Old Fox Young Fox

The Prime Minister of The UK was elected by less than 0.5% of the electoral vote.

- Parliament is in stasis

- The country is divided

- The system isn’t working

Are you fed up waiting for Politicians to solve the problem? Should we put the people back in charge?

Maybe the answer can be found in the past with Citizens’ assemblies, Citizens’ juries and the wisdom of the crowd.

Join us in a conversation with Peter Bryant, one of the most experienced moderators of Citizens’ juries in the UK.

About our guest

Peter Bryant is an experienced facilitator of Citizens’ juries, groups of people who are brought together to learn about an issue, debate it in detail and agree on certain outcomes. With over 30 years experience in the fields of participants and community development, Peter is a Director of Shared Future, a community interest company that specialises in running both Citizens’ assemblies and Citizens’ juries.

Contacting our guest

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-bryant-0a450912/
• Shared Future: https://sharedfuturecic.org.uk



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

Join Old Fox Young Fox to hear the story of CBD oil from entreprenuer and mum Hayley Millbank.

Hayley helps draw the line between "drugs" and herbal remedies, particularly focusing on the many applications of the cannabis plant. She points towards the need to unlock a more humane, balanced understanding of this deeply controversial plant and shares the benefits many long-term sufferers are receiving from CBD oil.

A young boy was experiencing 100 epileptic seizures a day.

His mother gave him CBD Oil, a substance that was banned in the UK but legal in several other countries

And almost immediately the seizures stopped. When she tried to bring the oil into the UK the cannabis oil confiscated. Is this what the war on drugs means? What’s going on?

Cannabis is one of many substances that for 40 years have been lumped together in the public consciousness under the generic label of ‘Drugs’ with all the negative connotations attached to that word .

Now many see huge potential medicinal benefits from a whole range of proscribed substances and the war on drugs narrative is being seriously challenged.

Has the time come to approach the subject from a fresh more informed perspective?

About our guest

Hayley came into the CBD Oil industry from an IT career in Banking. She founded Cannadox after her personal experiences of benefiting from using CBD Oil and her desire to give others the same opportunity to experience the benefits she received from using CBD Oil.

Contacting our guest

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-millbank-132aa965/
• The Cannadox website: www.cannadoxshop.com



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Support the show

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

The ability to tell stories we are told is what distinguishes Homo sapiens from all other species. In this episode of Old Fox Young Fox, Professional Storyteller Joy Pitt explains how stories are the glue that bind millions of people together to a common idea, to a common interpretation of the world. As she points out, that's why stories are so important and so powerful.

‘Controlling the narrative’ is a phrase we hear regularly now in our political discourse. Christianity, Brexit, Fake news, the latest crime figures or the Nike swoosh are all the consequence of someone creating and telling a story. For as long as there has been language there have been stories.

About our guest

Joy Pitt is a professional storyteller who joins us for a fascinating conversation about the role of stories and story telling in a contemporary context. Joy is co-founder of Tales from the heartwood, where she runs workshops for old and young, community groups and corporate teams. Joy’s work has taken her across the globe both in pursuit of and in the telling of, fantastic tales.

Contacting our guest

Joy can be reached via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tales-From-The-Heartwood-Ltd-596402137138633/

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

We are surrounded by more information than ever, but don’t know who or what information we can trust. Is this fear and concern over of Fake News new, or has it always been with us? What if anything have we learned about how to deal with it?

A fascinating Old Fox Young Fox conversation with Paul Woolwich a highly respected international journalist and current affairs documentary maker, about where the news comes from, who decides what we are told and how we can learn to be more resilient in the face of the relentless war to dominate the news and control the narratives that shape our lives.

Topics covered include;

• What is Fake News?
• Who controls the news?
• Who can we trust to tell us the truth?
• Is the BBC biased?
• How has the internet and the ‘Citizen Reporter’ changed the game?
• How do we as a society protect ourselves from Fake News?

About our guest

Paul Woolwich is one of the UK's most experienced Investigative Reporters and Current Affairs Producers. As an Executive Producer and Deputy Editor for ‘Panorama,’ the BBC’s flagship current affairs programs, Dispatches amongst others Paul has been involved in many of the most significant news events of the last 30 years, from interviewing Prime Ministers and Presidents, covering wars and natural disasters, to exposing scandals and corruption in the worlds of Politics, the Church, Sport and big business. In the process he has received 22 Awards and Honours including an RTS, BAFTA and an EMMY

Paul also spent 3 years as a part of the Amnesty International Global Secretariat

Currently he is Managing Director of twenty2vision offering editorial consultancy, senior executive production & production training services to a wide range of national terrestrial and digital broadcasters.

These have included, among others; Channel 4, ITN, BBC (Current Affairs/Factual/World Service/ Radio 4/College of Journalism/Training /Persian TV Service/Wales/N. Ireland) Bureau of Investigative Journalism, CNN, CTVC, October Films, Oxford Scientific Films, Oxford Television, RedRebel Films, Vera, VICE and Wall to Wall.

He has just finishing Child Sacrifice: ‘Hunting the Witch Doctors,’ with RedRebel Films, advising on two series and is writing a book on the demise of long form television journalism and the consequences for democracy.

Contacting our guest

Paul can be reached via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woolwich-37337812/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Support the show

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

This episode of Old Fox Young Fox talks games, gaming, and generally playing around with gamification expert Pete Jenkins. We ask why are these phrases not always associated with positive outcome?

Is this how it should be? Are we missing something here? Are we not all kids inside? Can games teach us about life? Can play help groups of people to negotiate difficult situations? Is playing actually good for you?

We examine games, gaming and gamification closely with our resident expert, Pete Jenkins. A lifelong gamer, successful businessman and Lecturer on the subject, this is one interesting discussion.

Show mentions

• What is a game and what is gamification?
• How can play help teams in almost any arena?
• Can we play our way to a better world?
• Is there a dark side to gaming?
• Could gamification help us negotiate today's big challenges?
• Gamification+
• Gamification Europe
• Kiva.org Microlending site

About our guest

Pete Jenkins is one of the UK's authorities on gamification. Pete is Entrepreneur in residence at Brighton University, guest Lecturer at Kings College London, speaker and CEO of Gamification+. He travels widely, helping organisations large and small deal with change and spreads the good word about how life's challenges can be tackled through play.

Contacting our guest

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenkinspete/
• The Gamification+ website: https://gamificationplus.uk/

Support the show

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

Old Fox Young Fox explores the concept of the Circular Economy with Peter Desmond, Strategic Advisor to both companies and communities seeking to adapt and survive in our ever changing world.

Ask a 10 year old in today’s world, and they will tell you about climate change and how we all need to recycle. In this episode, Old Fox Young Fox digs deeper to explore how businesses and communities could evolve beyond a produce, use and throw away economy - by adopting a circular approach.

Topics covered include;

• What is the Circular Economy?
• How does it differ from our current Linear Economy?
• What can we learn from innovation in the Developing world?
• How is our world changing and what can we do about it?
• Practical advice for “treading lightly” on the planet
• Circular Brighton & Hove
• Kiva.org Microlending site

About our guest

Peter Desmond is a Strategic Advisor to business and local government on the Circular Economy. With extensive experience working in the Developing world (particularly in South Africa), Peter draws on innovation spawned from necessity and applies learnings to tackling issues around sustainability, profitability and ethics.

Contacting our guest

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/peterdesmondce/

Support the show

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

Old Fox Young Fox talks Psychopaths at work with Dr. Shoshana Garfield. We’ve all worked with difficult people. Some of us have worked with those whose motivations we simply can’t fathom. People who seem to be low on empathy and really just in it for themselves. We ask the question - are some of these people Psychopaths by definition?

We explore the topic of Psychopaths in both work and society with Psychologist and expert Dr Shoshana Garfield.

Topics covered include;

• What makes a Psychopath?
• How do we identify them?
• What makes them tick?
• How do we handle them at work?
• Happiness and stress at work

About our guest

Dr Shoshana Garfield is originally from New York, and is a Psychologist who specialises in crisis management and more recently, happiness coaching. Dr Garfield runs an international private practice from her home in Brighton UK.

Dr Garfield can be reached at www.shoshanagarfield.com

We are as a global society working harder and faster, but is it for the best?

This episode of Old Fox Young Fox is hard work. Specifically, thinking the concept through and discussing with Ben Musio how we could right-size our work culture to bring more balance into our lives.

Telework, instant chat, long commutes characterise the modern job for many. We change job every couple of years. We’re always learning, always plugged in and are told we are smarter than ever. But how is this pace affecting us? And when compared to the ways of work in years gone by, are we any better off?

Topics covered include;

• How has work changed?
• How is technology affecting work?
• Is the increase in pace negatively affecting us?
• How do we best handle new ways of working?
• The Brexit episode: https://www.oldfoxyoungfox.com/episode/the-brexit-episode

About our guest

Ben Musio is a legal professional based near London. Previously a guest on the Brexit episode, Ben is a hard-working, well-read, former country-representing sportsman and most importantly, is a very Young Fox.

In this episode of Old Fox Young Fox, we talk to Dan Millbank about becoming agile. What is Agile? What makes it so successful? Can it be applied to areas outside of technology firms?

Topics covered

• What is Agile anyway?
• Why is the tech world so excited about "becoming Agile"?
• Is Agile only for building software?
• Could Agile be applied to Government?
• What are some of the drawbacks of Agile working?
• What is a Lean enterprise approach?

About our guest

Dan Millbank is an Agile Software Coach, who specialises in delivery of projects spanning public sector to high-speed start-ups. He lives in the South East of the UK.

Contacting our guest

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

The world of communication is changing. It’s hard to imagine life without laptops, smartphones and tablets. Many families no longer have home phones. And with this change has come a raft of new ways to connect.

Join us as we review a few of our favourite tools, including Skype, Whatsapp, Rebtel and Slack.