In episode 34, we talk about the books we’ve been reading, including ‘Brave’ by Rose McGowan and ‘Open Up: The Power of Talking about Money’ by Alex Holder, the legacy of Nelson Mandela, how stereotypes can hold us back in our career choices and the rise of the politician AOC. Our three figures are Nelson Mandela, that 60% of medical students are female in the UK, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the cover of Time Magazine. At 29, she is the youngest women ever to be elected to congress.

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Brave by Rose McGowan (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brave-Rose-McGowan/dp/0062655981

Woman’s Hour: Women and Environmental Activism

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003jqv

Hashtag Authentic: Otegha Uwagba, presented by Sara Tasker

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hashtag-authentic-for-small-businesses-bloggers-online/id1200930280?mt=2

Open Up: The Power of Talking about Money, Alex Holder

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Open-Up-Power-Talking-About/dp/1788161874

Figure 1: Nelson Mandela

The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (1995)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Walk-Freedom-Autobiography-Mandela/dp/0349106533

10 things you didn’t know about Nelson Mandela

https://blackhistorystudies.com/resources/resources/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-nelson-mandela/

Jacinda Ardern's full Christchurch speech: 'Let us be the nation we believe ourselves to be'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGq3frFsRo

BBC Witness History: Mac Maharaj

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kvwqy

Figure 2: 60% of medical students are female in the UK

Number of women entering medical school rises after a decade of decline

https://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/959692?path=/bmj/360/8138/Careers.full.pdf

Busting stereotypes, one book at a time

https://www.ft.com/content/d4ccc9b4-39ca-11e9-9988-28303f70fcff

Careers education 'should start from age 2'

https://www.tes.com/news/careers-education-should-start-age-2

Figure 3: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the cover of Time Magazine

'Change Is Closer Than We Think.' Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Rise, Charlotte Alter

http://time.com/longform/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-profile/

10 of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's most powerfully progressive moments

https://www.indy100.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-best-speeches-aoc-big-pharma-environment-green-deal-8844141

The case for the Green New Deal

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-case-for-the-green-new-deal-1468170819829

The views expressed in this podcast are our own and not those of the firms we work for.

In episode 33, we talk about LGBTQ+ activism, what a 2 degree global temperature increase would mean for the Earth, and why certain works of art become famous. Our three figures are Sir Ian McKellen, that 50% of all carbon emissions have ever put into the atmosphere have been in the last 25 years, and Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (c.1503-1506).

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The Sunday Salon: Rose McGowan, presented by Alice-Azania Jarvis

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sunday-salon-with-alice-azania-jarvis/id1449117087?mt=2

Ctrl Alt Del: Jameela Jamil - a revolution against shame, presented by Emma Gannon

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ctrl-alt-delete/id1096622066?mt=2

Nobody Panic: How to care way less about life milestones, presented by Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/nobody-panic/id1384124028?mt=2

Figure 1: Ian McKellen

David Tennant Does a Podcast: Ian McKellen

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/david-tennant-does-a-podcast-with/id1450005207?mt=2

Desert Island Discs: Sir Ian McKellen, presented by Sue Lawley

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/desert-island-discs-archive-2000-2005/id435713106?mt=2

Middle Earth Movies (2001-2014)

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls075577524/

X-Men Movies (2000-2016)

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026465600/

Mr Holmes (2015)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3168230/

Homo Sapiens: LGBTQ+ inclusivity in schools with Andrew Moffat, presented by Will Young and Chris Sweeney

https://homosapienspodcast.com/portfolio/episode-16-andrew-moffat

Figure 2: 50% of all carbon emissions that humans have ever put into the atmosphere have been in the last 25 years

Today in Focus: Is climate change way worse than we realise?

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626?mt=2

The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells (2019)         https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uninhabitable-Earth-Story-Future/dp/0241355214

'Uninhabitable Earth' Spotlights 3 Climate Change Misunderstandings

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/695874069/-uninhabitable-earth-draws-attention-to-3-major-misunderstandings-about-climate?t=1553360121827

‘The devastation of human life is in view’: what a burning world tells us about climate change, David Wallace-Wells

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/02/the-devastation-of-human-life-is-in-view-what-a-burning-world-tells-us-about-climate-change-global-warming

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells review – our terrifying future, Mark O’Connell

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/27/the-uninhabitable-earth-review-david-wallace-wells

Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal, Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html

Talking Tastebuds: Lucy Siegle Turning The Tide On Plastic + Slowing Fast Fashion, presented by Venetia Falconer

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-tastebuds/id1287395967?mt=2

Fashion's Dirty Secret, Stacey Dooley

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn6034

Anna Jones

http://annajones.co.uk/

Figure 3: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (c.1503-1506)

Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo Da Vinci, Bulent Atalay (2004)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Math-Mona-Lisa-Science-Leonardo/dp/1588341712

The 10 Worst Things That Happened to Mona Lisa, Dianne Hales

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dianne-hales/the-10-worst-things-mona-lisa_b_5628937.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_cs=ZS7SvNT0gHaVdSRVKrN42w

The views expressed in this podcast are our own and not those of the firms we work for.

In episode 32, we talk about our reactions to the Michael Jackson documentary and its significance of highlighting abuse, the changing identity of Lady Gaga, how we feel about privilege and private education, and how we are inspired by the athletic achievements of Roger Bannister. Our three figures are Lady Gaga, that 7% of children in the UK are privately educated and Roger Bannister’s sub four minute mile.

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My Thoughts Exactly, Lily Allen (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Thoughts-Exactly-No-1-Bestseller/dp/1911600893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1553193626&sr=8-1&keywords=my+thought+exactly

Heartburn, Nora Ephron (1983) 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heartburn-Virago-Modern-Classics-Ephron/dp/1844085171

Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover (2018)

https://www.amazon.com/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover/dp/0399590501

How To Fail with Elizabeth Day

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-fail-with-elizabeth-day/id1407451189?mt=2

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2328900/

Green Book (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6966692/

Leaving Neverland: Michael Jackson and Me (2019)

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-and-me/on-demand/63905-001

Oprah Winfrey presents: After Neverland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIiq4Jnmam8

Figure 1: Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Gaga

A Star Is Born (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517451/

Gaga: Five Foot Two

https://www.netflix.com/title/80196586

All About Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's Friendship, Starr Bowenbank

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26356091/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-relationship-timeline/

Duke and Lady Gaga speak out on mental health, Valentine Low

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/duke-and-lady-gaga-speak-out-on-mental-health-5tvvr88wc

Lady Gaga Becomes First Woman In History To Win An Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA & Golden Globe In Same Year

https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/lady-gaga-shallow-oscar-awards-history/

Lady Gaga blames tattoo mistake on ‘too many tequilas’ as she shares blunder on Instagram, Sabrina Barr

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/lady-gaga-tattoo-mistake-music-notes-instagram-a-star-is-born-ariana-grande-a8780451.html

Figure 2: 7% of children in the UK are privately educated

Dolly Alderton tackles privilege and guilt

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dolly-alderton-tackles-privilege-and-guilt-r3jrphrzv

In Good Company: Dolly Alderton, presented by Otegha Uwagba

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-good-company/id1294215581?mt=2

The Guardian’s view on private schools: motors of unfairness

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/12/the-guardian-view-on-private-schools-motors-of-unfairness

Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem, David Kynaston and Francis Green (2019)

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/engines-of-privilege-9781526601261/

Figure 3: Sir Roger Bannister’s sub four minute mile

Ross: The Story of a Shared Life, Norris McWhirter (1977)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ross-Story-Shared-Norris-McWhirter/dp/0902782231

The First Four Minutes, Roger Bannister (2004)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Four-Minutes-Roger-Bannister/dp/0750935308

Desert Island Discs: Sir Roger Bannister, presented by Sue Lawley

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0093ych

Sir Roger Bannister, British athlete who broke four-minute mile – video obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2018/mar/04/sir-roger-bannister-british-athlete-who-broke-four-minute-mile-video-obituary

Pembroke College awards Sir Roger Bannister scholarship to three students

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17476283.pembroke-college-awards-sir-roger-bannister-scholarship-to-three-students/

How Roger Bannister’s sub-four minute mile helped inspire a ...

It’s International Women’s Day and The Figure is back! In episode 31, we talk to Carole Easton OBE about her career in the charity world, intersectional feminism and fighting for a more equal society. 

www.twitter.com/caroleeaston100 

www.youngwomenstrust.org/

www.youngminds.org.uk/

After training and working as a psychotherapist, she entered the charity world and worked with ChildLine, CLIC Sargent and Cruse Bereavement Care. She is the current chair of the mental health charity Young Minds and CEO of The Young Women’s Trust, a charity that supports young women on low or no pay. The research that the Young Women’s Trust released today reports their finding that one in three employers say their organisation has not tried to reduce its gender pay gap over the last year and one in ten say that women are paid less than men for jobs at the same level. The image we discuss is of Kristen Visbal’s bronze sculpture ‘Fearless Girl’ (2017).

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Figure 1: Carole Easton

How to be bold: Carole Easton, presented by Emma Dean

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-be-bold/id1438872493?mt=2

Inspirational Woman: Dr Carole Easton OBE | Chief Executive of Young Women’s Trust

https://wearethecity.com/inspirational-woman-dr-carole-easton-obe-chief-executive-young-womens-trust/

How Not To Be A Boy, Robert Webb (2017)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Not-Boy-Robert-Webb/dp/1786890089

Figure 2: One in three employers say their organisation has not tried to reduce its gender pay gap over the last year - and one in ten say that women are paid less than men for jobs at the same level, finds Young Women’s Trust

Young Women’s Trust Publications

https://www.youngwomenstrust.org/what_we_do/publications

If the gender pay gap is a 'feminist myth', then why not disclose salaries? Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/02/if-the-gender-pay-gap-is-a-feminist-myth-then-why-not-disclose-salaries

Figure 3: ‘Fearless Girl,’ (Kristen Visbal, 2017)

Fearless Girl statue in London promotes female leaders

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47469782

New York's Fearless Girl moved to new home outside Stock Exchange, Hugh Morris

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/new-york/articles/fearless-girl-new-location-stock-exchange/

New York: Fearless Girl who faced down Wall Street's bull moved to new spot, Victoria Bekiempis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/28/new-york-fearless-girl-charging-bull-wall-street

Wall Street’s ‘Fearless Girl’ Is Heading to Ireland to Fight Climate Change, Sarah Coscone

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fearless-girl-ireland-climate-change-summit-1362517

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In episode 30, we talk about Yorgos Lanthimos’ film The Favourite, January trends such as veganuary and dry January and the ethical and medical implications of babies born from transplanted uterus. Our three figures are Queen Anne, that 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February and the cover of Time magazine showing the first baby born from a transplanted uterus in the US. 

Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Normal-People-Sally-Rooney/dp/0571334644

This is Going to Hurt: Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Dr Adam Kay (2017)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Going-Hurt-Secret-Diaries/dp/1509858636/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1548106560&sr=1-1&keywords=this+is+going+to+hurt

Big Little Lies (2017)

https://www.hbo.com/big-little-lies

Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/brexit-the-uncivil-war

If I Can Do It, presented by Bryony Gordon

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/if-i-can-do-it/id1444427563?mt=2

Brutally Honest by Melanie Brown (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brutally-Honest-Melanie-Brown/dp/1787133524

My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Thoughts-Exactly-No-1-Bestseller/dp/1911600893/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MP3TH9HXX4P9FZGD7DY7

Losing my virginity by Richard Branson (2009)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-Virginity-Sir-Richard-Branson/dp/0753519550

Figure 1: Queen Anne

In profile: Queen Anne

https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/queen-anne-facts-life-favourites-duchess-marlborough-union-england-scotland/

The Favourite: The real history behind the new Queen Anne film

https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/real-history-the-favourite-film-queen-anne-olivia-colman-hannah-greig/

Queen Anne in The Favourite: how true is the story?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/queen-anne-in-the-favourite-how-true-is-the-story-nvnt5jxgd

The Favourite: The Real-Life Power Struggle Between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill, Julie Miller

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/11/the-favourite-movie-true-story-queen-anne

Monarchy, By David Starchy (2006)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monarchy-David-Starkey-3/dp/B00TEPBBBE

Figure 2: 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February

80% of New Year's resolutions fail by February — here's how to keep yours, Kelsey Mulvey

https://www.businessinsider.com/new-years-resolutions-courses-2016-12?r=US&IR=T

Quitters' Day: People most likely to give up New Year’s resolutions today, Sabrina Barr

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/quitters-day-new-years-resolutions-give-up-fail-today-a8155386.html

How long do people keep their New Year resolutions? George Arnett

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/dec/31/how-long-do-people-keep-their-new-year-resolutions

Nobody Panic: How to make New Year’s resolutions, presented by Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/nobody-panic/id1384124028?mt=2

Kiswahili proverbs you should have made your New Year’s resolutions, Raifa Rafiq

http://gal-dem.com/kiswahili-proverbs-new-years-resolutions/

Figure 3: Cover of Time magazine showing the first baby born from a transplanted uterus in the US

Why One Woman Donated Her Uterus to a Stranger, Alexandra Sifferlin

http://time.com/5053479/uterus-transplant-donor/

How a Transplanted Face Transformed Katie Stubblefield’s Life, Joanna Connors

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/09/face-transplant-katie-stubblefield-story-identity-surgery-science/

Thousands of Women Are Born Without a Uterus. A New Procedure Offers Them Hope

http://time.com/5492635/uterus-transplant-baby/

First womb-transplant baby born, BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-29488458/first-womb-transplant-baby-born

It’s officially Christmas at The Figure Podcast! Making their debut podcast appearance are two friends of The Figure - Millie Dyos-Szolkowska and Hugo Van Mol. We talk about all of our favourite Christmas traditions, food, films and music (including clearing up any confusion about Good King Wenceslas). Georgia is also completely over excited for the bonus quick fire round at the end of the episode!

We wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has listened to and supported the podcast this year - we have absolutely loved making it. Have a wonderful New Year and we will be back in January to kick off 2019!

You can also find Millie here, follow her, we dare you:

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Figure 1: Santa Claus

Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church, Kareem Shaheem

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/04/santa-claus-tomb-may-have-been-uncovered-beneath-turkish-church-saint-nicholas

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Santa Claus

https://careerwise.ie/2018site/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-santa-claus/

31 Facts You Didn't Know About Christmas, John Boone

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.etonline.com/news/155454_31_facts_you_didn_t_know_about_christmas%3famp

Figure 2: 6 million people leave their Christmas shopping to Christmas Eve, with 1 in 10 doing their Christmas shopping in a petrol station

Festive faux pas: 6m leave Christmas shopping until December 24th with one in ten buying last minute gifts from a PETROL STATION, Bianca London

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2236735/6-7m-leave-Christmas-shopping-December-24th-buying-gifts-PETROL-STATION.html

Figure 3: ‘The first Christmas Tree in the UK’

Queen Victoria popularised our Christmas traditions, Emma Midgley

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9286000/9286971.stm

Bonus Quickfire Round:

A spaceman came travelling, Chris de Burgh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZg7tvGN9o

The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.

In episode 28, we talk about being a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII, homelessness in the UK especially over Christmas and what we can do to help tackle this problem, and the education of girls in Afghanistan as well as internalised misogyny within religion.

Our three figures are Alan Turing, that 1 in 200 people in the UK are homeless and the graduation ceremony of 400 girls in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

You’re Booked, presented by Daisy Buchanan

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-booked/id1439173261?mt=2

Chase the Rainbow by Poorna Bell (2017)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chase-Rainbow-Poorna-Bell-ebook/dp/B01L7JS3NS

Happy Place, presented by Fearne Cotton

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/happy-place/id1353058891?mt=2

Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions by Russell Brand (2017)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Recovery-Freedom-Addictions-Russell-Brand/dp/1509844945

Figure 1: Alan Turing

The Turing Trust

https://turingtrust.co.uk/about/alan-turing/

7 things you didn’t know about Bletchley Park and Alan Turing

https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/bletchley-park-facts-alan-turing/

New £50 note scientist nominations released

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46343965

The True Story of The Imitation Game, Eliana Dockterman

http://time.com/3609585/the-true-story-of-the-imitation-game/

Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘Imitation Game,’ playing genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6o_Cglx7u0

The Death of Alan Turing, presented by BBC World Service

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zymxx

Think Science for the next £50 character

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2018/november/think-science-for-the-next-50-character

Figure 2: 1 in 200 in the United Kingdom are homeless

StreetLink

https://www.streetlink.org.uk/

TAP London

https://www.taplondon.org/

Change Please

https://www.changeplease.org/

The Pret Foundation Trust

https://www.pret.co.uk/en-gb/pret-foundation-trust

Volunteer for The Felix Project

https://app.betterimpact.com/PublicEnterprise/29a1354a-86f4-4f83-bce3-5aac368d6741

How to help the homeless at Christmas, from donating warm clothes to volunteering at a shelter

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/christmas/christmas-for-homeless-how-to-help-donate-clothes-volunteer-shelter-cook-fundraising-a8665266.html

Homelessness in Britain: sleeping rough wasn’t in the script for award-winning playwright Doug Lucie

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/homelessness-in-britain-sleeping-rough-wasnt-in-the-script-for-award-winning-playwright-wfd5lftx6

Revealed: The London boroughs with the highest rates of homelessness in England

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/revealed-the-london-boroughs-with-the-highest-rates-of-homelessness-in-england-a3997391.html

Contactless donation points installed across London to help homeless, Melanie May

https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/04/contactless-donation-points-installed-across-london-help-homeless/#.XA0xdFLgqCQ

Figure 3:

Best photos of the day

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2018/nov/29/best-photos-of-the-day-spiny-mice-and-a-boar-on-a-bridge

Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations: Malala Yousafzai, What Is Your Defining Moment?

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/oprahs-supersoul-conversations/id1264843400?mt=2

Number Of Girls Graduated From Kandahar Schools Increases

https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/number-girls-graduated-kandahar-schools-increases

'We're All Handcuffed in This Country.' Why Afghanistan Is Still the Worst Place in the World to Be a Woman, Lauren Bohn

http://time.com/5472411/afghanistan-women-justice-war/

'My parents were told to swap me for a boy'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46370981

What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?, Samina Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ

In episode 27, Jennifer Cerys joins us to talk about the play that she has written about Section 28 - legislation that was passed by Margaret Thatcher in 1988 that banned the promotion of same-sex relationships in school and by local authorities. This led to mass protest across Britain, partially lead by Booan Temple who stormed the BBC during a live broadcast. The consequences of this law cause an onslaught of homophobia and a lack of sex education amongst LGBTQ+ students. We talk about how much progress we have made since Section 28 was repealed, but also how far we still need to go to achieve equality for everybody.

www.twitter.com/jennifer_cerys

www.instagram.com/jennifer_cerys/

Tickets for Dandelion, 16th and 17th December:

www.system.spektrix.com

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Our three figures are Booan Temple, that just 1 in 5 LGBTQ+ pupils have been taught about safe sex in relation to same-sex relationships and the protest against Section 28 in London 1988.

Figure 1: Booan Temple

Lesbian protest at the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-44212046/lesbian-protest-at-the-bbc

We have rather been invaded, Danielle Mustarde

www.divamag.co.uk/Diva-Magazine/Screen/We-have-rather-been-invaded

Pride (2014)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/

Figure 2: Just 1 in 5 LGBT pupils have been taught about safe sex in relation to same-sex relationships.

Stonewall School Report 2017

www.stonewall.org.uk/school-report-2017

Homo Sapiens: Jeremy Corbyn, presented by Will Young and Chris Sweeney

http://homosapienspodcast.com/

Figure 3: Section 28 protestors in London, 1988

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/section-28-protesters-30-years-on-we-were-arrested-and-put-in-a-cell-up-by-big-ben#img-3

It’s 30 years since Ian McKellen came out and the internet is celebrating, Tomasz Frymorgen

www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/70b15fcd-3e98-4ce0-a192-5f4b78212ae9

Love, Simon (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5164432/

The views expressed in this podcast are our own and not those for the firms that we work for.

In episode 26, we talk about the compassion and strength of Michelle Obama, the dedication of the makers of David Attenborough’s new series Dynasties, and the audacity of Gustav Klimt in his celebration of female masturbation. Our three figures are Michelle Obama, that the five episodes of Dynasties took 1950 days to film and Reclining Nude with Leg Raised by Gustav Klimt (1912-1913).

Figure 1: Michelle Obama

Becoming, Michelle Obama (2018)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/becoming/michelle-obama//9780241334140?awc=3787_1543274637_060902fddc142fa2d21be6e03f07ec1d&utm_source=176013&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=Shopping+FM

Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama - the astonishing pressures of being First Lady

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-becoming-by-michelle-obama-the-astonishing-pressures-of-being-first-lady-zb6jkpffd

A look back at former First Lady Michelle Obama’s impact on America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDxC1DBWqkc

The speech that made Obama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFPwDe22CoY

Ellen & Michelle Obama go to Costco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKWzKzZrzts

Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations: Michelle Obama

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/oprahs-supersoul-conversations/id1264843400?mt=2

Galdem

http://gal-dem.com/

Figure 2: The five episodes of Dynasties took 1950 days to film

How was Dynasties filmed

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-11/how-was-dynasties-filmed-bbc-natural-history-series-behind-the-scenes-david-attenborough/

David Attenborough on Dynasties: ‘I’ve never cried while filming, but I cry more easily nowadays,’ Clive Davis

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/david-attenborough-on-dynasties-ive-never-cried-while-filming-but-i-cry-more-easily-nowadays-vx655cd6h

Sir David Attenborough reveals behind-the-scenes filming techniques

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11337697/Sir-David-Attenborough-reveals-behind-the-scenes-filming-techniques.html

Top film-makers back penguin intervention on Attenborough show

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/19/top-filmmakers-back-penguin-intervention-on-attenborough-show

Planet Earth II: Snakes chasing Iguana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3OjfK0t1XM

Figure 3: Reclining Nude with Leg Raised, Gustav Klimt (1912-1913)

Klimt / Schiele review – the double act who saw the profound in the pornographic, Jonathan Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/31/klimt-schiele-review-pornographic-sex-death-profound

Klimt / Schiele review – their obsessions were mutual, Laura Cumming

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/nov/04/klimt-schiele-royal-academy-review-laura-cumming

The eroticism of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele 

https://www.ft.com/content/1498fae6-dd0e-11e8-9f04-38d397e6661c

Gallery forced to cover up nude art, David Sanderson

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gallery-forced-to-cover-up-nude-art-wrbhr30rb

#GirlsWankToo

https://www.pinkprotest.org/girls-wank-too/

For Women, Is Masturbation the Last Sex Taboo? Ann Friedman

https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/women-is-masturbation-the-last-sex-taboo.html

I went to a female masturbation class, Rose Sunrow

https://www.thecut.com/2012/11/i-went-to-a-female-masturbation-class.html

Kundalini awakening

http://www.the-unscripted-self.com/kundaliniawakening.html

Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body, Riane Eisler (1996)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Pleasure-Politics-Body-New-Paths/dp/0062502832

The views expressed in this podcast are our own and not those for the firms that we work for.

In episode 25, David Lorimer joins us to talk about having an unconventional career and finding your purpose. We also talk about some of the subjects he has covered in his books as well as the connection between science and spirituality.

www.davidlorimer.co.uk

www.inspiringpurpose.org.uk

www.facebook.com/david.lorimer.796

Our three figures are David Lorimer, that the world population is currently 7.6 billion and increasing by over 220,000 each day and the planet Venus in retrograde.

Figure 1: David Lorimer

David Lorimer - 'Life Story' - Interview by Iain McNay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8B3_yQBr8

Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0br9x0l

Radical Prince: The Practical Vision of the Prince of Wales, David Lorimer (2003)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radical-Prince-Practical-Vision-Wales/dp/0863154638

Figure 2: The world population is currently 7.6 billion and increasing by over 220,000 each day

Current World Population

http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

The Protein Crunch: Civilisation on the brink, Jason Drew and David Lorimer (2011)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Protein-Crunch-Jason-Drew/dp/0986997625/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1542751734&sr=1-1&keywords=the+protein+crunch

Blue Ventures, Madagascar

http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/news-articles/an-update-from-2014-winner-blue-ventures

Figure 3: Venus in retrograde

The Hidden Geometry of Flowers Living Rhythms, Form and Number, Keith Critchlow; Foreword by The Prince of Wales (2011)

https://www.florisbooks.co.uk/book/Keith-Critchlow/Hidden+Geometry+of+Flowers/9780863158063

Jupiter Moving Into Sagittarius Will Affect You In Big Ways, Sara Couglin

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/11/216229/jupiter-in-sagittarius-november-2018-astrology-meaning

Calculate Rising Sign

https://www.astrosofa.com/uk/horoscope/ascendant

The views expressed in this podcast are our own and not those of the firms we work for.