September 2021

The Thrum of the Machine, or The Beautiful Irreducibility of Character – Episode 19

In this episode Dara explores the concept of character and how its uncovering might lie at the heart of true strength, happiness and resilience. He places it in firm counterpoint to the litany of reductive names, labels and titles and other identifiers we have put on us. That prompts a reflection on the tyranny of the word ‘Mother’.

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Breasting the Tape

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A poem I wrote about my father, who recently turned 79 and has been showing the signs of a mind and body slowing down and no longer being cognisant of the happenings of everyday life in real time. Not all the time, but enough to be of justifiable concern. It is old age. It is

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Such big feelings!, or Learning masculinity from the movies – Episode 18

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In this episode Dara asks the question – what movies really do it for you? Before giving his own answer, he explores the types of masculinity that he has been attracted to on the big screen since he was a child. From the days of Spencer Tracy, through the Star Wars and Indiana Jones era, to the modern emotional landscape of ‘men’s movies’, he covers a lot of ground and a lot of movies that all capture a certain type of bruised masculinity.

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If I can’t get love, I’ll take acceptance – Episode 17

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In this episode, Dara reflects on body image and the objectification and commodification of female beauty and sexuality. He discusses the sexist rhetoric and dynamics that he has always found pervasive among many of the men he has known. Along the way, he revisits his own introduction back in the day to the sexualised female iconography of Playboy magazine.

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The weight of expectations and accepting loss of control – Episode 16

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In this episode, Dara gets stuck into expectations and how imposing they can be if they are too rigid. He draws a connection between unmet expectations and the loss of control, and the anger that results from that.

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The travellator express to nowhere, or Put down that cereal, old man! – Episode 15

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In this episode Dara touches on sugar consumption and gut health and warns of the danger of big lunches if your afternoons are going to be demanding.

He talks about using social media to promote his stuff and realises he can barely remember how his points of view evolved, which leads to him confessing an inability to retain information.

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The Thrum of the Machine, or The Beautiful Irreducibility of Character – Episode 19

Breasting the Tape

Such big feelings!, or Learning masculinity from the movies – Episode 18

If I can’t get love, I’ll take acceptance – Episode 17

The weight of expectations and accepting loss of control – Episode 16

Pod Poems!

The travellator express to nowhere, or Put down that cereal, old man! – Episode 15

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