Closure Optional

Justin is a Graphic Artist and a Musician from New Zealand; he played in a punk band called Not OK for 10 years, and when that came to an end, he put himself through school to become a Graphic Designer.

He, with the rest of his family, have taken care of me over the last 12 years, basically adopting me into their family, and this is a great conversation between the two of us about what's going on in (my) life at the moment.

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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In this episode I'm talking about the construction of a Fuckwit inside our heads (I only know for sure about mine, but I've met a few of yours too) through stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, other people, and the world.

This is an extension on an idea that I talked briefly about in the Airport Podcast that a few people had asked me to expand upon, so here it is!

The books I mention at the start are:

Memories, Dreams and Reflections by Carl Jung

Waking Up by Sam Harris

Be Here Now by Ram Daas

This is a video explaining Dan Harmon's Story Circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGUVkOmPTA

Thank you as always for listening!!!!

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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This is a bloody wonderful and intense conversation about some full-on stuff. We discuss drug addiction and the long dark road back from it, facing Cancer, beating it, and then learning how to re-navigate life after everything you've learned.

Though it's intense, we uncover some very beautiful little ideas on how to take better care of ourselves, each other, and how to find understanding and solace in communication.

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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Oliver is a Comedian, currently based in Sydney, but luckily we had a chance to chat while he's up here to perform his solo show, “Love” for the Bris Funny Fest (Thursday, 21st of August at Heya Bar).

This is a great conversation about Oliver's life both in Africa and in Australia, how our decisions impact the world at large, and how selling porn in a refugee camp led him to become a Stand-up Comedian.

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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In this episode I answer a bunch of your questions while I'm waiting at the airport to fly back to the US to see my brother get married. I answer things like what to do when you think someone's boring but has a big dick, what's the hardest part of making a Humanoid robot, and why people are just dicks sometimes.

Thank you as always for listening!!!!

• Family and Grandma

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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Nick is back to talk some more about Creativity, Philosophy, Psychedelics, and Cumming in people's faces. This is a very silly conversation about the nature of being that we recorded while laying the in the grass of a lovely meadow at sundown. Sounds romantic, but Nick forgot his Tazer so nothing kinky happened…

To find out more about Nick, please visit his facebook page here, see his standup and other very silly videos on youtube here, and you can read about all his adventures in his blog here: https://medium.com/@nicksun

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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Ah man what a great conversation! Paul is the singer and guitarist for Tijuana Cartel, a Gold Coast band that he created with Carey O'sullivan. This is a wonderfully tangential conversation about the nature of music, creativity, and how to create and destroy yourself all at once.

If you'd like to check out more of what they've got to offer, please go to their bandcamp here: https://tijuanacartel.bandcamp.com/

They also have a website here, facebook here, and Instagram here.

Also the video below is one of the singles from their latest release and it was animated by none other than Carey O'sullivan himself, and it's fucking amazing.

Thank you as always for listening!!!!

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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Well this is different, but certainly not unexpected for the ol' Closure Optional Podcast… Susan is a Psychic Medium who helps people see the best versions of themselves in order to help them get out of their own way, and she also sometimes sees dead people. Who knows what's going on here, but Susan is a lovely, kind, and interesting person and it was really neat to hear her ideas about the nature of the universe we live in.

Whether you think this stuff is real or horseshit, it's good to hear it straight from the source and you can make up your own mind any time you want.

If you'd like to see more of what Susan does, please check out her website here.

Thank you as always for listening!!!!

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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In this episode I discuss some of the real life bullshit that gets in the way of “being authentic” whatever that means. I discuss the psychology of skirting the truth, and how I came to the realisation that basically everything I've done up to this point is an attempt to fill an insatiable blackhole of existential homesickness in my chest. And, just like an angry zoo ape being oogled by snotty fuckwit teenagers, the more shit I throw at the void the more it laughs in my face.

Thank you as always for listening!!!!

• Family and Grandma
• Mom and Me

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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Oooooooh sexy, this week's episode is all about rope bondage, sex stuff, and polyamory. Angel and Basanos performed a very beautiful rope show when I went to the BDSM Party a few episodes back, and I was very happy to have them in the studio to talk about all the in's and outs, ups and downs, of Bondage and Sex.

The video edit I did of their performance is below, please have a look at it before listening to the episode because it puts things a bit more into context :).

If you'd like to see more of what these guys do, please check them out on instagram at @basanos_shibari and @shibariangel.

Thank you as always for listening!!!!

• Image Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQ
• Image Credit Shibari Backlit
• Image Credit Shibari Backlit
• Image Credit Shibari Backlit
• Image Credit Shibari Backlit
• Image Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQ
• Image Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQ
• Image Credit: Georgia@ExitGirlsHQ
• Image Credit Shibari Backlit
• AngelAfterDark blacklight shibari photoshoot at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. ( Photo by MoshiMoshiTanuki )
• AngelAfterDark blacklight shibari photoshoot at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. ( Photo by MoshiMoshiTanuki )

This podcast is made possible by Burleigh Heads and Broadbeach Physiotherapy, Heart Start Fitness Muay Thai and YOU, the listener, at patreon.com/lorna bremner.

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