Full Episode Notes Here: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-11-nick/

In this Episode we discuss:

• what does an environmentalist look like
• the glory of nanas (grandmothers)
• what led jen to opening a bakery at age 24
• Nick went bald at 16 years old – Star Trek let him know it would be okay
• How Nick got interested in electric cars from a toy his mom gave him as a kid
• New Zealand Politics
• Politicians in NZ start from all aspects of life – like plumbers and teachers
• Georgina Beyer is a Transgender politician and former prostitute who created prostitution reform laws! Policy written for the people by the people who know what they’re talking about.
• Keeping up with Joneses
• How to remember people’s names
• How Jen hates names and thinks the concept of names is so bizarre
• The mythical creatures we are taught growing up, but then Jesus is real
• Jen believed in middle names and leprechauns until she was a teenager
• Nick wrote a book at age 10 – My Brother Owen – a children’s book which talks about growing up with a child with fetal alcohol syndrome.
• Default emotional states – Jen is joy, Nick is neutral
• Electric cars, solar panels, lithium ion batteries
• Sesame – chinese government points system
• Community episode about getting points
• Dr. Who 
• Does having the internet at easy access make us better or worse as a society?
• Khan Academy 
• MIT published lectures
• There should be a mandatory critical thinking course in all education systems
• Why New Zealand is apparently the best country ever
• A bunch of cool New Zealand Facts
• NZ tried to change the flag – laser kiwi