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Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly.

  1. 13h ago

    How a Factory Worker Saved Nintendo from Shutting Down | Newsthink

    How a Factory Worker Saved Nintendo from Shutting Down When Nintendo was in dire straits, a young factory worker completely turned the company around. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Thank you to the following for permission to use their material without which our story would not be possible: Before Mario http://blog.beforemario.com/ @beforemario Nintendo Entertainment System courtesy of Quiet Nerd @QuietNerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCx75iQtGA Duck Hunt game courtesy of Project Detonado @ProjectDetonado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxss1EPm6fQ Ten Billion Barrel puzzle courtesy of Manqube Manish Rathod @Manqube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moie7RGBJnk&t=274s Game Boy video courtesy of Alberto Gil Tesa @giltesa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCZz_Be4e8 Nintendo Toys “R” Us poster courtesy of Vintage Computing and Gaming http://www.vintagecomputing.com/ Game & Watch courtesy of RG Geek @RGGeek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PquKLxI8Zno (Creative commons attribution - re-use allowed) Additional sources: 0:12 Nintendo building: Yrwg, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 0:16 Nintendo building plate: Taken in Kyoto, Japan, May 1st, 2006, by Eckhard Pecher. User: Arcimboldo Attribution 2.5 Generic (CC BY 2.5) via Wikimedia Commons 1:03 Justin Doub Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/w8EeHX 5:00 Sharp calculator: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 5:27 Nintendo headquarters: DVMG, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 5:32 Game & Watch console: Artistosteles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 6:03 taylorhatmaker, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 7:31 Nintendo gameplay by DarkX2 - Nintendo Gameplays on YouTube. Check out the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB8jy6wl70I&t=31s (Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) 10:04 User: Malcohol via Wikimedia Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WonderSwan.jpg 10:26 Puchi-masashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Articles referenced: 1:50 Game Over by David Sheff https://www.amazon.com/Game-Teach-Yourself-David-Sheff/dp/0340599820/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ----- ------------ Keywords: space exploration, scientific revolution, jensen huang, cia, intelligence, entrepreneurs, spy stories, bill gates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 14h ago

    The Unknown Side of Stephen Hawking | Newsthink

    The Unknown Side of Stephen Hawking Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. *CORRECTION: Near the end of the video, I meant to say Hawking was born on the day Galileo Galilei died, not Sir Isaac Newton. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Special thanks to the following for permission to use their material: Lisa Cohen https://www.lisacohen.com Jaime Travezán https://www.jaimetravezan.com/ Michael Church https://www.theotherclassicalmusics.org Oxford University https://www.ox.ac.uk/ Words+ http://words-plus.com/ Zero-G https://www.gozerog.com/ Sources: 1:11 Sunil Prasannan, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 1:57 TAHTA FAMILY, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 2:58 Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 3:11 http://www.barkerevans.com/, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons 3:35 Dennis Sciama photo https://www.jstor.org/stable/1558116 6:12 Kip Thorne photo: Keenan Pepper, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 6:12 Stephen Hawking photo: NASA 8:57 Tom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 11:19 Prince Charles photo: Dan Marsh, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ----------------------- ------ Keywords: paypal mafia, tech history, science stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 15h ago

    The Surprising Side to Benjamin Franklin | Newsthink

    The Surprising Side to Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was not only a politician. Visit https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to start learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: 3:05 Library company certificate: Librarycompany.org http://librarycompany.org/treasures/ad15.htm 4:50 Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 5:01 Glogger, GFDL http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html via Wikimedia Commons 5:10 American population change: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license by Dan Allosso, http://www.danallosso.com/ (edited by Newsthink) 7:36 Darian3425, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 7:45 BernerAchim, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 7:53 Busterfreak at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia Commons Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ------- -------------- Keywords: nikola tesla, albert einstein, elon musk, neuralink, quantum physics, cia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 16h ago

    Why Tesla Insurance Will SMASH the Entire Industry to Bits | Newsthink

    Why Tesla Insurance Will SMASH the Entire Industry to Bits Treat yourself to a Henson Shaving razor using my link: https://bit.ly/3fCOqbN. Thanks to Henson Shaving for sponsoring this video. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Darren Tyrell-Knights, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Justin Anderson, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop Support Cindy on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: 0:42 ValuePenguin https://www.valuepenguin.com/tesla-car-insurance 2:59 CleanTechnica article https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/20/heres-what-7000-of-damage-looks-like-on-a-tesla-model-3/ 3:42 Background photo of Tesla supplied by Tesla, Inc. 5:02 Warren Buffett image: Aaron Friedman, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 5:15 Aaron Friedman, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 5:18 Rick Obst, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ---------------------------------- ---- Keywords: starlink, tech history, mossad, cia, tech leaders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 17h ago

    Why Elon Musk Has an "Idiot Index" | Newsthink

    Why Elon Musk Has an "Idiot Index" Success at SpaceX is determined by a very specific metric. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Save up to $2,000 on a Tesla with my custom referral code: https://ts.la/cindy137884 I highly recommend Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1982181281 Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Select images/video supplied by Alamy. Sources: 0:04 Elon Musk interview used with permission from the SATELLITE Conference & Exhibition. Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPV8Xp3pEpI&t=2558s 0:20 From the "Collecting Innovation Today" interview with innovator Elon Musk on June 26, 2008 at SpaceX, part of The Henry Ford's "OnInnovation" project that celebrates the contributions of today's innovators. Https://www.flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/albums/72157623364617582/, CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED, Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (image edited by Newsthink Ltd.) 0:55 Walter Isaacson image: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Elon Musk image used with permission from the U.S. Air Force Academy 1:06 Image of Lucas Hughes taken from LinkedIn (image edited by Newsthink Ltd.) 2:21 Used with permission from the U.S. Air Force Academy 3:54 Used with permission from the U.S. Air Force Academy Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - --------- ------------- Keywords: neil armstrong, tesla, scientists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. 19h ago

    The Scientist Who Invented the Future | Newsthink

    The Scientist Who Invented the Future Highly recommend Ananyo Bhattacharya's biography on John von Neumann: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Future-Visionary-Ideas-Neumann/dp/1324050500 Please check out the book in the above link - you won't be disappointed. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Childhood 1:20 University years 2:20 Unifying quantum mechanics 3:23 Invitation to America 4:34 Nazi Party rises to power 4:56 Life in America at the Institute for Advanced Study 5:36 Worries about looming war in Europe 6:14 Marriage and divorce 7:00 Developing the atomic bomb 9:34 Developing the early computer (ENIAC and EDVAC) 11:50 Game theory and nuclear deterrence 15:00 Self-replicating machines and later life 15:58 The future 17:08 Sponsor, Brilliant Special thanks to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many of the photos of John von Neumann in our video: https://www.ias.edu/ Select images sourced from Alamy and Associated Press Sources: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Way in Budapest: xorge, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons University of Budapest interior (three images): Thaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 1930s images of Nazi Germany: Gas chamber at Auschwitz: Paul Arps from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons ENIAC image from University of Pennsylvania (real life): By The original uploader was TexasDex at English Wikipedia. - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Andrei Stroe using CommonsHelper., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6557095 Minneapolis federal courthouse: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons John von Neumann gravestone: Antonio Giovanni Colombo, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia CommonsWalter Reed Army Medical Center: By Antony-22 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96210593Fortune magazine article, “Can We Survive Technology?”: https://fortune.com/2013/01/13/can-we-survive-technology/ Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - -------------------------------- ----- Keywords: neil armstrong, silicon valley, quantum physics, paypal mafia, billionaires, albert einstein, scientific revolution, nikola tesla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 20h ago

    The Woman with an IQ of 228 | Newsthink

    The Woman with an IQ of 228 The life of Marilyn vos Savant, the smartest person in the world. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Marilyn explains the Monty Hall Problem that stumped everyone: https://youtu.be/dOQowCeAnRs Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Select images/video supplied by Associated Press and Alamy Thumbnail source: Image credit: Ethan Hill Sources: 1:29 Doc2129, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons edited by Newsthink 1:50 Special thanks to @breezedrops on eBay for the images. Purchase the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/315085847307?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vwu54ejurck&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 7:27 Elvert Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 7:33 Liam Enea, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Articles and interviews referenced: CGTN America full interview https://america.cgtn.com/2016/08/06/marilyn-vos-savant-super-genius Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ------------------ ------ Keywords: neuralink, tesla, albert einstein, scientists, paypal mafia, silicon valley, billionaires, cia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 21h ago

    Why So Many Great Scientists Come From Hungary | Newsthink

    Why So Many Great Scientists Come From Hungary Why Hungary has produced many brilliant scientists in the 20th century. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Video on John von Neumann: The Scientist Who Invented the Future https://youtu.be/IPMjVcLiNKc Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: Minta gymnasium image 1: 12akd, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Minta gymnasium image 2: 12akd, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Lutheran school: Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsEötvös Loránd University (formerly University of Budapest): Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Laszlo Ratz tombstone: Zátonyi Sándor, (ifj.) Fizped, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Eötvös Loránd University (formerly University of Budapest) library books: Thaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - -------- --- Keywords: scientific revolution, science stories, inventors, albert einstein, brilliant minds, nvidia, tech leaders, billionaires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly.

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    Newsthink
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    234
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