Michael And Ivanka's Grand Podcast

We feel like we understand what it means to understand things but how can we be so sure? Isn't it nice when somebody can explain something clearly though.---- This week's links ----[1] Building an 8-Bit Computer - Ben Eater - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU[2] Koodoo (Michael's day job) - https://koodoo.global[3] A Thousand Plateaus - a book Michael would not recommend by Deleuze and Guattari - https://amzn.to/2rsrkuw[4] Looking For Glove - Sharon's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/looking.for.glove/[5] You Suck at Photoshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_X5uR7VC4M&list=PLD19BCF9D57320E03[6] You Suck at Producing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfWWpa5SR8Gi_Q_3AbZ9V20Vpigpvqv1[7] Consciousness Explained - Daniel C. Dennett https://amzn.to/2KJUzSo[8] Chris Anderson on Web Video - https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation[9] Open Democracy - https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk[10] Michael's crazy shoebox virtual

This was an impassioned episode full of excitable ranting as we get to the heart of what democracy is supposed to be with all its strengths and weaknesses and undeniable importance. We seem to start out talking about ourselves in the third person for some reason.---- This week's links ----[1] Martin Luther King http://wlrn.org/post/mlk-bootless-man-cannot-lift-himself-his-bootstraps[2] Parks and Recreation - https://www.netflix.com/title/70143842[3] The West Wing - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276/[4] Politics Unboringed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXJOKhf_AA&list=PLfxy4_sBQdxzZNqvVQXcBPvsl1Zgzy2-q[5] Simple Politics - http://www.simplepolitics.co.uk/[6] "Finland's Universal Basic Income Experiment Falls Flat" - https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/finlands-universal-basic-income-experiment-falls-flat/[7] "What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pGKt7fE-M[8] "We Become What We Behold by Nicky Case" - https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb[9] Papers Please - ht

What is kindness and does it always take work? Who deserves our kindness and who doesn't? We try to figure out what's important. Then we made a first attempt to formulate a grand plan.---- This week's links ----[1] Malcolm Gladwell's "Revisionist History" Podcast - http://revisionisthistory.com/about[2] Ecomodo - https://ecomodo.wordpress.com/[3] David Heinemeier Hansson - Living with Legacy Code - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkiCpPeYuI[4] Coming To America - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/[5] Gbenga The Author (Michael's colleague's spoken word project) - http://www.gbengatheauthor.com/[6] Love and Drugs on the Street - Girls Sleeping Rough - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05l5jyk[7] Kit Collingwood - "Why Civil Servants Should Become Experts in Empathy" - https://medium.com/@kcollingwood/why-civil-servants-should-become-experts-in-empathy-59c30507b3f6[8] Pay It Forward Foundation - https://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by I

What is trust? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? What's it for? Will the human race stave off the heat death of the universe? Find out in our podcast? Honest...---- This week's links ----[1] The Fifth Theory - Michael’s unfinished graphic novel - http://michaelforrest.github.io/2013/09/18/the-fifth-theory.html[2] Money as belief - https://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans[3] Minutephysics - “What is the purpose of life?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTnqKuNygE[4] British Podcast Awards - search “Ivanka” and vote now! - http://britishpodcastawards.com/vote---- Credits ----Music is 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---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk about the news, science, faith, religion, facts and comfortable fictions. We talk about the nature of our access to truth and the power of being a flexible in our beliefs. Also Michael's not good with criticism.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Crisis Actors Conspiracy Theory - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pammy8/what-is-a-crisis-actor-conspiracy-theory-explanation-parkland-shooting-sandy-hook[2] Edward de Bono - Hats - http://www.debonogroup.com/six_thinking_hats.php[3] Infinite Monkey Cage - Simulation - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08zb4d8---- Credits ----Graphic is from "Brain World" by Taylor James - https://www.taylorjames.com/work/brain-worldMusic is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informa

We decided to broach morality. We talk about ethics, relative versus absolute morality, the genetic basis of morality and the arbiters of such things. Also Michael has a sore chest and it hurts to sneeze.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Anatomy of Story - https://amzn.to/2Is8sCR[2] Order of the Engineer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Engineer[3] Doteveryone - https://doteveryone.org.uk/[4] Sinner Winner guy and others - https://londonist.com/2016/10/london-eccentrics[5] Dark Patterns: Nerdwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M[6] Dark Patterns Website - http://darkpatterns.org/---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica exposé we talk about how we feel about Alexander Nix and his ilk. Michael talks about his interactions with Dominic Cummings, the director the Leave Campaign. We discuss the morality of grand-scale social manipulation and the pitfalls of protecting private data in practice.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Vice's January 2017 piece on Cambridge Analytica - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win[2] Cambridge Analytica in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/26/the-cambridge-analytica-files-the-story-so-far[3] Mark Zuckerberg's post: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104712037900071[4] Casserole Club Brighton - https://www.casseroleclub.com/[5] The Body Keeps Score - https://amzn.to/2pHYAxS[6] Conservatives big on fear, brain study finds: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds[7] Jessica Jones - https://www.netflix.com/title/80002311[8]

"Schools should be cathedrals and everyone should have the best teacher in the world"We talk about our respective scientifically-biased educations, the conundrum of where to send one's child to school in this day and age and the disarray of everything. We also share some visions of the ultimate educational system.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Ken Robinson on Education - https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity[2] Save Our Schools - http://saveourschools.uk/[3] Carl Jarvis at Meaning Conference Brighton 2017: http://brighton.meaningconference.co.uk/videos/carl-jarvis.php[4] Fully Automated Luxury Communism - https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/18/fully-automated-luxury-communism-robots-employment[5] Some Twat in a Meeting - http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/everyone-stuck-in-meeting-because-some-twat-asked-a-question-20180313145848[6] Compulsory Music - https://ideapod.com/derelict-school-becomes-national-leader-making-making-surprising-su

Getting into it properThis week in Michael & Ivanka's Condensate Pipe Podcast we have a more involved conversation about feminism. It was still cold when we recorded this. And it was the day after Michael's kidney stone.---- This week's links (unordered)[1] Gapminder: https://www.gapminder.org/world/[2] Guilty Feminist: http://guiltyfeminist.com/[3] Michael Moore's (actually pretty old) tweet: https://twitter.com/mmflint/status/792436882378465280?lang=en[4] Obama / John Lewis interview: https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80209096&jbp=8&jbr=1---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A.K.A. "Michael Goes to A&E"This week we tackle the contentious subject of feminism. But first, Ivanka describes putting on a birthday party for a load of three year olds and Michael, in great detail, describes his experience with the NHS, the Accident & Emergency ward, doctors, nurses and morphine.---- This week's links (unordered)[1] https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs[2] https://twitter.com/NHSMillion---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Still friends!This is a nice relaxed, easy one. We talk about making luck and how it doesn't really exist.---- This week's links (unordered)[1] Conversation article - http://theconversation.com/life-expectancy-in-britain-has-fallen-so-much-that-a-million-years-of-life-could-disappear-by-2058-why-88063[2] Open source project with arduinos - https://makezine.com/2015/11/20/build-your-own-arduino-weather-station/[3] Keep Cup - https://uk.keepcup.com[4] Guilty Feminist Suffragette Episodes - http://guiltyfeminist.com/[5] Party Down Steve Gutenberg Episode - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1589568/[6] Freegle - https://www.ilovefreegle.org/[7] Queer Eye - https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037[8] Eat Well for Less - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0520lz9---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https

We didn't agree...We almost didn't want to post this one. Michael is sick, Ivanka wants to go to the zoo and it turns out there are some aspects of the topic on which we disagree. Michael spends too much time bullying bread. We were in unusual locations and there's a lot of background noise and obvious edits. But here it is nevertheless!---- This week's links (unordered)[1] Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/[2] Milk: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/dec/13/foodanddrink.weekend[3] Eat Well For Less: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0520lz9---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Have you ever seen shelves that tidy?"This week we talk about mass media in a few of its forms. There is some ranting.---- This week's links (unordered)[1] Stop Funding Hate https://stopfundinghate.org.uk/[2] Plain English Campaign - http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/about-us.html (not necessarily what The Sun use)[3] Contrapoints https://www.youtube.com/user/ContraPoints[4] Link to Doctor Who video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtPZ96oHH-4[5] The problem of induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction[6] All Swans Are White - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability[7] John Oliver / Last Week Tonight - https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight[8] Adam Ruins Everything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rZAT2GtmI&list=PLuKg-WhduhkksJoqkj9aJEnN7v0mx8yxC[9] Online game that perfectly demonstrates the dynamics of mass media (doesn’t really work on mobile) - https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb[10] Infographic - we’re doomed! https://www.flickr.com/photos/150411108@N06/35471910724/[11] Gamer gat

What's the easiest way to get healthy?We talk about pain and get on some rants about taking care of yourself, alcohol and sugar addiction, vaccinations and alternative therapies.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Listen to Ivanka on The World in Words with Patrick Cox - https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-29/lenins-and-stalins-india[2] Allen Carr books: http://amzn.to/2E7ff7r[3] Pink Dumbbells - https://medium.com/message/put-down-the-pink-dumbbell-1049400ede28[4] Sugar talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM[5] Robert Lustig The Vitamin Myth - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitamin-myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/[6] Vaccines https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/48/4/456/284219[7] Snake Oil Infographic - http://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-scientific-evidence-for-nutritional-supplements-vizsweet/[8] Susan Pinker TED Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_pinker_the_secret_to_living_longer_may_be_your_social_life[9] Children’s acce

Spending our freedom tokensAnother good therapy session for the gang. Michael is fixated on what he doesn't have. Ivanka shines the light of her own experiences on the subject. We talk about the effects of a disadvantaged start in life.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Alain de Botton on success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSE4rglxbY[2] Michael's chrome extension dashboard thingy: https://medium.com/@michael.forrest.music/new-studio-social-followers-chrome-extension-4e33e7e6c0ce[3] Carl Jarvis at Meaning 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOdgCBKelBI&index=9&list=PL9E7k3_doiXPxRTkPiBSlBkqsuXMjHndh---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adventures and misadventures.This week Ivanka talks about her various epic journeys and Michael has some realisations about his own trips.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Jeffrey Lewis “When you’re by yourself” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnqdNErdVcU[2] Trexit http://trexit.org.uk/[3] Changing train wheels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBEvt2lSPLc[4] Darsidi Bounou http://www.darsidibounou.com/[5] Casey Neistat $21,000 plane seat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84WIaK3bl_s[6] Panama to Colombia by motorcyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Zga0DQegw&t=16s---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Global warming sounds like it would be quite nice"The Climate Change Episode - in which we talk about how gross rubbish is, how climate isn't weather, and how climate cancer might have been a better name from the start.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Promoting pro-environmental action in climate change deniers: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1532[2] Infinite Monkey Cage Climate Change(Dr Gabrielle Walker) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07142ls[3] Seth Godin on "The problem with 'global warming": http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/03/the_problem_wit.html[4] Craig Venter - Synthetic Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZ-GjSaqgo[5] Theresa May's 25 Year Plastics Plan - http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/theresa-may-environment-government-flaws-science-plastic-pollution-michael-gove-speech-a8153536.html[6] Microbeads ban: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/09/plastic-microbeads-ban-enters-force-in-uk[7] Information Is Beautiful - Sea Levels: https://inform

"Just don't be an arsehole"We discuss money as score-keeping for the super-rich. Ivanka explains how to make wealthy friends. We swear a lot.---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/---- Music by Michael Forrest ----Theme: One Man Abandons 8:56 - Song Of Technology 15:38 - Get Connected 20:15 - Infinite Music Machine 24:59 - Organ Recipient 26:02 - Fast Slow Dis Co 32:10 - Geezer In My Way Instrumental 36:47 - Back On The Ground 41:43 - Infinite London - Chik Budo Remix See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"What would you do if you had all the money in the world?"In part one of this bumper holiday two-parter we talk about our different ways of thinking about money.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Ernesto Sirollo TED Talk: https://ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen[2] Efficiency vs Effectiveness - Simon Wardley http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/12/efficiency-vs-effectiveness-repeated.html?m=1[3] Wardleymaps: https://medium.com/wardleymaps[4] Love Is Not Enough: A Smart Woman's Guide To Money http://amzn.to/2CkQ545[5] What the Rich Really Want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUkgR4Op00---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/---- Music by Michael Forrest ----One Man Abandons - Geezer In My Way - Staff Room Assertio

"The loquat trees are currently winning"We discuss happiness and sadness, summer houses and satsumas.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Limmy: https://www.youtube.com/user/deeboi70/videos[2] Happiness App: http://goodtohear.co.uk/happiness[3] Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert: http://amzn.to/2Bw90Ex[4] Daniel Gilbert TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy[5] Making Happy People by Paul Martin: http://amzn.to/2BvxPAv[6] Everything Wrong With Everything Wrong With: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTZbZw1JPQ&list=PLlLOd9IiBWLE3pl_dxB3hASeSOvguJE_6[7] Sean on Everything Wrong With Cinemasins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ti3chBx2Pc&list=PLB8NXe_on1cV3bJvw_FA1FX-FI7PGZnV_Inside Out: http://amzn.to/2zsayxx---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Faceboo