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Simon is dog tired from baking too much bread, and Lee is in the midst of a work load that is barely sustainable: enter Grover from Sesame Street.

Some other details from the episode: Enjoying making processes efficient; sourdough and allergens; Lee figuring out the rhythm of his job; being surrounded by kindness; a packet of crisps and a sandwich; cheese and Simon's LDLs; sheese (vegan cream cheese); everybody say tofu; tofurkey time; two-thirty and tooth-hurty; the life-cycle of bad jokes; Grover's near and far; the rule of three in comedy; Simon breathes differently when he is Duck Duck Going; public floggings for academics; finding the toddler; Clifford Geertz (anthropologist, died in 2006); Clifford the Big Red Dog; the difference between a twitch and a wink; Kevin Kelley (and other Kevins); The Girl from Ipanema; Kevin Keegan; Princess Leia; IDEO design laboratory; John Galliano; what Lee wears when he cooks; innovation; first past the post voting systems; Godwin's Law.

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Related links (and necessary corrections): 

• Grover's near and far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9IuXEwpU7U
• Kevin Kelley "Excellent Advice For Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Excellent-Advice-Living-Wisdom-Earlier/dp/0593654528
• IDEO: https://www.ideo.com/
• Godwin's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].

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