Waking Up

Hello, our lovely podcast listeners!This is our final episode of season 2 and we thought what better way to end the season than with a 'get to know us'! We have taken the 36 questions to fall in love, made famous by the New York Times in 2015. We've loved producing TWENTY episodes in 2019 for you and we can't thank you enough for your support. Wishing you a wonderful festive season and New Year!L&Gxx

Podcast peeps! Welcome to the penultimate episode of season two. Today we talk PMs, Thanks for coming along for the ride so far. Every week we have so much fun bringing you new episodes and hope you've loved listening as much as we have creating. Follow us on Instagram @wakinguppod and rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! See you next week. G & L xxFinland set to have youngest-ever PM with women dominating its government First solar power plant that converts salt water into drinking water installed in KenyaAnatomy of an epidemic: How measles took hold of Samoa He made a fortune from his trademarked Bikram yoga, but now his empire is in tatters

Hello lovely listeners!!! Thanks for tuning in to the EIGHTH episode of Waking Up this season. Today we're continuing with our new format where we look at four stories from the week with one fee-good and three not-as-feel-good but completely thought provoking (if we do say so ourselves....). Please rate review and subscribe if you enjoy listening to us every Tuesday and tell all the people you think will love it as much as you do. Have a great week and we'll speak to you soon. G & L x   Today's articles Cleansing ceremonies in Germany mark a homecoming and a shift in cultural understandingA Theory for Why Trump’s Base Won’t BudgeDopamine fasting Coles $5.25 million payout to farmers

Hello everyone!!! Happy Tuesday and welcome to Waking Up. On today's episode we are both in your ears for the feel-good four, then Luc hands over the mic while Georgie interviews her colleague Ibrahim Rasheed on his experience interning and then working at the UN. But first up, the Feel-good Four: Rescued Kangaroo Can’t Stop Hugging the volunteers who saved her lifeThe Llama as therapistEight-Year-Old Boy Makes ‘Hero Bags’ for Nearly 3,000 Homeless Veterans Meet Bear, the dog who finds koalas injured in Australian bushfiresWe hope you enjoy this episode and can't wait to hear your thoughts. As always you can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts or in Instagram at @wakinguppodcast. Have a great week everyone! L & G xxx

Hello lovely listener!Thank you so much for being here!In today's episode we are trying a new approach... rather than the feel-good four and a deep dive segment, we are discussing for topics in a little less detail - but still enough, don't you worry (you totally weren't worried, but let's just go with it!)Please do let us know what you think of this new structure! We are using Season 2 to be experimental and to figure out what works best for you and us, so any feedback, positive or constructive is much appreciated. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on instagram @wakinguppodcast. We are so grateful for your support. The articles we discuss are:It’s elementary: The Holmes woman buying homes for the homelessChick-fil-A’s Creepy Infiltration of New York CityJane Fonda Swears Off Shopping By Announcing Her Last Clothing PurchaseChinese rideshare company responding to murders of female passengers backflips on curfew for women

Hello lovely listener!After the Feel Good Four, Georgie hands the mic over to Oliver Ward and Luc interviews him on the possibility of human age reversal and the science that already indicates it's possible. And it wouldn't be an episode of Waking Up! without discussing some of the moral and ethical implications of humans living until we're 200!If you would like to get in touch, you can follow us on Instagram @wakinguppodcast or send us an email, wakinguppod@gmail.com. We absolutely love receiving feedback from our listeners, so feel free to write a review wherever you are listening. Thanks for tuning in and you will hear from us next week for a very special episode all the way for Ireland!If you want to read some info, check out the links below.Feel Good Four Philippine Village Simultaneously Cleans Up Its streets and feeds the hungry by trading plastic for free riceThree Prison Inmates Beat Harvard in a Debate. Here’s what happened next. Openly gay Claudia Lopex elected first female mayor of Colombia’s

Hello and welcome to Episode 3 of Season 2! Thank you for being here. On today's episode, we discuss Wellness, a word that has come to encompass our latest cultural obsession - how to best take care of ourselves. In the past, we would have looked at wellness as self-help, but as millennial values have taken over, we’ve moved away from a focus on fixing our supposed ‘flaws’ and leaned into the ‘self-care’ narrative. If self-help is about fixing something, self-care thinks you’re already great, and it’s a booming $10 billion industry.  But is wellness and self-care a bit of a con? And if you need to practice self-care to be healthy and well, what happens to those who can’t access it? And how can community care and a focus on intersectionality orient our health and wellness conversations in a more productive way? Feel Good FourOpenly gay Claudia Lopex elected first female mayor of Colombia’s capital These hospitals dress up NICU babies in Halloween costumes, and the photos are too cuteCouple has second

Hello podcast people! Happy Tuesday and we hope you're ready for another thrilling (at least we think so) episode of Waking Up. Today we talk all the feel-good things and then quickly jump into the topic of mass weddings, predominantly in the Middle East. Intrigued?? Then please settle in and listen up as we talk you through our findings and thoughts. G & L x  FEEL GOOD FOUR1. In New York, you could now be fined up to $250,000 for calling someone 'illegal'2. Nine Latin American Countries Have Set Goal for 70% Renewable Energy - More than twice the European Union3. An anonymous mental health clinic is encouraging Australian men to seek help4. EU Approves Groundbreaking New ‘Right to Repair’ Laws Requiring Appliances to Be Easier to FixMASS WEDDINGS

Hello everybody! Welcome to SEASON TWO of Waking Up. We've had a lovely break but are so excited to be back to our weekly episodes, chatting about issues or news stories that catch our attention every week. On today's episode the much-loved Feel Good Four is back and we talk about Meritocracy, which is the idea that (in the immortal words of our Prime Minister) everyone who "has a go" and tries hard, "gets a go" and is afforded opportunities for progression and success. FEEL GOOD FOUR1. NASA considers this 80-year-old radio buff part of the astronaut family2. Plastic waste: Shop launches refillable milk scheme3. Free rent and meals offered by nursing home to students in companionship program4. Grandfather crochets dolls with vitiligo to comfort children with skin diseaseMERITOCRACY 1. The Frant - "I got here on merit...and other not quite truths"2. The Meritocracy Trap3. Five Myths About Meritocracy 

Hello everyone, happy Tuesday! Welcome to the tenth and final episode for season one of Waking Up! First off, we want to thank you all for coming along for the journey thus far, we've had so much fun throughout this season and are so glad we got to share it all with you lovely listeners. On today's episode you'll hear a little announcement and recap of season one, the Feel-Good Four (because, how could we not!?) and a little get-to-know-us Q+A to round everything off. We hope you enjoy and cannot wait to be back in your ears for season two!While we're not recording at the moment, we're not going away! Find us on Instagram @wakinguppodcast or email us at wakinguppod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you about any topics you'd like us to cover or general feedback and questions.  Feel-Good Four1. Just announced, there’s no place for demeaning, misogynistic rubbish on our roads - or in our state. 2. MPs cheer, applaud as bill to decriminalise abortion passes NSW lower house3. This 11-Year-Old Olymp

Happy Tuesday everyone! On today’s episode, in an unprecedented scathing speech, the President of the Australian Medical Association warned that Australia's health care system is shifting to a US model. And the clean money revolution is here, but what does it mean for you and how can you get involved? If you like what you hear, and want to see the faces behind the voices, follow us on Instagram @wakinguppodcastYou can also email us wakinguppod@gmail.com with any questions, concerns or feedback.Thank you for listening!Feel-good four1. 6-Year-Old Opens A Lemonade Stand To Take Mom On A Date After His Dad Dies2. Creating an oasis of hope in one of Haiti’s most dangerous neighbourhoods- Allie Torgan, CNN3. India tiger census shows population growth4. Personal trainer opens gym for children with autism The following are some key articles we have chosen from our research that we recommend reading for further/expanded information. Health care worriesMillennials and socialismDoctors warn Australia’s private health se

On today’s episode, umbilical cord blood has been championed as a life saving innovation, and it is...but it’s not that simple. And Deepfake videos are feeding the fake news epidemic, so what are they?Feel-good Four 1. Dog lost on the Birdsville track 200km from anywhere reunited with owner at the Big Red Bash2. Kylie Kwong on coming out to her dad3. Police Officer Cared For Lonely Elderly Man for 2 Years After Meeting him on Duty4. Ottawa woman wants wading pool hours extended to accommodate homelessCord Blood Banking The Birth-Tissue ProfiteersEthical and legal issues raised by cord blood banking — the challenges of the new bioeconomy Cord Blood Banking Is Not Insurance For The FutureDeepfakes

In today's episode, we discuss sexually transmitted debt and how can we safeguard against it, and there’s a new space race, but who owns the moon?  Feel Good FourThe little school that could  A top restaurant training young Indigenous Australians is changing livesHigh school football coach with no arms or legs delivered an uplifting speech at ESPYsCan we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture Sexually Transmitted Debt‘Sexually transmitted debt’ is something you can catch from your partner Financial infidelity more common than you think60 percent of Chinese women control family finances: report (we didn't get to this in the episode but it's an interesting read!) Who Owns the Moon?The new space race: NASA, China and Jeff Bezos The Race to Develop the Moon Mining the Moon 

On today's episode, why are evangelical Christians professing their unwavering support for Trump? And we discuss Radical Rudeness, a political tactic used by Ugandan activists throughout history, that has landed feminist Stella Nyanzi, in jail. Shownotes Feel-good four 1. Boy Scouts Are Holding Together a War-Torn Country 2. Better than reality TV: community rallies to house the homeless 3.  How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours4. Dad sobs when he sees new truck son bought for him Trump's Evangelicals This is why white evangelicals still support Donald Trump. (It’s not economic anxiety.) Trump's Secret to Victory in 2020: Hispanic Voters Organised religion is losing its followers Pete Buttigieg Rips 'Unbelievable Hypocrisy' of Evangelical Trump SupportersRadical RudenessShe wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail.Why Stella Nyanzi’s radical rudeness scares the government The Origins of Radical Rudeness - Radical Rudeness: Ugandan Social Critiques in the 1940sBeing labelled

On today's episode you’ve heard of Amazon but what do you really know about the e-commerce giant that has revolutionised online shopping? Today we’re exploring it's good, bad and bleak. And research has found that loneliness is more damaging for our health than obesity, air pollution or smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. So why are so few people talking about it?Feel Good FourCommunity helps homeless McDonalds EmployeeSitting on memories: the Botanic Gardens benches dedicated to lives13 Year-Old Opens Bakery and Matches Every Sale With A Donation to the HomelessAustralia's first gay female Liberal MP joins the House of RepresentativesIf we included all our research for each segment, you would be scrolling through the list for a very long time. So instead, here are some key articles for further reading if you're interested:Amazon John Oliver Takes Aim at Amazon" "Convenience Comes at a Real Cost"Amazon Employees Speak Out About Workplace ConditionsAmazon Exec Calls HBO's John Oliver Out For "Insulting" Last We

On today’s episode, we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but crystals have a dark side, and we need to be aware of it and the children of a notorious Australian ISIS fighter are set to return home, but do we have the systems and resources in place for their successful reintegration. LINKS Feel-good four: 1. 103 year old runner Julia Hawkins 2. Single mother asks for 70c donation for electricity bill and hundreds respond. 3. How A Queer Woman Took On A Prominent Conservative Activist And Won $100,0004. How one girl overcame the armed men who blocked her schoolCrystals:  While the below articles aren't reflective of all our research into this topic, if you want to do further reading, this is where we would start. The New Republic - Emily Atkin - the article that got everyone talking about this issue Healing Crystals Could be Unethically SourcedChildren of ISIS:The rise of ISIS, explained in 6 minutes

On today's episode: if you blinked, you could have missed the ABC story this week that a group of men called incels are undergoing extreme plastic surgery in a bid to look more attractive. Incels are involuntary celibates and while the name might sound harmless and trivial this group, its philosophy and how it functions is far more disturbing than it is novel. And it’s been three weeks since the Janjaweed, Sudan’s infamous militia, embarked on a brutal campaign to disperse and suppress a popular uprising against deposed president Omar al-Bashir’s military government. But this revolution has failed to gain the media attention it deserves. Sudanese activists say that if you want to help Sudan, you must amplify the voices of those suffering its horrors. We want to use this segment to do just that. LINKS:Feel-good four: Richest man in HK donates $14.4M: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/hong-kong-billionaire-li-ka-shing-pledges-college-tuition-2019-6?r=US&IR=TJapanese medical students outperform male counter

On today's episode, Canberra is on a mission to legalise marijuana for personal use through a bill that would allow you to grow it on personal property. The catch? You’d have to illegally source it first. And mass protests in Hong Kong have resulted in the suspension of controversial extradition laws. What is this law about and why did so many Hong Kong people rally against it?Note: since recording this episode, a further strike of nearly 2 million people occurred and people are calling for the resignation of Carrie Lam. 

Hello and welcome to the first episode of Waking Up, where we try to learn more about the world, one news alert at a time. In today's episode, our 'feel good four' take us from a celebrated postman to Byron Bay senior ballerinas. In our two 'deep dive' segments, we discuss the World Health Organisation classifying gaming addiction as an official condition and the viral anti-gun hashtag. Georgie and Luc. LinksFeel-good four Beloved postman retires: https://mag.rjeem.com/the-beloved-georgia-postman-floyd-martin-retires-with-a-great-surprise-party/ Floating islands that turn co2 into fuel: https://www.newsweek.com/giant-floating-islands-that-turn-atmospheric-co2-fuel-could-prevent-climate-change-scientists-say-1441793How to care for a very sick bear: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/what-to-do-when-you-dont-know-what-to-do-why-i-wrote-how-do-you-care-for-a-very-sick-bear-by-vanessa-bayer/Byron Bay ballerinas: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-05/byron-bay-aged-care-residents-perform-ballet-with-p