Midnight Mass

Most people have tried to build an audience on social media and failed, today I speak to someone who has succeeded. Chris has an awesome instagram page based around his love for photography. We discuss the changing instagram algorithm, best practices for posting, and the effects of social media on society. Chris also tells me about some of the crazy requests that come along with having a large audience. Check out Chris on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/snackophagus/

We also discuss some of the crazy goings on in England of late, including the controlled explosion of a "suspicious package containing screws and pieces of metal" round the corner from our houses.

 

Craig joins me in the last quarter of the podcast to discuss 'The Long Night', episode 3 in season 8 of Game of Thrones.

Kasparov is the greatest human chess player of all time.

Anderson Silva is the greatest human fighter of all time.

Diplomacy is the greatest human board game of all time.

We also review Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2, and look forward to Episode 3.

Game of Thrones is the best human TV show of all time.

I was too busy enjoying myself when listening back to this podcast that my notes suffered, so here are the bullet points I made.

School and social media

Keeping tabs on other planets

The court of public opinion

Red baseball hat/red hats

The economy and currency

Bumble bee democracy

This is a great podcast

"The New World"

Climate change

A flash in the pan

Just listen to the podcast and enjoy the meandering conversation, the bullet point list is way bigger but I didn't write it. Oh and stick about to the end to hear our Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 review, after that Alex and I compare iPhone screen times.

Craig is back and we're here one day early because Game of Thrones is out on Sunday night and we want to fully prepare you for what this season may hold.

HUGE SPOILERS if you haven't seen up to Season 8 of Game of Thrones, you've been warned.

The Mueller report is in! Was Trump colluding with Russia to steal the election? Does it matter if he isn't convicted? Was the whole thing a left wing conspiracy theory? Alex and Shaun join me to put the whole thing to bed, finally.

My brother and I recorded this conversation back in 2018 when we had just got back from the World Cup in Russia, an incredible trip and a hell of a world cup despite the lack of sleep due to dad's snoring. We discuss  how Kaveh got started with video games at a very early age, picking up gaming super quickly and then going on to be better than me at Mario Kart..... for now...

I remember when I was in my 20's and had been playing in bands for years, then I stumbled up Kaveh's MySpace page and discovered he had been producing music online with rappers around the world, something I didn't even know was possible! Needles to say, I was blown away.

We also discuss spiders, be warned.

Doyle and Gaz fans will be happy because both join me in the church for an awesome and hilarious conversation as always. Enjoy!

The host of The Spoken Metal Show, Mark Cooper is back on the podcast and we talk about his recent experiences taking the show live! We talk about Coop's journey through show business from it's origins in his childhood and to today with his podcast and all of the other projects in between. We discuss wrestling, depression, show business, suicide, trapeze artists, and hells angels. Amazing conversation as always.

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Shaun joins me in the church to discuss the Google walkout and what it means for world. We debate whether intellectual property can actually be considered property; are there other incentives other than a guaranteed profit? We look at artificial intelligence and how it is coming for all of our jobs. Finally we talk about self esteem, how to develop it, and how it relates to getting what you really want from life.

This week we discuss the concept of deplatforming, be it on social media, on college campuses or through government censorship. We look at high profile cases of deplatforming from the past 12 months, specifically the cases of Tommy Robinson and “Count Dankula.” We also look at the definition and political history of Fascism, and argue whether the act of deplatforming is itself a fascist act, even when it is used against so-called Fascists.