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What's Going Wrong With Men?
What happens when the human drive for self-improvement stops being healthy and starts getting strange?
Episode 99 is a descent into the strangest corners of the Internet. From a 47,000 strong online community convinced they can optimise one very specific part of human biology using supplement stacks and biblical food rules. But when optimisation fails to cure a “blah” life, the behaviour turns desperate. We explore why one man risked it all on the interstate just to feel a spark of excitement, and why a TikTok prankster faked his own passing just to see which family members would show up to his funeral.
And finally, we explore the psychology of ‘fragile monsters’. New research into serial killers suggests the most dangerous people aren’t cold masterminds at all, but fragile, easily bruised, and terrifyingly reactive. A single slight or a wounded ego can be the catalyst, revealing a chilling link between the need to be seen and the drive to destroy.
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Follow the show on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at [email protected].
Listen to the show on Spotify and Apple.
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Topics: The rise of nutmaxxing, the holy grail stack, biblical eating, tummy pancakes vs bun glazer, citizen scientists, frustrated ‘artists’, my blah life and the need to chase excitement, what happens when you achieve your goals too early in life, the ultimate fomo, pranks gone horribly right but also horribly wrong, the lengths tiktokers will go to for some clicks, vulnerable narcissism, the new research into serial killers.
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00:00 - It begins
01:03 - Nutmaxxing: The world of self optimisation in 2026
03:41 - Citizen scientists and the ‘holy grail’ supplement stack
15:00 - The self-optimisation factions have fractured
19:58 - The interstate flasher seeking excitement
24:00 - Belgian man’s ‘Life Lesson’ prank
33:00 - The psychology of a psychopath: Serial killers and fragile narcissism
39:51 - Outro
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What happens when the human drive for self-improvement stops being healthy and starts getting strange?
Episode 99 is a descent into the strangest corners of the Internet. From a 47,000 strong online community convinced they can optimise one very specific part of human biology using supplement stacks and biblical food rules. But when optimisation fails to cure a “blah” life, the behaviour turns desperate. We explore why one man risked it all on the interstate just to feel a spark of excitement, and why a TikTok prankster faked his own passing just to see which family members would show up to his funeral.
And finally, we explore the psychology of ‘fragile monsters’. New research into serial killers suggests the most dangerous people aren’t cold masterminds at all, but fragile, easily bruised, and terrifyingly reactive. A single slight or a wounded ego can be the catalyst, revealing a chilling link between the need to be seen and the drive to destroy.
--
Follow the show on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok and if you have any weird but wonderful news / stories, email me at [email protected].
Listen to the show on Spotify and Apple.
--
Topics: The rise of nutmaxxing, the holy grail stack, biblical eating, tummy pancakes vs bun glazer, citizen scientists, frustrated ‘artists’, my blah life and the need to chase excitement, what happens when you achieve your goals too early in life, the ultimate fomo, pranks gone horribly right but also horribly wrong, the lengths tiktokers will go to for some clicks, vulnerable narcissism, the new research into serial killers.
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00:00 - It begins
01:03 - Nutmaxxing: The world of self optimisation in 2026
03:41 - Citizen scientists and the ‘holy grail’ supplement stack
15:00 - The self-optimisation factions have fractured
19:58 - The interstate flasher seeking excitement
24:00 - Belgian man’s ‘Life Lesson’ prank
33:00 - The psychology of a psychopath: Serial killers and fragile narcissism
39:51 - Outro