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.
Midlifing
97: He's no Mads Mikkelsen
Simon and Lee talk about benevolent dictatorships and what they are supposed to be feeling while living in a country in mourning.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links (and necessary corrections):
- Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-XwhH-_lVc
- Theresa May dancing queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCDFNRA-Wo
- Boris Johnson dancing at his wedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0cViVgWfJQ
- Lars Mikkelsen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/
- William Wycherley's The Country Wife (restoration comedy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Country_Wife
- Uju Anya tweet story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/uju-anya-queen-elizabeth-death-tweet-reaction
- Kirkegaard on being pulled between the finite and the infinite: https://bigthink.com/thinking/kierkegaard-finite-infinite-nothingness/
- Boat hits whale in NZ: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62860778
- Benevolent dictatorship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictatorship
- António de Oliveira Salazar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_de_Oliveira_Salazar
- Bear Gryll's adventure: https://www.beargryllsadventure.com
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Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)