Delusions of Grandeur: The Podcast

Janet and Carmen get deep. Why do great when good enough will do? Quiet quitting and doing the bare mini. To morphine or not to morphine when dying? Acid epiphanies. The meaning of life. Nihilism. Do your duty. Fate. Free will and determinism. Janet’s theory of the universe. A.I boyfriends. Why are we attracted to certain people? Is everything just pheromones? Still crushin' on Dr. Huberman in you...

Janet and Carmen mansplain the value of men. Why there wasn’t a feminist movement in antiquity? Toxic masculinity. Yin and yang. Manspreading. Male privilege. Dicks. Messy men. Male masturbation. Male strength. Male simplicity. (Recorded on November 8, 2022)

Fidgety fitness. Use it or lose it. Exercise trends. Drakercise. Taking it too far. Physical health=mental health. Injuries. Walking like you’re in a movie. Designer workouts. Don’t fuck with your Instagram algorithm. Busting a move. Public displays of being stoned. Hard things that look easy. Prancercise. Apps. Bear spray. Listen to the Drakercise playlist (Recorded on November 1, 2022)

Freedom of speech in the age of the internet. Freedom to offend. When left becomes right. Hate speech. Censorship. Deplatforming martyrdom. Coward culture. Outrage archeologists. The freedom to listen. Identifying with your beliefs. The freedom of bad ideas. The University of Indoctrination. Wicked words. Corrupt corporations vs corrupt government. Tribal for our survival. (Recorded on October 16,...

Dating sucks! Pheromones. Pros and cons of dating apps. Ghosting. Giving up. Making up…someone in your head. Sapiosexual. Attachment styles. How to build a good profile. Love languages. Bad dates. Meeting people in real life. Dates that don’t ask questions. The mid range. Red flags. Refusing to give up and refusing to try. Dating down. (Recorded on October 10, 2022)

Age shame. Preparing for the worst. Near-death perspective. The secret to aging well. Becoming invisible. Letting go. Schmastic schmurgery. Botox ka-ching! Here’s to looking gross all the time. Ageism. Too much time left vs. not enough time left. Cheque, please. Never shopping at Bryan’s. Battling the grumps. The tragic adventure of life. Senior strength. Slap life right. Senior sex workers. (Reco...

Rude money. Respect for money. Money motivation. Credit card slime. Money as power. Money as freedom. Money shame. Money stress. Evil money. Mo' money, mo' problems. Money mistakes. Money and mental health. Shoplifting. Hedonic adaptation. (Recorded on September 13, 2022)

Janet and Carmen chat with their first guest! Ryan Walter Wagner talks about getting diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood. We cover how this neurodevelopment disorder manifests, how it's diagnosed, the stigma around it, the positives and negatives, and coping strategies. And Janet learns that foam is extremely tough to saw.  * Fact check: Steve Jobs did NOT say he liked to hire people with ADHD. He sa...

The evolution of a woman’s role in society. All of the waves. Patriarchy? Equalism. Madonna’s version of feminism. The pay gap. #MeToo. Has feminism gone too far? Postmodern hell. Male cuttlefish. Maude from Harold and Maude. Margaret Atwood. Camille Paglia. Aziz Ansari. Believe all women? Intersectionality. (Recorded on August 21, 2022)

Janet and Carmen don’t hold back their views on this touchy subject, and shit gets personal. What’s going on in the U.S. Women’s bodies, men’s lives. No babies, no sex. Just pick a date for heaven’s sake! Out of control birth control. Enormous decisions. Half-baked babies. (Recorded on August 8, 2022)

Janet and Carmen discuss what they learned from a recent mushroom trip on Toronto Island. The transformative power of psychedelics. The phases of a trip. The oneness. Self discovery. How a trip can rearrange perspectives. Beauty overload. Gateway to your psyche. Melting anxiety. Building confidence after addiction. We’re all afraid and confused. Hallucinations. Self-imposed limitations. (Recorded...

A crazy, complicated relationship. Pubin' out. Body as peacock feathers. Nobody wants to hear about your diet. Forty and fabulous? Real bodies vs. photographed bodies. What are pores? Bloated and blobby. The puberty surprise. Accepting your body vs. loving it. The body positive movement. Body Mass Index. The changing of the beauty standard. Robo Chic. Hairy feet. Body dysmorphic disorder. Shooting...

It’s the sexeepisode. Forearm veins. Horny nostrils. Sexting with meat emojis. Flaws are sexy. GILFS. Uniforms. Gorillas. Wet jeans. Simps.  * Fact check! Gorillas are NOT our closest relative, Janet. Geez. (Recorded on June 12, 2022)

Is reading the news good or bad for you? Tribal news. Echo chambers. Tap dancing squirrels. Censorship. Weeding out the whack-jobs. Fearful and compliant. There’s always an agenda. (Recorded on May 22, 2022)

Carmen and Janet exchange their thoughts on monogamy. Is successful monogamy possible? Codependent monogamists. Greedy marriages. Dipping it in. Monogamy monotony. The affair appeal. Dishonesty vs. cheating. (Recorded on December 10, 2021)

What makes something an addiction? Janet opens up about her bulimia. Is there such a thing as an addictive personality? Recovered addicts rule. Shame spirals. Smart addictions. Safe injection sites. Rock bottoms. Interventions. The recovery aha moment. Recovery as liberation. Addiction swapping. The answer is that there isn’t an answer. It’s like cooking a frog. If you’re gonna do it, overdo it. (...

Shlong. What happens to the balls when riding a bicycle? What does a blowjob feel like? Does size matter? Soup can vs. pencil. The foreskin conspiracy. Balls of energy. Sprinkle of cheerleaders. Penis gremlins. The Privates Eye.  * Janet mentions Bret and Heather’s book: The Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life, by Heather Heying and Bret Weinste...

Welcome to our special 4/20 episode. What is better stoned? What is not? Watch out for the chips! Lost water. Stoned apes. Listen to crosswalks. Oversharing memes. Forgetting pants. 69 gets a friend. Useless gifts. (Recorded on April 16, 2022)

Janet and Carmen get to the bottom of what is cool. Life is one big high school. I ♥ Donald Trump. The original never-nude. Someone could make 80 cool. Your body is a Tupperware container. The cool dog. Everything depends on so many things. (Recorded on May 12, 2021)

Sex is life. We’re all going to be forgotten. Food-coloured braces. Cremating yourself. Life is a trip, not a destination. Karate chop your shame. Sexy satan. (Recorded on April 30, 2021)

That line between creativity and madness. NFTs. Bucket Lists. Investment advice. When to give up and when to push yourself. Female doomer curmudgeons. (Recorded on March 12, 2022)

Freedom is Magical. What the hell, Constantine?! Is the Universe bacteria? Poop in the sink. Thousands of millions. The Fart Barker. Old people are the dopest. (Recorded on March 27, 2021)