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The Overexamined Life episodes
- Recovering From Burnout with Vic Zerbst
Vic Zerbst is a weapon of mass creation. They co-wrote and starred in Optics (Logie-nominated for Best Scripted Comedy) and the Christmas movie Nugget is Dead. They are also one half of the award-winning sketch duo Fruidian Nip, and this year premiered Converted! which is a queer musical developed through the Rebel Wilson Comedy Commission.
But we had Vic on not just as a comedian, but as a razor-sharp thinker. In this conversation we dive into creativity, burnout, chronic pain, Vic's thoughtful takes on AI and epistemology, and of course free will.
Sick of being ruled by your emotions?
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1 hr 22 min - Regulating the Nervous System with Master Mingtong Gu
Master Mingtong Gu, an ex-mathematician turned meditation master, has abandoned his algorithms for slow-motion arm waving. Well it’s much more than that. The art of Qigong is a recipe to become calmer, clearer, and harder to rattle. We talk about what Qigong is, how it regulates your nervous systems, why you can’t logic your way out of burnout, why today’s leaders are ineffective, how to take control of your own health, connecting the mind and body, and much more. Ennnnjoy!
More about Master Mingtong Gu: https://mingtonggu.com
Check out Master Mingtong's book: www.mingtonggu.com/book
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50 min - Why A.I. Doesn't Save Us Time
just can't help myself peeps.
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12 min - Beauty is in the Eye of the Echidna
Things have been grim but now they're ok because of an echidna :)
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8 min - An End of Year Suprise!
A very quick wrap up and we hear from a much requested special guest.
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11 min - Emotional Reflection on the Bondi Beach Shootingunprocessed thoughts i dont know what else to do with
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14 min - Managing World Leaders with Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks
The Chief of Staff is 'Part strategist, part therapist, part parent' to the world leader. Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks has interviewed pretty much all of them, and today I realised this invisible right hand is actually kind of important.
Check out Pheobe's book! Here's the link for Australia-based listeners, and here's the international shipping link.
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45 min - The Art of Being 100% Authentic with Margery Ai
Imagine saying EXACTLY what you think, and doing EXACTLY what you feel like doing? Sounds crazy to me, but Margery Ai has cultivated her ability to do exactly that.
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39 min - If You’re Scared of Dying, Listen to This
Death anxiety sucks up a lot of energy, but even if you don’t believe in the afterlife, there are some very good reasons not to worry.
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8 min - Mental Frame Shifts That Have Transformed My Sleep (NO MEDS)
3 abstract techniques that have helped me kick insomnia without medication, therefore making life 1000x better.
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12 min
About The Overexamined Life
From the publisher's feed
The world's best philosophers and scientists on how to be happy. PhDs, bestselling books, or 17 years of silence in a cave... we don't discriminate. All we know, is that we want to experience life…
for all its beautiful richness, so we've tracked down the A-listers in the art of doing exactly that.
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The world is beautiful, full of fascinating people, and people I love, and I'm so lost in neurotic thought that I'm missing... most of it. I'm an overexaminer.
Why, when scubadiving in the Great Barrier Reef, instead of drinking in the marine wonders, am I just replaying that time I was picked last in P.E. basketball?
Why, at a close friend's wedding, did I miss half the groom's speech because I was thinking about my crap haircut.
If that sounds like you too, then join me on a quest to discover ways in which we can become more present, more fulfilled and more curious. Through stories, reflections and interviews with the wisest gurus, comedians, musicans, athletes and artists, maybe we can uncover a few secrets about what a life well-lived looks like.
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