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BRIAN FRIEDMAN - X FACTOR Nov 20, 2016

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Brian Friedman is an American dancer and choreographer who has created the choreography for many popular music artists including Britney Spears, Cher, Beyoncé Knowles, and Mariah Carey – as well as for music videos, concert tours, and television productions including The X Factor.

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Chapters:

00:00 Trailer. 02:28 Brian's thoughts on the episode. 05:06 Brian's Introduction. 05:35 Brian Friedman's motivation. 07:04 The stress factors of X Factor. 09:34 Putting on a show and working with X Factor contestants. 13:08 No one is unaffected by dance. 15:47 The power of the dance video supporting a song. 17:49 Anything that moves can be choreography. 20:05 Where Brian gains inspiration for keeping his choreography fresh. 21:26 The correlation between fashion, choreography and dance. 24:49 Brian's fashion label. 26:14 A dancer's personality. 27:46 Why he had to stop partying to 4am. 29:59 Loving teaching class and giving masterclasses. 32:12 The feelings dance can evoke. 32:59 Why he is currently tired of choreography. 35:04 Dancers are sexual beings and choreography can be sensual. 36:52 The Black Swan concept, getting an artist to emotionally relate. 41:14 Brian's notorious stare. 42:10 Why Brian initially wanted to get into choreography. 43:43 The driving force behind his journey from Arizona to working in London. 44:45 Why he loves London. 47:28 Managing to live in Los Angeles without going crazy. 48:27 The hell of being in the jungle. 53:31 Brian loves being a judge, he has a lot to say! 56:09 What Brian thinks of various celebrities he has worked with. 1:03:08 How Brian came to work with so many famous artists. 1:04:54 Spotting a diamond in the rough in his classes. 1:06:32 The life changing moment when he came out to his Mom. 1:11:00 Will Brian marry his fiancé? 1:12:21 His advice to young people struggling with their sexuality. 1:13:06 Success secrets. 1:13:38 Phone call to the 20 year old Brian Friedman. 1:14:15 Best advice he has ever received. 1:15:20 Advice to the young would be dancer, choreographer or pop star. 1:16:37 Starting an online mentoring programme and future exciting possibilities. 1:18:04 Brian's summing up.

Show Notes:

Brian Friedman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianfriedman

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/brian-friedman-the-x-factor/

Brian Friedman - X Factor - Trailer Nov 16, 2016

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Brian Friedman - X Factor - Trailer.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ArkV8dbcQ FREE FULL EPISODE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/brian-friedman-the-x-factor/ (Out now for Members; Public release 20-Nov-2016). SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToLondonReal Brian Friedman is an American dancer and choreographer who has created the choreography for many popular music artists including Britney Spears, Cher, Beyoncé Knowles, and Mariah Carey – as well as for music videos, concert tours, and television productions including The X Factor.

JAMAL EDWARDS - SELF BELIEF Nov 13, 2016

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Jamal Edwards MBE is the founder of the multi-million pound youth and music-focused media empire SB.TV, which he founded from his bedroom at just 15. At 26, Edwards has already achieved more than most entrepreneurs will achieve in a lifetime and counts Richard Branson as a personal friend.

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Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 01:34 Brian's thoughts on the episode. 04:05 Brian's Introduction. 04:49 10 years since Jamal's first YouTube video and the early days of using YouTube. 09:29 Jamal's view of YouTube today. 10:22 Why Jamal initially chose to use YouTube. 11:23 Jamal and the Google Chrome advert. 13:23 Jamal's success was not overnight. 14:02 Jamal does not rest on his laurels and has learnt to focus on the now. 15:29 Progressing from being a solo entrepreneur to having a team around him. 17:12 Growing a team and his attitude when members leave. 19:31 Hailed as a millionaire at twenty three, does that pose problems for Jamal? 21:20 The benefits of getting investment in 2013. 22:12 How Jamal wants to grow his company whilst keeping its authenticity. 24:55 What Jamal likes about Vice. 26:49 Struggles to get a YouTube partnership. 28:39 Jamal's use of various social media platforms. 30:46 What Jamal thinks is the most important thing in any business. 33:04 What should be remembered when expanding a business into America. 34:03 Your network is your net worth. How Jamal has gained high profile mentors. 37:25 What sort of vibe does Jamal get from being around Richard Branson? 39:03 Positive experiences on Virgin East Coast trains. 40:18 What Jamal Edwards heard from the young entrepreneurs on the train. 41:41 Entrepreneurial scene now so different to ten years ago. 42:47 Building your life story, start now. 44:41 Jamal's "less is more" mantra and the self-belief box. 46:39 The energy he gets for being with members of the Royal Family. 49:01 Receiving the Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) 50:42 Jamal's relationship with his parents. 52:27 The early obsessive Jamal, how he became less reserved. 53:54 SB. TV filming style attracts different audiences. 56:48 Jamal's method for moving forward into new plans 57:49 SB. TV News. Young people do like news, they are opinionated. Jamal's advice to them. 1:00:40 Taking the opportunity to Interview David Cameron and Ed Miliband. 1:02:04 What Jamal sees when he thinks about America. 1:03:06 Ed Sheeran a big turning point for SB. TV. 1:05:04 Does Jamal think that he reaps rewards from putting good energy out into the world? 1:06:23 How does Jamal work a room? 1:08:29 What his current reading material leads him to think about. 1:09:30 Music videos portraying life all about material gain, is that reflective of what life has to offer? 1:11:33 Why Skepta receiving the Mercury prize was a special moment for Jamal. 1:13:08 What it is about young people that is really bothering Jamal at the moment. 1:15:38 People to people connection is far superior to social media. 1:22:06 Coping with his Mother's cancer diagnosis. 1:28:07 What will Jamal and SB. TV be like in 10 years? 1:30:15 Success Secrets. 1:31:28 On tour with Dr Dre, inspiring and a lesson learnt. 1:34:30 What Jamal has changed his mind about during the year. 1:35:55 How Jamal meditates. 1:37:20 What keeps Jamal awake at night? 1:37:48 Jamal's matrix of his success. 1:39:46 Phone call to the 20 year old Jamal. 1:42:31 Best advice ever received. 1:43:50 How to find a mentor. 1:46:07 Advice to the young people watching who have a passion to do something. 1:47:30 Brian's summing up.

SB.TV http://www.sbtv.co.uk/ People mentioned in this episode: Gary Vaynerchuk https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/gary-vaynerchuk-hustle/ Yves Rossy (The Jetman) https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/yves-rossy-jetman/ Elliott Hulse https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/elliott-hulse-the-body-is-the-mind/ Daniel Priestley https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/daniel-priestley-key-person-of-influence/

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/jamal-edwards/

MUSIC BY SX- Woo Riddim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IwDrrkEM8 Label: Butterz http://butterz.co.uk/

Pre-roll music: A-Grade https://soundcloud.com/a_grade

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Jamal Edwards - Self Belief - Trailer Nov 11, 2016

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MUSIC BY SX- Woo Riddim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IwDrrkEM8 Label: Butterz http://butterz.co.uk/

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YVES ROSSY "THE JETMAN" - FLY HIGH Nov 06, 2016

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Yves Rossy is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight.

WATCH THE FULL EPISODE FOR FREE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/yves-rossy-jetman/

Chapters:

00:00 Trailer. 02:37 Brian's thoughts on the episode. 05:06 Brian's Introduction. 05:59 What concerned Yves for his first flight over the English Channel in 2008. 10:07 What Yves learned about himself from the delayed flight across the English Channel. 10:52 Why a clear head and relaxed body are essential. 13:15 Difference in the way Yves and his partner Vincent Reffet use their bodies in flight. 14:54 Yves' early emotional response to witnessing the power of a jet plane. 17:55 The WOW feeling from flying jet aircraft aged twenty, sometimes difficult to come down from. 22:47 Yves admiration for the military test pilots and first astronauts depicted in The Right Stuff film. 26:10 Did those pilots feel the attraction to the challenge as Yves has to his? 27:58 747 emergency, Yves a trained fighter pilot, feels the pressure of responsibility for passengers. 31:30 How Yves loves moments of freedom playing with nature. 34:00 Yves has so much respect for nature. 36:27 Learning to adapt to the air becoming fluid which reacts with speed. 40:30 An understanding wife. 42:17 The developmental history of flying man. 45:24 Yves trialling of wingsuit flying and developing his own ideas. 47:24 Why are the military and aerospace companies not involved in this development work? 48:42 Development work is costing him, but in his eyes he is the richest guy in the world. 50:37 "I was never in competition, always in creation." 54:41 What has happened since Yves flew across the English Channel on an inflatable wing in 2008. 1:00:32 Yves' most frightening flight experience. 1:09:28 Why he finally decided to return to flying. 1:11:44 The beginning of the complementary partnership with Vincent Reffet. 1:16:51 What we can learn from Yves about being an innovator and the danger of a financial goal. 1:22:08 The Dubai flight. 1:23:05 The highly dangerous cons and financial pros of future plan to be autonomous. 1:27:06 Still deriving lots of fun from flying and research and gratification from passing on knowledge. 1:27:45 Keeping in good shape, Yves fitness regime and how he clears his mind prior to a flight. 1:29:36 The parts played by Bruno Bokker, Thomas Enders and his Highness Sheikh Hamdan Crown Prince of Dubai in the Dubai flight. 1:32:54 Learning to avoid aircraft turbulence for the Dubai flight. 1:36:51 Crying and shouting with emotion at the beauty when flying over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1:39:32 For how long will Yves continue to fly? 1:40:07 Crash landing onto water during the flight in Malta. 1:44:30 Working and living in Dubai. 1:48:04 Next planned high profile flight and Yves gratitude for this opportunity to explain how they are not crazy guys. 1:49:24 The difference in the machines he requires to those with another purpose for flight. 1:52:30 Success secrets. 1:53:32 Brian tells Yves he needs to write his book for us. 1:54:44 Phone call to the 20 year old Yves Rossy. 1:57:30 Best advice Yves ever received. 1:58:38 Advice to the young people watching wanting to succeed in what they want to do. 2:02:11 Brian's summing up. Notes: Jetman (Yves Rossy) website http://www.jetman.com/ Yves Rossy on TEDx https://www.ted.com/talks/yves_rossy_fly_with_the_jetman?language=en Jetman on facebook https://www.facebook.com/jetmanofficial/ Jetman on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jetman/ Yves Rossy on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Rossy

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/yves-rossy-jetman/

Yves Rossy "The Jetman" - Fly High - Trailer Nov 02, 2016

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Yves Rossy is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight.

WATCH THE FULL EPISODE FOR FREE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/yves-rossy-jetman/

CORY DOCTOROW - LITTLE BROTHER Oct 30, 2016

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Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist.

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Cory is the MIT Media Lab's Activist in Residence and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties.

He also holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor.

00:00 Trailer.

01:57 Brian's thoughts on the episode.

04:47 Brian's Introduction.

05:24 Cory's observations on the UK and World property market.

10:03 The impact upon the poor of rising property prices.

11:56 Pros and cons of living in Burbank, Los Angeles State.

15:13 View from America of the forthcoming Presidential election.

17:40 Five years on from 'Trumpism', what may be happening if we're not digging through the rubble.

28:10 Cory fears a major risk is people's nihilism, but the contradictions are not intractable

31:03 What connecting with characters and situations in books and allows people to do.

39:34 Authors and fanfic.

41:00 How Cory started writing and persevering when feeling uninspired.

44.57 How Cory manages to be such a prolific writer.

47:24 Taking a broader vision of what it means to be published.

53:02 Difference between a blog and publishing.

56:00 Publishing, the discipline of doing something for someone else.

58:18 Team building and team performance.

1:01:00 Managing daily family routines around a working couple.

1:02:20 Cory's role at MIT Media Lab and the Forbidden Research project.

1:14:53 What Aaron Swartz' suicide has emphasized.

1:22:14 Using the hill climbing algorithm analogy when there seems no way forward.

1:23:38 Cory defines his role as an activist.

1:24:24 The reasons for Cory's involvement in the SOPA and Mozilla campaigns.

1:34:26 A future world where our assets cease to be ours.

1:35:39 What in future we should be aware of from Google, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.

1:39:51 Two fundamental principles for future use of computers and systems.

1:41:48 Which vision of the future are we heading towards, '1984' or 'Brave New World'?

1:42:32 Cory's view of the future for social media.

1:48:28 What the future looks like in Cory's next book 'Walk Away'.

1:51:19 Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

1:51:28 A post-scarcity society.

1:52:42 What is meant by positional goods.

1:55:45 Example of a post-scarcity world.

1:58:09 Exciting initial response to 'Walk Away'.

1:58:42 Success Secrets?

1:59:33 Does Cory ever fear for his safety or feel watched?

2:04:07 Phone call to the 20 year old Cory Doctorow.

2:05:13 Best advice ever received.

2:06:04 Advice to young people who don't want to have privacy issues in later life.

2:09:36 Brian's summing up.

Cory Doctorow website: http://craphound.com/

Cory Doctorow on Twitter https://twitter.com/doctorow

Cory Doctorow Blog http://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1

Cory Doctorow on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow

Cory Doctorow Books:

Little Brother

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Brother-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0007288425/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Other books by Cory Doctorow

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cory-Doctorow/e/B001I9RSKC

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/cory-doctorow-little-brother/

Cory Doctorow - Little Brother - Trailer Oct 27, 2016

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Cory Doctorow - Little Brother - Trailer

WATCH TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=417cAMAuBVY FREE FULL EPISODE: http://londonreal.link/coryd (Out Now for Members; Public Release on 30-Oct-2016). Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.

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KAZ ASTON - THRIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Oct 23, 2016

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Kaz Aston is a multiple sclerosis campaigner and fund raiser from Berkshire, England.

WATCH FOR FREE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/kaz-aston-thriving-with-multiple-sclerosis/

Chapters:

00:00 Trailer.

01:44 Brian's thoughts on the episode.

05:17 Brian's Introduction.

06:03 Receiving the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

07:08 Kaz' reaction to the diagnosis.

08:55 All-consuming information search or living a positive lifestyle.

10:48 What MS is and the different ways it affects people.

12:56 Is it life threatening?

13:27 How Kaz was affected and how she has learned to manage the effects.

15:30 A relatively new disease with many treatment options and continuing research.

16:29 Changes in life-style and diet can improve how the body reacts.

17:17 Children amongst the 110,000 people affected in the UK.

17:54 How good is the UK in treatment, support for and awareness of the sick and disabled?

20:00 Fighting the corner against UK Government's initial proposed changes to disabled policy.

23:23 Becoming involved in drag racing, the fastest motor racing on earth and loving it.

27:30 Don't let MS stop you from doing anything.

28:14 What can people without MS learn from Kaz' philosophy of life.

29:24 Relating her philosophy to other life affecting illnesses and how Government can help.

31:11 How Kaz moved from nursing to charity fundraising, and into media and PR.

32:49 Having a strong work ethic and drive but learning to adapt that for positive outcomes.

34:13 Learning the skills to manage the loneliness of working on your own.

35:53 The key to successful Public Relations using Twitter and YouTube.

39:14 What the Rotary Club is and Rotarians do.

42:24 Fostering a charitable ethic by helping people understand the need.

43:54 The drive to eradicate polio worldwide.

46:34 Exciting times with new treatment opportunities and work towards finding a cure for MS.

48:39 Angelina Jolie's management of her health issues and her charitable work.

50:25 Everyone ages, bringing a need to adapt, so should we all learn to make lifestyle choices now?

51:48 The motivation for continuing to learn and take on new challenges.

53:27 How we can all learn to deal with stress and exhaustion levels.

56:03 Monarchy Online a website to fulfil a need for people to learn about the Monarchy.

1:04:14 Success secrets.

1:04:54 Are millennials self-absorbed, social media animals, privileged, and entitled?

1:05:45 Kaz' next big challenge.

1:08:19 Telephone call to the initially diagnosed Kaz.

1:09:30 Best advice ever received.

1:11:27 Advice to young people who want to be like Kaz.

1:14:13 Brian's summing up.

Kaz Aston website: http://www.kazaston.com/

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/kaz-aston-thriving-with-multiple-sclerosis/

Kaz Aston - Thriving with Multiple Sclerosis - Trailer Oct 18, 2016

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Kaz Aston - Thriving with Multiple Sclerosis - Trailer. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41RqKaSTZ0

Kaz Aston is a multiple sclerosis campaigner and fund raiser from Berkshire, England. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToLondonReal

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