Michael And Ivanka's Grand Podcast

Freedom good but isn't all it's cracked up to be. We explore a few ways to approach freedom and ways that, as a concept, it can be abused.---- This week's links ----[1] What North Korean defectors think of North Korea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyqUw0WYwoc [2] Woman refused morning after pill at Lloyd’s Pharmacy - https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/18/pharmacist-refused-give-morning-pill-sunday-personal-reasons-9972138/[3] 100 companies responsible for 70% of emissions - https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change[4] George Monbiot PM psychological evaluation - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/12/prime-minister-therapy---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Support Us ----Paypal Donation: https://paypal.me/grandpodcastPatreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastRestaurants Brighton Jobs: https://restaura

We woke up again this week and talked about the productivity and procrastinative pitfalls of working for ourselves. How do we use mushrooms for motivation and exploration? What's a good way to plan features in your app? How to monetise YouTube? How to plan your time? How to balance productivity and admin? Lots of food for thought.---- This week's links ----[1] Reconditioned Fairphones - https://shop.fairphone.com/en/refurbished[2] News Simulator - https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb [3] Anxiety Simulator - https://ncase.me/anxiety-demo/ [4] Coming Out Simulator - https://ncase.itch.io/coming-out-simulator-2014 [5] Segregation explainer - https://ncase.me/polygons/ [6] Nicky Case Talk - https://vimeo.com/135596203 [7] Wintergatan - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcXhhVwCT6_WqjkEniejRJQ [8] XR logo in the sky - https://www.instagram.com/p/By9von8pvA_/ [9] Hong Kong protests - https://www.vox.com/videos/2019/6/24/18701607/hong-kong-huge-protests-explained [10] Forest App - https

ASMR sleepy episode this week. We consider life as Brefugees / Brexiles in other countries. What’s it like to uproot and leave? How do you make friends in a new town? How do children deal with it? Is it worth it? What is Brexit doing to us?---- This week's links ----[1] Restaurants Brighton jobs - https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/jobs/[2] Refugee Week - https://refugeeweek.org.uk/ [3] Fear Setting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6jAC6XxAI ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael is getting sober from contracting. We talked a lot about gender inequality before we got started too.---- This week's links ----[1] London Borough of Jam - http://www.londonboroughofjam.com/?from=grandpodcast [2] Andrew Huang studio tour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s65g3I98b6I [3] Searching - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7668870/[4] Stath Lets Flats - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7524382 [5] Grayson Perry - The Descent of Man - https://amzn.to/2MDWjBD [6] Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez - https://amzn.to/2Wzhc5E [7] I Am Sober - https://iamsober.com/ [8] Michael’s new video - https://youtu.be/85N60tYYP_U ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned

How do we buy and work less? We cover a few ideas around the concept of value. As a couple of part-timers we try to figure out how many days we like in our work week.---- This week's links ----[1] Exit Planet Earth - http://michaelforrestmusic.com/posts/2016_ep?filter=releases[2] Fairphone - https://www.fairphone.com [3] The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation - https://amzn.to/2ELMyLi ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bit sweary this week, sorry. We talked about voting in the EU elections and mentioned Game Of Thrones more than once. Ivanka's got plans, Michael's working on things, took a break, failure planning.---- This week's links ----[1] Brexit Party - https://medium.com/@SJHolloway/this-is-everything-i-discovered-about-all-of-the-brexit-party-mep-candidates-2a59f8f850c5[2] George Osborne - https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/evening-standard-comment-our-view-on-european-poll-your-vote-matters-a4148571.html [3] Contrapoints Beauty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mspMJTNEY [4] SOPHIE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9-P1SOeHU&list=PLotGp6w837wQ8Vd8lC53YhoxBGNASo0AE&index=1 [5] Coda - https://coda.io [6] Glide Apps without code / David Siegel - https://go.glideapps.com[7] Fear Setting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6jAC6XxAI ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----ht

This is a bit of a therapy session really. If you've ever felt a bit depressed even though everything is going really well, maybe you'll hear something in this episode to help you understand why. ---- This week's links ----[1] US refuses to sign declaration protecting the Arctic because it references climate change - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-climate-change-arctic-trump-pompeo-declaration-sign-a8903706.html[2] UN waters down rape resolution to appease US's hardline abortion stance - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/23/un-resolution-passes-trump-us-veto-threat-abortion-language-removed [3] Instagram video about Michael’s synth - https://www.instagram.com/p/BxRqXcCllpW/ [4] Blender 2.8 - https://www.blender.org/2-8/[5] IFTTT Google Sheet - https://ifttt.com/google_sheets ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://t

We talk a bit about hugging gravestones before getting onto the subject of equal pay for everyone. Like, everyone.---- This week's links ----[1] David Graeber - Bullshit Jobs - https://amzn.to/2VAcEvq [2] Video of JP Morgan - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/apr/11/jp-morgan-ceo-cant-explain-how-one-of-his-low-paid-employees-should-budget-her-salary-video [3] Bernie Sanders to Disney - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bernie-sanders-disney-avengers_n_5cc83aa3e4b07c9a4ce93610 [4] Suma Coop - http://www.suma.coop/ ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and

The UK government has declared a Climate Emergency. We talk about the implications. Sorry for Michael's echoey voice this week - sub-optimal editing environment.---- This week's links ----[1] UK Government Declares Climate Emergency -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48126677 [2] Michael’s new video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyOJHO1p2Y Hans Rosling on global population growth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTznEIZRkLg [3] Heathrow Airport - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport [4] Ecocide law - Polly Higgins - https://eradicatingecocide.com/about-polly/ [5] Bankers For Climate - https://bankersforclimate.com/[6] Manjula Lee - Worldwide Generation - http://www.worldwidegeneration.co/---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to

We talked about Extinction Rebellion in the news and the British Parliament's reactions to Greta. Michael complains a bit despite having been to Italy.---- This week's links ----[1] Gail Bradbrook - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Bradbrook [2] Bloody Brilliant Women by Cathy Newman- https://amzn.to/2UNX8XA [3] Greta to Parliament transcription - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/greta-thunberg-full-speech-to-mps-you-did-not-act-in-time[4] FT on XR - https://www.ft.com/content/9bcb1bf8-5b20-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a[5] Comparison infographic - metal straw etc… [can't find the link!][6] George Monbiot on Frankie Boyle - https://www.facebook.com/BBCOne/videos/2216446115140101/ [7] Mark Fisher book - https://amzn.to/2GUwp7R [8] Citizens assemblies - https://citizensassembly.co.uk/[9] Katharine Hayhoe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hayhoe ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Foll

This week we talk about vegan ice cream and plumbers. Oh and how some people seem to have way too much money. And what that means to them and what it means to us.---- This week's links ----[1] Banking person grilling person banking - https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1116143763804622848 [2] XR rebellion week - https://extinctionrebellion.org.uk [3] George R R Martin dark times - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdA5Q82ByjE [4] Lorenzo’s thread - https://twitter.com/lorenzowood/status/1108149826733125632[5] AirBnb Open Homes - https://www.airbnb.co.uk/openhomes [6] Taxing Wealth video Elizabeth Warren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTwPHuE_HrU [7] Ellen’s stand-up special - https://www.netflix.com/title/80166467 [8] Why Maslow's Hierarchy Matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PKWTta7lU ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitt

Rutger Bregman was saying everybody knows what they're against but not so many know what they're really for. We take this opportunity to hash out some goals for the next phase of human society. Where will we live and what will we do all day?---- This week's links ----[1] Rutger Bregman - Taxes at Davos - https://www.theguardian.com/business/video/2019/jan/30/this-is-not-rocket-science-rutger-bregman-tells-davos-to-talk-about-tax-video [2] Utopia for Realists - https://amzn.to/2uX009P [3] Caroline Lucas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Lucas [4] Ski Goddess - https://skigoddess.co.uk/ [5] School of Life “How to Make an Attractive City” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy4QjmKzF1c[6] Why isn’t cycling normal in London? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gohSeOYheXg [7] Separate playgrounds - Children 'segregated' at playground[8] Disney Heiress interview - https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/abigail-disney-has-more-money-than-shell-ever-spend.html[9] Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber - htt

SWEARY ONE THIS WEEK.We read through a blog entry by Dominic Cummings, director of the Leave Campaign, where he explains how "a startup created in a few months could win a referendum that should have been unwinnable." Dominic put a bomb under the British government in 2016 by using hi-tech manipulative tactics to win the EU Referendum apparently to prove how broken the system is. As two people who have spent a lot of time designing and improving systems we start to unpick the problems with his attitude and approach to the situation.Read along here: “‘Expertise’, prediction and noise, from the NHS killing people to Brexit” - https://dominiccummings.com/2018/06/05/effective-action-4b-expertise-prediction-and-noise-from-the-nhs-killing-people-to-brexit---- This week's links ----[1] BRAVOs - https://brightonrestaurantawards.co.uk/ [2] Fish Love - Sustainability - http://fishlove.co.uk [3] Laylow - https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/laylow-london-restaurant-w10-bar-a4011286.html[4] Ivanka’s

Mixed bag of content this week. We talk about all the biggest Brexit twats as we grit our teeth and prepare to accept our fate.---- This week's links ----[1] James O’Brien + Jacob Rees Mogg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF3OQkWEyZA [2] Conservatism video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzNANfNlTs [3] Adam Buxton royals video - “Today on Xantiar” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2o4W4-ULjM[4] Lorenzo’s idea to track people’s views - https://twitter.com/lorenzowood/status/1108149826733125632 [5] Pia Mancini - https://code.likeagirl.io/interview-with-pia-mancini-political-activist-for-the-internet-generation-c62af584e1ce [6] James O’Brien speaks to former Vote Leave staffer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwz-u5otzk [7] Timelapse of the Future - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter

International Women's Month continues with our discussion of Kate Raworth's "Doughnut Economics", changing the goals of economic theory to target a safe and just space for humanity.---- This week's links ----[1] Kate Raworth - https://twitter.com/KateRaworth [2] Doughnut Economics - https://amzn.to/2TQLIqb [3] Berlin referendum - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-landlords-ban-germany-private-rent-housing-referendum-vote-a8796471.html ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's International Women's Day but we were going to talk about Greta anyway. We read out her post that explains what she's doing (that was written partly in in response to a lot of online hate) and talk about what's so impressive about her.---- This week's links ----Greta’s Post https://www.facebook.com/gretathunbergsweden/posts/767646880269801 Fallacymania - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gw8vYALJgQ29qQsDM/fallacymania-party-game-where-you-notice-fallacies-in Vice article about people trying to discredit Greta Thunberg - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/mbzg8q/the-climate-change-deniers-trying-to-discredit-greta-thunberg ---- Credits ----Music and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Fac

This week we read through the first couple of pages of the UN’s damning report on poverty in the UK. Follow along here: https://www.ohchr.org/documents/issues/poverty/eom_gb_16nov2018.pdf Get a Grand Podcast mug on our store! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mug?ref=shop_home_active_1 ---- This week's links ----[1] Thinknation - http://thinknation.co [2] Rutger Bregman - Poverty isn’t a lack of character - https://www.ted.com/talks/rutger_bregman_poverty_isn_t_a_lack_of_character_it_s_a_lack_of_cash?language=en [3] Mindful March - https://www.actionforhappiness.org/mindful-march [4] Younger people wanted to remain - https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/06/27/how-britain-voted [5] Wildfires in Sussex - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-47421306 [6] Gun Club Shamina Begum target practice - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/27/uk-shooting-range-uses-shamima-begum-image-for-targets [7] Steal Like an Artist -

Mini episode this week. We're a little sleepy. We talk about tidying up and quinoa and then go over our one-page summary of Delton Chen's Silver Gun Hypothesis.---- This week's links ----[1] Silver Gun Hypothesis - Delton Chen - https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/ [2] Our summary - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ogShWTfRS6VYEKpFacr94FNQEF7FDycdLg-o12TTjxE/edit?usp=sharing [3] Grand Podcast Mug - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mug [4] Marie Kondo - https://www.netflix.com/title/80209379 [5] Blank State - https://blankstate.org ---- Credits ----Music by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to everything we've mentioned on the podcast at http://grandpodcast.com/library---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast Se

Michael talked to Delton Chen, author of the Silver Gun Hypothesis, and here attempts to clarify the idea. Will this be key to turning back the tide of climate change? We hope so!---- This week's links ----[1] Silver Gun Hypothesis - Delton Chen - https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/ [2] Worldwide Generation - http://www.worldwidegeneration.co [3] UN Sustainable Development Goals - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ [4] Ecosia Search Engine 50 million - https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-has-planted-50-million-trees/ [5] Ru Paul’s Drag Race - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race [6] Department of International Trade - Digital Marketplace https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/ [7] Seat Frog - https://seatfrog.com/ [8] Ski Goddess https://skigoddess.co.uk/[9] Seat 61 - http://seat61.com [10] Possible Planet - http://possibleplanet.org [11] Jeremy England “What is life?” - https://www.youtub

We spent this week trying to make sense of Delton B Chen's "Silver Gun Hypothesis", an economic theory proposing the addition of a second "positive" economy that acts to mitigate climate change. Well - it's a lot more complicated than that. This is us trying to figure it out. Read along here: https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/ ---- This week's links ----[1] THE BLOG POST - MAHB - Silver Gun Hypothesis https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/[2] Global 4C Presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYu1wbTKS14 [3] Wizards vs Prophets talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOZnOXhefsU [4] Done Good https://donegood.app [5] Forest App https://www.forestapp.cc [6] Ivanka’s Twitter Thread - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/1090519840903884800 [7] Michael’s New Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bOsu62Hzs [8] Michael’s Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/michaelforrest [9] Grand Podcast Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/grandpodca