EP01 – Who the F*ck is the Sharmanator?

This isn’t therapy.
This isn’t coaching.
This is what happens when an ex-soldier, self-aware misfit with ADHD gives his inner voices a microphone.

Welcome to Sharmanator: Conversations from the Fringe — a podcast built on contradiction, clarity, chaos, and character. You’re about to hear what it sounds like when a real human sits down with AI-generated versions of himself: reflective, rebellious, logical, cynical, chaotic, and painfully honest.

Each voice you’ll hear is a facet of my mind:

• Sharmanator – the unfiltered narrator with no tolerance for polished self-help platitudes.

• Dave – the balanced, reflective voice. Calm. Precise. Always pulling things back from the edge.

• Cyril the Cynic – blunt, dry, and British to the bone. Doesn’t believe in much, but still shows up.

• Johnny the Joker – chaos incarnate. Wild metaphors. No filter. Just vibes.

• Alice – a hyper-logical AI who mocks human inefficiency and sentimentality.

• Al Yank – a cocky, overly optimistic Yank who reminds me what I don’t want to become.

Together, we’re not trying to teach you anything. We’re exploring.
Out loud.
In real time.
With humour, discomfort, insight, and a lot of swearing.

🔍 In this episode:

• Why the Sharmanator project exists

• What happens when you stop hiding your internal world

• Why ADHD isn’t a superpower — but also isn’t a curse

• How belief shapes experience

• What the podcast will never be: safe, boring, or pretend

This episode isn’t just an intro. It’s a line in the sand.

If you're tired of empty motivation and surface-level "growth" advice — welcome home.
If you're neurodivergent, mentally exhausted, or just deeply curious about how identity, humour, and honesty can collide — you're in the right place.
And if you’re not sure what the f*ck this is? Even better.
Stick around.

New episodes dropping regularly.
Stay fringe.

— The Sharmanator.