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
We don't feel like we always have something to add
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Lee Miller and Simon Ellis
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Episode 14
Lee and Simon respond to some listener questions, but definitely not their feedback. The show ends when Simon realises that he's not going to be a secret witch for much longer.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.
Related links (and necessary corrections):
- object permanence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence
- macroeconomics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroeconomics
- a bit more on Armie Hammer: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/movies/armie-hammer-dropped-by-talent-reps-amid-alleged-graphic-message-scandal/ar-BB1duv5W
- Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy on Westworld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Abernathy
- Midlifing episode on feedback: https://www.midlifing.net/1480717/6791131-they-re-your-worms-you-didn-t-tell-us-where-you-kept-them
- Lee attempting to stay curious: https://www.midlifing.net/1480717/7632361-we-need-a-bigger-towel
- musk (Lee's deer joke): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk
- Kai Kupferschmidt on twitter: https://twitter.com/kakape
- Tim Harford mentioning Kai Kupferschmidt about being critical of your own biases (01:39:00): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-67-tim-harford-on-leaving-academia-to-become-bestselling/id1515786216?i=1000507443867
- Rumer Godden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumer_Godden
- Black Narcissus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Narcissus
- Michael Powell's Peeping Tom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(1960_film)
- Rumer Godden's A House with Four Rooms: https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/book-reviews/a-house-with-four-rooms-by-rumer-godden-1989/
- Tim Harford notice how you feel (01:43:00): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-67-tim-harford-on-leaving-academia-to-become-bestselling/id1515786216?i=1000507443867
- Stoic dichotomy of control: https://medium.com/stoicism-philosophy-as-a-way-of-life/the-importance-of-understanding-dichotomy-of-control-1f7133210c0d
- Good Measure clothing: https://www.goodmeasure.co.uk/
- Supernumerary nipple:
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.
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