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Golden handshake

Golden handshake

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Oct 3, 2026

Raakhee TailorHOST
0:01
In today's episode, I speak to a co-founder of the sustainable version of the Golden Handshake.
Raakhee TailorHOST
0:08
It's called a Green Rider, or even a Green Handshake, a collaborative tool for actors, writers and directors to negotiate sustainable initiatives into TV and film production, using their power and influence to shape new planet-positive paradigms.
Raakhee TailorHOST
0:26
With actors including Benedict Cumberbatch, Bella Ramsey, and Nish Kumar, we discuss what green requests look like, the practicalities of how a set can support a green transition for its crew, and how collaboration changes culture more than legal contracts.

48 MINS LATER

Raakhee TailorHOST
48:57
So I want to thank you so much.
Raakhee TailorHOST
48:59
This conversation has been so meaningful and it's been so joyous and it's really refreshing.
Raakhee TailorHOST
49:05
It's a really refreshing twist on a golden handshake.
Raakhee TailorHOST
49:09
And I've loved this idea that there are other things out there that we can just put a green spin on and use them to propel the sustainable agenda forward.
Raakhee TailorHOST
49:19
So thank you so much, Will.
Thomas SheridanNARRATOR
98:05
This also ended their friendship with Frank Molina, as the social and intellectual schisms had become amplified towards an unattainable level.
Thomas SheridanNARRATOR
98:14
The financial gold in Handshake finally led Parsons to purchase the lease on the Parsonage at 1003 South Orange Grove Boulevard, thus bringing a level of long-term security to the lodge, which helped to ease considerably the fallout which had taken place with the removal of Wilfred Smith as leader.
Frater RCHOST
98:33
So there is a slight, it's generally correct, but regarding the whole Aerojet phenomenon, kicking Foreman and Parsons out.
Frater RCHOST
98:46
Apparently, they were urged to sell their shares, which they did for $11,000 each against the original $250 investment, which is a ton of money back then, right? So Caltech linked colleagues agreeing to sale only on condition that the two were removed.

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