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

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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

Finland's new PM and other stories

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

Trump the narcissist and other stories

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

Interview: Ibrahim Rasheed

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

Trying something new...

Brexit from an Irish Perspective

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 capital These hospitals dress up NICU babies in Halloween costumes, and the photos are too cuteHuman Age ReversalAubrey de Grey’s Seven Deadly Thingshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#The_seven_types_of_aging_damageThe Hallmarks of Aginghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.039Study where mice lived up to 35% longer thanks to senolyticsPop sci:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203145723.htmJournal article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16932Yamanaka factorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_YamanakaHorvath Clockhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_clock#Properties_of_Horvath's_clockNine-participant trial using HGH, DHEA & metforminPop sci: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02638-wJournal article: https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.1302826 author study where they reversed mouse blindness (preprint)Pop sci: https://www.leafscience.org/reversing-age-related-vision-loss-using-cellular-reprogramming/Preprint server: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/31/710210.full.pdfMayo Clinic study using dasatinib & quercetin for diabetes-related kidney disease Pop sci:

The alluring possibility of human age reversal

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 chance at love, tying the knot 60 years after their first engagementSeagrass nursery in central Queensland could offset carbon emissoins Wellness as self-helpSome of the articles we read...Smash the wellness industry Our best bet against burnout is self-care, just not the type you thinkWhy wellness is the Millennial self-helpThe millennial obsession with self-care3 things you should know about intersectionality and self-care

Is wellness and self-care a con?

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

Married en mass

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 

Did you get here on merit?

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 Olympic Skateboarding Hopeful Learns Her Tricks by Watching YouTube 4. Indian women form a gang and roam their village, punishing men for their bad behaviour

Season One Finale! And Get To Know Us

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 sector is heading towards a US-style system It’s a muddle: Leading health economist calls for inquiry into private health insurance Private health insurance in a death spiral? - Good. Let’s shut it downClean Money RevolutionBank of Australia adTalking about a clean money revolution 10 crappy things you could be funding through your super (and might want to stop)Less Crappy Banking Solutions

Health Care Worries and The Clean Money Revolution

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

Cord Blood Banking and Deepfake Videos

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 

Sexually Transmitted Debt, and Who Owns 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 a radical is meant to be an insult. History tells us otherwise“Challenging power isn’t polite and beautiful”: Dr Stella Nyanzi and the right to be impolite in Uganda

Trump's Evangelicals and Radical Rudeness

Keeping up with the news could be a full-time job. From celebrity scandals to senate censures, data leaks to climate change, there’s simply way too much going on for any one person to stay up to date. But between the two of us, we’re on a mission to try - one news alert at a time. Join us every Tuesday as we explore news stories of the week through a millennial lens. Georgie and Luc.

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