It’s a much a surprise to them as to their listeners, but Brad and Jacqui made it back for the second week in season three. In this podcast they try (and fail) to avoid COVID-19 related news but keep things light with their signature wry banter.

Brad draws inspiration from the movie “Yesterday”, in which a struggling musician discovers only he has any memory of the band the Beatles and their songs. Brad asks Jacqui if she could “Yesterday” something, what would it be? Jacqui doesn’t think she has the talent to pull someone else’s brilliance off as her own, and struggles to name something. Jacqui asks Brad what outrageous, no expense limit thing he would build into his own house, and Brad can’t go past stale popcorn and new releases.

Brad’s corona virus related news story (what news story isn’t related to the virus at the moment?) is Amazon firing workers trying to organize a protest due to Amazon’s handling of social distancing restrictions. They discuss Amazon’s motives, its reputational hit, and the obscene wealth of its founder, Jeff Bezos.

Jacqui wants to talk about the unprecedent drop in oil prices, and how the value of oil can actually go below zero. They tackle the oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, the OPEC group, and potential implications for the climate change debate.

Finally, Brad wants to continue on the ‘failure’ theme by discussing their ‘anti-superpowers’ – what are you terrible at doing, but proud of it? Brad has names on his mind, and rubbish on the ground. Jacqui has a bed to get to, and is dribbling water down her chin. Can they take any positives away from the things they are so terribly bad at? Listen in to find out.

Thank you all for the support for this new season of Shooting Breezes. Give us a shout about anything discussed in this episode @shootinbreezes. We will (hopefully) be back next week for some more news related COVID shenanigans.