Ep. 2 - Why is the media US Centred? + Challenge 1 Power Hour Update
Episode description
Welcome to episode two of Showing Up with Babs and Eve. In this episode we update you on week one of Power Hour and how we’re finding this challenge, we reflect on our experience 2020, as well as chat about what we’ve been watching, reading and listening to. We delve deep into what’s going on in the world of education, and Babs discussing why the world seems to revolve around the USA. So get yourself comfortable!
And if you’d like to join us in our challenge, or you would like to share your thoughts on anything discussed, please send us an email at showingupbabseve@gmail.com
Music - Funky Garden by Ketsa.
//Watching/Reading/Listening//
Eve
Watching:
- The Great Pottery Throwdown (2015-)
Available on Channel 4 Sunday Nights 7:45/8pm
- Grizzly Man (2005)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Available on Amazon Prime Video
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Directed by Aaron Sorkin
Available on Netflix
Reading:
- More Plants Less Waste: Plant-based Recipes + Zero Waste Life Hacks with Purpose (2019)
Written by Max La Manna
Listening:
- Bicep - Isles (2021) Bicep - Apricots.
Music video directed by Mark Jenkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwrq9lZ9Ngs
Bicep Global Livestream II - Tickets available at: https://dice.fm/event/xm3kk-bicep-live-global-stream-ii-at-saatchi-gallery-830pm-gmt-26th-feb-uk-830pm-gmt-london-tickets
Babs
Watching:
- Watching the Hills
Whitney Port’s YouTube Channel
- Ice Dancing
Canadian Team Scott Moir Tessa Virtue
Available on YouTube
Reading:
- Linchpin (2010)
By Seth Godin
//Why the world seems to revolve around the US?//
- Petrodollar system (https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-a-petrodollar-3306358)
- USA deficit (https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/deficit/trends/)
- Quantitative Easing (QE) (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quantitative-easing.asp)
- Government IOU (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/iou.asp)
- The Federal Bank of America (https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/finance/federal-reserve-the-fed/)
- Cryptocurrency (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cryptocurrency.asp)
- Iraq War (https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War)
- How the US stole Iraq (https://youtu.be/C8YlGkoYXXM)