Influenced Creators & Guests

Helen Lewis is a journalist, former deputy editor of the New Statesman, writer, and author of the book Difficult Women.

Svetlana Reiter is an investigative reporter working in Moscow for a variety of print and online publications.

Admin of Minecraft Earth Map.

Rob Manuel is the English co-founder of the website B3ta.

Andy Mills is a former producer and reporter with The New York Times, and helped create their podcast The Daily.

Peter McCormack is a bitcoin and crypto trader, blogger, advisor, and host of the The What Bitcoin Did Podcast.

Gennaro "Jerry" Cuomo is an American software engineer who has worked for IBM since 1987. Holding the title of IBM Fellow, Cuomo is known as one of the founding fathers of IBM WebSphere Software, a software framework and middleware that hosts Java-based web applications.Cuomo has filed for over 50 US patents and has been cited over 3000 times. His most visible patent is the first use of the "Someone is typing..." indicator found in instant messaging applications (U.S. Patent 5,990,887).At IBM, Cuomo has led projects in the areas of: Blockchain, APIs, cloud computing, mobile computing, Internet of Things, web server performance & availability, web security, web caching, edge computing, service-oriented architecture and REST.Cuomo is the co-author of the book, Blockchain for Business, that illustrates how blockchain technology is re-imagining many of the world's most fundamental business interactions and opening the door to new styles of digital interactions that have yet to be imagined. In March 2016 and 2018, Cuomo was called upon by the United States government as an expert witness to testify to US Energy and Commerce Committee on Digital Currency and Blockchain. During his 2016 testimony Cuomo urged the Obama administration to adopt Blockchain as a primary means to protect citizen identity and to enhance national security. His testimony can be seen on YouTube.Cuomo is currently the VP of Technology within IBM's Consulting business unit, where he is driving the technical strategy for AI-powered automation. In 2022, he published two books titled Think Blockchain and The Art of Automation, both accompanied by podcasts of the same name.

Jessica Lanyadoo is a podcaster, writer, and author of the book Astrology for Real Relationships.

wow_mao is a Filipino YouTuber who grew up in the Middle East, currently residing in England, United Kingdom, who uploads a wide variety of meme videos.

David Auerbach is a writer, technologist, and software engineer.

Mike Pesca is an American radio journalist and podcaster based in New York City. He is the host of Slate magazine's daily podcast, The Gist and the editor of Upon Further Review:The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History.

Roman Aleksandrovich Anin (Russian: Роман Александрович Анин) is a Russian investigative journalist. He is one of the founders of the independent iStories outlet and a former journalist for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. The main investigation in which he was involved is the investigation of the Panama Papers.

Andrew K. Przybylski is the Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology at the University of Oxford. Professor Przybylski investigates how online social media and video games platforms shape human motivation and influence the health and well-being of their users.

Helen Coffey is a Senior Features Writer on The Independent's Lifestyle desk, covering everything from health and dating, to women's issues and work trends.

Timothy Paul Loughton is a British politician and former banker who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010 to 2012 and has twice served as the Acting Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2016 and 2021, following the respective resignations of Keith Vaz and Yvette Cooper.Loughton has been a keen supporter of Leave Means Leave, a pro-Brexit group.

Bruce Daisley is the European vice-president for Twitter and host of the UK's number one business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat.

Katie Herzog is a freelance journalist and co-host of the Blocked and Reported Podcast.

From the Russian project Dossier Center.