Midlifing

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about the size of circles of friends, and being properly in the world. Free tangents included. Send no money. Some other details from the episode: Lee is by himself during the week and gets some space for reflection; Apple Vision Pro; extended/mixed reality; Lee sucks his teeth about AVP; different kinds of reality; George Clooney in ER; video passthrough; Apple...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon discuss any possible plans for their funerals. Some other details from the episode: Simon talks final season of The Crown, Imelda Staunton's performance, and the depiction of Operation London Bridge (Queen's funeral); pineapple on pizza, Simon wearing aprons, Imelda Staunton singing, 11 o'clock numbers, parking and barking, Company (the musical) and He...

Send us Fan Mail Lee asks Simon if he is where thought he would be and also where we wants to be: A conversation about change, ambition, community, regret and going along for the ride. Some other details from the episode: Tearing up over bread, Lee will be missed, vacuum cleaners, living a normal life, most car drivers being above average, David McRaney's You Are Not So Smart, what normal loo...

Send us Fan Mail Simon goes on a couple of unusual benders before he and Lee talk about trust, mistrust, getting a feeling about people, and the ways we humans function in groups. Some other details from the episode: Crying while watching Love Actually on a long haul flight, a Melbourne billboard for erectile disfunction, folding a fitted sheet, Lee's bedding packaging, ironing, The Traitors...

Send us Fan Mail Simon comes in hot with some "content" about margarine and he and Lee discuss health stuff (again), before transitioning into body fat content and (unrelated) a discussion about making ciabatta. Some other details from the episode: Apologising at the beginning of something, attribution and circulation of ideas in dance, saying 'fuck' in multiple languages, marg...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee discuss some health concerns, eating butter, the unrelenting depressing feeling of watching Fleishman is in Trouble , Taylor Swift's Eras film, and the trouble with boys and men. Some other details from the episode: Follow up on Simon's PSA test, some stuff about lipids, heart disease, LDLs, a TV update ( Slow Horses , Reacher , Fleishman is in Trouble , Ta...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee start with yet more cocktail talk and then discuss their respective Christmases. They then talk about the difference between making art and play and marriage as a long-form improvisation, and PSA tests.  Some other details from the episode: A bit about the grey wet weather in the UK; not drinking cocktails in Lisbon; what makes a cocktail a cocktail (three or more in...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about men they are attracted to. Also, Lee takes away Simon's last pleasure in life and they accidentally hang up on each other. Some other details from the episode: Cirque de Soleil, Lee's parents visiting, Norman Miller's (postcard sized) book of life, more on Lee's Swytch wheel, bad Australian accents, Alan Watts (definitely dead), cut gla...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about their experiences of Christmas Some other details:  Simon the Christmas Grinch; Christmas, religion and commercialism; this time of the year in the Northern hemisphere; being communal in the dark and warm; spying on other people's Christmases; stress and violence at Christmas; enforced jollity of being with people; Christmas presents and showing them...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon don't quite talk about bribery and corruption, and instead think through if the world is uniquely crazy in this moment. Some other details: Simon is gifted an advent calendar; being bribed and/or blackmailed; John Wick (pre-emptive revenge); illegal Russian websites; how shit the weather has been; how small human beings are; the wonkiness of the world; Simon&apo...

Send us Fan Mail The episode starts like it is part 2 but it's not really so don't get upset. Lee and Simon talk about the closure of University dance courses in the UK, and Simon mixes metaphors (again) while remaining ambivalent about having opinions. A list of things they cover: Going to University to do one thing but ending up doing something else; Universities as places that make th...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon ensure they talk about something and end up deep in the land of world politics. A list of things they cover: Susan's concern about lack of content, fist bumps, clearing throat sounds in middle-aged men, slowing down, elderly neighbours, still being above ground, far right victory in the Netherlands, Christopher Isherwood's The Berlin Diaries, Lee singing, h...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about how understanding one's role at work changes, and watching people under enormous stress. Oh, and Lee has a little tantrum. Some words that help describe this episode: management, stress, leadership, dog noises, acronyms, ambition, meeting challenges, not pushing a point, being right, mince pies, helplessness, uncertain emotional places, wanting to be...

Send us Fan Mail Simon regales Lee with stories from an airport and almost pulling an all-nighter. Lee mentions Marc Augé (for the first time) and cocktails (again). --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Humberto Delgado Airport: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Airport Air side: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/airside Marc Augé and non-place: https://en.wikipedia...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about merit, the meritocracy and doing selection processes by chance. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Michael Sandel's The Tyranny of Merit (TED talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_the_tyranny_of_merit Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https:...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk burlesque, cocktails and Cornish pasties. They do not talk about zombie stormtroopers but do (also) chat a bit about learning things (mostly because of a crisis of confidence on Simon's part) Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk pizza, pastel de nata and signing petitions. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Rome pizza institution (called da Baffetto): http://www.pizzeriabaffetto.it/ Naples tiktok thing: https://thetakeout.com/tiktok-viral-chaotic-italian-sandwich-maker-farewell-1849331317 Da Michele pizzeria (Napoli and Julia Roberts): https://guide.michelin.com/en/campania/...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon verge on talking about Sex Education but aren't quite ready. Instead they diverge into some Star Wars chatter before discussing being reasonable, being rationale, the backfire effect and deep canvassing. Oh, and pizza hydration. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Return of the Jedi released in 1983: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi Ho...

Send us Fan Mail There has been a stuff up and Simon explains. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)

Send us Fan Mail Lee cooks too much curry by accident and Simon wants to talk about Sex Education Series 4 (but Lee hasn't watched it yet). They talk a bit about (and rechristen) chatGPT before landing on the week's topic: the demise of the internet known as obituary pirates.   ---   Related links (and necessary corrections): bread hedgehog: https://www.mertonbakery.com/blog/caught incoh...

Send us Fan Mail The preamble nearly takes over the episode but Lee and Simon intrepidly get things on track in a conversation about labours of love (and emotional labour). Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about bromances and chatGPT. These are not related. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Wigan Pier and northern soul: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66603612 Wigan Casino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Casino Chav: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav Owen Jones and the demonization of the working class: https://en.wikipedia.org/...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about emotional affairs and love.  Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)

Send us Fan Mail Simon talks about a major structural change to his backhand in service of yet another bloody oven update. This just has to stop. They both then briefly discuss watching women's sport before their main conversation about coping with pressure while working in teams and asking for help. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted fro...

Send us Fan Mail Could this possibly be the final oven update? Here's hoping. In the main topic Simon and Lee talk about love and disappointment.  Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)