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Eli Beer is a pioneer, social entrepreneur, President and Founder of United Hatzalah of Israel. In thirty years, the organization has grown to more than 6,500 volunteers who unite together to provide immediate, life-saving care to anyone in need - regardless of race or religion. This community EMS force network treats over 730,000 incidents per year, in Israel, as they wait for ambulances and medical attention. Eli’s vision is to bring this life-saving model across the world. In 2015, Beer expanded internationally with the establishment of branches in South America and other countries, including “United Rescue” in Jersey City, USA, where the response time was reduced to just two minutes and thirty-five seconds. Episode Chapters (0:00) intro (1:04) Hatzalah’s reputation for speed (4:48) Hatzalah’s volunteer EMTs and ambucycles (5:50) Entrepreneurism at Hatzalah (8:09) Chutzpah (14:15) Hatzalah’s recruitment (18:31) Volunteers from all walks of life (22:51) Having COVID changed Eli’s perspective (26:00) operating around the world amid antisemitism (28:06) goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/ Looking for more insights into the world of activism? Be sure to check out Jay’s brand new book, Find Your Fight , in which Jay teaches the next generation of activists and advocates how to step up and bring about lasting change. You can find Find Your Fight wherever you buy your books, and you can learn more about it at www.jayruderman.com .…

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Couple Fraser and Natalia discuss topics inspired by the issues affecting the lives of those in their 20s during the 2020s. From politics to pop culture, their different points of view and backgrounds (Mexico and the UK) make for interesting, in-depth discussion. Email us at theavocadosocialclub@gmail.com

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Yes, All Women Are Afraid 30:48

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This week, following the death of Sarah Everard, women across the UK have been speaking out about the constant fear they live in. We are taking this opportunity to talk about the situation in the UK and Mexico, where the killing of women is an everyday occurrence, and what women do to feel as safe as they can. Natalia, having lived in both countries, talks about the differences as a woman and how - no matter how safe you want to feel, you never are. Because yes, all women are afraid. HIGHLIGHTS The Flight Attendant (HBO Max show) Moxie! (Netflix film) The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime film) The Burnt Orange Heresy (film) Spinning by Charli XCX, The 1975, No Rome (single) Only Child - Sasha Sloan (album) The White Album by Joan Didion (book) The Art of Living Now (podcast)…

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Starting a Business During Lockdown 47:14

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Over the last year of lockdown, many have been lucky enough to find a new passion, project or even a new business - even in a time where doing so has been incredibly challenging (possibly even more than usual). We talked to Rushab Shah, the founder of Portobello Vintage Market, who took his father's market business and built it into an ecommerce venture for high quality vintage shopping. He talked to us about the challenges and mistakes when starting, the importance of a business partner and lockdown being the push he needed to build his own business. Highlights: FILM AND TV Years and Years (TV Show on iPlayer) The Great (TV Show on All4 / Hulu) It’s A Sin (TV Show on All4 / HBO) The Farewell (Film on Amazon Prime) BOOKS AND PODCASTS Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Book) Grounded with Louis Theroux: FKA Twigs (Podcast) MUSIC Vintage - Blu DeTiger (song) Taylor Swift new releases OTHERS Poker Now Baking Cinnamon Buns Clubhouse (app)…

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The Story Behind the Meme and What Does It Say About Us? 41:12

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Why do we like memes so much? We have a chat around individual and collective stories of memes and the phenomenon that comes with them. We all share and laugh at pictures of strangers with funny captions on them, but who are these strangers and how has this strange new form of fame affected them? HIGHLIGHTS TV & FILM The Serpent (BBC Show) Schitt’s Creek (Netflix Show) Grand Designs (Channel 4 Show) Lupin (Netflix Show) Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Film - available for streaming) MUSIC & PODCASTS Who Am I? by Pale Waves (Album) The Media Show. Episode: How ITV News Reported First-Hand on the Storming of Congress (BBC Radio 4 & Podcast) BOOKS & ARTICLES The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet (book) A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (book) Paul Mccartney for The Sunday Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/paul-mccartney-interview-on-recording-mccartney-iii-and-his-friendship-with-john-lennon-q8s5n0b58…

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Pop Culture Catch Up and Understanding the Paris Agreement 34:37

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A big catch up on everything we've been watching, reading and enjoying over the last month of lockdown. Then diving into The Paris Agreement, the implications of international climate change efforts, how it might shape the future and what it means if America re-joins. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING TV AND FILM FUNNY AND UPLIFTING On the Rocks (Apple+) Happiest Season (Amazon or Hulu) Emily in Paris (Netflix) Grand Designs (All 4) Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Session (Disney+) POLITICAL DRAMA Roadkill (BBC) Bombshell (Amazon) Dark Waters (Amazon) The Crown (Netflix) OTHER DRAMA The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) First Man (Netflix) BOOKS The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Spring by Ali Smith Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods by Otegha Uwagba ARTICLES AND PODCASTS The Crown Podcast Postscript magazine: https://www.postscript.london/ Meghan Markle, The Losses we Share: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opinion/meghan-markle-miscarriage.html…

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Are Televised Debates Good for Politics or Good for Business? 38:57

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Let's chat about televised debates! Do we actually need them? Do they make a difference to people's voting tendencies? Or is it all there just because it's good for businesses? From their history to the current status of political debates, Fraser and Natalia discuss debates, analytical thoughts on them and their own opinions and experiences. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING: TV AND FILM Enola Holmes (Netflix Film) The Morning Show (AppleTV+ Show) The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix Show) Gilmore Girls (Show on Netflix) Wild Rose (Film on Amazon Prime) BOOKS Shoe Dog by Phil Knight MUSIC Mama’s Boy by LANY Fake It Flowers by Beabadoobee Didn’t Make It by Charli Adams ARTICLES AND PODCASTS David Tennant does a podcast with… Neil Gaiman. He Married a Sociopath: Me by Patric Gagne on Modern Love https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/style/modern-love-he-married-a-sociopath-me.html My Year in San Francisco’s $2 Million Secret Society Startup - The rise and fall of Latitude - Lydia Laurenson https://www.vice.com/en/article/xygykj/my-year-in-san-franciscos-2-million-secret-society-startup OTHER Her Hustle: https://www.herhustle.co.uk/…

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Too Much Wellness? 37:28

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Is there such a thing as too much wellness? In this episode Fraser and Natalia delve into the good, the bad and the ugly in the wellness industry, inspired by Netflix's (Un)Well and researching some of the biggest trends in the world of consumerist wellness. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING: Film & TV -Tenet -Lost in Translation -Erin Brockovich -Queen & Slim -I’m Thinking of Ending Things Books -Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis -Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino Articles & Podcasts -Conspiracy theories and coronavirus - QAnon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-53997203 -Buying Myself Back When does a model own her own image? by Emily Ratajkowski https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-owning-my-image-essay.html…

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Are Our Grandparents Taking Over the Internet? 29:30

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Over the last five years, there has been a rise of what's being called 'senior influencers', basically people who are 60+ gaining a lot of traction on social media and beyond. In the first episode of the new series, Fraser and Natalia talk about why this might be, the type of content they are creating and why we are all happy to follow them. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING TV AND FILM -Fleabag on BBC iPlayer -The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) on Mubi -Blackkklansman on Netflix -Short film and article: Jessica Mendez Siqueiros’s Pozole: https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/pozole-jessica-mendez-siqueiros/ BOOKS -Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan -Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsh -The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey -Lodestars Anthology: Mexico MUSIC -Taylor Swift - Folklore -The Naked and Famous - Recover ARTICLES AND PODCASTS - Hannah Mylrea’s feature of Haim for NME. https://www.nme.com/big-reads/haim-cover-interview-2020-women-in-music-pt-iii-2704642 made me want to listen to the album over and over again. -Every Proper Noun on Taylor Swift’s Folklore, Charted By HEATHER SCHWEDEL https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-album-lyrics-charted-explained.html?mc_cid=d8c68021ac&mc_eid=fa8d57f6af -The Unpaid Labour of Female Founders by Sharmadean Reid https://medium.com/@sharmadeanreid/the-unpaid-labour-of-female-founders-2a101efad24e Follow us: @theavocadosocialclub on instagram Contact us: theavocadosocialclub@gmail.com…

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How to Start a Brand 50:09

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Starting a brand or a business seems to be a trend amongst our generation, but how do you actually go about it? We have a chat about our challenges and what we've learned from creating and starting our own brand. From the technical and admin side of it to the creative and mission-building. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING: Articles and Books How to Own the Room by Viv Groskop (Podcast) EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE By Zoe Schiffer https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/5/20995453/away-luggage-ceo-steph-korey-toxic-work-environment-travel-inclusion Are All These Female-Founder Takedowns Fair? By Leah Chernikoff - https://www.thehelm.co/female-founder-takedowns-outdoor-voices-away-the-wing/ The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Book) Working out Loud by John Stepper (Book) Film & TV Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix) Hamilton (Disney +) I May Destroy You (BBC iPlayer and HBO) Music Haim - Women in Music Pt. III (album) The Forever - Home (single)…

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Does Cancel Culture Actually Work? 37:05

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In this episode, we delve into cancel culture. The idea of being cancelled, what it means, how it works and its differences with call-out culture. Does cancelling people actually work? Does it do anything to their career? When is it a good thing and when is it going to far? WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING Culture Weather by Jenny Offill (book) Code Switch - Why Now, White People? (podcast) Film & TV The Politician (Netflix show) The Bureau (Amazon Prime show) Little Fires Everywhere (Amazon Prime Show)…

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Mental Health Series: Wellbeing in the Workplace with James Naylor 30:17

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In our third and final episode of Mental Health Series, we caught up with James Naylor, Co-Founder at Livitay. Livitay is a platform created to bring wellbeing into the workplace and we discussed how to stay well at work and at home, as well as his personal and career journey so far. Articles and BLM Books Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo Lodge Me And White Supremacy by Layla F Saad Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates How To Be An Antiracist by Dr Ibram X. Kendi México racista: Una denuncia by Federico Navarrete My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo White Teeth by Zadie Smith Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid An American Marriage by Tahari Jones TV and Film When They See Us (Netflix) 13th (Netflix) Dear White People (film on Amazon Prime, show on Netflix) Explained: The Racial Wage Gap (Netflix) Articles How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change-9fa209806067 The Death of George Floyd, in context by Jelani Cobb https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-death-of-george-floyd-in-context?mc_cid=77d097eb52&mc_eid=fa8d57f6af An Open Letter to My Sister, Angela Davies by James Baldwin https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/01/07/an-open-letter-to-my-sister-miss-angela-davis/?mc_cid=77d097eb52&mc_eid=fa8d57f6af Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracist reading list https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html?mc_cid=77d097eb52&mc_eid=fa8d57f6af Podcasts 1619 by The New York Times Code Switch by NPR About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge ——— Podcast from mexi.clothing…

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Mental Health Series: Psychiatry and Stigma with Shannon Hilton 35:09

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In our second week of the Mental Health Series, we talk to psychiatry trainee Shannon Hilton about what it’s really like to work in psychiatry and treat patients with mental illnesses. We delve into stigma, the work psychiatry is doing for patients today and its history. Shannon went to medical school at the University of Southampton, where she completed a BMedSci research project on the use of ibuprofen in anxiety. She completed her basic medical training in East London before starting as a psychiatry trainee in 2019 at the world renowned Maudsley Hospital Trust. She’s worked as an autism specialist in a secondary school, has experience in older and working age adults mental health, community psychiatry and currently works at a male psychiatric intensive care unit. THINGS WE’VE BEEN ENJOYING Books Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Music The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (album) Haim - Don’t Wanna (single) Foxes - Love Not Loving You (single) Film and TV The Haunting of Hill House Never Have I Ever The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story MENTAL HEALTH HELPLINES: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/…

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Mental Health Series: The Importance of Therapy with Amaya Albin 26:51

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In honour of Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re bringing you a mini-series on mental health, where we will interview different experts about different mental health issues. Our first guest is psychoanalyst Amaya Albin. She did a degree in psychology, followed by a course in Art Psychotherapy, then a masters degree in psychoanalysis at Dimension Psicoanalítica, a prestigious psychoanalysis post grad school in Mexico City. She has worked as a school psychologist, a therapeutic companion and as a human resources manager in an international firm.…

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The Race to Win Streaming 40:51

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Streaming is the new normal for television production and with that comes new competition. From Netflix to Disney+, from HBO to Apple TV and now the new kid in town, Quibi... what does this competition mean in terms of content and viewing habits? Is it time for a new type of streaming or did Quibi get ahead of itself? We delve into this and other questions in this week's episode.…

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The Politics of Coronavirus Worldwide 43:51

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This week we delve into the international response to coronavirus. How different governments have managed it and public opinions around it, from China's full lockdown to Sweden's no-lockdown policy. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING Lockdown specials: -Dalgona Coffee -Homemade Cocktails (Mojitos and Pina Coladas) Webinars: -Vogue Global Conversations (https://www.vogue.com/article/how-to-watch-the-vogue-global-conversations) -Sonder and Tell -YCN Books: -In Therapy by Susie Orbach -The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book by Neil Gaiman TV and Film: -Quiz on ITV -Desenfrenadas/Unstoppable on Netflix -Tiger King on Netflix -The English Game on Netflix -The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Netflix -Extra Ordinary on Netflix Articles & Listens -The High Low (Podcast) -Intelligence Squared - Coronavirus and Global -Politics (Podcast) -Timothée Chalamet and Elieen Atkins for British Vogue talking about 4000 miles (https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/timothee-chalamet-4000-miles)…

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Home Cooking in the Age of Coronavirus 25:19

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