Dara Clear, Author at The ClearOut

Keeping It Lit – The Flame of Idealism – Episode 254

In this episode, Dara is trying to make sense of his relationship to repetition. What compels him to adhere so faithfully to his exercise routines? What is he trying to achieve? Or prove? And do those habits cross over to other areas of his life? He argues it is connected to his liking for order and rightness. He also acknowledges it has something to do with small ‘c’ conservatism and his own flavour of idealism.

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Lowering the Bar and Keeping Sight of What Counts – Episode 253

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In this episode, Dara is considering the merits of low bars. How can you talk about heatwaves when it’s only 18 degrees? Very easily actually, when you live in Ireland! How can you celebrate being the fourth worst team in the league? With the greatest of ease when your team has underachieved so badly for two straight years. But it’s a fine line between understanding the usefulness of lowered expectations and giving in to total complacency and the complete absence of any standards at all.

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The Taste of Victory and a Life Worth Sharing – Episode 252

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In this episode, Dara is weighing up winning and losing. His football team is driving him to the brink of all-consuming rage, so much so that he sought out escapism in a TV show dedicated to gory bloodletting, heartrending betrayals, and gratuitous equal opportunity nudity. One climactic moment was so compelling that the vicarious exultation caused Dara to leap from his chair, fists thrust emphatically skywards in celebration. One standout performance is given special mention.

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The Deceptive Exhaustion of Standby Mode – Episode 251

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In this episode, Dara is wondering why he feels so exhausted. Is it because he has switched from standby mode to being fully turned off? Do we struggle to fully relax because we so seldom do it? And does this connect to more than just the usual life concerns that trouble most of us? Is it possible it may be connected to the remorseless self-branding, self-commodification, and self-selling of the tech age?

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Nobody Asked For This! – the 250th Episode ‘Celebration’ – Episode 250

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In this episode, Dara is wondering how 250 episodes have come along so quickly. It hasn’t been an effortless process by any means, but somehow the show (or ‘the tell’) has kept trundling along, quietly going about its business. And what business is that, exactly?

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A Free Gift of Love – You’re Welcome! – Episode 249

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In this episode Dara is reckoning with the elusive nature of grace. According to the major religions, and Judaism specifically, it is ‘a free gift of love’ from the Almighty. But if not given by God, from where else might it come? Is it something that we can bestow on ourselves? What conditions need to be in place for that to happen? Is it possible it might come from the award-winning TV show The Pitt?

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What is Your Happy Place? – Episode 248

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In this episode, Dara keeps it in low gear as he attempts to conserve energy and resist the temptation to force anything. Most of all, he is determined to be uninteresting and anything but entertaining. He knows his credo and he’s sticking to it!

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The Wrestle for Selfhood – Maurice Hines, Carl Lewis, and Two White Boys in Scientological Love! – Episode 247

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In this episode, Dara is responding to three films he recently watched that all touched on themes of the expression of the individual, sovereign identity, iterations of 20th century masculinity, and the concept of success and failure implicit in those performances.

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The One Good Idea Episode! – Episode 246

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Is there one good idea in this episode? Dara admits he is all over the place at the moment. He is not burnt out, just a bit overwhelmed. Between ageing parents in need of comprehensive care, trying to find work, doing a masters, and just keeping up with the normal day-to-day demands, it feels like a lot. So he sits down at the mic without a plan and decides to see if anything comes to him.

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Holding Space for the Manosphere Confusion Vortex! – Episode 245

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In this strong and dominant episode, Dara shares his muscular response to Louis Theroux’s new documentary exploring the dreaded manosphere. As Lori Petty said in 1991’s Point Break – “too much testosterone around here for me”.

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Keeping It Lit – The Flame of Idealism – Episode 254

Lowering the Bar and Keeping Sight of What Counts – Episode 253

The Taste of Victory and a Life Worth Sharing – Episode 252

The Deceptive Exhaustion of Standby Mode – Episode 251

Nobody Asked For This! – the 250th Episode ‘Celebration’ – Episode 250

A Free Gift of Love – You’re Welcome! – Episode 249

What is Your Happy Place? – Episode 248

The Wrestle for Selfhood – Maurice Hines, Carl Lewis, and Two White Boys in Scientological Love! – Episode 247

The One Good Idea Episode! – Episode 246

Holding Space for the Manosphere Confusion Vortex! – Episode 245

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