This August, we talk about the Democratic candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris, the wellness industry and the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on the environment. The views expressed in this podcast are our own.

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Glorious Rock Bottom, Bryony Gordon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glorious-Rock-Bottom-Bryony-Gordon/dp/1472253752/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3S0UI97YBJBA3&dchild=1&keywords=glorious+rock+bottom&qid=1598811514&s=books&sprefix=glori%2Cstripbooks%2C232&sr=1-1

How to argue with a racist, Adam Rutherford

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Does-Race-Exist-Scientific-Investigation/dp/1474611249/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HLYEKIW1RLPF&dchild=1&keywords=how+to+argue+with+a+racist+by+adam+rutherford&qid=1598811572&s=books&sprefix=how+to+argue+with%2Cstripbooks%2C176&sr=1-1

Permission to Feel, Marc Brackett

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Permission-Feel-emotions-yourself-children/dp/1787478815/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FQY0WU3SRD5V&dchild=1&keywords=permission+to+feel+marc+brackett&qid=1598811546&s=books&sprefix=permis%2Cstripbooks%2C187&sr=1-1

My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Name-Lucy-Barton-Elizabeth-Strout/dp/1400067693

The Bridge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gxlxj/episodes/guide

Gosford Park

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/

Table Manners: James Blunt

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mizKdaVpTY6FBRZvl5eTW?si=1rCq03YbTiqlWhDct885CA

Figure 1: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris Vice President Announcement speech, 2020 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHYIWW5n5Rg

Kamala Harris exposes Brett Kavanaugh on women's health rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ1j9WxNcos

Kamela Harris

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/kamala-harris.html

Kamala Harris: Trump is scared of ‘dealing with the truth’

https://www.today.com/video/kamala-harris-trump-is-scared-of-dealing-with-the-truth-90785349784

Figure 2: The wellness industry is worth $4.5 trillion as of 2018

Wellness industry statistics and facts

https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/press-room/statistics-and-facts/

Smash the wellness industry, Jessica Knoll

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opinion/sunday/women-dieting-wellness.html

How do we know we’re doing it right, Pandora Sykes

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Know-Were-Doing-Right/dp/1786332078

The Goop Lab with Gweneth Paltrow

https://goop.com/the-goop-lab-netflix/

The Goop Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-goop-podcast/id1352546554

Figure 3: Forecast of carbon crash for 2020 following the lockdown

Climate change and coronavirus: Five charts about the biggest carbon crash

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52485712

China's air pollution dropped dramatically after coronavirus lockdown

https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-images-air-pollution-drop-china-coronavirus-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

Climate change: Should you fly, drive or take the train?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49349566

What impact does lockdown have on biodiversity

https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/covid-19-what-impact-does-lockdown-have-biodiversity

Fish flourish under lockdown

https://www.politico.eu/article/so-long-and-thanks-say-all-the-fish-that-roam-free-because-of-the-coronavirus/

Coronavirus-free science, the impact of lockdown on climate change and the odds of both life and intelligent life existing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j8rj

Hay Festival: Climate change in a time of coronavirus

https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/hay-festival-podcast/id600478477