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Lee and Simon talk about their responsibility to keep up with the news, and what news to keep up with.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

Moustafa Bayoumi in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/02/civilised-european-look-like-us-racist-coverage-ukraine
what Russia wants in Ukraine: https://kottke.org/22/03/why-russia-is-invading-ukraine
red top newspapers: https://wordhistories.net/2017/03/02/red-top/
red circle of shame: https://partner.studentbeans.com/blog/gen-z-trends/circle-of-shame/
Tucker Carlson and Ketanji Brown Jackson's LSAT score: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/04/tucker-carlson-ketanji-brown-jackson-lsat-scores-credentials

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Lee and Simon struggle with the news and talk about responsibility for things that are too big. They also respond to some relieving questions from a listener, and weigh in briefly on Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel
• minority rule (Nassim Nicholas Taleb): https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15#.z5ry4bucq
• Layla Moran naming 35 oligarchs: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216395989
• Midlifing episode about miscarriage and unspoken tensions: https://www.midlifing.net/1480717/6965252-it-hurts-so-much-to-hear-you-say-that-part-2-of-2
• Fury Road, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/23/charlize-theron-tom-hardy-mad-max-fury-road-book
• Atomic Blonde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Blonde
• Nena, 99 Luftballons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY

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Simon and Lee start with a little bit of ambition-related follow up, before slipping into a conversation about retirement, the future and the intrinsic value of doing things.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Paul Simon, Graceland (1986) - Lee wins! - https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_(album)
• Brene Brown dealing with Joe Rogan situation: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/brene-brown-spotify-update-1235089635/
• Storm Eunice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Eunice
• Anthropocene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene
• Carbon shadow: https://www.iema.net/articles/casting-carbon-shadows

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Simon and Lee start talking about how the pandemic has shown their characters and Lee suspects he has joined the great resignation.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

Kath and Kim 'look at me': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMmxyGeEb4
I am legion and we are many: https://biblehub.com/mark/5-9.htm
Whitman, 'I contain multitudes': https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-51
Exorcist 'Your mother is in here': https://youtu.be/LHnDyOr0DfI
The great resignation: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210629-the-great-resignation-how-employers-drove-workers-to-quit
Reacher (TV show): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reacher_(TV_series)
Lee Child's Jack Reacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher
Kea flies off with Go Pro: https://youtu.be/WvHZy9i9LMA

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Lee and Simon start by livin' on a prayer but the conversation gets tainted by hope, disappointment and despair.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• taint: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=To%20Taint
• Boosey & Hawkes: https://www.boosey.com
• spit valve etiquette: https://wilktone.com/?p=3440
• Ball culture: https://lgbt.fandom.com/wiki/Ball_culture
• Paris is Burning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Is_Burning_(film)

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Lee and Simon deal with the fallout from episode 64 when some (faithful) listeners demand a public apology. They then talk about forgiveness.


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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Apple cider vinegar and hair: https://www.healthline.com/health/apple-cider-vinegar-hair
• Olive oil and hair: https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/olive-oil-hair-care
• Richard Serra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Serra
• What am I, chopped liver?: https://knowyourphrase.com/what-am-i-chopped-liver

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Lee and Simon talk about making new friends.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• making new friends as an adult: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/18/theres-no-easy-way-to-make-new-friends-as-an-adult-and-sometimes-our-friendships-can-feel-like-a-chore
• hamsters, covid and Hong Kong: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-60095060
• frolleague: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frolleague
• reminiscence bump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscence_bump
• parasocial interaction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction

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Lee and Simon talk about Conrad the seagull and (unrelated) how ambitions seem to change in mid-life.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Marie Kondo sparking joy: https://konmari.com/marie-kondo-rules-of-tidying-sparks-joy/
• Bad Batch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Bad_Batch
• Seagull development: https://animalwhoop.com/about-seagulls-and-seagull-babies/
• Seoul Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics
• whakapapa: https://teara.govt.nz/en/whakapapa-genealogy

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Lee and Simon indulge in a personality test (separately and together).
(Sorry about Simon's crackly audio)

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn
• don't know mind: https://jackkornfield.com/practice-dont-know-mind/
• Novak Djokovic as political pawn to Scott Morrison: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-06/novak-djokovic-the-unlikely-hostage-in-petty-political-saga-/100741720
• Florence Griffith Joyner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Griffith_Joyner
• ScarJo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson
• Bennifer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennifer
• Enneagram of personality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality
• Enneagram test: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test
• Enya "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)": https://youtu.be/2zkjQVh5KmQ
• Suzanne Vega "Left of Center": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_of_Center_(Suzanne_Vega_song)
• Suzanne Vega "Luka": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_(song)

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Lee and Simon take Midlifing outside for a walk, and treat listeners to bonus airplanes, wind, traffic and heavy breathing. In the conversation, they try and answer the question, "What are you good at?"

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Gary Lineker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lineker
• Cristiano Ronaldo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo
• Rauhnacht: https://www.invest-in-bavaria.com/en/blog/post/a-ghoulishly-beautiful-tradition-rauhnachtin-bavaria
• Lisbon housing and money: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/luxury-homes-short-lets-and-shacks-inside-lisbons-housing-crisis
• Four Thousand Weeks: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/01/four-thousand-weeks-by-oliver-burkeman-review-a-brief-treatise-on-time
• Hobby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby
• Jay (bird): https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/jay/
• Paying it forward (Simon didn't really understand what it meant when he used it in the episode): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_it_forward

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