Still friends!

This is a nice relaxed, easy one. We talk about making luck and how it doesn't really exist.

---- This week's links (unordered)

[1] Conversation article - http://theconversation.com/life-expectancy-in-britain-has-fallen-so-much-that-a-million-years-of-life-could-disappear-by-2058-why-88063

[2] Open source project with arduinos - https://makezine.com/2015/11/20/build-your-own-arduino-weather-station/

[3] Keep Cup - https://uk.keepcup.com

[4] Guilty Feminist Suffragette Episodes - http://guiltyfeminist.com/

[5] Party Down Steve Gutenberg Episode - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1589568/

[6] Freegle - https://www.ilovefreegle.org/

[7] Queer Eye - https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037

[8] Eat Well for Less - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0520lz9

---- Credits ----

Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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We didn't agree...

We almost didn't want to post this one. Michael is sick, Ivanka wants to go to the zoo and it turns out there are some aspects of the topic on which we disagree. Michael spends too much time bullying bread. We were in unusual locations and there's a lot of background noise and obvious edits. But here it is nevertheless!

---- This week's links (unordered)

[1] Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/

[2] Milk: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/dec/13/foodanddrink.weekend

[3] Eat Well For Less: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0520lz9

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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"Have you ever seen shelves that tidy?"

This week we talk about mass media in a few of its forms. There is some ranting.

---- This week's links (unordered)

[1] Stop Funding Hate https://stopfundinghate.org.uk/

[2] Plain English Campaign - http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/about-us.html (not necessarily what The Sun use)

[3] Contrapoints https://www.youtube.com/user/ContraPoints

[4] Link to Doctor Who video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtPZ96oHH-4

[5] The problem of induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction

[6] All Swans Are White - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

[7] John Oliver / Last Week Tonight - https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight

[8] Adam Ruins Everything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rZAT2GtmI&list=PLuKg-WhduhkksJoqkj9aJEnN7v0mx8yxC

[9] Online game that perfectly demonstrates the dynamics of mass media (doesn’t really work on mobile) - https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb

[10] Infographic - we’re doomed! https://www.flickr.com/photos/150411108@N06/35471910724/

[11] Gamer gate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

[12] Feminist Frequency https://youtu.be/4ZPSrwedvsg

[13] In praise of bias - http://www.thebookoflife.org/in-praise-of-bias/

---- Credits ----

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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What's the easiest way to get healthy?

We talk about pain and get on some rants about taking care of yourself, alcohol and sugar addiction, vaccinations and alternative therapies.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Listen to Ivanka on The World in Words with Patrick Cox - https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-29/lenins-and-stalins-india

[2] Allen Carr books: http://amzn.to/2E7ff7r

[3] Pink Dumbbells - https://medium.com/message/put-down-the-pink-dumbbell-1049400ede28

[4] Sugar talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[5] Robert Lustig The Vitamin Myth - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitamin-myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/

[6] Vaccines https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/48/4/456/284219

[7] Snake Oil Infographic - http://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-scientific-evidence-for-nutritional-supplements-vizsweet/

[8] Susan Pinker TED Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_pinker_the_secret_to_living_longer_may_be_your_social_life

[9] Children’s access to technology - https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and-resources/2018/byron-review-10-years-on/

[10]NSPCC Social Media code of practice https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/02/nspcc-mandatory-social-media-code-of-practice-uk

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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Spending our freedom tokens

Another good therapy session for the gang. Michael is fixated on what he doesn't have. Ivanka shines the light of her own experiences on the subject. We talk about the effects of a disadvantaged start in life.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Alain de Botton on success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSE4rglxbY

[2] Michael's chrome extension dashboard thingy: https://medium.com/@michael.forrest.music/new-studio-social-followers-chrome-extension-4e33e7e6c0ce

[3] Carl Jarvis at Meaning 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOdgCBKelBI&index=9&list=PL9E7k3_doiXPxRTkPiBSlBkqsuXMjHndh

---- Credits ----

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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Adventures and misadventures.

This week Ivanka talks about her various epic journeys and Michael has some realisations about his own trips.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Jeffrey Lewis “When you’re by yourself” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnqdNErdVcU

[2] Trexit http://trexit.org.uk/

[3] Changing train wheels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBEvt2lSPLc

[4] Darsidi Bounou http://www.darsidibounou.com/

[5] Casey Neistat $21,000 plane seat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84WIaK3bl_s

[6] Panama to Colombia by motorcyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Zga0DQegw&t=16s

---- Credits ----

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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"Global warming sounds like it would be quite nice"

The Climate Change Episode - in which we talk about how gross rubbish is, how climate isn't weather, and how climate cancer might have been a better name from the start.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Promoting pro-environmental action in climate change deniers: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1532

[2] Infinite Monkey Cage Climate Change(Dr Gabrielle Walker) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07142ls

[3] Seth Godin on "The problem with 'global warming": http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/03/the_problem_wit.html

[4] Craig Venter - Synthetic Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZ-GjSaqgo

[5] Theresa May's 25 Year Plastics Plan - http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/theresa-may-environment-government-flaws-science-plastic-pollution-michael-gove-speech-a8153536.html

[6] Microbeads ban: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/09/plastic-microbeads-ban-enters-force-in-uk

[7] Information Is Beautiful - Sea Levels: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/when-sea-levels-attack-2/

[8] How To make a profit from defeating climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/14/bloomberg-carney-profit-from-climate-change-right-information-investors-deliver-solutions

[9] This paper suggests CFC legisation working: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00722-7

[10] NASA seems to disagree: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/warm-air-helped-make-2017-ozone-hole-smallest-since-1988

[11] Doughnut economics / Kate Rawworth: https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/

[12] De Beers invented the engagement ring: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/diamond-de-beers-marketing-campaign

[13] San blas islands: https://sanblas-islands.com/

[14] Panama to Columbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Zga0DQegw

[15] Ivanka's Trump tweet - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/17/ivanka-majic-donald-trump-twitter-climate-change-brighton

[16] Book - Beware of Pity - Stefan Zweig: http://amzn.to/2D1ibhf

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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"Just don't be an arsehole"

We discuss money as score-keeping for the super-rich. Ivanka explains how to make wealthy friends. We swear a lot.

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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---- Music by Michael Forrest ----

Theme: One Man Abandons 8:56 - Song Of Technology 15:38 - Get Connected 20:15 - Infinite Music Machine 24:59 - Organ Recipient 26:02 - Fast Slow Dis Co 32:10 - Geezer In My Way Instrumental 36:47 - Back On The Ground 41:43 - Infinite London - Chik Budo Remix

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"What would you do if you had all the money in the world?"

In part one of this bumper holiday two-parter we talk about our different ways of thinking about money.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Ernesto Sirollo TED Talk: https://ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen

[2] Efficiency vs Effectiveness - Simon Wardley http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/12/efficiency-vs-effectiveness-repeated.html?m=1

[3] Wardleymaps: https://medium.com/wardleymaps

[4] Love Is Not Enough: A Smart Woman's Guide To Money http://amzn.to/2CkQ545

[5] What the Rich Really Want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUkgR4Op00

---- Credits ----

Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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---- Music by Michael Forrest ----

One Man Abandons - Geezer In My Way - Staff Room Assertion - Peanut - Am A Put Anotha Bread In Me Bread Bin - Get Connected (Leafnode Remix) - Promise On The Rise - Give Me The Glocken Spiel

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"The loquat trees are currently winning"

We discuss happiness and sadness, summer houses and satsumas.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Limmy: https://www.youtube.com/user/deeboi70/videos

[2] Happiness App: http://goodtohear.co.uk/happiness

[3] Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert: http://amzn.to/2Bw90Ex

[4] Daniel Gilbert TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy

[5] Making Happy People by Paul Martin: http://amzn.to/2BvxPAv

[6] Everything Wrong With Everything Wrong With: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTZbZw1JPQ&list=PLlLOd9IiBWLE3pl_dxB3hASeSOvguJE_6

[7] Sean on Everything Wrong With Cinemasins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ti3chBx2Pc&list=PLB8NXe_on1cV3bJvw_FA1FX-FI7PGZnV_

Inside Out: http://amzn.to/2zsayxx

---- Credits ----

Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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---- Music by Michael Forrest ----

- One Man Abandons - Talk Or Die - Peanut (Michel Cashou Remix) - Bumpy Bosbo - World Is Oyster - Super Singular (This Machine) - Nothing Bad Can Happen - Bedroom Window - Jason Theme Song - The Best One's Coming - 22nd Floor - Thinking About Myself - Wobbletone

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