyLutheranChurchWdm/Music by my friend David:  https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylorFancy something more tech focused? Why not check out my software podcast called Learn With Us.

Peter Cook leads  Human Dynamics, offering Business and Organisation Development. He also delivers keynotes around the world that blend business intelligence with parallel lessons from music via The Academy of Rock. Author of and contributor to eleven books on business leadership, acclaimed by Tom Peters, Professors Charles Handy, Adrian Furnham and Harvey Goldsmith CBE.  His three passions are science, business and music, having led innovation teams for 18 years to develop life-saving drugs  including the first treatments for AIDS, Herpes and the development of Human Insulin. 18 years in academia and 18 + years running his businesses. All his life since the age of four playing music.Peter also plays the guitar solo at the Podcast intro.

Another fascinating episode with a very smart man: Mark. He is political activist, autodidactic philosopher, neon visionary, wanderlust logician, artistic renegade.Also, check out this video called OPT-OUT OF MONEY: FOR FUN & PROFIT!Previous episode:https://cafe.nikoskatsikanis.com/episodes/mark-nadalMusic by my friend David:  https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylor

Mike Robbins is the author of five books, including his brand new title, WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging, which comes out May 5th.  For the past 20 years, he’s been a sought-after speaker and consultant who delivers keynotes and seminars for some of the top organizations in the world. His clients include Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Genentech, eBay, Harvard University, Gap, LinkedIn, the Oakland A’s, and many others.  He and his work have been featured in the New York Times and the Harvard Business Review, as well as on NPR and ABC News.  He’s a regular contributor to Forbes, hosts a weekly podcast, and his books have been translated into 15 different languages.Music by my friend David:  https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylor

We discuss the changes in the events industry brought on about CoronaVirus. We also contrast Zoom and Discord for conferences.You can contact him on his website here: http://johnnyd.net/Some of my favourite appearances of John:Trump vs Kim Jon UnJoe Piscopo Show (you have to watch the Austin Powers intro) Music by my friend David:  https://soundcloud.com/david-marshall-taylor

Second time appearance, Marc is one of the worlds leading sociologists on the subject for network graphs of people.Marc and his team have created the most fantastic platform NodeXL used within the social media research foundation for people to utilise the Twitter social graph. They can use it to find the top influencers for given Hashtags. Node XL also all allows you to visualise the social network of these hashtags giving you the change to see what kind of structure the network has.His Twitter: http://twitter.com/marc_smithOur previous episode: https://cafe.nikoskatsikanis.com/episodes/marc-smithReferenceshttps://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/tax-brackets.aspx

James has a fascinating life story where he used to be a chronic games addict but managed to escape the clutches of this downward spiral. Recently he has moved to Thailand to where he's been working for the renowned Game Quitters.He also contributes to the Gaming the System podcast which has personally beneficial to me.Also, his youtube channel and see his interview at the UK parliament https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47457761

Daniel (known more popularly as DanRam) is an igniter. A 5x TEDx speaker, 3x entrepreneur, prolific speaker, and startup coach, his clients range from individual founders to national governments. His eclectic background growing up in 10 countries on 4 continents, his multi-continent education including Yale University and Trinity College, as well as his work in diverse industries from the UN to Consulting to Private Equity to Startups ensures that his clients are at the cutting edge of innovation.On the ground, he is the founder of several startups in multiple countries and has coached scores of founders and startups. At the national level, Daniel was part of the 7 person panel commissioned by Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to put together an Entrepreneurship Policy.DanRam travels the globe as an Event MC & Speaker at over 100 events a year. Hosting changemakers like President Barack Obama, billionaire founders like Sir Richard Branson, record breaking athletes like F1 champion Nico Rosberg,

Canadian composer and programmer, Devin Roth, has contributed to the music for a number of noteworthy films and television shows including Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix series Trollhunters, Hotel Transylvania 2, The Book of Life, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, and Emmy nominated Elf: Buddy’s Music Christmas (NBC). Devin has collaborated with multi-Oscar winning composer, Gustavo Santaolalla; composer and co-founder of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh; Emmy nominated composer and orchestrator, Christopher Guardino; and Grammy-nominated composer and orchestrator Tim Davies. As a programmer, Devin is active on Github contributing to open source audio applications and works as a freelance audio programmer. Devin earned a Certificate of Film Scoring from University of California Los Angeles, Masters in Jazz Composition from New England Conservatory and Bachelors in Jazz Piano performance from McGill University.Stuff we talked about in the show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esRdmKYucIwhttps://roli.com/stories/why-i-created-lumihttps

Lorna Main is a nursing thought leader in the UK, teaches nursing at the University of Greenwich and is completing a doctorate.Scientific papers referenced (and relevant) in the podcast:Bowles, N. (1995) Story telling: a search for meaning within nursing practice Nurse, Education Today (15) 365-369Creswell, J.W. (2014) Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches 4 th Ed. Sage Publications. LondonCrotty, M. (1998) The Foundations of Social Research Meaning and perspective in the research process. Sage Publications. LondonDenscombe, M. (2014) The Good Research Guide for small scale social research projects 5 th Ed. Open University Press. UKGerrish, K. and Lacey, A. (2010) The Research Process in Nursing 6 th Ed. Wiley –Blackwell. UK.Gillard, S., Borschmann, R., Turner, K., Goodrich-Purnell, N., Lovell, K., and Chamber, M. (2011) Producing different analytical narratives, coproducing integrated analytical narrative: a qualitative study of UK detained mental health patient experience i

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