Listen "The Sh*t Show: discussing loneliness + end of year wrap up"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textIt’s our last show for the year and we are looking forward to a break after an intense year of news! Why not do yourself a favour and join us, because we are going to tackle the issue of loneliness in our societies and its impact, as we welcome one of the world’s leading experts on the topic. With the festive season coming up, loneliness is an issue that impacts one in six people, so we’re going to dig into the science including the numbers and impact, why social cohesion is so important, we’ll split it out over demographics, as well as the difference between males and females, and most importantly, what we can do to overcome our loneliness challenges.Then it’s onto 2025. We are going to discuss the major events that happened this year, many of which we’ve already forgotten about as the next extreme event or news cycle chaos hit. We’ll go through the major extreme weather events across the world and the impact on communities, we’ll talk politics as we’re nearly a year into the Trump Presidency and well, it’s been a rollercoaster in its own right, we will discuss the economy, AI, social media, and a whole lot more!Our final guest for the year is Simone Heng. An award-winning author, Certified Speaking Professional, and Board Member for the Foundation for Social Connection, Simone helps organisations embed connection to drive performance, productivity and retention, and in the world of rapid AI advancement, her message is more important than ever. She first published the ‘Secret Pandemic: The Search for Connection in a Lonely World’, which was re-worked into ‘Let's Talk About Loneliness” and published by Hay House Publishing in 2023. This book has gone on to win six awards, including a silver Nautilus book award, and suffice to say, we’re delighted she is joining us. Not only is this another show you can’t miss, it’s also our last for 2025, so come and get your yearly recap, because it’s certainly been a big year in the news on many levels. It’s all happening this Friday 12th December 2025, 7am UK, 8am EU, 11am UAE, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 6pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support. The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show. #TheShitShow #UncommonCourageTo get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar
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