Episode 26: Austin Kleon, the iPhone SE & Educated

Interesting Things Said by Uninteresting People

English - May 05, 2020 19:32 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 25

Next Episode: Episode 27: The Fall of Elon, Unreal Engine 5 & Jojo Rabbit

Hey hey, don't let the old 'rona get you down - it's time to think about interesting things like how to approach creative pursuits (especially when the world is falling apart around you), what's new with Apple's first cheapish phone in forever, and just how intense Tara Westover's memoir, Educated, can possibly get! And lots of other waffle. We know you come for the waffle.

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IN THIS EPISODE:
01:30 Quarantine and the frustrations of home learning
10:00 How the hell are we going to cope with going back to real life?
12:00 Ben's gone all eastern philosophy
20:00 Finding time to be creative
29:00 A return to Austin Kleon's work
35:20 The new best cheap iPhone, the SE
43:00 The crazy intense story of Educated, by Tara Westover
52:00 Oh yeah, Green Book and Killing Eve are good!

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Wuhan students tried to boot remote learning app from the App Store by leaving bad reviews: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/9/21171495/wuhan-students-dingtalk-hooky-nyc-columbia-princeton-app-store-reviews
Yoga With Adriene: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene/videos
Headspace Meditation: https://www.headspace.com/meditation/guided-meditation
Rebel Without A Crew, by Robert Rodriguez: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebel-Without-Crew-23-year-old-Film-maker/dp/057117891X
Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/
iPhone SE 2020 Review | Dated Delight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0PKNe9GtRc
Educated, by Tara Westover: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Educated-international-bestselling-Tara-Westover/dp/0099511029
Green Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-_Gon2p9M