Michael And Ivanka's Grand Podcast

“Lifestyle Design” is how Tim Ferriss describes thinking about what you actually want your life to be, separately from how much money you need or what is preventing you from achieving it. It’s easy to miss opportunities when you don’t know what you want, so even though life is what happens while you’re making other plans, the alternative is that you never get anything you want.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 3rd September 2021---- Stuff we made ----Shoot - Clean Camera Feed http://clean.camera?ct=podSquares TV https://squares.tv?ct=podIvanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog---- This Week's Links ----[1] Tim Ferriss - Four Hour Work Week - https://amzn.to/3k3qEqE [2] Fix This Next - https://amzn.to/3kSv3x3 [3] Kurt Vonnegut Quote - https://thecreativeham.com/blog/kurt-vonnegut-quotes-on-creativity/ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play |

We talked about walking, running, swimming, strength training, injuries, trackers and keeping momentum. We also touched on the vulnerability of being seen working out. Who wants a bright red face at work?Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 27th August 2021---- Stuff we made ----Shoot - Clean Camera Feed http://clean.camera?ct=podSquares TV https://squares.tv?ct=podIvanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog---- This Week's Links ----[1] Fitness flippers - https://www.google.com/search?q=fitness+flippers&tbm=shop [2] Zombies Run - https://zombiesrungame.com/ [3] Fitbod (Michael’s referral link) - https://fitbod.app.link/g1o9Z1sdhab---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation:

Holidays. Anticipation. Change. Work. Not Work. Getting Paid. Not Getting Paid. Staycations. Hosting Guests. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 20th August 2021---- Stuff we made ----Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=podIvanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog---- This Week's Links ----[1] Four Hour Work Week - https://amzn.to/3k3qEqE [2] The Problem With Travel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWa13rkEUkk [3] Deborah Frances White’s Writing Retreat - https://guiltyfeminist.libsyn.com/88-innovation-with-shaolan-and-laura-bates [4] Abbey Road Webcam - https://www.earthcam.com/world/england/london/abbeyroad/?cam=abbeyroad_uk [5] Portal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game) [6] Breath Of The Wild - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of_the_Wild ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Band

We’re often told “You should do what you love” but this idea doesn’t often get unpacked. How do we fall in love with something? Can we do things we love in the service of things we hate? Or the opposite? Is doing something you love a privilege? What about when what we love doesn’t seem to love us back? And what is the relationship between love and trauma? Big chats, come and listen.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 13th August 2021---- Stuff we made ----Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=podIvanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog---- This Week's Links ----[0] How this podcast is recorded - https://squares.tv/livepodcast?ct=ep177 [1] Endlesss - https://endlesss.fm/ [2] Containerviille - https://www.containerville.co.uk/ [3] Beeple sold NFT for $69 Million - https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22325054/beeple-christies-nft-sale-cost-everydays-69-million [4] Our Blockchain Episode - https://grandpodcast.com/episode-37-blockchain-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-ethereum-rchain.html 

Patreon produced a series of articles looking at the creative process in terms of these four phases or factors. We took each one and had a good old chat about it, and came up with some takeaways and conclusions for each one. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 6th August 2021---- Stuff we made ----Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=podIvanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog---- This Week's Links ----[1] Patreon posts on Fear, Hope, Grit, and Glory[2] Alexander Technique - https://alexandertechnique.com/[3] Shaw Technique for Swimming - https://www.artofswimming.com/[4] Novelty Automation - Tim Hunkin - https://www.novelty-automation.com/[5] Squares TV - Michael’s Jofamo Interview - https://squares.tv/jof[6] Tim FerrissFear Setting - https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals?language=en [7] “If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’re too late” - https://medium.com/@alearningaday/dont-rush-to-be

What is professionalism and why do we have to be it? Is it just a mechanism of control that only applies to lower-level employees? Or is something we should all expect from each other; a demonstration of respect? Let’s figure it out.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 30th July 2021---- Stuff we made ----Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=podRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Michael as been mainlining Pat Flynn - https://smartpassiveincome.com [2] Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez - https://amzn.to/2Wzhc5E[3] German Olympic Team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57961055 [4] The Biggest Little Farm - https://g.co/kgs/BkYXEn [5] E.ON - anybody know anybody? - https://www.eonenergy.com/ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon an

Working out how to cheat is an interesting thought experiment, even if it just helps you clarify what game you’re trying to win. We talked about different places people cheat — games, school, life, business, politics — and who ends up paying in different situations.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 16th July 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Game Theory and Altruism - https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/game-theory-evolutionary-stable-strategies-and-the-25953132/#:~:text=Altruism%3A%20When%20one%20organism%20reduces,different%20strategy%20through%20natural%20selection [2] How To Cheat At Uno - https://www.wikihow.com/Cheat-at-UNO [3] Amazon Workers - http://uk.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-workers-have-to-pee-into-bottles-2018-4 [4] That Boris Johnson video - https://www.youtube.com/watc

London is a great and terrible city. If you want money, or you have money, it offers possibilities available nowhere else. But it’s a cynical place. Should Michael break up with it like Ivanka did 10 years ago?Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 9th July 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Our instagram (see Ivanka’s pics) - https://instagram.com/grandpodcast[2] Why isn’t cycling normal in London? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gohSeOYheXg ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation: https://paypal.me/grandpodcastR

It’s an episode about the climate, not just the weather! How will climate change affect our environment, work life, home life and music?Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 2nd July 2021Sorry the recording started a couple of seconds late!---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Michael has been listening to this - https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/ [2] Green New Deal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_New_Deal [3] Stuff about the suburbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsMeKl-Sv0 [4] Show Your Stripes - https://showyourstripes.info/ [5] Balfron / Trellick Tower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_asrF0ZXw [6] Where Michael stayed in Morocco - https://www.darsidibounou.com/ [7] Banksy Thing - https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/banksy-christies-june-2021-auction---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and

We had to look it up, but we wanted to talk about how anxiety works in all its forms - unfocused, focused, momentary or lifelong. We decided it’s useful when you can do something about it but less so when you can’t. (We’re not talking about anything chronic!).Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 25th June 2021Sorry the recording started a couple of seconds late!---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Anxiety Disorders - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/ [2] Hbomb on Vaccines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc[3] Show Your Stripes - https://showyourstripes.info/ [4] Get your moles checked - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/moles/ [5] Jofamo - https://twitch.tv/jofamo [6] Allen Carr Quit Smoking - http://amzn.to/2E7ff7r [7] Douglas Hofstadter - https://amzn.to/3hgwMdZ ---- Credits ----T

“Fail Fast” say business people. But “failure” can be a nebulous concept. Sometimes it’s not clear whether you should keep going or pivot to something else, and that perception can get tangled with our own identity. We also talk about children’s books.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 18th June 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Michael’s failure - https://goodtohear.co.uk[2] Judge Brenda and the Supreme Court - https://amzn.to/3xwTMfm [3] Populus Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIaK6y5kdro [4] Intercept on Biden and Full Employment - https://theintercept.com/2021/06/11/deconstructed-banishing-ghosts-great-recession/ [5] Tucker Carlson claims making children wear masks is “abuse” - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/27/tucker-carlson-fox-news-masks-biden-cdc [6] Brands pull ads from GB News TV

Is winning the lottery all it’s cracked up to be? Not necessarily, not that either of us has ever won it. But it’s nice to think about how life would be different if money was no object, so let’s give it a go.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 11th June 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Dan Gilbert - The Surprising Science of Happiness - https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_surprising_science_of_happiness [2] Randomly getting $10,000 - https://sarahdrinkwater.medium.com/a-few-months-ago-a-complete-stranger-gave-me-10-000-heres-what-i-did-with-it-d5bc65f59d17 [3] Birgit Kooijman - “Rotterdam haalt daklozen in huis” - https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/sociaal/achtergrond/achtergrond/rotterdam-haalt-daklozen-in-huis.127589.lynkx---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by h

We’ve all found the need for a bit of emotional resilience as the pandemic has turned out lives upside down, not to mention polarisation on social media and whatever is going on in our personal lives. It’s important to maintain healthy boundaries between ourselves and others, and between our sense of self and our emotional reactions.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 28th May 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Seven Traits of Elite Team Captains - https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/seven-traits-elite-team-captains [2] Vaccines - A Measured Response - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc [3] Former government advisor Dominic Cummings testifies to joint parliamentary committee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LFS3FaRs_s ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by htt

Our animal brains tend to be suspicious of anything that looks out of place or unusual. We have to train ourselves not to see people who are different as a threat. Most weirdos are behaving in the service of their own values so it’s not really our problem if you don’t immediately understand. We want to normalise new behaviours where think we can do better.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 21st May 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Extinction Rebellion Red Brigade - https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/07/red-brigade-silently-appear-extinction-rebellion-protests-10875730/ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandp

When you can’t find the “cancel subscription” button or the button that doesn’t add an unwanted extra to your bill, or you’re confused by double-negatives and weird questions, you might be encountering a “Dark Pattern”. It’s probably by design. Dark Patterns make lots of money for some very big businesses, but they betray a pretty galling lack of respect.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 14th May 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Dark Patterns - darkpatterns.org [2] Nerdwriter Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M [3] Trump Campaign - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/3/22365952/trump-dark-patterns-trick-supporters-recurring-donation-winred-gary-coby [4] StubHub story - https://twitter.com/darkpatterns/status/1362300186878443520?s=21 [5] Some Dark Patterns - https://90percentofeverything.com

Jeff Bezos’ 2020 Letter to Shareholders is a slick piece of writing, espousing everything that is ostensibly brilliant about Amazon. But there’s some stuff in there that we wanted to pick apart and examine based on our own particular values.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 7th May 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Jeff’s letter - https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2020-letter-to-shareholders [2] Nomadland - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/ [3] Biden stakes claim to being America’s most pro-union president ever - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/02/joe-biden-unions [4] The Best Morning Routine Check - Timpson Guy - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-best-morning-routine-check-your-bank-balance-zfvmth5bd [5] The Daily - A Union Drive at Amazon - https://podcasts.google.com/feed

There was a whole thing this week about Basecamp’s “No politics talk at work” and we felt we had something to add to the conversation. Because if politics is just “stuff that makes you uncomfortable to talk about and means you might have to change something to feel better” then that’s not okay.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 23rd April 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1]Twitter Thread - https://twitter.com/nuthinking/status/1387679571525373955 [2] Basecamp on The Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22406673/basecamp-political-speech-policy-controversy [3] Ivanka’s post - https://ivanka.blog/humanity/everything-is-not-ok/ George Floyd / Derek Chauvin - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-receives-guilty-verdict-and-is-taken-away-in-handcuffs-video [4] Virginia deputy gav

It’s a slimy-feeling way to think about things so we’re doing it so you don’t have to. We talked about how to recognise our different types of capital and then use this to be braver in the world.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 23rd April 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Don’t End The Week With Nothing - https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing[2] Earth Day 2021 - https://www.earthday.org/ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation: https://paypal.me/grandpodcastRestau

Capital isn’t just money or property, it can come in other forms such as Human Capital, Social Capital or Reputational Capital. We discuss our experiences in the light of an interesting blog post on the subject, and talk about ways to work a day job can help you develop more things to take with you. Also, we spend a long time swearing about a priest.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 16th April 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Don’t End The Week With Nothing - https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing[2] Ivanka’s NHS Blog Post - https://twitter.com/NHSProviders/status/1379380943451004929 [3] Buy squares.tv from Michael?[4] Can’t Get You Out of My Head - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p093x1c1[5] Médecins Sans Frontières - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fron

Dominic Cummings wanted to set up a thing to invent the next internet and then BRITAIN WOULD BE RICH. We respond to his appearance before MPs in Downing Street on the 17th March and think perhaps he hasn’t thought it through.Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 26th March 2021---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Dominic Cummings appears before MPs after Downing Street exit - https://youtu.be/d2ZNneX4TqI [2] Simon Wardley’s Analysis - https://twitter.com/swardley/status/1372864326470619141 [3] Dana Carvey’s Joe Biden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EufXiqAXNG4---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpod