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Find out the word for “video game” in Chinese along with today's special guest Michael Acton Smith. He is the creator of Moshi Monsters, a game which teaches children positive skills and has millions of players around the globe. ✨ BIG NEWS ✨ Our brand new Talk Chineasy App, is now live on the App Store! Free to download and perfect for building your speaking confidence from Day 1. Visit our website for more info about the app.

Claire Munday, Mother of 2 and Creator and Founder of Tappy Toes dance, has been dancing since the age of three.Claire trained at Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom, Surrey, on a three year musical theatre course. She gained Distinctions in Ballet, Modern and Tap ISTD Teaching Associates, and an Anatomy Diploma, and has been teaching dance since she was 16 years old.A professional dancer from 1998- 2010, she performed with major pop artists including Destiny's Child, KT Tunstall and Katherine Jenkins. In west end venues, the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium, and in countless hair and fashion shows for companies including Marks and Spencer, Levis, Clarks, Wella and L'Oreal. She appeared on Top of the Pop's, MTV, the Brit Awards, a series for ITV1, and a cinema and TV campaign for Lynx.She is now an accomplished choreographer having worked on adverts for the Olympics 2012, Moshi Monsters and Lumi Jewellery, and on TV shows including CBeebies, Nuzzle and Scratch, ITV1s Wedding Dances and a Teachers TV series.With over 15 years of teaching experience behind her, Claire created Tappy Toes baby and toddler dance classes in order to develop imagination, build confidence, improve coordination and inspire creativity in your youngsters, and to provide a fun but controlled environment for parent/carer and toddler to bond. The classes became so popular the decision was made to franchise the classes so that more children could enjoy them! During the Coronavirus pandemic, Claire decided to take all Tappy Toes classes live online, so that every child could experience the magic of DANCE even during social distancing and isolation. Classes are now available in studios across the UK. Timestamps:[1:40] What is Tappy Toes?[3:00] Professional dance career and getting into teaching[10:05] When did you start your first franchise?[18:00] Where are you heading with franchising?[20:50] Are you expanding to the USA?[22:00] Did you children attend your classes? And how does it help with child development?[24:00] How did lockdown affect the children in your classes?[28:30] If your business had a personality or character, what would it be like?Claire's Facebook page @tappytoes on Twitter @tappytoesdance on Instagram Claire's Website Want to join us for our next Escape 9 to 5 Live Event? Find out more and sign up for our free event here: https://tricres.ac-page.com/9-to-5

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Find out the word for “video game” in Chinese along with today's special guest Michael Acton Smith. He is the creator of Moshi Monsters, a game which teaches children positive skills and has millions of players around the globe.

Fan Fave host Katrina does a deep dive into the history of three popular childhood web games: Moshi Monsters, Club Penguin, and Poptropica! Plus, a Pop Recap about Taylor Swift's Eras Tour movie, most anticipated Broadway shows for the Fall, The Golden Bachelor, and more!

Find out the word for “video game” in Chinese along with today's special guest Michael Acton Smith. He is the creator of Moshi Monsters, a game which teaches children positive skills and has millions of players around the globe.

Michael Acton-Smith is best known as the co-founder of Calm, the $2 billion meditation, sleep and wellness app, but he is so much more than that. Because Calm is just one of four companies Michael has built. Michael has also built Moshi Monsters, the breakout success web-based children's game, which after rapid growth suffered a loss in users and for a while Michael wasn't sure whether the business could survive. Michael has experienced the highs, but also the challenges, of growing big businesses.  These are just two of four companies Michael has built. Michael is a natural entrepreneur who's been founding businesses his entire adult life. To talk to him and share in his wisdom was a privilege I'm immensely grateful for.  Your early years Starting my first business - Firebox  My second business - Perplex City  My third business - Moshi monsters  The start of Calm Calm helping people sleep Misconceptions around sleep Tough times for you this year What you are doing now to change? Your relationships The foundations of good communication  How accurate is the 'hippie' stigma that comes with mindfulness?  Do you feel the good you've done in the world? Psychedelics curing mental health Our last guest question Micheal: https://www.instagram.com/michaelacton/ https://twitter.com/acton?lang=gu linkedin.com/in/michaelactonsmith/?originalSubdomain=uk Calm: https://www.calm.com/ Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/StevenBartlettYT?sub_confirmation=1 Sponsors:  Huel - https://uk.huel.com/ Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl

Find out the word for “video game” in Chinese along with today's special guest Michael Acton Smith. He is the creator of Moshi Monsters, a game which teaches children positive skills and has millions of players around the globe.

In this week's episode of Reformed Millennials, we're talking about the crazy week in the markets as we hit an all-time high in the Dow. Trump is psyched and investors are too. If you aren’t excited about the Dow 30, you’re going to love the new Roblox S-1 and what it means for public investors interested in the metaverse.Oh, and we do our best to make sense of Cannabis and Bitcoin Bull markets. Broc and Joel do their best to help make sense of one of the craziest weeks on Wallstreet.Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.If you aren’t in the Reformed Millennials Facebook Group join us for daily updates, discussions, and deep dives into the investable trends Millennials should be paying attention to.👉 For specific investment questions or advice contact Joel @ Gold Investment Management.📈📊Market UPDATE💵📉🥳​DOW 30K🥳​The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 30,000 for the first time ever. The small-cap rally continued as the Russell 2000 ripped roughly 2% continuing the rotation out of big tech into the S&P494 Every sector except real estate finished higher. $XLRE was flat. Energy surged again. $XLE is up 40% so far this month. November could be its best month ever. 👀 See more below.Crude closed above $44 for the first time since it went negative. Gold tumbled to prices not seen since mid-July. $GLD dropped 1.5%Here are the closing prints:S&P 500 3,235 +1.62%Nasdaq 12,036 +1.31%Russell 2000 1,853 +1.94%Dow Jones 30,046 +1.54%🐣Roblox - Video Games and The Business Of the Metaverse🐥Roblox is the latest in a series of games that built a vast under-16 audience, mostly under the radar, by focusing on enabling user creativity instead of AAA graphics. See also Minecraft and Runescape, amongst others. It has 30m DAUs (54% under aged 13), $590m revenue in the first 9m of 2020, and 7m developers have created 18m games inside it - it's a platform. There are lots of obvious operational questions (trust & safety, developer payouts), but the question for kids' games is whether the users are replaced as they age out (remember Moshi Monsters? Club Penguin?), and the questions for all games investing is whether (as some argue) we are moving from a hit-based model to long-term sustained franchises.MUST-READ From Matthew Ball🚀Bitcoin to the Moon?🌍Where are all the Bitcoin bros? They seem to be in the form of institutional asset managers instead of teens in Lambos… It cracked  $19K on Wednesday as it nears its record high from December 2017.Bitcoin may make a new all-time high soon, but interest in $BTC.X seems nowhere near where it was in late 2017.🌊 Hottest Links We Read Last Week 🌊Energy is HOT - The energy sector ETF surged more than 5% for the second day in a row. $XLE closed at its highest price since June 16, 2020. We’ll see if it can surpass the high close from June 8th ($46.86).👀 Move Over, Millennials - Not all young people share the same daily habits or the same views of the world. Millennials are cutting the cord. Gen Z doesn’t know what the cord is. 45% of Millennials still watch broadcast tv, compared with 26% of 16-17 year-olds.Can You Determine Who's Fake and Who's Not?The future is likely going to require a robust understanding of technology and its underlying infrastructure/incentives of their business models to defend ourselves from these deep fakes.Facebook released data on hate speech - in particular, it released data on what percentage it probably makes up of total posts (0.5%).DISCLAIMERGold Investment Management Ltd. (“GIM”) is registered as a portfolio manager in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec and as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This material is provided to you for informational purposes only. For greater certainty, the information contained herein should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific model portfolios or investment actions. Any third-party information contained herein has been compiled from sources believed to be reliable, however, GIM makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to its accuracy or completeness. Any market prices and estimates in this report are for informational purposes only. The opinions contained herein are effective as at the date of the report and GIM does not assume any responsibility for advising the reader of any subsequent change of opinion. Any indications of past performance contained herein is not indicative of future results and any information with regard to the performance of GIM’s investment portfolios is presented gross of fees which will vary from mandate to mandate. For additional information please visit our website: https://gold-im.com/legal/. Get on the email list at www.reformedmillennials.com

Michael Acton Smith, co-Founder of Calm joins us to talk about building the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, with over 75 million downloads and over 700,000 5-star reviews. Michael tells us about how the idea was born from his own personal discovery of the power of meditation. In our conversation he tells the Calm founding story, and talks about the journey to making medication accessible to tens of millions of people while taking on stigma around meditation and mental health long before the recent surge in interest around the space. In addition to being the co-founder of Calm, Michael also was the founder of Mind Candy and creator of Moshi Monsters, the online world for children that grew to 80 million registered users and expanded offline into books, toys, games, magazines, music and movies. Michael is also the founder of Firebox.com, Ping Pong Fight Club, and Berwickstock music festival. In 2014, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire for his service to the creative industries. You can connect with Michael here: LinkedIn, Twitter, Calm Website What If Fellowship: https://whatif.vc/fellowship   HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT: Michael Acton Smith joins us to talk about how he came to find meditation as a resource for himself in his personal life. Michael shares the story of how his experience in the entertainment industry left him feeling burnt out and how meditation is the most valuable skill he has learned in his lifetime. Calm origin story: With his co-founder Alex Tew, Michael wanted to bring meditation to people through something that was accessible, relatable, and simple. The app creation was their idea to achieve all of these goals in their attempt to change the world of mental health for the better. Michael talks about how meditation is so much more than just sitting quietly and breathing. It is a neuroscience that helps to rewire your brain to get out of the fight or flight mindset and how to help your prefrontal cortex frequencies to be normalized. How has Covid-19 and the pandemic affected Calm? Isolation mixed with anxiety surrounding the pandemic has caused mental health to be on the forefront of everyone’s minds. Michael talks about how his business was growing before this but now it has grown dramatically. He tells about his sense of responsibility to react to this current situation and to provide more content for subscribers. Michael shares how calm has extended its reach to not only individuals but to companies as well. Calm is being used in businesses to learn how to manage stress, how to connect with colleagues, and how to increase emotional intelligence within the workplace. Not only is this an affordable and life-changing choice for companies, but he states that it is a no brainer. If companies offer gym memberships to increase physical wellness, they should be offering calm memberships to increase mental wellness too. How do you see the business of Calm evolving over the next few years? Michael talks with us about the breadth of growth opportunities in front of the business in the coming years. He compares it to the scale of Netflix or Spotify subscriptions. In addition to that growth, he would like to see Calm being offered on a global scale in multiple languages. Michael discusses expanding calm into a lifestyle brand featuring clothing, hotels, even a resort on an island of Calm! When asked about what a Calm island would look like, he described it as a week or two getaway to focus on recentering yourself with healthy food, exercise, and meditation services. Advice for mental health founders: We talked about what founders in the mental health space could do if they are just starting to splash around in this space. Michael recommends above all else, patience. He says to not go after the first idea that pops into your head. He gives other tips to get yourself into the right mindset to find the big opportunities. To expand on this, we discussed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are most important to pay attention to early on as a founder. Michael shares that finances are so key to tracking as well as being incredibly mindful with hiring and workspace. Additionally, Michael shares that in order to keep retention up of your customers, you need to create new content and how you want to keep your business on the front of your customers' minds. Michael talks about the importance of teaching meditation to younger generations. He shares his excitement surrounding how we are seeing mindfulness education in schools.  He raises the question, “what is more important than teaching the next generation how to improve their emotional intelligence?” Finally, Michael shares how meditation is a skill that you can learn, and that means you have to be taught how to utilize it. Not only that, but you need to practice using it in your daily life in order to get better at it. We are starting to move in a direction where more and more people are using these skills in their life and being more open about mental health. Michael shares how he feels privileged to be able to be a part of this movement.                                Connect with the What If Ventures and the Stigma Podcast in the following ways: What If Fellowship, Patreon, Website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Email Connect with host Stephen Hays here: Stephen Hays Personal Website, Twitter, LinkedIn, What If Ventures (Mental Health Venture Fund)  

Find out the word for “video game” in Chinese along with today’s special guest Michael Acton Smith. He is the creator of Moshi Monsters, a game which teaches children positive skills and has millions of players around the globe. Read extended show notes for this episode here: https://www.chineasy.com/talk/lessons/255-video-game/ Explore various topics, special guests, and expansive list of useful Chinese phrases on Talk Chineasy website! goo.gl/VJ8plT Want to practice the pronunciation of words taught in this episode? Have fun learning with activity sheets, recap video, coloring book, and more. Become a Golden Chineasian to enjoy exclusive premium content! goo.gl/vjbtL9

Ian the CEO of Mind Candy the creators of Moshi Monsters and more recently Moshi Sleeps. Ian's wealth of entertainment experience comes from his time at Ubisoft and Electronic Arts, which led to his role as International Managing Director at IGN where he was responsible for its global expansion and making IGN the #1 video games and entertainment media network in the world. A father of two, Ian’s inspiration for Moshi comes from his vision of helping millions of families around the world become happier and healthier by helping kids sleep. https://www.moshisleep.com/

If you've some little monsters who need help getting to sleep or else unwinding during the day, then this skill from the Moshi Monsters gang might help.Feedback, comments, demos please to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Sam Sethi talks with James Minter about the story of his club, Adam Street in London which not been told.James is as self-effacing as he is charming, recounting with warmth the role it played in the dotcom boom.“Adam Street was absolutely amazing,” he recalls. “It was a first, unique, and I met the most wonderful bunch of people there. No one has ever directly copied it.”Now sadly defunct, the venue off The Strand – with its bar, restaurant, library, gallery, and event space – became the go-to place for London’s tech entrepreneurs as they rallied after the bubble burst.Originally established as serviced offices by James after a career in the navy, Adam Street became a magnet for dotcom start-ups with few assets and little capital. The club itself opened in 2001 in an old watering hole for actors propping up the building.What would become the first entrepreneurs’ club in London was seeded when James noted the then itinerant nature of Julie Meyer’s First Tuesday networking club.“Back in those days it was still the case that if you went into a club you weren’t allowed to talk about business – it was not done and was meant to be a subtle under-the-radar thing,” he explains. “So I thought you have got all these people together, First Tuesday moving from venue to venue, why isn’t there a fixed place where entrepreneurs hang out?”These were the heady days of a gold rush.Nonetheless, like all roller-coaster rides, the dotcom era was marked as much by the founding as by the spectacular failure of new internet-based companies, with the Lastminute.com IPO in 2000 signalling the bursting of the bubble.“By the time we opened the club in 2001 it wasn’t such an auspicious time. It wasn’t really until 2003 that we got up to about 1,000 members, but by then a number of characters had helped gather together the bomb-burst and we had a whole layer of true entrepreneurs who came back together after the dotcom highs and lows to rebuild the tech community.”These included such characters as Michael Acton Smith, creator of Moshi Monsters; Mike Butcher of TechCrunch, who introduced James to the term “podcast”; and Richard Duvall, the man behind the first internet bank, Egg, and co-founder of peer-to-peer pioneer Zopa.The key to the club’s success was ambience shaped by an enthusiastic staff helping to select the right members in a niche that morphed from a shared workspace during the day into a nightclub for hothousing ideas at night.“There was no music during the day, but at about 5.30 we put on a little bit – and by 10.30 people were dancing on the tables. I also like to think that we introduced the espresso martini into the London cocktail scene!”Adam Street’s glory days lasted until 2008, but faded amid the global financial meltdown and the migration of tech entrepreneurs to Silicon Roundabout in East London. At that time James also had music on the mind, reopening Notting Hill’s famous Tabernacle.Although it played host to battalions of iconic digital pioneers, James believes Adam Street was not just about tech – but primarily about entrepreneurship and making connections, a skill he has taken to the digital leadership experts Hannington Tame.

Find out the word for “video game” in Chinese along with today’s special guest Michael Acton Smith. He is the creator of Moshi Monsters, a game which teaches children positive skills and has millions of players around the globe. Read extended show notes for this episode here: https://www.chineasy.com/talk/lessons/255-video-game/ Explore various topics, special guests, and expansive list of useful Chinese phrases on Talk Chineasy website! goo.gl/VJ8plT Want to practice the pronunciation of words taught in this episode? Have fun learning with activity sheets, recap video, coloring book, and more. Become a Golden Chineasian to enjoy exclusive premium content! goo.gl/vjbtL9

Welcome back to a new season of The Food Medic Podcast! We are kicking off the season with a very special guest - co-founder of the sleep and meditation app CALM, Michael Acton.Prior to Calm, Michael was the founder of Mind Candy and creator of Moshi Monsters, the online world for children that grew to 80 Million registered users and expanded offline into books, toys, games, magazines, music and movies. Michael is also the founder of Firebox.com, Ping Pong Fight Club and Berwickstock music festival. In 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to the Creative Industries. Hazel and Michael chat about how to mediate, the use of technology in meditation and mindfulness, the impact of disrupted sleep on our health and tips on how to improve your bedtime routine. As this is a new season, Dr Hazel will be ending the episode with a listener question. You can tweet, facebook or instagram message us with your questions with the hashtag #thefoodmedicpodcast.

Ian Chambers, CEO of Mind Candy, talks about the company’s journey after Moshi Monsters and how sleep is the future

This week Holly speaks to investor Tom Teichman, the founder of Spark Ventures & The Garage Soho.  Known as ‘Britain’s most-successful digital start-up backer’ Tom has invested in companies such as LastMinute.com, Moshi Monsters and Made.com.  He also played a key role in Holly's business journey, when he invested in Notonthehighstreet. Together they recount the serendipitous way in which Tom and Holly met, and the incredible journey they embarked on. Now Tom runs his latest venture from his Soho townhouse incubator office with his co-founder, the advertising guru Sir John Hegarty. Investing and mentoring small businesses with a focus on technology-enabled consumer brands.  In this conversation, Holly and Tom discuss his incredible journey from arriving in England as a refugee, taking inspiration from his entrepreneurial parents, to becoming one of the most well known and respected venture capitalist investors in Britain.  A highly personal interview, Holly and Tom discuss the importance of intuition and emotion in business, how finding the ying to your yang in a business partner makes for a stronger business, and the key points he looks for when investing in a business.  Find tickets to Conversations of Inspiration Live at https://holly.co/events/  Conversations of Inspiration is brought to you with support from NatWest: visit natwestbusinesshub.com for information, tips and insights to help business owners meet their goals.   Follow Holly on Instagram: instagram.com/hollytucker/?hl=en

When you're born into a family famous for their musical ties, is joining them a birthright or a curse? Lucy Wainwright Roche and her mom Suzzy Roche join us live in studio. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Mini Babybel, TurboTax, Leesa (code: LONGSHORT), The Real Real (code: REAL) and Moshi Monsters (code: LONGESTSLEEP). Also, Hillary Frank's "Weird Parenting Wins" book is here, and she's heading out on book tour. Visit her website for the latest.

Single Motherhood is a whole different beast. This episode’s guest Rachel Sklar talks about the importance of self care and working hard while not feeling guilty. This episode is sponsored by Moshi Monsters (code: JJSLEEP) and The Real Real (www.therealreal.com code: REAL).

In this episode we try to answer the hard questions about your Dad Persona, Santa Claus and how to avoid repeating the same mistakes your parents made with guest John Hodgman.  This episode is sponsored by Moshi Monsters (code: JJSLEEP) and The RealReal (www.therealreal.com code: REAL).

We've finally made it to Spotify! To celebrate such a momentous (and honestly unexpected) achievement, we threw together a quick little podcast just for you. Oh, and we talk about our very first video games with a few very special guests. On behalf of the crew, we just want to say thank you to everyone who's been on this journey with us and supported us all the way.

Michael Acton Smith OBE is a man who's been described as the ‘tech version of Willy Wonka’. From setting up popular e-commerce websites with university friends to extravagant online games Michael Acton Smith has always had a drive as a maker. His biggest success, Moshi Monsters, grew to over 100 million registered users and expanded to over 150 countries around the world. It’s not all been plain sailing though. His businesses have come within days of missing payroll and after booming success Mind Candy has found it challenging reproducing it’s second hit. More recently our esteemed guest has focussed his attention on raising awareness and building businesses in the mental health space - an area very close to his heart with the meditation app - Calm.

Michael Acton Smith OBE is the CEO and founder of kids entertainment company Mind Candy – the creators of global kids phenomenon Moshi Monsters, which has over 90 million users around the world and has expanded offline into best selling toys, the number one selling kids magazine in the UK, a best selling DS video game, top 5 music album which has gone gold in the UK, books, membership cards, trading cards and much more. In 1998, while in his early twenties, Smith co-founded online gadget and gift retailer Firebox.com with university friend Tom Boardman. The pair started out with a rent-free attic and £800 from undergoing a medical experiment. Their breakthrough moment came in the form of the “Shot Glass Chess Set”. Within five years they were listed by The Sunday Times ‘Fast Track 100′ as the 13th fastest growing, privately owned business in the UK. Following his success with Firebox, Michael secured $10m backing and launched Mind Candy in 2004. The company launched alternate reality game Perplex City, a global treasure hunt with £100,000 buried somewhere in the world that played out across various media. The game gained positive press coverage with Perplex City being hailed as the future of gaming. The game was also nominated for a BAFTA award in 2006 yet only attracted a niche audience. After three years (and $9m spent) Perplex City was placed on indefinite hold. With just $1m left in the bank, Smith took a final roll of the dice. In 2007, having been inspired by the growing success of Facebook and kids brands including Tamagotchi, Mind Candy launched online world Moshi Monsters. Smith was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the creative industries. His talk at London Business School is part of the 2015-2016 Tell Series talks and it was recorded on 2 December 2015 at London Business School. Learn more about entrepreneurial opportunities at the School: http://bit.ly/LBS-entrepreneur Learn more about Tell Series: http://tellseries.com/ Learn more about DIIE: http://www.london.edu/diie

Michael Acton Smith, founder of Mind Candy who created Moshi Monsters demystifies mindfulness and talks to Richard about how it can be used to rewire our brains, change the way we see the world and help us unlock our true potential. Michael reveals what lead him to write ‘Calm’ and how mindfulness changed his life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you thought 3D printing was some sort of futuristic sci-fi technology that would never catch on, think again. I can make is a group that produces kits to help teachers, parents and children understand all about 3D printing. Chris Thorpe, I can make’s technology spoke about how the group hopes to help inspire the current school generation to become the engineers, inventors and manufacturers of the future. Chris is a technologist who makes things with code, APIs and now 3D printing. He was once the CTO of Moshi Monsters, the pet monster game that makes parents’ evenings awkward. Our videos: https://vimeo.com/theodiuk Our audio: https://soundcloud.com/theodi Our slides: https://www.scribd.com/OpenDataInstitute Our photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukodi/ Our website: theodi.org

Divinia Knowles is the COO & CFO of Mind Candy, the British entertainment company that created Moshi Monsters.

WARNING: Contains some Strong Language and the occasional funny moment Whilst everyone's worrying about who to pull at their Work Christmas Party, Stuart and Rick step-up to think about THE CHILDREN this Christmas. Yes, your Christmas Grinches are stepping up and keeping the little blighters entertained and enlightened this Christmas, so you don't have to bother. We're like Santa's Elves or something. This Week We Watched - Channel 5's wondrous collection of Christmas TV Movies. From 'A Carol Christmas' to 'Matchmaker Santa'...if your children just aren't excited about Christmas enough, then the fifth channel have exactly what you need! Download from iTunes or listen on demand… #WTFIsXmas? - Will SOMEBODY think of the children? #comedy #satire #sketches #xmas - @z1radio by Ricklouder on Mixcloud listen to ‘#WTFIsXmas? - Will SOMEBODY think of the children? #comedy #satire #sketches #xmas - @z1radio’ on Audioboo This Week We Read - The Top 2014 Annuals from Justin Bieber, Moshi Monsters and Wizards vs. Aliens. We set out thinking they weren't for us but realised just how much we missed them! Christmas Bullsheet Headlines include: "Santa's Getting In Running Gear" "Mum Pat First Bish" and "Toxic Mice Unleashed On Snake Invaders" PLUS: We have the exclusive Brand New Coca-Cola Seasonal Nostalgic Christmas Holidays Advert featuring Santa himself! -- www.twitter.com/5tuartHardy and http://www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

WARNING: Contains some Strong Language and the occasional funny moment Whilst everyone's worrying about who to pull at their Work Christmas Party, Stuart and Rick step-up to think about THE CHILDREN this Christmas. Yes, your Christmas Grinches are stepping up and keeping the little blighters entertained and enlightened this Christmas, so you don't have to bother. We're like Santa's Elves or something. This Week We Watched - Channel 5's wondrous collection of Christmas TV Movies. From 'A Carol Christmas' to 'Matchmaker Santa'...if your children just aren't excited about Christmas enough, then the fifth channel have exactly what you need! This Week We Read - The Top 2014 Annuals from Justin Bieber, Moshi Monsters and Wizards vs. Aliens. We set out thinking they weren't for us but realised just how much we missed them! Christmas Bullsheet Headlines include: "Santa's Getting In Running Gear" "Mum Pat First Bish" and "Toxic Mice Unleashed On Snake Invaders" PLUS: We have the exclusive Brand New Coca-Cola Seasonal Nostalgic Christmas Holidays Advert featuring Santa himself! -- http://www.twitter.com/5tuartHardy and http://www.twitter.com/z1radio http://www.ZoneOneRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Once described as the 'rock star version of Willie Wonka', Michael Acton Smith is emerging as one of the major players in Britain's high tech industry. You may not have heard of him, but any five to eleven year old will know of his Moshi Monsters video game website, where children tend a virtual pet. Moshi Monsters is growing rapidly and has 50 million members worldwide. Acton Smith began his first business in the late 1990s when he was not long out of university. Despite recent success he has suffered major setbacks in the past. Rory Cellan-Jones profiles the 37 year old who is already making waves beyond these shores. Producer: Kate Dixon.

In this episode:  Armor Games, Moshi Monsters, Review of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Review of The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley, Catholic Vitamins, Mattie Claire, Voicemail from Mary, Paul from New York Links in this episode: http://www.addicting...