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Leigh Raines of TV Fanatic rated "Snip" with a 4/5 saying that this was a family-fun night on ABC and as for Claire's relationship with her three kids she stated: "I found everything about Claire's interaction with the kids to be so realistic in this episode."[2]
It was a family-fun night over at ABC, as we got a double dose of America's favorite comedy (read my review here of "Schooled.") In the second episode of Modern Family Phil prepared to get a little "Snip."
My plan was to turn this house into their forever home. I wanted each space to feel very intentional. With a design style described as modern and clean, the entryway, kitchen, primary bedroom, and bathroom were about to get a total makeover. Martin joined in on the demolition part of the project, which was so fun to have him involved. This home hosted many family celebrations each year, so the kitchen and dining area had to especially feel more open and purposeful.
Modern Family is one of the most beloved sitcoms of the last decade, having aired on ABC since 2009. This show follows the lives of the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan, a blended family which is a source of both comedy and drama. After 12 seasons, viewers have been able to rank the best episodes and discuss their favorite moments. Here we look at the episodes that have been highly ranked by viewers, and why they have become so popular.
Gloria and Jay are determined to make Manny's 14th birthday the best one yet. To surprise him, they plan an unforgettable party, complete with a live band and all his closest friends. Meanwhile, Haley meets a much older guy and starts to hang out with him, much to the chagrin of her family.
In the episode of Modern Family titled "The Future Dunphys", the Dunphy family is at the hospital for some tests, when they come across their older selves. This is a surreal moment for the family, and they take a moment to reflect on their lives. Claire and Phil decide to use this opportunity to have a conversation about their future, while Mitchell and Cameron plan a special day for Lily and Gloria. Meanwhile, Manny and Jay visit a prestigious private school to explore the options available to their children.
The season finale of Modern Family, "Goodnight, Gracie" was an emotional episode as the family travels to Florida to be with Phil after his mother's passing. Claire helps Phil with his mother's last wish for his father Frank, and the kids reflect on the gifts their grandmother has left for them. Gloria has to deal with an outstanding arrest warrant in Florida, Cam finds himself fitting right into an elderly women's group at Frank's retirement community, and Jay runs into a pivotal person from his past.
Unfortunately, this episode was met with mixed reviews. While it was an emotional episode that highlighted the importance of family, the lack of comedic elements resulted in the episode feeling flat and uneventful. Even the death of a beloved character was not handled with the necessary gravitas.
In the episode "Fulgencio", the modern family is thrown into chaos when Gloria's mother and sister visit. With their arrival comes a slew of traditions, baby name ideas, and family baggage. Phil attempts to help the kids with their problems, while Mitchell and Cameron try to address Lily's increasingly bad habits. The episode is punctuated with a classic Jay Pritchett quote: "We're in the house of God, damnit!" This episode is noteworthy for its references to "The Godfather", which include a cheap and obvious reference as well as a more clever one towards the end. It is a classic episode that expertly spoofs "The Godfather" in a humorous and light-hearted way.
0:01:29.9 Cindy Moehring: Kevin also serves on an expert working group for Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index, and Bill Gates has described the Global Slavery Index as an important tool to let governments, non-government organisations, NGOs and businesses take stock and to take action against this terrible, terrible problem. Even today, Kevin serves as a consultant to the United Nations and to several different governments. And most relevant for this podcast, in 2016, he published a really interesting book called Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World. The breakthrough work that identified modern slavery as a contributor to global climate change. Voila! The connection all the way up from not just social, but also the environmental side of ESG. So Kevin, amazing, amazing bio. We're just so fortunate to have you here today. But I have to say one thing, just for the audience to know, Kevin actually is a native of an area that's very close to where I am right now in Bentonville, Arkansas, right up the road from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Kevin is... Comes from Ponca City, Oklahoma, yet now he lives on the island of Guernsey, which is just off the UK. So real briefly, Kevin, tell us how you got from Ponca City all the way over to Guernsey.
0:03:38.7 Cindy Moehring: How interesting is that? Alright, well, let's now turn to the topic of ESG and all things environment, social and governments, and the role that is now playing in the lives of organisations, corporations, that may have sort of sidelined the issue, but now seems to be sort of front and centre. You've spent your career really focused on an aspect of it that falls pretty squarely, and I would call it the social part of ESG and modern slavery, but for those in the audience who may not be familiar with that term, could you just tell us a bit about what that really means, what the current situation looks like when it comes to modern slavery?
0:05:52.3 Cindy Moehring: Yeah, so technology actually being used for bad purposes, and if you're all about the privacy aspects of it for individuals, but this is another angle on how technology can actually be used in a bad way, so all the more reasons to try to eradicate that. Does it exist everywhere, Kevin? I think a lot of people have this idea that it's... We got rid of slavery long ago, at least in the US, maybe in developing countries it's there, but where does modern-day slavery exist today?
0:07:21.7 Cindy Moehring: How interesting. How has COVID affected modern day slavery? Have you had a chance yet to do any research into that about 18 months into COVID? And I know that's not a lot of time and it's still unfolding literally before our eyes, but...
0:10:40.1 Cindy Moehring: Yeah. We're gonna have to really watch how this unfolds, I would say, in the next several years after COVID. And almost feels like on this topic, we've, instead of taking a step forward, COVID has caused us to take a step backwards. Which I think raises the importance then, if you will, on corporations who are trying to get the engine going again for global trade. And we all know that the supply chain is a bit chunky right now, just as it is, just with getting products. And if you layer this issue on top, where companies may have had good auditing programs, and were trying to audit their factories and other places to make sure that they weren't having any modern-day slavery in their supply chains, this probably adds a layer of complexity to it that maybe they hadn't considered before. So what do you think the impact is on the economy of modern-day slavery? And is it continuing to increase, given what we just talked about with COVID?
0:13:21.4 Cindy Moehring: Yeah. Wow. So let's jump now from this topic of modern day slavery and this aha moment that you had a few years ago when you was sort of having this idea that it was somehow connected to the environment perhaps as well. So, walk us through that journey, which I think is really, really important for the audience to understand, because companies these days, when it comes to ESG, are not only having to audit, they've gotta figure out how are we gonna report out on areas that are material to us, and all three areas environment, social and governance. So while they may have had a good auditing program for forced labour, now they've gotta figure out what they're gonna say about the environment. So let's just start with talking about how did you see those two connecting?
0:14:10.6 Kevin Bales: It was a surprise to me in many ways, in that, I had worked for a number of years just trying to understand what modern slavery was about, 'cause we didn't know... Back in, at the beginning of the thousands, of 2000, people... We didn't really have a handle on what it was and where it was. So I went out looking for that, and one of the things I would do and I did that, of course, was take a lot of pictures, do a lot of interviews, try to meet people in slavery and so forth. It was later when I would get back and be analyzing and working through this... One of the first things I noticed was that almost everywhere I had taken a picture of where people were being held and working in slavery, the environment around them was trashed, destroyed, often just completely denuded, and I would think, "Wow, that's terrible." And then it took me a little while to realise it was happening almost every place I went, especially in the developing world. That wherever there was slavery that was out of doors, the out of doors were completely devastated. So then I talked to some environmentalists who were very concerned about it, and they also said, "Oh, maybe it is the slavery," and I was saying, "Oh, maybe it is the environmental thing."
0:16:42.9 Kevin Bales: And doing the research that ultimately led to that shocking factoid that I couldn't even believe it when I first calculated it, which was that slavery... The work done by people in modern slavery was producing more CO2 into the air than any other country in the world, except China and the United States.
0:18:09.3 Kevin Bales: It's one of those. And there was a moment that I did some consulting work years ago for Martin Guitars. Now I don't know if you know Martin Guitars but they're the most famous of the American guitar companies, it's a family business, they make the best guitars, that's who all the rockstars play. They were concerned about this and talked to me because they said, our whole generational family business relies on rare hard woods from special jungles, and we're seeing this destruction, and we helped them with their supply chain and talked to them about that, and they would actually be planting special trees in special areas for harvesting in 200 years.
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