Sideways Podcast (2024)

07/07/2024

Season 9 Episode 9 - TOXIC POSITIVITY

This week, for our final episode before a summer break, we're talking about how we block our own or others' genuine feelings so that we don't have to face the reality of our emotions.

We'll be back in September. Have a good summer (or winter, depending on where you are in the world)
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15347083-toxic-positivity

30/06/2024

Season 9 Episode 9 - BREADCRUMBING

This week we're discussing 'breadcrumbing', a close relation of 'ghosting'.

A man finds himself in the midst of an earthquake at a most inopportune time, and Martin has some wonderful news which is not overshadowed by my gratitude for a handful of radishes.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15320958-breadcrumbing

23/06/2024

Season 9 Episode 7 - ANHEDONIA

This week we're talking about our personal experiences of addiction and depression and the anhedonia that accompanied them.

We also hear about a woman who can tell the outcome of sporting events simply by throwing asparagus into the air.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15275783-anhedonia

16/06/2024

Season 9 Episode 6 - PERSONAL SPACE

This week, we're talking about the importance of appropriate personal space.

We also cover urinal etiquette and good manners when driving through a traffic contraflow.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15242795-personal-space

09/06/2024

Season 9 Episode 5 - SHYNESS

This week we're talking about dealing with shyness. Are you born like it? How does it differ from introversion and social anxiety? Can you do anything about it?

We also discuss attitudes to small talk and feel grateful for self-discipline and passing places on narrow country lanes.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15196755-shyness

02/06/2024

Season 9 Episode 4 - BURNOUT

This week, we're talking about burnout. Why does it happen and what can we do to prevent it?

Martin has news of World War 3, we wonder about post-apocalyptic football, and I become frustrated at next door's cats using my raised beds as a toilet.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15157019-burnout

26/05/2024

Season 9 Episode 3 - IMPOSTER SYNDROME

This week we're talking about why we sometimes feel out of our depth without much evidence in support.

I do some research on mangoes, a man wears inappropriate footwear that causes him no end of problems while metal detecting, and Martin experiences some auditory recall for which he is grateful.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15113716-imposter-syndrome

19/05/2024

Season 9 Episode 2 - BEING AUTHENTIC

This week we're talking about the importance of being your true self, whoever that is.

Neither of us bothers to look out for the Northern Lights but we both feel enthusiastic about the idea of cuddling a cow. Martin remembers being shamed for coming last and we wonder if it’s ever OK to cheat on a test.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15080025-being-authentic

12/05/2024

Season 9 Episode 1 - ALL OR NOTHING THINKING

This week we're talking about why it's unhelpful to always think about things in terms of good and bad without anything in between

A man has an unusual emotional support animal stolen, we debate the merit of putting vegetables in cakes, and Martin is grateful for big parking spaces.
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/15038423-all-or-nothing-thinking

05/05/2024

Season 8 Episode 26 - Psychological Body Armour

This week, we're talking about how we prepare ourselves emotionally for challenging situations.

We hear about a man who goes to great lengths to avoid getting wet, I upset the Irish with my poor attempt at an accent, and Martin feels grateful for an excited hug.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14989233-psychological-body-armour

28/04/2024

Season 8 Episode 25 - YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEAR

This week we're talking about what your clothes say about you and the way that our emotional state might influence what we choose to wear.

A woman tries to take a bank loan for a co**se, we reminisce about the perils of riding a bike with flared trousers, and we discuss the tricky topic of wearing pyjamas in the supermarket.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14947133-you-are-what-you-wear

21/04/2024

Season 8 Episode 24 - SILENCE

This week we're discussing the benefits of silence.

Martin gets upset about a suggestion that it's OK to laugh at a funeral, I feel grateful for window cleaners, and there's controversy over the addition of a keyboard player to our dead supergroup.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14911713-silence

14/04/2024

Season 8 Episode 23 - MAN UP

This week, we're discussing the way that dismissing someone's legitimate emotions as a sign of weakness or lack of desirable masculinity is hugely destructive.

A coat is mistaken for a leopard, we decide that using someone else's bin without permission is a violation of privacy, and there's a cautionary tale if you happen to be a rock drummer.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14870122-man-up

07/04/2024

Season 8 Episode 22 - BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN RECOVERY

This week we're talking about ways to bolster your confidence so that you can occupy your rightful place in the world with assertiveness and comfort.

Someone mistakes a hat for a hedgehog, I impersonate a man of the cloth, and we debate the wisdom of taking a cobra to a party and guzzling its venom for kicks.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14825815-building-confidence-in-recovery

31/03/2024

Season 8 Episode 21 - LOSING FOCUS

This week we're talking about why we have trouble maintaining focus, what it might say about us and how to manage it better.

Martin recalls being waterboarded at the hairdresser and tells us which station he'd choose if he were to name himself after one.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14785618-losing-focus

24/03/2024

Season 8 Episode 20 - FALSE MEMORIES

This week we're talking about the things we've forgotten that we think we remember even though what we come up with might be a complete fabrication.

A goat is arrested for the theft of a Mazda 323, some Reading Rock Festival pizza rots Martin's jeans, and I am attacked by malware.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14735495-false-memory

The persistence of memory by Salvador Dali

17/03/2024

Season 8 Episode 19 - CONFIRMATION BIAS

This week we’re talking about how we can become experts at looking for evidence in support of beliefs we already hold, and the ways it can be destructive.

We also hear about a lady who took her dead hamster on the trip of a lifetime and make a useful addition to our posthumous supergroup.

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10/03/2024

Season 8 Episode 18 - PLATITUDES

This week, I've been in Scotland and so we recorded in a rush without any time to do a proper edit. It's a mark of our "professionalism" that you probably won't tell a difference between this and our other episodes.

We're chatting about platitudes and why they are so unhelpful. There's also all the usual guff.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14644483-platitudes

03/03/2024

Season 8 Episode 17 - EXAGGERATION

This week we're talking about why people feel the need to embellish the truth and how it often comes from a place of low self-confidence.

We wonder what it would be like to wake up at your own funeral, hear about animals travelling in underwear, and see the insufferable liar, Jay from The Inbetweeners, in a whole new light.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14599613-exaggeration

25/02/2024

Season 8 Episode 16 - PURPOSE

This week we're talking about something simple, the meaning of life.

We hear a remarkable excuse for illegal possession of drugs, Martin gets mistaken for a pensioner, we feel grateful for bowel cancer screening, and I recall almost being crushed under a Land Rover.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14552455-purpose

18/02/2024

Season 8 Episode 16 - MANAGING YOUR INNER DIALOGUE

This week we're discussing the ways we can harness our inevitable self-talk.

Martin does a survey on anchovies, and a pigeon is held captive for eight months on suspicion of espionage.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14508191-managing-your-inner-dialogue

11/02/2024

Season 8 Episode 14 - BEING LET DOWN

This week, we're talking about why it hurts when someone lets us down, how we can avoid it happening, and what to do if it does.

Other than that, we hear about how speedy cashiers can cause mental health crises, whether or not it's important to be able to shuffle a deck of cards, and I find out what Martin has in his larder.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14463309-being-let-down

04/02/2024

Season 8 Episode 13 - EXPERT MINDSET

This week we're discussing thinking you know everything already and how that expert mindset can often limit your opportunities to grow intellectually and emotionally.

Martin has a story about confusing an owl with a mushroom, a drunken man gets arrested for impersonating a ghost, and we ponder on the possibility that all the great philosophers were borne out of a time when there wasn't anything to do apart from sitting around thinking about things.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14419474-expert-mindset

28/01/2024

Season 8 Episode 12 - BEGINNERS MINDSET

This week we're talking about the benefits of going into situations without assuming any prior knowledge, and how even if you're a relative expert, keeping an open mind and believing you can always learn something new is the way to sustainable and enjoyable personal growth.

Martin tells a harrowing tale about an exploding toilet which puts him in mind of a toilet disaster all of his own. You might not want to listen while you're eating.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14374851-beginner-s-mindset

21/01/2024

Season 8 Episode 11 - ADAPTABILITY

This week we’re talking about why it’s important to be adaptable in recovery and life generally.

To illustrate our ability to adapt to random subjects we find time for Barry White, an art exhibition for dogs, pair Socrates and Einstein in an unlikely midfield three with Oprah Winfrey, and discuss our feelings about ironing.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14332201-adaptability

14/01/2024

Season 8 Episode 10 - GENETICS IN ADDICTION

This week we’re talking about some of the biological and genetic factors that might make problems with addiction more likely. Neither of us claims to be experts in this area so you needn’t worry that we might bog you down in difficult-to-understand science.

To lighten the mood we hear about Freddie Mercury appearing in a teaspoon, the perils of solo fishing trips, getting chocolate stuck to bare flesh, and our connection with the late David Bowie.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14290269-genetics-in-addiction

07/01/2024

Season 8 Episode 9 - FESTIVE ANXIETY

This week, if you’re wondering why you’d been feeling so stressed and anxious about the festive period that we’ve just hauled our way through, we might have some of the answers for you.

Martin has a cold and tries to bring us all down to his level of misery with a particularly unseasonal tale about inappropriate gifting.

We express gratitude for being alive with our families, and I catastrophically underestimate the age of Cozy Powell.

Happy New Year. Here’s hoping that it’s peaceful, productive (if you want it to be) and full of love.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14246899-festive-anxiety

24/12/2023

Season 8 Episode 8 - MEMORY LOSS

This week we’re talking about the impact too much alcohol can have on your memory.

Martin introduces me to the concept of moon bathing, we hear about a worrying danger of food deliveries, ponder on the merits of being good at giving speeches, and consider writing and sharing eulogies for one another whilst we’re still alive to hear them.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14185760-memory-loss

17/12/2023

Season 8 Episode 7 - INTERVENTIONS 2

This week, we inadvertently select a topic we covered earlier in the year and then worried that we might have contradicted ourselves within the space of six months.

Intervention is clearly an important topic on which we have a lot to say

In addition, we think about the best way to catch a kangaroo, show gratitude for video calls and reliable cars, discuss the origin of surnames, and try to name the Travelling Willbury's.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14147331-interventions-2

10/12/2023

Season 8 Episode 6 - BEING AN EMPATH

This week we’re talking about what happens when you don’t or can’t seem to limit the empathy you feel for others. We discuss, where it originates, why it can be a problem and what you can do about it.

We share our fond memories of Shane MacGowan, debate the connection between creativity and alcohol, hear about some horrifying places where spiders laid their eggs, and I get a bit worked up about weather forecasters.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/738812/14105477-being-an-empath

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