Where's The Mic: Recent Episodes
Jessica Pearce & Jeanne Moret
Have you ever had that moment with a friend where you're making a joke, but stumble across something you deem ridiculously profound, and just wish the whole world had been there to hear it? If so, welcome to "Where's the Mic"! In each episode we take a new catchphrase and explore it across a variety of topics, figuring out what they mean in each context, and why they're just so.. catchy. Join us for an entertaining weekly conversation about all things self-development, love, life dilemmas (existential to superficial), current events and just about everything else in between.
Welcome back to the 10th episode of "Where's the Mic", and the final episode of the acting series! We couldn't think of a more fitting title for this episode, as we delve into the iconic world of the Star Wars franchise.
Trying to wrap our head around the complexities spanned the galaxy and included everything ranging from; Jedi vs Sith, Gary Vee, Cody Ko, Manifestation, Everest the movie, the balance between love and hate, changed movie endings, emotional release and why we love the good guy to win.
As always we’ve linked below any references to mentioned articles.
- Understanding the Star Wars Universe - https://www.wired.com/story/guide-star-wars/
- Stats on Star Wars - https://www.statista.com/topics/4362/star-wars/
- Cody Ko on Gary Vee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpw9LdQX-0
- The Six Basic Plots - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180525-every-story-in-the-world-has-one-of-these-six-basic-plots
- Test Screenings & Changed Endings - https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/movie-endings-changed-by-test-screenings/
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On Wednesdays, we listen to the latest episode of "Where's the Mic"! In the second episode of our acting series, we discuss the iconic film "Mean Girls". As this film is filled with incredible quotes we had to dissect them all and try to understand what makes this film just so fetch.
However, as it's "Where's the Mic", we obviously had to find the theme of this episode, and in doing so discuss; Lindsay Lohan, PG films, High School, cliques, animal kingdoms, housewives, friends vs enemies, egomaniacs, social outcasts, cult films, toxic friendships and what makes a Queen B.
As always we’ve linked below any references to mentioned articles.
- Why Mean Girls is a Classic - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/30/fetch-happens-why-mean-girls-is-the-perfect-teen-movie
- Queen Bee Syndrome - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_bee_syndrome
- Why Teenagers Love Cliques - https://teens.lovetoknow.com/Why_Do_Teenagers_Join_Cliques
- Three faces of teen popularity - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918093058.htm
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Hereeee's the 8th episode of "Where's the Mic"! This is an incredibly exciting episode as it's not only the first of our acting series in which we will be taking famous movie quotes, but we have a fantastic guest to bring on to introduce the series - Jonny Kemp!
We know Jonny from drama school as a wonderful performer and teacher, but in this episode we interview him on his career, the different approaches to acting and the contrasting worlds of film and theatre performances. We also cover; "The Black and White Team Room", cultural life in Seoul, good vocal training, misconceptions around actors, the Jonny Carson show, method acting, improvisation, Shelley Duvall, the "marathon man", child actors, the horror genre, and most importantly what makes "The Shining" such an iconic movie.
As always we’ve linked below any references of mentioned articles.
- Black and White Tea Room - https://kccuk.org.uk/en/programmes/edinburgh-festival-fringe-london-showcase/theatre-hooam-black-and-white-tea-room/
- Empty Space by Peter Brooke - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empty-Space-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141189223
- Shelley Duvall retake record 127 times - https://www.google.com/search?q=Shelley+duvall+making+it+into+the+Guiness+book+of+records+for+most+takes+(127+times)&oq=Shelley+duvall+making+it+into+the+Guiness+book+of+records+for+most+takes+(127+times)&aqs=chrome..69i57.295j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
- Protecting child stars - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55893/25-things-you-might-not-know-about-shining
- Viking Jonny - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299/characters/nm0447310
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It’s time for the seventh episode of "Where's the Mic"! As we’re sure you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for the newest release, we thought we would play with the idea of “waiting rooms” and look at the idea of “The Grey Zone”.
We power through a lot of material in this episode, as there’s just so many ways in which this concept applies, including; the G7 summit, the series "The Morning Show", sexual harassment, situationships, physical vs emotional cheating, the iConsent App, marital rape, dark humour, O.J. Simpson, mistrials, Johny Depp & Amber Heard, gossip, and ruined reputations.
As always we’ve linked below any references of mentioned articles.
- The Morning Show - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a29656496/the-morning-show-true-story-based-on-brian-stelter-book/
- Emotional cheating vs statistics - https://www.secureforensics.com/blog/statistics-on-cheaters-infidelity
- iConsent App - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9227555/Denmark-launches-sexual-consent-app-passing-new-rape-laws.html
- Marital rape - https://www.theweek.co.uk/98330/when-did-marital-rape-become-a-crime
- False sexual allegations - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45565684
- Louis.C.K. - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html
- Ahmed the Dead Terrorist - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/08/jeff-dunham-offensive-puppets-voice-trumps-america-achmed-dead-terrorist-jose-mexican-immigrant
- O.J. Simpson trial - https://www.britannica.com/event/O-J-Simpson-trial
- O.J Simpson trial change in opinions poll - https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/most-black-people-now-think-oj-simpson-was-guilty/
- Amber Heard & Johny Depp - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54506759
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Say hello the sixth episode of "Where's the Mic"! In keeping with the fruit and vegetable theme from the other week, in this episode we're looking at "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree".
Besides discussing the origins of this German catchphrase, we cover everything including; globalisation, dying languages, migration patterns, cultural values, family relations, parental responsibility, the role of the EU and how your identity is tied to your ancestry.
- Defintion of term - https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/6/messages/445.html
- Family driving styles study - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222568017_From_parents_to_children_-_Similarity_in_parents_and_offspring_driving_styles
- Nature vs nurture - https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/27/suppl_3/ckx187.317/4556285
- Every 2 weeks a language is lost - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/saving-dying-disappearing-languages-wikitongues-culture#:~:text=Between 1950 and 2010%2C 230,the World's Languages in Danger.&text=Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker,disappear by the next century
- Asian American Hate Crimes - https://time.com/5938482/asian-american-attacks/
- Perception of Immigrants depending on % of country - https://www.pewresearch.org/global/interactives/international-migrants-by-country/
- US migration policy over time - https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time
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Welcome back the fifth episode of "Where's the Mic"! This is a very special episode as we welcome Michelle Walschot to explore the term "Walk the Talk", with a focus on women in the workplace.
Michelle completed her BA in Psychology and then went on to do her Masters at LSE in Human Resources and Organisations (Organisational Behaviour).
The three of us discuss what is means to be a woman in the workplace which including; quotas, domestic duties, equality vs equity, "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado-Perez, maternity and paternity leave, boys clubs, FTSE 500, glass ceilings, “Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown, Citi Bank, income equality, Seaspiracy, instant gratification, attention spans, romcoms, periods, the pink tax, free tampons, male contraceptive, locker room talk and empowered flexibility.
As always we’ve linked below any references of mentioned articles.
- Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/28/invisible-women-by-caroline-criado-perez-review
- Quotas - https://freepolicybriefs.org/2020/05/04/women-representation-in-politics/
- Breadwinning wives still do domestic duties- https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/05/breadwinning-wives-gender-inequality/589237/
- Swedish Paternity Leave - https://sweden.se/life/society/work-life-balance
- Boys Club - https://www.inhersight.com/blog/research/boys-club-culture-more-common-you-may-think
- FTSE 500 Women CEOs - https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/record-number-women-took-over-fortune-500-companies-2020-n1252491
- Shared Parental Leave in the UK - https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay
- Glass Ceilings - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/glass-ceiling.asp#:~:text=Marilyn Loden first coined the,from advancing in their careers.
- Citi Bank First Female CEO - https://www.forbes.com/sites/palashghosh/2021/03/03/as-jane-fraser-heads-up-citi-female-ceos-at-large-banks-remain-few-and-far-between/?sh=1f3bb5904893
- 200 Years for Income Equality - https://www.dw.com/en/gender-equality-at-work-could-take-more-than-200-years/a-46779665
- The Pink Tax - https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/the-pink-tax/
- Scotland Makes Sanitary Products Free - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51629880
- Texas Candidate Comments - https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/26/us/texas-candidate-s-comment-about-rape-causes-a-furor.html
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Welcome back the fourth episode of "Where's the Mic"! In this episode we explore the much used, and much loved expression "cool as a cucumber".
This episode tries to break down the meaning of what it actually is to be cool, and if your 16 year old self would deem you worthy of that title now.
We cover everything including; catphishing, meditation, weed consumption and habits, stress, anxiety and whether you are a "cool" or "crazy girlfriend. As always we’ve linked below any references of mentioned articles.
- Cucumba song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVfNrNcvlto
- Where "cool" comes from - https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/julyaugust/feature/how-did-cool-become-such-big-deal-0#:~:text=Chaucer%2C the Oxford English Dictionary,mean something like 'intensely good
- Meditation stats - https://disturbmenot.co/meditation-statistics/
- Headspace app - https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app
- Weed consumption - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317777#THC-and-the-stress-response
- THC vs CBD - https://firstcrop.com/the-difference-between-cbd-and-thc/
- Stress
- 74% of UK 'overwhelmed or unable to cope' at some point in the past year https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/news/stressed-nation-74-uk-overwhelmed-or-unable-cope-some-point-past-year
- The fear of not being stressed - https://thriveglobal.com/stories/why-are-we-so-stressed-have-we-gone-soft/
- Anxiety
- Women anxiety 2x more likely than men - https://theconversation.com/women-are-far-more-anxious-than-men-heres-the-science-60458
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Welcome to the first episode of "Where's the Mic"! In this episode we explore our first catchphrase and ask what it means to be "playing with fire".
We also explain the foundations of the podcast, including the title, core structure and how it came to be. Each episode asks three questions which guide our conversations; "where's your mind at", "where are we going with this", and "where does this leave us" - giving us plenty to talk about!
This episode covers everything from; starting a podcast, risk taking, wolf of wall street, reality tv, cancel culture, Cambridge Analytica, Trump, Disney stars and more. We've linked below any references or mentioned articles.
- Cancel Culture, Kevin Hart & Ellen Controversy - https://deadline.com/2020/08/kevin-hart-dont-fk-this-up-emmys-netflix-controversy-interview-news-1203015498/
- Friends T.V Show Diversity Issues - https://tvline.com/2020/01/28/friends-controversy-diversity-issues-david-schwimmer-interview/
- Cambridge Analytica Scandal Overview - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17151916/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-diagram
- Social Contract Theory - https://iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/
- Confirmation Bias - https://fs.blog/2017/05/confirmation-bias/
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We can't quite believe ourselves but, welcome back to the THIRD episode of "Where's the Mic"! In this episode we discuss a catchphrase that we think you can all relate to "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame of me".
This episode gets started with an iconic scene from Sex and the City, and somehow ends up with us discussing the incarceration system. Along the way we also debate; Eurovision, cheating, forgiveness, rationalisation, neural pathways, positive reinforcement, juvenile centres and a cost/benefit analysis of rehabilitation. As always we’ve linked below any references of mentioned articles.
- Eurovision - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/05/23/eurovision-2021-final-review-italy-maneskin-zitti-e-buoni-james/
- Statistics on Cheating Partners - https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/this-is-the-shocking-amount-of-people-who-are-ok-with-their-partner-cheating-on-them
- Why Do We Take Back Cheaters - https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a19935318/once-a-cheater-always-a-cheater-therapists-weigh-in/
- Rationalisation - https://www.simplypsychology.org/defense-mechanisms.html
- Neural Pathways - https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/its-your-brains-fault-you-make-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over#:~:text=It
- Positive Reinforcement - https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-positive-reinforcement-2795412
- Rehabilitation versus Punishment -
- https://theconversation.com/why-rehabilitation-not-harsher-prison-sentences-makes-economic-sense-132213#:~:text=The
- https://cjusjobs.com/punishment-vs-rehabilitation-in-the-criminal-justice-system/
- https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug03/rehab
- Louis Theroux: Mega Miami Jail - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011k0xx/louis-theroux-miami-megajail-part-1
- Mexican Trial Prisoners with Children System -https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2018/0313/Serving-time-with-Mom-in-prison-cruel-sentence-or-a-child-s-right
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Welcome back the second episode of "Where's the Mic"! In this episode we explore one of our very own catchphrases, "It's not you, it's your habits".
“It’s not you, it’s your habits” is almost the same as claiming “I love you, but…”. Although it originated from some slight annoyance over bad roommate practices, our conversation revealed that this catchphrase actually digs a lot deeper.
So with that in mind, in this episode we cover everything from; Jess’ annoying habits, Khloe Kardashian & body image, judgement vs recognition, Brené Brown, men vs women, Celebs go Dating, Crab Theory, education systems, political correctness and even the final judgement. As always we’ve linked below any references of mentioned articles.
- Khloe Kardashian Scandal - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/khloe-kardashian-unedited-picture-reality-star-response-to-controversy-b928416.html
- Women vs Men Judgement - https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/diversity/2019/how-women-find-jobs-gender-report
- Women and Perfectionism - Daring Greatly by Brené Brown https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419
- Crab Theory - https://www.developgoodhabits.com/crabs-bucket/
- Political Correctness
- https://www.ft.com/content/31ed22f8-47a6-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d
- https://www.cato.org/blog/poll-71-americans-say-political-correctness-has-silenced-discussions-society-needs-have-58
- Grading Systems
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zdhmtv4/revision/8#:~:text=God's judgement is a process,body%2C whether good or bad
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2021/03/19/the-20-happiest-countries-in-the-world-in-2021/
- https://www.mastersportal.com/articles/2291/8-university-grading-systems-around-the-world-that-may-or-may-not-be-weird.html
- God's Judgement - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zdhmtv4/revision/8#:~:text=God's judgement is a process,body%2C whether good or bad
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