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Off The Lead

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This podcast is my attempt to push back against what I call 'The Domestication of Our Species'. Over the years I've become increasingly convinced that we [humans] have in recent decades become 'Bred to Consume'.The podcast is called, "Off The Lead" and it's main purpose is to have and spread open and frank conversations with different people from all walks of life.Please feel free to comment [publicly or privately] with thoughts/recommendations etc to imoffthelead@gmail.comThanks in advance ...
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I love the idea of people who have listened to my conversations {or that have just heard that I'm doing podcasts} and then deciding to reach out to me asking to come on. However, this practically never happens, ever. So bareing this in mind I was bowled over when Aidan text me explaining that he had a stammer and thought that it would be a great ch…
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Endurance athlete Graham Macken joins me again to walk us through his most recent epic challange, a 5,000km coast to coast 'Race Across America' or Raam for short, otherwise known as the toughest race in the world. We talk death, psychedelics, near death experiences, depression, mortality, Rhabdomyolosis, sleeping in dodgey motels and a whole lot m…
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Instead of doing a 'season in review' episode I decided to have a think about what's next and do what I can to exorcise some ideas that have been rattling around the auld head. I'm also completely starved of conversation around the types of topics that I tend to talk about on the solos so if this is something you might be interested in (for publica…
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Today's episode is essentially an attempt to organise what's bubbling around the old noggin. I cover the physiological, psychological, behavioural, turmeric, placebo, attention, multitasking, consciousness, Pat Macnamara, Terence Mckenna, cultural, natural, spiritual, cortisol, hemispheric specialisation and William Shakespear. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Don't underestimate the extent to which we create our own realities, outside of objective facts. The stories we tell ourselves (and others) are of the utmost importance, how we frame our experiences is of the utmost importance, the 'labels' and language we use are of the utmost importance. I get into my social media use and reframe the trinity of '…
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I give myself a bit of a pat on the head in this episode (something I'm not exactly prone to do) and appreciate the feeling of (to some small degree at least) that I might be on to something. I also flesh out a little more of Ian Mcgilchrists viewpoint that we have become 'left brain dominant' in our modern world. Or to use my own terminology, "sou…
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This is an episode whereby I try and outline the difficulty I have in determining which words to use in relation to 'the soul' and 'the mind'. I mention a landmark case that blew open our understanding of how the brain functions and how we can literally have 2 separate and independent consciousnessess. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor…
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This episode should probably come with the trigger warning of, "if you're black, autistic or German then brace yourself". Having endlessly used the words soul, ego, mind, spirit etc, what has come out of the wash of this episode is the idea that I should probably work towards concretising them and picking words that best describe what I'm talking a…
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Much is made of the idea that we are products of our enviornment. This episode is an exploration of the idea that not only can you change your enviornment, but you can also create it. And in keeping with the idea of creating an enviornment, would anybody have any interest in a live version of an Off The Lead solo podcast? A live version of an Off T…
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Having spoken about how fame has been corrupted I now make the analogy that our politics have suffered the same fate. The principle has remained the same, those in power are serving those who put them there, but increasingly it's corporate interests that have put the politicians in place and therefore it's corporate interests that our politicians n…
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I MISPOKE IN THIS EPISODE; I said that the way music effects us on an emotional level is a perversion of 'real' soulful experiences. I meant 'manufactured music'. The kind of music that is created by industry experts, unlike music that is created by genuine artists, which absolutely 'is' soulful and not in any way a perversion of anything. This epi…
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I've doubled up on a few of the episodes so that's why it 'appears' that I've 'jumped' to 24, I haven't, count'em! It's the 25th of March so our new years resolutions are well fucked. But, perhaps (in Irealand at least) January 1st is possibly one of the worst times to try and initiate some change. This episode explores the idea that all may not be…
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I've doubled up on a few of the episodes so that's why it 'appears' that I've 'jumped' to 24, I haven't, count'em! It's the 25th of March so our new years resolutions are well fucked. But, perhaps (in Irealand at least) January 1st is possibly one of the worst times to try and initiate some change. This episode explores the idea that all may not be…
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Hedges, lawns and growrooms. 3 things in my life that are a proxy for my psychological wellbeing. This episode trys to underpin some of the ways that we can ensure we don't drown when the inevitable flood comes. It also trys to explain how we have an unconscious 'counter' of sorts that is keeping track of all the things we do right, but also and eq…
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What do pilots, martial artists, stand up comedians and podcasters have in common? Time spent perfecting their craft. This episode is an exploration into the idea that just because you've been 'doing something 10 years' doesn't necessarily mean that you've been doing it for 10 years. It delves into self reports about our accomplishments and our abi…
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For the most part we find it easy to know how well we're doing financially. But when it comes to our 'emotional bank ballance' we don't have anything like the black and white figure at the end of our statement. This episode is an exploration of the idea that how well you're doing/feeling emotionally or psychologically will go a long ways to predict…
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For the record, I don't suffer from anxiety per se. At least no more than most of us. However, I also don't suffer from brittle bones but that hasn't stopped me breaking a few over the years. In this episode I explain how I've recently had an anxiety attack, thankfully the first one I've had in years and years. I did what I could to explain what it…
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Mark my words the day will come that I'll do a deep dive episode on Christopher Hitchens, Tom Mac Donald, Airsoft and Mixed Martial Arts, but untill then this 'blend' will have to suffice. In hindsight this episode is about the idea that you should never think you know anything, let alone everything! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …
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We all know that there are 1, 2, maybe 20 things we'd like to change about ourselves. But we often fail to formally identify them. Because of this we are doomed to never formally even start rectifying any of them. Which leaves us destined (to some degree at least) to keep making the same mistakes over and over and be miserable. Don't be miserable. …
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Haven't done a 'getting out of my own way' episode in ages. Inspired by Blindboy Boatclubs advise of taking the fear of failure out of any creative endeavour, I said fuck it, I'll just do it for the sake of doing it and not bother about making it 'good'. This is essentially getting rid of the fear of failure and is the key component in any creative…
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For the most part we've all ended up in jobs that we hated. Jobs that we just couldn't make work. Jobs that just 'weren't for me'. And hidden amongst all the stress related to this phenomenon is your personality. We are largely the same but are differences matter, enormously. This episode essentially makes the point that we could avoid years of str…
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I'm both claiming to have coined the phrase 'Out Of Ego Experience' and claiming that I'm most likely not the first to do so. This episode essentially turned out to be my attempt to define 'soulful experiences' and to highlight some of the differences between creative and non creative people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…
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We generally don't care if our running times aren't at a high level but when it comes to creativity we seem to have been convinced that if it's not very good them you shouldn't bother. You could probably imagine someone wondering why you bother painting/singing/writing/podcasting etc if they're not that good at it, but you wouldn't think that about…
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Creative people like creative things and non creative people don't like creative things (BSGA). My guess is that my audience is disproportionately creative, as this whole Off The Lead 'thing' is nothing if it's not creative. No pre or post production, just raw unfiltered content. Not for everyone but that's kind of the point. The obvious downside o…
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In continuation from yesterday's episode I expand on what we are to do in order to ween ourselves off being fed a narrative. The fist step being to notice that we are. I touch on education, fake news, narrative, echo chambers, "parroting", the staus quo and the elites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Ho boy. I went from talking about 'flow states' to the difference between an internal and external loci of evaluation to how pervasive immorality has become and is increasingly becoming. And then topped it all off by comparing war profiteers with child molesters and rapists. What came out of the wash here was essentially the idea that evil will con…
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Today I try to remind myself that to a large degree we are who we say we are. And who we say we are over time, can often determine who and what we are or are at least becoming. This is summed up in the quote, "whether or not you think you can or can't do something, you're right". We create our own reality. In hindsight, this episode is essentially …
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What do you want to be when you grow up?........ Well?........Did anything come to mind? Were you surprised that it did, or didn't? It's a sad state of affairs that this is typically only ever asked of children. As if everyone over the age of 18 has it already figured out. I touch on flow states and practice, being in the moment and the benefits of…
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I'm rough as a badgers arse today folks so apologies if I meandered even more than usual on this one. I started out talking about 'Warrior Training' and ended up with the realisation that what I've essentially been teaching kids every Monday evening for the past 6 months is competency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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It's because he looks like John Barnes. Ps. Today I compare myself and PGAFOTS Dave Webster along 2 dimensions of personality, namely introversion and extraversion and end up saying what is the defining point of the episode, that your personality shouldn't be at odds with your life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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"The General Malaise" by 'A Few Shapes', check it out on Spotify. EDIT; I mentioned how PGAFOTS Peadar Reilly recently ran his 300th 10km run, apologies, it was only 200. Lazy fuck.Today being the first day of lent I said I'd pull my big fat finger out of my big fat hole and start shouting into the abyss again. This episode is the first of 42 to be…
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Neurology is fucking amazeballs!Today I briefly discuss "motor neurons" and "mirror neurons" and the phenomenon of "phantom limbs".If you want to know more about this check out anything by V.S. Ramachandran on youtube, the mans a genius!Second last episode of the season folks and I'll be taking a well earned break from Podcastland. Hosted on Acast.…
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They're are far too many words to mention, but that doesn't mean we don't need any new ones!A new word can be incredibly helpful and 'midwit'(for me at least) is a great word to know because it perfectly encapsulates a particular type of person. And once you've pidgeon holed something it aids in further organising your mind. Now all that's left to …
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