Simon and Lee talk about affective states (as opposed to emotions) and in doing so veer terrifyingly close to their field(s) of expertise. They also talk about other stuff.
Some other details from the episode: Lee reprises some Wet Leg, Simon has been doing some dancing with Katye Coe, the other C word, a place called Beer in the UK, not being interested in being watched, being a performer, people who enjoy being watched, audiences knowing the affective state of a performer, Silvan Tomkins and affect theory, Hamlet being sad because he's Hamlet, Lee having a high temperature week, Lee about to travel, Lee's parents' 60th wedding anniversary, Lee's affective state (irritable, sharp and unpleasant, then crying and distress), not knowing how we feel until we are crying, interoception, emotions, not being nervous but excited (and how they feel the same in the body), words that describe emotions, audiences knowing how performers really feel, electrical and chemical entrainment, being social mammals, being present (in performance), seven minutes before audience members start thinking about sleeping with the performer, the feeling of being judged or not, letting go of judgement, taking psychedelics, being one with the sky, individualism, Ted Chiang's sci-fi writing (including The Story of Your Life), Matthew McConaughey feeling judged, True Detective, Magic Mike, Channing Tatum, Lee going on his regular train-of-thought ride through his film memory, the Chippendales (finally), the Amy Adam's film Arrival.
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