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Assembling the Broke Existentialist Army, or Who I Am is Who my Child Is! – Episode 170

In this episode, prompted by his cat and dog, Dara is considering the idea of essentialism. He talks about core dispositions and the perennial pitching of nature against nurture. He argues that there is very little that is not in the mix when it comes to how our identities emerge. He shares his thoughts about his daughter on this stage of her journey and wonders about her essential leaning.

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Understanding Brotherhood, or Why ‘Bro’ is not a Dirty Word! – Episode 146

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In this episode, Dara is scratching his head over the idea of brotherhood. One of four sons, he feels he has a reasonably reliable perspective on his own experience of brotherhood, one he admits was not, nor continues to be, straightforward.

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Don’t Come Out Until You’re Sorry, or To Whom Do You Need to Atone? – Episode 131

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In this episode, Dara reflects on some Jewish insights into the Israel-Palestine conflict which he found both helpful and inspiring. He posits that in the act of dehumanising Palestinians, Israel ends up dehumanising itself, which is its own kind of tragedy.

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Snowflakes, Pain Storage, and the Power of Subjectivity – Episode 36

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In this episode Dara delves into the places we carry and store our pain. He looks at how unaddressed wounds can wield a disproportionate amount of power over us and how that relates to our fear of uncomfortable places.

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Acting Out in the Extreme, or When Private Pain becomes Public Tragedy – Episode 27

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In this episode Dara is prompted by the recent violent attack in Waukesha, as well as other car and truck attacks and shooting atrocities, to reflect on how we view the individuals who perpetrate such acts. His train of thought takes in cultural stereotyping, systemic social failure, and the expression of pain in both positive and negative ways. Newton’s Cradle – the metal ball office toy – is offered as a metaphor for profound pain and alienation finding its equal and opposite expression in extreme acts.

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Slurp! or How I learned to love licking (kind of) – Episode 05

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In this episode I get stuck into bad behaviour and why we tolerate it in ourselves towards the people closest to us. I reflect on the dangers of unchecked parenting and the legacies of unaddressed trauma, and the difficulty of putting that stuff to bed. Finally, I use the Man Cold as a starting point

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It’s only natural!

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“We shape the earth to suit us. Dolphins were land animals once and they went down into the sea and they said to the ocean – ‘shape me to suit you‘. I was in Connemara recently and I saw a dolphin and, oh, the curve of it was as beautiful as any two bars of

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Assembling the Broke Existentialist Army, or Who I Am is Who my Child Is! – Episode 170

Understanding Brotherhood, or Why ‘Bro’ is not a Dirty Word! – Episode 146

Don’t Come Out Until You’re Sorry, or To Whom Do You Need to Atone? – Episode 131

Snowflakes, Pain Storage, and the Power of Subjectivity – Episode 36

Slurp! or How I learned to love licking (kind of) – Episode 05

It’s only natural!

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