This week, we're discussing an effective antidote to anything that triggers feelings of anxiety, stress, overwhelm or sadness.Martin suggests some world records we can have a crack at, and there's some hygiene talk that involves dangerou...

This week we're talking about the way the shift in seasons and the changing of the clocks is a point in the year when many of us find our emotional resilience severely tested.In other news, a bold double bluff doesn't work out, there are...

This week we're talking about the tendency to explain too much, a habit that emerges from insecurity in the explainer and often has little to do with the target of the explanation.A plane is grounded as a result of flatulence, there's a ...

This week we're talking about an effective way of keeping yourself on track or reducing feelings of overwhelm when you're facing practical and/or emotional challenges.We also feel grateful for seasonal joy and being fed. Ther...

We're back!This week, we're having a conversation about 'shunishment' which might be a word you've never heard of that describes manipulative and controlling behaviour in a relationship.There's a new quiz, we're both surprisingly ...

This week we're discussing the red flags you might come across when you work with a sponsor in one of the fellowships and what you can do about it if it happens.

This week, we're talking about why curiosity is important and how we, sometimes inadvertently, prevent ourselves from exercising it.We hear about famous people carved from vegetables, and a man gives police an unwelcome gift when they pu...

This week, we're talking about how we forget most of what we learn and consider  ways of improving retention.Some friends, having messed with hallucinogens, mistakenly believe their companion to have died, and an elephant pops into ...

This week, we're talking about how we get in our own way by making things too complicated and failing to establish helpful strategies for getting stuff done.I nearly burn myself alive with a BBQ, we ponder on what might make it worth bei...

This week, we're talking about how to avoid putting barriers up to prevent our own progress and how small incremental improvements add up to a lot.There's also a man who gets shot by his dog, and gratitude for longevity and pizza ovens.

This week, we're talking about the early developmental experiences that might have a significant impact on your ability to establish and sustain relationships.There's also a cautionary tale about carrying glazed windows on your head down...

This week, we discuss the perils of slipping on fruit, fear of vending machines, and the joy of greenhouses and short trousers.If that weren't enough, we devote the more serious segment of the episode to a discussion on ways to deal with...

This week Martin has some wisdom related to the classic film, 'Citizen Kane'.It's the first episode we've recorded while sitting in the same room for five years and, frankly, it was disturbing.There's all the usual fun and frolics...

This week we're talking about how to keep your composure when someone tells you that Charlie Chaplin films are funny.A mother steals ice cream from her child, who then gets the police involved, and a snake takes part in a heist and slith...

This week we're talking about ways of boosting your brain so that you don't find it as hard to remember who had the best selling single in 1974 (Mud - Tiger Feet) and you can manage to churn out a podcast on a Sunday afternoon.We also di...

This week, we're investigating the circadian rhythm, cyber-farting, big bags of flour, and the joy of early morning light.

This week, we're talking about how much of our communication relies on what we do with our bodies.There's all the usual guff but I can't be more specific than that because I'm in a rush.

This week we're discussing a neuropsychological condition that prevents individuals from expressing and identifying emotions.We wonder why so many sports have what appears to be an unnecessary dress code, and wonder whether organisers h...

This week, we're discussing the things that make us feel wistful and sentimental, even though they often have no intrinsic value other than the sentiment we attach to them.Martin's discovery of a business selling diapers for festival go...

This week, we're discussing the benefits of living alone, especially for those in early recovery.Over a cup of masala chai (me) we also cover shopping from bed (Martin), fake parades, how to stack the dishwasher, and whether it's OK to ...

This week, we're discussing the unattractive emotion we feel when we covet something we see in someone else.There's also chat on modern art, speed dating, having a cockroach named after you, and the wisdom of putting a chocolate orange ...

This week we're discussing how we develop the core beliefs and values that provide direction for the way we live our lives, and consider the experiences that cause them to shift over time.Martin celebrates another sobriety anniversary, ...

This week we're discussing how your face conveys messages you'd sometimes rather it didn't.Martin reveals a curmudgeonly attitude toward the clocks changing, there's a case of mistaken identity involving the Northern Lights, and I get w...

This week, we're discussing the joy that can come from refusing invitations and staying home to look after yourself by doing whatever makes you feel good.A man sees a member of the royal family moonlighting in a UFO,  we agree that...

We're back.This week, along with the usual inane chat, we're discussing why we might change our minds and differentiating between the healthy and not-so-healthy reasons for doing so.There's unrest at a Chinese zoo, a new quiz th...