As the milestones out of lockdown keep being pushed further and further into the summer and the Prime Minister warns of a third wave ‘washing up on our shores’, do we have any chance of returning to ‘normal’ this year? I’m joined this week by Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) advising SAGE which in turn advises the Government, who believes we do. Dr Tildesley — an epidemiologist and Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modelling at the University of Warwick — argues that any rise in the R number will be offset by the vaccine programme and enable society to reopen. We’ll be exploring how all of this could play out over the coming months and I'll be asking important questions about the function of the SAGE group in determining policy. Join us at 17:00 GMT on Friday 26th March for this discussion. Please subscribe to the Pandemic Podcast here: www.danjgregory.com/pandemic SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/danjgregory TWITTER: https://twitter.com/danjgregory INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/danjgregory ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_YK1-4aXZA

Did you know that the first lockdown was set in motion the day after the largest teaching union threatened unilateral school closures? Or that, in the summer of 2020, a transport workers union threatened to strike unless the government mandated masks on trains? Or that the third lockdown happened the day after there was a colossal teaching mutiny with hundreds of thousands of teachers refusing to return to work in January 2021? Or that the reason why children have been masked in schools was because the teaching unions demanded it as a condition of re-opening? These are only just a handful of the known incidents of unions making demands or threats to the UK government which resulted in further restrictions or mandates. As we reflect back on the past 2 years, and the various factors that have influenced the course of the pandemic response within our “Calling out the game” series, in this episode we turn our attention to role of major trade unions such as the National Education Union (NEU), The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), GMB, British Medical Association (BMA, Trades Union Congress (TUC) and others, in driving fear based policy responses from lockdowns, school closures and mandatory masks. To help us evaluate the role of the unions in driving the pandemic response, we are joined by author, philosopher and social commentator Ben Irvine. Ben has been investigating the role of the trade unions in driving the pandemic response in the UK and has written extensively about these issues. Through his detailed investigative work, he shows the sequence of events, letters and even meetings held, which pressured the UK Government to change the course of the response to the pandemic in the UK. You can read Ben’s analysis in full here: http://whistleblowerphilosopher.blogspot.com/ Tune in LIVE at 20.00 UK time for a revealing conversation about the critical events that led to all three lockdowns and how unions continue to impact the course of the pandemic response. PS Please subscribe to our mailing list to be one of the first to learn about our new content and community at http://www.danjgregory.com/pandemic

Now is time to start a new chapter. We have reached a threshold where it’s time to leave behind the dark, fear-based energy and create a more empowering story that brings bliss, joy, love and light to the world. Each new day offers every one of us the opportunity to author a new page in the book of life, to shape our own experience and to forge our own path. To kick off 2022 I wanted to bring a guest to the podcast to help us to shift the energy. This is precisely why I have invited my dear friend Marci Lock ( known to most as SunDari) for a powerful conversation about how to transition from suffering into serenity and explore how we can create the conditions for the new world. Marci is best-in-class in her field and is the embodiment of liberation, bliss, and abundance. I've had the privilege of getting to know her and her work over the past 6 years since she first appeared on my very first podcast back in 2015. In tonight’s inspired conversation, we will explore how the experiences that we have been through over the past 2 years have set the stage for a global awakening. This conversation will take us beyond the egoic, logical mind into a higher level of consciousness where you will have the opportunity to see beyond the present moment into a more beautiful future and unpack how you and I can play our part in creating positive change. I say with total confidence that if you embrace what Marci shares in this conversation, it could transform your year, if not your life. Bold statement I know, but I speak from experience. This is not to be missed! Tune in LIVE at 20.00 UK time. PS We truly believe it is time to elevate humanity and start to create positive change, which is why we will soon be launching the Elevate Network, a private community where we focus on building a better world. Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to find out more http://www.danjgregory.com/elevate You can also download Marci's Freedom Activations here: https://www.marcilockexpansion.com/freedom-activators

Now we’ve had time to reflect on last week’s election results, it’s clear we can’t draw any overarching conclusions from them to help drive forward our increasingly fragile democracy. Boris Johnson may have painted a picture of a newly-burnished Tory promised land on the back of the party’s Hartlepool by-election win and successes at county and local level across swathes of England. But delve a little deeper and not only was the picture across England inconsistent but Scotland and Wales delivered clear messages to Downing Street that Johnson’s top-down approach to government — confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech — does not play universally well. Join me at 17:30 UK time when I’ll take a whistle stop tour of the results and their immediate implications before looking beyond today’s politicking towards a future built on more equitable and democractic grounds. Please subscribe to the Pandemic Podcast for all future updates http://www.danjgregory.com/pandemic FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/danjgregory TWITTER: https://twitter.com/danjgregory INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/danjgregory ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBGzFtj0pmk