From The Vault: How to Stay Visible in the AI Search Era written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Listen to the full episode: Episode Summary Back from the vault! In this rerun of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I revisit a solo episode where I—John Jantsch—explore a topic that continues to reshape the foundation of online marketing: search visibility in an era dominated by AI search, zero-click results, and evolving Google behaviors. Search […]

From The Vault: How to Stay Visible in the AI Search Era written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Listen to the full episode:

Episode Summary

Back from the vault! In this rerun of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I revisit a solo episode where I—John Jantsch—explore a topic that continues to reshape the foundation of online marketing: search visibility in an era dominated by AI search, zero-click results, and evolving Google behaviors.

Search engine optimization (SEO) has always been about rankings, but today that’s no longer enough. In this episode, I explain why the focus has shifted to search visibility—your brand’s presence across the entire digital ecosystem. From featured snippets and branded SERPs to Google Business profiles and authoritative content that aligns with E-E-A-T principles, visibility is about showing up where people actually find answers.

As AI overviews increasingly deliver information without clicks, your strategy must evolve beyond chasing keywords.

Key Takeaways

• SEO is now about search visibility, not just rankings. Brands need to show up in multiple answer-delivery formats.

• AI search and zero-click results mean most users get what they need without leaving Google, so multi-platform visibility is essential.

• Google is now an answer engine. Structure your content to provide direct, trusted answers.

• E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) signals matter more than ever.

• Use structured content like FAQs, TL;DR summaries, and hub pages to boost your chances of surfacing in AI answers and snippets.

• Local SEO still drives results. Treat your Google Business Profile as a publishing platform.

• Refreshing older content improves freshness signals and knowledge graph visibility.

• Prioritize quality, experience-driven stories, and unique insights over generic AI-generated content.

• Don’t chase head terms. Focus instead on long-tail queries and intent-driven content formats.

Chapters:

• 00:09 Opening
• 00:58 Evolution of Search Engine Optimization
• 03:01 The Current State of Search
• 03:41 Focus on Search Visibility Instead of Rank
• 06:13 How to Demonstrate EEAT
• 09:04 Audit Your Content Gaps
• 10:07 Help Pages
• 11:46 FAQ Pages and Trust Elements
• 13:03 Refreshing Your Content
• 13:41 Utilize Your Google Business Page
• 14:35 Find Out How AI Is Sourcing Information
• 15:42 Common Mistakes

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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This article contains plot points from the film Swiped. Swiped is a movie stuck in the 2010s. It’s not just that the events portrayed in the movie happen between 2012 and 2014, when entrepreneur Whitney Wolfe Herd helps create Tinder, gets ousted from the company, and founds Bumble. Nor is it just the movie’s liberal […]

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a […]

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest barnstormer One Battle After Another bravely dares to ask: what if you had a dad who cared about you? If that sounds glib it’s in fitting with One Battle After Another, which is as funny as it is revolutionary, as silly as it is serious, and at its heart is a film about a stoner dad who in spite of it all will go to the ends of the Earth for his daughter. So when we sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an ex-revolutionary father figure on an epic quest to find his daughter, we asked about his own father, the underground cartoonist George DiCaprio, and how his legacy as an artist shaped DiCaprio as a performer. 

So was the award winner’s passion for the creative—and acting specifically—something that was influenced by his own father’s outsider career path.

“Absolutely, and he continues to do so, DiCaprio says emphatically during our sit down at the One Battle After Another press junket. “My father, he’s kind of the ultimate source of wisdom for me, and not just his intelligence, but his perception and his ability to look at a certain subject matter through different lenses. I oftentimes still read scripts with him and ask him his thoughts, because he’s got such a unique perspective.” 

It’s a relationship that the Oscar-winning actor tells us has shaped his entire career. “He really was a great motivator for me when I was a young actor,” DiCaprio continues. “I started to try to get an agent when I was 10 or 11 or 12 years old. I was a break dancer and I had a messed up haircut, and all the agents rejected me. And [he gave me] that reinforcement of ‘you’re going to have your time.’”

There was also, Dicaprio shares, “A guidance of ‘this is what real filmmaking is.’” Describing how his father would “take me to see actors and films and say, ‘This is what the art form is all about. And those are great actors. Watch this stuff.’ So I can’t say enough about how much he’s influenced what I’ve done.”

When it came to his co-star Benicio del Toro, it was a childhood being raised by lawyers that had carved his career out of his younger life.

“My dad was a criminal lawyer,” del Toro tells us. “My mom as well. I think they were actors in a way, you have to convince people.” 

But when it comes to their biggest influence it’s one of del Toro’s secret talents that he praises his father for. “I had to do a lot of driving,” del Toro laughs. “My dad had these big boat cars, you know, so I would sneak out and take the car, and you better not put a scratch on that car.” 

That experience allowed del Toro to proudly joke to his co-star that he “can park an American big boat. I can park a car,” he smiles. “That’s my claim to fame. But you know I learned from my dad because he was a great driver. My dad really could park an 18-wheeler, right there.”

On the other side of the dark comedy coin that is One Battle After Another is a story about motherhood, being a daughter, and what it means to survive as Black woman in America. For multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who is already stirring up awards talk for her incredible performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary and mother who has to make an impossible decision after being caught by Sean Penn’s abusive Col. Steven J. Lockjaw. 

Preparing for the action-packed and emotional role was a journey, but one that Taylor says she embraced. “What I did was dive into the things that I can relate to. I seen this woman living in survival mode, and I’ve been in that place before, knowing the feeling of ‘I’m all I got’ you know, and that was Perfidia.”

Another thing about the character that immediately stood out to the actress was the exploration of postpartum depression. “As a mother of two, who has experienced that—not the same exact thing, because every mother experiences something different—I love that he shed light on that, and he really gave me the freedom to to play in it,” Taylor shares. “So it was really amazing preparing for this, because I seen so much of myself in the parts that I did agree with and then even the parts [of her] that I didn’t agree with, I was able to have grace for her and have compassion for her, because those things start from not feeling seen, not feeling heard.”  

Perfidia and Bob’s onscreen daughter Baby Sharleen grows up into Willa, who is raised by Bob after her mother disappears from a witness protection program. It’s a challenging first feature role for newcomer Chase Infiniti, who meets it with aplomb by making Willa a believable teen and compelling heroine. But how do you prepare to play a character who has never met her mother? It began with separation that echoed the pair’s narrative in the volatile feature. 

“While we were shooting, and even before we started shooting, I didn’t meet Teyana until further down the line. So when I started to actually build Willa’s character, I was hearing stories and chatter about her from people like Paul [Thomas Anderson] and Leo.”

Infiniti continues. “So even though I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to meet [Teyana] for a long time, it really helped hone into the character. Because I didn’t know her, but I’d heard all these wonderful things about her, all of these stories from other people that I was interacting with on set that really helped me drop down into that experience.” 

One of the most intriguing roles in the movie falls to comedy stalwart Regina Hall as Perfidia’s close friend Deandra. Just like her onscreen conspirator, Hall is also already in awards conversations—and anyone who has seen Support the Girls shouldn’t be surprised—for a heartwrenching performance as the woman that connects the disparate mother and daughter. 

“Deandra does love Perfidia,” Hall explains. “They fought a long fight together, and they believed in the same things, and maybe she knows that somewhere she went a little left. Life happens. And she does understand why she did what she did. But there is this child…”

Recalling a scene that ended up on the cutting floor that she felt shows the closeness between the two women and what their relationship means in regards to Willa, Hall says, “There’s a scene that’s not in the movie where she’s actually the one that calls me and says, in code words, take care of those baby socks for me. And then I say, ‘I promise,’ and then it cuts from that scene to Deandra at the house packing like you gotta go. It’s time to go, so when she comes back to get Willa, you know, it’s full circle for their friendship and for the love of the child.”

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GoodPower’s new identity is paired with its 2030 Strategic Plan, “Upward Spiral.” The plan calls for scaling proven programs, investing in breakthrough technologies, and deepening work in communications, research, and grassroots field organizing.

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Dubai fishermen

In 2012, Green Prophet sounded the alarm about depleted Gulf fish stocks and weak enforcement in Dubai. Revisit Tafline Laylin’s original piece here: Dubai Finally Gets Serious About Overfishing.

Thirteen years on, what’s changed—and what hasn’t? Regulatory frameworks are clearer. The UAE now requires licences for commercial and recreational fishing and sets rules on species, sizes, seasons, and gear. See the official portal: Regulating fishing practices (UAE).

Marine protection and monitoring have expanded. Authorities report more scientifically informed monitoring and new research capacity,including offshore survey capability and support vessels for fisheries and habitat assessment (overview at Life Below Water – UAE.)

Dubai fish market

Measured progress in Abu Dhabi. The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi’s Sustainable Fisheries Index rose from
8.9% (2018) to 97.4% (end-2024), indicating far tighter alignment with sustainable harvest targets: Abu Dhabi Media Office (2025).
Visible enforcement actions. In Feb 2025, a fisherman in Abu Dhabi was fined Dh50,000 for exceeding permitted catch limits: Gulf News: Dh50,000 fine (2025).

Where the Picture in Dubai Is Still Mixed

Catch and release fishing in Dubai

Hamour (grouper) remains severely overfished. Years of overexploitation have left adult populations
dramatically reduced and age structures truncated. Reporting highlights suggest catches far beyond sustainable thresholds and individuals rarely reaching natural lifespans: The National (2019): Overfishing is the single biggest threat

Enforcement is uneven by emirate and along the supply chain. Market controls on undersized fish have improved, but gaps persist in inspections, reporting, and sanctions.

Cultural and economic realities complicate reform. Traditional preferences (e.g., hamour),
livelihoods, and consumer demand continue to pull against tighter conservation rules.

Climate stressors add pressure. Warming seas and habitat loss make stock recovery harder even where rules are followed.

China’s Role in Global Overfishing—With Documentation

Local conservation can be undermined by global fleets operating across borders. Multiple analyses document the scale and governance challenges of distant-water fishing (DWF), especially from China: Global activity share: An Oceana analysis finds Chinese vessels account for roughly 44% of visible global fishing activity, appearing in more than 90 countries’ waters and logging millions of hours on the high seas: Oceana (2025).

IUU and governance concerns: The U.S. Congressional Research Service summarizes evidence of
illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) risks, subsidy issues, and transparency gaps in China’s DWF fleet, noting
implications for stock depletion and international disputes: CRS Report R47065 (China’s Role in the Exploitation of Global Fisheries).

Policy pledges vs. practice: Scholarship reviews policy reforms and continuing implementation gaps in China’s fisheries, indicating improvements on paper that remain uneven on the water: Marine Policy review (ScienceDirect).

Bottom line: Even if the UAE tightens local rules, transboundary pressure from large DWF fleets can undermine recovery, making international monitoring, port-state measures, and supply-chain traceability essential. We were told the same by Seychellois: even if they restrict fishing in nature reserves, China boats often overfish nearby without consequence.

What Dubai (and the UAE) Can Do Next

1. Harden market enforcement against undersized and out-of-season fish; expand surprise inspections and public reporting.
2. Accelerate species-specific recovery plans for hamour and other priority stocks with clear biomass targets and timelines.
3. Scale consumer campaigns to shift demand away from overfished species; promote certified alternatives.
4. Petition to global fishing groups to enforce fishing caps and limits, especially on Chinese fishing boats.
5. Deepen regional & international cooperation on IUU detection, electronic monitoring, and traceability
   to address external fishing pressure.
6. Reform the press so that’s it’s free and so that locals and foreigners may criticize without serious consequences. There is no free press in the UAE. The UAE government prevents both local and foreign independent media outlets from thriving by tracking down and persecuting dissenting voices. Expatriate Emirati journalists risk being harassed, arrested or extradited according to Reporters Without Borders.

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With more than 200,000 successful deliveries already completed, Flytrex has shown the system actually works in everyday life, not just in test labs. Customers order through a regular app, track the drone on a map, and then walk outside when it arrives. Just don’t get caught on the rope! 

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Dubai fishermen

In 2012, Green Prophet sounded the alarm about depleted Gulf fish stocks and weak enforcement in Dubai. Revisit Tafline Laylin’s original piece here: Dubai Finally Gets Serious About Overfishing.

Thirteen years on, what’s changed—and what hasn’t? Regulatory frameworks are clearer. The UAE now requires licences for commercial and recreational fishing and sets rules on species, sizes, seasons, and gear. See the official portal: Regulating fishing practices (UAE).

Marine protection and monitoring have expanded. Authorities report more scientifically informed monitoring and new research capacity,including offshore survey capability and support vessels for fisheries and habitat assessment (overview at Life Below Water – UAE.)

Dubai fish market

Measured progress in Abu Dhabi. The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi’s Sustainable Fisheries Index rose from
8.9% (2018) to 97.4% (end-2024), indicating far tighter alignment with sustainable harvest targets: Abu Dhabi Media Office (2025).
Visible enforcement actions. In Feb 2025, a fisherman in Abu Dhabi was fined Dh50,000 for exceeding permitted catch limits: Gulf News: Dh50,000 fine (2025).

Where the Picture in Dubai Is Still Mixed

Catch and release fishing in Dubai

Hamour (grouper) remains severely overfished. Years of overexploitation have left adult populations
dramatically reduced and age structures truncated. Reporting highlights suggest catches far beyond sustainable thresholds and individuals rarely reaching natural lifespans: The National (2019): Overfishing is the single biggest threat

Enforcement is uneven by emirate and along the supply chain. Market controls on undersized fish have improved, but gaps persist in inspections, reporting, and sanctions.

Cultural and economic realities complicate reform. Traditional preferences (e.g., hamour),
livelihoods, and consumer demand continue to pull against tighter conservation rules.

Climate stressors add pressure. Warming seas and habitat loss make stock recovery harder even where rules are followed.

China’s Role in Global Overfishing—With Documentation

Local conservation can be undermined by global fleets operating across borders. Multiple analyses document the scale and governance challenges of distant-water fishing (DWF), especially from China: Global activity share: An Oceana analysis finds Chinese vessels account for roughly 44% of visible global fishing activity, appearing in more than 90 countries’ waters and logging millions of hours on the high seas: Oceana (2025).

IUU and governance concerns: The U.S. Congressional Research Service summarizes evidence of
illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) risks, subsidy issues, and transparency gaps in China’s DWF fleet, noting
implications for stock depletion and international disputes: CRS Report R47065 (China’s Role in the Exploitation of Global Fisheries).

Policy pledges vs. practice: Scholarship reviews policy reforms and continuing implementation gaps in China’s fisheries, indicating improvements on paper that remain uneven on the water: Marine Policy review (ScienceDirect).

Bottom line: Even if the UAE tightens local rules, transboundary pressure from large DWF fleets can undermine recovery, making international monitoring, port-state measures, and supply-chain traceability essential. We were told the same by Seychellois: even if they restrict fishing in nature reserves, China boats often overfish nearby without consequence.

What Dubai (and the UAE) Can Do Next

1. Harden market enforcement against undersized and out-of-season fish; expand surprise inspections and public reporting.
2. Accelerate species-specific recovery plans for hamour and other priority stocks with clear biomass targets and timelines.
3. Scale consumer campaigns to shift demand away from overfished species; promote certified alternatives.
4. Petition to global fishing groups to enforce fishing caps and limits, especially on Chinese fishing boats.
5. Deepen regional & international cooperation on IUU detection, electronic monitoring, and traceability
   to address external fishing pressure.
6. Reform the press so that’s it’s free and so that locals and foreigners may criticize without serious consequences. There is no free press in the UAE. The UAE government prevents both local and foreign independent media outlets from thriving by tracking down and persecuting dissenting voices. Expatriate Emirati journalists risk being harassed, arrested or extradited according to Reporters Without Borders.

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