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The Ten Thousand ThingsTao Te Ching - Verse FourSam and Joe discuss Verse 4 of the Tao Te Ching:The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible,Like an abyss!It seems to be the origin of all things.It dulls the sharpness,Unties the knots,Dims the light,Becomes one with the dust.Deeply hidden, as if it only might exist.I do not know...
2025-11-281h 04
The Ten Thousand ThingsCan we do therapy without a therapist?Sam and Joe discuss some of Adam Phillips' ideas about extending therapy outside the therapists office. This leads to discussion of using Chat GPT for mental health and a dive into the hosts own experiences of therapy.
2025-11-131h 01
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe ones who like us backSam and Joe discuss a School of Life Quote: "But two truths would help:1. There aren't that many people we genuinely like.2. There aren't that many people who deeply like us back. The sooner we accept this, the gentler the experience becomes."
2025-10-221h 03
The Ten Thousand ThingsLoneliness Vs SolitudeSam and Joe discuss an Eckhart Tolle quote which launches them into a broader discussion of loneliness vs solitude. Also discussed is the latest post from Alain de Botton, you can find a link here: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxIxHSMpzz1Lc45g-e3W8bt_PMO3oFVYU4
2025-09-2656 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsAttractionIs this episode Joe and Sam get into attraction. Capricious, fleeting, hard to pin down. More than just boobs and bums and 90's pin ups? We seem to think so.
2025-08-261h 17
The Ten Thousand ThingsRadical HonestySam and Joe discuss listener Kate's question about "radical honesty". They also get into rigorous honesty, brutal honesty and kind honesty. Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_honestyhttps://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a26792/honesty0707/Image: Giorgio Trovato
2025-08-141h 01
The Ten Thousand ThingsIs there a higher purpose to the universe?Sam and Joe discuss this quote:Behind the sometimes seemingly random or even chaotic succession of events in our lives as well as in the world lies concealed the unfolding of a higher order and purpose.This is beautifully expressed in the Zen saying "The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place." We can never understand this higher order through thinking about it because whatever we think about is content; whereas, the higher order emanates from the formless realm of consciousness, from universal intelligence. But we can glimpse it, and more than that, align...
2025-06-301h 00
The Ten Thousand ThingsTalking neurodiversity and mental health with those who don't get itSam and Joe answer listener Lou's question which is:"How do you talk about mental health or neurodiversity with people who don’t get it?"Image: Noah Buscher
2025-06-161h 10
The Ten Thousand ThingsReactivitySam and Joe take on listener Liv’s topic about reaction, reactivity and being “triggered”. This leads to personal reflections on responses to geopolitical events and other things in life that lead them to react strongly. Some big world problems get a thorough going over and some interpersonal beefs get ironed out. Image: Johannes Plenio
2025-06-021h 22
The Ten Thousand ThingsTao Te Ching - Verse 2Sam and Joe reunite to tackle Verse Two of the Tao Te Ching:Everybody on earth knowingthat beauty is beautifulmakes ugliness.Everybody knowingthat goodness is goodmakes wickedness. For being and nonbeingarise together;hard and easycomplete each other;long and shortshape each other;note and voicemake the music together;before and afterfollow each other. That’s why the wise souldoes without doing,teaches without talking.The thin...
2025-05-181h 03
The Ten Thousand ThingsTao Te Ching - Verse 1Sam and Joe discuss Verse One of the Tao Te Ching and how it relates to their own experience of reality. TAO called TAO is not TAO.Names can name no lasting name.Nameless: the origin of heaven and earth.Naming: the mother of ten thousand things.Empty of desire, perceive mystery.Filled with desire, perceive manifestations.These have the same source, but different names.Call them both deep-Deep and deep again deep:The gateway t...
2025-04-0653 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsDesiderata - Go placidly amidst the hasteSam and Joe discuss the poem Desiderata and how it relates to their experience of life on earth.DesiderataGo placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others...
2025-01-121h 09
The InEVitableHydrogen Powered Boats with Zero Emission Industries CEO Joe PrattMotorTrend's Ed loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with Zero Emission Industries (ZEI) CEO, Joe Pratt to talk all about HYDROGEN BOATS! Why does Hydrogen make sense for Maritime use? Let's get into it!
0:45 - Could Deregulation Lead to Faster Hydrogen Adoption?
3:20 - Introduction to ZEI (Zero Emission Industries).
4:27 - The Case for Hydrogen in Maritime Transportation.
6:04 - Bunker Fuel vs. Hydrogen: Environmental Impact.
12:35 - Innovations in Hydrogen Technology: The Sea Change Project.
20:20 - Hydrogen vs. Batteries at Scale
25:20 - Hydrogen Infrastructure and Refueling Solutions.
28:27 - Where do you get the...
2024-12-121h 14The InEVitableHydrogen Powered Boats with Zero Emission Industries CEO Joe PrattMotorTrend's Ed loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with Zero Emission Industries (ZEI) CEO, Joe Pratt to talk all about HYDROGEN BOATS! Why does Hydrogen make sense for Maritime use? Let's get into it!
0:45 - Could Deregulation Lead to Faster Hydrogen Adoption?
3:20 - Introduction to ZEI (Zero Emission Industries).
4:27 - The Case for Hydrogen in Maritime Transportation.
6:04 - Bunker Fuel vs. Hydrogen: Environmental Impact.
12:35 - Innovations in Hydrogen Technology: The Sea Change Project.
20:20 - Hydrogen vs. Batteries at Scale
25:20 - Hydrogen Infrastructure and Refueling Solutions.
28:27 - Where do you get the...
2024-12-121h 14
The Ten Thousand ThingsMaking the darkness consciousSam and Joe are back after a long break with a juicy quote from their old friend Carl Jung. Myths, archetypes, figures of light, dark caves with dragons and treasure, it's a wild ride. Enjoy!
2024-11-1543 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsJust One Thing - Jack KornfieldWhat we take to be a self is tentative, fictitious, constructed by clinging, a temporary identification with some parts of experience. Self arises, solidifying itself, like ice floating in water. Ice is actually made of the same substance as water. Identification and clinging harden the water into ice. In a similar way, we sense ourself as separate. Jack Kornfield - The Wise HeartThis realization that the separate self is an illusion must be one of the most useful things I've ever learned. I spent most of my life assuming that I was a separate self-contained unit and I...
2024-05-2503 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsJust One Thing - Eckhart TolleThe root of this physical urge is a spiritual one. The longing for an end to duality, a return to the state of wholeness. Sexual union is the closest you can get to this state on the physical level. This is why it is the most deeply satisfying experience the physical realm can offer. But sexual union is no more than a fleeting glimpse of wholeness, an instant of bliss. As long as it is unconsciously sought as a means of salvation, you are seeking the end of duality. On the level of form where it cannot be found...
2024-05-2505 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsJust One Thing - Joseph Campbell“I have really found when I look around that the romantic love I see is this ideal, the anima. The anima is the ideal that you carry within yourself that you put onto the different entities out there and you unite with that. Pretty soon you see through the projection. And then what happens?”Transcript:That's Joseph Campbell from an interview he did. I won’t pretend to be an expert on what the anima is but I took note of this because it resonated with me. I can see that I've done this throughout my adult life. It's t...
2024-05-2503 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsJust One Thing - Alain de BottonTo be a loving person is to wrestle with a profoundly improbable idea: that however modest our position in society might be, however much we may have been maltreated in the past, however mesmerised we are by the deplorable behaviour of powerful individuals, however shy and frail we are, we are constantly capable of causing other people significant hurt. Alain de Botton in A More Loving World: How to increase compassion, kindness and joyCreators & Guests
Joe Loh - Host
This is the second of an ongoing series by Joe: short reflections on quotes he captured and...
2024-05-2503 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsJust One Thing - Pema ChodronAll that is necessary then is to rest undistractedly in the immediate present, in this very instant in time. And if we become drawn away by thoughts, by longings, by hopes and fears, again and again we can return to this present moment. We are here. We are carried off as if by the wind, and as if by the wind, we are brought back. When one thought has ended and another has not begun, we can rest in that space. We train in returning to the unchanging heart of this very moment. ...
2024-05-2503 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsIs Love the Drug?Romantic Realities: Deconstructing the Romantic Love MythWe dive into the misconceptions of romantic love prevalent in Western culture, drawing on a quote from You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships, by Richard Swartz. Get the book from Internal Family Systems Institute at https://ifs-institute.com/you-are-one-youve-been-waitingSam mentions Let's Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice podcast with Dr Morgan, yet again, but actually links to it this time. https://episodes.fm/1496034764 to find it on your podcast player of choice. But I use and recommend Podcast...
2024-05-171h 02
The Ten Thousand ThingsSam reads your listener notesListeners are producers. Thank you for getting the show out.I reflect on my own podcast listening: helpful with insomnia, and a lifeline during tough times. Write me hereReading a wide range of listener notes, I respond and explore personal themes:vulnerabilitythoughts on how to engage usefully with attachment theory, to go looking for the things we don't want to saythe two breakdown eps from Joe and Alivoyeurism: when is it okay to listen to people spilling about intense experiencesI say it's because people pod with honesty, because they want to be seen and a...
2024-05-0950 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsFilmThinking back on favourite films, it becomes clear what they say about us. Cinema, the Psyche, unveiling Inner HeroesIt's always therapy and psychoanalysis around here, movies are the vehicle. Favourite films reflect deep psychological themes and evolving personal identities. What we once found aspirational in a character, we might later rethink, or realise it was not the healthiest hero to have. Others may have been right for the time. So we mainly talk about movies our younger selves were drawn to, Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2, The Matrix, Le Samurai, The Thin Red Line, Beaches, When...
2024-04-3054 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsBromanceDo most straight men reserve their truest love and romance for other men? Marilyn Frye thinks so, and today we consider a quote from her classic book of feminist essays The Politics of RealityWe found ourselves in agreement with Frye's observations. But we debate and detail the angles: Is heterosexual male culture (always) homoerotic?Do men save their 'best' for each other?Do many men find truer friendship with other men because they feel more comfortable around each other? Why?Is this a problem? How much so?Why would a man be 'less himself' around w...
2024-04-2454 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsFOMO, JOMO and beyondMoving from Fear, to Joy of Missing Out and beyond both. FOMO arises from projection and fantasy, as does a lot of the imagined enjoyment of the imagined pleasures.We might imagine that:everything we want is outside ourselvespleasure, meaning or peak experiences must be mediated by something: people, substances, or outside eventsthat we have to follow a formula to achieve themWe chew over the classic cliche FOMO of music festivals, and unearth some insights: the positives of turning towards your own prioritiespursuing projects and personal growth brings the gr...
2024-04-161h 02
The Ten Thousand ThingsAttachmentIs Attachment Theory the new Myers-Briggs? NoIs it helping? Yes! Is attachment also about friendship, family and self relationships? Yes!Is it the magic bullet? Kind of, if you study Attachment Styles in depth, and do the workIt's The Dance of Attachment in Relationships!In our return to podding for a new season, (sorry to disappear, reasons!!) we explore the nuanced world of attachment styles their profound influence on our relationships and self-awarenessWe delve into the complexities of understanding anxious, avoidant, secure, and disorganized attachment stylestracing their roots back to ea...
2024-04-101h 23
The Ten Thousand ThingsEnvyStudy envy to find messages from our future selvesWe unpack the role of envy, not as a toxic emotion to be avoided or ashamed of, but a normal feeling that gives us clues to understanding our unmet desires, unfulfilled potential, and prompting necessary change.envy vs jealousy. Jealousy is possessiveness, envy is wanting what others have, or wanting to be thembecoming less envious of others as we get olderthe emptiness at the heart of existence remains in place no matter who we are or what we havehouse prices, salaries, wealth distributioncomplex, changing feelings, hiding then...
2024-01-201h 03
The Ten Thousand ThingsNew Year, New You?Neurodivergence, New Years Resolutions, and Future FocusWe welcome the New Year byevaluating the usefulness of New Years resolutionssharing the honest struggles we’ve hadsmall triumphsAli shares her journey to quit smoking and the strategies she employs.a positive version of sunk cost fallacy, where we are motivated to defend small gains and build on them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costmaking excuses and justifications for not taking responsibilitytricking yourself into doing things your mind is resistingquitting/reducing drinkingcleaner living, bad skin after xmas blowoutthe power of vanity in keeping motivatedAli and Sam pl...
2024-01-1243 min
Jeda NgopiJeda Ngopi (19) Dr. Joe UUD, Ujung-Ujungnya DelusiDalam buku becoming supernatural, Dr. Joe menganjurkan agar kita tidak terjebak di mode kesadaran “bertahan hidup”. Saya berusaha menerjemahkan maksudnya, idealnya dalam menjalani hidup ini, kita sebaiknya menjadi pribadi atau karakter yang natural sekali, begitu alami, kalau bisa super otentik.(makanya disebut supernatural bukan supranatural loh)
Sebuah problem bagi saya yang masih butuh uang, terjebak kerja menjadi jongos atau budak kapitalis. Terikat jam kerja dan aturan toko karena harus berkomitmen ikut bos di tempat kerja semisal. Mengorbankan sebagian besar waktu saya untuk melayani kastamer, terjebak di mode vibrasi kesadaran rendah “bertahan hidup”. Jadi awalnya agak sulit tetap terhubung dengan semesta⁵. Tapi dalam...
2023-12-2626 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsWho's your guru?Who's Your Guru? (and is Slavoj Žižek any good?)Sam, Joe and Ali discuss gurus, including the online type:our times are thick with public intellectuals, influencers, and self-proclaimed experts Sam's frequent references to Slavoj Žižek, and Joe's conclusion that he doesn't make much sense, and isn't much chop intellectually. Sam on literal guru worship in the Hare Krishnas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousnessshould we just speak for ourselves, rather than filter our thoughts or present them in relation to influential figures?figures like Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray the res...
2023-12-2248 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe kids are alrightWhat Do We Want To Pass On To Our Children?Find out what controversial song was top of Ali's music wrap for the year. Oh, and we delve into parenting: specifically, how should we influence our kidsOn the Road, Jack Kerouac; Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell; David Bowie all get a mentionthe influence we want to have, versus what really happenspersonal experiences, the influence of books and other texts versus direct communicationfeeling unsure about who to be as a parent and a personwhat are we actually shooting for with values and is it a simple transfer? N...
2023-12-151h 03
The Ten Thousand ThingsDo we ever fully recover from a breakdown?Possible triggers. A confronting episode but one we are proud of. Sam, Joe, and Ali explore the impacts, recovery and residues of mental breakdowns.The recent Robbie Williams documentary has kicked off many discussions about mental healthRobbie's demeanour on screen reminded Ali of herself. He was had extraordinary energy before his collapse, as did Ali, with full time work, a small child, a backyard farm and making sourdough from scratchIn the present, Ali can see that something inside Williams is 'still broken' or 'empty' even though he remains functional in most areas of lifeThis led Ali to consider...
2023-12-0255 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsBeing the victimWe explore the experience of identifying as victim, through personal stories and theory, and of course the potential of spirituality and psychotherapy in helping move through, and renounce identities over time.We discuss the dangers of adhering to a single identity label, and the benefit of taking responsibility for our own actions and healing, while being aware that we are also inescapably interconnected with others. Identities such as Victim are necessary and useful, and can arise naturally from a life event such as an accident, an assault, or injustice, but also from ordinary childhood experiences, a...
2023-11-2454 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsTo Post or Not to Post?Only posting about shit you have personal experience of? Ali explains why white middle class people should maybe shut up. Team discuss different social media platforms and shouting into the voidPosting hot photos on Instagram as awareness raising? The power of posting about stuff you have lived experience with. Sam talks about the power of herd acceptance and how minds change more often than people realise. The advantages of podcasts over social media for actually learning things. The team discuss the information space and Australian politics. Joe talks about becoming a centrist because he’s so sick of being in...
2023-11-1750 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsJesus is my homieThe team discuss a quote from Christian mystic Emmett Fox on grievances:“Going over old grievances mentally, thinking how badly someone acted at some time, for instance, and recalling the details, has the effect of revivifying that which was quietly expiring of neglect.”Joe quotes the cliché that “Having a resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to get sick” and links resentments to addiction. Ali talks about how resentments led to disordered eating.Joe proposes complete forgiveness for all harms and Sam says “That’s Christianity!” and also Hare Krishna. The team discuss political resentments and justified re...
2023-11-101h 04
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing PodcastCustom Landing Net Build Out with Chris Loh – Stonefly Nets, Jiu-jitsu, Iron Door SaloonShow Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/525 Presented By: Stonefly Nets Today, we chat with Chris Loh, the lucky winner of our Stonefly Custom Landing Net Build Out Giveaway. Chris walks us through the process of crafting his dream net with Ethan. We also delve into his journey from starting fly fishing with the guidance of Mel Krieger to his impressive 17-year tenure in jiu-jitsu. Episode Chapters with Chris Loh on Custom Landing Net Build Out 01:52 – Chris began fly fishing when his uncle hired his friend Mel Krieger to teach Chris and...
2023-11-0841 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsHaving a Menty BWe discuss mental breakdowns: the need we all have occasionally, the experience of it, and the benefits! Joe, Sam and Ali have had at least one menty b each, as many people now call them. An almost loving and affectionate term, which suggests that this process is something we could maybe greet like a friend. However, it can be very frightening, and isolating, and difficult for others. We talk about the role of work pressures, unsustainable domestic roles, and the intensity of family life. 'Capitalism' gets a lot of the blame for mental breakdowns, from Ali and...
2023-09-2957 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsLetting go of friendsThe team discuss the art of letting go of friends. Outgrowing friends or just growing in different directions? Joe says if you start judging friends it’s the beginning of the end. We get into painful friendship break ups. Platonic friendships – are men just biding their time? Sam recalls dating the hottest woman on Brunswick St, just to put it on the public record. Joe & Ali discuss their own weird bipolar friendship. Sam sings some Peter Allen. Deep conversations between men without mind altering substances – are they possible? Everyone wants to tell Ali and Jo...
2023-09-1658 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsHow do we know therapy is working?Sam, Joe and Ali reflect on our experiences in therapy. Sometimes the results seem clear – other times they’re hard to see. All agree it’s important to compare your progress to your past self, not some idealised perfect self. We discuss people who don’t think they need therapy. Ali mentions people who “prefer to work things out themselves”. Sam discusses the frustration of the session ending after 50 minutes – Joe says he wants an 8 hour MDMA therapy session – Sam wants to get on the ketamine.Parents get a light going over. Sam discusses a breakt...
2023-09-0844 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsCompromiseWe ask if we are willing to compromise to be in a long-term monogamous relationship?Sam discusses how to, whether we need to and to what extent we need to compromise.Ali shares how a lot of women have fallen in love with the idea of being single.We acknowledge all relationships require compromise however can we compromise our values? Can your values be flexible or do we become stuck in our ways the longer we remain single?We also discuss in distorted times do distorted dynamics come in to play...
2023-08-291h 01
The Ten Thousand ThingsAre the blokes ok?This week we listened to a Mamamia podcast where Mia Freedman interviews Caitlin Moran on her latest book "What about men?" and discuss our thoughts.We acknowledge we are all victims of the patriarchy, but what tools do men have to help dismantle it? Why don't they identify with feminism and why are the gravitating towards extreme figures?Ali explains why feminism has been helpful in plight of women, however men are not identifying with these strategies. Why can't men post photos of themselves and not be ridiculed? Joe felt the interview was...
2023-08-201h 02
The Ten Thousand ThingsFeelpinionsWhat are feelpinions? - Ali shares her definition and how she views it through a Dialectical Behavioural lens of logic and emotion. Sam elaborates why all extremes are mutually constitutive and why logic needs emotion and emotion needs logic, Joe however, wants more facts.We ask how do feelpinions affect our day to day? Are they needed to run the country or just good value in the cricket group chat?We share what sources we use to get our facts and how the perceived value of those facts influence how we feel about them. Ali...
2023-08-1054 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe Meaning of Life"The meaning of life" Welcome back Joe and welcome to a new format. Here at the ten thousand things we have decided to tackle the ten thousand things that distract us from loving awareness one thing at a time, so we will now be devoting each episode to one topic where we can really delve into the questions we ask. This week we have TTTT listener Oly ask us what is the meaning of life? We explore what means to us personally and what does it mean for us collectively. Sam believes we need to take responsibility of our...
2023-07-3038 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsNigella - (no Joe show)Something a little different from The Ten Thousand Things, Joe is taking a well deserved break in beautiful Vietnam so Sam and Ali take the opportunity to discuss all things Autism/ADHD through their lived experiences. 1 - How has neurodiversity contributed to our biggest successes and failures? Sam and Ali share how their neurodiversity impacts their day to day lives, are we doing the right things at the right time? We also share how we've learnt to work with our differences rather than against it. 2 - Who runs the world? Women, young women specifically. We discuss how...
2023-07-141h 28
Get It AgainGet It Again Movie Nite: Ready to RumbleWith the David Arquette over on WCW television, it's time to revisit the reason for the most controversial WCW World Heavyweight Champion: READY TO RUMBLE! Andrew and Matt take a look back at the this wrestling buddy comedy film. Directed by Brian Robbins. Written by Steven Brill. Starring David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Rose McGowan, Martin Landau, Joe Pantoliano, Sting, DDP, Kanyon, Goldberg, The Macho Man Randy Savage, Michael Buffer, and more! Sometimes two heads are simply more than one! Follow us on Instagram @GetItAgainPodcast Got 2 (or more) words for us? Email us at G...
2023-06-153h 23
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe Bonobos of NaarmSelf actualisation / non monogamy / Communism 1 - Quotation corner "Ageing is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always thought you should be" David Bowie Ali explains why this quote resonated with her. Sam discusses why finding your medium for expression is so important and Joe shares how he's found contentment through podcasting. We discuss trying to find your cultural capital and is self actualisation just faking it until you make it? 2 - Non monogamy. Sam explains the patriarchal dynamics of chimpanzees and the matricentric dynamics of bonobos and how we are not so different from...
2023-05-291h 27
The Ten Thousand Things"Family values"Our parent's values / Crying / Jaded dating profiles1 - How did our parents values shape our own?Ali shares how she's not only grown into her parents' values. Sam explores the dichotomy of how his parents created a culture of questioning in a Hare Krishna environment and Joe shares how his parents politics influenced their values. We also ask whether boomers will ever be able to see how good they had it.2 - Is crying for losers?Ali shares how her views on crying have changed...
2023-05-111h 32
The Ten Thousand ThingsEveryone's a 10, and We Are All OneLeaning in, to content, confidence and courage.Do we read books anymore? / How do you rate yourself? / Is spirituality just watered down religion?1 - Are you a book dragon or a book worm? We ask how in an ever increasing time poor society is there time to read and does it matter what medium and content you're reading?Sam shares why he believes physical books are not necessary and that reading and learning are more accessible than ever before. Joe is worried the kids are not reading...
2023-03-311h 18
The Ten Thousand ThingsBe Here NowHow the language of therapy took over dating / The little things that help / Death 1 - Are we able to diagnose our dates? Should we? Ali discusses if therapists are having proxy relationships through us or is it better to just focus on clear communication instead? Joe finds "red flags" limiting and wants a more nuanced conversation. Sam shares how the mystery of long term relationships remains. We also discuss if datings apps are ruining monogamy or do we all just want to stay in the lavender haze?https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/style/therapy-speak-dating.html...
2023-03-161h 03
The Ten Thousand ThingsBenefits!The benefits of large language models including Chat GPT / The benefits of neurodiversity / The benefits of working on yourself1 - What are the benefits of emerging AI technologies? Will it advance us or be our undoing?Will Joe's doomsday predictions come to fruition or will it be a golden age for human creativity? Ali has mixed feelings, will we make not just our jobs but ourselves redundant? Sam is hoping if not for complete marxist revolution that it will create a universal usefulness guarantee where we are all earning, learning and caring.2...
2023-02-281h 05
The Ten Thousand ThingsBig Gratitude for Cat Dad EnergyThrowing soup at paintings / Cat dads vs dog dads / Gratitude - yeah or nah? 1 - We delve into the effectiveness of political protests. Is throwing soup at a painting going to fix the climate crisis? Are Gen Z’s really the “last generation”? Joe shares some stories of his historical political activism and why he thinks his way was better. Ali shares some insights from a Gen Z and why they may not be the last generation but in the current political landscape it might feel like it. Sam doesn’t care that he may never see a...
2023-02-101h 13
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe Overwhelm - Prognosis, Pedagogy and ParachutesWe return for Season 2. Life before and after ADHD treatment / Sam on learning / You are falling through the air without a parachute, but don't worry, there is no ground.1. Joe asked, so Sam explains that before treatment for ADHD, getting things done was endlessly frustrating and chaotic. It's not magically better now, but there's been many improvements and achievements in around nine months. To be fair a lot of that is also coming from a lot of groundwork done in therapy before drug treatment. We also talk bipolar disorder, and some differences in experience between conditions with...
2023-01-311h 07
The Ten Thousand ThingsA Christmas Special - Xmas vs JoeChristmas in the bin? What can be redeemed in it? / Note to self: 'let it stream' / That's Facts - A dark brooding romantic fixer upper1. Christmas - Quite a few people are not into Christmas at all so here is a A Christmas Survival GuideWhy do people hate christmas? Hear from the internet masses here - it's a lot of the same reasons that Joe does. Too much booze, too much pretend, enforced intimacy, stress, loss, sadness and expense. Not having the extended family, and when there was the extended family, it wasn't great...
2022-12-2050 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsDo not seek the truth - A vague understanding of SengcanRevolution? / Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish opinions / PaparazziWe mention Sengcan a lot: sage, poet and 3rd Patriarch of Chan Buddhism. Famous for (maybe) writing Xinxin Ming sutra (scripture/poem). Read it here. It begins like this:The Great Way is not difficult / for those who have no preferencesWhen love and hate are both absent / everything becomes clear and undisguisedMake the smallest distinction, however / and heaven and earth are set infinitely apartIf you wish to see the truth / then h...
2022-12-0356 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsEvery Time the Sun Comes UpBoundaries / The idea of your mother is not your mother / That's facts - the magical vagina and the song of the magical penis1. Boundaries, romantic fiascos, anxious attachment. Why do I wonder if I'm real while waiting for a reply? Texting too much. Getting in touch with exes when there's nothing to discuss. School of Life: Can Exes Be Friends? Thinking you're the good guy, but the motives are all wrong. Every Time the Sun Comes Up (I'm in trouble): Sharon Van Etten Stopping as much dishonesty with yourself and others as you can, is o...
2022-11-211h 06
The Ten Thousand ThingsHow Good's the Internet!Why is Sam liking the internet more and more? / Leave the front door open, leave the back door open / Freedom is Obedience to Self-Formulated Rules1. We get into why the internet can be a good presence, and a bit about Joe's experience with click-bait being a big problem even in 'quality' pressSam is happy he can find: good visual artists and audio/video producers, cool stuff to make things with, and pats on the head for making things. Joe has a harder time with the internet - finds it too top down + it shows...
2022-11-051h 00
The Ten Thousand ThingsEat the CookieGrowing up Hare Krishna / Note to self: "I love you. Keep going" / the beach1. Being in the Moomba Parade as a Hare kid, in a fierce competition with the Gas and Fuel Corporation for Moomba float prizes / Krishnas coverage of Moomba Back to Godhead magazine July 1985(Does Moomba mean 'up your bum'? Was it revenge from Bill Onus for Moomba organisers deliberately upstaging Labor Day in a plot against workers?)Hare Krishna Moomba on youtube, closer to 1990George Harrison explains why chanting Hare Krishna does somethingGoing to India. T...
2022-10-2757 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe Ambassador HotelHeaven and Hell is here and now? 1. Leaving the Ambassador Hotel 2. On clinging 3. Heaven on Earth, or somewhere else?1. Joe at 19 in Bangkok, Thailand. A story he needs to tell, as life has not been the same since, but maybe it can be okay. Taxi drivers. Getting picked up by the tourist police. A strait jacket. A hospital, and a giant syringe. A gripping tale.Hey, maybe humanity is not so bad after all. Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman, also wrote Utopia for Realists2. Clinging: "If we do not cling, everything...
2022-10-201h 02
The Ten Thousand ThingsSensitive Sammy1. Socialising 2. 'Am I expanding or contracting?' 3. Highly sensitive persons -HSPWhere did all the house parties go? Did we grow up? Did we get sick of it? What about dinner parties?Is Joe not getting invited to dinner parties? Do they actually happen? Are people afraid their space or their entertaining won't be good enough? Are we all just hellishly busy with whatever? Sam's Attention Deficit Disorder gets in the way of organising get togethers, that's for sure.But what do we actually want from socialising and partying? Is dancing t...
2022-10-1239 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsEnquire WithinIf you win, you're allowed to cry / Looking outside yourself for what you already have / Being pompous1. Sport can be an antidote to the messy and unresolved nature of life.There may not be a higher meaning to sport, but does there have to be.We need playfulness, and doing things together. Everything can be ridiculous when you look at it the right way, and test cricket really pushes the envelope in that way. Maybe if you can sit through a whole test series without getting distracted constantly, you might be enlightened.
2022-10-0152 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe Kiwi Clown Mime at the End of the WorldDo normal stuff or get enlightened? / Avoid problems you don't have / Away from climate anxiety1. Listener mail - Eben crushes it with a killer question that really revs us up. Do the 10,000 things, or seek enlightenment? Neither. Both. Thank you so much Eben. Don't let us confuse you about enlightenment, you've got this. Keep doing what you're doing. We are here for this practical, get-on-with-it Mid-West vibe.Guided meditation by Australian Buddhist nuns.Tao te Ching - get into it, it's a great read, lots of good advice, practical, relaxing, and sometimes funny...
2022-09-2049 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsAll You Need Is LoveFatherhood, parenting / capitalism / identity1. Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia / Paternity may be a legal fiction. Who is the father of any son that any son should love him or he any son? James JoyceFeeling like you have to do heaps with yr kids. They wanna chill. So do you. Connect with yr kids through frustration. Deal with dumb stuff by getting on the same page and conspiring in fun 2. Capitalism: what even am it? Magic? Water? www.sloww.co/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/ Do we live in capitalism, or social d...
2022-09-1352 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsThe Kanye of ADHD1. Work + mental health 2. Judging people 3. Knowing it all 4. Letters from listeners! Four huge ones, but don't worry, we almost dent the surface.WorkGood to have a role. Structure is connection. People on Joe's psych ward, dosed with news, nothing to do. Some have too much. Work with fair rewards, dignity, autonomy, meaning, and time away!Judging people Joe says Sam doesn't judge that much. Joe judged two Gertrude St tiny dog yuppies, then a lady with a lot of work done, but saw that it's hard for her too. We love you...
2022-09-0652 min
The Ten Thousand ThingsNo Fear, No HopeWe nail the sound this time, feels good. Sam tells some wild tales from Hare Krishna boarding school, we discuss relationships in our 40s compared to our 20s and also ring a bell a few times.Sam finally tells (part of) the boarding school story, which does involve a bit of corporal punishment and vague military or martial vibes. Some Hari Krishnas were feeling a bit judged and vulnerable in those days, and perhaps that explains it.Reclaiming labels that people mock you with. And snitches get stitches.We structure up: bells announce...
2022-08-3037 min