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No matter how prepared you are going into your normal day at the office, spending hours at your desk can get mundane and boring. Before you know it, your mind is wandering and you’ve lost focus...According to a study published by Economist Intelligence Unit in October 2020, a third of working time is lost to distractions. That’s equivalent to a whopping 581 active hours per employee per year. But actually it doesn’t take much to get that concentration back and make some progress on your to-do list.What are some tips for refocusing? Do we have to focus on one task at a time to be more efficient? What about the internal environment? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Is binge drinking over in the UK?How can I improve my posture in the office?Do I need to take vitamin D supplements?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In June 2022, Canadian superstar singer Justin Bieber took to Instagram to reveal that he has a rare neurological disorder called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.He took a break from his world tour, and would do the same just a few months later, again using social media to tell fans about suffering with exhaustion and needing to “make health the priority”. After trying to restart the tour, he would eventually be forced to cancel his remaining concert dates.How long have we known about this syndrome? What are its symptoms? Can you cure Ramsay Hunt syndrome? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Is binge drinking over in the UK?How can I improve my posture in the office?Why should I avoid showering after a workout?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve ever seen an episode of 1990s series The X-Files, you’ll likely remember Dana Scully as an FBI detective. The character, played by Gillian Anderson for all 11 seasons, was also a graduate in medicine and physics.The combination made for an unprecedented representation of women on TV at the time, with audiences far more accustomed to seeing scientists played by white men. The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are grouped together under the name of STEM professions. And Dana Scully was one of the first female characters in such a field to feature on prime-time TV, which would inspire a generation of young women to start careers in STEM professions. The phenomenon has become referred to as the Scully Effect.Is there any data to back it up? Why did Scully become such an inspirational figure? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Is binge drinking over in the UK?How can I improve my posture in the office?Why should I avoid showering after a workout?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was back in January 2002 that euro coins and banknotes were introduced, and the biggest cash changeover in history took place across 12 EU countries.the story of the Euro actually goes much further back than that. It’s intrinsically linked to the very essence of the European Project. In 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, Josef Müller, resistance member, concentration camp survivor and founder of the Bavarian Christian Social Union talked up the benefits of a single currency, saying “countries that share a currency will never be at war”.But how could having a single currency really ensure peace? What have we learned over the last 20 years? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, you can click here:How can I improve my posture in the office?Why should I avoid showering after a workout?How often should you wash your bedsheets?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Binge drinking is defined as consuming 5 or more drinks for a man, or 4 or more drinks for a woman, in about 2 hours, and the UK has a rather notorious reputation for drinking to excess, especially when abroad. But according to a 2022 survey from Drinkaware, 26 % so nearly a third of 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are now completely teetotal, meaning they do not drink at all. Add to this that 29% of pub visits and 37% of  restaurant visits are also alcohol free. While the non-alcoholic beverage market has grown over 506 % since 2015 and it is pretty clear that sobriety or at least being "sober curious" a search term that actually peaked in 2021 following the pandemic might be the new normal in the UK.So could binge drinking be a thing of the past? What else has caused this change? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:How can I improve my posture in the office?Why should I avoid showering after a workout?How often should you wash your bedsheets?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vitamin D is known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’, and it’s not for nothing. Our bodies make it from cholesterol when exposed to sunlight. The sun’s ultraviolet B rays hit cholesterol in the skin cells, providing the energy needed for vitamin D synthesis to occur.Naturally, during autumn and winter, there’s less sunlight and government advice suggests that everyone should consider taking Vitamin D supplements during these seasons. In fact, most people are Vitamin D-deficient regardless of the season. Sedentary lifestyles mean they simply don’t get enough sun exposure. Really, you want to get about 20 minutes of sun exposure each day when you can. Ideally that will be before 11AM or after 5PM, as UV levels peak in between those times, meaning sunlight can be damaging to the skin.What's so special about Vitamin D? Can it be found in food? Who should be taking vitamin D supplements? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why should I avoid showering after a workout?How often should you wash your bedsheets?How can I keep my exercise eco-friendly?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Musculoskeletal disorders, like back pain and arthritis, are recognized as occupational diseases in Western countries which have a large office workforce. The UK’s Health and Safety Executive lists some of the causes of these disorders as repetitive work, particularly using the same hand or arm action, carrying out a task for a long time and working with display screen equipment.Pain or stiffness in the muscles, tendons, nerves, back, wrists or neck can appear little by little when certain office equipment is missing, or not set up correctly. Let’s discuss some tips that can improve office posture.What about my office chair? Is there a right way to sit in front of your computer? What about the rest of my equipment? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Resale, repair, rental, refill... could this be the new way to shop? What are lolcows, the unwitting targets of online bullies?How can I improve my sporting performance through mental preparation?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down from his position as the company’s CEO to focus on other projects. He’ll remain executive chairman at Amazon but now wants to dedicate more time to other projects, including his space tourism company Blue Origin. Following that surprise announcement, British business magnate Richard Branson also declared his desire to go into space with his company Virgin Galactic. Some have labelled these developments as a new dawn for space tourism.So who’s earning bragging rights in the billionaires’ space race?How long has space tourism been around? Wait, are you saying one day I’ll be able to jump on a rocket into space? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, you can click here:Why should I avoid showering after a workout?How often should you wash your bedsheets?How can I keep my exercise eco-friendly?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You might have heard of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ a motto with the aim of encouraging us to think about how we consume and consider the impact that buying lots of stuff has on the planet. But now the high end department store Selfridges has launched a new campaign, ‘Project Earth’ to try and change the way we shop: resale, repair, rental and refill is their response to customers' growing demands for sustainable shopping and move away from fast fashion and disposable goods.What is the aim? How will it work? What other changes has Selfridges planned? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why should I avoid showering after a workout?How often should you wash your bedsheets?How can I keep my exercise eco-friendly?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The online bullies have come up with a derogatory term for their targets; lolcows. Like cash cows, they are exploited, or milked, for entertainment purposes. Longstanding American forum Kiwi Farms was shut down by Cloudflare in early September 2022. The reason: an “imminent and emergency threat to human life”, according to the internet infrastructure company. That’s because the forum is pretty much dedicated to online harassment. This includes practices like group trolling, doxxing and cyberstalking. It can spill over into real-life harassment too. At least two victims have committed suicide since the site was created.Who was the first lolcow? What can we do about this bullying? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:Why should I avoid showering after a workout?How often should you wash your bedsheets?How can I keep my exercise eco-friendly?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices