McGST Podcast

Joanne and I discuss if we are likely to dress better or worse when the Covid crisis is over and if the new hygeine habits will stay with us for many years to come.

Why am I so organised and why is J…

"What is music to different people? It is a complex mixture of rhythm, progression, tone, harmony, instrumentation, lyrics, syncopation, and tempo that interacts with a listener in a myriad of differ…

I bought a 2020 MacBook Air and here are a mere 11 minutes of my initial thoughts.

Music by Tom Munch

What keeps you going through 2020? How have you coped and what are you looking forward to? Kevin

Do you share Shaun’s love of watches or do you find it as nerdy and annoying as I do? Timothy

Jo. Ho…

In this episode Joanne and I discuss the following-

Chess

Why won't my mother take the Covid-19 vaccine?

Elliot Page

I have finally sorted out the sound quality on the podcast which was caused by an …

Joanne and I discuss the things that are better today than they were yesterday and the list is surprisingly long.

From cars to pollution to communication there really is no excuse to lament what has …

In this quick episode I talk to myself about disagreeing with the views of others while remaining reasonable and how ultimately we will likely all argue about everything forever.

Please note that I q…

We start by discussing if the way we parented was most influenced by societal norms or by the way our parents brought us up.

Next up was a discussion on education in 2020 and if kids have any respect…

Jo and I discuss how men and women deal with sickness. Is it true that women get on with it while men just lie down and do little?

We then discuss the issue of downtime, or rather the inability to ex…

An episode about Christmas 2020...

Music by Tom Munch.

A few more of your questions answered in this episode-

What would happen to you if you woke up tomorrow and Apple didn't exist anymore? You may still own the hardware, but all of the software and ser…

Joanne and I talk about the ways in which Apple's fitness solutions are helping us to get fitter over time-

The Apple Watch Fitness experience.

How other trackers compare.

Fitness+.

Apple One.

Bone d…

Joanne and I discuss the following in this episode-

Why do some people have plastic surgery?

A mid-life crisis.

Judging people by their looks.

How much make-up is too much?

When a 4/10 and an 8/10 lo…

A quick episode in which I talk about the Kindle Oasis and how surprisingly impressed I have been in under a week of use. It is a device I have avoided for years and I wish I hadn't now.

Music by Tom…

In this episode I talk to Kirk Israel, a man I have known for many years, but with whom I have never actually spoken until now. He runs a personal blog called Kirk.is and also http://kirkdev.blogspot…

In this episode Joanne and I discuss the following (excuse the sound quality- I need to figure out the new microphone and spend some more time editing in the future)–

Do we actually buy anything on m…

Joanne and I talk about James O’Brien’s new book, How Not To Be Wrong, and if survival mode is wholly a bad thing. The discussion meanders around a bit, but I think she learned from me in the end!

We…

The first question comes from Lauren in New York who asked the following- 

“Do you think Christmas can really be Christmas in the year 2020?”

Next up was Billy who asked-

“Your views on lockdown d…

In this episode I chat to a man I have known for some time through McGST and the WhatsApp Group, Sami Mughal.

He runs OxGadgets and has done so for the past 8 years, and in that time has covered almo…