Above Average
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Lake and Tanim (Corporate vs Creative) come together and discuss daily work-life politics. We breakdown hot topics, offer career advice, explore social norms and everything in between.
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Get Edumacated
November 17, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThinking about going to College/University? Worried about where it will lead you or the amount of debt you will acqire? In this latest pod, (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) deep dive into why education can help or hurt you. Get your knapsack ready and put on your freshest kicks as we take you on this journey, to going back to school.
Barbenheimer
August 16, 2023 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBAre you Kenough? Are you Kennected? Do you have that Kenergy? If you don't know what we're talking about, wtf are you doing! This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) deep dive into why you should watch both Barbie and Oppenheimer. Luckily only one of us had to sit through one of them. Find out who on this week podcast!
Top Must See Movies
June 08, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBWhile Quebec in on fire and we’re inhaling their second hand smoke. We’ve got a real treat for all you unemployed folks. This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) delve into a selection of must watch films that have left an indelible mark on the art of storytelling and continue to captivate audiences worldwide. Coppola, Kurosawa, Welles all sound foreign to you? Well grab your Pride Month dildos and hold on tight as our picks are about to get messy.
Singularity AI Takeover
March 30, 2023 16:27 - 45 minutes - 42 MBWe're back from the Oscars, well one of us is. While the elitist were receiving awards, our economy has been going to shambles. This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) recap what went down in Silicon Valley and why that bank dissolved. We also discuss if we're in the midst of a singularity future. Will AI take over all our jobs? Is ChatGPT and MidJourney the wave of the future? Find out on this weeks pod.
Who's The Goat?
February 14, 2023 18:45 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBWe're back from the dead, well one of us is. We've got the perfect pod to sit back and listen to on Valentine's Day. Singles and Couples welcome. This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) help you with COVID advice, yes it still exists. And breakdown Oscar nominations, what's considered accidental manslaughter and who the GOAT is in basketball? Is it MJ, Kobe, LeBron or someone who is slept on? Find out on this weeks pod.
Let's Go To The Ex?
September 12, 2022 18:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBA Toronto exclusive pod this week. Summer is over but don't fret as we got our hands dirty (and sticky) and tried out (almost) everything at the CNE. Yes the Ex is over but this weeks pod will prep you on the Do's and Don'ts for next year. This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) give you all the deets on planning a visit to the CNE. From which foods are a must eat to one's to avoid. We also hate lines, so we breakdown which vendors to skip. Your Welcome!
Let's Get Married
August 20, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBSorry ladies but one of us is officially off the market. Getting hitched is exhausting and we've got plenty of tips for those looking to get married. (PS. Don't do it!) This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) give you all the deets on planning a wedding (what to spend money on and when to cheap out). From wedding rings and food to booking a location and deciding who to invite. We've got you covered in this exclusive episode.
Netflix Down, Corporate Greed Up
April 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBWe're back from the dead! Literally, one of us just came back from a funeral. This week we get a closer look as Lake (@LakeMarston) takes us on a trip to a Buddhist funeral. How fun! Tanim (noahxfence) tells us his experience of the pilgrimage Muslims take for hajj and the amount of deaths that occur each year. They also get into how corporations really just care about their own greedy needs and could care less about people as a whole. And speaking of corporations, they dish out how Netflix ...
Russia vs. Ukraine
March 21, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBNATO, Nazis, No Vaccines, Oh My! Grab a drink and sit back while professor Lake schools us with the real truth on why Russia invaded Ukraine. This week we see if Tanim (@noahxfence) can stay awake while Lake (@LakeMarston) lectures him on the history politics between Russia and Ukraine. They also get into how they feel about Toronto opening back up by eliminating the no mask mandate and how going back to the office life/hot desking will be like. Oh and they talk about the SAG awards which no...
Don't Be My Valentine
February 14, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBAll the single ladies, all the single ladies. Throw your hands up because this Valentine's podcast goes out to you. Screw the couples! Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) go off on why Valentine's Day sucks! This week we discuss high school love insecurities, Joe Rogan and the pursuit to get him fired from Spotify, Serbia being the least racist country in all of Europe, 2021 being the year of the breakup/divorce and the ridiculousness of why the green M&M traded in her heels for a pa...
Locked Down
January 15, 2022 17:28 - 1 hour - 60 MBWe're off to a great start in 2022 in lockdown! It feels more like being locked down as inmates in a prison cell. But Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are staying POSITIVE! This week we discuss getting the booster shot and why Lake is a Pfizer pleb now, the pros and cons of moving to a new city that has no COVID restrictions, movies to check out while in isolation, Harry Potter vs Earthsea and the absurdity of the "no chase" rule in malls regarding retail shoplifting.
ASBO
December 13, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBThat's a wrap folks! Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) say farewell to 2021. FU COVID! This week we discuss going back to the office and the logistics of how that will work, dealing with yet another COVID variant and why they named it Omicron, the lack of democracy that we have as anyone can get slapped with an ASBO and we dive into some conspiracy theories and scams that plague the digital world that we live in.
Dune
November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all hopped up on sugar! That's right kids, go buy your own candy. This week we discuss our Halloween costumes and our top 5 best candies, the many accidents that happen on movie sets (Alec Baldwin's shooting incident), the controversy of Dave Chappelle's new Netflix comedy special and the long awaited movie release of Dune, which Lake is a fanboy of.
Rebranding
September 08, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are back baby! OnlyFans can’t hold us back. This week we discuss the rebranding strategy that OnlyFans took, corporate recruiters and the tactics they use to poach us, China restricting kids to a 3 hour limit on video games and banning men who look too pretty, the real estate problem with building condos too tall and the absurd sports that are allowed in the Olympics and Paralympics.
Ya'll Are Disgusting
July 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all vaxxed up. 5G baby! This week we discuss how the podcast was delayed because the Moderna vaccine fucked up Lake, Twitch temporarily banning popular female "Hot Tub" streamers, VTubers becoming a new trend in streaming, Riot Games creating a video game character (Seraphine in LoL) who acts like a real life person on social media and OnlyFans recruiting DJ Khaled to help them rebrand their image as a wholesome company. #wethebest
Capital Ideas
June 02, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all vaxxed up! First dose that is. This week we discuss how we're slowly making our way back to normalcy by taking our first vaccine/side effects we faced, the wavering real estate market and how absurd real estate commissions are, how useless having Capital Cites are and why we should get rid of them and Lake's hatred of sports video games and why paying $80 for the same game year-round is pointless.
Avengers Assemble
May 04, 2021 22:42 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all caught up in their feels with the current pandemic state they're still in. This week we discuss how this COVID isolation has us feeling like we're frozen in Carbonite (Han Solo we feel you), the epic fail that was the Oscars, (Lake loves the Oscars but meesa hates it), Hall of Famer Toronto Blue Jays Roberto Alomar joining the Empire with sexual misconduct charges and the formation of (soccer/football) Super League or Sith League, depending...
Amazon, Oprah and Anti-Vaxxers
April 20, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) reminisce on old topics like International Women's Day, Meghan Markle and Oprah, employee red flags in the workplace and Amazon's treatment to their fulfillment center workers. This week, we break down what we like/dislike about our co-workers, the horrible job Burger King did with their campaign for International Women's Day, Oprah paying us a visit from her castle to sit down with former members of the royal family and Amazon treating their fulfi...
Parallel Media
March 25, 2021 03:57 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) go down the rabbit hole on the possible theory that we could eventually live in a world where movie studios are politically driven. They discuss Gina Carano's comments and why she got fired, the rising trend of deplatforming, the impact of how forgetting things affects our society and why Ben Shapiro and his company, The Daily Wire might influence the right wing market with his political views.
Marketing Ploys
March 02, 2021 18:35 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) start 2021 still stuck at home! They discuss why commercial holidays like Valentine's Day force us to feel and act a certain way, the plethora of options that are available when searching for that perfect wedding ring, the pros and cons of open concept offices vs cubicles and why having a good work culture is beneficial for both the employee and employer.
The Glass Cliff
December 21, 2020 20:53 - 1 hour - 55 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) end 2020 off with a bang! They discuss why celebrities taking over YouTube and Twitch might be a problem, the absurdity of DMCA strikes, why certain opportunities are set up for you to fail and why travelling across the border for food is a bad idea.
Garbage Plate
August 28, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBLake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) reunite and catch up on what their lives have been like during the Corona virus pandemic. They discuss a "Garbage Plate" of topics including getting auto reply emails from CEO's, stresses from working at home, why movie trailers and posters suck so much and the complexities of creating a new social media account in 2020. Follow Us! Twitter - @podcast_above Instagram - @theaboveaveragepodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Above-Average-...