Privilege. Talent. Mistaking feelings for facts. This is the first in a two-part episode.

A'ja Wilson - basketball superstar - was caught on video saying that one of her opponents made it as a professional due to her privilege. Will dives into the different ways in which human beings can consider their privileges and the privileges of others. How hard work and luck can play a part in success. And how A'ja should not have said what she said but that she probably had no choice but to think it.

This episode lays the groundwork for the subject of mental fragility that will be explored in the second part.

Get this in first. As always, the discussion is not going to go where you think it will.....

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What is wealth? Is it how much money you have in the bank or how many stocks you own, or is it the time you give towards your family or your passion?

This started as an episode about money and ended as an episode about patience and the true meaning of wealth.

(Some of these ideas were inspired by The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, which is highly recommended, and not just for those interested in investing.)

There's also some talk of Vonnegut, Heller and the usual dash of publishing hell. (All with a tongue firmly in the cheek.)

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Memory. It's tricky. False memories. Making memories. Planting memories.

Mind control.

Dementia.

Memory is so malleable.

This week, Will, once again, considers the delicacy of the human mind. And Charles Manson. And posting pictures of your perfect life. And the CIA.

And he asks whether there is a way to document our lives that is true. So that we may look back on what we have done and know that it is real.

Or is it okay to create a life that isn't our own?

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With so many positive messages out there telling us to Never Give Up, it's difficult to not feel inspired to go for our dreams. But is that wise? Is everything pre-ordained? Can we really affect our own success?

When should we surrender?

Will ponders this while talking about his latest book, the religious leaflets that keep dropping through his letterbox and the awards that Megan Fox has won for being a terrible actress...

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Will is tired after staying up to watch the Oscars. But it got him thinking about worth. About the small guys getting noticed and celebrated. About 'little' films and 'little' books and how we will be remembered when we have gone.

Is it possible to live until we are 150?

Can we be immortalised through our work.

And how can we help our kids understand that it's not going to hurt them to read a book, once in a while?

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What does it mean to be a genius? Where are all the geniuses now?

Will delves into creating art for the counter culture. He talks about Bob Dylan and Eminem and Chas n Dave and Ed Sheeran's dad.

And here's the link to the song that he promised: https://tinyurl.com/wr2prpyh

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From watching three films every day to reading two-hundred books a year, to scrambling around in a supermarket bucket for a bunch of dead roses, this week is all about passion. Finding your passion and letting it define you.

Spreadsheets and saving stray dogs. Summer holidays and the great English novel. Will, once again talks about everything and nothing.

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Will is frustrated by laziness and inaccuracy. This week, he talks about intelligence and context.

You can't just jump onto a hashtag or a trend without thinking about it, without looking into what it means and what it stands for. There is always some context.

There's a story behind that hashtag. There's a book or a song or a scientific study.

What does it mean to be intelligent? And should we all live of grid in a cabin like Ted Kaczynski?

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This time, Will takes a look at assassinations and political correctness.

How everyone has a voice but nobody seems to be listening, and nothing we say seems to be right, anyway.

Oh, and how Donald Trump has, actually, done something interesting.

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