Brendan gets into it about his current situation with his family, Mark’s still singing, and they’re both opposed to AI drones and AI music.

Mark starts reading a great new book. Brendan is a bit overwhelmed by family stuff. And together they share love for food and therapy.

Mark ends Undo and cracks his head open like a coconut. Brendan ends art therapy, dodgeball, and eating. and together they try to stop asking a lemonade stand for grapes, waddle waddle.

[The duck song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q) 

Mark ran his first community singing group session, Brendan had a chat with his pasta/pastor, and we get to hear the full extended mix of Frank Turner's Get Better, by a dapper wizard.

Brendan is holding space and being held up by many hands. Mark is done with giving 120% and is ready to ut bak on some stuff (not this podcast, though).

Links

• Drop the Dead Donkey
• The Chimp Paradox, by Steve Peters
• Self-Compassion, by Kristin Neff

Brendan returns to Darkenshrub, and Mark gets grumpy in London.

Mark is almost at a podcast conference. Brendan is juggling men's retreat options. And together they plot to save the world.

Mark has an idea for an app, Brendan had a revolution while dancing, and the boys have some advice on mopping.

Links

• Simple Marketing For Smart People, by Billy Broas, Tiago Forte & Ali Abdaal
• Moral Ambition, by Rutger Bregman
• Pulp – Common People
• Quotes by Alan Watts

Brendan be dodging balls, Mark be watching The Pitt, they both be watching Sinners, and Michael B Jordan.

Brendan moved his mum into a new care facility, Mark reconnected with his therapist, and the pair reflect on creating intentional routines, reducing digital distractions, and their dreams.