Do you ever suffer from the cursed birthday blues? This episode has you covered as we comprehensively cover everything about your day of birth and why there's a lot more to the story than meets the eye.

TIMESTAMPS:

(0:00) Sponsors

(2:10) Birthday boy in the house

(4:25) The significance of a birthday

(6:30) First birthday as a father

(7:35) A brief history of birthdays

(13:15) Human drive to celebrate

(14:35) Celebrate birth, but not death?

(19:10) Mourning

(19:50) People hating their birthday

(24:00) Are they overrated?

(27:25) Should you avoid celebrating?

(28:45) Birthday sadness is real

(30:00) The passage of time

(35:00) Reflections

(38:00) What is a good birthday?

(40:30) What is a bad birthday?

(42:30) Outro

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