A Life of Learning

"Rugg Tomcat has been a professional entertainer and circus artist for more nearly 2 decades. Using a combination of juggling, magic and comedy he can regularly be found on the streets of Edinburgh entertaining large crowds or making loud noises with his drum crew 'The Noise Committee'."" Links: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fishonstilts Twitter - https://twitter.com/StiltingFish Youtube - h...

We provide some valuable tips and discuss the challenges on learning how to play the guitar. Richard also discusses his background and how he became a session musician, a guitar instructor and about the advantages of teaching online during the Global Pandemic. richardburrellmusic@gmail.com richardburrellMusic on YouTube, Facebook or Instagram Recorded Dec 2020

Nigel and Reggie have done over 600+ Parkruns and have also volunteered over 100+ times between them, listen to what happens when they get together and talk all things Parkrun from the early days up to the present.  Discussion topics: volunteering, being a Run Director,  meeting Paul Sinton-Hewitt,  Parkrun tourism,   over crowding,  getting free running shoes from Sweatshop,  the return of Parkru...

Life of Learning presents: The Neutral Zone! Reggie, Sabrina and Sukh are secret Trekkers. In this series we deep dive into our favourite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. We explore the characters, themes and storytelling and give our takes. This week we are exploring Season 3 Episode 17 - Sins of the Father . Come join us!

In this episode we get an update on Gianna's progress, we try something new and go through an example 2x2 solve where we go through our letter pairs and memorisation (here is the scramble U' F R' U2 F R' F' U' F') and we also provide some more useful tips. If you are interested there are other episodes in this series to listen to.

Logan Pearce has been juggling ,for the past 5 years. She created her YouTube channel, Juggling Gym, so that anyone can learn how to juggle and have fun doing it. In this episode, we discuss diversity in the juggling community, benefits of juggling especially due quarantine, and tips for anyone who wants to get started with this fun hobby. We also explore how she use arts and crafts to make juggli...

We have another discussion about our earliest music memories. ln this episode we discuss how important music was to our parents, our community and how it bonded us together. The influence of 80's popular music on our lives. Good and bad concerts experiences. We hope you enjoy this free flowing conversation which had very little editing.

In this second episode we get an update on Gianna's progress, we discuss the memorisation process, grouping the letters into pairs and provide some useful tips. If you are interested there are other episodes in this series to listen to.

It's been a huge learning adventure since starting this podcast in 2020. To celebrate completing our 20th episode we discuss the most important things we've learned and share our 7 top tips.  If you have ever thought about doing your own podcast, this episode is for you!

Listen to what happens when two cubers get together and discuss cubing. During this episode we talk about Gianni’s cubing background, our favourite events, the definition of a speedcuber, being colour neutral, smart cubes, cubing in public, cubing innovation in the last 10 years and cubing stories.  Gianni D is a speedcuber from Belgium. His goal of this year is to solve a rubik's cube blindfolded...

Nadia Maddy explains step-by-step the process of publishing her first book - The Palm Oil Stain. Nadia discusses her dad the late great Yulisa Amadu Maddy and how influential he was to her. She shares the pitfalls to avoid and her advice for writers. If you have aspirations of writing or publishing a book then this is a must listen interview! Nadia Maddy social media Instagram @nadiamaddy @ibshowa...

In this first episode of “Doing the Rubiks cube blindfolded” we explain blind cube solving, the equipment and resources you need. We discuss our current progress plus offer some valuable tips. We also reference Star Wars and Toy Story. With patience, practice and hardwork, we believe anyone can solve the Rubik's cube blindfolded. If you are interested there are other episodes in this series to lis...

Are you a couch potato? Are you new to running? Have you started the Couch to 5k (C25K) running programme? This episode is may be for you! Taking up running can be a daunting prospect if you are out of shape or unfit. Sabrina and Reggie discuss starting the C25K programme which is a running programme for absolute beginners. It gets people from the couch to running 5km (30 minutes straight) within...

Life of Learning presents: The Neutral Zone! Reggie, Sabrina and Sukh are secret Trekkers. In this series we deep dive into our favourite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. We explore the characters, themes and storytelling and give our takes. This week we are exploring Season 3 Episode 21 - Hollow Pursuits. Come join us!

We discuss our earliest music memories. We go back to the years where it was just vinyls and tapes, you had to go out to the record shops to buy your music, album covers were a piece of art, special times. We also discuss our favourite artists, bands and concerts.

Mandy lives in Washington state and started juggling in December of 2018 as project to expand her circus arts skills. Her instagram is @mandygoeshere where it chronicles her experience in learning how to juggle. She's been practicing the circus arts since 2014 with Spokane Aerial Performance Arts where she's taken classes for aerial silk, lyra, and hammock as well as cyr wheel and fire dancing. We...

Our guest discusses his experiences during the various lockdowns that occurred in 2020 and 2021. It's an open and candid conversation. We hope that him sharing his experiences will help and inspire others. We also manage to get some Star Trek talk into the discussion. He offers some good advice on how to cope during the Lockdown periods. Recorded 10th Jan 21

Some people believe you are either born with talent or not. Others believe that with hard work, you can achieve anything. Our hosts discuss these different mindsets, the effects they have and what it takes to achieve success.

Lockdown FOMO, Nice Guys and Food-Phobia. We welcome our friend Sukh to join us for a special three-way Roundtable. We each share something that we've been exploring this week. This episode we discuss productivity pressures during lockdown, Nice Guys (not to be confused with nice guys, that is guys that are nice), and people who believe food is only fuel. Come join us!

Jack Cai is a speedcuber from Australia. His specialty is solving the 3x3 Rubik’s Cube blindfolded! He has three World Records and he is also one of the top blindfolded speedcubers for the 4x4 and 5x5. We discover his secrets in this interview.  https://www.jackcaicubing.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcqW93Ta2yAWtSN3JSf17Q

"Rugg Tomcat has been a professional entertainer and circus artist for more nearly 2 decades. Using a combination of juggling, magic and comedy he can regularly be found on the streets of Edinburgh entertaining large crowds or making loud noises with his drum crew 'The Noise Committee'."" Links: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fishonstilts Twitter - https://twitter.com/StiltingFish Youtube - h...

Our hosts explore their love of music. Come join us as they share their stories, their musical heroes (with a shared love of the Beatles) and the effects that music has had on them.

Our hosts discuss the dreaded plataeu that comes after starting a new project, sometimes known as the 'suck zone' or 'the dip'. They share how they managed these situations in their own life and the top tips on how to overcome learning plateaus.

Our hosts explore their love of food and cooking. Come join us as they share their stories including their earliest food memories and how they learned to cook.

Have you ever wanted to be able to solve a Rubik's cube? Since it's creation in 1974, over 350 million cubes have been sold making it the world's best selling puzzle game. Many people believe Rubik's cube is mysterious and difficult, and we dispel this myth. Anyone can solve the Rubik's cube - including you! Our hosts share their journeys of how they learned to solve this famous puzzle.