This week, we're honoured to be joined by Angie Jones and Ash Coleman to discuss one of the most important films of recent times, Hidden Figures. It's a heartwarming tale of three women overcoming terrible systemic prejudices, though it's bittersweet as we talk through how many of its stories are still prevalent today.

Our guests take us on a deep-dive through some important cultural talking-points, including how we educate children about race issues, how feminist movements tend to favour white women, how we can shift a community's mentality, and the labeling of so-called "Social Justice Warriors".

Within the workplace, we look at why companies struggle with diversity and inclusion (D&I), how D&I problems can become business problems, the hallmarks of effective leaders, and how bold young women are leading the way.

We also finally get our toes wet in the "manual vs automation" debate, and we welcome our first ever feline guest to the show!

Note: News about Google's alleged "anti-diversity" paper was breaking at the time of recording; the leaking of the paper (and subsequent fallout) came some days later.

References:

• Credit Karma
• Twitter
• Cineworld Unlimited
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc
• Black Girls Code
• Black Girls Code on Twitter
• YouTube: Katherine Johnson receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama
• Snopes.com: Pentagon Built with Extra Bathrooms Due to Racial Segregation? (TRUE)
• BBC News: What happened at Grenfell Tower? (London fire)
• YouTube: Procter & Gamble commercial: "The Talk"
• Max Landis: Maybe HBO's Confederate Isn't A Good Idea
• Guide to Allyship
• Geek Feminism Wiki: Intersectionality
• GOV.UK: Equality Act 2010
• The Verge: A Google employee wrote an anti-diversity 'manifesto' that's going viral inside the company
• Gizmodo: Here's the Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google
• CrossBrowserTesting: Don't Limit Diversity to Just Your Browsers (Angie article)
• Techpoint: Google's Photo App Accidentally Tagged Blacks As Gorillas
• Denver Post: Uber's search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men
• BBC News: Report on the BBC's "gender pay gap"
• CNN: Trump to reinstate US military ban on transgender people
• collectSPACE: When did John Glenn ask for 'the girl' to check the numbers?
• Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
• Amazon.co.uk: Chris Hadfield - "An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth"
• Amazon.co.uk: Chris Hadifled - "You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes"
• Amazon.co.uk: Tim Peake - "Hello, is this Planet Earth?"
• Amazon.co.uk: Stephen Hawking - "A Brief History of Time"
• Amazon.co.uk: Gary Fildes - "An Astronomer's Tale: A Bricklayer's Guide to the Galaxy"
• The Guardian: Why the lack of Indian and African faces in Dunkirk matters
• Angie's upcoming events
• WeTest New Zealand
• Let's Test South Africa
• TestBash Philadelphia

YouTube trailers for films referenced in this episode:

• The Emoji Movie
• The Transporter Refueled
• Commando
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Detroit
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Straight Outta Compton
• The Zookeeper's Wife
• A United Kingdom
• Their Finest
• Dunkirk

Next time, we'll be taking our first dive into the world of 80s action movies, as we pick apart the brilliant madness of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1985 movie COMMANDO!

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Intro music: Hans Zimmer - Katherine Outro music: Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams - I See A Victory