Off The Lead

Sticking with 'conscience'.Your conscience 'tells you' the difference between right and wrong. But not with words, it's more of a 'feeling'.When someone 'cuts you with a look', you know what's up, but they didn't verbalise it. You just 'got the message'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Conscience", a persons moral sense of right and wrong. You 'feal' it, it's not articulated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever try to play tennis by yourself? Spoiler alert, it's not great craic. However, practicing how to hit a ball with a racket can be a bit of craic and if you've any intention of actually playing tennis, practicing by yourself is an integral part of being able to play the game, at least when you're starting out. Isn't it mad that we have to think about what it is to be 'conscious' but have no prob...

This and(at least)the next 6 episodes are all about ego, consciousness, unconsciousness, the self, the mind, the brain, instinct, gut feeling, communication, language, the difference between knowing and getting something, facts, art, religion, science, objectivity, subjectivity, your conscience, feelings, articulated speech and generally how our minds, distinct from our brains, are split. In this...

Myself and Dave go way back and I'm sure that comes across in this recording. We discuss his work in IT, his love of record players, home schooling, cloud computing, crispy pancakes and of course Britney Spears. Big shout out to everyone that has supported me on www.patreon.com/offthelead and for anyone that wants to get in touch you can reach me on imoffthelead@gmail.comStay of the lead,Frano. Ho...

Today marks the first day of lent and in this episode I try to convey how it's an ideal time to reassess your new years resolutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I get into the whole, chairman of the UK arm of KPMG resigning 'thing'.My fear here is that if we make a habit of making a sacrificial lamb of our leaders for the offence of "offending people" what we will be left with in the pool of 'leaders' will be a cabal of 'people pleasers', which to me at least is the exact opposite of leadership. Thoughts, opinions and recommendations to imoffthelead...

"People power".But what about, "informed people power".We seem to be waiting for the right person to lift us all out of our collective misery, but we'll be waiting forever at this rate! It's high time for some systemic change. From the ground up! Grass roots bitches!!!As always you'll reach me on imoffthelead@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Old habits die hard! I've found myself slipping into a degenerative thought pattern ever since I started pushing the whole "support me on Patreon" narrative. This episode is an effort, to convey my intention not to pander, to people who financially support me, or anyone else! If this is to your liking then I'll happily direct you to said patreon page www.patreon.com/offtheleadAs always you'll reac...

I've long been a strident believer in the separation of church and state. However, in recent years I'm less sure of this and I've begun leaning towards something more inclusive. To be clear; I see NO PLACE for "organised religion" within a million miles of governance. Ever. That being said, there's something to the idea that governments generally, are too ego-centric and that they desperatley lack...

This one is about what you might refer to as "Intellectual collectivism.".It's essentially socialism, but for thought not capital. Thoughts, questions, recommendations etc to imoffthelead@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one is essentially about 'Psychological projection'.And before anyone points it out to me I'm only too well aware of the psychological projections of my own contained within this piece...oh the irony! Questions, comments, recommendations etc to imoffthelead@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another fuckin' SEASON??? ALREADY???You betcha! The idea behind this one is that whenever I have something in my head that I need to flesh out or just 'get out' I do a 10-15 minute solo. But, what about when I've just a thought that's only a couple of minutes long...then what happens? Season 4, that's what happens! This one is essentially me just explaining the above, I'm also joined by my dogs an...

Nolly and I start talking about kids and how they've changed since we were kids, how they change us as parents and then get stuck straight into the more serious business of sport. It's fair to say he's into it! A personal trainer, a gym owner, a lifeguard, a captain, a goalkeeper and a manager, Nolly's done it all. He even goes into detail of how he was wrongfully red carded during a senior footba...

We try and do a bit of an 'outro' here and generally discuss the difference and utility of this mini series. We also get into what is common among people who can express themselves and how 'poor people' are not just poor financially, but they are also 'time poor'.I hope you enjoyed this new format and I hope to have many more guests do exactly this again. Thoughts, recommendations etc to imoffthel...

We talk about the difference between paying too close of attention versus not paying any attention at all. With the sweet spot of being able to view things from a distance without emotion and examine them more broadly. We also speak more about axioms, suppositions, philosophical bedrock and making your thoughts explicit. As always I can be contacted on imoffthelead@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/offthel...

"Evergreen" is a term Podge brought up to describe something that lasts. The idea being that it's not 'topical' and that it is at least striving to be 'timeless'.We discuss the benefits of constraint and get into what it means to have "philosophical bedrock".As always I can be reached on imoffthelead@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/offthelead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Podge informs me of a case which broke recently in the UK, namely that Bill Michael the chair of KPMG, had decided that his position had become untenable amid complaints that he had hurt the feelings of some of his staff. My money's on their new chair being a 'banal people pleaser merchant' but I suppose time will tell! We also get into marketing and branding and how we are pitifully susceptible t...

We get straight into it in this episode discussing race, sexuality, being raised Catholic in a country that has since, essentially lost it's faith, how music and your environment can change your mood and much more! We also discuss the benefit of broadcasting our thoughts with the view of having them challenged and possibly changed. If you're enjoying these conversations you can help support me on...

This is the first episode of what will essentially be my first mini series. Padraig Reilly {aka Podge, past guest and friend of the show} agreed to come back on, but with a twist. Our original intention was to pick a topic and discuss it for 15/20 minutes or so and end the conversation only to start another one immediately after. This didn't work and what we essentially ended up with was 8 mini co...

OK, so today I make a good bit of progress in developing/writing one of my books. Do I know anything about being a writer? No. Do I know anything about writing? No. Do I know anything about publishing? No. Do I give two flying fiddlers fucks about any of the above? No. Big shout out to everyone who's already supported me via both email and patreon. It's you guys that fuel this whole fucking thing...

This episode is essentially a continuation of the last one. The general theme is that it's one thing to have a vague idea about something and quite another to know exactly what you're talking about! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I try and get to grips with what's rattling around in my head. I've a lot! But knowing you've 'a lot' going on isn't the same as know exactly 'what' you've going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.