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Episode 170 - Failure
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - June 21, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating“Fail Fast” say business people. But “failure” can be a nebulous concept. Sometimes it’s not clear whether you should keep going or pivot to something else, and that perception can get tangled with our own identity. We also talk about children’s books. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michael...
Episode 169 - Winning The Lottery
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - June 14, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIs winning the lottery all it’s cracked up to be? Not necessarily, not that either of us has ever won it. But it’s nice to think about how life would be different if money was no object, so let’s give it a go. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 11th June 2021 ---- Stuff ...
Episode 168 - Emotional Resilience
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - June 01, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe’ve all found the need for a bit of emotional resilience as the pandemic has turned out lives upside down, not to mention polarisation on social media and whatever is going on in our personal lives. It’s important to maintain healthy boundaries between ourselves and others, and between our sen...
Episode 167 - Being A Weirdo
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - May 25, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur animal brains tend to be suspicious of anything that looks out of place or unusual. We have to train ourselves not to see people who are different as a threat. Most weirdos are behaving in the service of their own values so it’s not really our problem if you don’t immediately understand. We ...
Episode 166 - Dark Patterns
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - May 18, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen you can’t find the “cancel subscription” button or the button that doesn’t add an unwanted extra to your bill, or you’re confused by double-negatives and weird questions, you might be encountering a “Dark Pattern”. It’s probably by design. Dark Patterns make lots of money for some very big ...
Episode 165 - Bezos’ Letter
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - May 11, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJeff Bezos’ 2020 Letter to Shareholders is a slick piece of writing, espousing everything that is ostensibly brilliant about Amazon. But there’s some stuff in there that we wanted to pick apart and examine based on our own particular values. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Fr...
Episode 164 - Politics At Work
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - May 04, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThere was a whole thing this week about Basecamp’s “No politics talk at work” and we felt we had something to add to the conversation. Because if politics is just “stuff that makes you uncomfortable to talk about and means you might have to change something to feel better” then that’s not okay. ...
Episode 163 - Using Capital
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - April 27, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt’s a slimy-feeling way to think about things so we’re doing it so you don’t have to. We talked about how to recognise our different types of capital and then use this to be braver in the world. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 23rd April 2021 ---- Stuff we made ---- ...
Episode 162 - Capital
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - April 20, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCapital isn’t just money or property, it can come in other forms such as Human Capital, Social Capital or Reputational Capital. We discuss our experiences in the light of an interesting blog post on the subject, and talk about ways to work a day job can help you develop more things to take with ...
Episode 161 - Dom's Big Plan
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - March 30, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDominic Cummings wanted to set up a thing to invent the next internet and then BRITAIN WOULD BE RICH. We respond to his appearance before MPs in Downing Street on the 17th March and think perhaps he hasn’t thought it through. Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 26th March ...
Episode 160 - Lockdowniversary
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - March 23, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt’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...
Episode 159 - Rewards
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - March 16, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA 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 Micha...
Episode 158 - Asking Why
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - March 09, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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 ---- ...
Episode 157 - Leverage
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - March 02, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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 ou...
Episode 156 - Friendship
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - February 16, 2021 07:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSometimes 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.uk Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk ---- This Week's Links ---- [1] Lawyer Who Is Not A ...
Episode 155 - How's Brexit Going?
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - February 09, 2021 07:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIvanka’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.uk Restaurant...
Episode 154 - Paying Everyone The Same
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - February 02, 2021 07:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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 essentiall...
Episode 153 - Moving Forward
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - January 26, 2021 07:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPost-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...
Episode 152 - Confidence
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - January 19, 2021 07:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating[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] Ivank...
Episode 151 - Stories
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - January 12, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingStories 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://goodtohe...
Episode 150 - 2020 In Review
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - December 22, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt'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.uk Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk ---- This Week's Links ---- [1] Leaked Biden Zoom call ...
Episode 149 - Self-Worth
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - December 15, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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.uk Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk ---- This...
Episode 148 - Interest
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - December 08, 2020 16:35 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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.uk Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk ---- This Week's Links ---- [1] Mi...
Episode 147 - Now What?
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - November 17, 2020 15:21 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWith 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.uk Restaurants Brighton: https://res...
Episode 146 - The Waiting
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - November 10, 2020 15:17 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRemember 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 App...
Episode 145 - Please Dump Trump
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - October 27, 2020 10:38 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt'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.u...
Episode 144 - Time
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - October 20, 2020 11:11 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen 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...
Episode 143 - Ageing
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - October 13, 2020 10:39 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAgeing 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.uk Restaurants Brighton: https://r...
Episode 142 - Ideas
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - October 06, 2020 10:15 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat'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://goodt...
Episode 141 - Quantified Self
Michael and Ivanka's Grand Podcast - September 29, 2020 10:29 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMichael 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. Micha...
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