Old Fox Young Fox

The foxes talk to Ricky Green of the Unversity of Kent about conspiracy theories and what causes people to believe in the unbelievable.

Specifically why are conspiracy theories so prevalant right now, in one of humanity's darkest hours, after a year of near-lockdown for so many? Does stress play a factor in our willingness to believe?

We explore what factors cause people to believe, the types of belief and most importantly, Ricky guides us as to how to handle the next time a friend or family member starts sharing their views on a "conspiracy" with you.

Ricky works alongside one of the leading teams of conspiracy theory research in the UK and shares some really interesting ideas which will cause you to see conspiracy theories and their believers in a whole new light.

About the show

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

About our guest

Ricky Green is a PhD student at University of Kent and is keenly interested in researching the subject of Conspiracy theories. Once one "to believe" in such theories himself, he now devotes his time to studying the factors that can influence our likelihood to believing in Conspiracy theories. Ricky lives on the South Coast in England.

Show mentions:

• 9-11 and if it is a conspiracy
• Zeitgeist the movie
• Is covid-19 a conspiracy and is Bill Gates looking to get a monopoly on vaccines?
• Was Covid-19 a lab experiment that escaped?
• 09:00 What is the difference between a conspiracy and a conspiracy theory?
• Is the New World Order a conspiracy theory?
• The word conspiracy and the power it holds to the listener
• Why do we suspend belief when it comes to conspiracy theories?
• 12:00 There is so much evidence against so many conspiracy theories, overwhelming in many cases
• Vaccinations as a hot topic in the conspiracy theorist's world and Anti-vaccination sentiment
• The spectrum of fantasists through to the rational sceptics
• At what point do people move from being rational to believing outlandish things?
• 14:30 The spectrum of thinking from rational thought through to believing the queen of england is a reptilian lizard
• 15:30 Measuring believe in conspiracy theories and the strongest determinist factor being believing in another
• 16:30 The main qualitative study where conspiracy believers were interviewed and themes drawn out into 5 types of conspiracy believers <-----
• Unusual ontology (way of thinking) to describe levels of belief in conspiracies
• 18:30 Attachment theory as a determinant of belief in conspiracies <-----
• People with a secure attachment style being less likely to believe in conspiracies, compared to people with an insecure attachment style who are far more likely to believe.
• 20:30 The link between anxiety and a tendency to catastrophise as a determinant in belief in conspiracy theories
• 22:30 A recent development in research via Professor Karen Douglas from the University of Kent and her team, concluding that conspiracy theories appeal to people whose important psychological needs are not being met.
• Our thinking style as a determinant of how interesting conspiracy theories are.
• 24:30 Animation as a tool of research, to measure the level of consciousness in shapes and therefore agency and intentionality in shapes.
• Humans as pattern seeking animals
• Those who see patterns where they do not exist are also believers in conspiracy theories
• 26:00 Level of education as a factor in likelihood to believe in conspiracy theories
• Covid-19 and a lack of feeling secure as fuel to the rise in conspiracy theories
• The role of level of information and quality of information in the level of conspiracy theory belief within society
• The speed of change and facts changing in a time of uncertainty creating a space for conspiracy theories to grow
• Person: Olivier Klein as a conspiracy theory researcher on Twitter
• 33:00 how to find a middle ground to help debating with conspiracy theorists
• The conspiracy theory regarding the protocols of the elders of Zion was discredited in the 1920s and yet keeps re-emerging
• 35:00 Why conspiracy theories are so persistent, even in the face of facts to the contrary in many cases
• Anti-sematism as a vehicle to many conspiracy theories and the link between banking and financial power and being scapegoated by such theories
• 39:00 conspiracy denialists and why some people outright deny all conspiracies
• Dixon of Dock Green and trust in the Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixon_of_Dock_Green
• Is trust in institutions a generational thing
• GCHQ and the decline in privacy, mistrust of big tobacco as fuel in a rise of distrust
• 44:30 Age has a reverse relationship in level of belief in conspiracy theories - where younger people are more likely to believe than their elders
• The need for longitudinal research, studies over long periods of time, to see how people's views change over the course of their lives
• 48:30 people being drawn to conspiracy theories as a way to make sense of the world
• People who are high in levels of intuition are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories
• False flag operations and the gulf of Tomkin as a way to enter the Vietnam war - as events that raise distrust in the public
• The tendency to label legitimate debates as conspiracy theories in order to discredit them and in many cases, delay action
• David Icke is vilified but is an interesting conspiracy entrepreneur
• 01:03:00 The kernel of truth in all conspiracies and identifying it as a means to learning more about a topic, without getting caught in the theory
• Conducting a steel man test on conspiracies to try and unravel them and a shortage of time leading to delegation of rigorous debate
• Episode: Citizens assemblies
• Youtube taking down a 2hr special 5G conspiracy theory video made by David Icke and this inciting emotion and violence
• The destructive role of populists and those who propagate conspiracy theories
• The Pfizer vaccine for covid-19 and politicians grandstanding its arrival
• Nietre: I'm not angry at you because you lied to me, I'm angry at you because I can't trust you any more
• A potential inverse relationship between level of general wellness in a country and the number of conspiracy theorists
• QAnon as an example of a major American conspiracy that is based on facts so difficult to believe, and yet two senators have been elected publicly stating they believe in the concept.
• Book: Suspicious minds by Rob Brotherton - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Suspicious-Minds-Believe-Conspiracy-Theories/dp/1472915615
• 01:17:00 boosting well being as a way to help people deal with a tendency to believe in conspiracy theories <-------
• Article: boosting well being as a way to counter conspiracy beliefs - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03130-6

Practical philosopher Paul Baker takes the Old Fox Young Fox team on a journey through his life and what he has discovered of happiness and meaning along the way.

In a story that ranges from Eton to pioneering microlights, and from meditation to lessons from ancient greece, we cover a lot of ground and put a few ideas to rest along the way.

About the show

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

Show mentions:

• 04:30, 05:30 if i look for meaning what would happen
• 06:30 going from meaninglessness to meaning
• pascal's wager
• 08:30 what if this is your one life...leaving the world better off
• 10:20 the thing i learned from hang gliding
• 12:00, 37:30 permaculture is...
• 13:30, 15:30 the alexander technique
• The Alexander technique
• incorrect sensory perception
• the habit of thought
• the U.S. election
• 18:33 frog into boiling water
• the boiling the frog concept
• NLP
• virginia
• castell
• milton ericcson
• fritz furls
• john mcquerther NLP
• Hypnotherapy
• 22:20 definition of hypnotherapy
• 24:30 magic and science
• book - Yiral harare - homo deus
• 25:30 human beings are complex
• 28:30 the most important thing any living thing can do
• documentary - the social dilemma
• 30:15 one of the reasons we are more fragmented than ever <-------
• 31:15, 32:50 a bristol engineer, staying curious <-----
• martial arts
• civil engineering
• UN report: a common future
• 33:30, 34:47 UN report and climate change took a week to understand <----
• Quakers
• Oxfam
• William Waldergrave MP Bristol
• 35:30, 37:00 what can we do to create a fair world <---
• the environmental movement
• karl henrique robere - Swedish Doctor and Karate champion
• Karate
• 38:00 Karl henrique robere wanting a consensus between scientists in sweden <--------
• 39:30 how to be unsustainable
• 42:00 there are 3 environments - social human environment
• mesopotamian myths
• 45:00 the yin yang symbol and seeking balance as humans <-----
• 50:40 we are a part of nature, we are struggling with a need to conserve
• 52:30 the magic of life as a gardener
• Veganism and evolutionary theory
• 57:30 the difficult thing for humans as hunters and gatherers
• 1:02:00 when we eat we should be grateful
• 1:06:00 the most impt rule - look after your environment
• book: hindsights guy kawasaki
• 01:27:00 quality of our reacting ...systemic nature of our actions <--
• 01:29:00 the power of three

About our guest:

Paul Baker is a practical philosopher most interested in how we as individuals can help each other to live lives that get better and better. A coach, therapist and trainer, Paul can be reached via the email below.

• Contact Paul Baker

Global Health Advisor Dr. Sam Shah is back on the Old Fox Young Fox podcast, this time focusing on medical innovation in the NHS and globally. We talk Covid-19 vaccines, what we've learned about the virus so far, how the healthcare system has responded to the increased load and what it is like to work on the frontline, in a medical clinic, day to day.

This is a far-ranging conversation and we cover a lot of interesting ground, including the role of data in current and future healthcare, the public-private partnership and how we all have a role to play in staying healthy.

Then we take a global view and look to China, India, New Zealand, the USA, the UK and beyond for examples of medical innovation and both the benefits and risks that such a rapidly evolving world brings with it.

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

Show mentions:

• An insider's guide to Covid-19 with Dr. Sam Shah
• 02:30 hope the vaccine gets to the people who need it most
• Event: The future of healthcare technology innovation in Dubai
• nhs england
• NHSX
• Google Deep Mind project in the NHS
• 07:00, 08:30 NHS as a philosophy, assets and IP and ownership
• Facebook and their accumulation of big data
• 10:00 Google Deep mind in the NHS
• 11:00 Private suppliers to the NHS
• 12:00 willingly giving our data
• WhatsApp and widespread clinical use. There is so much to be gained by clinicians sharing knowledge.
• 13:00, 14:00-14:41 data safety and sharing of data safely
• Ciitizen.com startup
• 16:00 Move the power from the system to the citizen
• 16:55, 18:00 - 18.00 NHSX role in data handling and privacy
• NHS Digital
• Department of Health England
• 21:00 smart cities as an example of data being used healthfully
• Department of sport, Department of pensions
• Smart cities and the Internet of things (IoT) as an inspiration for big data in health
• 23:00 China and how big data was used during Covid-19
• 6:30, 27:45 Nudging as a technique to change behaviour, turn the system in the same way
• FitBit and Google's purchase of FitBit
• 29.27 The system is worn down and needs proper investment beyond toys, the model we need
• 31:30 we should pay and promote wellness rather than pay for sickness, is the Chinese model more effective in this way?
• 33:00 role of technology in helping during diagnosis or care
• 35:45 diagnosis and when to test
• 37:00, 38:31 Australia embracing technology in remote diagnosis
• Flight Forward drone delivery of medication in the USA
• Images of skin such as Mole map
• 38:00 lots of technology can assist, it is about risk profile
• Stephen Fry and his experience of being tested for Cancer
• 39:40 Stephen Fry and his experience helping lead to more testing
• Clare Oliver and the campaign to ban sunbeds in Australia
• 54gene and the need to ensure racial equality in gene therapy research
• 46:00 inequity in health and the need to undertake development of drugs that benefit the communities they need to help
• The human genome project
• The 100,000 genomes project
• 51:00 - 52:00 edit out lack of a question and answer
• Compulsory vaccinations and caution around due process in testing
• Population-based genetic studies
• The Covid-19 vaccine
• 56:00 people have a right to be treated as adults and given information to be able to make a choice
• Genetically modified food and drought resistant crops
• Hims and mail order prescriptions
• Online healthcare, benefits and risks
• 01:03:00 Online healthcare as a technology, risks and benefits
• Medications from eBay and Alibaba
• Amazon Care and the virtual healthcare service
• 01:06:45 Incentives to employers could be interesting. Amazon care, USA and UK models for involvement of employers in healthcare provision
• The Quakers and free healthcare provided to staff
• 01:09:00 Healthcare is not going to get cheaper, we need to invest and accept that healthcare is important.
• CBD oil, ayahuasca and natural healthcare
• The legalisation of cannibis
• Magic mushrooms and controlled use
• 01:14:00 We need investment in naturally occurring products
• 01:16:00 wouldn't it be amazing if practitioners could share information together, better training
• 01:19:00 the urgency to find a vaccine drove working together
• 01:23:00 What I'd like to see in the future
• Service design in healthcare
• The future of healthcare
• Testosterone deficiency in men

About our guest:

Dr. Sam Shah is a Global Digital Health Advisor whose interests span digital health, clinical leadership and public health. He works with both private and public organisations such as the UK's NHS (National Health Service). He is a founder of the Faculty of Future Medicine at Ulster University. Sam was previously Director of Digital Development for NHS England and NHSX, where he was responsible for digitisation programmes including a flagship project to digitise urgent care in the NHS. Sam lives and works in South East England and is a practicing clinician to this day.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-shah-nhs/

Related episodes:

• An insider's guide to Covid-19 with Dr. Sam Shah
• Is Democratic Capitalism still working? With Tim Loughton MP
• Danger! Psychopaths at work with Dr Shoshana Garfield

Old Fox Young Fox talks to writer, environmental activist and former Director of Friends of the Earth Jonathon Porritt about the climate emergency and why against all the odds, there is still hope.

We trace Jonathon's journey from the activist frontline, to a career in politics, then to founding Forum for the Future, where he saw progress in educating and partnering with the business community on the need to act regarding the climate.

And we discuss his decision to now step back from Forum for the Future and to focus on doing what he can as Chancellor at Keele University and by a more direct role in supporting the next generation of climate activist.

We cover a lot of ground and ask a lot of the tough questions facing our global community including what is the role of civil disobedience in activism? Should we feel guilty at not having done enough or is that energy better used in making small changes to help fight climate change?

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

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Show mentions:

• Book: Hope in Hell by Jonathon Porritt
• Report - The Future of Sustainability: https://www.forumforthefuture.org/new-report-out-now-from-system-shock-to-system-change-its-time-to-transform
• The futures centre: https://thefuturescentre.org/
• Report - Future plates (transforming school lunches in the USA): https://www.forumforthefuture.org/future-plates-transforming-school-lunches-in-the-usa
• 03:05 the big issues are relatively simple
• The intergovernmental panel on climate change
• the green party of new zealand
• rupert murdoch's press empire
• the green party of australia
• 08:00 what net zero 2050 means
• 09:00 what we need to do to carbon emissions by 2030
• 11:00 lots of things are moving in the right direction: a low carbon economy
• the low carbon economy
• investors getting behind the low carbon economy
• world faith and religious organisations backing the environmental movement
• intergenerational injustice
• 16:00, 18:00 Young people are protesting differently. In 2019 both exploded into our midst.
• Greta thunburg
• Extinction rebellion and the School Strikes Movement
• 18.00 The story of climate change now is completely compelling to younger generations. What the world looks like at 1 degree increased.
• intergenerational rage and why young people are engaging in climate activism
• 19:00 the fate of green parties over the years and how we just could have done more
• Donald Trump and an administration that denied climate change
• The Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015 and its role in garnering business support
• Heineken and moving to a carbon neutral supply chain
• 27:30 - 30:30 the transition to EVs (electric vehicles), solar panels
• Mark Carney, former governer of the bank of england
• 70% of india's infrastructure that will be in place in 2030 hasn't yet been built
• Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India and leading the way in the climate debate
• India's debt to the coal economy and how overcoming it could change the direction of climate action - as the world's largest democracy
• 29.00 industrial nations have contributed heavily to the greenhouse gas problem
• China and India's actions being absolutely critical to the climate response
• 32:00, 34:00 Solar power going mainstream as a result of Chinese ingenuity
• India as the world's largest democracy and the role of the state
• Indonesia and Brazil and their governmental approach to climate change
• The city of Shenzhen and the move to electric buses: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/12/silence-shenzhen-world-first-electric-bus-fleet
• 27:00 and the rise of windfarms in china
• China's response to Covid-19 and the speed with which the economy bounced back as an example of how the regime has negotiated the period
• Tibet and the Uighur minority in China
• 41:00 the changes we set in motion have to last and giving up civil liberties is not a long term solution
• Norway and their approach to building on fossil fuels in order to invest in renewables
• Denmark and brilliance in the wind story
• Margaret Thatcher and challenging the Norwegian story of creation of a sovereign wealth fund
• 46:00 The Forum of the future and bridging radical views of society and wealth creators in order to involve big business in the excitement and challenges ahead of us
• Greta Thunberg and doing your homework on climate change
• The world economic forum
• Greta Thunberg and acting as if you really love your children by making changes to your lifestyle
• Episode: Psychopaths at work
• Overcoming the sticking points of batteries and moving beyond cobalt
• 52:00 the green tech brigade and the speed with which technology is advantage
• Green hydrogen and its application to the electrolysis of water
• Boris Johnson and the 10 point plan
• The UK and leadership in offshore wind and brilliant engineering
• Friends of the Earth
• The Earth Summit of 1992 in Rio de Janeiro
• 57:00 Forum for the future and investing time in working with business
• Nuclear power and the need to cease production
• Extinction Rebellion and their future being very bright
• The case that has to be made for civil disobedience as a way to bring change
• The climate movement in Bristol
• The emergence of the environmental justice movement in the USA and the UK
• 1:02:00 the convergence of racial equality, climate justice and the link
• Book: The good ancestor by Roman Krznaric
• Short-termism and the need for long term thinking
• The golden rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you

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About our guest:

Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK’s leading sustainable development charity. The Forum has a growing presence in the United States, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. Jonathon has recently released his book Hope in Hell, is Chancellor for Keele University and has been a strong advocate for the Green movement for several decades.

• Website: www.jonathonporritt.com

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Related episodes:

• Ethical design with Cennyd Bowles
• Gamification who is keeping score with Toby Beresford
• Connecting the dots on the circular economy with Peter Desmond

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Want a new Mercedes but can’t afford to buy one? Why buy a CD when £10 a month gives you ‘000? Setting up a new online business but will limited funds? Have it all, Subscribe Now!!

This episode of Old Fox Young Fox looks at the subscription economy. Joined by Toby Beresford of Veneficus, we explore how a move from owning to renting is transforming the landscape for both consumers and suppliers globally.

Netflix, Spotify, Apple iCloud, Office 365 and Amazon Web Services are all examples of subscriptions and whether we realise it or not, we are consuming more products and services via subscription every day. In fact, 2020 saw huge growth in subscription services globally due in part to Covid-19 and our insatiable desire to try before we buy, get it now and always have the latest and greatest.

What is surprising is how far the subscription model of pay as you go has reached with school uniforms, and even jet engines moving to this model.

But how do subscriptions actually work? What are the benefits to businesses to moving to a subscription-based model and are they better or worse for us the consumer?

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About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

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Show mentions:

• Veneficus - https://www.veneficus.co.uk/
• https://Rise.global - digital scorecards
• Book - Infinite gamification by Toby Beresford
• Netflix
• Spotify
• BarclayCard data shows we have become a subscription society
• Freddy's flowers
• Nakedwines.com - the wine club
• Relationship commerce
• Microsoft Office365
• SaaS: Software as a Service
• Free trial versus Freemium
• Apple iCloud
• Music - Jeremy Woolwich piano music
• Renting property as a form of subscription
• The role of rentals in sustaining instant gratification
• The lifetime value of a customer
• Personalisation as a method of making customers sticky
• Technology as driver of subscriptions
• Google Cloud
• Laundry tablet delivery services
• Affiliate networks
• How successful subscription businesses are buying customers
• Affiliate marketing
• Influencers in social media
• Rolls Royce and General Electric renting jet engines: Power by the hour
• The circular economy and subscriptions driving sustainable behaviour
• Power by the hour spreading the risk and a win-win
• Customer success metrics
• Boeing airlines
• Sharing metrics with suppliers
• IoT The Internet of Things
• Intelligent fridges and reordering
• Amazon subscriptions in Amazon Pantry
• People buy for different reasons, integration needed to drive volume
• Subscriptions sliced off as fridges get screens and sensors
• Fragmentation of the basket of shop and where we get them from
• Yankee candles
• Meat delivery services at a lower price than supermarkets
• Subscription economy as a way for new entrants to disrupt the market
• Setting up a deeper relationship with your customers
• An investment mindset - under investment of big players leading to new entrants in the technology space
• Facebook leading the charge on technology investment
• The climate emergency and our attitudes to consumption
• The planet friendly diet
• Artificial meat now on sale in Tesco
• Beyond meat
• Author Jonathon Porritt
• School uniforms as a subscription
• Sharing economies
• Car share clubs
• How travel is changing (the grand tour)
• Taxi sharing in Holland
• Tuk tuk sharing in Thailand
• Collectivos and shared mini-bus travel

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About our guest:

Toby Beresford is an entrepreneur, author and is Head of client engagement at Veneficus, with Rise.global as "a side hustle project". Toby lives with his family in the South of England and is actively engaged in the rise of social media, the subscription economy and what it all means.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobyberesford/

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Related episodes:

• Ethical design with Cennyd Bowles
• Gamification who is keeping score with Toby Beresford
• Connecting the dots on the circular economy with Peter Desmond

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This episode of Old Fox Young Fox features Dr. Sam Shah, a Global Digital Health Advisor and former Director of NHSX. We summarise what we know about Covid-19 so far and take a long, hard look at good, the bad and the ugly of the state of healthcare in the UK and globally.

As we enter into a second northern hemisphere winter living with Covid-19 and all the concerns that brings, what have we learned about the virus and how to prevent it? Is our public healthcare service up to the task and are our Government helping or hindering the delivery of healthcare to those who need it most?

Dr. Shah is outspoken, incredibly knowledgable and is passionate about the need for equal access to healthcare as a basic human right. He raises serious questions about the state of our Government and the former Management Consultants now lining the upper echelons of many public service departments.

This is an episode not to be missed and one that echoes the experiences of many countries during this pandemic and during this current experiment in Populism in many nations.

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

Show mentions:

• How we have handled Covid-19 in the UK
• The Swedish, Taiwanese, New Zealand and American experiences of Covid-19
• What he have learned about Covid-19
• Reducing health inequalities
• The structure of healthcare in the UK
• Corruption in the UK public service
• The rise of Populism in governments
• The role of technology and innovation in healthcare
• Public Health England
• NHS England (National Health Service)
• The Lancet
• Nature journal
• Orca Health
• Healthy places, healthy lives initiative
• MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

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About our guest:

Dr. Sam Shah is a Global Digital Health Advisor whose interests span digital health, clinical leadership and public health. He works with both private and public organisations such as the UK's NHS (National Health Service). He is a founder of the Faculty of Future Medicine at Ulster University. Sam was previously Director of Digital Development for NHS England and NHSX, where he was responsible for digitisation programmes including a flagship project to digitise urgent care in the NHS. Sam lives and works in South East England and is a practicing clinician to this day.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-shah-nhs/

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Related episodes:

• Is Democratic Capitalism still working? With Tim Loughton MP
• Danger! Psychopaths at work with Dr Shoshana Garfield

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Rob Hopkins, author of From What is to What if and founder of The Transition Town Network explains to Old Fox Young Fox how communities around the world are coming together to make a difference.

We discuss his book From What is to What if and the premise that drives it and how he found himself moving from teaching Permaculture to founding a global movement now spanning over 1,200 towns.

This is inspiring stuff and speaks deeply firstly to the dire global situation we find ourselves in and importantly acts as a call to arms for us all to feel empowered to do something about it. Because together, we can just get more done.

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

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Show mentions:

• Transition Movement: https://transitionnetwork.org/
• Book - Rob Hopkins: From What is to What if (available from Hive, or Amazon UK or Amazon US if you must)
• Book - Rob Hopkins: The Power of Just Doing Stuff
• Book - Rob Hopkins: The Transition Companion
• Podcast: From What is to What if: https://www.robhopkins.net/
• Extinction Rebellion
• The Sunrise Movement
• 360 degree organisation
• Community Energy Movement
• Book - David Fleming: Lean Logic
• Circular Cities
• The Ellen Macarthur Foundation
• Monsanto, France
• Tool - Openspace
• Crystal palace food market: http://www.crystalpalacetransition.org.uk/food-market.html
• Flat pack democracy movement: https://www.flatpackdemocracy.co.uk/
• Control shift
• New Economy: https://neweconomy.net/
• The Declare Movements
• Me too movement
• Black Lives Matter movement
• Muniscipalities in transition: https://municipalitiesintransition.org/
• Politician - Denis Healey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Healey
• Activist - Greta Thunberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg
• Concept - Create the future from the future

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About our guest:

Rob Hopkins is an author, activist and founder of the Transition Movement. He resides in Totnes, England and has written 4 books on the state of our environment (and what we can do about it). Rob travels widely (only via train) to share the inspiring stories of Transition Towns and the many projects large and small they have undertaken to improve their corner of the universe.

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Just an opportunity for an Old Fox and a Young Fox to enjoy a conversation, reflect on previous episodes and the big events that are changing our lives.

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

Topics covered:

• Covid-19
• Brexit
• Bellarus rebellion
• Conspiracy theories
• Corruption in high places
• The state of western democracy
• BLM (Black Lives Matter)

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Trust in Politicians, our Institutions and our current form of Corporate Capitalism is at its lowest level for a generation. Time for a rethink? This episode of Old Fox Young Fox features Tim Loughton MP, exploring the UK's democratic process and reflecting what the future may hold. How do normal people get involved in Politics? How are MPs elected? What is it like being in Government and how do we ensure the next generation engage with the process?

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

– Edmund Burke 

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

• Check out Ollie's new show: Problem Busters

Topics covered:

• How do you get into Politics?
• What is the process to get elected?
• What is it like being in Government?
• What is it like being a cabinet Minister?
• Is our Democratic system failing us?
• What comes next with Covid-19 and Brexit in our midst?
• What does the future hold for Politics in the UK?

About our guest

Tim Loughton MP is a British Conservative Party politician and former banker, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election. Loughton was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010–2012. Tim has been vocal at many points of his career and is quick to point out inconsistencies in the practice of MPs, as well as sharing his own fair share of contraversy besides.

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Loughton

Contacting our guest

• Website: https://www.timloughton.com/

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The disastrous impacts of fast fashion are becoming more evident every day. In this Old Fox Young Fox episode, Boryana Uzunova co-founder of Kool & Konscious, talks us through the conscious consumer movement, working to wean us off our addiction to cheap, disposable, fashionable clothing with sustainable, ethical alternatives.

Fact: It takes 20,000 litres of water, half a kilo of chemicals to produce 1 T-shirt. We buy and sell over 2 billion a year, with many left unsold, or thrown into landfill after a couple of uses. 

If we want to save our environment we can’t carry on as before. It’s time to change gear!

We take a long hard look at the destructive consequences to the planet of fast fashion; with its mountains of waste, pollution of our water, chemical contamination of our environment and exploitation of its workers. To Boryana it’s just no longer either sustainable or acceptable. 

Boryana offers Old Fox Young Fox an exciting and optimistic introduction into the coming together of nature and the material sciences, technology, the circular economy, the ‘slow movement’, and the rise of the ethical consumer, that are all combining to lead us an alternative world of quality, sustainable, ethical clothing, designed to last for years rather than weeks and in so doing having a dramatic impact on the quality of our environment globally.  

In a wide ranging conversation we explore the psychology of fashion, the current business model of a vast global industry that puts profit before the environment and the practical challenges of educating governments, companies and consumers to shift to a new paradigm. 

After listening to this conversation, buying a pair of socks will never be the same again!

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

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About our guest:

Fashion entrepreneur and TedX speaker Boryana Uzunova is a leader in the sustainable, ethical fashion movement. Before moving into the world of fashion, Bory studied engineering, robotics and business. Unsurprisingly this background gave her a different perspective on the fashion industry she experienced when working with major fashion brands in Hong Kong and China.

This led her to co-founder her own business, Kool and Konscious, an online marketplace for ethical fashion. 

Bory is committed to focussing on design, fashion retailing and manufacture, technology and the environment, to creating a credible, alternative and sustainable business model to fast fashion. One that can meet the growing demands of the ethical consumer and benefit the environment rather than destroy it.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boryana-uzunova-3338b581/
• TedX talk: https://tinyurl.com/yycfrm7s
• Kool and Konscious: https://koolandkonscious.com/

Show mentions:

• Emma Watson and Good on you app via Gucci
• Supply Compass - identifying factories and making invisible visible
• Klarna retail financing
• The Art Collective - repairing clothes
• Patagonia - the good company
• Nudie Jeans and mobile repair stations
• Vitrolabs (https://www.linkedin.com/company/vitrolabs/) - lab-grown leather
• Avaaz.org online petitions
• The H&M foundation and awards
• Impakt_ID
• Tesla cars
• Social credits in China
• Fashion revolution https://www.fashionrevolution.org/
• Better cotton initiative BCI
• Movie: The true cost (Netflix)
• Crocs
• tbf.co.uk To be Frank socks
• Icebreaker merino: https://icebreaker.com

Support the show

As an independent podcast, Old Fox Young Fox is listener-funded. You can support us via Patreon: https://donate.oldfoxyoungfox.com.

Cover photo by Sarah Brown on Unsplash