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mindboost. momentsmindboost. momentsFrom Strategy to Action: Driving Transformation Through People with Georgie CookeSend us a textWelcome to this episode of mindboost. moments, where we dive into what it really takes to make organisational change stick — not just at the senior leadership table, but for every employee on the ground. This time, Caleb sits down with Georgie Cooke, co-founder of digital learning agency Lima Delta, whose work centres on translating strategy into culture-shifting action.Georgie shares her insights from working across a range of businesses, exploring the delicate balance between fostering line manager autonomy and maintaining consistent people management standards. Together, Caleb and Georgie discuss the challenges of...2025-07-0337 minToast & RoastToast & Roast128: The Work Week✍🏻 View the transcript for this episode on our website.Geoff and Georgie chat about how they handle their work hours, boundaries, and self-care to keep a good work-life balance. Geoff logs off at 5pm every day, while Georgie has a history of 6pm finishes and not obeying her own boundaries. They also discuss the idea of a four-day workweek.P.S. Don’t ask why the previous episode was released and backdated shortly before this one. 😛Email us: toastroastpod@pm.me Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2024-06-3043 minToast & RoastToast & Roast107: The Return of Georgie✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeorgie’s back! Not that you even noticed she left. We talk hikes, bothersome car rental, and the value of LEGO.We’ve gone old school, so you can email us! toastroastpod@gmail.com Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-10-0140 minToast & RoastToast & Roast97: Hospital tales✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeContent warning: this episode discusses medical conditions including panic attacks and rare life threatening disease.And with a content warninglike that, we probably don't need a description! Jokes. We tell some more serious stories of experiences in the hospital.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-07-1643 minToast & RoastToast & Roast96: It’s a long way to the shop if you want a meat pie✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeoff returns from another Pie-scapade (an escapade of pies) and the pair discuss the novelty of drive-in cinemas.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-07-0944 minToast & RoastToast & Roast95: Mic power²✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThrash metal, free parking, and passionate followers of celebrity controversy and gossip.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-07-0250 minToast & RoastToast & Roast94: AI is ruining blogging✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeIs Georgie turning into a content creator? Are the recent comments on her blog even legit? Are Geoff and Georgie even friends?Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-06-2548 minToast & RoastToast & Roast93: Cutting the shades✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe talk about and roast the logistics of our podcast, and Geoff ponders how to style his blockout blinds, and how often he needs to cut his toenails.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-06-1842 minToast & RoastToast & Roast92: A whole-ass podcast episode✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGen Z is going to change the way we work... once they figure out what they want to study in university. Meanwhile, the millennials are amused that they don’t know what a fax machine is.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-06-1142 minToast & RoastToast & Roast91: Cooking up memories✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeCooking learning adventures and gaming adventures, topped with furikake. Super adulting.BeignetShakshoukanutritionbykylieSalmon and veg(Not sponsored) HelloFreshSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-06-0443 minToast & RoastToast & Roast90: Spin wash Twice✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe trials of overloading your washer and watching precision perfect performers on stage. This washing machine talk has gotta be the most adulting conversation they've had.We’re numbering our episodes before the titles now to make them easier to find! 😅Twice Set ListFront Load Washer Total Carnage (video)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-05-2840 minToast & RoastToast & Roast89: Do you even lift?✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeorgie recounts her first powerlifting competition! Geoff, alas—does not.Ants Can Lift up to 5,000 Times Their own Body Weight7 Things That Weigh Around 85 Kilograms (Kg) Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-05-2142 minToast & RoastToast & Roast88: Quicker than you can say Checkmark✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeFinally addressing the complexities of Twitter's “blue checkmark”, but what if we all returned to the dark ages of the internet, before Twitter ever existed. Would it work? Does it even matter cause we're all addicted to ChatGPT?The Japanese Maglev: World’s fastest bullet train4 DAYS ON BOARD THE INDIAN PACIFIC TRAINSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-05-1444 minToast & RoastToast & Roast87: Truly Self Made✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeorgie back at it with another concert claiming she's an OG fan, but not the hateful kind we see these days, besides who cares unless the bands are self made and for that matter what if no one ever cared about famous people?The 1975A self-made millionaire shares 8 money secrets rich people know that ‘most of us don’t’One red paperclip Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-05-0742 minToast & RoastToast & Roast86: A bad case of groomingCONTENT WARNING: Mentions of child pornography and grooming of children✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe discuss shitty comment sections on social media, and incidents where people were, or could be, unexpectedly in trouble with the law.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-04-3047 minToast & RoastToast & Roast85: This Podcast's Toast✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeCows wearing sweaters, Ubers vs taxis, and garden mazes for the rich.Disguised ToastWhen We Are TogetherCultureAmp: Trust people to make decisionsTaxi licences:New South Wales, AustraliaUSANSW Police trying to understand motive behind alleged kidnapping, tortureMayfield GardenMapShabaz SaysCruz CorralSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-04-2345 minToast & RoastToast & Roast84: Freedom Dumpings✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThis week we’re skipping graduation ceremonies, and having a say in the country’s future.bang bang by jessie j and this australian jingle are identicalSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-04-1642 minToast & RoastToast & Roast83: Emotional damage✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeDodgy markets, software engineer stereotypes, and lies you’d tell your past self.Sydney Streets on Harris StreetKirribilli MarketsGLEBE MARKETSTop 2 Most Expensive Chess Sets In the WorldChess Is Booming! And Our Servers Are Struggling.You Think You Know Me (card game)WE'RE NOT REALLY STRANGERS CARD GAMEREFLEX 1: CONVERSATION CARDSSteven HecommunitychannelSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-04-0944 minToast & RoastToast & Roast82: Georgie on tour✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeAll out on concerts and entertainment, fair ticket pricing, and scepticism around DJs.Richard DawkinsNeil deGrasse TysonWe found the cheapest tickets for all 52 Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ concertsTravis Scott concert victims were crushed, accidentally suffocatedTicketekSupanovaHumble Bundle10 Years Ago: Radiohead's Big 'In Rainbows' Gamble Pays OffInside OutSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-04-0244 minToast & RoastToast & Roast81: A serious talk about flat breads✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeQuality food, last meals, and roasting westernised Chinese food.ZilverWhy Money Correlates With Emotional WellbeingThe Difference Between 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'LocavoreWhat Is Mutually Exclusive?CAPE GRIM BEEFSizzler shuts shop in Australia but leaves behind going away present for its cheese toast fansToastiesmithSandoitchi CafeWhat is the difference of roti canai and roti prata?Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-03-2645 minToast & RoastToast & Roast80: The case of the missing plane✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeConferences and tech giants, free shit that isn’t actually free, and the MH370.Head on FireBody Neutrality: What is it and why is it important?Malaysia Airlines Flight 370Peter principleMH370 EXPERT SLAMS NEW NETFLIX SERIESMH370 families urge new search for missing Malaysia planeSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-03-1945 minToast & RoastToast & Roast79: Elevators in your house✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe need sponsors to pay for installing lifts in our house, please enquire within.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-03-1236 minToast & RoastToast & Roast78: Squashin’ balls✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe try to figure out where “balls to the wall” came from, and talk about some of Australia’s “firsts”.Madama ButterflyHamiltonBarber of SevilleLa TraviataCluedoI Just Learned What "Balls To The Wall" Actually Refers To And I Feel Dirty AFTop 10 Aussie firsts we’ve never heard ofSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-03-0542 minToast & RoastToast & Roast77: The great bag discussion✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeRoll up, roll up—or carry that backpack up. This week, we’re all about airport screenings and avoiding checking in luggage.Bellroy Transit Backpack PlusEVERYDAY BACKPACKTRAVEL BACKPACK 45LVirgin Carry-on baggageThe Single Edge SESocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-02-2642 minToast & RoastToast & Roast76: The trouble with being on time✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeBring back the Nokia 3315! What starts as a potential story about Georgie's recent holiday to New Zealand turns into a discussion about getting to places on time (with a dash of TV show reference), how it's hard for people to change their habits/personalities and more!https://dollarsandsense.sg/business/what-is-the-average-working-hours-in-singaporeChinese developers use GitHub to protest long work hoursTweet about Gen Z and filesystems (original author has made content private; discussion still exists though)Light PhoneSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (we don’t really use this!)2023-02-1944 minToast & RoastToast & Roast75: It’s in the (rolling) bag✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeLet’s roll—our hosts discuss backpacks vs. roller suitcases, store credit vs. refunds, and complain about social media again. Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-02-1243 minToast & RoastToast & Roast74: Aurally not orally✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeA smidge of controversy as we poke into what historical developments might have encouraged the rise of religion, and sexism towards women, before jumping into modern day phenomena like mukbang and ASMR.CodebarEnthusiastic GuyASMRAurallyThe BentistThe Psychology of Mukbang WatchingSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2023-02-0542 minToast & RoastToast & Roast73: The mind of a serial killer✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWhen did humans know fingerprints could be used for identification? We talk about crime, practical jokes, and various television drama and science fiction series. Content warning: Mentions of murder and sexual acts.the small of the/one's backModus Operandi: Meaning and Understanding a Business' M.O.MindHunterWhen did we figure out fingerprints identified peopleHigh jinksAlienistSherlock BBCDoctor Who "Reboot" (2005-)Doctor Who (1963)Silicon ValleyStargate SG-1FuturamaVampire DiariesHow to Kill a Vampire in a Fictional WorkMedical drama shows 2005Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of...2023-01-2943 minToast & RoastToast & Roast72: Rollercoasters of doomTrigger warning: Death and rollercoaster accidents are mentioned in this episode.✍🏻 View the transcript for this episode“Scary” means different things to different people, especially in the context of rollercoasters. We find what our hosts love and enjoy, and 100% do not enjoy, in a rollercoaster, and touch on some unfortunate theme park incidents.Big Thunder Mountain RailroadSpace MountainDisney Land Paris Space Mountain (all black)Passengers trapped mid-ride on Sea World’s LeviathanExpedition EverestJourney to the Center of the EarthDC RIVALS HYPERCOASTERDreamworld deathsThunder River Rapids RideWet n Wold TORNADOWet n Wild review: River Rapids was disgustingP...2023-01-2245 minToast & RoastToast & Roast71: UWT: Universal World Time✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWelcome to 2023. Your favourite roasters (not coffee roasters) are back. We talk about the end of the earth, aeronautical engineering, and timezones—touching on, but avoiding too much about software engineering problems.Back to the FutureAeronautical engineeringnauticalCosmic Speed LimitYear 2000 problemWhy Is There Only One Time Zone in China?EurostarSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toasta...2023-01-1540 minToast & RoastToast & Roast70: Last of 2022✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeFor our last episode of 2022, we try and peruse the most controversial things in 2022 but end up discussing social media gripes, recycling unwanted items, and whether occasionwear is really necessary.Top Trending Topics (2022 & 2023)Oura ringWhy I Stopped Wearing an OURA RingKing of QueensCubic ZirconiaPurple sapphire engagement/wedding ringSezaneDrunk elephantSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toas...2022-12-1140 minToast & RoastToast & Roast69: Budget cleaning✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeSubstitutes for household cleaning products, partners at Christmas parties, and obnoxiously promoting our podcast if we can. Views are our own and not of our employer’s. 🙃Weis Mango and Ice Cream barBicarb soda and vinegar explanationKoh cleaningWeb DirectionsSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-12-0434 minToast & RoastToast & Roast68: Breaking the ice✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeFun facts, fun stick, pools, parties (but not pools and parties), and our thoughts on vlogging—your non-conventional podcasters are back for another episode.Slack HuddlesMay 1998 Riots of IndonesiaBago MazeSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-11-2741 minToast & RoastToast & Roast67: Going on a binge✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeFrom the TV show binge to the burger binge, we chat about some of our favourite (questionably appropriate) childhood cartoons we both watched and were banned from watching.Dragon Ball ZThe Big Bang TheoryFriendsScrubsHow I Met Your MotherThe SimpsonsFuturamaSouth ParkSouth Park WoW meme (link to image)Lucky CharmsIGA, supermarket in AustraliaBar Luca, eatery in SydneySuburgia, burger joint in RedfernSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:Twitt...2022-11-2043 minToast & RoastToast & Roast66: This is real life!Note: Warning for brief loud and sudden noise at ~4:09✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeToday in unfiltered, there’s some commotion at Georgie’s place, we discuss which Masterclasses we find most useful, and ponder meditation.MasterclassRicky GervaisKevin HartRoss NobleMichael McIntyreGeorge CarlinGeorge Carlin on soft language (YouTube video)Hex colour codesWhich skin color emoji should you use? The answer can be more complex than you thinkSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Ge...2022-11-1342 minToast & RoastToast & Roast65: Office ergonomics for small people✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe nostalgia of music stores and CD shops, and the novelty of magnetic sit-stand desks, sprinkled in with some “angry girl music” and an intro to mechanical keyboards.Castle TowersSanity MusicSchiit Audiodbranddbrand Darkplates 2.0The Linda LindasDeskyHerman MillerLiving EdgeTRTL travel pillowKeychronGMK KeycapsMagic TrackpadSecret LabSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-11-0643 minToast & RoastToast & Roast64: Concerts for dummies✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeoff tells the tale of his first real concert experience, from arriving to survivng the mosh, and the debate on the concept of encores.Boys Like GirlsUNSW RoundhouseGood CharlotteThe Red Jumpsuit ApparatusDrinking from shoesSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-10-3044 minToast & RoastToast & Roast63: Scandalous✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeIt's been a tumultuous time on the internet lately, Geoff fills Georgie in on a couple scandals circling over the past few months.Carlsen–Niemann controversyElon Musk comments on accusations towards Hans NiemannBreaking Down the "Try Guys" Drama So You Don’t Have to Google Around YourselfJessica Simpson Opens Up About Constant Scrutiny Over Her Weight: 'It Hurts'Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInst...2022-10-2343 minToast & RoastToast & Roast62: Would you work for the planet?✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodePatagonia CEO gives away his company to the planet, but are their ultra weather proof jackets even good for the planet? In other news, Geoff's travel Nintendo Switch adapter has a few problems and so does the US paper sizes, or so we think!NOT-FOR-PROFITBillionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the CompanyThe Truth About GORE-TEXCovert Dock MiniMemoBottlePrinter Paper Sizes Explained in Plain LanguageSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on...2022-10-1643 minToast & RoastToast & Roast61: When the digital process fails you✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe live in a digital world and some places are failing to keep up! Geoff goes on a bit of a journey to get his point-hacking credit card and we dive into customer service with tangents to discuss Qantas and Netflix's dating shows.Here’s what we know about the Optus cyber attackQantas CEO Alan Joyce asked to remove gender based uniform requirements for a more 'inclusive workplace'A Complete Timeline of the James Charles Allegations and ControversiesWatch Your Sibling Flirt In ‘Dated and Related’Love is BlindSocial mediaToast...2022-10-0944 minToast & RoastToast & Roast60: I’d like to be under the sea✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeorgie explains her limited experience with Kpop and a concert she’s waited 3 years for, while Geoff reveals he's actually going to concerts soon, and describes an engaging experience with virtual escape rooms.SNSD/Girls GenerationGee (Song)Urban QuestMarianas Trench (band)Lover Dearest lyricsWong Fu ProductionsBistecca (restaurant)Bistecca review “Gimmick restaurant” on TripadvisorBistecca review “Not a food review as we didn’t get to eat there” on TripadvisorIsola Riva (restaurant)Freddie WongTedsthetics on InstagramSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustr...2022-10-0245 minToast & RoastToast & Roast59: How many do you do?✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe cereals that made their childhood, advertising that could do harm to children and candy that makes you poop.Weet-bixWeet-Bix 'How Many Do You Do?Weet-Bix Wild Berry BitesWeetaBixMonteChildren's healthLucky charmsJolsHow many tic tacs can you eat before they have a laxative effect?EclipseBelles Hot ChickenSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagram (let’s admit we have kind of been way too frustrated by this one to want to post on it)Georgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-09-2545 minToast & RoastToast & Roast58: Bridges are strong af✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeoff returns from summiting the Sydney Harbour Bridge with fun facts, barely describing the actual experience and the duo couldn't help but include the seemingly regular occurring "social media gripes" segment.Sydney Harbour BridgeHell Gate bridgeCauliflower BlueHow much does a Tesla weigh? Comparing each modelToyota CameryGlass Photo Community App(and a multitude of social media which we don't need to link)(nah jokes, but don’t expect much more from Instagram)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:Twitt...2022-09-1844 minToast & RoastToast & Roast57: Capsicum? Capsi-cum-down✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodePick out the pickle-hater of the two hosts, visit “Lucky Jade Dragon 888” or your Western-named Chinese restaurant, and just to clarify: we are not a shop, so you’re not getting a refund on this free podcast we’re trying to sell.Jianbing, Chinese pancakeUmeboshi, Japanese pickled plum onigiriTiny’s Sandwich BarCapsicum (bell peppers)Duo Duo ice creamSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-09-1142 minToast & RoastToast & Roast56: Sydney’s not so bad after all✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe talk about popular and not-so-popular events and attractions in Sydney, including the elusive Pancakes on the Rocks, Vivid Sydney, and climbing “the coathanger” (you know, Sydney Harbour Bridge), as well as some outdoor recreational activities that two introverts are actually OK with.Experience Hong KongEntertainment QuarterPancakes on the RocksSizzler (Australia)Festival of Steam (Thirlmere, NSW)Ticket to Ride (board game)Catan (board game)Vivid SydneyRottnest IslandHamilton IslandBridgeclimb SydneySocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toasta...2022-09-0442 minToast & RoastToast & Roast55: We won’t assume you’ve listened to all our episodes✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeSharing friends’ thoughts on Toast & Roast serve as thinly veiled self-indulgence, people assuming you’ve seen what they’ve posted online, rigged web awards, and to come full circle: being salty about not making it onto any “30 under 30” lists, despite having a shit-talking podcast with a measly 1000 downloads. No really, though—we appreciate you. Thank you for helping us get to this little milestone! ♥️Tiger Sugar Milk TeaToast & Roast episode 49 (the one about libraries and books)Cats & Dogs movieCrushed rear-ended Model 3 (which Geoff said Model Y in the episode)Duck Duck Go (don’t be tra...2022-08-2843 minToast & RoastToast & Roast54: The sausage between your fingers✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe go cross eyed to bring you this episode about visual illusions, before going on a tangent about social media (again) and whether our podcast is cool or warm toned.“A bird in the the bush” triangle illusionWord illusion in paragraph with jumbled letters in the words: So it turns out that there was no research done by Cambridge University according to this article, but the phenomenon is called Typoglycemia (part of the “Transposed letter effect” article on Wikipedia)“Bad eyes” optical illusion The Frankfurter Illusion (“sausage between your fingers”)What is a trichologist...2022-08-2146 minToast & RoastToast & Roast53: Podcasting for dummies✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe attempt to walk through our podcasting process before we drift off into dreamland and through to tech talk.In short, our podcasts are recorded remotely, and we talk and screenshare over Zoom (previously Discord). We publish with Simplecast. Geoff records on a microphone, Georgie records on her iPhone using Voice Memos. Geoff puts the audio clips together in Audacity (the audacity!), and we use Otter to transcribe our episodes, which are later refined by Georgie. Simplecast also helps us create audio clip snippets to share on social media....2022-08-1439 minToast & RoastToast & Roast52: Diving back to the future✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGoing deep into the technologies that Sci-Fi movies like Back To The Future Part II predicted for 2015 to give our take on their real success and how we feel about them.Hello World programming exampleHello World Saddle ClubAirinum masksThe MartianPanasonic Laptop, The MartianBack to the Future prediction accuracyBoosted Mini board“Hover”Nike self tying shoes on MKBHD’s YouTube channelGoogle Glasses legal issuesFacebook losing 1% profit articleTech Monopolies episode on Last Week TonightDuck Duck Go search engineSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:T...2022-08-0743 minToast & RoastToast & Roast51: Replacing an old friend✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeStolen songs for TV ad jingles really grinds our gears while painting pottery and shaking our fists at the damn TikTok algorithms.Grapevine, Marvin Gaye on YouTubeSultanas advertisement on YouTubeDown Down, prices are down (Coles supermarket advertisement) on YouTubeDown Down, Status Quo on YouTubeAeroplane Jelly advertisement on YouTubeAs It Was, Harry StylesPerth, WA (that’s Western Australia, not Washington)Pottery PaintingOne Piece wallpaperMacbook Air M2 on the Apple siteMKBHD review of the Macbook Air M2 in the Midnight colourAddictive TikTok-like algorithms (article)Stinky Corpse FlowerVileplume PokemonFish ButcherySocial mediaTo...2022-07-3145 minToast & RoastToast & Roast50: Putting the dough in the nut✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeA trip through doughnut lane with a short stop at Portland, and a quick gander through playing games like GeoGuesser and Wikipedia racing with coworkers.Grumpy DonutsDonut Papi XL D*cknuts (may not be safe for work, this is a doughnut in the shape of a phallus)Krispy Kreme Strawberry JamKrispy Kreme original glazeSimpsons DonutShort StopDough Doughnuts New YorkVoodoo DoughnutPortland SloganPortland, Maine (Google Maps link)Spotify Tribes modelDoughnut vs Donut (explained on Wikipedia)Listorama gameWikipedia: Getting to PhilosophySocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:Twitt...2022-07-2440 minToast & RoastToast & Roast49: You can listen to a book, but can you read a podcast?✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe try and guess where Georgie’s been that she hasn’t been to in 13 years, and Geoff tries to find the opening time of an eatery that doesn’t have their own website. We also find out what “bulk billing” actually means...Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger BregmanHyperfocus by Chris BailetNameCheap domain registrarG.O.A.T. definition on UrbanDictionaryLove MiBulk billing (Services Australia)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-07-1748 minToast & RoastToast & Roast48: The naked man✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWitnessing accidental nudity which led us back back to the toilet talk discussing the magic of gender nuetral toilets and water pressure.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-07-1041 minToast & RoastToast & Roast47: If there’s a camel up a hill✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe swear we aren't sponsored by vacuum cleaners as we discuss the art of vacumming and pain of two storey vacumming, quickly swinging into memes about misheard lyrics.Hi there, listener reading the show notes! If you recall OG YouTube then you know of the “Tuts ma barreh” gem that graced the internet thirteen years ago and inspired the name of this episode.Terrace houses in Australia (Wikipedia entry)Dyson v11Miele BlizzardBing Lee (Wikipedia entry)Ken Lee memeMondegreen“Starbucks lovers”Tweet referencing “inner-bitches” mondegreenSocial mediaToast & Roas...2022-07-0338 minToast & RoastToast & Roast46: Peering into our neighbour's apartments✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeDiscovering that melting and dissolving are two separate things, an intercom that you will never lose the key for, and causally watching our neighbouring apartments.Melting and dissolving difference explainedSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-06-1241 minToast & RoastToast & Roast45: Can't find the right place to stay✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeCan't get away from the cold and chores, like washing clothes, cause Airbnb's new design is so bad we can't find anywhere to go for a good price.AirbnbHow to Clean and Care for Cast Iron CookwareSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-06-0545 minToast & RoastToast & Roast44: Ooh la la!✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe have roasted a couple of controversial things and skated on thin ice in the past, but for the first time we delve into what may be questionably NSFW (not safe for work). Mature audiences only. Discussions on the definitoon of "child-like appearances" in context of "child porn"  but feel free to skip to 8:30 for more suacy topics like FWP changing to Windows and making websites work witout JavaScript.petitesluxures on Instagram (NSFW illustrations and art)Burlesque (Wikipedia entry) (some images NSFW)Zettai ryōiki “absolute territory” (Wikipedia entry) (some images pote...2022-05-2943 minToast & RoastToast & Roast43: Books vs Movies✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe debate the age old topic, “are the books better than the movies”? In which ex-bookworm Georgie chides Geoff for not knowing that The Great Gatsby is a book, additionally we both argue over how long or short a chapter in a book is “allowed” to be  and we smoothly transition into an update about the mould in Geoff’s place.Damp RidBooks/MoviesThe Great Gatsby (Book)The Great Gatsby (Movie)Dune (2021) (Movie)Dune (Book)To Kill a Mockingbird (Book)Ender's Game (Book)Ender's Game (Movie)The King's Avata...2022-05-2242 minToast & RoastToast & Roast42: 6 × 9 = 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe discover the lies they told us about Monopoly rules in our childhood, and ponder the intricacies of how exactly different people add numbers in their head, and debate over how to measure an apparent pinch of salt.Disclaimer: The fact that we talked about mathematics in episode 42 was entirely unplanned. Find out more about why 42 is the answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.Monopoly house rulesUniversity rankingsShooting Stars memeTweet thread about imperial measurementsSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeo...2022-05-1543 minToast & RoastToast & Roast41: In which a tick means “incorrect”✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeEscaping the sun's rays and counting our lucky stars that we don't vlog every day of our lives. We also learn about Georgie’s first ever job.Casey NeistatSunglass HutGentle Monster sunglassesKumonUniversities mentioned in Australia:University of Western Australia (UWA)University of Sydney (USYD)University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)Western Sydney University (WSU)—previously University of Western Sydney (UWS)Australian National University (ANU)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-05-0848 minToast & RoastToast & Roast40: Publishing this episode was definitely automated✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe question the security of our technology and react to a few stories about scammers, hackers and even a case of a personal friend's identity theft. Stay digitally safe out there everyone.Man’s phone is stolen and he finds photos of a man with an orange tree, “I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life”Mat Honan’s story of being hacked in 2012, “How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking”Tweet about Booking website using arbitrary n...2022-05-0144 minToast & RoastToast & Roast39: In which we make a dozen tangents✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeAn episode of boundless tangents starting from "everyday" cults, trusting the people who make the things we need, and an adventure of collecting surcharges as Geoff and his partner attempt to grocery shop.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-04-2446 minToast & RoastToast & Roast38: Is a hotdog a sandwich? TL;DL: Yes.✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeShould tweets have an edit button? Hotdogs are sandwiches, but is sushi a sandwich? What other clickbait do we need to save each other from?Geoff’s plant growing out of the drain (photo)Damn You Autocorrect (has not been updated in a while)Know Your Meme“how is prangent formed?” – typos on Yahoo answers (this was the “pregnant typo meme” Georgie mentioned) (video)r/savedyouaclick5/7 rating memeSandwich alignment chart (image)Sushi typesSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at...2022-04-1743 minToast & RoastToast & Roast37: Download this podcast episode before your next flight✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeCan you survive a flight without being connected to the internet? Will you surrender your phone to enjoy a meal with your significant other? Have we escaped an escape room together and what was our lost episode 10 really about? Perhaps there's more questions than answers?The Mill, San FranciscoThe Grounds, Sydney (events space)Bistecca (restaurant)The Gidley (restaurant)Can You Name a Country on Jimmy Kimmel (video)Singaporean Student Hard Carries His Team On UK TV Quiz Show (video)Time and Attention podcastGeoGuessrSocial mediaToast & Roast:Twi...2022-04-1053 minToast & RoastToast & Roast36: Just two normies on a podcast✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeoff talks a bit about his parents’ annual visit and some rules his dad used to have about travelling and social media, Georgie is going to lose her silver frequent flyer status, and we touch on some advice for freelancing as a web dev.Document Object ModelSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-03-2732 minToast & RoastToast & Roast35: Can't clean for shit✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeoff wonders whom he would trust to move his television (if anyone), and Georgie shares her recent experience moving and contemplating saying goodbye to the building cleaner.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-03-2032 minToast & RoastToast & Roast34: Shooting your taxes in the foot✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe hit a trifecta with topics from using a trackpad or mouse, shifting gears to overtly violent movie series and how a particular part of tax works. If a variety show is what you wanted, well we got it.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-03-1339 minToast & RoastToast & Roast33: Your idol doesn’t owe you shit✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWhy voyeurism of celebs/people is natural, but attacking them is bad... Followed by our repeating segment on how social media is rotten and how we switch off at the end of the day.Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-03-0631 minToast & RoastToast & Roast32: Weightlifting stolen PS5s✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeBattling through Sydney's terrible weather to go visit a maritime museum along with tangents on shady removalists and learning how world records work.Note: Georgie is mistaken, Rory can clean jerk ~42kg, but deadlift 80kg.Maritime Museum Sydney/muSEAumHeaviest weight lifted by turkish get-up in 1 hourRory van Ulft Instagram profileSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-02-2735 minToast & RoastToast & Roast31: Glorified camping, or dated carpet, take your pick✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWhere do poorly made artificial islands and one-hit wonders go to die? We also talk about travel and accommodation options, and maybe get an update on Georgie’s midriff tan, and find out that Geoff has been to a concert he totally forgot about.The World islands in DubaiLane Cove glampingJapanese bathhouse in Blue MountainsRyokan in BalmainVenusFort, Odaiba TokyoThe Venetian in Las VegasICEHOUSE – Electric Blue (music video)Eskimo JoeRSL interior (image)ACDC / Acca DaccaSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterIn...2022-02-2050 minToast & RoastToast & Roast30: CBD: Central Beach District✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe most un-Australian thing about us: we are not beach people (but we do protect our eyes with sunglasses). We ditch the sand for melting modelling clay, trying to remember grade seven mathematics, and go downtown instead.Cremorne, SydneyLa Perouse, SydneyPlasticineWordle gameNerdle (mathematical spin-off of Wordle)BODMAS (order of operations)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-02-1343 minToast & RoastToast & Roast29: Broken conspiracies and weird social media✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe story of the lost warranty repair, and a very non-scientific discussion about the conspiracy behind planned obsolescences. Not to mention we tangent into how social networks are weird, but work related social networks are even weirder.Memoji on Apple support siteDeep fakes (Wikipedia article)AtlassianZoom filters (Zoom blog post)Georgie’s blog post, “Healing from toxic hackathon culture”PolyworkSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-02-0653 minToast & RoastToast & Roast28: The next big scam party✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGet out your second monitor cause the list of references is numerous in this episode! Everything from an impossible music festival, to a theme-park-island based on crypto currencies that may not exist, all the way to the quiet lives of retired famous musicians and watching cheese age. Certainly a variety episode with many twists and turns!Fyre FestivalFyre (2019) documentaryCryptolandWhen We Were Young FestivalLive Nation/Travis Scott lawsuit articleBastille – Pompeii (music video)Paris Hilton cooking show (YouTube video)This is Pop TV – Hail Britpop! television show episodeBlur – Song 2 (music video)Alex James (musi...2022-01-3049 minToast & RoastToast & Roast27: Tanning by the fireworks✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe talk about strange tan lines and overrated fireworks experiences, decide to never be stuck on a boat even with people we know, before cringing at moments of forced socialising and bad marriage proposals.Mosman/Balmoral BeachNew Year, New You (video by communitychannel)FiumelatteGeorgie & Nick’s proposal pictureSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-01-2357 minToast & RoastToast & Roast26: New year, same podcast✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeAfter a short few seasons greetings, we return to our same unscripted podcast talking about addicting mobile games, getting banned from online video games, online reselling horror stories, super ironic money art being sold as NFTs and physical pieces.WordleWildfire SwapNeopetsGenshin ImpactHabbo HotelMemebankRed Hongyi (artist)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2022-01-1649 minToast & RoastToast & Roast25: Merry Shitmas✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeA time for giving of ANY kind as we give the gift of why you shouldn't give gifts.Not sponsored at all: Malware BytesSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-12-1958 minToast & RoastToast & Roast24: Overrated shopping malls and Malaysian delights✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGrowing up near the “second CBD of Sydney”, revisiting it after many developments, getting lost in shopping malls and a unique Malaysian experience in Sydney.Parramatta (Google Maps link)DurianSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-12-1251 minToast & RoastToast & Roast23: Video social media is going down the tubes✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeOld school YouTube channels turning into mega corporations with boring videos, the cost of unique holiday experiences, and glorified simplicities.ProZD videos:youtubers are so helpfulthe anti-youtuberyoutubeOther YouTube channels:psych2goVlogbrothers (still going strong!)SmoshcommunitychannelNigahigaPhilip DeFrancoOther links:Alex Day Wikipedia page (so we found out after the fact that Alex Day was involved in some serious controversy in the past decade since Georgie stopped regularly watching YouTube)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:Twi...2021-12-0547 minToast & RoastToast & Roast22: The pitfalls of hiking✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeTaking a weekend road trip, the perils of driving slightly tired in the past and the dangers of hiking for the gram.Content warning: mentions of suicide.FiumelatteSea cliff bridge, NSWDeaths at the illegal hike (news article)Dragon Back hikeVictoria PeakGeorgie’s hike in Kaliurang (blog post)Zion National Park / Angel’s Landing on Utah website or WikipediaSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-11-2850 minToast & RoastToast & Roast21: We are definitely not car people✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeContent warning: There are some recounts of driving related accidents and anxiety in this episode.Two “I’m not a car person” people talk about cars, learning to drive, and road incidents that have shaken them. And not a single mention of parallel parking.Parramatta Road (Wikipedia article)Egg yolk in mouse jokeSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-11-2141 minToast & RoastToast & Roast20: Introverts and clubs do not mix✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe can't emphasise how much we dislike going to clubs and participating in pointless social holidays. April Fool’s Day HalloweenSilent discosSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-11-1453 minToast & RoastToast & Roast19: The taste of video game victory✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe discuss our histories of video games, PCs, consoles, and Macs; about how this podcast isn’t going anywhere; about the taste of soap and glue; and – true to form – talk about toasters and revisit the crumpet story.Wildfire SwapDuke Nukem 3DQuake seriesKing’s QuestSpyroHarvest MoonGartic phoneSaizeriyaUHU GlueBostik Blu StikClag (apparently owned by Bostik)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-11-0753 minToast & RoastToast & Roast18: What’s in a name?✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe age old trials of communicating our names to people. Geoff with a G, Georgie with an i-e. What do our names mean, where did they come from, and how.“Mark with a C”AITA for changing my name? my parents named me Qur'stylle (Chrystal)?Having a non-white name (ProZD YouTube video)How to name your baby properly (vlogbrothers YouTube video)Artemis FowlArtemisLelianaLaylaLaikaPlug for Georgie’s sitePlug for Georgie’s blogSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at t...2021-10-3157 minToast & RoastToast & Roast17: FOMO isn’t real✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeExpensive concert tickets, trying to nab a PS5, trying not to fangirl at your first ever gig, and RIP iPod Classic. Let Georgie know if you got tickets to The Wiggles. Which band do you want to see reunite?The WigglesAKB48Armor For SleepBen JorgensenHey GeronimoAnberlinEndless HeightsClassic by MKTO (YouTube video)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-10-2445 minToast & RoastToast & Roast16: We’ve been eating crumpets wrong our whole lives✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeHow we go from piercings to food could be called an art. We go further than we have before with gastronomy: “correct” ways of eating things, Georgie’s emphatic response to an ill-tasting beverage, how Geoff tries to be healthy, toast spreads, bread thicker than a pile of pancakes, and educate Geoff on how to cook a soft-boiled egg. Get ready for some (literally) hot takes.Arnotts Shapes biscuitsTypes of ear piercingsPips Doughnuts PortlandTop JuiceBoost (trippy website)Din Tai FungBovrilVegemiteMarmite"Bovril competitor" VimbosFairy breadHagelslag (Dutch sprinkles on toast)Cultural appropriation foods aroun...2021-10-171h 09Toast & RoastToast & Roast15: When your hairdresser leaves you✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThis episode: Geoff suffers (once again) at the hands of incompetent delivery service, Georgie gets ghosted by her eyebrow-lady, Geoff says goodbye to sandwich shop owners and who is Sean?No notes to be seen, as its an entirely original story based episode!Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-10-0348 minToast & RoastToast & Roast14: A day in the life of reselling our shit✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeSomehow managed to stay on topic for 90% of this episode, as we dive into the good and the bad and the questionable experiences we've had reselling our items on various platforms.AirpodsMacBook vertical dockGumtreeIsland in the Sun, by Weezer (YouTube video)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-09-261h 11Toast & RoastToast & Roast13: We can't recollect stories for shit✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe start strong with some movie references, but quickly tangent into a conversation about how people find it difficult to recollect traumatic memories, let alone correctly recollect regular stories... Which extends into us attempting to recollect phones we used to own. Full disclaimer: none of what we talk about may be correct in the slightest.22 Jump Street (YouTube video)Pennywise from IT—“hey Georgie” reference (YouTube video)Geoff’s old Phones:Nokia N97HTC Desire HDGeorgie‘s old Phones (chronological):Nokia 3315Nokia 3120iPhone 3GSSony Ericsson T715 (does not...2021-09-191h 01Toast & RoastToast & Roast12: Customer service from hell✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeGeorgie finally tells us why she hates ASOS, customer services and how we're offended as software engineers for being told we can't use software.Also, Georgie happens to be looking for a denim skirt (4 years later) on eBay, but her budget is probably $36.ASOSSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-09-1247 minToast & RoastToast & Roast11: Advertising works too well sometimes✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeHow we are sucked into advertising, jingles, chocolate and a strange fixated obsession with how this smart water jug on Kickstarter works.Toyota Hilux advertisement (YouTube video)“Killing a Toyota Hilux” on Top Gear: 
Part 1 (YouTube video)“Killing a Toyota Hilux” on Top Gear: 
Part 2 (YouTube video)“Killing a Toyota Hilux” on Top Gear: 
Part 3 (YouTube video)Aeroplane Jelly (YouTube video)Some fancy ass pitcher/jug on KickstarterWashing machine total carnage (YouTube video)Cadbury “Gorilla advertisement” (YouTube video)Kirin J Callinan - Big Enough (Official Video) ft. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis, Jimmy Barnes (YouTub...2021-09-0557 minToast & RoastToast & Roast10: Crazy Inclusive Asians✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeThe inevitable episode on TV Shows and Movies, covering questions everyone's been asking like: Why Georgie really doesn’t like movies, never finished watching Breaking Bad, and knows the entire dialogue to Terminator 2; and why Geoff likes durians except when they’re flying across screens. The real ep. 10Georgie has only seen 20 movies in a theatre in her life (read the blog post). Listing them all because it’s purely amusing that she can list them, most people probably can’t tbh.
A Bug’s Life (1998)Madeline (1998)Treasure Planet (2002)Char...2021-08-2956 minToast & RoastToast & Roast9: Let musicians be artists✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeAs per usual, we span a range of topics this week: kicking off with The Wiggles (a kids entertainment group), then diving into what music/hip hop has become and how artists evolve with their music, live concert experiences and all the way down to toilet talk.The Wiggles (in case you don’t know who they are!)The Wiggles covering Tame Impala’s “Elephant” on Like a Version (YouTube video)Gucci Gang (YouTube video)Classical music vs Hip Hop (YouTube video)Twoset Hans Zimmer (YouTube video)Lorde on Hot Ones (YouTube...2021-08-241h 03Toast & RoastToast & Roast8: The end of journalismGeoff and Georgie react and discuss an arguably sensationalist article, dumping on everything from outrage tactics, to unfair criticisms of internet interactions, and yes even Kim & Kanye feature in this episode.✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeHot topic article: https://thewalrus.ca/more-is-more-the-end-of-minimalism/Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-08-1751 minToast & RoastToast & Roast7: Influencers produce nothing✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeTouching on some strange usage of the term "Minimalism", getting into Social Media/Influencers and meeting people from the internet! P.S Geoff thinks he recorded on the wrong microphone lol...Sustainable underwear (scroll to bottom)Social Dilemma on NetflixYoung Female Japanese Biker Turns Out To Be 50-Year-Old Man With FaceAppGeorgie’s blog (so you can say “hey I read your blog”)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-08-0846 minToast & RoastToast & Roast6: Working from home edition✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeA transient chat about technology starting with AirTags, to Geoff's "monitor story", and team bonding from afar. (25:00~ if you want to skip the monitor story LOL)AirTags as parcel trackingGeorgie’s headphones (Sonys)Geoff’s (preferred) 4K MonitorKrisp for removing background noise in callsBose noise cancelling headphones (which may be better than the Sonys)Team games:https://www.jackboxgames.com/games/https://garticphone.comhttps://www.haxball.comhttps://skribblio.cohttps://jackboxgames.fandom.com/wiki/Patently_StupidSocial mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:2021-08-0147 minToast & RoastToast & Roast5: Bucket lists rock (or not)✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeAnother whirlwind chat spanning windy experiences, digging into opinions on bucket lists and rounding it off with rock associations.Birth stones: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/02/birthstones-discover-birthstone-color-month/?sh=7149de891f06Georgie names stuff:Shackleton: Silver 13” MacBook Pro 2015 (named after geologist Nicholas Shackleton)Kwolek: Space grey 15” MacBook Pro 2018 (named after Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar)Keldysh: Gold Apple Watch series 5 40mm, yep, the colour that doesn’t exist anymore(named after Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician known for contributions to set theory and geometric topology)Roebling: Blue iPhone...2021-07-2534 minToast & RoastToast & Roast4: Minimalism is killing the planet✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe go into our definition of minimalism, our attitude towards buying stuff as well as roasting what we believe to be misconceptions surrounding the popularised definition of Minimalism.Netflix, “Minimalism”A Small Wardrobe (YouTube channel)Financial minimalism (YouTube video)Social mediaToast & Roast:TwitterInstagramGeorgie:TwitterInstagramGeoff:TwitterInstagram Email us at toastandroast@pm.me!2021-07-1848 minToast & RoastToast & Roast3: Denim is cotton? What’s going on?✍🏻 View the transcript for this episodeWe dive into a discussion about Georgie’s love/hate relationship with jeans, how lazy Geoff is when it comes to clothing choices, and shared experiences growing up with school uniforms.Cropped flared jeans https://www.neuwdenim.com/au/products/marilyn-crop-kick-zero-blackCropped flared jeans (Rollas) https://rollasjeans.com/au/products/eastcoast-crop-flare-galactic-blackGeorgie’s denim debacle spreadsheet
 (Georgie currently wears the Marilyn Skinny and the Lola Mom jeans from Neuw, which have been a bit friendlier on her thicc thighs)Traditional Japanese tattooing (YouTube video)Geoff’s ultimate clothing combination:Uniqlo Black shirtsS...2021-07-1144 min