Midlifing
Two friends Lee and Simon have serious conversations about silly things, and silly conversations about serious things. Together they dig into the pleasures, absurdities and imperfections of being human.
Podcasting since 2020 • 262 episodes
Midlifing
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260: Stay on your own bloody mat, America
Simon and Lee chew over how trauma and pain can’t really be compared or ranked, even inside cushioned-but-precarious academic lives where people still don’t feel safe. They then push a fraught hypothetical about raising a daughter in...
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Episode 260
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26:51
259: Flesh and bone, baby
Lee and Simon meet in person for the first time in three years and move from gallbladder scares and overstretched health systems into a reflection on post-pandemic disconnection, social capital and the erosion of community. They sit ...
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Episode 259
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27:32
258: If I Were a Box I Would Not Be a Young One
Lee’s rebellious gallbladder and the realisation that he’s not “a box with a brain in it” spark a conversation about midlife bodies that can no longer be ignored. From Lisbon-airport dehydration to shamelessly helping-while-queue-jum...
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Episode 258
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27:10
257: Three Pieces of Fruit and a Can of Beer
Lee and Simon explore what it means to remove yourself – physically and psychically – from one life while tentatively building another. A wardrobe installation in Sassari becomes an existential reflection on identity, work and the qu...
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Episode 257
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23:52
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