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Edition 24 – The Mentalist, Protecting women from cyber attacks & The Children of Vaaylar.

Host Fran Capo, Podcast artist Dalal Bruchmann, Engineer Matt Kayan Season 1 Episode 24

Edition 24 – The Mentalist,  Protecting women from cyber attacks & The Children of Vaaylar. 

Guests: Gerry McCambridge, Cynthia Lowen, Patty McLaughlin

 What is a mentalist? A person who can read minds and manipulate people’s thoughts to leave an audience spellbound about what they see. If you like to be amazed check out Gerry McCambridge who is known simply as “The Mentalist.”

Plus, have you ever been a victim of a cyber attack? Find out how one woman, Cynthia Lowen is changing the laws of protection with her film, Netizens and dealing with revenge porn.  Plus, how a figher fighters wife made her 45 year old dream come true. 

 Guests #1 - Gerry McCambridge is the Mentalist. He reads minds, manipulates people’s thoughts and completely leaves his audience spellbound. He had a NBC one hour special which aired internationally to millions worldwide, He had the longest running mentalist show in the history of Las Vegas! He’s also written a book about his life story, called, “The Making of the Mentalist” where he reveals everything that has happened in his life and how he overcame sexual abuse from a teacher to the superstar he is today. He has now adapted his mentalist show for the virtual world.  Website: https://mentalist.com

 Guest #2 - Cynthia Lowen

Website: https://www.netizensfilm.com/   

Cynthia Lowen, is a filmmaker, writer and director of the film, ’Netizens’. (As in Citizens on the Internet). It’s a documentary film about women and online harassment, featuring three women who are the targets of vicious cyber attacks. The movie follows them as they confront digital abuse and strive for equality and justice online and deal with revenge porn. Cynthia has been successful in getting some protection laws in place in NYC. Her goal is to catalyze action from law enforcement, tech companies, and policymakers to reduce online violence against women, and to empower audiences to take an active role in fostering constructive digital communities and where to go for help like Cyber civil rights initiative.  

Guest #3 – Patty McLaughlin

Patty McLaughlin is the author of four children’s books currently in print.  These include “Two Little Farmers in One Wooden Shoe”, “Lissi Anne and the Isle of the Gumdrop Trees”, “Fuzzy learns a Lesson of Love” and “The Children of Vaaylor”.   The basis for each book comes from her children and grandchildren, and each book holds valuable lessons for kids and adults. 

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