McGST Podcast

Joanne and I discuss if we are likely to dress better or worse when the Covid crisis is over and if the new hygeine habits will stay with us for many years to come.

Why am I so organised and why is Jo not?

We then compare Peloton to Apple Fitness+ and touch on the future of gyms.

Finally,  the headphone bra holder gets a mention...

Music by Tom Munch.

"What is music to different people? It is a complex mixture of rhythm, progression, tone, harmony, instrumentation, lyrics, syncopation, and tempo that interacts with a listener in a myriad of different ways and for different reasons. Ultimately it is an unknowable mixture of magic and memory and even spirituality that affects us in unmeasurable and unpredictable ways in my opinion.

I like music that challenges me a little bit but doesn’t take me too far out of my comfort zone. I tend to listen overall tone and not specific lyrics or instruments although I’m not displeased with hearing a unique or interesting instrument or lyric or melody line - vocal or instrumental. My dad always valued the element of surprise - a song that changed a melody in a third verse or added some new element that was unexpected and usually pleasing." Tom Munch

Myself and Tom discuss a whole host of music-related topics including the following-

What do people seek in new music?

What is new music that you instantly liked and why? 

Was it the situation in which you heard it or the sound or topic of the music or lyrics?

What is music?

What’s your musical guilty pleasure?

and much more...

Music by Tom Munch

I bought a 2020 MacBook Air and here are a mere 11 minutes of my initial thoughts.

Music by Tom Munch

What keeps you going through 2020? How have you coped and what are you looking forward to? Kevin

Do you share Shaun’s love of watches or do you find it as nerdy and annoying as I do? Timothy

Jo. How do you deal with tragedy at work and how do you separate it from home? Do you share your feelings? Nicole

What’s your favourite thing about each other and how did you get together? Nicole

Jo. Have you ever got annoyed with the time Shaun spends running the site? Bill

Why are men so hard to buy for at Christmas? (From the WtasApp McGST group chat)

Music by Tom Munch

In this episode Joanne and I discuss the following-

Chess

Why won't my mother take the Covid-19 vaccine?

Elliot Page

I have finally sorted out the sound quality on the podcast which was caused by an embarrassing oversight on my part and Joanne is now perfectly audible. The only problem for this episode is that I chose the wrong setting on the microphone and so there is more background noise than normal. From episode 36, everything will sound much better. I promise!

Music by Tom Munch

Joanne and I discuss the things that are better today than they were yesterday and the list is surprisingly long.

From cars to pollution to communication there really is no excuse to lament what has come before. Instead, it is likely that 2020 (yes, even 2020) is better than most of the years previous.

Music by Tom Munch

In this quick episode I talk to myself about disagreeing with the views of others while remaining reasonable and how ultimately we will likely all argue about everything forever.

Please note that I quoted some percentages about the Oxford Vaccine which were slightly out, but the point they were used to make still stands as correct.

Music by Tom Munch

We start by discussing if the way we parented was most influenced by societal norms or by the way our parents brought us up.

Next up was a discussion on education in 2020 and if kids have any respect for teachers. Are the teaching methods we have today fit for purpose and why are not all children included? Alice gives us an interesting insight on what education is like today.

How influential is social media on teenagers and just how damaging is it? Alice sums it all up nicely.

Finally, we found our way to the overuse of filters and the fact that people (teenagers) are unlikely to show their real selves on social media for fear of criticism.

Music by Tom Munch.

Jo and I discuss how men and women deal with sickness. Is it true that women get on with it while men just lie down and do little?

We then discuss the issue of downtime, or rather the inability to experience it.

Somehow we make our way to phones and discuss the upsides and downsides of them, and how much our ages affect our perception.

Next up, will people change for good after lockdown ends forever? What glimmers of hope can we see?

Finally, Jo puts forward her point of view on what should happen at Christmas and how it will affect the NHS.

Music by Tom Munch.

An episode about Christmas 2020...

Music by Tom Munch.