Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic
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Episode 2 (out of 10) - Nurture
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In this episode - We move to Brisbane, I turn 10. Everything ratchets up a notch – the heat, the hills, the storms. There is violence in the playground. And in my body. I give in to the instant gratification of the power of the itch, always capitulating. I don’t sleep. Everything about me is chronic, dragging forth through time. My family’s culture is wanting for depth.
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Subheadings with durations
1. Brisbane (3.50)
2. Primary School (6.00)
3. Satisfy the Itch (2.27)
4. Delayed Gratification (3.46)
5. More Itch (1.39)
6. Heat Map / Insomnia (4.23)
7 - Chronic (5.25)
8 - My Family (2.36)
9 - Parenting (7.37)
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Click here for the written version of this podcast:
https://sheddingskin.substack.com/p/s1-ep02-confessions-of-an-itchoholic
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Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is my memoir of growing up with a body that was not east to inhabit. It will be released an episode each week for a few months. Citing neuroscientists, philosophers and modern-day poets (rockstars) and exploring the 90s popular culture that shaped me (its music, movies and video games), Shedding Skin is a rollicking, humorous ride of self-analysis about the confusion and alienation of growing up with chronic health battles, the disorientating effects of 'coping mechanisms' like drugs and alcohol, and my eventual flailing attempts to understand how to live a deep life whilst struggling with new parenthood.
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Shedding Skin was long listed for the Richell Prize for emerging writers in 2023.
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If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee
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Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com and on Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Twilight of the Idols. s.l. : Penguin Classics, 1888.
Spargo-Ryan, Anna. A Kind of Magic. s.l. : Ultimo Press, 2022.
Kindergarten Cop It’s Not a Tumor
Hey Hey It’s Saturday Intro (1993)
Frank Warrick’s The World Around Us Intro - Late 80s
National 9 News Intro 90s
Sale of the Century Intro 90s
Round The Twist (1989) Theme
Never Ending Story (1984) Trailer
Labyrinth (1986) Davie Bowie You Remind Me of the Babe
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Trailer
Honey I Shrunk The Kids (1989) Trailer
Back To The Future (1985) Trailer
Back to the Future – Chicken
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Gullum I’m Not Listening
Simpsons Wonder Years parody
The Fugitive (1993) - Dr Richard Kimble
