The Human Voice with Bob Hutchins
by ⭐️Bob Hutchins⭐️
Bob Hutchins- Digital Marketing OG, Cultural and media theorist, and Organizational Psychologist talks about all things human and restorative. Tech, Psychology, Spirituality, Change, Mental and Social Well Being. bobhutchins.substack.com
Episodes
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What the movie Blade Runner teaches us about empathy in 2026.
In the movie, Blade Runner, they used a test to detect who was human and who was an android. The test measured one thing: empathy—your involuntary response to someone else’s suffering. But I am afraid that many of us would fail that test today. We’ve spent the last decade training ourselves to…
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Faisal Hoque, author of Transcend: Unlocking Humanity in the Age of AI
🧠 Episode Overview: As someone who works at the intersection of AI, media psychology, and leadership, I’m not just interested in tech—I’m interested in the human behind the tech, and those who think similar. My guest is Faisal Hoque, a three-time founder, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 winner, and...
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The War of Words: Why Our Labels are Destroying Our Humanity
Online conversations have become a battleground—cheering certain words, booing others. Ideas and nuance are lost to labels that divide and dehumanize. When did we start trading dialogue for definitions? In "The War of Words: Why Our Labels are Destroying Our Humanity," I explore how we've…
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Christopher Summerfield- THESE STRANGE NEW MINDS, How AI Learned to Talk and What it Means
Christopher Summerfield, Oxford Neuroscientist & Former DeepMind Researcher Episode Summary: In this episode, I sit down with Christopher Summerfield, an Oxford neuroscientist and former DeepMind researcher who has spent his career studying how human brains work and how AI models can replicate...
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Shideh Doerr, Co-Founder of JabberYak
In this episode, I sit down with Shideh Doerr, a natural connector and networking ambassador with over 25 years in healthcare. Shideh’s journey took a turn when she co-founded JabberYak, a company designed to make networking more organic and meaningful. We explore her Persian-American roots, her...
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Measuring Recovery: Data-Driven Wellness with David Whitesock
Guest Spotlight: David Whitesock, founder of Commonly Well and creator of the Recovery Capital Index, discusses his mission to bring data-driven insights to addiction recovery and mental health. From Struggle to Innovation: David shares his personal journey from addiction and incarceration to law...
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Paul Levinson on Information Overload, Remedial Media, and AI Optimism
In his third appearance on The Human Voice, media theorist and science fiction author Paul Levinson shares a fascinating conversation about the timeless relevance of media ecology, technology’s role in human progress, and the myths surrounding information overload. Paul reflects on his seminal…
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Chris Dauphin- Marketer, Musician, Communicator
Chris Dauphin is an 18-year marketing and communications veteran, professional musician, sports fan, father, son, and human. And he's a close friend. This was a fun interview that surfaced some deep truths about life, work, and the meaning of it all. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like...
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A Worldwide Symbiotic Nervous System: A Disturbance in the Force
This is based on my article This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bobhutchins.substack.com/subscribe
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A Worldwide Symbiotic Nervous System: A Disturbance in the Force
Some of my thoughts from an article I wrote for my Substack Newsletter about how we are all interconnected more than we know through this thing called the internet, technology, and AI. And we are mimicking what Obi-Wan was sensing. “I felt a great disturbance in the Force as if millions of voices...
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The Lost Art of Questioning: Can AI Bring It Back?
This is a reading of my Substack Article- The Lost Art of Questioning: Can AI Bring It Back? https://bobhutchins.substack.com/p/the-lost-art-of-questioning-can-ai AI's evolving abilities highlight the humanness woven through good questions. (Prompts) As AI gets smarter, might it even start…
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Kendra Jones- What is a Futurist?
Kendra Jones is a Futurist. With a rich history in high-tech strategic operations at Apple, and a strong academic foundation from MIT and the University of Houston, Kendra blends practicality with visionary thinking. Her endeavors span from hosting a futures-centric radio show to leading the…
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Alex Kantrowitz from The Big Technology Podcast
Alex Kantrowitz is a veteran journalist who's interviewed some of the world’s top CEOs, including Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, and Jack Dorsey. His company, Big Technology, serves more than 100,000 newsletter subscribers and tens of thousands of podcast listeners, delivering...
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Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc- President of SNHU- How Our Social Systems are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them
Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc is President of Southern New Hampshire University, the nation's largest nonprofit provider of online higher education. Under his leadership since 2003, SNHU has grown from 2,800 to over 220,000 learners. He has served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Education and...
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Jon Ricketts- CEO and CoFounder of Writerly.ai and EKOM
Jon Ricketts is a man of many talents, with a back ground that includes medical devices, aviation, and tech start-ups. He has a knack for innovation and a passion for making life better, one venture at a time. We talk about the Ai start-up world, how e-commerce is changing, and how to build a...
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CJ Casciotta- The Forgotten Art of Being Ordinary: A Human Manifesto in the Age of the Metaverse
CJ is a writer and media producer. He leads a messaging & production studio called Reculture and an award-winning kids media project called Ringbeller. He’s had the privilege of traveling the world speaking to creative professionals at venues like Creative Mornings, TEDx, and STORY. He’s also the...
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Paul Levinson returns! Should robots have rights? The future of AI
Paul Levinson returns just in time to discuss the release of Robots through the Ages, published by Blackstone Publishing, it includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new. This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of...
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The possibility that our new innovations and technologies could re-humanize us.
What if we have been focusing on the wrong things to define what’s ‘human’ and ‘normal’? What if a shift in the definition of healthy human behavior and how time is best spent can be realized through our technology? This in no way minimizes or re-frames my concerns that I still have about AI or...
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Karen Kelly- Founder, CEO and CMO. Psychology, technology, and the emerging phygital marketplace
Karen Kelly has been a Founder, CEO and CMO in industries spanning advertising, healthcare, and technology. She is the former founder of one of Boston’s most profitable media studios and speaks regularly at marketing and entrepreneur conferences nationwide. Most recently, Karen was the President…
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Creative Critical Thinking: Problem Solving for the Future ( Special Edition) A mastermind and coaching overview
Don Donahue and I talk about the genesis of our new Mastermind and Coaching program- Creative Critical Thinking: Problem Solving for the Future . We discuss Principles of keeping your mind creatively engaged and expansive An active & creative brain is hard to replace In the workforce Making your...
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Paul Levinson- Media Professor, Singer-Song Writer, Author
This is a fascinating discussion with Paul Levinson, an American author, singer-songwriter, and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. His novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into sixteen languages. We discuss his...
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Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler- Author of- Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception
Widely known as “Dr. Brian,” is a popular social media influencer, most prominently on TikTok. (3.4 Million Followers) His previous book, Perceptual Intelligence: The Brain’s Secret to Seeing Past Illusion, Misperception, and Self-Deception shook the worlds of neuroscience and psychology, coining...
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Terrance Williams- Founder of Meta Wellness-VR for mental health
Terrance Williams is the Founder of Meta Wellness. The company provides affordable Virtual Reality platforms for mental health professionals to conduct telehealth sessions, group sessions, and training in the metaverse. You can learn more at https://www.metawellness.space/ This is a public…
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David Sax- The Future is Analog
Bestselling culture writer David Sax lays out the case against a false digital utopia—and for a more human future In The Future Is Analog, David Sax points out that the onset of the pandemic instantly gave us the digital universe we'd spent so long anticipating. Instant communication, online...
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Our Digital Soul- Intro being read by Jenny Black
Our book is out! Our Digital Soul: Collective Anxiety, Media Trauma, and Path Toward Recovery is up on Amazon. On this episode my co-author, Jenny Black, reads the introduction. If you want to get a copy now, here is the link...
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Jeff Atwood- Entrepreneur, Author, Dad
Jeff served as a senior leader for two national healthcare companies (one NYSE, the other privately held) overseeing marketing, internal and external communications, patient experience, growth, and brand development. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Possibility Place - a day...
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Steve Turney- The Mental Health Marketing Conference
Steve Turney has worked across a range of verticals, including the complex healthcare industry and within full-service marketing agencies, SaaS-based startups and the leading press release distribution firm in the country. He is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Marketing Conference....
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Dave Elitch- Getting Out of Your Own Way
Dave Elitch first gained notoriety touring with the American progressive rock band The Mars Volta in 2009-2010. Since then he has lent his talents to Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, M83, The 1975, Juliette Lewis, Big Black Delta, and many others. An established LA session player, Dave has…
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Sloane Scott-Creator. Cancer Survivor. Strategist.
Sloane and I talk about her life journey, being a health care self-advocate, and what it means to watch the evolution of digital media and communication. Sloane is a Vice President at The Freeman Company. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...
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Andrew McLuhan (Grandson of Marshall McLuhan) The Human Voice with Bob Hutchins
Andrew McLuhan is a grandson of Marshall McLuhan, noted Canadian professor from the University of Toronto who was a pioneer in the field of Media/Communications studies. Andrew’s father, Eric McLuhan, was Marshall’s eldest son, who worked with Marshall from the mid-1960s until Marshall died in...
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Andrew McLuhan (Grandson of Marshall McLuhan)
Andrew McLuhan is a grandson of Marshall McLuhan, noted Canadian professor from the University of Toronto who was a pioneer in the field of Media/Communications studies. Andrew’s father, Eric McLuhan, was Marshall’s eldest son, who worked with Marshall from the mid-1960s until Marshall died in...
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Brian McLaren - Author, Activist, Public Theologian
A former college English teacher, Brian D. McLaren was a pastor for twenty-four years. Now he’s an author, activist, public theologian, and frequent guest lecturer for gatherings in the U.S. and internationally. His work has been covered in TIME Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times,...
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Allyson Lewis and The 7 Minute Life
Allyson Lewis is the founder and CEO of The 7 Minute Life. She is an author, speaker, trainer, and coach. Her books have sold more than 130,000 copies and have been translated into Chinese, Turkish, Korean, and Spanish. Her YouTube channel has had more than 1.9 million minutes watched. Allyson is...
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Don Donahue and the intersection of creativity and business
Don Donahue is the Founder of MOTN Agency. He’s a 30+ year veteran of the entertainment and creative community in and around Nashville, Los Angeles, New York, and Austin. Don’s passion has always been a tastemaker, introducing talent/artists/media and messaging to the world in new and unique…
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Jenny Black and I discuss excerpts from our new Book!
Jenny Black is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is also my co-author of our new book, Our Digital Soul-Collective Anxiety, Media Trauma, and a Path Forward. We discuss quotes from the book about media trauma, social media platforms, mental health, and more. You can stay up to date by...
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My Tedx Talk- Ambiguous Loss and Tragic Optimism
This episode features the audio of my recent Tedx Talk with a brief intro. I have partnered with Soaak to create a 21 day program based on my talk. You can sign up for it here Growing Through Ambiguous Loss Also, if you would like to watch the Tedx Talk on Youtube Here is a Link to watch it. This...
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Dr. Josh Morgan, PsyD- Mental Health in the Workplace
Josh is the National Director of Behavioral Health & Whole Person Care, Public Sector for SAS. We talk about the state of mental health in the work place, and how modeling well being is just as important as policies within organizations. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this…
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Erika Ferszt founder of Moodally
Erika Ferszt is the founder of Moodally, providing mood management solutions for the workplace; improving employee well-being & performance. After having suffered a stress-related vision loss burnout incident in 2015 that forced her to leave her role as Global Advertising, Media & Digital…
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Kate O'Neill- Strategic Optimism
Kate O'Neill is the CEO of KO Insights, also a Keynote speaker focused on the future of human experiences amid tech & other changes at scale. We talk about her new book, A Future So Bright, How Strategic Optimism and Meaningful Innovation Can Restore Our Humanity and Save The World. This is a...
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Dr. Anthony Peterson-What I am learning from my white grandchildren -- truths about race
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Dr. Anthony Peterson-What I am learning from my white grandchildren -- truths about race
Anthony Peterson and I talk about race and empathy. A professional educator and consultant, academic clients include Harvard university and Northwestern university. His corporate clients include Nike international, the American dental association, the country music association in Dallas…
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Ian Morgan Cron- The Story of You
Ian Cron and I discuss his new book, The Story of You, An Enneagram Journey to becoming Your True Self. We discuss our own personal journeys of life and how the stories we tell ourselves become the people we are. But its never too late to re-write those stories. This is a public episode. If you'd...
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Earl Hamilton- Seeing things through the eyes of others
Earl Hamilton is the COO of The National Center for Faith Based Initiatives. He has worked in the non profit sector, the finance sector, and in corporate operations. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. We discuss what it was like to go to a predominately white school growing up, and how he...
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I Get Interviewed
I get interviewed on the podcast by my old friend Daniel Brown. We discuss growing up, changes in perspective, and what it means to leave a legacy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bobhutchins.substack.com/subscribe
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Jeff Goins- Host of the Hey Creator! Podcast
Jeff Goins and I talk about the intersection of Creativity, Business, Philosophy, and Spirituality- and why it matters most. Jeff Goins is a bestselling author, podcaster, blogger, marketer, speaker, and a few other things. He is the author of five best-selling books including The Art of Work and...
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Podcast- The Human Voice
I talk to Jenny Black about our upcoming book! Jenny Black is the founder of Media Trauma Care. She has personally suffered from media trauma and is living proof that your phone doesn’t have to run your life. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee and an AAMFT...
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Daniel Brown- A childhood friend
Daniel is a childhood friend that was brought up in the same religious setting as I. We discuss how we have grown, changed, and how he still holds on to his faith but also allows himself to learn and change in the midst of it. Daniel is one of those rare people that can hold certainty loosely.…
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Dr. Jerome Lubbe- Resilience in the face of global grief
"We have collectively gone through a “miscarriage” of hope the past year and half. And we are all grieving in different ways." Dr. Jerome D. Lubbe is referred to as the "Patient Doctor" because it was his own quest for neurological wellbeing that led him to specialize in complex, unresolved...
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Jared Geesey and I discuss technology, entertainment, faith, and beauty
"The world revolves around change and disruption." - Jared Geesey Jared Geesey is a technologist, a digital marketer, a film distributor, an entrepreneur, and a leader. Over the last 15 years, he led the development of app ecosystems spanning from mobile to OTT streaming devices to powering major...
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Jenny Black and Bob Hutchins Discuss their new book
In the first episode of the new name for my podcast, I talk to Jenny Black about our upcoming book! Jenny Black is the founder of Media Trauma Care. She has personally suffered from media trauma and is living proof that your phone doesn’t have to run your life. She is a Licensed Marriage and…
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Bob Hutchins- Digital Marketing OG, Cultural and media theorist, and Organizational Psychologist talks about all things human and restorative. Tech, Psychology, Spirituality, Change, Mental and Social Well Being.
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