In this week's episode, we are talking about what it means to belong and why it is so important to our mental health.

Martin tells us a story that is his own personal version of the film "Brief Encounter", less brief but with a similarly bittersweet ending, and we discuss the habit of refusing to smile in photos.

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This week we're talking about the elaborate excuses we come up with to justify our drinking and the ones we have to think up after we've been out and left ourselves in a bit of a state.

We're talking about the role shame plays in our behaviour, and the point at which we realise that even we don't believe what we're saying anymore.

We also find time to talk about facial hair in the music industry and one of the worst remedies for toothache either of us has ever heard.

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This week we're discussing a campaign from the 1980s which had the backing of the First Lady in the US but that took a rather hopelessly simplistic approach to deal with the problem of addiction.

We reminisce about Grange Hill and Martin displays an uncanny knowledge of cast members which suggests he'd not been spending his time wisely in the past few days.

We also learn the phrase used to describe Martin's old favourite behaviour, leaving the pub without telling anyone.

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This week we're talking about the dependency we have on our tech devices, why we find them so hard to put down, and the impact that it has on our lives.

Martin read a book about it all and has a plentiful supply of facts and quotes.

We also talk about games and our fondness for riding horses through the wild west looking for wild herbs.

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This week we're talking about the difference between loneliness and being alone, and we examine why it's so important to be OK in our own company, and why it's sometimes so hard to do.

Martin is disparaging of watching people make cakes but does come up with what he considers to be some useful insight about tongues.

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This week we're talking about the routes to recovery and why there aren't any shortcuts.

I make a mistake with the recording, we discuss the merits of Lucozade and the best cheese to select if you're a shoplifter.

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This week we're talking about why alcohol-free beer isn't a good option for everyone.

We're discussing what it actually is, what it has to do with a 1970's football manager from the North East, and how the supermarkets were already encouraging us to get drunk by the time we were eleven years old.

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This week we're talking about how our memories are good at forgetting unpleasant aspects of the past but that this is not always as helpful as it sounds.

We take a nostalgic trip through the 1970's ice cream cabinet at the corner shop and learn some interesting things about Thunderbirds.

I wear a hat throughout the episode and Martin reveals a shocking fondness for easy listening music.

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This week we're talking about why it's important to face all of our emotions, especially the ones we don't want to face.

We explore why we lose faith in our emotions in the first place and the destructive ways in which we keep them away from us.

Also, Martin feels pleased with himself because he came up with a title for this week's episode, and we reveal more musical guilty pleasures.

I really don't know what more you'd want for free.

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This week we're talking about why on earth people around you might try and convince you that you don't have an addiction problem when you have finally come to the realisation that you definitely have.

Martin gets passive-aggressive about my administrative ineptitude, and we select a couple of songs that we regard as guilty pleasures.

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