Midlifing

Send us Fan Mail Simon holds a sports quiz for Lee (without beer). What could possibly go wrong? Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net. Related links (and necessary corrections): Kinsey scale (0-6): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale Cristiano Ronaldo and water: https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2021/jun/16/drink-water-ronaldos-coca-cola-snub-costs-company-billions...

Send us Fan Mail Just to be clear, Midlifing is not a side hustle. Lee and Simon talk about hobbies. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): pain de mie: https://www.tasteatlas.com/pain-de-mie pullman tin: https://www.bitchinfrommelanieskitchen.com/2021/04/how-to-bake-a-pullman-loaf-in-a-pullman-bread-pan.html Chorleywood bread process (19...

Send us Fan Mail Simon is dealing with a cold and Lee is empathetic. Special guests (not literally): Kermit the Frog, Animal, Mr Miyagi, someone throwing glasses in a cocktail bar in Lisbon, Ian Ellis, Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown, and Thom Yorke. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Muppets Christmas Carol Marley and Marley: htt...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about being beginners, selling bones, and the Dao of butchering a cow. They also finally use the word behove. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Simon's apron: https://www.skellis.net/midlifing/apron FAST (stroke symptoms): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAST_(stroke) Mnemonic: https://en.wikipe...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about flags and t-shirts as absurd shorthands for far more nuanced ideas. Oh, and they talk about the word dude, Barbra Streisand's cloned dogs and a beautiful beautiful hug. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): dude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude mate: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee discuss irrelevance ... and pigs and other mammals. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): A humongous loaf of bread: https://skellis.net/midlifing/humongous Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit": https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg Nirvana playing "School" at Reading in 1991 (awesome dancing): htt...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon start with Jef's deep sniffs. They then move into a brief career as film reviewers before digging into a conversation about perfectionism, being a fraud and the Pomodoro technique. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): The Truman Show (bumping into the edge of the world): https://youtu.be/Gn5kuDdeGzs B...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee discuss itchy feet, talking side by side and starting a cult. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): The Year Earth Changed: https://youtu.be/XswV_yqPq28 Itching, shingles and cerebrospinal fluid (not for the faint-hearted): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/30/the-itch New Zealand OE: https://en.wi...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee discuss their shop-owning fantasies and how real they really are. But the conversation jags into death and dying and those four emails you need to get done before your bucket gets kicked. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net (and/or send in your "How much do you hate Lee?" numbers). Related links (and necessary corrections): Tracking down T...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon meander into a conversation about freedom, vaccinations, not pushing elderly people out of the queue and new memories on your telephone. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Blood clots and vaccines: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/pill-blood-clots-vaccine-covid-astrazeneca-b1818613.html Freedom march...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about a different set of neighbours: the ones that sing songs out of tune throughout the night. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): wimple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimple jaundice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaundice egg whites for curly hair: https://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/ingre...

Send us Fan Mail While doing the dishes Simon sees something he'd rather not and Lee and he end up in a conversation about men, masturbation and misogyny. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Wet rot wood treatment: https://handymantips.org/identify-and-treat-wet-rot/ Ship of Theseus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus h...

Send us Fan Mail Last week's episode was only the preamble to a conversation about pleasure. Simon and Lee talk about making things, hedonism, cooking scones and ... incinerating children in a volcano. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Don't Dream It, Be It (Rocky Horror Picture Show): https://youtu.be/8wLArncKxag Do what c...

Send us Fan Mail A lovely opening gambit about the difference between competence and skill turns Lee and Simon's pre-show natter into the show itself. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Just three related links: Christian Marclay's The Clock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_(2010_film) Surgeon Simon Bramhall signing his initials on livers: https://www.theguar...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon start talking about being at school and end up at burgeoning sexuality and Bob the Drag Queen. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull and disruption to travel (for 6 days, NOT 10 days -- come on Simon, sort it out), April 2010: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon take too long getting to the three questions, which in themselves are the start of a chat about community. Also, Lee edited out all Simon's mentions of Bruce Springsteen. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): We don't know whether we got it right about things that are random vs things that are arb...

Send us Fan Mail Once they get past psychoneuroendocrinology, being attuned to panic, and the definition of sonder, Simon and Lee talk about being in love (not necessarily with each other).  Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links: tornare vs ritornare: https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/3943098 saudade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade flop sweat: https://www....

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about bubble-bath ... not for the entire episode but probably more than is necessary. Then they talk about the nature of fandom (but only get there via Lee's undertaker friend). Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Matey bubble bath (for clean fun): https://youtu.be/YqL-2wmF7dw Ungulates: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Stuff. Lee and Simon talk about stuff, and then deviate towards discussing the way culture can be changed. Then, somehow they end up back at Armie Hammer. Bloody Armie Hammer! It all means they can no longer avoid talking about cancel culture and the divisions in our political and social worlds. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary c...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon respond to some listener questions, but definitely not their feedback. The show ends when Simon realises that he's not going to be a secret witch for much longer. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): object permanence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence macroeconomics: https://en.wikipedi...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee attempt to tackle shame but get bowled over by Ted Lasso who suggests they meet people with curiosity. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): Something about embodiment: https://www.dancemagazine.com/embodiment-dance-2646793771.html Bread Ahead Bakery: https://www.breadahead.com/ Tips for laminated dough: ht...

Send us Fan Mail A conversation about being out of control starts off all middle class, veers wildly out of control and Simon and Lee end up struggling past thirst tweets. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related links (and necessary corrections): How to pronounce stracciatella : https://youtu.be/K9JpVi_FanE Groundskeeper Willie has a Sardinian accent in the Italian version...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about being heard and privilege. It gets beautifully messy and ends in shame, and then ice-cream. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related Links: Stelarc's Ear on Arm: http://stelarc.org/?catID=20242 Maxwell Smart shoe phone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_phone   Being heard and being loved (David Augsburger): https://www.skellis...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee sometimes publish episodes out of order and this is one of those times. They take you all the way back to the year 2020 (when this episode was actually recorded) in order to discuss their 2021 understanding of ambition and potential. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related Links: Sign on door: https://www.skellis.net/midlifing/sign Video of ar...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Gregorian New Year faithful (and unfaithful) listeners! In this episode Lee describes a video of Simon's immanent obsolescence before they both dig into the nature of responsibility in the middle of a pandemic, or even just in normal times. Remember those halcyon days? Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . Related Links: Brexit: https://en.wikipedia.or...