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Lee and Simon verge on talking about Sex Education but aren't quite ready. Instead they diverge into some Star Wars chatter before discussing being reasonable, being rationale, the backfire effect and deep canvassing. Oh, and pizza hydration.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Return of the Jedi released in 1983: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi
• How Minds Change by David McRaney: https://www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome
• Backfire effect (the thing Simon couldn't remember): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance
• Deep canvassing (Simon got the year wrong): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_canvassing

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There has been a stuff up and Simon explains.

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Lee cooks too much curry by accident and Simon wants to talk about Sex Education Series 4 (but Lee hasn't watched it yet). They talk a bit about (and rechristen) chatGPT before landing on the week's topic: the demise of the internet known as obituary pirates.
 
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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• bread hedgehog: https://www.mertonbakery.com/blog/caught
• incoherent lyrics to Footloose: https://genius.com/Kenny-loggins-footloose-lyrics
• obituary pirates: https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-obituary-pirates/
• enshittification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].

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The preamble nearly takes over the episode but Lee and Simon intrepidly get things on track in a conversation about labours of love (and emotional labour).

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Lee and Simon talk about bromances and chatGPT. These are not related.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Wigan Pier and northern soul: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66603612
• Wigan Casino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Casino
• Chav: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav
• Owen Jones and the demonization of the working class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavs:_The_Demonization_of_the_Working_Class
• Centaurs and cyborgs (chatGPT) -- not Minotaur!: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/centaurs-and-cyborgs-on-the-jagged

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Simon and Lee talk about emotional affairs and love. 

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Simon talks about a major structural change to his backhand in service of yet another bloody oven update. This just has to stop. They both then briefly discuss watching women's sport before their main conversation about coping with pressure while working in teams and asking for help.

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Could this possibly be the final oven update? Here's hoping. In the main topic Simon and Lee talk about love and disappointment. 

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A conversation about saying thank you, saying goodbye, adopting new technologies, being in competition and the buttons we push and have pushed.

Dedicated to Mandy Smith.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].

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Stop the presses: Lee has a topic. Simon and Lee talk about why on earth they are friends and just how arbitrary it is to be in a friendship. No oven update included. 

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