We're very proud of ourselves. This episode is the second we've published in a 30-day window, meaning we now almost have a schedule (hooray).

Will's review of this podcast:

"This episode is shit. Turn your headphones off and talk to the person opposite you, or better yet, get off the tube and walk to your next stop. Better yet, merge your particles with the universe. See it, say it, sorted."

Note: This episode was recorded on 28th Jan 2023, a few days after the news of Tyre Nichols' horrific & shocking treatment at the hands of five police officers in Memphis. The incident is discussed in this episode using details publicly available at the time.

In the second episode of the world's worst podcast:

1. We say hello to a special guest: Joe.

2. We discuss the broad impact of our truly ground-breaking first episode,

3. We have a conversation about... conversation. Why do we talk so much? And what does it say about us?

Timecodes:

1:25: Fans

2:40: Conversation: an evolutionary advantage.

4:51: Heinrich von Kleist: Conversation as enlightenment.

7:34: Conversation: proof against solipsism.

9:00: Hikikomori

11:10: Rubber duck: computer programming

11:50: Conversation as a way of knowing yourself. Conversation collapsing inner quantum state.

13:04: Conversation: Distributed cognition

14:22: Conversation as the first abstraction. Conversation in learning

16:20: Freewheeling from here ;) ————

Mentions:

Radically Open Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (described from 30:30) https://www.thelondoncentre.co.uk/treatment-read-more/dbt-ro

In the first episode of the world's worst podcast:

1. Will chains snus,

2. Stephen gets passive aggressive about microphones,

3. We discuss the hottest trend of 2012: YOLO.