485 - Shop Talk Special Report with Mark Brickey and Sean Mort

Shop Talk is back to bring us some international perspective on the US Elections and what the future holds. The People's Champ has survived Brexit thus far so we turn our ear across the pond to see what lies on the other side of political difficulty. Sean and Mark take all your breaking news and answer a lot of questions both on and off topic for where America will be heading for the next four years and the strategies we can make as creatives to thrive. While some people think the luxury items we make will be the first to go there are other, and much more agreeable, opinion about the potential response to buy small and support each other. Some of our hearts are still weighing heavy but this International Bromance isn't leaving without a couple good stories to get your head back in the game and on with life. 

Talking Points

• Staying Responsive to your landscape.
• Mark in crisis mode.
• What could possibly make Southwest look like a luxury airline?
• Sean as a travel agent.
• Anchor babies and where else to start a family in the world.
• One movie ticket or renting a whole apartment in Illinois.
• The AID Underground Railroad in Sean's snicket.
• Our troll hero. (RIP t0liet_cobra)
• A little distance for a bit of perspective on things.
• Do you want to make prison a living nightmare or do you want to manipulate the system you;re in to get the most out of it.
• Getting on with things and counting on checks and balances.
• Will Trump take an potential bait too easily?
• Rebuilding the places left to rot in America and the people who live there.
• Dealing with misogynistic bullshit and taking the high road to end up losing.
• Protest votes in the wrong argument and saving your energy for when it counts.
• Looking past the orange cherry.
• Getting into the right mental and emotional state to design.
• Are we looking at the beginning of the end for design as a trade?
• Uber, the App Economy, and betting on corporations.
• Sean's alternate take on buying small in the new market we face.
• Building your first booth, making it look professional, and putting your efforts into what will impact your customers.
• The complexity and extravagance of Complex Con.
• If people spend less will Sean keep coming over to the US?
• Bridging the gap of the two Americas.
• The Brickey Ticket in 2020.
• Renegade in London and aiming for the right demographic.
• Are you selling your work to the cool guys or the normal people?
• Big booths and breast feeding.
• A taxi cab ride that tugs on more than your heartstrings.