Two and a Mic - The Social Podcast
1) The Senate Charade and the Fakeness of Farage – House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Free Speech
This entire hearing was performative politics with a heavy dose on the “performance”. There was no substance to it. Nobody truly gave a damn. They were playing to the cameras and pretending the entire...Show More
2) Poetry - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon
The only guarantees in life are death and taxes so the saying goes. We should add to that injustice as well for it has accompanied human civilisation since the dawn of our time.We see it today, in our...Show More
3) Severance on Apple TV+ - A review
Severance as a TV show on Apple TV+ probably introduces itself. There is a link below to the original season’s trailer and I’d highly recommend you take that in as well if you are yet to watch the sho...Show More
4) Performance politics aimed at fuelling disharmony – surely people deserve better than Reform!
A year on from the Farage Riots and what have we learned? The basic truth is that rioting does nothing. It doesn’t exhibit patriotism. It doesn’t convince people that a movement based on hate will do ...Show More
5) Palantir isn’t the problem. The system which believes that Palantir is the solution is the problem.
There has been a lot already written and said about Palantir but I wanted to get a few of my own thoughts in order on the subject. Below I have links to mainstream and independent reports on Palantir ...Show More
6) What happens when debating guru Mehdi Hasan meets 20 angry right wingers?
On July 25th Jubilee released a show called Surrounded with Mehdi Hasan confronting 20 far right voices in the USA.You can see that episode on YouTube here: 1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives...Show More
7) Short Stories - Man from the South by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl wrote some of the most amazing children’s stories I’ve even read. My personal favourite of his is The Fantastic Mr Fox, but other classics such as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the...Show More
8) Short Stories - A Slander by Anton Chekhov
Here is my narration of Checkov's short story called A Slander. How does the story’s protagonist interpret a joke, how much importance does he give it and how does he perceive the character that tells...Show More
9) The legacy of Iran-Contra lives on but how much do we remember?
How did the world get into the state that it is in today? Why do we hate one another so much when we are all so much alike?Every choice has a consequence, yet we are collectively too shortsighted to r...Show More
10) West Asia to the UK, South America to Germany – meshing cultures and fitting in.
Talking about freedom when we believe we have it makes for a deeply reflective experience. There are definitely occasions where we feel free. There will be times when we even act freely. In many place...Show More