It’s Part 2 of the Simple Minds Live Show! This week, we drop audio of the lads answering questions from the audience at their first-ever Q&A Session. Fitness analogies are abundant and we’re fairly certain Conrad takes things far too literally at one point...

It’s the Simple Minds Podcast live! This time around, the lads record a new episode in front of an audience for the first time while covering a range of topics in the process in a throwback to the older content form adopted when the show first began in 2017!

As it turns out, the guys have been using words as a way to help them with their decision making and goals for every year. They usually keep it to themselves but Travis decided to be a nosey parker and make everyone reveal and reflect on what their word for last year was and what their word for this year will be.

Matt keeps on getting distracted these days, it seems like every day he has a new thing that keeps him busy and away from the creative stuff he’d rather be doing. The rest of the lads (except Conrad of course) feel it too and are keen to have a look into how they can also break the curse of being too damn busy all of the time!

Emotions are funny things, they’re inescapable parts of our lives and influence just about everything we do if we let them. Justin, being Justin, isn’t about to let that happen though and decides to go on a quest to figure out a way he can lock his emotions away so that he can do business better. Nothing bad could happen from this at all, right?

Did you know we have neurons in our stomachs and hearts, not just the brain? Yup. And that’s precisely what Travis hopes to speak about with the guys as he discusses the process of decision making and how our bodies’ own intuition can be a massive aid in that regard. Sometimes there’s simply more to a decision than simply being rational.

Conrad recently read a book that had him thinking extensively on the subject of depression. Particularly in men and the culture of modern stoicism that seemingly keeps men from speaking about the issue. The lads also join in and give accounts of their own experiences and methods for recovery.

Matt felt himself getting pretty judgemental of some other people recently and wanted to reach out to the guys to see if he was being unreasonable. This is especially perplexing considering the lads all went on a trip to tackle their own worldly perceptions.

Tough conversations are sometimes inescapable, but that doesn’t mean they have to be something to dread, especially if you know they’re coming. In this episode, Justin asks the guys about the tough conversations they’ve had to endure and whether they were as scary or difficult and they had anticipated.

How we talk about love is kind of a tricky thing. It requires a bit of vulnerability and honesty that most men aren’t really keen to actually do. Thankfully, Trav has found a source of enlightenment in his approach to love and tries to encourage the rest of the lads, and listeners at home, to learn some lave languages and how to apply that to their lives and relationships.