Awaken Out Of Context

One minute you feel safe, supported and loved. An hour later the ground has shifted and it's fear, dread and unpredictability. That's emotional whiplash, and if you've ever been on that rollercoaster you know how exhausting it is. In this solo episode I break down exactly what to do in the seconds, minutes and hours after the whiplash hits: the one message that buys you a buffer, groun...

Ten weeks in Bali and I'm fried. I came out here to up my content game, and in some ways I have. But I'm shattered. The agency, the podcast, the YouTube, the vlogs. I hired an editor over a month ago and somehow I'm still spending just as much time on revisions, feedback and SOPs as I was before. So this one is completely off the cuff. No script, no polish, just me in a guest house tal...

I put Dr Joey Weber in the passenger seat, let ChatGPT choose the route, and drove through the Southern Lake District for the first ever guest Roadcast. What started as a rainy drive turned into a conversation about panic attacks, death anxiety, getting older, positive psychology, dopamine loops, burnout, AI, nature, and somehow… fish and chips. This one goes from genuinely deep to completely ridi...

Yogi (my editor) came down with double vision this week so the vlog couldn't ship. Recorded this AMA in a Canggu cafe before heading to the Gili Islands with Tommy and Mika. I went to Instagram and Facebook for questions and got through nine of them. We cover the obviously most important question (ten horse-sized ducks vs a hundred duck-sized horses), why I'm wary of going hard left or rig...

In this special vlog-style episode of the Awaken Out Of Context Podcast, we head to the Blue Lagoon in Bali for more than just snorkeling. What starts as a "Coffee Crawl" turns into a deep dive into the human psyche. We explore the concept of the "Performance Mask"—the characters we create to be loved or noticed—and whether we’re losing our true selves in the process. From taro...

I'd just finished my first CrossFit Murph workout and was buzzing. Late Saturday afternoon, sun heading down, decided last minute to chase the sunset to a random beach on Google Maps. What was meant to be a quick ride turned into the most honest hour I've had on tape in a while. Sat on volcanic rocks watching the sun drop, I got into being almost 40 and what that's supposed to mean. Th...

Warning! This episode contains adult discussion of porn, masturbation, and related themes (around 20:25 to 24:00).Sometimes the best content comes from not making content. On a morning I was wrestling with what I called an "existential content crisis," my friends Mica, Tommy and Wendy showed up at the door, gave me no chance to say no, and drove me to Ubud for the day. What followed was...

Random one this week. I'm checking out of my place in Cemagi and I've got half an hour to pack the bag. I'm bad at packing and I'm in my head about recording videos, so I figured I'd combine the two and put the Insta 360 on me in auto-frame mode. What you get is me going through everything I brought and didn't use (most of it), with a few stories along the way. The pillow t...

Today I'm walking along a beach in rural Bali, working through something that's been gnawing at me since I moved villas this week: the pull between attachment and novelty. I'd been getting precious about my old setup, the cafe, the desk angle, the air conditioning, all of it. Almost packed up and headed back to Canggu before I caught myself and went for a walk instead. What came out of...

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Sat in a café in Canggu this week, a stunning girl walked in and I clocked my own reaction: the instinct to immediately count myself out, put her on a pedestal, and hand over all my power before a word had even been said. So I'm introducing a concept I'm calling Mascuriosity, taking that masculine sexual energy and modulating it into genuine curiosity about the person in front of you, rath...

A few weeks ago I talked about not deleting people from your past. This week, life handed me a story that proved that point all over again - from an unexpected date in Bali, to a journal entry I almost censored, to a Black Mirror episode that was already playing on my TV before I'd consciously chosen it. In this episode I get into why we instinctively edit our own memories, what it actually me...

I'm in Bali. It's day three. I've just been flat on the floor of a CrossFit gym wondering if I'm dying. Welcome back. This week is a solo catch-up from Canggu - covering the CrossFit meltdown a flashback from the Gili Islands 9 years ago, and the big realisation that's been shaping how I think about this show going forward. I get into why AI can give you everything except a rea...

Experimental format today! I pulled over in the Lake District, pointed the camera and let AI flip the script - interviewing me instead. What came out was more honest than I expected. We cover which marketing channels I'd bet on if starting from scratch, why I'd probably sacrifice the agency if I had to choose, my first long-term relationship and the failure I've never really talked abo...

No guest this week, just me. Since December I've been in a bit of a flat patch. Not depressed, not broken, just... not quite myself. In this episode I talk through what's been going on: the strange paradox of building more with AI than ever before and feeling less fulfilled because of it, the reality of living alone for four years in a town built around nuclear family life, and why I think...

David Pearce is a British transhumanist philosopher and co-founder of Humanity+, best known for The Hedonistic Imperative; his 1995 manifesto calling for the use of genetic engineering to eliminate suffering from all sentient life. In this episode, I sit down with David for one of the most thought-provoking conversations this podcast has had. We cover whether suffering is a design flaw we could ac...

Today was the closest I've come to giving up the show. Three years. 100+ episodes. Roughly 600 hours of unpaid work. And today almost broke me. Instead of faking it or going quiet, I hit record anyway, had an honest chat with an AI, and figured out what's actually been working. No guest this week. Just me, unedited, sharing the real stuff. In this episode: The inositol + magnesium sleep st...

If you're a HYROX competitor trying to stay motivated through a long season, a hybrid athlete juggling running and strength goals, or someone who wants to understand how elite athletes actually fuel and recover - this conversation is packed with practical insight you can apply straight away. Allana Falconer is a HYROX Pro athlete, elite hybrid runner, and one of the UK's most recognisable...

If you're navigating a rough patch, questioning your relationship with social media, or feeling strangely disconnected at the start of 2026 - this solo episode will help you feel less alone and more grounded. This one is just me - no guest, no script, no AI polish. An honest check-in on what happens when injury, illness, and lost motivation collide with the pressure to keep performing online a...

If you're a man who struggles with self-confidence in dating - who second-guesses himself after rejection, spirals into insecurity, or finds it hard to genuinely believe "it's her loss" - this episode will give you a clear, practical framework to work through. I've spent years rebuilding my own self-confidence in dating, and in this solo episode I break down exactly why datin...

Dr. Debra Lieberman is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, co-director of the Evolution and Human Behaviour Laboratory, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour. She holds a BS in Biochemistry from SUNY Binghamton and a PhD in Psychology from UC Santa Barbara's Centre for Evolutionary Psychology, where she trained under field founders Leda Cosmides and...

If you're a podcaster navigating interviews with high-status guests, a creator struggling with imposter syndrome, or anyone trying to balance confidence with authenticity - this solo episode will help you understand the invisible power dynamics that shape how you show up in professional relationships. I reflect on the "The Podcast Mentee Phenomenon" after watching billionaire entrepr...

If you're a business owner who knows what to do but can't seem to do it, someone struggling with procrastination on the things that matter most, or a coach or creator battling self-doubt and fear of judgment - this conversation will give you practical tools to understand what's actually blocking you and how to shift it. Jack Tipper is an NLP Master Practitioner and business mindset coa...

If you're someone who overthinks decisions, struggles to act on creative ideas before they fade, or finds yourself falling out with people over political opinions - this solo episode will give you practical reframes you can apply immediately. This is the first ever "roadcast" - recorded while driving through the Lake District after four podcast guests cancelled in two weeks. Instead...

If you're a podcast listener curious about what goes on behind the scenes, someone navigating self-improvement while battling imposter syndrome, or anyone interested in building something meaningful on your own terms - this conversation offers honest insights from 100 episodes of lessons learned. In this special episode, I celebrate hitting 100 episodes with a listener-submitted AMA. After yea...