This is the last episode of Michael & Ivanka’s Grand Podcast! We have a new one though: https://canyouseemyscreenpodcast.com 

In this episode we went back over what we’ve learned and how we’ve changed over the last few years recording this podcast. 

All the video episodes are now available for free on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiBnjcgu4DgLDlr0gg9FtJA 

Patreon is now closed!

Episode streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 29th April 2022

Michael / Squares TV

https://squares.tv 

Ivanka

 https://twitter.com/ivanka

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] ElectroBOOM - https://www.youtube.com/c/Electroboom 

[2] Drag Con - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ii5m9g1Ao 

[3] Snatch Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ZMh9bJ_nQ 

[4] Musk Twitter - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61222470 

[5] Trump Tweet - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/821286796491362304 

[6] Meaning Conference - https://meaningconference.co.uk 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

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What takes us older folks time to get our heads around is second nature to the younger generations. Instead of worrying about whether climate change is real, they’re devoting their lives to fixing it.

OUR NEW PODCAST!

https://canyouseemyscreenpodcast.com 

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 8th April 2022

---- Stuff we made ----

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] BRAVO WINNERS - https://brightonrestaurantawards.co.uk/ 

[2] Smorl’s Kitchen, Brighton - https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/budget-brighton-restaurant/ 

[3] Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-ron-desantis-b2048570.html 

[4] Gapminder - https://www.gapminder.org/ 

[5] Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00135tz/episodes/guide 

[6] NY Times Climate Optimism - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/briefing/climate-optimism-ukraine-week-ahead.html

[7] Kurzgesagt.- We WILL Fix Climate Change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgMdjyw8uw 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

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We often end up taking turns being grumpy at work or in our relationships. Sometimes it doesn’t feel fair to have to bring the energy. Sometimes all we want to do is throw a temper tantrum or sulk. How can we deal with this better, and how do we help others to recognise our own emotional labour?

OUR NEW PODCAST!

https://canyouseemyscreenpodcast.com 

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 1st April 2022

---- Stuff we made ----

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Michael’s unrepairable MacBook Pro - https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Touch+Bar+2018+Teardown/111478 

[2] How Emotional Labor Affects Women's Careers

 - https://www.forbes.com/sites/melodywilding/2018/06/06/dont-be-the-office-mom-how-emotional-labor-affects-womens-careers/ 

[3] It’s OK to - https://twitter.com/gdsteam/status/877806951693864960?lang=en-GB 

[4] Our interview with Rabbi David Paskin - https://canyouseemyscreenpodcast.com/episodes/7-raising-our-remote-presentation-game-with-david-paskin

[5] We Are Two - Left brain/right brain discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYbgdo8e-8

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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It’s all too easy to dismiss people these days but this wasn’t always possible. Subjects that can be skirted face-to-face come to the fore on social media. We talk about strategies for dealing with people who give us those red flags. Sometimes they deserve a second chance. 

OUR NEW PODCAST!

https://canyouseemyscreenpodcast.com 

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 25th March 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Game Theory - Tit for Two Tats - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat 

[2] Louis Theroux - Forbidden America - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014khc/louis-therouxs-forbidden-america-series-1-1-extreme-and-online 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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We explore the network effects of talking to people.

OUR NEW PODCAST!

https://canyouseemyscreenpodcast.com 

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 4th March 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Office Hours Global - https://officehours.global

[2] Michael’s IndieHackers posts - https://www.indiehackers.com/michaelforrest 

[3] Restaurants Brighton - https://brightonrestaurantawards.co.uk/ 

[4] Russian invasion of Ukraine - https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine 

[5] Switzerland adopts wholesale EU sanctions against Russia - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/switzerland-adopts-wholesale-eu-sanctions-against-russia 

[6] Thread on Ukrainian invasion - https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1498369007509913604 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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Joe Rogan is happy to promote misinformation and extremist voices on his podcast, and many artists recently left Spotify as a result of his continued inclusion on the platform. We talk about our history with Spotify as consumers and as an artist, and wonder what the hell CEO Daniel Ek is doing.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 11th Feb 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] BRAVOS - https://brightonrestaurantawards.co.uk/ 

[2] Michael’s new thing - https://squares.tv/deluge

[3] Office Hours - https://officehours.global 

[4] Shoot clean camera feed - http://clean.camera 

[5] Artists React to Spotify CEO Saying They Need to Work Harder - https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dzje3/daniel-ek-spotify-artists-pay-interview 

[6] The Hunt - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/ 

[7] Weird Kids’ Videos and Gaming the Algorithm - https://youtu.be/LKp2gikIkD8

[8] Solving the Debate Bro Problem - https://youtu.be/7Z3MqJakNbI

[9] “Nothing that only men like is cool” - https://twitter.com/smorgasboredom/status/1274124416499187713 

[10] Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch Platforms - https://time.com/6145835/joe-rogan-rumble-podcast-offer/ 

[11] Why artists are leaving Spotify - https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/02/03/why-artists-leaving-spotify/ 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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The British government released a report on the “benefits” of Brexit this week and it is so heavily predicated on questionable premises, and so one-sidedly targeted to a pro-Brexit audience, that it is difficult to discuss. We attempted to discuss it nevertheless.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 4th Feb 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] The benefits of Brexit - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-benefits-of-brexit

[2] Marina Purkiss’ Twitter Thread - https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1488444666450100226

[3] Channel 4’s Fact Check - https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-the-governments-four-dubious-benefits-of-brexit 

[4] The UN Poverty Report read out by Michael - https://grandpodcast.com/un-poverty-report-2018.html 

[5] When we read Cummings’ blog - https://grandpodcast.com/episode-71-brexit-architect-challenged.html 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

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Episode 193 - Investing

We’ve been experimenting with “assets”. How do you make money work for you? How do you play the game when you realise that for rich people, money isn’t a thing you earn and spend, it’s a magical up-and-down merry go round of arbitrary financial gain. Do we even have a “net worth” if we don’t do this stuff?

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Thursday 27th Jan 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Shoot - Clean Camera Feed http://clean.camera?ct=pod

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Indie Hackers - https://indiehackers.com

[2] Rich Dad Poor Dad - https://amzn.to/3BJHEtK 

[3] Nutmeg - https://www.nutmeg.com/ 

[4] Summit Financial Modelling - https://usesummit.com

[5] How To Build a Personal Financial Plan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puC0YGBSDDk 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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How well does something need to be before it’s ready to launch? How pretty does it need be? Michael is unlearning professional habits from years working for clients and allowing himself to release some janky stuff for market validation. Ivanka shares what happened on Ubuntu Phone and blows open the whole conversation to encompass the tradeoff between functionality, context and story telling.

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 14th Jan 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Shoot - Clean Camera Feed http://clean.camera?ct=pod

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Croatian Cleaning Bears - https://www.index.hr/magazin/clanak/od-18-igracaka-do-smeca-iz-juge-evo-cime-su-sve-zatrpane-hrvatske-sume/2330626.aspx 

[2] Brighton rough sleepers - https://www.galvanisebh.org/ 

[3] Delay Calculator Posts - https://squares.tv/obs and https://squares.tv/ecamm  

[4] About Ubuntu Phone - https://ubuntu-touch.io/ 

[5] I Solved Admin & Now I Can Sleep - Michael’s Donegood demo - https://squares.tv/posts/i-solved-admin-and-now-i-can-sleep 

[6] George Eastman Kodak story - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak  

[7] Rob Fitzpatrick on Indie Hackers - book-writing, The Mom Test etc… - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/indie-hackers/id1206165808?i=1000533123475

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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Silicon Valley and investors have been talking about this stuff but what is it exactly? We try to wrap our heads around the implications of a blockchain-powered creator economy and the implications of businesses running on smart contracts. We don’t use any jargon without explaining it first!

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 7th Jan 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Shoot - Clean Camera Feed http://clean.camera?ct=pod

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

Ivanka’s Blog https://ivanka.blog

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Indie Hackers - “A New Golden Age for Creatives and Founders” - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/indie-hackers/id1206165808?i=1000547008157

[2] “Become a Signal Sustainer” - https://signal.org/blog/become-a-signal-sustainer/ 

[3] What is Web3? https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-web3/ 

[4] What are NFTs and why are some worth millions? - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56371912 

[5] Music NFT Thing - https://sound.xyz/ 

[6] Ecosia - https://www.ecosia.org/ 

[7] DuckDuckGo - https://duckduckgo.com/ 

[8] Bezos’ Letter - https://grandpodcast.com/episode-165-bezos-letter.html 

[9] Our 2018 episode on crypto - https://grandpodcast.com/episode-37-blockchain-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-ethereum-rchain.html 

---- Credits ----

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

https://twitter.com/ivanka

https://twitter.com/michaelforrest

https://twitter.com/PodcastGrand

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Millennials and Zoomers seem to be under no illusions about the horrors of impending climate catastrophe and late stage Neo-liberal capitalism. Us older folks have taken a bit longer to come to terms with these facts. But is it reasonable to expect people to change in the light of everything new we keep learning? Could it be understandable that they want to stick to their guns and think about it a bit more? 

Streamed Live on https://twitch.tv/michaelforrest, Friday 10th December 2021

---- Stuff we made ----

Shoot - Clean Camera Feed http://clean.camera?ct=pod

Squares TV https://squares.tv?ct=pod

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Michael’s Yamaha Synth Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ5t21c9n3I 

[2] BP Campaign - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint#Origin_of_the_concept 

[2] Slavoj on Anti-vaxxers - https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/vijesti/svijet/zizek-antivakseri-sabotiraju-anti-korona-mjere-jer-su-perverznjaci-koji-uzivaju-u-ulozi-zrtve-depresiji-i-odugovlacenju-svojih-besmislenih-zivota-1148263 

[3] Survival of the Richest - https://onezero.medium.com/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1 

[4] Ford Factory Workers get 40 Hour Work Week - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-factory-workers-get-40-hour-week 

[5] Led By Donkeys in Portsmouth - https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1468915107090608133 

[6] Changes App - https://goodtohear.co.uk/changes 

[7] Potato Head - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56200811

[8] Talk or Die video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbMNJB02Y2U 

Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

Music available on Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp

Patreon: https://patreon.com/grandpodcast

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