October 27th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of us believe things that are simply not true―and act based on these misperceptions. In this interview, I speak to Professor Dannagal Young, one of the world’s foremost social…
27-10-2023 10:59:49
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
A real life ‘Samantha’ from Sex and the City, Melanie Blake’s own incredible life story reads like the plot of an outrageous novel itself. From a working-class background, Blake pulled herself out of a life of poverty and homelessness as a teen by working as an extra on various film…
19-10-2023 12:15:21
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In these exclusive interviews we speak to Jüri Ratas (Prime Minister of Estonia), Guy Verhofstadt (Former Prime Minister, Belgium & EU Chief Brexit Negotiator), Vicente Fox Quesada (Former President of Mexico), Noam Chomsky (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who - with over 150 books…
19-10-2023 12:16:07
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
How Creativity, Animation and Stories define us. In these exclusive interviews we speak to Ed Catmull (Co-Founder of Pixar Animation, and President of Walt Disney Animation Studios), Nick Park (Oscar Winning Writer, Director and Animator with Aardman Animation) and Jonathan Gottschall (A world expert in storytelling and Distinguished Research Fellow…
19-10-2023 12:16:46
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October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

Guest article written for AllAboutAlpha.com – the official publication of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association Originally posted at: http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/08/20/alpha-hunter-james-clayton-on-investing-in-media-and-entertainment/ “…Over the next five years, global spending on entertainment and media is projected to rise from $1.6 trillion in 2011 to $2.1 trillion in 2016, a 5.7 percent compound…

19-10-2023 12:17:10
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