Michael And Ivanka's Grand Podcast

It’s been a year since this pandemic took hold. We talk about our experiences, what’s changed for better or worse, different approaches to medicine in different places, and how well or badly different people have dealt with the situation as it has evolved. ---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Plain English - http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/ [2] Born To Run - https://amzn.to/33UK0Yl [3] Remote medicine - https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/covid-19/adapting-to-covid/covid-19-video-consultations-and-homeworking[4] Jews Don’t Count - David Baddiel - https://amzn.to/3cElder ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodca

A tangled web of conversation covering rewards (intrinsic or extrinsic), awards, celebration (public or private), measurement, competition and gratification (instant or delayed). If life is a game then who made up the rules?---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel - https://amzn.to/3cElder [2] Pilates Roll-up - https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&sxsrf=ALeKk028rH_4WryAqpuULY_DgqiDSHnKdA:1615549906439&q=pilates+roll+up[3] Michael’s new video - Adding Just Intonation to Mutable Instruments Plaits - https://youtu.be/jghXOIXsqiw [4] Conversation about Michael’s video on Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/m1zi39/intro_to_hacking_mutable_instruments_plaits/ [5] Darning: Repair Make Mend - https://amzn.to/3qOP8pj---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing

We talked about the value of asking why things are the way they are. Especially things that don’t seem right.This was our first live episode! Broadcast on Twitch at 10:30 GMT on Friday 5th March 2021. Follow us in time for our next one: https://twitch.tv/grandpodcast ---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] The Dark Heart of Italy - https://amzn.to/2uQrPUN---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation: https://paypal.me/grandpodcastRestaurants Brighton Jobs: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/jobs Get Michael’s Apps: https://goodtohear.co.uk 

We talked about leverage in terms laid out in this blog post “The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class”. Where leverage just basically means power. We talk about powerful people and why we’re not as powerful as we could be if we could become better sociopaths.Follow us on Twitch in time for our first live episode: https://twitch.tv/grandpodcast ---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Michael Scott Theory of Social Class - https://danco.substack.com/p/the-michael-scott-theory-of-social [2] The Gervais Principle - https://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle [3] The Peter Principle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle [4] Our Bitcoin Episode - https://grandpodcast.com/episode-37-blockchain-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-ethereum-rchain.html [5] The Intercept Elon Musk - https://theintercept.com/2020/05/14/is-elon-musk-a-fraud/ 

Sometimes you have to make an effort nurture your friendships and that’s okay.---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Lawyer Who Is Not A Cat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcnnI6HD6DU ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation: https://paypal.me/grandpodcastRestaurants Brighton Jobs: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/jobs Get Michael’s Apps: https://goodtohear.co.uk ---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Grand Podcast Library ----Find links to ev

Ivanka’s in Croatia and Michael’s in England - how’s it been going for each of us since Brexit finally brexited? N.B. This is more of a fun episode than particularly informative!---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Monday Person Tweet - https://twitter.com/michaelforrest/status/1357373351430418440 [2] Bad memories stick better - https://www.livescience.com/1827-bad-memories-stick-good.html [3] Changes App - https://goodtohear.co.uk/changes [4] The Dark Heart Of Italy - https://amzn.to/2uQrPUN [5] China shares COVID genome - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/chinese-researchers-reveal-draft-genome-virus-implicated-wuhan-pneumonia-outbreak  [6] Click Bait BBC Article - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55932832 [7] Is this link funny or is Ivanka over-tired? - https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/fran-lebowitzs-

We discuss a BBC News article that dismisses on company's attempt paying people the same as an inevitable failure and try to keep the subject open for discussion. Some thoughts arising:We could pay according to hours-worked and acknowledge that those with the most responsibility are essentially at work 24 hours a dayThere is plenty of scope for financial incentives in any scheme, but these need to acknowledge that any success is a group effortIt's not just about equal salaries; a model including equal distribution of equity would attract people with traditionally better-paid skillsPay has to reflect the area where somebody lives and should really be above the £55k "happiness" threshold (beyond which more money doesn't make you any happier)Wealth inequality is one of the biggest problems in the world right now so we should find a way to make something like this work, not just chalk it up as impossible after one company fails at it.---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps

Post-T***p, Brexit, what can we start doing to move forward, globally and personally. We talk about ancestry visas and where you were born and where you can live and all the new complications. ---- Stuff we made ----Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Limmy - https://www.twitch.tv/limmy [2] Michael getting raided - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCK08rf_f7k [3] Michael on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/michaelforrest [4] Amanda Gormon Poem - https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2021/jan/20/youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-recital-at-biden-inauguration-video [5] Election Misinformation Drops Over 70 Percent After Social Media Platforms Suspend Tr*mp: Study - https://www.newsweek.com/election-misinformation-drops-over-70-percent-after-social-media-platforms-suspend-trump-study-1562206 [6] Anthony Fauci describes 'liberating feeling' of no lo

[Sweary this week!] Confidence is a spectrum. Some people have too much, most people don’t have enough. We discuss our personal journeys and come up with some advice on how to become more confident.---- This Week's Links ----[1] Michael’s Twitch - https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest [2] Ivanka’s Typo Tweet - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/1348979006096474113?s=20 [3] Colbert Comey interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAYH0molBzM [4] The Comey Rule - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9174536/ [5] Ivanka’s T**** Tweet - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/821286796491362304 [6] Dunning Kruger Effect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9R6jgE7SQ Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us --

Stories are fundamental to human existence. We talk about the different ways they can be told, from written language to films and data visualisations. We think about why they’re so important and how we can tell them better.Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Team Human - Riane Eisler - https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/riane-eisler-from-domination-to-partnership [2] Story Circle (and image credit) - https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/dan-harmon-story-circle/ [3] Buy returns - https://www.electronic-star.hr/ [4] Ivanka’s new Croatian Insta - https://www.instagram.com/otisci_stopala/ [5] New Changes website - https://goodtohear.co.uk/changes [6] I May Destroy You - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy?partner=com.google&campaign=catalogue&medium=referral [7] Yesterday - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_(2019_film)&nbs

It's been a bad year. But there is always something we can be grateful for. So that's what we did this week. Talked about the positives.Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Leaked Biden Zoom call https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/[2] Jill Biden Dr nonsense - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/18/dr-jill-biden-wall-street-journal-joe-stephen-colbert-interview [3] ‎Hidden Brain: Where Gratitude Gets You on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?i=1000499996014 ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation: http

This week we unpick some of the intricacies of the gender pay gap and figure out how to help women value their skills more highly in the workplace.Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Croatian Brewery - Kampanjola - http://www.kampanjola.hr/ [2] Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Food Is Wrong - https://drchatterjee.com/tim-spector-why-everything-youve-been-told-about-food-is-wrong/ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | BandcampImage source https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2020/03/PE20_097_621.html ---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donation: https://paypal.me/grandpodcastRestaurants

This week we talked about interest and some of the other financial mechanisms that keep the rich rich and the poor poor. Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Michael’s Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eex-iLuUdiw [2] Create Digital Music Post about Michael’s Video - https://cdm.link/2020/11/how-to-get-started-hacking-mutable-instruments-modules-in-a-video-guide/?fbclid=IwAR09KLEmd6dyiQGzvc9l9AdSrNXZ3MkC9c_ScSeKwFMSy7JuWCKsgY3IIdc [3] Michael's brother doing live things - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBwVjWpFPIs [4] Jacob Collier Moon River - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLCk-FTVvw [5] Jacob Collier Tiny Desk Lockdown Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJR6XSSKi-g [6] Yellow Vests Protest: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cpzg2d6re0lt/france-yellow-vest-protests [7] Brixton Pound: https://brixtonpound.org/ [8] Naomi Klein

With T***p gone, it’s time to “broaden the periscope”* and start using those brain cycles that he kept hijacking for something good instead.*Definitely a saying that people say. Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Changes App Is On Sale - https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1483226932?pt=1057448&ct=podcast_sale&mt=8 [2] Michael’s Workout Mix Session - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pJQrDJwejM&t=3816s  [3] Truth & Reconciliation Commission - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_reconciliation_commission [4] Meaning Conference - https://meaningconference.co.uk/ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy

Remember those three days while we were waiting for the US election votes to be counted? We recorded this episode in the middle of that, so you can listen. For nostalgia!We did talk about things that weren’t contingent on the outcome too. Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Brighton Restaurants Vote Online - BRAVOS - https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/brighton-restaurant-awards/ [2] Now This Who Is Donald Trump - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0KDBBaQrYA [3] 911 vs Covid - The Intercept - https://theintercept.com/2020/09/11/911-covid-19-and-the-politics-of-illusion/  [4] Debt vs president - https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296  [5] Ben Shapiro tweet - https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1323890527767416834?lang=en [6] Sassy Justice - South Park + Peter Serafinowicz Trump Deep Fake Thing - https://www.youtub

It's our last episode before the US election result is known so we're sharing some of the many reasons the US needs to dump Trump. We also provide a window into the abusive relationship that is Trump's mailing list. Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Good Habits - http://appstore.com/goodtohear/goodhabits [2] Intercept Voter Conversation - https://theintercept.com/2020/10/09/deconstructed-2020-congress-races/ [3] Image Credit - @OGTrumpQueen [4] Obama on Trump - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4hDB_1YYHQ ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelforrestmusic.comMusic available on Apple Music | Spotify | Amazon | Google Play | Bandcamp---- Support Us ----On Patreon and Join Our Slack: https://patreon.com/grandpodcastBuy our mug: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/672419524/grand-podcast-mugPaypal Donat

When you spend all day with a ticking clock in your peripheral vision, you become very conscious of time. This week we discuss our subjective sense of time, past and future, anxieties and dreams. We also talk about the scientific meaning of time in terms of entropy and the reason life exists. In all this, we keep bringing up Michael's new app Donegood which you can try now...Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] The Long Now - https://longnow.org/ [2] Human hair grows at 1nm per second - https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/01/10nm-7nm-5nm-should-the-chip-nanometer-metric-be-replaced/ [3] Landmark Numbers and Bad Number Analogies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esC4HB-AjgI  [4] Give Michael an upvote on Product Hunt - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/donegood-2 ---- Credits ----Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael ForrestMusic and editing by http://michaelf

Ageing is pretty good in some ways. We talk about ageing gracefully versus disgracefully, learning new things or getting stuck in your ways, staying healthy - all that sort of thing.Try Donegood https://donegood.app Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Code Breaking Sisters Guilty Feminist - https://guiltyfeminist.libsyn.com/222-using-your-talents-with-jessica-fostekew-and-guests-pat-and-jean-owtram [2] Donegood - https://donegood.app[3] Michael’s Blog Post - https://goodtohear.co.uk/blog/post/My_Weird_2020_As_An_Indie_Developer [4] Fellas Is It Gay Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/fellasisitgay [5] Jeffrey Lewis - https://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/ [6] Life Expectancy Dropping - https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/26/health/us-life-expectancy-decline-study/index.html#:~:text=After%202010%2C%20US%20life%20expectancy,other%20country%20in%20the%20world  [7] Born To Run - https://amzn.to/

What's the best way to come up with ideas? How do we choose which idea to pursue? Should we be protective of our ideas or should we tell everyone? What's the difference between an idea and the actual thing it ends up becoming? Why do we fall in love with ideas? Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Twin Perfect on David Lynch - “The Terrible Secret of Mulholland Drive” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiCfHW3N3vo [2] Swiss voters reject EU immigration curbs - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/swiss-voters-reject-curbs-on-eu-immigration-switzerland-referendum [3] The School Of Life - The Charms of Unavailable People - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8vlLU6yEXY [4] Halt & Catch Fire - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Halt-Catch-Fire-Season-1/dp/B00O4ZT2FQ [5] David F. Sandberg - Ponysmasher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6GNWCayPOI [6] Game Feel - https://www.youtube.com/wa

Michael tracks a lot of different metrics. Like weight, work, mood and exercise. Ivanka uses the occasional tracking gadget. This week we get into the subject of the quantified self - why we do it, whether we do it, how to keep it up, what to do when it drops off, what we do with the data. Michael's made a few apps in this area - Happiness, Changes, Good Habits, Just Calories and Donegood. We talk about tools like the Withings scale, Myzone, Jawbone, Runkeeper, Fitbit and Apple Watch. We also touch on privacy concerns and the ways we are tracked by others. Get Michael’s Apps https://goodtohear.co.ukRestaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk---- This Week's Links ----[1] Use Michael’s app as a webcam with Zoom - https://goodtohear.co.uk/blog/post/How_To_Use_Your_iPhone_as_a_Webcam_on_Zoom [2] Track mood with Changes App - https://goodtohear.co.uk/changes [3] Track habits with Good Habits - http://appstore.com/goodtohear/goodhabits [4] Look Mum No Computer “Strategic Procrastin