Enlightenment and Laughter: The Podcast

The return of the specialist episodes leads to the reveal of the final member to complete the E&L team... Rook! Rook loves producing music (he actually created the newest variant of the intro music) and he is passionate about his faith which is Norse Paganism. He is also related to Elliot and has a close relationship with Sky so he has connections to half of the podcast team already. He leads...

In this episode, Doctor Who lover Aidan records his live and real reactions to his first time watching the 1st half of the Two-Part finale "The Legend Of Ruby Sunday". Due to copyright reasons, we are unable to show the visuals from the episode but the audio can be heard throughout the episode to keep you all up to date where in the episode we are. This is only the beginning of the Doctor Who cont...

Sharkey and Aidan are more delusional than ever in the third part of AITA. "Am I The Asshole?" is a trend on Reddit where people write in their stories where they want to know if they were in the wrong, and this gives a perfect moment for Aidan and Sharkey to give their unwanted opinions on each unique situation! In this episode of AITA, they discuss foster kid bullies, a mother who changed her mi...

Aidan and Sharkey are back with part two of the AITA series. This is a trend on Reddit where people write in their stories where they want to know if they were in the wrong, and this gives a perfect moment for Aidan and Sharkey to give their unwanted opinions on each unique situation! In this episode of AITA, Sharkey and Aidan discuss spoiled brat siblings, arguments between friends about a partne...

Aidan and Sharkey have begun a new series for the podcast- Am I The Asshole? This is a trend on Reddit where people write in their stories where they want to know if they were in the wrong, and this gives a perfect moment for Aidan and Sharkey to give their unwanted opinions on each unique situation! In this edition of AITA, they give their opinions on a controlled marriage, roommate wars and a pe...

Aidan and Sharkey are back together causing chaos! Part 2 of the introduction episode continues the theme of many, many tangents giving an insight to what they want the podcast to look like in the future. They also open up about a situation (an anonymous person) that almost tore their friendship apart forever!

Aidan and Sharkey are back together causing chaos! They reveal some of the changes happening during the new era of the podcast as well as catching you back up on what's been happening in their lives. All while both embracing the tangents they end up on including AI, Fan-Fiction and even Harry Potter!

A huge good luck to all students taking their GCSE's and A-Levels! You'll all do great! Our account will fall silent over the next month or so as almost half of our staff are participating in their own exams! So good luck! You'll smash it <3

*VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED* In this episode, Aidan, Elliot and Sky have come together to talk about one of the biggest events to occur during their lives... The Covid-19 Pandemic. They discuss many of the hardships from home learning, the spike in mental health conditions, The NHS, and the non-believers. They also react to a clip of the medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy' of a patient who refuses the i...

Hi there, it's finally the finale of Season Two of "Enlightenment and Laughter". We've come a long way since the start of Season Two; we've gained six more members, we've started uploading YouTube videos and so much more. So we sit down and discuss what we've achieved this Season and the whole podcast.

In this episode, Aidan and Sky sit down to discuss their shared love of Doctor Who and the 60th Anniversary Event that happened last November. They discuss everything from their favourite Doctor, companion, and season to their theories for the future!

In this episode Elliot is joined by Aidan to discuss the serious topic of Self-Harm Awareness. They talk about reasons why people self-harm, they break myths about the topics, share personal details about their lives, as well as reacting to a clip of a Self-Harm story-line from Hollyoaks. Some websites that we recommend for help: LifeSIGNS Childline Beat Samaritans Harmless Helpful telephone numbe...

In this episode Aidan and Sky, try a new podcast format for a one of episode. They sit down and chat about a multitude of topics like the stress of homework, football, music and celebrities in the media. All topics chose by Sky and Aidan because to have a chill episode and talk about things they truly care about. This light-hearted episode is a nice break from the more serious, darker tone of the...

Merry Christmas from everyone at Enlightenment and Laughter, a few of our team members got together to create a mini episode to share some festive spirit and share our favourite Christmas songs with you all. And as our present to you all, you get to hear some sneak peaks of our episode topics for the FINAL EPISODES OF SEASON 2! We also are lucky enough to have some incredibly talented artists and...

In this episode, Aidan is joined by Elliot and new member Sky. They sit and discuss the topic of Sexism as it's a dangerously common problem raising in our society. People always use stereotypes, even without realising. We discuss ways we conform or break those stereotypes as well as reacting to Emma Watson's HeForShe Campaign Speech.

In this episode, Aidan and Elliot sit down and talk about their personal experiences and the wider impacts of Anxiety on people's lives. They talk about the different extremes of anxiety and how it's not always as simple and obvious as people believe it to be.

In this specialist episode, we introduce you to one of our new members of our staff... Rose. She has very bravely opens up about her personal experience of Sexual Assault. Her and Aidan sit down and discuss this topic and get deep and personal. We discuss it from the perspective of both men and women. Please speak out if you have experienced anything like this because it's not right and we need to...

In this one off special, we focus in on one of our team members lives, Elliot. Elliot is a Pansexual, Non-Binary person who has a passion and love for their community (LGBTQIA+ Community). So as their specialist episode they chose to speak about their experiences with the LGBTQIA+

In this episode, Evan & Aidan sit down together and discuss the serious topic of Depression. They talk about their own stories, the facts and famous stories from many different celebrities.

In this episode, Aidan and Sharkey talk about the very sensitive topic of sexual assault and rape. Luckily for our two hosts they've never experienced these horrible circumstances. But unfortunately Approximately 85,000 women and 12,000 men (aged 16 – 59) experience rape, attempted rape or sexual assault by penetration in England and Wales alone every year; that's roughly 11 of the most serious se...

*Disclaimer Talks About Depression, Self Harm, Suicide and More*Hi. I'm Aidan and if it weren't for my best friend I would be dead. I am and have been secretly struggling in an ongoing battle with depression. In November 2022, I experienced a mental breakdown, where I started to self-harm and have suicidal thoughts. They weren't a new thing either, I've been feeling these feelings...

In this very topic sensitive episode, Aidan and Sharkey dive into the hard topic of bullying. Both Aidan and Sharkey have unfortunately have experienced bullying in different ways so it's harder to talk freely for them in this episode. So they decided to slightly go into their own experiences while also explore the hard hitting, eye opening and shocking stories from others as well as looking at wh...

In this episode, Aidan and Sharkey dive deep into this hard hitting topic- Panic Attacks. They both share personal stories about their own experiences with panicking and having panic attacks.

So Aidan and Sharkey are back for Season 2 and they finally decided to let you guys know a little more about themselves. In this episode, Aidan and Sharkey open up a bit to be able to be vulnerable to hopefully make it easier for you guys, the listeners, to relate to them.

IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!! This festive episode sees Aidan and Sharkey sit down, chat and reminis about their favourite moments of Season One and talk about their favourite Christmas traditions and memories to celebrate the festive season!