In which Emily and Josh are traumatised by the news cycle, as is everyone else in the entire world,

Also covered: modern case for stoicism, the Serenity Prayer, Death Cult Christianity, what to do if you're experiencing a crisis in faith, what queer community can teach us, and how leftists are all super annoying.

We also discuss nostalgia for the lost, lamented Georgie Pie, the country's greatest pie (the Keri Pie) doing stuff with Bush Boys on familial waterbeds in Tokoroa, Emily's driving skills as evidenced by her duct-tape car, industrial-sized nangs, and how Emily got a guy with a weirdly-named goat to vote Green.

Plus a free meditation.

Emily and Josh discuss some politicians' extremely specific fetishes (giant tiddies, room temperature milk). Also analysed is the Joy of Tramadol, the cure for ADHD, what meatheads get right, the living nightmare that is Simeon Brown, what's wrong with David Seymour's face, and how we wish that libertarians would all just make good on their threat to move to the middle of the ocean. We also talk about Emily acquiring a green spandex suit for Armageddon and "bedroom roleplay purposes' and close with a dubious meditation.

In which Josh and Emily discuss being in a good mood because terrible people are leaving politics, the trammels of neoliberalism, what would happen if you shaved David Brent, living in heartland New Zealand, what if Labour had a leader with charisma, and how  unemployed people are the brave foot soldiers of our economy who are going into the breach to save us from inflation. The Tom Phillips case is talked about in the light of the fact that police were working with Netflix to produce a documentary even as the case was being pursued. Then it's how Chappel Roan is innocent and an extended section on slurs. Then Ronnie visits to explain Chipmunk Hunk and there is a meditation to close.

A podcast with Emily Writes and Josh Drummond. In this episode, the first one that's for the actual general public and not paying subscribers, they kick things off with a chat about THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF IT, the horrors, the ever-increasing horrors, and why everyone seems to be losing their rag online. Topics include: the internet is cooked, social media is cooked, the hierarchy of violence in mainstream media, goblin mode is BACK, everyone is ADHD now, menopause and the difficulties of Shrivel Dick Syndrome, solidarity for sleepless parents, should Josh make a late-stage career change to audio porn. Then there's a cleansing meditation to close. Subscribe to Emily Josh Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.