Above Average

Sorry ladies but one of us is officially off the market. Getting hitched is exhausting and we've got plenty of tips for those looking to get married. (PS. Don't do it!) This week Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) give you all the deets on planning a wedding (what to spend money on and when to cheap out). From wedding rings and food to booking a location and deciding who to invite. We've got you covered in this exclusive episode.

We're back from the dead! Literally, one of us just came back from a funeral. This week we get a closer look as Lake (@LakeMarston) takes us on a trip to a Buddhist funeral. How fun! Tanim (noahxfence) tells us his experience of the pilgrimage Muslims take for hajj and the amount of deaths that occur each year. They also get into how corporations really just care about their own greedy needs and could care less about people as a whole. And speaking of corporations, they dish out how Netflix plummeted this quarter and why that may have happened.

NATO, Nazis, No Vaccines, Oh My! Grab a drink and sit back while professor Lake schools us with the real truth on why Russia invaded Ukraine. This week we see if Tanim (@noahxfence) can stay awake while Lake (@LakeMarston) lectures him on the history politics between Russia and Ukraine. They also get into how they feel about Toronto opening back up by eliminating the no mask mandate and how going back to the office life/hot desking will be like. Oh and they talk about the SAG awards which no one watches or talks about until it's over.

All the single ladies, all the single ladies. Throw your hands up because this Valentine's podcast goes out to you. Screw the couples! Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) go off on why Valentine's Day sucks! This week we discuss high school love insecurities, Joe Rogan and the pursuit to get him fired from Spotify, Serbia being the least racist country in all of Europe, 2021 being the year of the breakup/divorce and the ridiculousness of why the green M&M traded in her heels for a pair of sneakers.

We're off to a great start in 2022 in lockdown! It feels more like being locked down as inmates in a prison cell. But Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are staying POSITIVE! This week we discuss getting the booster shot and why Lake is a Pfizer pleb now, the pros and cons of moving to a new city that has no COVID restrictions, movies to check out while in isolation, Harry Potter vs Earthsea and the absurdity of the "no chase" rule in malls regarding retail shoplifting.

That's a wrap folks! Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) say farewell to 2021. FU COVID! This week we discuss going back to the office and the logistics of how that will work, dealing with yet another COVID variant and why they named it Omicron, the lack of democracy that we have as anyone can get slapped with an ASBO and we dive into some conspiracy theories and scams that plague the digital world that we live in.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all hopped up on sugar! That's right kids, go buy your own candy. This week we discuss our Halloween costumes and our top 5 best candies, the many accidents that happen on movie sets (Alec Baldwin's shooting incident), the controversy of Dave Chappelle's new Netflix comedy special and the long awaited movie release of Dune, which Lake is a fanboy of.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are back baby! OnlyFans can't hold us back. This week we discuss the rebranding strategy that OnlyFans took, corporate recruiters and the tactics they use to poach us, China restricting kids to a 3 hour limit on video games and banning men who look too pretty, the real estate problem with building condos too tall and the absurd sports that are allowed in the Olympics and Paralympics.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all vaxxed up. 5G baby! This week we discuss how the podcast was delayed because the Moderna vaccine fucked up Lake, Twitch temporarily banning popular female "Hot Tub" streamers, VTubers becoming a new trend in streaming, Riot Games creating a video game character (Seraphine in LoL) who acts like a real life person on social media and OnlyFans recruiting DJ Khaled to help them rebrand their image as a wholesome company. #wethebest

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all vaxxed up! First dose that is. This week we discuss how we're slowly making our way back to normalcy by taking our first vaccine/side effects we faced, the wavering real estate market and how absurd real estate commissions are, how useless having Capital Cites are and why we should get rid of them and Lake's hatred of sports video games and why paying $80 for the same game year-round is pointless.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) are all caught up in their feels with the current pandemic state they're still in. This week we discuss how this COVID isolation has us feeling like we're frozen in Carbonite (Han Solo we feel you), the epic fail that was the Oscars, (Lake loves the Oscars but meesa hates it), Hall of Famer Toronto Blue Jays Roberto Alomar joining the Empire with sexual misconduct charges and the formation of (soccer/football) Super League or Sith League, depending on who you ask. May the 4th be with you Chadwick Boseman and not winning your posthumous Oscar.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) reminisce on old topics like International Women's Day, Meghan Markle and Oprah, employee red flags in the workplace and Amazon's treatment to their fulfillment center workers. This week, we break down what we like/dislike about our co-workers, the horrible job Burger King did with their campaign for International Women's Day, Oprah paying us a visit from her castle to sit down with former members of the royal family and Amazon treating their fulfillment center workers like crap.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) go down the rabbit hole on the possible theory that we could eventually live in a world where movie studios are politically driven. They discuss Gina Carano's comments and why she got fired, the rising trend of deplatforming, the impact of how forgetting things affects our society and why Ben Shapiro and his company, The Daily Wire might influence the right wing market with his political views.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) start 2021 still stuck at home! They discuss why commercial holidays like Valentine's Day force us to feel and act a certain way, the plethora of options that are available when searching for that perfect wedding ring, the pros and cons of open concept offices vs cubicles and why having a good work culture is beneficial for both the employee and employer.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) end 2020 off with a bang! They discuss why celebrities taking over YouTube and Twitch might be a problem, the absurdity of DMCA strikes, why certain opportunities are set up for you to fail and why travelling across the border for food is a bad idea.

Lake (@LakeMarston) and Tanim (@noahxfence) reunite and catch up on what their lives have been like during the Corona virus pandemic. They discuss a "Garbage Plate" of topics including getting auto reply emails from CEO's, stresses from working at home, why movie trailers and posters suck so much and the complexities of creating a new social media account in 2020. Follow Us! Twitter - @podcast_aboveInstagram - @theaboveaveragepodcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Above-Average-Podcast-102690278197511YouTube - Coming Soon