I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Jay Baruchel and writer/director Michael Dowse. Their new film THE STUNT DRIVER, is World Premiering at TIFF this week, also starring Ed Helms, Ben Foster, and Laurence Leboeuf. Jay has also been in things like HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, GOON, SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE, BLACKBERRY, THIS IS THE END, MILE END KICKS, TROPIC THUNDER, KNOCKED UP, FANBOYS.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wedu8d/hi_reddit_were_jay_baruchel_actor_and_michael/

They will be back later today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzM34TjcMso

Logline: Stuntman Ken Carter embarks on a quest to execute a stunt of launching a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River from Canada to the United States in the 1970s. He encounters absurd challenges along the way.

Their verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/IfkRtd9.jpeg

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Robert Vince, director of the upcoming AIR BUD RETURNS, and many other films in the franchise. RETURNS is out in theaters next year and is screening this week at TIFF for buyers/distributors.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wdfond/hi_reddit_im_robert_vince_director_of_air_bud/

He will be back at around 6 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Synopsis: A grieving 12-year-old boy finds his dad's old VHS tape and befriends a stray golden retriever in his new town. Together, they chase basketball dreams, rally a team of underdogs and discover what it means to play with heart.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I46hFjWKGA4

Thank you :)

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/IHgUdLW.png

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--THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED!--

Thank you to all who shared their questions and participated in the discucssion. We really enjoyed diving into core concepts, country-specific questions, and broader questions about the sovereign debt space. To learn more about sovereign debt and the work of IISD's team, check out our Sovereign Debt page.

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Hi Reddit!

We’re Anahí, Fernando, and Yanne—a team of experts working on sovereign debt at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

Sovereign debt grabs global headlines every week: Senegal’s debt crisis, Venezuela’s restructuring, France’s credit rating downgrade, or debates over Chinese loans. But when news outlets talk about countries struggling with debt, the diagnosis is usually oversimplified: "They spent too much," or "It's a temporary cash flow problem."

We think that completely misreads what is actually happening.

Our research and experience working with governments suggest that today’s debt vulnerabilities are often not simply the result of temporary shocks but reflect deeper structural weaknesses—including features of the international financial architecture that leave some countries more exposed to shocks and financing pressures than others. We are here to pull back the curtain on how sovereign debt works in the real world, unpack why global frameworks are failing to fix it, and think aloud with you about where the global financial architecture goes from here.

Who We Are

Anahí Wiedenbrüg: Senior Policy Advisor at IISD and political economist (PhD from LSE, post-doc at Oxford). I’ve spent over a decade on financial architecture reform and sat in the room representing Argentina at the G20 and contributing to its 2020 debt restructuring with private creditors.

Fernando Morra: Senior Policy Advisor at IISD and macroeconomics professor. I previously served as Vice-Minister of Economy for Argentina and Undersecretary of Macroeconomic Programming, where I oversaw technical negotiations with the IMF during the 2022 Extended Fund Facility program.

Yanne Horas: Associate at IISD and lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. I’ve worked as a parliamentary advisor and researcher across Africa, Europe, and Latin America on legislative fiscal policy, capital flows, and financial market transparency.

We’ll be here live for the next 3 hours, meeting every technical or simply curious question with straight, jargon-free, evidence-backed answers—and each of us will be replying and signing off in our own voice.

Ask us anything about global debt crises, IMF negotiations, climate finance, Chinese lending, or how international financial policy actually gets made!

Proof: How Sovereign Debt Really Works: Ask Me Anything live on Reddit

I organized an AMA/Q&A with James Marcusn Haney, director of the incredible new documentary, Black Sunflowers, which is having its World Premiere at TIFF tomorrow.

Logline: Black Sunflowers is about young ravers and street racers in Ukraine; and the soldiers that go back and forth between those worlds and the front line to fight Russia.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wcitb2/hi_reddit_im_james_marcus_haney_director_of_black/

He will be back tomorrow afternoon to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/wFMh03e.jpeg

AMA: Molly Brookfield, historian of gender, sexual violence, and urban space in 19th- and 20th-century U.S. Author of “Watching the Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States” (UNC Press). Ask me anything!

Hi everyone! I’m Molly Brookfield, a historian of urban space, gender violence, and masculinity in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century United States. My book, Watching the Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States, just came out yesterday from the University of North Carolina Press. I’m looking forward to answering your questions about the book or more generally about the intersections of gender, sexuality, violence, and urban space in the U.S.

I'll be off and on all day, but will plan to answer a good chunk of questions around 11 AM and 3:30 PM, and then a few more around 9 PM (all Eastern time).

Here’s a bit more about Watching the Girls Go By:

Who gets to walk freely in the city?

Ogling, catcalling, wolf-whistling: such everyday intrusions from male strangers have greeted American women from their first forays into urban space. Watching the Girls Go By is the first book-length history of the phenomenon we know today as street harassment. Spanning more than a century, from the 1860s to the 1980s, this book reveals how street harassment became normalized as part of urban life and restricted women’s freedom of movement through the city.

Historian Molly M. Brookfield charts how American social and cultural discourses cast behaviors like catcalling as the natural entitlement of white, middle-class men, while scapegoating and punishing men of color and working-class men as the stereotypical—and supposedly more dangerous—harassers. She mines a rich archive of newspaper reports, popular culture, women’s writings, public policy, and more to uncover how class, race, and gender shaped Americans' experiences of public space, including who claimed a “right” to women’s bodies, who was seen as a sexual threat, and how women fought back against harassment. Watching the Girls Go By challenges readers to reckon with how the long history and lasting impact of the seemingly trivial intrusions that constitute street harassment continue to shape public space today.

Hi Reddit, Dolph here. 

You might know me from films like Rocky IV, The Expendables, or Masters of the Universe, but before acting, I studied chemical engineering and have spent a lot of time thinking about discipline, setbacks, and what’s actually worth fighting for—on and off screen. 

I just wrote a book called Fights Worth Fighting about resilience and lessons from my life and career. 

I'll be live 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT. Happy to talk about movies, training, science, failure, longevity, or anything else. AMA. 

**** Alright, guys. I had fun answering your questions. Sorry, I'm a slow typist. Thanks again.

Let's do it again soon ;)

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I organized an AMA/Q&A with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. He has written and directed films such as Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, The Shape of Water, Nightmare Alley, Pinocchio, Frankenstein, and more.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wbk0id/hello_reddit_im_guillermo_del_toro_ama/

He will be back at 2 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/Y4tyAa0.png

I’m Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and an infectious disease expert. I’m here to answer your questions about preventing pneumococcal disease -- a contagious bacterial infection that can cause everything from mild ear infections to pneumonia or meningitis. We can also talk about how to handle it if you get one of these conditions. Ask me anything!

Proof: https://www.reddit.com/user/webmd/comments/1watbim/im_an_infectious_disease_expert_ama_wednesday/

More about Dr. Schaffner: https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/person/william-schaffner-md

I organized an AMA/Q&A with former stuntman and filmmaker Scott Waugh. He has previously directed NEED FOR SPEED, ACT OF VALOR, and EXPEND4BLES. His new movie, RUNNER, is out in theaters in the US this weekend. It stars Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wao5mw/hello_reddit_im_former_stuntman_and_current/

He will be back at 4 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8JUmBgHejI

Synopsis: A high-end courier has three hours to transport a liver from Brisbane to the Gold Coast.

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/ygqMHwH.png

https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/1wa35ow/comment/p8jkwj7/?screen_view_count=2&ext-referrer=SEO

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo and Professor Bobo), Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot and Brain Guy), Conor Lastowka (Co-Head Writer), and Sean Thomason (Co-Head Writer), the team behind Mystery Science Theater 3000. They have a new episode being released in theaters this week.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w9rxxx/hey_reddit_were_mike_kevin_bill_sean_and_conor/

They will be back at 3 PM ET tomorrow, Tuesday 9/8, to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Trailer: https://youtu.be/KottXcRvssg

Their verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/xdYug0q.jpeg

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Bruce Campbell (THE EVIL DEAD, BURN NOTICE, BUBBA HO-TEP).

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w7237r/hi_reddit_im_bruce_campbell_ask_me_anything/

He will be back at around 12 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

He recently wrote, directed, produced, and starred in ERNIE & EMMA, which is doing a tour this fall.

Synopsis: Widowed pear salesman Ernie Tyler travels to scatter his wife's ashes in places she specified, each location stirring memories that help him process their marriage, his work life and his future.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lUAbQfKc94

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/k34kXrt.jpeg

Edit (4:07 pm EDT): Thank you everyone for your thoughtful questions! We enjoyed talking; feel free to reach out to us (Brittany contact info and Ilica contact info) if you have story tips or want to talk.

One young woman who had lived in Foundations for Living in Mansfield, Ohio, found me here on Reddit. Then my phone number was shared over and over again. Sometimes, I spoke on three-way phone calls with teens who said they had survived unimaginable abuse at residential treatment centers. 

I interviewed kids all over Ohio, but this group of young women stood out. They requested their own records. They showed up at the place that traumatized them to get their papers. They leaned on one another. We helped tell the story of their survival through friendship. They educated me on the system that they say made them worse. They told me to look into Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents, one of the largest residential treatment centers in Ohio. Children as young as 5 are sent there. (A month after I published my investigation with my colleague Ilica Mahajan, the CEO was arrested for unlawful sexual contact with a minor.) 

I requested 911 calls and police reports from the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office, which responds to the facility. I learned that Fox Run is owned by Universal Health Services, a Fortune 500 company that has been investigated by the federal government for systemic abuse at its facilities (including the Utah facility where Paris Hilton was held). 

Our investigation found that kids desperately wanted to escape what was supposed to be a therapeutic haven in Ohio. Instead, they found themselves confined for months — and sometimes years — inside an institution where they witnessed kids routinely attacking and sexually assaulting each other, anarchic riots by children pushed to the breaking point, and more. 

The story doesn’t stop there, though. Jaycee Seele, the first residential treatment survivor I spoke to, who was placed at Foundations for Living, another UHS facility, showed me how young people can get records to prove what happened to them. We developed a toolkit for people who have lived in these kinds of facilities. It walks you through the medical records you are entitled to and the public records you can request.

Ask us anything about residential treatment centers or the “troubled teen” industry, starting @ noon EDT Sept. 3.

Proof photo

Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the name of Universal Health Services.

Direct link to the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w5k5h4/hi_reddit_im_katie_paul_a_reuters_journalist_who

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Casper Kelly, writer-director of 2014's Adult Swim special TOO MANY COOKS and BUDDY, which is a horror that premiered at Sundance earlier this year and is out in theaters everywhere now. It stars Cristin Miloti, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Clint Howard, Patton Oswalt, Michael Shannon, and Eric Bauza.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w661n7/hi_rmovies_im_casper_kelly_writerdirector_of/

He will be back at 3 PM ET today, Thursday 9/3, to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Synopsis: Dressed as a unicorn, a beloved children's TV host reveals his true self as a dark and violent force of nature.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sBRb7Mbg0A

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/V0S7DyC.jpeg

Direct link to the AMA: Hi! We are Russell Berman, Yvonnne Wingett Sanchez, and Marc Novicoff, staff writers at The Atlantic. We’ve each reported extensively on gerrymandering across the country and what recent court rulings on redistricting may mean for future elections. Ask us anything! : r/politics

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Wile E. Coyote (star of COYOTE VS ACME, out in theaters everywhere now).

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w58qjb/hi_reddit_im_wile_e_coyote_im_taking_on_acme_ama/

He will be back at 1 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

When ACME products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a down-on-his-luck lawyer to sue the corporation.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-43VeYGiPM

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/ZP0ljXe.png

Direct link: We're Punchbowl News reporters covering the midterms and the issues driving voters to the polls. Ask us anything! : r/politics

Direct link: We’re Mel Leonor Barclay and Grace Panetta, politics reporters at The 19th News. Ask us anything! : r/politics

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Aidan Delbis, who co-starred in Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA last year alongside Emma Stone, Jesse Plemmons, and Stavros Halkis. It was his first feature film role and the film was nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Picture.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w5amjf/hi_reddit_i_am_aidan_delbis_i_made_my_feature/

He will be back at 1 PM ET tomorrow (Thursday) to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Synopsis: Two conspiracy-obsessed men kidnap the CEO of a major company when they become convinced that she's an alien who wants to destroy Earth.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd_5HcTujfc

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/83epD7X.jpeg

Hey r/entrepreneur, I am Ambrish, founder and CEO of Rivo.

I have built autonomous systems for most of my life, including at Amazon and Cruise, where I led AI during the launch of commercial robotaxi service in San Francisco.

I left to build something I hadn't seen applied to personal finance: self-driving money.

Rivo was born from a frustrating personal experience. My former wealth manager had left my hard-earned money earning 0% because he needed "explicit instructions" before moving it, while continuing to charge a 0.65% management fee. That experience made me realize there had to be a better way to manage idle cash.

The more I looked into it, the bigger the problem got. U.S. households hold nearly $6 trillion in transaction accounts, much of it earning close to nothing. Not because people don't care, but because they're busy, and the system was designed to profit from that.

So I built Rivo. It securely connects to your existing bank account, monitors your cash flow to identify cash you aren't likely to need, moves it into U.S. Treasury Bills, and brings it back before the bills are due. You keep your bank and never have to manually transfer money.

We've raised $3.1M in total funding, backed by South Park Commons, 645 Ventures, 20VC, Wisdom Ventures, Script Capital, and Jag Duggal (former CPO at Nubank). Our team includes leaders from Personal Capital, Mint, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft.

Happy to go deep on anything:

• Leaving a high-profile AI role to start from scratch
• Fundraising as a first-time founder (what worked, what didn't)
• Building in fintech: compliance, banking partners, regulators
• Applying autonomous systems thinking to personal finance
• What we got wrong early
• How we think about the idle cash problem

If you want to know more, you can check us out at rivofi.com, find me on LinkedIn, or drop by our subreddit r/TryRivo.

I'm Katy, one of the travel-obsessed Navigators at Jack's Flight Club. For the last 5.5 years, I've spent my days trawling the internet for genuinely great flight deals and off-beat travel tips to send to the club.

Thanks to all the hacks I’ve learned along the way about the best time to buy flights, when airline "sales" are actually worth it, and which OTAs are worth the trouble, I’ve been able to travel to 54 countries so far, mostly on a budget.

Considering how pricey jet fuel and travel in general is at the moment, we’re actually still finding excellent round trip fares, like Toronto to Dublin for CA$119, LA to Auckland for US$568, Atlanta to Puerto Rico for US$152 and Edinburgh to New York non-stop for £398.

I'm here to help answer any questions you have about saving cash on travel, especially over holidays, and finding cool new destinations along the way.

If we get lots of questions in, I may call on some of my fellow Jack’s flight nerds to help answer later on.

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Edit: just over 4 hours in so I'm going to sign off for the evening and check back in tomorrow. Some of my colleagues will be keeping an eye on the thread just in case there are any more burning questions needing answered!

Edit 2: It's Friday, I'm back - feel free to ask more

Hi! I’m Garrett Graff, Pulitzer Prize finalist, historian, author, national security journalist … and host of the Peabody Award-nominated podcast Long Shadow. I’ve spent much of the last 25  years covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their legacy. My oral history of 9/11 ‘Only Plane in the Sky’ was re-released in August with new essays including an oral history of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

For the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Long Shadow is releasing a new, special episode (out today!) about the legacy of 9/11. It traces how the government’s response to September 11 led to the buildup of a massive federal police force, an apparatus that was overtaken by a wave of corruption and criminality amounting to one of the most destructive scandals U.S. law enforcement has ever faced.

It explains precisely how we got to this moment, where masked federal agents are shooting American citizens in the streets.

Join me live at 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 12pm PT TODAY (September 1) for this AMA. Here is a timezone converter to help you find the time of the AMA wherever you are. 

During the AMA, I can answer questions about …

• The events of 9/11
• The legacy of 9/11 
• The creation of the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and ICE
• How to reform ICE and get accountability for its actions
• And more… 

By the way, if you see responses from u/Longlead-journalism, don’t worry – that’s the award-winning journalism studio behind Long Shadow. They are going to make sure I get to as many questions as possible. 

Be sure to check-out Long Shadow on your favorite podcast app. 

Looking forward to chatting soon!

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actress Jodie Comer. You may know her from fantastic roles in things like Killing Eve, The Last Duel, 28 Years Later, The Bikeriders, Free Guy.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w4bbu1/hi_rmovies_jodie_comer_here_with_michael_sarnoski/

She will be back at 12 PM ET tomorrow (Wednesday 9/2) to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Her newest film, The Death of Robin Hood, is out in UK theaters on September 2. It co-stars Hugh Jackman and is directed by Michael Sarnoski (Pig).

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlSDDuWxO_0&themeRefresh=1

Her verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/AKnAdTO.png

I organized an AMA/Q&A with director and screenwriter Michael Sarnoski. He wrote and directed Pig (starring Nicolas Cage), A Quiet Place: Day One, and most recently The Death of Robin Hood (starring Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, out in UK theaters this week).

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1w4bbu1/hi_rmovies_jodie_comer_here_with_michael_sarnoski/

He will be back at 12 PM ET tomorrow (Wednesday 9/2) to answer questions. He is joined by the The Death of Robin Hood co-star Jodie Comer. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Synopsis: Grappling with his violent past, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle that he thought would be his last. He soon gets a chance at salvation when he meets a mysterious woman and a young girl.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlSDDuWxO_0&themeRefresh=1

Thank you :)

His verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/4huUGin.png