Guide to the 21st Century

Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century podcast!

This week join Scott and Lewis as they begin their conversation considering so-called hype marketing – when companies get their audience exited and more willing to support their products. Seems innocent enough at first but are peoples emotions getting the better of them? The pair will take a considered look at mobile phone marketing, gaming industry hype and finally hype beast brands themselves and in each case think on how the market works.

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Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century podcast!

The modern academic publishing establishment has allowed incredible repositories of scientific work to be available to scientists, researchers and hobbyists alike. Never before has the world prospered in such an educational information rich landscape - but such a valuable resource cannot be free to all. Join Scott and Lewis discuss the basic model that governs how information is fundamentally dispersed in academia, could taxpayers be paying the ultimate cost? 

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 Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century podcast! Have you ever stared up at the stars on a dark night and basked in the possibilities of the cosmos? Is man on the cusp of discovering the sectets of other solar systems and taking our first steps towards deep space? Scott and Lewis aren’t convinced, but join them this week as they discuss the possibilities and the perceived benefits this technology can offer humanity. Guide to the 21st Century is also available on itunes/spotify! Check out our website for links to the podcast service of your choice: https://guidetothe21stcentury.buzzsprout.com/ 

 Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century podcast! Hate speech. Free speech. It can feel that factions are in a perpetual war fighting over political ideologies and there are few methods as effective as silencing another than citing hate speech. This week Scott and Lewis try consider the circumstances in which one can hopefully recognise hate speech before applying the regular jerk lynching/cancellation that has become part in parcel with modern communication.
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Inspired by the Olympic coverage this week Scott and Lewis discuss the observed state of performance enhancing aids in the sporting world. With the Russians back after getting caught in the largest state sponsored doping scandal of all time some viewers at home are asking themselves why a large number of very Russian athletes are competing this year. Who is at fault here? Should individuals be punished for orders of the state? Do anti-doping agencies have the power to enforce their policies? Join in as these questions are explored.

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Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century podcast! With unrealistic to ludicrous body representations, freaky body mods of extra human appearance and droves of cosmetic treatments available to all, its little surprise human beauty is taking turns towards the unknown. In a bit of different one this week Scott and Lewis step our of their usual comfort zone and plunge into the world of the aesthetic as they consider the implications of the modern, western standard of beauty. Where may our climate of unattainable beauty lead us? What is to blame for this cultural shift? As usual, this episode the pair will take us on a winding journey in an effort to explore the deeper meanings of things. Guide to the 21st Century is also available on itunes/spotify! Check out our website for links to the podcast service of your choice: https://guidetothe21stcentury.buzzsprout.com/ 

 Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century! After recent studies on productive working hours the novel four day work week has been making the rounds on mainstream news again. In this episode Scott and Lewis discuss thoughts on the benefits of a four way working week not only regarding employees but also ostensible benefits to the employer, the findings may surprise you. One can observe that if something seems to good to be true you are missing out some damming information, but will that be the case this week? Guide to the 21st Century is also available on itunes/spotify! Check out our website for links to the podcast service of your choice: https://guidetothe21stcentury.buzzsprout.com/ 

Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century! This week Scott and Lewis return and take a look at another example of racist conduct on social media following the dramatic final to the 2021 Euros. After the event English football fans were extensively documented spouting racist vitriol towards an English player and media backlash ensued. Join as the pair discuss their views on the severity of this problem followed by ideas on how this behaviour can be curbed – can Boris successfully protect the web with his army of algorithmic robots or will anonymity continue to shield the antisocial perpetrators? Guide to the 21st Century is also available on itunes/spotify! Check out our website for links to the podcast service of your choice: https://guidetothe21stcentury.buzzsprout.com/ 

Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century!

After briefly mentioning para-social relationships throughout previous episode of the Guide,today Scott and Lewis take a close look at what this phemonomom really means and how it may be effecting people in ways too subtle for us to even notice. Has the damage been done? Is it too late to save our social lives? Tune in to find out. 

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Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century!

Amazon, Disney, Google, Microsoft. Each of these companies are so large they feel integrally connected into our lives. Each offer market dominating products and services on massive globe scales, in this episode Scott and Lewis consider the market power this provides to such commercial giants and attempt to come to conclusions on the severity the problem seems to propose as well as long term prospects .

Guide to the 21st Century is also available on itunes/spotify! Check out our website for links to the podcast service of your choice: https://guidetothe21stcentury.buzzsprout.com/