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 • 276 episodes
Midlifing
Latest Episodes
274: I Could See Their 14-Year-Old Faces
Lee and Simon find themselves time-travelling: through a tennis racket that returns a 57-year-old body to its 15-year-old instincts (apart from the inconvenient eyes), and through faces from 1980s school corridors flickering inside p...
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Episode 274
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25:03
273: Even From the Other Side of the World
Lee and Simon explore Simon’s return to New Zealand and the deep, embodied sense of “home” he feels there, distinct from the buildings or habits that mark belonging elsewhere. They circle the gradations of alienness across places – L...
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Episode 273
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25:52
272: Deal with the stink of shit, we don’t want to upset the sparrows
Simon and Lee discuss how “the slop” of online discourse warps attention, community, and even basic ways of being with other people, then land on the uneasy idea that conversation can be as much a mirror (to feel real and worthy) as ...
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Episode 272
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27:22
271: Nine Minutes of Tai Chi a Day
Lee and Simon talk about ageing, visibility and bodily maintenance, moving from Tai Chi scams and ripped male bodies to the uneven cultural tolerance of ageing faces, especially women’s. The thread tightens around choosing how to age...
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Episode 271
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23:47
270: I Don’t Think There Are Appropriate Modes of Behaviour in WhatsApp
Simon and Lee reflect on how “it’s just history” can function as a shield, contrasting nostalgia and certainty with the messier ethics of speaking up, particularly around homophobia and memory. The episode widens this to a mistrust o...
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Episode 270
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26:13
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