The Withings Scanwatch is the best hybrid watch I have used to date, and possibly the best fitness watch of all.

Music by Tom Munch.

What is it about Wordle that works so well?

If you didn’t work in the NHS what would you do? Has the pandemic made you more proud to work in medicine or are you burnt out like so many others have said they are? Jo

What do you think will have changed in 20 years time and where will you be? Huggo

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Tom and I talked for some time about ideas to improve the lives of everyone and how we should be levelling up opportunities. We inevitably discussed moving on from Covid and, at the end, fell back into old ground. It went on for longer than I expected so maybe ignore the last 20 minutes!;)

References-
12 “myths” about education in Finland debunked

End State by James Plunkett

Inside Barnet hospital

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I tried to be positive when looking back on 2021, I really did.

I failed of course, but I am more positive about 2022. Thanks for visiting the site and listening to the podcast this year. I hope you all have a peaceful and safe Christmas and New Year.

Music by Tom Munch.

I this episode I discuss, with myself, if the tech we use today could cause health problems in the future when we realise what effect they have on us.

Music by Tom Munch.

Quite a long chat between myself and Tom on some tricky subjects, all of which are impossible to answer in a way that could ever be described as correct by the majority. To quote George Orwell- “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”

The below image was quoted during the podcast in relation to the UK’s immigration pattern over recent years-

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This was quite a long discussion between Joanne and I, but we covered a topic that has been on our minds for some time.

Is women’s mental health talked about more because it is often linked with milestones in their lives?

Is men’s mental health not talked about because men themselves don’t talk about it?

Do men suffer from the manopause when their partners suffer from the menopause?

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What have we learned about dealing with Covid one year later? In the UK, not a lot…

Where have our margins for creativity gone? Are we all using our tech the same way now because the tech brands want us to do so?

Music by Tom Munch.

For how long can someone go to work where the fear is strong? It’s not just a stressful job, it’s not just busy, it is scary…

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We will have a new Prime Minister by Christmas…

Music by Tom Munch.