Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century! In 2020 the gender pay gap across all UK employees was 15.5% - this is the percentage difference between average hourly earnings for men and women. In this episode of Guide Scott and Lewis talk through their takes on the discrepancy in male to female average earnings and how they have arisen, ending up down a warren of cultural behaviouristics and biological observations, listen as the pair try address these issues in order to better understand this complex disparity. 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! An interesting episode in which Scott and Lewis take a look at the financial climate and address some of the perceptions that have become synonymous with first-world budgeting. After diving into some detail concerning the inequality of wealth the pair take a look at some of the traps people can fall into with money management and discuss some of the resources out there providing education and advice on how to save your cash.
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In part one of this episode Scott and Lewis talk about Lewis’s first foray into the How to keep your fans happy mini-series, the film series for this episode being the legendary Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Join the pair as they discuss their views on the series highlighting the aspects they think shine even to this day. After reviewing the plot to the first three film they will briefly consider why they think the remaining films went wrong why the announced reboot may be doomed to fail...

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The numbers are rising. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions with an estimated one billion adults considered overweight, one third clinically obese. In this episode Scott and Lewis discuss their thoughts on the factors contributing to worldwide gains. After considering environmental factors the conversation leads to genetics and the pair go over the evidence that suggests inherited behavioural traits have a more significant correlation to your BMI than you may have thought... 

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To raise you children gender neutral. The phrase alone is enough to generate outrage from so many parties, join Scott and Lewis as they look past the inflammatory backlash and consider the proposition. In their attempt to take a deeper look at the implications, this weeks conversation focuses on traditional gender personality traits.

Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century podcast! In part two of episode 14 Scott and Lewis take a moment to look back at the last 18 months and marvel at what the world has experienced during Covid. It has been an earth shaking paradigm shift for every inhabitant of earth and each nation attempted to mediate the pandemic in their own way. During the episode Scott and Lewis consider some examples of the best and worst countries to either deal with or completely disregarded the corona virus interspersed with some of their personal experiences and takeaways they’ve made during this time. 

Welcome to episode 14 of the Guide to the 21st Century Podcast! A darker episode this week, Lewis starts the conversations reflecting on the appalling revelations that have been made in recent years on the forced assimilation and cultural genocide of the Canadian native populations throughout Canada’s history. This conversation was brought to the fore once again in recent weeks as yet another mass grave was discovered at former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Join Scott and Lewis as they digest this seemingly unspoken modern day atrocity, try to understand the motives and ultimately question whether these actions can ever be undone to the indigenous people of north America. 

 Welcome to part two of the Political Compass special episode of the Guide to the 21st Century podcast! For the special, Scott and Lewis scrap the usual format of the show and take a deep dive in to political ideologies. The theme is the political compass – a political ideology website that sets out to rank people taking the test on a 2D grid representing Right or Left social and economic alignment. The test aims to offer an understanding of your own political thinking, given past conversations Scott and Lewis have on the show they thought to test their own ideological mettle, the results may shock you... 

 Welcome to Guide to the 21st Century's first special episode! In this week's installment Scott and Lewis are talking about the Political Compass test. In Part 1 the pair will discuss what the test is, why it's useful, pros and cons of the test, and finally take a deeper dive into why people are so tribal about their political identities in today's society. Stay tuned for Part 2 later this week to see the pair take the test, dissecting the questions and review the results! 

 Welcome to part two of episode 12 of the Guide to the 21st Century podcast! After taking a deep dive into Harry Potter Lore in part one of this episode, the topic of conversation veers towards darker, deeper depths. By considering the effect climate change has had on world sea levels, Scott and Lewis will start with a reality check regarding current sea level predictions. After they establish the impact rising waters are likely to have within the next 50 years, the conversations continues with the moral and ethical considerations earths denizens are left to face.