In the second episode of the world's worst podcast:

1. We say hello to a special guest: Joe.

2. We discuss the broad impact of our truly ground-breaking first episode,

3. We have a conversation about... conversation. Why do we talk so much? And what does it say about us?

Timecodes:

1:25: Fans

2:40: Conversation: an evolutionary advantage.

4:51: Heinrich von Kleist: Conversation as enlightenment.

7:34: Conversation: proof against solipsism.

9:00: Hikikomori

11:10: Rubber duck: computer programming

11:50: Conversation as a way of knowing yourself. Conversation collapsing inner quantum state.

13:04: Conversation: Distributed cognition

14:22: Conversation as the first abstraction. Conversation in learning

16:20: Freewheeling from here ;) ————

Mentions:

Radically Open Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (described from 30:30) https://www.thelondoncentre.co.uk/treatment-read-more/dbt-ro