Midlifing

Send us Fan Mail A conversation about saying thank you, saying goodbye, adopting new technologies, being in competition and the buttons we push and have pushed. Dedicated to Mandy Smith. 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 Stop the presses: Lee has a topic. Simon and Lee talk about why on earth they are friends and just how arbitrary it is to be in a friendship. No oven update included.  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 and Lee talk about the ways in which we are tested by others in social situations – as if being asked, "Do you belong or not?" – and the experience of passing the tests or not. Oven update included. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Elon Musk lies website: https://elonmusk.today/ Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about masculinity, toxic masculinity and being men (check out photo link in show notes!).   --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Photo of Lee on window ledge in Lisbon: https://skellis.net/midlifing/ledge The witch trials of J.K. Rowling (podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-witch-trials-of-j-k-rowling/id1671691064 Robert Jenrick has car...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about the net worth of pets, replacing oven parts and negotiating with landlords. 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 Hope these two (or three) parters aren't getting you down. In Part 1 Simon and Lee tried to make sense of a strange exchange between Simon and someone else (driven by anxiety? banter? mocking?), and then diverged into a natter about electric vehicles, smugness and cheapness. In part 2 they rock a conversation about deserving success (or not). Congratulations Professor Lee Dav...

Send us Fan Mail Hope these two (or three) parters aren't getting you down. Simon and Lee try to make sense of a strange exchange between Simon and someone else (driven by anxiety? banter? mocking?), diverge into a natter about electric vehicles, smugness and cheapness, and then rock a conversation about deserving success (or not). Congratulations Lee David Miller!  Get in touch with Lee and...

Send us Fan Mail The final installment of Lee's undeniably demanding test continues. Answers include Bob (again), bread, Bjork, evil laughs, knowing one's faults, being reduced, and lots of puppies.  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's test continues. Answers include Justin Trudeau, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Carpenter, Matt Handcock, Clement Atlee, Aneurin Bevan, texting, worry, anxiety and conspiracy theories.  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...

Send us Fan Mail After a typically arbitrary beginning (mostly about feedback, expertise and ego) Simon stages a surprise exam for Lee and in doing so inadvertently exhausts them of things to talk about for weeks to come.  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@N05/857192167...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon talk about friends, families and forgiveness. 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 In this two-parter Simon and Lee talk about feeling self-righteous, being taken for granted, anger, asking for what one wants and talking about feelings at work.  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 In this two-parter Simon and Lee talk about feeling self-righteous, being taken for granted, anger, asking for what one wants and talking about feelings at work. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Slavoj Zizek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_Žižek Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about risk, watching skilled people, how we humans spend our time, and the relative values of different types of work. Oh, and Simon gives a wee update on his 'bakery' and they both get into their changing relationship to beauty.  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...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon head deep into midlife territory with a conversation about money for now or money for the future. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Merton Bakery: https://www.mertonbakery.com warez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez COGs of Coventry: https://sites.google.com/view/cogsofcoventry/ Un amico vecchio oppure un vecchio amico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon mark the coronation by talking about stratification and invisibility in society and those moments in which events or people puncture that invisibility. They then shift gears into a conversation about events out of their hands that have most strongly shaped them. Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee talk about being busy, being appraised, being in meetings, what one's real job is, the word 'quite', figuring out what Midlifing is about ... and Lee makes an offer that some listeners probably will not want to refuse (an offer that might sound like they are running out of ideas when that couldn't be further from the truth). Get in touch with Lee...

Send us Fan Mail Lee had a late night partying and then after a difficult week in the news Simon and Lee talk about the US constitution's 1st and 2nd amendments. Definitely NOT their wheelhouse. Episode includes some Ted Lasso spoilers. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Post-Vietnam addictions: https://jamesclear.com/heroin-habits Going troppo: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trop...

Send us Fan Mail Lee recalls a 1970s street party that involved candy floss and an aspirational neighbour, and Simon gets gazumped and is forced into an alternative business idea. They end up talking about unfinished things, poverty, noticing change and taking care of one another. --- Related links (and necessary corrections): Simon's conversation with Lucy Suchman about AI: https://youtu.be/...

Send us Fan Mail Simon mentions something he mentioned last week and Lee doesn't edit it out. The shame of repeating one's self! He and Lee then get into a conversation about inspiring (or not) teachers while trying to remember if they've had the conversation before on Midlifing.  Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net . --- The Midlifing logo is adapted from an origi...

Send us Fan Mail Lee and Simon have a fantastic idea for a new business. You can invest anytime you like. They also talk about being listened to, not being tricked, holding power in interviews, Microsoft Lists and huncles, funcles, shuncles and duncles. 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.co...

Send us Fan Mail Simon and Lee discuss what some people might consider to be a shocking piece of performance art and whether it would get made post #MeToo.  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 This is part 2 of an accidental two-parter. The first episode (Episode 118) was aired two weeks ago on 8 March 2023 before Gary Linneker got in the way on 15 March. You might have to re-listen to 118 to remember what the hell we were talking about. But, frankly, if we were you we would not bother doing this. This part of the conversation is about what middle-aged people think of y...

Send us Fan Mail This is not part two of Episode 118. That will be published next week. Apparently Lee doesn't think this will be confusing because our listeners are very intelligent. Instead, Lee and Simon have a conversation that is specific to the day: Gary Linneker and how the situation serves as a massive distraction from the real news. But before they get to that they discuss travelling...

Send us Fan Mail In this accidental two-parter Simon dances to some 80s music and Lee clarifies something from Episode 117 before they both shuffle through Yorkshire puddings, planting trees, and baking futures. They end up rambling on so much that the heart of the conversation doesn't happen until part 2 next week. Stay. Tuned.  Show notes? Where we're going we don't need show note...