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Midlifing
By Lee Miller and Simon EllisSociety & Culture
Midlifing episodes
- 90: Which necessitates a certain level of structural jiggery-pokery (Part 2 of 2)
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This is part 2 of a two-part conversation about encountering aspects of ourselves we don't like or understand, gossip, ruining dinner parties, and parental interventions.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links (and necessary corrections):
Quote about gossip:
Graeber and Wengrow describe "extremely human activities" like "gossiping, arguing, playing games, dancing or travelling for pleasure." (from Dawn of Everything, Chapter 4).
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)28 min - 89: Which necessitates a certain level of structural jiggery-pokery (Part 1 of 2)
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Simon and Lee pootle around and end up in a two-part conversation about encountering those parts of ourselves we don't like or understand, gossip, ruining dinner parties, and parental interventions.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links (and necessary corrections):- 1755 Lisbon earthquake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake
- Portuguese colonial empire: https://www.portugal.com/history-and-culture/the-portuguese-colonial-empire/
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)26 min - 88: Making myself sound less righteous in the edit
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Lee and Simon discuss a situation in which Simon's nephew Finn responds to a homophobic statement.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links (and necessary corrections):- UK Equality Act (2010): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Act_2010
- Owen Jones "Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class" (review): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/08/chavs-demonization-owen-jones-review
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)30 min - 87: Who are you? (Part 2 of 2)
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Lee and Simon address the question, "Who are you?".
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links (and necessary corrections):
There are none!
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)27 min - 86: Who are you? (Part 1 of 2)
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It's embarrassing, but Simon and Lee start with toilet and work related issues before eventually getting to the heart of things (You'll need to be patient with them). Where often they respond to things that are going on, or talk about things they do, in this two-parter they address the question, "Who are you?".
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links:- Tick removal card: https://www.lifesystems.co.uk/products/insect-repellents/tick-removal-tool
- Portable bidet: https://culoclean.com
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)26 min - 85: It's too late
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Lee and Simon lean warily into a discussion about art (and shit poetry).
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links:
Palm Treo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Treo
Nena 99 Luftballoons: https://www.nena.de/de/discografie/99-luftballons-0
Marco Ranieri: http://marcoranieri.org/about-Marco-Ranieri
Carl Andre's pile of bricks: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/sep/20/carl-andre-equivalent-viii-bricks
John Berger's Ways of Seeing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ways_of_Seeing
Doggerel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerel
Sixth mass extinction: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-mass-extinction-and-are-we-facing-a-sixth-one.html
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)28 min - 84: Three trains and two buses
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This week Lee and Simon talk about creativity, making things and understanding their experiences of generosity in different places in the world.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)26 min - 83: One set of ears (Part 2 of 2)
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Part 2 of a 2 part episode. Lee and Simon respond to some contrasting feedback from Episode 81 and get even further into the weeds of men, women and control.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)31 min - 82: One set of ears (Part 1 of 2)
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Part 1 of a 2 part episode. Lee and Simon respond to some contrasting feedback from Episode 81 and get even further into the weeds of men, women and control.
Note that L and S were later granted permission by the first listener to include their response in the recording.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links:- Mac Rental Company: https://www.macrentalcompany.co.uk
- Trixie Mattel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trixie_Mattel
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi
- Gloria Estefan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan
- Rhythm is going to get you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkjeJKBI0M
- Tina Turner domestic violence: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/tina-turner-ike-documentary-real-life
- I will always love you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You
- Grace Jones, hula-hooping while singing Slave to the Rhythm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jdPIqP7zCY
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)28 min - 81: And now for the weather
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Simon and Lee discuss the terrible romantic idea that 'no' will become a 'yes', and the differences between wooing and harrassing. Lee then describes a moment of shame and Simon says 'wow' a lot.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected] or @midlifingpod on Instagram.
Related links:- Tre Piani by Nanni Moretti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Floors
- Riccardo Scamarcio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Scamarcio
- Alba Rohrwacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba_Rohrwacher
- Every Breath You Take lyrics: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/The-Police/Every-Breath-You-Take
- Pretty in Pink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_in_Pink
- Minions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minions_(film)
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].
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The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)28 min
About Midlifing
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Two friends Lee and Simon have serious conversations about silly things, and silly conversations about serious things. Together they dig into the pleasures, absurdities and imperfections of being…
human.