Overthought, A Podcast

26. The Plot


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We understand the world through the stories we're told, and we make sense of life's random nonsense by weaving our own personal narratives. In a meandering misadventure ironically titled "The Plot", Chris and Isaiah unpack some of the ways that storytelling affects our lives: from the real world's continually shifting objectives (Chris says, "Take your current age, subtract ten. What was the thing you really needed back then to be super happy? Do you have it now? Of course you do! Are you happy? NO!") to our tendency to believe that the lives of others - or indeed of our own potential selves - are less complex than our current situations (Isaiah thinks maybe some people's whole lives really DO happen in transfer filter). Would it be easier to take our own lumps if more people's stories were lumpy? And how much does the way we assemble the narrative of our past affect the events of our future? Also included: Isaiah says "you know" a truly maddening number of times, and Chris wantonly slags Broadway's most popular musical!-=- Show notes -=-Article - DiCaprio's Oscar speech cringe-worthy for some advocates of climate-change action - Calgary - CBC Newshttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/leonardo-dicaprio-climate-change-oscar-speech-alberta-reaction-1.3469010Website - The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — nodus tollenshttp://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/48395591256/nodus-tollensArticle - 18 lottery winners – the surprising truth about the Lottohttp://www.truthin7minutes.com/truth-about-lotto/Website - Hamilton - Official Broadway Sitehttp://www.hamiltonbroadway.com/Website - Kissin Interview in Zagrebhttp://evgenykissinfansite.co.uk/kissin-in-zagrebArticle - How to Copy and Paste Text on Facebook App on iPhone/iPadhttp://www.tech4more.com/copy-paste-text-facebook-apps-iphone/Website - iTunes App Store - Scanner&Translator Freehttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/scanner-translator-free-convert/id845139175?mt=8Website - IMDb - Six Feet Under (TV Series 2001–2005) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248654/Website - Bechdel Test Movie Listhttp://bechdeltest.com/Article - An 18-Year-Old Instagram Star Says Her "Perfect Life" Was Actually Making Her Miserablehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/a-teen-instagram-star-is-editing-her-photo-captions-to-show#.fkze0l6B0Website - Vimeo - Why I think social media sucks from Essena O'Neill on Vimeohttps://player.vimeo.com/video/144201237YouTube - Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoolllike) I'm Scaredhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56nx3eHK4cArticle - ‘Consumers are tired of being packed into planes like sardines’ and Chuck Schumer isn’t going to take it anymore, by Fredrick Kunkle - The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/tripping/wp/2016/03/01/consumers-are-tired-of-being-packed-into-planes-like-sardines-and-chuck-schumer-isnt-going-to-take-it-anymore/Article - The Science of Happiness: Why complaining is literally killing you. | Curious Apes - The Creator's Pathhttp://thecreatorspath.com/the-science-of-happiness-why-complaining-is-literally-killing-you-curious-apes/Website - Download The Grindr Tone! - Grindrhttp://www.grindr.com/blog/tone/Article - 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy, According to Neuroscience, by Eric Barker | Timehttp://time.com/4042834/neuroscience-happy-rituals/Article - Wikipedia - Black dog syndromehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_syndromeWebsite - Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2042568/

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Overthought, A PodcastBy Bell & Mayell