Midlifing

Midlifing

By Lee Miller and Simon EllisSociety & Culture
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Midlifing episodes

  • Until one day we go to eat and our head just falls into our plates

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    The pitfalls of not recording high-impact yoga jump-cuts into an inevitable conversation about perceptions of mid-life, being distant from young people, mid-life crises, mortality, sleeping in the same room as dead people, when dogs die, making software work like drills, and feeling the body in decline.

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    Related Links and References:

    • Yoga with Adriene (and Benji): https://yogawithadriene.com
    • Mid-life crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis
    • Coaster Brakes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake#Coaster_brakes
    • Euphemisms for death: https://www.verywellhealth.com/euphemisms-for-dead-death-or-dying-1131903
    • How Your Relationship With Your Parents Changes As You Age: https://www.projectwednesday.org/how-your-relationship-with-your-parents-changes-as-you-age/
    • Parents aging: https://lifeinmotionguide.com/stages-of-aging/
    • Difference between corpse and cadaver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver
    • Coping with your pet's death: https://www.petmd.com/dog/care/coping-your-pets-death-important-guide
    • 101 Dalmations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101_Dalmatians_%281996_film%29
    • How to Watch Star Wars If You’ve Never Seen It Before: https://www.vogue.com/article/star-wars-how-to-watch-guide
    • Crook: http://www.slang.com.au/c/crook/
    • Putting pets to sleep: https://pets.webmd.com/what-happens-put-pet-to-sleep
    • Call Me By Your Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_by_Your_Name_(film)
    • Unison in dance: https://easychoreography.weebly.com/unison.html
    • Flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29
    • Self-consciousness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-consciousness
    • Just noticeable difference and difference limen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-noticeable_difference


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

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    37 min
  • The primacy of the erection

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    A memory of a tennis match starts a conversation about pornography, furniture, prostate examinations and ... hamsters.

    Please note that this episode includes a brief conversation about sexual grooming.

    Send Lee and Simon feedback at [email protected].

    Related links:

    • Chris Lewis vs Kevin Curran (1983): https://youtu.be/yQAJyXKxuG4
    • Credenza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credenza
    • Hamster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster
    • Penthouse Magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthouse_(magazine)
    • Pornography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
    • PSA test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate-specific_antigen
    • Digital Rectal Examination: https://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/guide/prostate-cancer-digital-rectal-exam
    • Prostate Cancer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer
    • Prostate Biopsy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_biopsy
    • Stretch Receptors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch_receptor
    • Micturation: https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Micturation
    • Porn Statistics: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201611/dueling-statistics-how-much-the-internet-is-porn
    • History of the Clitoris: https://abdominalkey.com/history-of-the-clitoris/
    • Sexual Objectification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_objectification
    • Grooming: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/grooming/
    • The Mandalorian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian
    • Baby Yoda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Child_%28Star_Wars%29

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

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    32 min

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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…