The F**king Workweek

Are We Too Reliant On Technology?

Oh technology, how have you changed drastically, and embedded yourself into all of our lives. Your hosts walk down memory lane, growing up with technology emergence in the 90’s and early 2000’s, (dial up internet anyone?)  Jamie and Jenna also dive into the current influence of technology, and the impacts on a global scale.  Interested in doing a book club with us? Let us know! Contact us directly: capital.isms23@gmail.com [capital.isms23@gmail.com] Resources & Further Reading Considerations Work with Jamie - WalkerCoaching [https://walkercoaching.ca/] Friends of the Congo - Learn & Donate [https://friendsofthecongo.org/campaigns/] Technology that changed us: The 2000s, from iPhone to Twitter [https://www.zdnet.com/article/technology-that-changed-us-the-2000s/] Is Society Too Dependent On Technology? 10 Shocking Facts [https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/society-too-dependent-on-technology/] - University Of The People NOMOPHOBIA: NO MObile PHone PhoBIA [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510111/] How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy [https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara] Emerging Trends in Psychology: Tech Dependency [https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/technology-dependency/] Technology and inclusion: importance and challenges [https://www.handtalk.me/en/blog/technology-and-inclusion/] Technology and Human Vulnerability - Harvard Business Review (2003) [https://hbr.org/2003/09/technology-and-human-vulnerability] The World Counts [https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/electronic-waste-facts] U.S. surgeon general wants warning labels on social media platforms [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/surgeon-general-social-media-mental-health-teens-1.7236992] Netflix Trailer - The Social Experiment [https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81254224] Who Remembers Dream Phone? [https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8Af0kaPJCl/?igsh=aXBvdmg4c3U3OXRy]

Favour vs. Buden (Which is it?)

In this episode, your hosts explore why we have such a hard time asking for a favour?! Why do we feel like it’s such a burden?!  Inspired by an IG post from @moneywithkatie, that hit very close to home as eldest daughters, but we know it’s not just us in this post capitalistic world.  Interested in doing a book club with us? Let us know! Contact us directly: capital.isms23@gmail.com [capital.isms23@gmail.com] Resources & Further Reading Considerations Work with Jamie - WalkerCoaching [https://walkercoaching.ca/] Link to @moneywithkatie IG post that started the conversation [https://www.instagram.com/p/C82OEhMJMlO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] Woman Argues ‘Small Favors’ Like Asking For A Ride To The Airport Benefit Everyone Involved [https://www.yourtango.com/self/woman-argues-small-favors-benefit-everyone-involved] Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth? - The New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/10/can-we-have-prosperity-without-growth] 'Therapy speak' is everywhere, but it may make us less empathetic - NPR [https://www.npr.org/2023/04/13/1169808361/therapy-speak-is-everywhere-but-it-may-make-us-less-empathetic] The Benjamin Franklin Effect [https://whatsthepont.blog/2021/08/20/the-benjamin-franklin-effect-why-do-i-keep-lending-things-to-someone-i-shouldnt-like/]

Cash is King P2 - What the Fiat!

This week your hosts explore our current monetary system - the fiat system, as best as they can. Together they explore switching from the Gold Standard to the Fiat system, which is now backed by the government instead of a physical product. This episode explores Seigniorage (a way for governments who mint their currency to make an economic profit,) the loss of the Canadian penny, inflation, interest rate, food company profit, currency wars, and so much more! You’ll want to stay and listen to the end. Money is powerful BECAUSE we give it that power. Interested in doing a book club with us? Let us know! Contact us directly: capital.isms23@gmail.com [capital.isms23@gmail.com] Resources & Further Reading Considerations Work with Jamie - WalkerCoaching [https://walkercoaching.ca/] How Currency Works [https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092413/how-currency-works.asp] Seigniorage [https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/economics/seigniorage/] Economic profit [https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/economics/economic-profit/]  Venezuela 2016 inflation hits 800 percent, GDP shrinks 19 percent [https://www.reuters.com/article/business/venezuela-2016-inflation-hits-800-percent-gdp-shrinks-19-percent-document-idUSKBN154243/] India’s Looming Financial Crisis [https://www.nextias.com/ca/editorial-analysis/12-06-2024/indias-looming-financial-crisis#:~:text=High%20Household%20Debt%20Burden%3A%20While,raises%20concerns%20about%20debt%20sustainability.] Bread price-fixing in Canada [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_price-fixing_in_Canada]

Cash is King P1 - Gold is Gold

On this episode Jame and Jenna talk about cash! We all try to earn it, we all use it, but do you know its history? The world’s oldest coin dates back to 640 BCE from China, how did we get to where we are today? What does it mean to say “the gold standard?” and when did we move away from our money being backed by gold? This is the first of a two-part series all around money.  Interested in doing a book club with us? Let us know! Contact us directly: capital.isms23@gmail.com [capital.isms23@gmail.com] Resources & Further Reading Considerations Work with Jamie - WalkerCoaching [https://walkercoaching.ca/] A Brief History of Money Throughout World History [https://www.thecollector.com/history-money-world-history/] Who Invented Money? | The History of Money | Barter System of Exchange | The Dr Binocs Show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ7y-yFdX9M] - Peekaboo Kidz What Is the Gold Standard? Advantages, Alternatives, and History [https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/gold-standard.asp] Everything you need to know about the gold standard [https://theweek.com/articles/471745/everything-need-know-about-gold-standard] A History of the CANADIAN DOLLAR [https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dollar_book.pdf] Learn Fiat Money [https://www.moderntreasury.com/learn/what-is-fiat-money]  Fiat Money: What It Is, How It Works, Example, Pros & Cons [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fiatmoney.asp]

The F**king Workweek

We’re back with Season 3 baby!! To kick off Season 3, Jamie and Jenna discuss the workweek. Where did it come from? Why are we upholding it? Did you know how much you’re working in a lifetime? It’s mind-blowing! 40% of our lives are spent working! Your hosts continue the conversation to have an honest conversation about the landscape of the current workweek.  Interested in doing a book club with us? Let us know! Contact us directly: capital.isms23@gmail.com [capital.isms23@gmail.com] Resources & Further Reading Considerations Work with Jamie - WalkerCoaching [https://walkercoaching.ca/] A brief history of the five-day workweek - Morning Brew [https://www.morningbrew.com/sidekick/stories/history-five-day-work-week] The history & evolution of the 40-hour work week [https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/40-hour-work-week] 9 Hour Movement [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nine-hour-movement] A four-day workweek: Some facts and figures to consider - Stats Canada [https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/4429-four-day-workweek-some-facts-and-figures-consider] Workweek and weekend - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend]  Slow Productivity The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout [https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Slow_Productivity/dmnDEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover] By Cal Newport 2024 [https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Slow_Productivity/dmnDEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover] Why experts say it's time to adopt a 4-day work week - CBC [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/four-day-work-week-1.6992484] The shorter workweek and worker wellbeing: Evidence from Portugal and France [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927537118300605?via%3Dihub] These Canadian companies switched to a 4-day work week. Here's why [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/four-day-work-week-north-america-study-1.6921359] https://amzn.to/3KRwvx8