I'm Fine Podcast

We're far from feeling OK in this episode as we discuss creativity; what it means to us, how we apply it and how we're channelling it into new endeavours. It's OK not to be OK and, like inflatable tanks, you can look and be effective even when there's nothing going on inside!

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1918-1954 Dummy Tanks

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Creativity At Work

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The Science of Creativity: What Happens In Your Brain When You Create

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A fiery hot and racy episode that would undoubtedly make a dent in the Scoville Heat Unit scale! We take you down a memory cul-de-sac of tantalising titillation in 1980's Birmingham, why curries evoke all sorts of emotions and risk of death and a practical view on calorie deficit in a world full of food judgement.

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Wombats' deadly bums: how they use their 'skull-crushing' rumps to fight, play and flirt

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The Curry Mile

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Balti Triangle

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Phaal Curry Recipe

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The Fitness Chef

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Healthier Takeaway Tips From The NHS

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It's Mark's big Birthday and with all those years of wisdom on display, we're talking about habits, Maslow's Hammer, the Einstellung Effect in the context of developing a Wise Mind? Also in this episode, more hot water bottle reviews, the Italian Sealand, Roman Emporers and more amazing jokes.

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Rose Island: Netflix adapts the story of 'prince of anarchists' Giorgio Rosa

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Maslow's Hammer

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Master of mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn: ‘People are losing their minds. That is what we need to wake up to’

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The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?

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Einstellung Effect

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In this episode, we discuss mutualism and symbiosis and how humans can take leaves out of nature's plentiful book. Also, Damo is feeling a bit fragile, Mark has the latest instalment of "Not Now!" and we recap on the themes from our last 30 podcast episodes!

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Whizzer And Chips

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Farmer Ants And Their Aphid Herds

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Broken Brain with Dhru Purohit - #171: All Things Covid: Vitamin D, Masks and More with Chris Kresser

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We all love our music, don't we? Well, 95-97% of us do anyway so this episode is a dedicated dip into our relationships with music and how it's often more complicated than we realise. Also, find out where we're all going for Mark's funeral and what's going to be on the playlist!

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Mark's "Flashback" Track: Games Without Frontiers By Peter Gabriel

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Damo's "Flashback" Track: Lessons In Love By Level 42

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Mark's Top 100

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Damo's Top 100

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Inside the Heads of People Who Don't Like Music

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Music And Dopamine

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We discuss all the matters on everyone's mind like the difference between a magazine and a pamphlet, stealing pens from Argos, essential vs non-essential in Lockdown, microwave fire safety, the golden rule of SEO and how to sleep like Christiano Ronaldo.

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Radio 1 Extra

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Sh**ged Married Annoyed Podcast

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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Bournville / Port Sunlight

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Happiness Not Now Hot Water Bottle

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Real Life Health & Fitness

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5 Tips For Better Sleep from Nick Littlehales

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The REAL reason Starbucks got its logo | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim

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The Dutch Reach

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Salvador Dalí's Ocelot

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Sleep from examine.com

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Happy Friday! In this episode... stand by your taste buds there's a new crisp flavour in town, what Maggie Thatcher has to do with Mr Whippy ice cream, the study of words, the wonderful world of butterflies and the great Christmas mug-off of 2020!

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The Wall with Danny Dyer

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The "One Touch Rule"

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Was Margaret Thatcher really part of the team that invented Mr Whippy?

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Did Bob Holness Play the Saxophone On Baker Street?

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In this episode, Mark spits some filthy Grime lyrics, why quoting the Magna Carta in Lockdown is futile, who's strong enough to rip their shirt from their torso, some valuable chat around attitudes to money and the amazing link between your brain, your heart and your guts.

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One giant ... lie? Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked

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“Article 61” of Magna Carta doesn’t allow you to ignore Covid-19 regulations

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Br3nya Ft Ivorian Doll - Bezerk (Official Music Video)

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Einstein's Last Desk

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Compound Interest: How Teens Can Become Millionaires

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Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain-Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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The Valsalva Maneuver

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A great breathing exercise to set up your day, the most famous Pirate EVER was made in Bristol, Mark takes us on a magical mystery tour, Damo's top tip for staying alive on a bicycle and one almighty cock-up for mankind on the moon.

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He's One Of Our Own... Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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Made In Bristol: Concorde

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Training And Headphones

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Neil Armstrong’s “One small step for man” might be a misquote

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In this episode... Galapagos tortoises, glorious British drizzle, the law is the law, 12 tiny tips for productivity from a Stanford boffin, Damo reads from a book and Mark reads from a piece of direct mail.

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Freeman-On-The-Land

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Stanford scientist: 12 tiny habits that will instantly make you more productive

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Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse by Nina Schick

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Lifting In Lockdown: Link to our 5-minute workouts on Instagram

Guide Videos For Exercises: Squats / Dead Bug / Jackknife / Single Leg Standup

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