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The Spectre of Mortality – Getting Older Ain’t No Fun! – Episode 239

In this episode, Dara is reflecting on ageing and mortality as he responds to his father’s current health battles. His father, who has dementia, is in a particularly vulnerable state at the moment and though he is confident the situation is only temporary, Dara knows it is an undeniable sign of the direction of travel that will only end in one place.

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Fathers’ Day Episode – Stopping the Rot and Staying in the Lovelight – Episode 207

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In this week’s show, Dara talks about his experience of fatherhood and his ever-evolving relationship with his daughter. He continues to fall at the same hurdle on a regular basis – will he, or can he change? He shares a personal father moment that made him cry and wonders why it can be so difficult to cry for oneself.

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Retreat! The Places We Escape To, For Better or Worse – Episode 107

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In this hazy episode, Dara seeks solace in mindful summer moments and solitary swims. He discusses the idea of retreat and running away to the places we find most comforting and tries to identify which ones might be better for us.

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Hugs, Threats, Non-Transferable Skill Sets, and a Day Told in Reverse – Episode 104

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This week’s episode begins and ends with a hug, because we all need a hug sometimes, right? Dara thinks so, and he looks at the idea of self-soothing in a wellness context, arguing that it is a particularly useful practice when aligned with mindfulness.

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Stirring the Masculinity Pot and Countering Dubious Male Voices – Episode 89

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In this episode, Dara is all stirred up as a result of the theatre production he is currently working on. The subject of the work is masculinity and the nurturing and shaping of boys into men. Dara admits that the process of examining this subject closely is leaving him exhausted but also inspired and full of almost uncontrollable thought processes and emotional impulses around what masculinity means to him

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Big Bad Daddies! From Tony Soprano to My Father in Several Easy Steps – Episode 20

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In this episode Dara explores the American father as captured in TV sensations The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. He also looks at Arthur Miller’s theatre masterworks Death of a Salesman and All My Sons before briefly visiting old Hollywood depictions of idealised fathers, both with and without collars!

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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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The Spectre of Mortality – Getting Older Ain’t No Fun! – Episode 239

Fathers’ Day Episode – Stopping the Rot and Staying in the Lovelight – Episode 207

Retreat! The Places We Escape To, For Better or Worse – Episode 107

Hugs, Threats, Non-Transferable Skill Sets, and a Day Told in Reverse – Episode 104

Stirring the Masculinity Pot and Countering Dubious Male Voices – Episode 89

Big Bad Daddies! From Tony Soprano to My Father in Several Easy Steps – Episode 20

Breasting the Tape

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