Slow Walk + Talk

Walking and talking in London’s Tottenham Court Road with David Pearl, performance artist, innovation maven and creative confidant to top business figures.

We’d just finished recording a podcast together (released soon) and this was a bit of an experiment….

Frantic Family Rescue – TRAILER (ABC TV)

Title: Frantic Family Rescue

TV Channel: ABC 1 (Australia only)

Across the globe, where money and opportunity collide, childhood is now a race to perfection. With children expected to pile up academic, artistic and athletic achievements, parenting has come to resemble a cross between a competitive sport and product development.

Result: many modern families are stretched to breaking point.

Enter Carl Honoré, the world’s leading advocate of the Slow Movement. His mission: to slow down the pace of family life to make children (and parents) happier, healthier and more successful.

Flyer for ABC TV 1 show
Flyer for ABC TV 1 show

In ABC TV’s Frantic Family Rescue, Carl has four weeks to reboot three high-octane Australian families. It’s a crash course where parents and kids go cold turkey – stepping off the treadmill of rushing, busyness, screen-addiction and constant striving. For a whole month, they are forced to unplug their gadgets, tear up their schedules and do things for the sheer joy of them rather than because they might look good on a CV.

Do the three families heed Carl’s advice and reap the benefits? Or is there no turning back from our frantic lifestyles?

Tune in to find out….