This was one of our favourite episodes we've recorded, we reflect on Freddos reluctance to expand his comfort zone, while Benji drags him kicking and screaming on a boat ride that was just magical, plus Benji is beaming from his own experience involving boats and wakeboarding on the lake and the blessing of having wonderful, thoughtful friends. There is also a great video of him taking an almighty stack - which we will upload to our instagram @apesontapepodcast 

We also joke about of the juxtaposition of gurus who spout enlightened sermons, while being inherently flawed human beings, giving some rather hilarious examples. Can we look past people's personal flaws and still take their sage advice? Are they hypocrites, or just human? And, more importantly, are WE doing the same on our podcast? We delve into some introspection, honesty and "instagram vs reality" moments.

Which brings us to the point of while we have blissful pictures of us on a boat, which will undoubtedly make wonderful instagram moments, Freddo opens up about how he has started talk therapy, through a platform called Better Help, and how it has helped him navigate the struggles he's been facing since the void left behind by his recent separation. It was a pleasure to talk about how affordable therapy can be, as it is usually the financial burden that can stop people seeking help. 

We also end on some hilarious anecdotes of Freddos one and only fight he got in when he was in his twenties, which relates to a wonderful story that Benji tells of Ram Dass and his martial arts instructor, which ends in a lot of laughter at our own expense. 

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Benji & Freddo chat about their carefree pasts.  If you could go back to the past would you really want to and could you really appreciate it. Are the suffering and worries of life worth the personal growth or would you swap it all for a trip back to a life of blissful ignorance.

Freddo also tells Benji about two near death experiences he had, the dangers of everyday life, from the giant crane on a construction site to the tiny mosquito.

They also discuss each others creative process. The ups, downs procrastination and the trophy of the finished piece.

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Freddo surprises Benji with a piece of artwork he's been working on all week, inspired from their recent plant medicine ceremony. The ripples of positivity still emanate from that magical night and they both reminisce on the changes they continue to feel since the profound, enlightening experience with psychedelics.

Benji is beyond stoked with his gift, and is overjoyed to see the world through the lens of love once again. 😍

Freddo is grateful for recently discovering Audible, and recounts the knowledge he has consumed by listening to 9 audiobooks in less than two weeks, which provokes lots of interesting discussions about current affairs and what the future holds. 

We both exchange funny anecdotes about our mums, and how much they worry about us, even tho we have long flown the nest and are capable adults. 

Freddo tells the story of how he went from vaccine hesitant to getting vaccinated, which prompts some further discussion about the importance of being open to new ideas and the power of changing your mind. This also inevitably leads to further discussion of censorship, freedom of speech and personal choice, especially after we both listened to the amazing podcast with Yeonmi Park, a girl who escaped from North Korea with harrowing tales of what goes on behind the veil, a stark reminder of the darker side of humanity and the importance of resisting ideological conformity. 

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Benji and Freddo use medicinal mushrooms to help them get perspective on their current struggles, with overwhelmingly positive results. 

Benji bravely opened up about his mental health struggles last week, and Freddo is still grieving the loss of Lou and Luna, so they both had a lot to work through and many intentions they wanted clarity with. They both got their questions answered, and much more. Often when confronted with such deep introspection, and mind blowing revelations, language can sometimes seem like a primitive tool to describe such vivid psychedelic experiences, but we do our best to explain how these often controversial methods can be used for immense benefit to help with struggles and depression, giving previously unavailable perspective, and often a masters degree in the seemingly obvious. 

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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only.

It is not medical advice.

It is just an anecdote of an experience that we had recently, involving plant medicine.

We started this podcast with the intention of sharing ideas and spreading new ways of thinking, so please enjoy without judgement. 

Freddo has big news and a fresh perspective on his relationship with Lou and Luna and their imminent departure. These revelations were reached with the use of the slightly controversial substance MDMA. Freddo regales us with his MDMAmazing ceremony and the introspective journey it provoked.  

Freddo speaks about his “wee piss bag” endeavours and the difficulties and benefits it presents.  Benji and Freddo discuss how every adverse situation that creates discomfort comes with the silver lining of expanding your comfort zone and awareness.  

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We must also apologise for the tardiness of this episode as we encountered some technical difficulties and as a result recorded this episode in 2 parts. 

If you would like to know more about how Freddo is dealing with the departure of Lou and Luna using Stoic philosophy, check out his Youtube Channel - “The Wheelchair Guy”  

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In this episode we address the elephant in the room, and that is that France are rolling out mandatory vaccines for anyone who wants to live a normal life. While Freddo discusses why he thinks it’s a breach of personal freedom and comes out officially as “vaccine hesitant” - Benji reveals that he had his first jab just the day before. We discuss at length what this means, different ideas and opinions concerning the new rules, and the “health passport”.  We ask why is there censorship of scientific discussion about such topics? We question the suppression of information through Google/YouTube. What it might be like living in such a dystopian future where we might be told what to think, the swaying of public opinion through media channels and trying to search for some truth in an ocean of misinformation. We try to keep the serious stuff down to a reasonable time limit, we do still have a right laugh and end on some silly anecdotes that will leave you giggling for sure. While we will give you guys a warning that we do discuss a very polarising topic here, we are totally open to being wrong about stuff and encourage respectful feedback and discussion. We’d love to engage with you @apesontapepodcast on Instagram ❤️✌️

In this episode we reflect on what we’re grateful for, as always, Freddo recounts his recent experience at the Emergency Room at the hospital, after suffering from an unpleasant secondary complication from his spinal cord injury. Benji winces and laughs as Freddo tells the eye watering details of having urethral trauma and the embarrassing procedures that follow, including getting inappropriately aroused during some soapy penis washing from an attractive nurse. Benji relates to this from his own experience after his hernia operation earlier this year, as you may remember from a previous episode “Benji does a Catheter” - Benji also reflects on being proud of his finished artwork that is now on display and the different steps in the creative process, ranging from crippling self doubt to beaming pride, back to nitpicking the finer details of his finished piece.

We also discuss why people are more inclined to be conservative when they’re older, and liberal when they’re younger, and offer up theories of why this might be, which leads to other tangents and sidebars that give us a good giggle. We had a lot of fun recording this episode and we hope you enjoy listening to it. We love to hear your feedback so please feel free to get in touch with us @apesontapepodcast on instagram. We read and respond to all the comments ❤️✌️

Freddo confesses his insecurities about being the wheelchair guy now Morzine is full of people, and Benji has to hold his hand while going outside of his comfort zone. We discuss how grateful we are for the feedback we get on the podcast, and how sometimes we just forget people are actually listening to us, let alone really enjoying our chats, which is so rewarding. We also discuss how Amazon have been destroying perfectly good products for various reasons, which is simultaneously soul destroying and understandable in our consumerist culture, which leads to Benji to share a fascinating and hilarious anecdote of protesting Black Friday with an unexpected outcome. He also confesses his deep regret that a prank he played on a friend over ten years ago, has had unintended consequences and we discuss how words and actions can be so harmful to people when they're said in jest, or just the fact that we are all capable of being massive dicks sometimes. Enjoy this podcast and please feel free to send us your feedback to @apesontapepodcast on instagram. We love hearing from you ❤️✌️

No longer roommates, we recorded this episode from Benji’s new apartment and explain why. We talk about lucid dreaming and Benji recounts one of his most recent and vivid experiences of flying like a bird over the London cityscape. Freddo also has a memorable birthday dream with a happy ending.

We also talk about how memories can be like Chinese whispers of the mind, childhood trauma, ideas could be aliens that influence the way the world looks, the complexities of the human mind and delve into simulation theory again.