{"id":2139,"date":"2016-11-07T09:38:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2016-11-07T09:38:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T09:38:35","slug":"banter-at-web-summit-152-nov-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-web-summit-152-nov-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at Web Summit (152, Nov 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

They\u2019re expecting 53,056 people to show up at\u00a0Web Summit<\/a>\u00a0in Lisbon this week and\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0will be in there too. It\u2019s our second year to be involved with the event: last year, we recorded long-form conversations with the likes of Irish and Leinster rugby player\u00a0Jamie Heaslip<\/a>, Galway hurler\u00a0Joe Canning<\/a>, Radiohead and Nick Cave manager\u00a0Brian Message<\/a>, Pitchfork president\u00a0Chris Kaskie<\/a>\u00a0City of Palo Alto Chief Information Officer (and former member of The Wilde Oscars)\u00a0Jonathan Reichenthal<\/a>, HBO Sports vice-president\u00a0Peter Nelson<\/a>, Vox Media global vice-president\u00a0Jonathan Hunt<\/a>\u00a0and Summit co-founder\u00a0Daire Hickey<\/a>\u00a0at the RDS in Dublin.<\/p>\n

This year, the Summit folks are giving us a stage and we\u2019ll be in the\u00a0Startup Workshop Studio in Pavilion 1 of the FIL convention centre<\/strong>\u00a0on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon if you\u2019re at the Summit and fancy saying hello.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s who we\u2019ll be talking to \u2013 all interviews will be recorded and podcast after the event.<\/p>\n

Marian Goodell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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One of the founding board members of the\u00a0Burning Man Project<\/a>\u00a0and now the organisation\u2019s first CEO, Marian joins us to talk about keeping the show on the road, maintaining the festival\u2019s ethos and future developments.<\/p>\n

Bill James<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A lesson in data and sabermetrics from the influential American baseball writer, historian, and statistician<\/p>\n

Bruce Pavitt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The man who founded the\u00a0Sub Pop<\/a>\u00a0label in Seattle back in 1986 about life on and off the record label grid.<\/p>\n

Nikki Dryden<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Allison Wagner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A dive into the deep, murkier end of the swimming pool with two Olympians: Nikki competed as a swimmer for Canada in Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996, while Allison won a silver medal for the United States at the 1996 games behind Michelle Smyth.<\/p>\n

Paul Tighe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A conversation about communications and culture with the Navan-born bishop who is one of the Vatican\u2019s leading media experts, adjunct secretary to the influential\u00a0Pontifical Council for Culture<\/a>\u00a0and the man who put the pope on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Michael Shamberg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The producer of Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction, Erin Brockovich, The Big Chill, Contagion, Gattaca, Get Shorty, Garden State and tons more – and currently advisor to BuzzFeed Motion Pictures – on the state of the movie business in 2016<\/p>\n

Bradley Tusk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Politics, tech and strategy with the founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, Uber\u2019s first political consultant and Michael Bloomberg\u2019s former campaign manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They\u2019re expecting 53,056 people to show up at\u00a0Web Summit\u00a0in Lisbon this week and\u00a0Banter\u00a0will be in there too. It\u2019s our second year to be involved with the event: last year, we recorded long-form conversations with the likes of Irish and Leinster rugby player\u00a0Jamie Heaslip, Galway hurler\u00a0Joe Canning, Radiohead and Nick Cave manager\u00a0Brian Message, Pitchfork president\u00a0Chris Kaskie\u00a0City … <\/p>\n