Neil and Jeff talk about the pause in global warming, the potential issues of the pause and the double standard of how climate change is covered in the media. + is the continuation of climate shaming helping or hurting the one toward solutions? They talk about the new Google Headquarters Campus designed by architecture firms BIG and Heatherwick Studio. The renderings offer of the new campus offer an almost utopian view of corporate life, but is it more flash than reality? Neil and Jeff review the best and worst of television including House of Cards, the Last Man on Earth, Secrets and Lies, Better Call Saul and Vikings. Jeff accuses Neil of technophobia when discussing Chappie, and Neil tries to explain why we should fear the robot. Plus a short stop on the New Jersey settlement with Exxon.

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S2,E22: Climate Change's Double Standard, New Google HQ, TV's Best not so Good & Robot Movies

This episode Neil and Jeff talk with Jay Michaelson about his recent article Armageddon for Climate Change Deniers for The Daily Beast and his views on climate shaming and where the debate needs to go. The co-hosts review the winners and losers at the Oscars, the movies that made the nomination list and the movies that should have made it. Plus what’s up with the Sean Penn joke about director Alejandro González Iñárritu, they discuss. Neil and Jeff continue their exploration of tiny dwellings with a conversation about tiny apartments in NYC as well as micro-hotels in Japan. They cover the anticipated release of the new season for House of Cards starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright along with a review of a very, very dark video about the Power Rangers all grown up.

Season 2 Episode 21: Oscars & Sean Penn, Climate Shaming, Tiny Apartments and House of Cards

This week on OCD:Designcast, Neil and Jeff talk about the rising culture of climate change shamers and how advocates are increasingly attacking anyone that questions, or even has questions, climate change. Plus, Neil reviews 50 Shades of Grey (spoiler alert: it’s not good), the best TV shows out on every platform from HULU.com, Netflix.com, amazon.com and the old school basic cable. They discuss the new trend of tiny houses, and what’s the future of humans and artificial intelligence.

Season 2, Episode 20: Climate Shamers, Post-Humanists, Tiny Houses and Best TV Shows

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