Best Sam Lohs Podcasts (2026)

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Tao Te Ching - Verse Four 1:04:44

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Sam and Joe discuss Verse 4 of the Tao Te Ching: The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, Like an abyss! It seems to be the origin of all things. It dulls the sharpness, Unties the knots, Dims the light, Becomes one with the dust. Deeply hidden, as if it only might exist. I do not know whose child it is. It seems to precede the ancestor of all.…

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Can we do therapy without a therapist? 1:01:02

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Sam and Joe discuss some of Adam Phillips' ideas about extending therapy outside the therapists office. This leads to discussion of using Chat GPT for mental health and a dive into the hosts own experiences of therapy.By Joe Loh, Sam Ellis

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The ones who like us back 1:03:01

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Sam and Joe discuss a School of Life Quote: "But two truths would help: 1. There aren't that many people we genuinely like. 2. There aren't that many people who deeply like us back. The sooner we accept this, the gentler the experience becomes."By Joe Loh, Sam Ellis

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Loneliness Vs Solitude 56:53

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Sam and Joe discuss an Eckhart Tolle quote which launches them into a broader discussion of loneliness vs solitude. Also discussed is the latest post from Alain de Botton, you can find a link here: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxIxHSMpzz1Lc45g-e3W8bt_PMO3oFVYU4By Joe Loh, Sam Ellis

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Attraction 1:17:05

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Is this episode Joe and Sam get into attraction. Capricious, fleeting, hard to pin down. More than just boobs and bums and 90's pin ups? We seem to think so.By Joe Loh, Sam Ellis

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Radical Honesty 1:01:16

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Sam and Joe discuss listener Kate's question about "radical honesty". They also get into rigorous honesty, brutal honesty and kind honesty. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_honesty https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a26792/honesty0707/ Image: Giorgio TrovatoBy Joe Loh, Sam Ellis

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Is there a higher purpose to the universe? 1:00:15

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Sam and Joe discuss this quote: Behind the sometimes seemingly random or even chaotic succession of events in our lives as well as in the world lies concealed the unfolding of a higher order and purpose. This is beautifully expressed in the Zen saying "The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place." We can never understand this higher order t…

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Talking neurodiversity and mental health with those who don't get it 1:10:12

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Sam and Joe answer listener Lou's question which is: "How do you talk about mental health or neurodiversity with people who don’t get it?" Image: Noah BuscherBy Joe Loh, Sam Ellis

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Reactivity 1:22:48

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Sam and Joe take on listener Liv’s topic about reaction, reactivity and being “triggered”. This leads to personal reflections on responses to geopolitical events and other things in life that lead them to react strongly. Some big world problems get a thorough going over and some interpersonal beefs get ironed out. Image: Johannes Plenio…

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Tao Te Ching - Verse 2 1:03:17

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Sam and Joe reunite to tackle Verse Two of the Tao Te Ching: Everybody on earth knowing that beauty is beautiful makes ugliness. Everybody knowing that goodness is good makes wickedness. For being and nonbeing arise together; hard and easy complete each other; long and short shape each other; note and voice make the music together; before and after…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 9 - Men's Shampoo 29:38

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In This weeks episode, the girls catch up with each other and discover what Sam has been pondering this week, and why Rosie is sad. Jingle Bingle is back with a vengeance, and the girls invent a whole bunch of useless and questionable products. We find out what Rosie’s favourite subject was at school, and Sam’s discloses her greatest worry. Song of…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 8 - Let's Take A Vote 25:41

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This week, Rosie and Sam discuss Sam’s owies for the week and figure out which jobs are ok to do while you’re camping. They practice writing jingles for made-up products, just in case one day they’re asked to write for Sky Mall, and hit each other with the tough questions on “Minterview”. This week’s song of the week asks listeners to help answer a…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 7 - Tupperware 23:38

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This week sam and Rosie talk about strange places to listen to a podcast, Rosie’s manic obsessions and Sam’s menopause. There's also a discussion about taking your clothes off at work. They test out a new segment ‘finish this proverb/saying' (it may never come back) and the saying ‘hands down your pants’ is invented. The stingless ‘Minterview’ is b…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 6 - Princess Leia 31:58

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Catching up with each other, Rosie and Sam get off track and become intrigued by the names for things and how easy it is to offend people. Elbow minora is invented. They discuss how good things can be when they go bad, they tell a story of a funny night they had recently and Rosie confesses to Sam about her foray into the stock market. Married at f…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 5 - Things I'll Never Say 33:50

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The girls catch up and talk about when friends come to stay and clean your house, the disturbing similarities between eye drops and superglue, and Sam’s jealousy of Rosie’s blossoming relationship with ChatGPT grows. Listener questions are back, and Sam and Rosie discuss why cupboards are so tall and figure out a workaround for eye glasses. They ex…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 4 - I Love You So Much 31:49

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Rosie and Sam imagine what it would be like if Rosie was a serial killer and whether Sam would support her. They find out what kind of smart they are during their weekly catch up, and Rosie reveals her latest purchase. They make up the answers to some big, important questions from listeners, Rosie remembers an embarrassing butt dial during ‘minterv…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 3 - Lesbian Puffer Vest 35:57

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Sam introduces Rosie to a new word, they fight over who gets to ring the bell, and someone ends up in trouble with the police. Rosie reveals a new and unexpected friendship, and they play a round of Would You Rather that gets weirdly emotional. In this week’s ‘Minterview’, they ask each other questions that are far too emotionally revealing. It all…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 2 - James Cameron 22:57

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Episode 2 sees the girls discover dust streamers, Rosie talks about finally beating her dad in running and Sam starts swimming again. The bell makes its debut and they drop an extremely average Rap Battle’ ‘Minterview’ delves into how Sam could save the world and Rosie figures out how to have two superpowers at once. This weeks song of the week exp…

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Tuck Shop Ladies Truettes Season 4, Ep 1 - hannah 30:38

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Sam and Rosie prove that they’re not dead by bringing back the podcast with some new segs. ‘This Week’ Rosie hits the relationship jackpot by fulfilling one of Sam’s dreams. They find out how lazy they are by doing the relationship quiz. ‘Minterview’ makes its debut, where Rosie goes back in time and Sam reveals her deepest fear. Song of the week s…

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Tao Te Ching - Verse 1 53:54

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Sam and Joe discuss Verse One of the Tao Te Ching and how it relates to their own experience of reality. TAO called TAO is not TAO. Names can name no lasting name. Nameless: the origin of heaven and earth. Naming: the mother of ten thousand things. Empty of desire, perceive mystery. Filled with desire, perceive manifestations. These have the same s…

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Desiderata - Go placidly amidst the haste 1:09:25

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Sam and Joe discuss the poem Desiderata and how it relates to their experience of life on earth. Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull …

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Making the darkness conscious 43:03

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Sam and Joe are back after a long break with a juicy quote from their old friend Carl Jung. Myths, archetypes, figures of light, dark caves with dragons and treasure, it's a wild ride. Enjoy!By Sam Ellis, Joe Loh and Ali Catramados

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Just One Thing - Jack Kornfield 3:56

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What we take to be a self is tentative, fictitious, constructed by clinging, a temporary identification with some parts of experience. Self arises, solidifying itself, like ice floating in water. Ice is actually made of the same substance as water. Identification and clinging harden the water into ice. In a similar way, we sense ourself as separate…

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Just One Thing - Eckhart Tolle 5:35

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The root of this physical urge is a spiritual one. The longing for an end to duality, a return to the state of wholeness. Sexual union is the closest you can get to this state on the physical level. This is why it is the most deeply satisfying experience the physical realm can offer. But sexual union is no more than a fleeting glimpse of wholeness,…

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Just One Thing - Joseph Campbell 3:04

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“I have really found when I look around that the romantic love I see is this ideal, the anima. The anima is the ideal that you carry within yourself that you put onto the different entities out there and you unite with that. Pretty soon you see through the projection. And then what happens?” Transcript: That's Joseph Campbell from an interview he d…

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Just One Thing - Alain de Botton 3:15

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To be a loving person is to wrestle with a profoundly improbable idea: that however modest our position in society might be, however much we may have been maltreated in the past, however mesmerised we are by the deplorable behaviour of powerful individuals, however shy and frail we are, we are constantly capable of causing other people significant …

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Just One Thing - Pema Chodron 3:34

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All that is necessary then is to rest undistractedly in the immediate present, in this very instant in time. And if we become drawn away by thoughts, by longings, by hopes and fears, again and again we can return to this present moment. We are here. We are carried off as if by the wind, and as if by the wind, we are brought back. When one thought h…

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Is Love the Drug? 1:02:09

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Romantic Realities: Deconstructing the Romantic Love Myth We dive into the misconceptions of romantic love prevalent in Western culture, drawing on a quote from You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships, by Richard Swartz. Get the book from Internal Family Systems Institute at https://ifs-in…

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Sam reads your listener notes 50:27

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Listeners are producers. Thank you for getting the show out. I reflect on my own podcast listening: helpful with insomnia, and a lifeline during tough times. Write me here Reading a wide range of listener notes, I respond and explore personal themes: vulnerability thoughts on how to engage usefully with attachment theory, to go looking for the thin…

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Film 54:05

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Thinking back on favourite films, it becomes clear what they say about us. Cinema, the Psyche, unveiling Inner Heroes It's always therapy and psychoanalysis around here, movies are the vehicle. Favourite films reflect deep psychological themes and evolving personal identities. What we once found aspirational in a character, we might later rethink, …

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Bromance 54:24

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Do most straight men reserve their truest love and romance for other men? Marilyn Frye thinks so, and today we consider a quote from her classic book of feminist essays The Politics of Reality We found ourselves in agreement with Frye's observations. But we debate and detail the angles: Is heterosexual male culture (always) homoerotic? Do men save …

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FOMO, JOMO and beyond 1:02:28

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Moving from Fear, to Joy of Missing Out and beyond both. FOMO arises from projection and fantasy, as does a lot of the imagined enjoyment of the imagined pleasures. We might imagine that: everything we want is outside ourselves pleasure, meaning or peak experiences must be mediated by something: people, substances, or outside events that we have to…

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Attachment 1:23:46

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Is Attachment Theory the new Myers-Briggs? No Is it helping? Yes! Is attachment also about friendship, family and self relationships? Yes! Is it the magic bullet? Kind of, if you study Attachment Styles in depth, and do the work It's The Dance of Attachment in Relationships! In our return to podding for a new season, (sorry to disappear, reasons!!)…

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Envy 1:03:10

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Study envy to find messages from our future selves We unpack the role of envy, not as a toxic emotion to be avoided or ashamed of, but a normal feeling that gives us clues to understanding our unmet desires, unfulfilled potential, and prompting necessary change. envy vs jealousy. Jealousy is possessiveness, envy is wanting what others have, or want…

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New Year, New You? 43:18

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Neurodivergence, New Years Resolutions, and Future Focus We welcome the New Year by evaluating the usefulness of New Years resolutions sharing the honest struggles we’ve had small triumphs Ali shares her journey to quit smoking and the strategies she employs. a positive version of sunk cost fallacy, where we are motivated to defend small gains and …

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Who's your guru? 48:22

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Who's Your Guru? (and is Slavoj Žižek any good?) Sam, Joe and Ali discuss gurus, including the online type: our times are thick with public intellectuals, influencers, and self-proclaimed experts Sam's frequent references to Slavoj Žižek, and Joe's conclusion that he doesn't make much sense, and isn't much chop intellectually. Sam on literal guru w…

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The kids are alright 1:03:03

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What Do We Want To Pass On To Our Children? Find out what controversial song was top of Ali's music wrap for the year. Oh, and we delve into parenting: specifically, how should we influence our kids On the Road, Jack Kerouac; Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell; David Bowie all get a mention the influence we want to have, versus what really happens …

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Do we ever fully recover from a breakdown? 55:29

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Possible triggers. A confronting episode but one we are proud of. Sam, Joe, and Ali explore the impacts, recovery and residues of mental breakdowns. The recent Robbie Williams documentary has kicked off many discussions about mental health Robbie's demeanour on screen reminded Ali of herself. He was had extraordinary energy before his collapse, as …

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Being the victim 54:10

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We explore the experience of identifying as victim, through personal stories and theory, and of course the potential of spirituality and psychotherapy in helping move through, and renounce identities over time. We discuss the dangers of adhering to a single identity label, and the benefit of taking responsibility for our own actions and healing, wh…

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To Post or Not to Post? 50:47

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Only posting about shit you have personal experience of? Ali explains why white middle class people should maybe shut up. Team discuss different social media platforms and shouting into the void Posting hot photos on Instagram as awareness raising? The power of posting about stuff you have lived experience with. Sam talks about the power of herd ac…

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Jesus is my homie 1:04:41

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The team discuss a quote from Christian mystic Emmett Fox on grievances: “Going over old grievances mentally, thinking how badly someone acted at some time, for instance, and recalling the details, has the effect of revivifying that which was quietly expiring of neglect.” Joe quotes the cliché that “Having a resentment is like drinking poison and e…

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Episode 57: Conversation with Sam Leon & Ben Heubl 56:04

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Our latest podcast discusses how open source intelligence can power your environmental investigations. Sam Leon from DataDesk and Ben Heubl from Süddeutsche Zeitung talk us through their investigative pieces using OSINT to uncover hidden stories of environmental wrongdoing. We also hear the tools and data skills used to find and tell such stories.…

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Having a Menty B 57:14

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We discuss mental breakdowns: the need we all have occasionally, the experience of it, and the benefits! Joe, Sam and Ali have had at least one menty b each, as many people now call them. An almost loving and affectionate term, which suggests that this process is something we could maybe greet like a friend. However, it can be very frightening, and…

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Letting go of friends 58:32

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The team discuss the art of letting go of friends. Outgrowing friends or just growing in different directions? Joe says if you start judging friends it’s the beginning of the end. We get into painful friendship break ups. Platonic friendships – are men just biding their time? Sam recalls dating the hottest woman on Brunswick St, just to put it on t…

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Episode 56: Conversation with Dana Amihere & Melba Newsome 46:26

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The intersection between race and environmental justice has never been more apparent. As more vulnerable communities bear the brunt of climate change, how can climate journalism reflect their experiences? In this episode, we spoke with Dana Amihere, founder of AfroLA News, and Melba Newsome, a freelance journalist focused on environmental justice i…

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How do we know therapy is working? 44:29

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Sam, Joe and Ali reflect on our experiences in therapy. Sometimes the results seem clear – other times they’re hard to see. All agree it’s important to compare your progress to your past self, not some idealised perfect self. We discuss people who don’t think they need therapy. Ali mentions people who “prefer to work things out themselves”. Sam dis…

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Compromise 1:01:35

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We ask if we are willing to compromise to be in a long-term monogamous relationship? Sam discusses how to, whether we need to and to what extent we need to compromise. Ali shares how a lot of women have fallen in love with the idea of being single. We acknowledge all relationships require compromise however can we compromise our values? Can your va…

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Are the blokes ok? 1:02:00

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This week we listened to a Mamamia podcast where Mia Freedman interviews Caitlin Moran on her latest book "What about men?" and discuss our thoughts. We acknowledge we are all victims of the patriarchy, but what tools do men have to help dismantle it? Why don't they identify with feminism and why are the gravitating towards extreme figures? Ali exp…

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Feelpinions 54:30

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What are feelpinions? - Ali shares her definition and how she views it through a Dialectical Behavioural lens of logic and emotion. Sam elaborates why all extremes are mutually constitutive and why logic needs emotion and emotion needs logic, Joe however, wants more facts. We ask how do feelpinions affect our day to day? Are they needed to run the …

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The Meaning of Life 38:36

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"The meaning of life" Welcome back Joe and welcome to a new format. Here at the ten thousand things we have decided to tackle the ten thousand things that distract us from loving awareness one thing at a time, so we will now be devoting each episode to one topic where we can really delve into the questions we ask. This week we have TTTT listener Ol…